Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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f ,,. . ,. 'Z I omfgster Patton ben ved lbe .vfzerzr Geiger and Lougneckef ran neck and neck nz the bufdles Hall burtlea' to fame via the broad jump Cinder lllll'lll:l'S North Carolina, after edg- ing out Navy in the winter indoor Invitation Meet, found a lot more competition in Spring track. Two first and seven third places were their only scoring events. Navy literally ran away from them to a score of 108-18. A powerful Annapolis team went to New York and returned with a cup indicating a second place in the I. C. 4-A meet. George Brown and Bill Patton took indi- vidual titles in the shotput and javelin. In this same meet Navy nosed out Army by 1M points, forewarning a struggle in the Army-Navy meet. On May 29th a squad of 25 went up to West Point Boswell and Sloulenburgb were the cream of the crop in the dashes and 'avenged a 1942 defeat. Two new records were set as Navy took eight first places to win by 652 to 602. Navy won the Invitation Meet at North Carolina in February, 1944, the victory being doubly sweet. We avenged our indoor defeat of last year at the hands of North Carolina and beat the South's best college track teams. By scoring in every event, Navy showed itself to have a strong support for its individual stars. After this flying start our prospects for 1944 are excel- lent. Although Army is gunning for its AH' and looks strong, this year's Navy track team is counting on N f's for all hands.

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:S ' I 'i . if .... f A :iz .. . in Pole vaulter Sessions has accumulated 5 hours flying time 'in 3 years on the track loam X l they ran for fun WITH its distance runners coming from a championship cross-country squad, its Held men centered around two Eastern Inter-collegiate champions, and its middle- distance and dash men including two of the fastest men in the country, Navy's track team is headed for another N95 season. George Brown, captain, can be counted on to start Navy scoring with his usual Hrst place in the shot-put. From there such stars as Anson Geiger, ,lack Caskey, Walt Barry, Bill Patton, and jim Pettit will run up the points for Navy victories. The track season starts right after Christmas leave, Coaches Thompson and Clark being on hand with a cheery, 'cWarm up with a couple of fast 44O's,' or c'Well, take fifteen fast laps tonight. For the first two or three weeks the Dahlgren Hall balcony takes its toll in those ever present 'shin-splints, but the squad is soon in tip- top shape. The indoor meets serve only to whet the appe- tite of the 'Cinder-Burnersi' for the Spring meets. An undefeated record in dual and triangular meets, a second place in the I. C. A. A. A. A. championships in New York, and a decisive victory over Army were the accomplishments of the 1943 squad. In the 1943 season's first meet Villanova was downed with Navy winning nine events and sweeping four. Columbia and Penn were snowed under on April 17th when the Blue and Gold cinder stars ran up six first places and 87 points to sweep The C'aptaiit-George Brown 480 Pete B1-aginton -managocl tho tracksters Spring found Tommy szodtclzocl from Cross C'o'zmt'ry to Track the meet easily. Duke went back to Durham on the short end of a 98-28 score, taking Hrsts in only two events.

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