Belmont Abbey College - Spire Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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THE RAMBLERS THE GREEN AND WHITE When the call was issued for the Rimbler Basketball candidates, about forty boys tried out. In some schools this wouldn ' t be anything out of the ordinary, but when you realize that there are only about seventy boys in the entire Prep Department, it is quite an example of school spirit All Abbeymen are justly proud of the small Green and White squad. Fighting tooth and nail, the Ramblers asked no quartet »nd gave none. The season record is not impressive, bur they lost only three games by more than four points. A fourteen game schedule was split in even numbers lostwon With a new coach. Father Thomas. O.S.B.. at the helm, the team displayed fight and gameness in all their play. At the end of the regular season, the Ramblers journeyed to Asheville to participate in the first annual Knight of Columbus Basketball Tournament. This was an invitational tourney for the Catholic High schools of North Carolina The Ramblers defeated Catholic 66-17 in the first round and Cathedral Latin of Raleigh 46-32 to take the championship. A permanent trophy was brought home and the boys have one leg on the beautiful K. of C Rowing Trophy. Two more successive wins are necessary for permanent ownership. The Rambler spirit is a wholesome picture of what is meant by the Abbey spirit. Their zest to win is only overshadowed by their sportsmanship They are true representatives of the Abbey THE PREP INTRAMURAL PROGRAM King Football had gone from us by official decree. What now? What was there left to occupy the lively spirits of seventy odd Prepsters? In the minds of all, only bleakness and despair reigned. But. our fretting was to no avail. Coach Wheeler and Father Kevin. OSB.. had a full intramural program mapped out for us to participate in and enjoy. We were to have baseball football, tennis, handball, volleyball, basketball, ad infinitum. Four captains were chosen from the entire group, who in turn, from a hat, picked their teams. With such a beginning, any- thing could happen— and did Never was a sport in any field so hotly contested. The participants became scrappers with a never- say-die spirit. The seasons progressed and we found Captain Bill Frains YANKEES supreme in Baseball and Football and Captain George Stuarts GLOBETROTTERS, giants of the hardwood, win the championship in Basketball It ■ springtime again, and we find the young men busy on the courts of tennis, handball, horseshoes, and the diamond. At this writing two new champs have been crowned-Tom Quigley in Tennis and Jose Ysern ,n Handball. The program is far from bei ng complete but as the printer is calling for copy , we stop and refer you to final results which will appear in CONTACT

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CRUSADERS - - THEIR PICTORIAL REVIEW ( SSC£. John Yacobi - Robert Yacobi - Porter Gibson - Hu h Sh - - ■ m Te Zl Gaeaa Kdly ' Phi ' De ™ ' - ABSENT: Frank Souza, Frank Rozelle.

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