Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

Page 54 text:

BASKETBALL- PREP SCHOOL Concordia was fighting to win its season ' s opener against N. Y. Cathe- dral. In the last seconds of play Bob Lapple scooped up the ball, skirted around his opponents, and flipped the ball through the hoop for two points and victory. History repeated itself a few games later when Prepsters man- aged to snatch a 54-52 victory from Irving. At this writing, two games have yet to be played ; the Clippers ' record so far is 5- 1 0. When the season opened, the Prepsters had only one veteran from last season ' s quintet. Coach Dobberstein had a little trouble in choosing the boys who would make up the first string; Captain Bob Lapple, Dick Duerr, Bruce Bohuny, and Paul Biegner made the grade. Len Kleps, Erwin Williams, and Bill Leonard gave a helpful hand to the regulars. Looking back, many memo ries flash across your mind — the faithful support of the faculty — Concordia ' s lack of pinetrees — the grace and perfection of the twirlers — the hysterical shouting of the Coopsters when the Prepsters went ahead — and the frenetic beating of that big bass drum. • 50

Page 53 text:

BASKETBALL -COLLEGE December 4, and gold satin pants and royal blue jerseys swarmed onto the floor — Concordia ' s mighty he roes ' Not only new uniforms but also a new junior college conference greeted the ' 48- ' 49 season. The basketeers looked good; fast, cunning, alert They bounced back from a defeat by N Y Cathedral to trounce White Plains and Webb Naval; the 50-45 victory over the L. I. Aggies gained us first place. Victories came when they counted. Captain Max Kaminska and the illustrious Mr. Moltzan, Concordia ' s record breaker, led the new, spirited team to its victories. But there was a trio of corking good rookies on the floor too; Andy Weyerman, Herbie Muhl, and Stew Lambie Bob Zinn, who must have been born with a basket- ball in one hand and a text-book in the other, joined the team in the second semester. William Puder, the team ' s manager, deserves a lot of credit for a good job. Coach Vince Olson had himself a sideline booster during the season — 2.00 eligibility. Now you ' ve got the stuff for next year; let ' s see you beat the ' 48- ' 49 record! 49

Page 55 text:

K -.- «M»- BASEBALL-PREP SCHOOL Swish! STEE — rike ' Swing batter Swing! Ya blind! Ya blind! Gib ' im glasses — da ump ' s blind! Swish CRACK! Yer OUT! So it goes; base- ball; catcher needling batter, fans ribbing umpires; pop bottles; cheers and jeers. Concordia opened the season with a 10-1 defeat Pelham High. Hal- stead, a different story, Bohuny ' s fast ball whistled, his slow ball hung in the air, his curve ball snapped across the corners. A no-hitter! Concordia ' s f irst victory. The Clippers downed Newark, and Bronxville, and then — Pelham again And after the final out was made and the totals counted, Concordia had upset Pelham, 9-8. And the Clippers had a 4-8 record at the end of the season. Bruce Bohuny pitched the Clippers to their 4 victories, but not without the help of Bob Lapple, his able backstop, and Dick Duerr, Kenny Miller, Dan Burow, and the .300 hitters, Andy Weyerman, Herbie Muhl, and Ralph Duerr. A good part of the credit belongs to Coaches Dobberstein and Weidmann. 51