Bay City Junior College - Crucible Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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——— ToibsGROCIBEE peeling mn } ane loam er ot AE rng = ea } eh a 1 ge a Front Row—Elson Hood, Coach. Second Row—Henry Hart, Oscar Baker, Manager, Lawrence Atkinson. Charles Clark—50 yards, backstroke. Howard Thorson-—50 yards, 220 yards, relay. Irving Neil—100 yards, 220 yards. Loren Perry—100 yards, 220 yards. In the first contest of the season, the local team was defeated by Fline 40-32, in a thrilling meet that was in doubc until almost the last event. However, the splashers vindicated themselves in the next meer with a 47-25 comeback over Muskegon. In a return dual meet with Flint, our swimmers gained revenge for the previous defeat with a brilliant victory that saw Phil Patterson break the state 220 yard record with an unofficial mark of 2.49. At the state meet held in Flint, Bay City placed third with 19 points. Grand Rapids won with 25 points, followed by Flint with 20. The Bay City swimmers who placed are: Thorson, L. Meisel, Bean, Patterson, and MacPhail. Bay City also gained a third in the relay. Goll eS TWO meets this year, Junior College's four-man golf team has broke even. By a con- ference rule, the teams were increased to four members as over two last year, but at che state tournament, the teams will be reduced to two men each. The first match of the year found the Blue and Whice taking the measure of Flint Junior College. Smith and Hart, Bay City’s one and two golfers, turned the match into a Bay City victory. Although Kinsel and Ackinson, the remaining members of the team, were defeated by close scores, the lead established by their mates was sufficient to win by four strokes. At Muskegon, the second match lead to Junior College's first defeat by a 9-2 score. Smith registered two points and Hart one-half point to count the only Bay City scores. May 15th the team traveled to Jackson, and on the 18th and 20th chey encountered Flint and Highland Park respectively. The results of these matches were received too late for this printing. Ac the state tournament at Jackson on May 29-30, Bay City Junior College will have a good chance to take the championship, as Smith and Hart are considered among the best in the conference. 21

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Tink. GRUCIBEE Front Row—Louis Meisel, Charles Clark, Elson Hood, Coach. Second Row—Phillip Patterson, Joe McPhail, Bryce Adie. On Friday, February 6, the homesters journeyed to Jackson losing there 23-15. Although che Bay Cityans appeared sluggish, it was frequent fouling which cost them the game, Jack- son gaining 9 points by this route. The Hoodmen entered the win column again at Flint on February 7. The locals ap- peared an encirely different team from the one which lost at Jackson the preceding night. The game ended 19-17 after one overtime period. Highland Park won their recurn game here 40-26, The game was tied and bitterly fought uncil the last three minutes of play when a succession of ‘'4-leaf clover’ shots gave the visitors che decision. Crippled by the loss of Meisel, star center, che Orange and Black was again vanquished by Jackson 24-11. The final home game of the season was lost co Grand Rapids, state champions, in a well-played 28-18 contest. Severely crippled by che loss of Pembroke, Evans, and Holmes, and confronted by a reorganized Port Huron team, the home ceam still fought hard, but went down to deteat after cwo hectic overtime periods 24-22 in the final game of the season. Since the advent of Coach Hood, C. J. athletics have been slowly ascending, and next year will see the team fighting ac the top of the heap. Swimming Bay City Junior College enjoyed a successful swimming season, another improvement over last year. The swimmers lost only one dual meet, and placed third at the state meet, . only six points out of first place. The swimmers and their events were as follows: Herb Bean——breaststroke, diving, relay. Louis Meisel—-diving, 50 yards, backstroke. Walter Hewitt—50 yards, 100 yards, relay. Phil Patterson-—100 yards, 220 yards, relay. Joe MacPhail—100 yards, 220 yards. Cliff Richards-—breaststroke, backstroke. Bryce Adie—50 yards. 20

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iE GR CISL Front Row—James Teal, Stewart Brams. Secand Row— Walter Brown, Edward La Berge, Coach Elson Hood, Van Hutchings. Tennis AY CITY Junior College's tennis team has, at this writing, won one out of three meets. The first match held ac Flint resulted in a 2-4 defeat. Hutchings and Teal each copped their singles matches, but loss of the remaining singles and both doubles was enough to put the Vehics on top. In the second meer, the ‘‘racketeers’ slashed their way to a 5-1 victory over Central State Teachers College. The Hoodmen showed remarkable improvement in this match, clawing over the Bearcats to take the decision. The homesters lost but one doubles match only after a hard 12-10 game. The locals lost the third meet, 2-4 to a crack Muskegon team. Three meets remained to be played at this writing, a postponed match here with Flint followed by matches at Jackson and Highland Park. The season will close with the state tournament at Jackson, May 29-30. Members of the tennis squad are: Van Hutchings, Jimmy Teal, Walt Brown, Ed LaBerge, and Stewart Brams. Intramurals NTRAMURAL sports for the year 1930-31 have proved a sound basis for the athletic activities within the college. Throughout the year contests have been held in football, basketball, and at this writing, horseshoe and softball tournaments are in progress. In the fall, the annual Frosh-Soph football game was played in the Central Stadium. The Frosh defeated the Sophs 6-0, after a long run late in the 4th quarter placed the ball in scoring territory. Basketball season found a smooth-passing General Academic team victors over the Pre-Dents in the championship game. Spring offers a more diversified program, tournaments in quoits and softball culminate in Field day, the climax to the athletic year. On field day, finals in quoits, track and field events for men and women and softball games provide a full program. This year a softball game between Flint and Bay City intramural champions is expected to add much more enthusiasm. 22