Binghamton University - Colonist Yearbook (Vestal, NY)

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FIRST Row: Robert A. Smith, jack Burlingame, Louis Picciano, Ray O'Malley, Bill Simmons. SECOND ROW: Coach Gene Welborn, john F. Murphy, Mike Rano, Stan Rubenzahl, Paul Wychtilos, Manager Rudy janasak. IUNIQR VARSITY BASKETBALL The Triple Cities College junior Varsity Basket- ball squad had a very poor season. The Colonial juniors were able to win only a small percentage of their games. Several of the squads losses were by only a few points. Wilkes College took a 47-40 decision, Key- stone junior College won 46-44 in the last seconds of play. Kings College beat the Green and White jayvees,41-57 and Albany State Teachers College won a, 56-54 decision. On the other side of the ledger, the 45-45 victory over State Tech was one of the locals best played game. 105

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0 78-66. Fortunately their injuries were not serious enough to permanently harm the team. State Tech and Triple Cities College staged an- other thriller in a Polio Benefit game with the Hor- nets taking the decision, 62-60. Hard luck continued to plague the Green and White as high scoring cap- tain joe Ludka was lost to the squad for the re- mainder of the season due to a knee injury. The local hoopsters lost two of their next three encounters away from home. Utica gained a 65-53 win, Sampson took a 59-53 decision and Keystone was defeated, 63-55. The Endicotters were bolstered by the addition of three new players to the squad, Vince jackson, Bob Marechak and Fred Hubbs. These men led the Colonials to their second victory in a row, a 76-67 decision over Albany State Teachers College. A smooth-working Kings College quintet again defeated the Welbornmen 85-52. jackson led the losers' attack with 16 markers. An overflow throng at U. E. witnessed T. C. C. snap a 15-game State Tech winning streak 59-55 when the intra-city rivals met for the fourth time. As it turned out, they were the only ones able to beat the Hornets this season. This contest also started a four game win streak for the Green and Wliite. jackson, Kobylarz and lsban led the Lincoln Ave. quintet to a 59-53 victory over Utica School of Com- merce. Another spine-tingling game saw T. C. C. gain its fifth win in its last six starts, by shading Sampson, 63-61. Both teams set a fast pace during the contest which was not decided until the final seconds of play. Honorable mention must be given to the laugh-filled preliminary, in which the College faculty squad defeated an Endicott Oldtimers squad, 13-12. Walling's foul shot in the last seconds of play gave the Green and White its fourth win in a row, a 62-61 decision over Genesee junior College. Isban was high scorer with 24 points. Another last second score decided the game with Albany State Teachers College. This time Albany handed the Colonials the defeat 53-52, with a basket sunk just prior to the final buzzer. The Endicotters had made up a 32-23 deficit at half time with a blaz- ing 22 point third period. Bob lsban was hot again with 20 markers. In the final game of the season the Y. M, C. A. Paragons of Binghamton defeated T. C. C. 72-63. Marechak and jackson paced the Collegians with 14 points each.

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, if f FIRST Row: Hyle Richmond, Ed Radin, Ray Glazier. SlfcoNn Row: Phil Breckinridge, joan O'Connor, julian Michel, TENNIS T. C. C.'s victory-less Tennis squad absorbed seven defeats in seven matches. Hartwick netted the first victory 6-5 at Recreation Park in Binghamton. Singles winners for T. C. C. were joan O'Connor and Hyle Richmond, and lone victors for the Colonials in the doubles were George Koury and julian Michel. Hartwick also won the return match in Oneonta, 6-1. Utica College also won two matches from the T. C. C. racquet wielders, 7-2 and 8-l. The R, P. I. lfrosh punched out a 6-5 victoryg Hobart College gained a 7-2 win and Wilkes beat T. C. C. -l-l. One of the highlights of the tennis season was the play of joan O'Connor, T. C. C.'s girl athlete. Miss O'Connor trotted out her best shots against all- male opposition, and was the team's most consistent 10 winner. She won her position among the racquet- swingers by eliminating some of the huskier and embarrassed representatives of T. C. C. male-dom. joan is from Binghamton. joseph Berry, a Binghamton attorney, was ap- pointed coach for the tennis team. Berry, an out- standing figure in Triple Cities sports circles since his high school days, is a graduate of Binghamton Central High School, the Manlius School and Cor- nell University. Last year, Berry and his partner won the mixed doubles crown in the annual Broome County tennis championships. For many years Berry has participated in area amateur tennis tourneys. He is also an otlicial umpire of the U. S. Eastern Lawn Tennis Association.