Binghamton University - Colonist Yearbook (Vestal, NY)

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FIRST ROW: Owen Crumb, Dick McCallum, Bill Bartow, Sid Smith, Art Manso, George Mercer, joe Man- ning, Russ Lisson. SECOND Row: john Foremen, Wally Oates, jim Carey, Ed Esserman, Bob Isban, Steve Zinn, Hyle Richmond, Burt Lauder, Bob Clark. INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL FINAL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Baccacia ..r..... 4 1 Goliard A ..,. 3 2 Goliard B ...... 2 3 Gamecocks ..r.. 2 3 Wolverines ,.,..,,. 2 3 Copp House ,,i,.. I 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Ramrods ...... 4 1 Saiens ..,,..,I.,,,. 3 2 Married Vets Y,,..,, 2 2 Adelphi ......... l 3 Faculty ..... 1 3 Spring came, and with it the addition of intra- mural softball to the ever-increasing sports program at Triple Cities College. In all, there were eleven teams vieing for the title and trophies in games play- ed at South Field Qdown by the Waterworks., All games were seven inning contests with special ground rules adhered to. Two leagues were formed, the American and the National. Since such a large number of men turned out for the sport, team rosters were limited to no more than fifteen men per team. After some weeks of spirited competition during which each team played five games Qexcept those that were rained outj, the Baccacians of the American League and the Ramrods of the National League, each taking individual league honors and sporting 4-1 records, met in a playoff to decide the champion- ship. A close game saw the Sons of Bacchus come out on top and be crowned as intramural softball champions for 1948.

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ATHLETIC The second annual Awards Dinner was held on the evening of May 31, 1948, at the Hotel Frederick. The purpose of this gathering was to show recog- nition of the feats performed by the athletes of Triple Cities College. Major and minor letters were awarded to fifty- one athletes representing five intercollegiate sports. AWARDS Letters were presented to members of the basketball and baseball squads by Coach Gene Welborn. Coach George Spud Forbes gave out the letters to the members of the Green and White track team and Coach john Budd did the honors for the Colonial golfers. Welborn also presented the letters to the members of the tennis team since Coach joe Berry was unable to attend the festivities. Another highlight of the evening was the trophy awarded to Richard Powell, captain of the 1947-48 basketball squad. A similar trophy is to be given each year to the basketball team captain. Benjamin Hopkins-Moses, T. C. C. registrar, did an excellent job as master of ceremonies. The guest speaker for the dinner was Lew Andreas, director of athletics and basketball coach at Syracuse University. Citing the won-lost record of T. C. C., Andreas said, There is one characteristic of the American sports public which could stand revision-more tolerance for a team that loses. There is a very narrow margin oftentimes between a win and a loss.

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INTRAMURAL FOOTBALL Intramural Football continued as the major fall sport at Triple Cities College. An eight team league was formed and got into action immediately after the start of the fall semester. Teams in the league in- cluded, the Goliards, Baccacia, Adelphi, Saiens, I-Iot Peppers, Bonecrushers, Spoilers and Nameless Won- ders. An interesting fact to be noted about the league was that it operated according to intercollegiate foot- ball regulations. The season got off to a flying start on Uctober 5 as Ed Esserman led Baccacia to a 12-0 victory over the Saiens, and a pass from Mike Buran to Denny Bottino gave the Bonecrushers a 6-0 decision over the Goliards. Close, hard fought games such as these were characteristic of the season. League play ended with the Hot Peppers, Goli- ards and Bonecrushers tied for first place. Inclement weather prevented a playoff until well into Decem- ber. The Bonecrushers then beat the Goliards but snow prevented them from playing the Hot Peppers. Tentative arrangements were made for a game to be played this spring to decide the championship. INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL Fast and furious competition was the keynote of the third season of Intramural basketball. Two leagues of six teams each were formed early in De- cember and play started soon after. These leagues, like the touch-football league, were unable to finish their regular season due to lack of playing facilities. XVhen the season was cancelled, the teams in League 'Ai' finished in the following order: Mar- ried Vets, Baccacia, Dionysia, Adelphia, Meddaugh, and Copp House. In League UB it was: Avons, Goliards, Saiens, Nameless Wonders, Hot Peppers, Burans. A tournament was held to decide the champion- ship. In the first round, the Goliards defeated Adel- phi 56-56, Baccacia beat Copp House 43-50, The Nameless Wonders were beaten by the Married Vets and the Bingo Bullets won over the Hot Peppers. In the second round the Goliards were triumphant over the Saiens 76-35, Baccacia beat the Dionysia and the Avons beat the Married Vets. The Avons and Bingo Bullets were eliminated in the semi-finals by Goliards and Baccacia. These vic- tors met in the finals with the Goliards emerging victorious, 112-16, to become Intramural Basketball Champions for 1949. 114