Carthage College - Driftwood / Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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carthage goes to the golden gloves The Car+hage boxing squad aimed high Ias+ !: season as +hey locked For double success by hop'lng +0 fake the Quincy Golden Gloves and +0 make boxing a maior sport a+ Carfhage College. The squad began working and early in November under Ship Farrah. +he ?irsf $aculfy coach in several years. The boxing season was highligh+ed by Hm fwo infercollegia+e boufs. bo'rh againsf H19 powerful Quincy pugilisfs. The first held a+ Carfhaga pro- duced Redmen viciories over Quincy wifh Babbif, Davis. Mohamed. and Tque faking honors. Again Carff'tage fook fop Honors in +he refurn bou+ af Quincy. The season highligH was Hie Quincy Golden Gloves when Carfhage fool: home bur +rophies for fheir combined eFFor+s. Winners were CharNe tChoo Choc! Davis. I60 ib. novice; and Harry McWherier, heavyweighf novice. Wi'rh high spirits 1he squad iourneyed +0 +he Springfield regional Golden Gloves. S+rengfhened by +he addiHon oF ve+eran DIck Marconi Hwy again produced excellen+ resulfs. Middleweighf Marconi and heavyweigI-If Kenniebrew won +he championships and proceeded +0 fhe Chicago Tournamenf of Champions. Davis also iook fhe I60 lb. novice fiHe af SpringHeId giving CarH'Iage fhe Springfield Team +ropl1y. The boxing squad expec+s fo lose only one veferan by graduafiom heavyweighf AI Kenniebrew. Quincy Golden Gloves Champs Listening +0 poinlers 0 Ship Farrah +he I954 Carthage Championship boxTng squad Ts piciured: back row: Ber! Korie, Ron Saibt AI Kenniabrew: iron! row: Don Babbif. Don Mohamed. Charlie Dari: Harry McWherfer and Coach Farrth FighIErs absenf from H12 pic+ure were Stan Adams, ChrTs Ehrendleich. Bob Gerding. Dave Krelschmar, Diclr Marconi. Mike Porceilino. Jim Terry and Duane Tque. d .5L...u: 3.11:... 23

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cagers meet hard schedule with inexperienced players The Carfhage cagers cF l953-54 looked forward f0 l'helr season op+imis+lcally all'hough l'hey 'Founcl only one of lasl year's regulars back wi+h fhe squad +his season. The squad was boosl'ecl by a good crop of freshmen buf +he lack of experience. especially under +he college pressure lolcl as +he season advanced. The ac+ion was fasf as fhe Redmen used a 'lasln break oFfense mosf 0F +he fime. The Car+hage squad 100k l'heir hrsf win From rival Quincy Col- lege 93-80 early in Hue season and fopped Iowa Wesleyan before +he Chrislmas season and holl- clay fournamenfs sel' in. The Redmen +ravelecl +0 fhe Navy Pier lnvlfa- Honal Tournamen+ in Chicago and fool: second place +opping Fournier 70-69 and +hen losing h: Navy Pier in +he f'mals 88-57. The new year s+ar+ecl slowly Far +he hardcourf squad as fhey didn'+ win +heir lirsf game of iha- year unfil Jan. 30 over Illinois College 74-6l. From l'hen on +he record slowly climbed wi+h +he Realmen holding a .500 racord For +he1'r lasf six games. fopping Eureka College fwice and Parsons College. The Car+hage feam will find only fwo leam members leaving fheir squad by graduation. bofh four year leHermen. Record breaking scorer Jim ScoH will leave a void in he cenl-er-l'orward hole and Bob Hardy's sfeacly ball handling a+ guard will be definifely missed. Looking a1 lam from ihe lap of ihe world. the squad . . The I953-54 baske'rball squad is pic+ured at +he leH as follows: Back row: Coach Ar+ Keller, Ron Hil+1 Eugene Wensel. Bob Tews, Jim Scoff, Rollie Swanson, Torn Bowersox. and Ken Schrader: Fronf row: Dial: Wendel. Jerry Cookson. Fred lmhol'l'r Bob Hardy. John Eakins. and Dale Hallberg.