Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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i l:lRN'l Row- lliiinclf, Ritlieitiilcev, lileiiii, ticiiiillily Clitiiiilveilttiii tiiitpfl , Ntwlwilf, Hiiwliiiis, lfwiiietf, 'll'iitthf, Siittoxii Row etla tfiiiiiievi l1'ilso:i tfiutitlil l'lIiittet', Scliiislei, Cluifnvi, Fisliev fl1lt.'llllV4.'Y, lliitilley, Fif:liiilvitl-', Pail: tflltiiititlcil, Keller l,lss f iltii 1 'llt1vf:ell fpluf 'Vin 1 scored heavily in the first quarter but a flurry of baskets by the jeff quintet captured the lead at 2-1--Qll at the whistle, The engi- neers hacked away at the jeff margin during the third quarter. With ten minutes left the home team pulled ahead and XY'right's four quick baskets clinched the game with time running out Amherst 64-St. Michaels 52 Ahead 31-28 at halftime, the Sabrinas put on a tremendous surge in the first five minutes of the second half. lt was a rough- and-tumble brawl all the way, with both teams eschewing any set offensive pattern. Seven of the -leff baskets came as a result of their quick break and many more were tallied on the follow- ups. XX right sparked the victory with 19 points while Don Nesbitt was outstanding on the backboards, University of New Hampshire 53-Amherst 5l ln a thrilling game at Pratt cage, New Hampshire edged the ,leffs in the final thirty seconds of play. The Vllildcats sprouted to an early 11-3 margin but the shooting of Chamberlain and Hawkins evened things up so that the New Hampshire quintet left the floor at halftime ahead, 3-1-31. The Sabrinas hir a scor- ing famine for ten minutes in the final quarter before Wlright broke the iinx tying the count at 49--19. Conversions on both sides tied things at 51-51 but Center Haubrich tapped-in for the XVildcats in the final seconds to thwart the home team. Utica College 57-Amherst 47 The Sabrinas dropped their second straight to a lightly-re- garcled Utica five at Pratt Cage in their poorest exhibition of the year. Two quick push shots by Captain Bob Chamberlain and a tap-in by C-eraghty kept the Purple in control until the six min- ute mark when the visitors shot to a 33-21 margin at the half. Rick XVilson emptied the bench in the second half to try to find a winning combination but luck was against the ,lerfs while Utica continued In display the Midas touch, Yale 69-Amherst 5I Amherst played its best ball against the Bulldogs in the first eight minutes of play at the Payne-XY'hitney Gymnasium. The score zoomed to fo-ff in favor of the Purple due to the effective shooting of Chamberlain, llawkins and W'right but thereafter the ,leff quintet hit a scoreless six minutes. The Elis closed the gap and after building a five point lead minutes before the half, drew steadily away. Burnett stood out for his work on the boards while Wlright and Hawkins tossed in 11 points each, Amherst 49-Army 44 The Amherst five proved to some doubting ,leff rooters that stepping into the big time is not always disastrous for a small college. The ,leff's 3200 field goal average combined with deadly foul shooting was largely responsible for the victory. W'ith 13 points apiece, Xyright and Chamberlain paced the Lord ,leffs while Hawkins tossed in ffl. The -leffs were calm in the hectic closing minutes of the game when the Cadets threatened to wrest away the lead. XX'ith four minutes to go, the Knights tied the score at 40-all but their defense cracked as Chamberlain netted three quick field goals. Amherst 46-Union 39 The Varsity quintet defeated Union in a dubious battle on home ground, The ,leffs showed little form in the contest while Union proved iittery under pressure, The margin of victory lay Ttitle One fkltimireti One

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Riek XY'ilsiin in his second season at the helm of the ,letis court tortiines had eight returning letternien and ten sophomores turn out lor practice in Noveinher, Captained hy Roh Chamher- lain last year! high scorer, the squad faced a tough sixteen- game schedule including the Big Green, Boston Llniversitv, Yale and Arinv as well as the remainder of the Potted lvv Circuit. Despite pre-seasoii prospects however, the hot-and-cold chili tailed to turn in a .5110 season hy dropping nine of their sixteen encounters Dartmouth 62-Amherst 46 The liartmoutli live got oti to a quick start at Hanover in the ,leflk lirst appearance lay holding the latter scoreless for the tirst eight minutes iii play, Rowe and Fields were hig men in giving the Green a quick ten point lead that was never seriously Chal- lenged, The l'lanoverians held the douhle-pivoting Aniherst at- tack tn ill points in the whole lirst hall while sinking 34. Une oi the few hriglit spots in the game was Bennetts work oil the hoards, Amherst 36-Coast Guard 32 With the exception oi Captain Roh Chamberlain, Coach Rick Xlfilson started an all-soplimiiore live in the Purples second en- counter against Coast Guard at New London. The contest was a defensive hattle most oi the wav, with hoth clubs laattling under the laackhoards Derv Bennett was high scorer with IU points. Boston University 66-Amherst Sl The Boston Llniversitv Terriers came from laehind in the sec- ond halt to whip the Amherst quintet on-ii, ln the first halt the N965 ,lei T Yi tfiiaeli lin is XY'ii.sox, Captain Hoi: Ciivxiiai iu..xiw, and Manager Him l'.iiRk ,letis iumped out to an early lead and held it through the com- hined efforts of Hawkins, who led the evening with I4 tallies, and some line rehounding done hy ,lay Ceraglitv and Dery Ben- nett. Sopliomore Ken Xli riglit put the -leiis ahead at the seven- teen minute mark hy a score of 25-I5 hut from there on, how- ever, B. Ll. hegan to lind the range, closed the gap, and after the halt romped ahead. Amherst 74-W.P.I. 67 Rapid tire, turn-about scoring and lack of any comfortable margin characterized the play at Wbrcester on january 7th with guard Ken W'right sinking twenty points for the Purple. Tech Prine Oiit'7'liiiiiiiet1

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in the free throw column where the Purple was superior. The Sabrina first quarter lead was cut early in the second due to sloppy ball-handling. Amherst capitalized on the furious back- and-forth pace that had been established earlier when they later overhauled the Llnion lead of 31-27, Hawkins and Chamberlain totaled 12 and 10 points respectively. Williams 63-Amherst 44 A sbarpshooting XY'illiams outfit bounced the favored jeffs in Laselle C-ym Paced by big Harry Sbeehy, the Eph men were up , Their ability to improvise against the Amherst defense proved unbeatable The ,leffs stayed even throughout most of the first half largely as a result of the shooting of Chamberlain. XY'illiams continued its deadly shooting in the second half and gradually pulled away beyond recapture. Trinity 59-Amherst 57 The quintet pulled itself together and showed some effective ball playing before being edged out at Hartford. Captain Bob Chamberlain sparked the Purple attack by sinking 21 while Hawkins contributed 15. with a fast break working well, the ,leffs held a 32-3U lead at halftime but the tall Trinity quintet began to click and pushed the Hilltoppers into a -fi-3'f lead with ten minutes left Amherst 7 I -Wesleya n 53 .Xmherst ran away from Wesleyan on February iSth in Pratt Cage when they engaged in their second Little Three encounter, .-Xlihough the triumyirate til Hawkins, Wi-iglit and Chamberlain was yery much in evidence, two new men took over the scoring duties, sophomores Xlagee and Fisher. The visitors iumped off to an early lead ol l-f-N at the ten mintite mark and widened the margin to i9-lf before Fisher and the suddenly dead-eyed .Nlagee brought the ,leffs back into contention with a rush and saw them assume a never-relinquislied lead. Tufts 7 6-Amherst 66 took on the hard-fighting Purple team. The game started off with a flurry of scoring on both sides until the ,leffs cooled off and the .lumbos gained the lead which they held throughout, Tufts' center Goodwin basketed 26 points and was largely responsible for the victors -fl-28 halftime bulge. Sophomores again played a dominant role in the gatne, from the Amherst point of view, along with Hawkins. lt was Captain Chamberlain however, who paced the jeff attack with 21 points and who was the spark be- hind the ,leffs futile last-minute surge. Amherst 59-Wesleya n 46 XY.-XXIF for the first time broadcast a basketball game when the Cardinals played host to the hleffs. A loose style of play dom- inated the first twenty minutes of play. The home forces were nursing a 23-22 edge at the intermission, But in the second half llill Chapin! one-hander from the outside, Howie Burnett's charity toss and a goal by Vfright then put the Sabrinas out front to stay. Although the game had been nip-and-tuck up to this time, the Purple and White was never in danger again and concentrated on rolling up its closing advantage, Williams 46-Amherst 43 With a chance for tying for first place Little Three honors, the Cagers met a determined Eph five at home on March -lth, Trail- ing 27-iff, in the opening minutes of the second half, the ,leffs staged a furious rally to wipe out the invaders margin A long set shot by Hawkins, a rebound dunked by Nesbitt and Captain Chamberlain's foul shot set the stage for Ken XY'right's seven- point splurge that tied things at 31-all. Thereafter the teams traded baskets right down to the final minutes. .-Xmherst was enioying a three-point bulge until the Eph center, Sheehy, netted a rebound and laid-up to put the visitors ahead. Chamberlain followed by' dunking a charity' toss to tie the contest at 43-43, going into the final minute, lt was Sheehy again who turned the tide for XY'illiams by dumping one through the cords followed by a win-clinching charity toss and from there on the Sabrinas were unable to break up the Eph freezing tactics and get into scoring position The triumvirate of Chamberlain, Vfright and Hawkins ended the season with the first two having stink fifi points Ranked 24th in the nation among small college teams Tufts apiece followed by llawkins with IFF. Page Une 7-limiireil Tivo 4 .A ,Q 1 K