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

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THE CRUCIBLE I ntramural Sports Walter Hewitt, Robert Rush, Rex Bell Reginald Barnett, HE YEAR ' S intramural tumblers schedule started with a bang when the freshmen defeated the sophomores 7-0 in the annual interclass foot- ball game. Kenneth Richardson plunged over for the winning touchdown. Intramural basket ball was dominated by the Pre-Laws, who won their second successive title, being beaten only by the Soph General Academics. An all-intra- mural team composed of Ferris, Gakle, McNichol, Martindale, and Dardas was chosen by the referees and sports writers. The yearlings showed their superiority over the upper classmen once more when they defeated the sophs 19-8 in their wind-up basket- bail game played between picked men of the two classes. the Softball title that they held last year, but com- petition has been strong- er this season, and up to now it is anybody ' s title. John Cramer has serv- ed as Student Manager of Athletics, and the past year has seen the best in- tramural program in the history of J. C. Student cooperation and regular Crucible publicity was in a large measure, respon- sible for the season ' s success. Another branch of •sports was introduced in- mural sports Jay-Cee this year by a program must be given g oup of tumbling e n - to the athletic commit- f , tee in charge. Student thusiasts who organized Manager John Cramer a gym team. Very cre- has as student assist- d i t a b 1 6 performances A new intramural fea- t u r e was inaugurated when a swimming meet was held in the Central pool. The Engineers won the event with Bill Orr and Lyle Oviatt starring as high point men. At the time of this writing, none of the win- ners in the spring intra- mural schedule have been determined. The frosh-soph track meet and baseball game are to be held at the end of the year. Both individual com- petition and doubles fea- tured the tennis and horseshoe tourname n t s with mixed doubles in tennis as a new feature. .John Cramer U CH of the credit for Jay- cee ' s well - or- ganized intra- John Cramer, last year ' s Sa rll f K, and were made by this group tennis singles champion, is attempting to dupli- cate the feat this spring. The golfers are fighting for the intramural title with last year ' s champion out of the picture. The Pre-Laws are try- ing desperately to win Louis White. Varsity sports men act as offi- cials f 0 r inter-class events. Faculty mem- bers of the athletic board are Coach Hood, Mr. French, and Mr. Martin. Miss Royal di- rects the activities of the Women ' s athletic pro (I ram. [30] at their initial appear- ance during the frosh- soph basketball game and again at the Wo- men ' s League assembly. Women ' s sports receiv- ed great popularity under the capable direction of the Women ' s League.

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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]

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THE CRUCIBLE RIFLERY Dorothy Scott, Margaret Fone, Miss Royal, Jeannette Skinner Riflery was introduced into J. C. this year and developed a large group of interested marks- men. In the riflery tournament, conducted by the Women ' s League, the Arpatia group placed first, closely followed by the Aurae. Those winning letters were; Margaret Fone, Dorothy Scott, and Jeanette Skinner. Swimming and basketball, as usual, were popular among the students. In the tournaments the Aurae proved themselves to be the superior basketeers, with the S. S. S. following. In swimming the S. S. S. team easily proved themselves the best, while the Arpatia placed second, Mary Haywood, Virginia Trombley, Rose Mary McKay, Adeline Thor- son, Amanda McGillvary, and Bernice Smith won letters for swimming. Tennis and baseball closed the crowded calendar of women ' s sports. In tennis the Aurae and Arpatia groups tied for first place while in baseball the Aurae easily proved themselves the best. The letter winners in tennis were; Dorothy Scott, Winifred Thomp- son, Alice Zingg, Margaret Hand, and Virginia Hallam. Those who won letters in baseball were; Winifred Thompson, Alice Zingg, Virginia Redmond, Margaret Hand, Evelyn Johnson, Jessie Jones, and Bernice Wubbena. The Aurae group won the Wilbur P. Bowen trophy present- ed each year to the group having the best record for the year in athletics. The Aurae defeated all comers in the basketball encounters of the various groups. Winifred Thompson, Alice Zingg, Virginia Redmond, Margaret Hand, Eliza- beth Runner, Evelyn Johnson, Borgia Doyle, and Geraldine Trombley were the letter-winners. INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL Top Row — David McNichol. Robert Ramsdell, Leon Dardas, John Ferris. Bottom Row — Lewis Herrig, Milton Brown, Bud Gakle NE of the highlights in the intramural basketball sched- ule was the selection of an All - Intramural squad by the sport department of the Cru- cible. Bud Gakle, pre-dent, and Jack Ferris, soph ac, were named as forivards. Dave McNickol of the pre-law champion team, was given the call at center. Mike Dar- das, another pre-law, and Charley Martindale, f r o s h ac, ivon the guard posts. The second team listed Lou Her- rig, soph business ad, Milt Brown, frosh ac, Bob Ramsdell, pre-medic, Jo-Dan Hartiyigh, soph ac, and Tom O ' Hare, soph business ad. Learman, Quinn, Kasmierski, Oglesstone, Merrit, John aiid W al- ly Cramer, Pretzer, Billmeier, Stork, and Richter were givefi hon- orable mention. [31]