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

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THE CRUCIBLE Blue and White to the tune of 52-26. This year ' s squad was com- posed of Freidinger, Wood, Kruelen, Swanson, Belger, Muir, Barnett, and Orr. Ineligibility kept three regulars, Arndt, Mar- tindale, and Isaacson off the squad for the whole second semester. GOLF TENNIS Richard Packard, Robert Hughes, Francis Walsh, Donald Cakes Walter Leesch, Ralph Means, Robert Friers, Arthur Crebassa, Fred Stork An All-Junior College basket- ball team was chosen by the sports writers of the various J. C. ' s this year. Freidinger was selected for the first all-state team, while Wood and Kruelen were placed on the second team. Tennis After winning their first two matches of the season, the tennis team fell into a slump and finish- ed with two victories, one defeat, iand fifth place in the state meet. The first match saw Flint go down 4-2. Walsh, Hughes, and Packard won their singles while Walsh and Packard teamed up to win in the doubles. Superior strength in the doubles accounted for a victory in the next engagement at Muskegon. The Blue Devils won 3-2. Both doubles teams of Walsh, Packard and Hughes, Oakes were victor- ious. Walsh, however, was the only singles winner. A return match with Muskegon was rained out and a return match with Flint netted nothing better than a 5-0 defeat by a re- juvenated Flint team. Bay City finished in fifth plac e in the state meet, the champion Grand Rapids team holding their laurels for another year. CHEER LEADERS i le vell, n Inmierniaii, Edmund Arnold, Emery Glancz AY CITY ' S first squad of cheer-leaders was seen in action during the past bas- ketball season. Edmund Arnold, Emery Glancz, and Lleivel- lyn Immerman were the pep direc- tors. Ed, Amos, arid Ayidy stand firm in their belief that it was stu- dent cheering that boosted the Blue Devils to their high con- ference standing. The athletic and booster committees made the selec- tion of the yell-masters.

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THE CRUCIBLE BASKETBALL TEAM Toy Kow — Clifford Swanson, Morris Kreulen. Jolm Cramer, Lester Freidinger, William Muir. Bottom Row — Piobert Wood, William Orr, Francis Barnett, Robert Hughes, Coach Hood. Varsity Sports HE basketball squad closed the most successful season ever enjoyed by a Bay City cage team when the Blue Devils won six out of nine games this year. The first game with Port Huron ended in true story book fashion when the Blue and White won 28- 26 after trailing 16-7 at the half. Port Huron was so sure of this one that they put in their second team. On the first road trip, the basket- eers upset both Flint and Jackson. Bay City strength was clearly shown by the 37-23 win at Flint and the 21-11 victory at Jackson. The highly touted Blue Devils struck a snag, however, when a fast Muskegon team nosed them out twice with scores of 35-24 and 46- 33 in two hard-fought contests. Bay City hopes went high once more when the lads beat Flint 28- 25, Grand Rapids 27-23, and Port Huron 21-8. The conquest of Grand Rapids was especially pleasing, be- cause the Furniture City boys were fresh from a victory over Muskegon. With the enviable record of wins over every other J. C. in the state except Muskegon, the Blue Devils took on Highland Park in the final game. The Panthers proved them- selves the classiest team in the state in this encounter by trimming the [27] Bob Lester Freidinger, Morris Kieulen ES FREIDINGER won the post of center on the All- State Junior College team and tivo of his team-mates, Wood and Dutch Kruelen gaified places as guard and center, respectively, on the second team. Sponsored by the Crucible, the All-State selections ivere an inno- vation in the conference. Sports writers from college publications, coaches, and, in some cases, the varsity teams themselves sent in ballots. Freidinger played guard and cen- ter during the past year and was a veteran of the ' 32 team. He was high-point man of the seasoyi, closely folloived by Wood and Kreu- len.

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THE CRUCIBLE Top Row— Milton Brown, Philip Patterson, Frank Tennant, Coach Hood. Bottom Bow— Lloycl McKay, Paul Harvey, John Ferris. Swimming The swimming team this season boasted a record of a victory, a loss, and a third place in the state meet. The Michigan State Frosh gave the Bay City tankers their defeat 49-27 at East Lansing, but the Blue Devils, led by Jack Ferris, trounced Flint in a dual meet 36-27. The regulars were Tennant, Harvey, Wallace, Patterson, McKay, Brown, and Ferris. Golf Bay City ' s golf squad finished a highly successful year with a record of three victories, one defeat, and second place in the state tournament. Flint was beaten twice by the Blue Devils. In the first match. Bay City won by 15 strokes. Stork leading the Bay City scoring with an 89. The Hoodmen barely won the second engagement, having a four-man team score of 359 to Flint ' s 362. Leesch was low with 83, Friers shot 88, and Stork 90. The Blue Devils lost their only match when they were beaten by Muskegon 111 2-V2- However, the divot-diggers secured revenge when they defeated the Muskies 7-5 in a return match. Leesch with 3, Cre- basse with 21 ;, and Friers with IV2 accounted for Bay City ' s points. The four-man team total here of 343 was good considering the fact that the match was played in a driving rain. The state meet was played over the hilly Muskegon Country Club, one of the toughest courses in Michigan. Bay City, in runner-up posi- tion, trailed the champion Grand Rapids quartet by 11 strokes. The state meet scores: Leesch 43-42-85, Stork 47-45-90, Friers 50-44-94, Crebassa 43-51-94. [29]