Hartwick College - Oyaron Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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under the 1ights at the Neahwa Part: Stadium and resuited in the B1ue,s second victory of the season, a 6-O win'over the heavy, we11-haianced lthaca Co11ege team. The t'o11owing week found the troquios in Massa- chusetts, ptaying the Lowe11 institute. The Banks- men proved too strong for the Textiie Men, and the finat whistle hatting the game found the Btue ahead hy a 21-O score. This, the third victory for Hartwick, made two in a row for the Banhsmen. Novemher 1 found an inspired Hartwick outfit on a lcietd of mud in a downpour, ptaying C1ar1:son Tech, one of the strongest teams in the East. 1t was a hard-fought contest, and, with the aid of a few hreaics, the Engineers managed to sptash out a 12-O victory. Une week 1ater, the indians met the team from American 1nternationa1. Cn a hitter coid day, the Qneonta co11ege 1ads gave a 21-0 win to their toes. 011 Novemher 15, Hartwick ptayed its 1ast home game. Keeping the home state ctean, the 1ndians defeated Upsala, 6-O. Ptaying in their own hack yard, the Btue had remained unheaten in a home contest, and at the same time had not allowed a foe to push over a score. Three seniorswphii Ri- gano, Ev Umhey, and George Redden-ptayed their 1ast home game for the Btue and White. These hoys have played four years of varsity com- petition. The Upsata game was to have otificiaity c1osed the Hartwick pigslcin circuit. However, Unc1e Bea1e found Hofstra College with an open date, so he votunteered to F111 it with his troquois. The Btue took a 24-6 heating. The season ended with 1'1artwic1c having scored 67 points against their opponents' 113. Per game score was Hartwick 6.7, foe 11.5. Pete Upugn Pace was hy far the outstanding player on the Hartwick squad this year. A tripte- threat hack, he was one of the East's highest scor- ing p1ayers. Another Roman, Johnny Giaquinto, a1so a tripte-threat, promised to he an outstanding A11-East piayer until he hroke his shouider. Cf Uncie Beatels twenty-six candidates, there were ten upperc1assmen-nine ot whom were tettermen-and sixteen freshmen. Whi1e Pace and Giaquinto were the outstanding freshmen memhers of the team, Beams, 1V1cE11igott, and Rigano were stettar vet- eran performers. Big Pinii Rigano has heen offered contracts hy three protessiona1 footha11 teams, the hest Otter coming from the Detroit Lions. X As a resutt of the Fine showing made hy the indians, Coach Banks has heen ahle to hook con- tests for the coming season with some nationa11y known teams. Prospects tor next year are good, onty three seniors heing 10st hy graduationg how- ever, the hig prohiem next year wi11 he the draft. Many ot the squad are atready in the service of their country. This year's p1ayers receiving Ietters were Pete Pace, Ernie De Lucco, Howie Beams, Don Kemp- ster, Joe Luciani, Ev Umhey, Phil Rigano, Buzz 1V1cE11igott, Joe Kaminski, Johnny Mirota, Fred Pii- Lington, Johnny Giaquinto, George'1 Redden, and Johnny Schhiep. --

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f r , yy if S7 1.5, dh i t Bncle Row: Clogslon tsl. Lawrencei, Lucioni, Bosiocle, Williams, Kaminski, Rcclzlen, Pilkington, Umliey, Kempsier, Piclrocini, Rigano, M. Beale, Coacli Banks. Second Row: Savino, Assistant Coacli Biggs, lWcEllis IW ,A goll, Zinc, E. DcLucco, Ramicti, F. DeLucco, Beams, Wai'rl Merrell, Assistant Coach. Front Row: Watson, Nlirola, Piccione, Klienspelin, Klcinfeller, Scnuep, Longo, Pace. Q7 Q P NDER tlae First season ot coactming from Attmletic Director M. Beale Banks, tlue lnclians farecl 'very well, completing one ol: tlue most successful tootlaall seasons in tlae luistory of tlwe college. Playing an exceptionally l1eavy'sctiecl- ule ol? ten games, witl'1 opponents inclucling some of tlwe top teams in tlue East, tl'1e lroquios won tour, tiecl one ancl lost Hve. N Tlie looys openecl their season on September 19 against tlwe lvlorrisville Aggies, anfl an auspicious opening it was, the lnclians winning a niglqt game, 18-0. Twelve Clays later tlne Blue tielcl a lwiglcrly ratecl eleven from Lelligla to a llarcl tougtlt 15-13 tie. This upset macle the New Yorl: papers rave alaout the Hsturcly little college from up-statef, Loolqing forwarcl to avenging the previous yearys cleteat, tlae Blue invaclecl tlie Allred territory in liigli luopes ot victory, still laaslcing in ttie glory ot llie previous weelcs moral victory, only to lose to an interior Alfrecl team lay 19-7. Un Gctoloer 10, the lnclians, liarnperecl lay in- juries, clasliecl witti a strong Moravian team in Betlalelaern, Pennsylvania, wlcrere a crowcl of almost 15,000 people, impressecl lay tlae Leluiglu upset, turnecl out to see our boys in tlmeir reappearance in the steel city. The torwarcl wall of tlae opponents was too strong, ancl Hartwiclcls cletense was too wealc. Title Blue came out seconcl tnest, 52-0, tl'1e worst beating of ttme year. Hartwiclc was getting a reputation ot an in-out team -Q that is, a team goocl one weelc, lout un- explainalnly powerless tl'1e next. lt is true that the lnclians clicl get some loacl lorealcs f- Pluil Rigano in tlae hospital, Frecl Pilkington on crutclues with a laacl lcnee, Buzz lVlcElligott witlu two lorolcen lingers, Marv Parr in tlae liospital, unalale to move for some ttmree weelcs, rlolun Giaquinto renclerecl useless wittm a lyrolcen slioulcler, ancl George Reclclen, starlsaclc- lielcl man, out with a strained leg. The following game was playecl at Gneonta

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LJ ' I L V -I X ,, 3 ,' 'I X J . . . . f 7 J .ff f , Ai' lr If A Q 1 4 4 7' AK I ,fa - A If. v If .1 1 if X1 x U ,Q ,Aff eil - gif . Vv' xi , ,. ' 4 2 AY rs ,i K, X' K Xxy, F MW .QL , , 35 iz-VJWIUJC atm wkkk Back Row: Pace, Gciselmann, Pillzingion, Luciani, Beams, Coach Banlzs. Sealed: hfirola, St. Iohn, Connolly, Captain, Schleup, Hornlweck ITH seven of tast yearls veterans on the squad and nine new men to complete the tist, Uncle Beale Banks started the 1941-42 has- kethatt season. The First game of the year resulted in a loss to the University of Vermont, 50-27. On the following night, Hartwick tost to Ithaca hy a closer score of 55-59. At this time, Uncle Beale was stitt experimenting with different comhinations for defense and scoring. The Alfred game came next, played at Alfred, this was another defeat for the hoys from Oyaron, the score heing 44-56, in favor of the Saxons. Each time, the difference in the scores hecame smaller as Hartwick got more in the groove. tn the following contest, St. Bonaventure massacred the Indians hy a rather topheavy score of 48-51, a margin of seventeen points. Staging a comehactc in their next game, the First of two with Siena, the Iroquois tost hy a mere eleven points, the score heing 59-28. This was in a sense a moral victory, hecause Siena had heaten some of the hest teams in the East hy worse scores than the one rotted up over Hartwick. At this time, the Hartwick sharpshooters were Jim Pietrocini, Kelty Kaminski, Dave Zinno, Bill Spaulding and Jack Connolly. Following the Siena contest came a game with Loclchaven-a storm which the Indians did not weather too welt, losing hy the worst score yet, 46-25. The second scrap with ithaca came tate in Decemher, and, as far as wins and tosses are concerned, was no hetter for the Hartwick ledger than the previous game. This time the Blue suffered a 59-59 defeat. The last game of the First semester was played with Oswego. tt ended that semester and the year auspiciousty with the First Indian win of the season. The score in this case was Hartwick, 485 Qswego, 42.