Grand Rapids Community College - Olympian Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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T n ,Iourneying to Mt. Pleasant, the Locals next took on the Central State Teachers Bearcats and again lost, 81 113 to 50 2f3, lack of adequate replace- ments in the field' events spelling their doom. Reed again captured the 880 and Price the pole vault. Against Albion, the team put up something more of a battle, but again lost out in the closing minutes, 69 3X 5 to 62 2f5. Oleskiewicz was tops in the 44-0, Kruse in the 330, and Bill Upton showed excellent form in taking the two hurdling events. Price again: took the pole vault, with Schneider and Loeks tying in the high jump. The relay team, one of the best that Junior has ever had, and composed of Worbec, Kruse, Reed, and Oleskiewicz, burned up the track and took the relays. 1 A Junior's big moment came in a triangular meet with Calvin and Ferris Institute, when the Raiders took first in everything except the shot put and the discus, and so emerged with a total of 935 points, as compared with Calvin's 35M and Ferris's 13. Junior college also sponsored the Second An- nual JC Relays, held at Houseman Field on May 9, to which were invited all the teams in the Grand Valley and Ken-0-Wa leagues. A Only the two following meets now remain on the schedule: . May 8 W.S.T.C. Frosh here May 16-17 State Intercollegiate E. Lansing

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Track First Row - Steele, Oleszkiewicz, Clay, Wood, Schneider, Kruse, Warbec, Steenhagen. Second Row - Upton, Hawkins, Raab, Dykhouse, MacMahon, Loeks, Magennis, Reed, Marlatt, Bowen. Weak in the field events, but strong otherwise, the Raider track team for 1941, nearing the end of its schedule, had compiled a record of one win and three losses. ' - At the beginning of the season, the squad looked good, with the return from last year of such point-getters as Julian Rymar, Ray Schneider, Moymir and Bob Polakovich. Added to these were an excellent crop of freshmen who gave the Sophs a battle in the inter-class meet, but finally suc- cumbed 72-76. In their first meet, that with Kalamazoo, the Raiders put up a game fight but lost 69143 to 61M3. Roger Reed took first place in the mileg Dale Bowen captured the two milez, Moymir Polakovich was supreme in the shot put, Price in the pole vault, Schneider in the high jump and Reed in the javelin throw. The relay team also came through with a blue ribbon.

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Tennls p N C , Although only one letterman, Bill Dare, returns from 19440, the Junior College tennis squad, aided by such high school stars of last year as Paul Saurman and Don Howick of South, Homer Adrianse of Central, and Edwin Jasinski of Catho- lic Central, is expecting a fairly good season this year, despite the loss of its first four games. The season ,opened somewhat inauspiciously on April 23 when the team journeyed to Kalamazoo and lost 6-0 to a strong, experienced Western State Teachers College varsity team. Dare, Saur- man, Adrianse, Howick, and Evans made the trip. In their next match, that with Ferris, the team was disappointingly beaten, 5-2, with Edwin Jas- inski replacing Dick Evans as number five man. This latter score was also the margin by which they lost their next match, to Calvin, with Junior taking only the first and fifth singles matches and none of the doubles. Bob Essebager took over the number five position from Jasinski. The match with Central State Teachers College was rained out on May 1. The schedule for the rest of the year is as fol- lows: May 3 Ferris Institute there May 5 W.S.T.C. Frosh here May 6 Muskegon J.C. here May 14+ Calvin College here May 17 C.S.T.C. there Blay 22 Dluskegon Jil V there May 24 State J.C. Tournament here Paul Saurman, Bob Essebager Homer Adrianse, Don Howick Bill Dare, Coach Al Veenboer 'nl KL! -'X WH-Ji 'I Tl Ill-i rl 'I' 3- lvl. ii I' l'.l' E H lv H H H H H