California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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Top: Hillbillies volleyball team in action. Bottom: Lambda Pi volleyball champs in action during finals. The Lambda Pi fraternity claimed its second intramural championship in volleyball by defeating a strong sextet of Hill Billies two games out of three. During tournament play the frat players posted wins over the Lesser Halves, Delta Psi Delta, Rolly Pollies, and Hill Billies, The victorious team was made up of Don Wustenberg, Vic Brownell, Rudy Mass, Glenn Stephens, Louis Jugum, Jack Hocking, and Bill Hocking. Late in the spring the Lambda Pi once again proved their athletic skill and ability by grab- bing the intramural softball championship. Each team in the league was allowed to lose two games before being eliminated. The Hill Billies defeated the fraternity in the semi-finals, but Lambda Pi came back strong in the finals to hand the 'Billies their second defeat. The games were played on the Chico High School athletic field.

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I TR RAL It was a great year in intramural play for Lambda Pi fraternity. They not only set a blaz- ing pace in basketball, volleyball, and softball, but Won championships in each one of these activities. ' Lambda Pi won the intramural basketball tournament by besting the Rolly Pollies in the Hnals 28-20. Each team in the tournament was allowed two losses before being eliminated from the race. The Rolly Pollies lost both of their games to the Victorious frat men in the serni-finals and finals. The Pollie offense was strong, but bogged down and ran out of gas in the championship game. The frat victory was paced by the sharp eye of Larry Reynolds. Top left: Hillbillies-Shere, Lance. Olsen. Connelly, Armstrong, Merrill. Top right: Lambda Pi-B. Hocking, Stephens. Brownell, Jugum, Wustenberg. Maas. Bottom: Lambda Pi Basketball Champs-Murtha, Davis, Nathan, Jugum, Linn, Bauman. Wilde, Reynolds, Hopkins. 1 Q q , X , ' wiage q.. , ,,k, ,. X X XX P .

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Sitting CLeft to rightj D. Robinson, B. Daughtry. J. Hedger, H. Hansen, J. Galloway. Standing-Coach Bob Russell B. Kasmire, A. McKinley, D. Steinwert, B. Peterson. SW MI The swimming team this year was the first in the history of Chico State. All members, except for two, were freshmen. A strong team should represent the Wildcats in three years. The team was the surprise of the Par Western Conference meet at Davis, capturing a strong third place and kicking San Francisco State out of its chance for ICIISY place. Score: California Aggies 79, San Francisco State 502, Chico State 26M, Humboldt State 2. The Wildcats failed to win any individual championship, but the local mermen did win the applause of the spectators by their excellent and unexpected good showing. The closest race of the day was the 220 yard free style event. The Cats' Bob Daughtry battled the Aggies and Gators stroke for stroke. At the finish line there was a simultaneous slap of three hands, but a consultation by the judges gave the Aggie swimmer the race and Daughtry second. . Garth Dunning was a strong second in diving. In all, Chico received nine places in the me-et. Left: Daughtry, I-ledger and Petersen have a practice splash. Center: Don Steinwert doing the butterfly. Right: Galloway McKinley. Hansen and Robinson are set to go under the watchful eyes of Coach Russell. Zf? QQVHWX si-f' S '