Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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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.

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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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sr f f - , W 'slr 5 - Y.-4-f in F X K x SWIMMING wi. Mg Q-.sms FOR YEARS Henry Ortland has been turning out good swimming teams. This year, his twenty-sixth, he has a team which is sparkling with talent. Never before have so many records been broken. Wins over some of the best teams in the nation prove that the boys have been working hard under the watchful eye of their coach. Jack Manherz, Navyls captain and Freddie Berry are two of the top breastrokers in the nation. Brock Mott and X The Captain-jack Manberz Bob Cowell have been pushing each other to the limit, and each in turn has cracked the Academy record for the 150 yard backstroke this year. Cowell, Manherz, and The Marzager-Walt Rose Coach Ortland spent I2 hours zz day in the Nzztatorium Dobbs paced tbejielrl in the freestyle ,- 1 - q1:vgL-v,Vf.1.,V , .... ,W , V Navy?-breastrokers cburn tbe wa ,' in fIf61'ld7'dfi071f07' Norlb Czuolm