Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Ewing epees-9 sanmmre EVERY afternoon from early fall until late winter, the walls of the fencing loft resounded with the ringing clash of steel and the muffled thud of lunging feet as Navy's fencers grimly practice attack and parry, counter and reposte. Three years is all too short a time to instill into a novice all the mental and physical perfection demanded of the polished fencer. Yet such is the skill and patience of Coaches Clovis Deladrier and Josef F iems, both for- Swords- alaska! in the fencing loft merly of the Belgian Army and themselves great swords- ffm lf1f0N01'Hmbef well 'ieiv lllfltvh men, that Navy consistently produces 'victorious teams. This year's team, led by Lowell Fitch, has continued Navy's onward march to fencing supremacy. The foil team, which has the honor of initiating Navy victories, included Captain Fitch, third classman R. Robinson, and Ed McCartan, with Youngsters S. Francis, R. F.. Stockwell, and R. H. Wei'theim and Hrst classmen SI. G. Gallemore and C. F.. Swallow as alternates. The epees were wielded by First classman Art Keevil, and Youngsters M. Enyart, LI. R. Stickels, M. R. Sartain, and R. M. Casson. Com- pleting the team was the powerful sabre squad which featured Allan Dame, Frank Sheahan, A. C. Gallup, Bill Hayler and R. Lindsay. ' Daily workouts were battering and bruis- ing, but kept the team in tip top shape X , 591 . t , N' at f f' X' ' Coaches F-tems and Delaclrier talk ,fri it over with M anager Swaiason. 1 X Y. 9 A' A ,.. '35, A g gl A ' l TTER!! lldbiillll-lst ROW-Dame, Sartain, Iaeobelli, Sheahen, Gallexnore, Captain Fitch, Gallup, lVIcCartan, Keevil, Hayler, i Robinson. 2nd ROW-Manager Swainson, Coach Deladrier, Warmath, Westfall, Swallow, liflatusiewicz, O'Niel, 4 Hardy, Stickles, Cuuunings, Francis, Coach Fiems, Capt. Curry, Officer Representative. 3rd ROW-Skoog, Zipser, l l I Enyart, Clark, W. D.g Simpson, Clark, E. T.g Bowdey, VVertheim, Stockwell, Thompson, Casson, Lindsay. . All pr ,nw K' l 1 l' i A M A! l I ll A l 7 , , rr .1-'Mil if l 'l 5 Cllbjlfflfll, Fitch led his team, th-rough a .srieeessful season.

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The Captain-Alex Juzimi Drawn, grit and grace THE gym season this year brought forth a new set of rules for Eastern Collegiate teams. The change rnade team- work foremost instead ofthe individual. In each event, three men from one team competed against three mem- bers of the opposing team. The judges decided which performance was the best, and that team was awarded one pointy therefore, the total score for a meet could not be greater than six to zero. The new system of judging was designed to add more color and spectator interest. This year's squad was among the best at the Academy for many years. The gyrnnasts were ably led by Captain Alex Julian, whom Coach Phillips considered the best side horse man in the country. Other outstanding men were Rankin, Hecker, and Pitt on the rings, Farris and Davis climbing the rope, Spangler and Dunning on the horizontal bar, Watson and Dougherty on the parallels, and tumbler Dinwiddie. The climax of the season was the Eastern Collegiate Championships which were held at the Naval Academy. George H eclcer-the 'rings were his specialty Gene Spangler- expert on the horizontal bar 'Ille Team- 1stROW-Dougherty, Close, Hecker, Spangler, Captain Julian, Trautman VVooten, VVatson, Rea. Qncl It0l'V-Mr. Mallg, Lt. Comdr. Oseth, lVIr. Ram- macker, Kingsbury, Mouton, Demming, Pitt, Farris, Dunning, Shively, Red Peace, Lt. Condit, Coach Phillips, Mr. Sazunla. 3rd ROW-lVIoor1nan, Ran- kin, Gleberman, Davis, Campbell, Sweetman, Dinwicldie, lllanager Smith Lt. Comllr. Oseth, Ojicer Repre- sentative, Coach Chet Phillips and Manager Smith Tzunbler Dmwzrlclze Ijlllllsmllfltlllblll' one rope

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'W- National Champion Mickey MacDonald Coach Ray Swartz and Ojicer Representative Vogel Saturday night wrestling matches mu! the Regiment moved to MacDonough Hall 468 WRESTLING dow.. is ...M Wrestling, one of the most popular sports at the Naval Academy, has reached its zenith of success in recent years. The fast .aggressive style of wrestling brought to the Academy by head coach Ray Swartz and assistant, Stan Henson, has, in a very few years, made Navy a powerhouse in Eastern wrestling circles, and has pro- vided more than our share of individual champions. Navy's three returning Eastern Intercollegiate Cham- pions, Miclqey MacDonald, Captain joe Henson, and Clarence Creel, sparked the team as Navy brought to a close her second straight undefeated season, winning her sixteenth consecutive dual meet, and her second Inter- collegiate title in as many yearsg five of her eight team members remained undefeated. Such men, as Howdy Blum, Ray Oliver, John Hale, and Dan Brimm supply- ing the majority of the winning points. Although our team had its standouts, a large measure of its success may be attributed to the second and third place men in each weight division who provided the com- The Caplain-Eastern Intercollegiate Champion, joe Henson l l , ig ,,, i 4, f I , S i l l The Manager-Bob