Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Huge crowds tlzrongecl the stands at the Batt football games The Battalion football teams emlu-red every bit as much as the Rugged Table Tenmls

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J- T K-q,g,g,Q,ii-,V-.LJ Jje hw The new sports yirogra-In did a neat job Qf delnmlcing the gcflwzlu on weekday qficrnoons INTRAMURALS ...si W., up their radiators A SUGGESTION by the Executive Department in 1942 was the forerunner of our intensive intramural athletic pro- gram, designed to lit men for the hard physical require- ments of modern war and to spell doom for the radiator squad. Its effects were far reaching, and with a little prodding the entire regiment was participating enthusi- astically. The schedule was arranged for inter-company and battalion competition with point awards in Regi- mental color competition going to the victors. Each company had teams actively engaged in touch football, cross-country, steeplechase, wrestling, boxing, soccer, gym, basketball, military track, and softball. Experience, although helpful, was not necessary, and many proved adept at games which they had never heard of before. Of the company sports, military track inthe commando coursev used in the strenuous training of Naval Aviation cadetsj has been most widely publi- cized. The other sports provided plenty of hard knocks and stiff competition, someiwere slow-moving and of little interest to spectators, but they all reflected the necessity for a pugnacious spirit and will to win. The four battalions sponsored teams in football, track, lacrosse, crew, swimming, golf, tennis, table tennis, bowl- ing, and pushball. Football, lacrosse, and pushball em- phasized hard bodily contact whereas the other batt', sports stressed ability and form. Pushball was a new and tough game for us-it was said that any man who came through a game unscathed was either lucky or a liar. M ilitary 1 4 9 1 'rack

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