Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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K ii ' ' mf- ,z , I , .n ,. m,..,, ..,..l The firing line bullets and lnmlrs eyes EACH YEAR the Academy turns out a top-notch rifle team. This year was no exception. Navy teams have, through the years, established a record so free of defeats that the Regiment no longer considers the possibility of a loss, but, after each match, merely asks, 'CWhat was the score?i' Proud and conscious of this tradition of constant victory, the Navy riflemen pitted their skill and judg- ment to learn all the tricks of the trade that 'johnny Branzellw our armorer, and friend had to teach us. Under the guidance of their Coach, Lieutenant Creevy and officer representative, Lieutenant Colonel Moreau, the men of Navy developed the trigger Hnger control required of more than expert riflemen. Led by Captain Everett Herman, the rifle team in- augurated its l944 season with a smashing victory over their comrades in arms, the Cadets of the Coast Guard Academy in the first encounter between these two his- toric Naval Schools. Continuing their winning ways, the l team scored five consecutive triumphs and as this book went to press were pointing for the pointers to win that coveted N-star. Manager Dosfien clwclcs the bulls wmv- . '- The Captain-Everett Herman Coach Creevy and Lane do a little elerneiztary borcsighting , x gk i 2 QE as-gf - ' ,it-,.','. S , 'I .,Q ' W , , A, .. K . 7, . . Bi! 116 - , - ,J L-1 The Team- 1stROW-Branzell, I-Iasclton, Leavitt, High- tower, Dietrichson, Captain, Herman, WVells, Osterweil, lllanagcr Dosicn, 12ml ROW-Lt. Colonel Nloreuu, Officer RB1l7'8Sl1'Ilflll'i'l'8,' Leavy, Schulz, Nlontlian, Toutant, Granville, Taylor, Hating, Ferguson, Coach Crecvy.

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Dave Maiining make up the 300 yard medley team and never were their points so valuable or so welcome as in the Princeton meet this year. Dave holds his own inthe hundred with anyone in the nation. jim .Green ranks along with Maniiiiug and these boys can be depended upon in any race. In the 50, it is Charlie Dobbs and Butner who have been gathering in the points. Mize and Thompson have been doing well in the 220. Henry Ortland, the coach's son, and Blair have been swimming mates in the quarter mile. The team is not complete without the divers, Mayo and Kelly. There are many men who have added their bit to the team. Such boys as Curley Graham and Bob Williams in the backstrokeg Glynn and O,Rourke in the breast- stroke, and Hallet, Tiemaiis, Corse and Lyon in the free- style have made the competition keen, and the boys who hold the top spots have had to work to stay there. This yearis team has elevated swimming as a sport, a pastime, and a necessity in the eyes of most midshipmen. The relay team brought viciory out of defeat on more than one occasion Carve! Blair relaxes after an afternoonlv workout Diving Ace Mayo, takes 4 high one aj the ceiling Backstroker, Moth gets .vetfor the take-of The Team- Zst R OW -Lt. Conidr. Dixon, Taylor, Barker, Simonsen, Wilson, B.. O., Berry, Captain Manherz, Mapes, O'Callagl1a,n, Thomson, Ortlancl, Qml ROW -Nlanager Rose, Hankins, Vandermade, Looker, Gardner, Green, hifaxining, Blair, Tiemann, Graham, Nlott, Fisher, Kelley, Coach Ortland. 3rcl ROW-Dobbs, Duester- berg, Williams, Hallett, Corse, Wilson, H. R., Mayo, Cowell, lVIize, O'Rourke, Urquhart, Ogier, Lademan, Lyon.

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PI S T O L pinckin panrilgons THE automa.tic pistol is the ofHeer's weapon, and it is the duty of every Naval Omeer to make himself pro- Hcient in its use. The ofheer should know his weapon, and he should know how to make most effective use of it. During the three years of its organization, the pistol team has been developing a group of experts with the pistol who have established an enviable record among the collegiate pistol teams of the country. In the 1942 and 1943 seasons the team bowed only to the gentlemen from West Point and, in 1942, won Hrst place in the Intercollegiates. During the season of 1944 'the squad shot each afternoon in their gallery hidden away in the third battalion basement: and under the able guidance of Lieutenant Commander I-I. M. Lindsay, coach, and the leadership of Captain Ed Bain, piled up a long list of victories in the collegiate circuit. The pistol may be an ancient weapon, but an officer unaequainted with its working is an unessential cog in modern warfare. 4 , A ,U F- lg , 1 - H ' av HH filg- K H, 731 The Captain-Ed Bain 'l'lle 'Ion ln- Ist K0 W -lVIo1'rison, Clement, I-Iuglley, Gossett, 121111 ROW- Comdr. Straub, Officer Repro- scw,tativc,' Campbell, Masica, King, Cayltaif-n. Bain, Manager Fick, Foster, Hoover, Coach Lindsay. 3rd HOW-Gray Conover, Scllmirlt, lVIontgo1u- ery, Weir, WlCClGIIliLlll'l, Carey, LiL1l117tOI'l, Kennelly, lVIcElroy, Larson. 4th ROW-Davis, Baskin, Powell, Hemmer, Groover, Smith, Urban, Dryer. 1 ,L.:l1.:,'i'l5E3i1,.'?ri 'I Hpllzli- T