Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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56 J rep ( basketball BASKETBALL. PREP With three returning letter-men, the Junior Clippers looked forward to a top-notch year under Coach Elmer Doh- herstein ' s expert guidance. However, the season started with three losses to Sacred Heart. Hackley, and Horace Mann. Even Christinas vacations didn ' t seem to help, as the Clippers returned to drop games to Scarsdale, Eastchester, Blessed Sac- rament, and Edison Tech, running the record up to seven losses. m it Late, evening snow fulls . . . the silent beauty of them. . ■ white and purr . . . Delicate, lucelike snoirflaly . . . motionless tries fluffy coldness . . . street siiins capped with snow . ■ ■ footprints . . . II orbl-shukin. problems like whether or not a girl should be hissed on the first ; .■ . . . and worrying about them . .

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ATHLETIC COUNCIL - . . . Workers behind the scenes of all our athletic activities, who in addition to arranging schedules and intra-mural programs, drew up a budget for ath- letic expenditures . . . and kept an or- ganizational eye on the rec room be- sides . . . . . . We lost our first 7 games, but never our fighting -|iirit . . . And on January 12, we almost upset a favored State Teeli team, and later came back from Bayonne somewhat disgruntled, mumbling something about a three-digit score and an impossible sched- ule . . . After finals and semester vacations, we suf- fered another scries of blows — we lost our captain. Bruce Boliuny. Bill Diehl, and Dick Burschgens, who left school to join the Marines . . . Wagner and Bieher were recalled, making a grand total of 8 men strong on our team . . . Then two memorable dates. January 12 and February 28 — and two teams — Commerce of New Haven and Danbuiy State Teach- ers ' College — against whom v e had what it takes . . . Then Biegner went out for the season with an injured leg, and when there are only 7 men left on a basketball team, there ' s onl one thing to do — call the manager . . . so Hank Koepchen went in as guard . . . The season wound up with IS losses, 2 wins . . . To lose gracefully is just as important as to win proudly . . This year ' s team deserves praise for its cooperation and spirit in the face of trying and adverse conditions ... A blue season with a few- rays of gold here and there . . . ' ' Wait ' til next year . . . Freezing temperatures, snow-ball fights . . . tingling fingers anil wet feel . . . rosy cheeks, red noses . . . Ice-skating, sledding, or just walking . . . Late per ' s . . . The long climb up Tanglewylde . . . The rush to make the 11 o ' clock deadline . . . Laughter . . . joy . . . Youthful happiness and sincerity . . .

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§li§lfll§§ 57 JvS C 3C. Ay{ U £ had CO NL O s-c pc Vya-V coarr an cS a. 03 i Tecc V»C . Gocd IvjCvL - .CKH . . . But in mid-January we bounced hack with our first ietory - over Hastings — then swished our way to wins over Sacred Heart and St. Basil ' s Prep . . . but lost to Edison Tech again . . . Out for blood , we mowed down our arch-rival Bronxville High, then rolled on to trounce Blessed Sacrament, Halstead, and later Haekley, in the last nine seconds of the most thrilling game of the year. The biggest heartbreaker was our defeat by Bronxville High, late in the season . . . the second time in the five years of Coach Dobberstein ' s working with Coneordian basketball teams . . . partial consolation in the winning of our last game against Tuckahoe, anil the year was wrapped up with a standing 8-9 record for our combined efforts. Captain Big Bill Hillman, center, scored 272 points over the entire season, averaging 16 points per game. As a whole, the year was fair in wins and loses, typically Coneordian in thrills and drive . . . Coach Dobberstein will miss the strength of his starling five, but waiting in the background is a group of talented .). . players from which next car ' s varsity will come . . . quality spread out. developing as a unit ... a good prescription from a good coach for successful years in basketball . . . . . . Sweat . . . ih, ' pleasant relaxed feeling a warm shouir after strenuous excercise . . . after a game-full of fast breaks ... or end runs ... or an afternoon of distance running . . . Banquets with sweches, major letters, trophies, statuettes . . . The admiration we had for our coach . . . the confidence we placed in him . .