Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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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

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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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The squash team under the aegis of Coach Frank Gillespie won six out of nine meets this vear. Captained by Tom Owens, .he team took the Little Three crown and contended in the National Intercollegiates in March. Despite the score of S-1, the meet at Harvard was a closely- xontended one. Ted Greene was the sole .le-if to win his match against the powerful Crimson squad. The hrst win of the season was scored when Amhersts racquet- men travelled to M. l. T. to subdue the engineers S-1. At Wiest Point the Vleils, after copping the first four matches, had to wait for Bob Steketee to turn in his win hetore the meet was clinched tivefto-four. At Yale, Smith defeated the Eli's Kingsley in a fourfto-one match. Owens, the only other ,letl winner, edged out his oppo- nent hut it was Yale's day as they went ahead for a seven-to-two win. This set-hack along with a loss to Princeton hy the score oi three-toesix tinished out the ,letls losses for the season. On the llilltoppers courts, the visitors trom Amherst took over bv trouncing the Trinity men eight-to-one. XY'eslc-van was the ,letis next victim by a nine-to-nothing count. On March 4, the ,leil squad, playing on the Eph courts, came from hehind to take Little Three honors froin the XYilliams con- tenders by a tive-four score. With the ,letls trailing tour-to-two, Balmos and Danton won their matches and the visitors drew even at tour-all. Boh Steketees numher nine match with Kent was the deciding factor, ahead elevensiour in the fourth game, Steketee Fins-r Row- Dtiiituii. Stal-'t'!t'C, Pierson, Coluiti, efisfeiit Srcoxp Row Ltttis -fi . 5 Q . V,-.xx h Q 0 tiillrsfut' tffoiitl-t flltiitivi Siiiitli, ltttlnms, Qtutiiigi Sitting Otmiis eased his game and Kent went on to win it at 17-14, Then Steketee, with his crisp fore-hand stroke coming hack into prom- inence, pulled the match out of the hre with a 15-I3 victory in the tina! game. The higgest event of the season was the National Intercollegi- ate Tournament helcl in the Davenport Courts. Top-seeded Billy Smith was eliminated in the third round hy Hugh Scott of Princeton. Later in that round Ted Damon and Tom Owens were also eliminated. The tournament was finally won hy Ted Hands of Yale. Outstanding individual records were Billy Smith with eight wins and one ltass and Captain Tom Owens who totaled siX wins and three losses. .liiilwtsl tipptitit-tits t Harvard S S Ni. l. T. I Q kkiest Point 4 I Yale 7 3 Princeton fi S Trinity I fi llartinouili 3 it Xteslevan ll a XYilliams 4 tfftifii t, iiitidci t, t , , -1 .. A , A ' s 1 X it -W . 1,5 Witt Q f 'T .A 1 . e' 'ii E t ' 4- 4 i c et S. , ' .gf L, 'C' J?-X K r ' .. 'pf' 1 5- V i ' . 1 V , vo, , . - 3-A -. 5 s . 1. V. I ' . a :sf .1 2: R P 'ss' ' 1 ' ,, :'??2:i2-EF ' i X, 5 X Y' E' 13 s ei .. ' i ' f ' ,fi ' ' -i ,.,.. , , I ., --V Q b W it 1 I H Q, i ' , if ,. e . . - Q f -. e T W ' - i ' f- - 'xx 4--X 1? ' ,V ' is gf V . I L-W ., t - X .- . 1,-X Page One 7-lundred Three