Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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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

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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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petition which produced the champions. This was dem- onstrated in the Heavyweight class where Big Jim Cockrill, -.lack Hansen, and 'cHonest Johnw Coppedge battled a round robin each week for the privilege of stepping on the mat at Saturday's meet. At the same time, Chet Perry, Steve McClintic, and Jim Foust were pushing the Hrst place men in their weights for a berth on the team. In mid-year we were fortunate in obtaining Carl Kitt to fill the position of plcbe and assistant coach which was vacated when Stan Henson was commissioned in the Navy. Viewing the impressive record of this year's plebe team and the experienced hands left behind, coupled with the demonstrations of coach Swartz and the experienced guidance of Lieutenant Commander Vogel, next year's team should experience little trouble in repeating this yearis performance. Captain Henson methodically disposes of North Carolina llfCLClJ071,lll!,Z and Blunz, icmglc in a practice -match. E Little t-roublecl by the manpower shortage, Ncwy's 'wrestlers eartemlecl their streak to 16 straight in 19144 'file 'l'0illli'fIst ROW-Coach Swartz, lNIacDona.ld, Stevenson, Foust, Blum, Oliver, Cfljlfllllll Henson, Hale, Creel, Brinnn, Coopeclge, lVIcC1intie, Lt. Comclr. Vogel. Qml ROW-Manager Steele, Flanagan, lNIerrick, Dwyer, Steuteville, Perry, Hartley, Guy, Hansen, Cockrill, lVl1ittle, Price, Temple, Ritter. 3rd lt0W-Snyder, Wilson, Lemeshewsky, Gibson, Devlin, Erickson, Dupkin, Bivin, Henry, Clark, Greene, Esmiol, Cobean.