Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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THIS fall saw Coach Elmer Hardcll and his 1047 edition of Georgetown Uni -ersit ' s track team get off to a slow start h competing with local cross country teams and ending up with a record of two wins, two losses and one tie. But as time wore on, the team picked up momentum. The winter indoor season proxed highly suc- cessful and the prospects for an interesting spring record was inevitable. The mile relay team, consisting of Bill Drugan, Mort Kane, Jim Mewshaw and Ed Sause, finished first in the New ' ork Knights of Columbus meet on March 8th, second in the Millrose games, and third in the K of C meet in Boston and the N.Y.A.C. meet. An interesting highlight concerning the relay team is that Bill Dzugan and Ed Sause running the one and four positions were also a winning combination when they helped Bayonne High School of New Jersey capture the Penn Relay Championship in 1943. SALISE ON THE TRACK HAP HARDELL According to Hap Hardell, Sause is the best prospect that he has seen since the days of Georgetown ' s Hugh Short. Although Ed ' s specialty is the quarter-mile run, he took top honors in the 300-yard run of the K of C in Boston. Dave Smith also deserves individual recognition. He placed first in the 1000-yard event at the K of C at New York. Both of these men were inxited to almost all the im- portant indoor meets this year. That Georgetown will gain new laurels in the Carolina Relays, the Seton Hill Rela s, Penn Relays and the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet in the spring is a certainty. 153

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JBaskttball ■ 7 7 rITH the end of the football season [ j last November the entire Hilltop J looked toward Elmer Ripley and his 1947 team for another jubilee year. They hoped that the team would have a successful season and reach its zenith in an invitation to the N.C.A.A. tournament at Madison Square Garden. Despite the now apparent zigzag series of upsets, the varsity has on the whole done well this season. There are still memorable events in the Blue and Gray bas- ketball picture to cheer about. Although, the reversals that we had in the season haxe witnessed the Hoya ' s playing like court wizards one night and poor Richards the next, there was a close parallel between the hot and cold temperature of the G.U. varsity five and the enthusiasm of the Hoya sport fans. In the opening game the Hilltoppers got off to an auspicious start ruining Idaho ' s ear- lier eastern swing. Featuring firehouse breaks and skillful passing, along with a sensational performance of accuracy from the foul line, the Hilltoppers soared to a memorable 59-52 victory at the Uline arena. . fter Idaho held a brief lead in the opening minutes, the Blue and Gray quintette caught fire and pushed in a substantial lead that was never bettered e -en though the rangy Vandals generated a terrific second-half comeback. The Hoya pass- ing and playmaking seemed magically effec- tive against the sluggish Vandal five. Thus a 59-52 victory sent the happy student body back to the Hilltop with bulging chests after as colorful a contest as this season could hope to see. After a fine start, Georgetown dropped a close game to the Nittany Lions of Penn State in the final seconds on a small Catholic University court which had been sold out two hours before game time. The Nittany Lions, termed the best zone defenses in the country, worked their zone to advantage on the small C.U. court, and they baffled a fight- ing Georgetown team which had had a great ELMER RIPLEY, Coach ARTHLIR B.ART0L02ZL Student Manager 155