Hartwick College - Oyaron Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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Bncfe Row: Prime, Rcflden, Ftcttfillan, Holley, fttirola, Bernard, Beams, Dinmonrl, Beuuen, Assistant Aton- uyerf Banks, Conair: Elello, Btnnagerq NewKirfe. Front Row: IVIcu'iuscetlo, Captain.: Klienfetter, Muslrog Qowley, Cizefe, Gagticirdi THLETIC Director M. Beate Banks came to Hartwick on the first day of Aprit in 1941. Having promised the student body that ttiere would toe plenty of sweat and work to produce winning teams in taasetaatt, foottnatt and tnastqettaatt, tie im- mediately set ttie taasetoatt candidates to work. On Qyaron Heights the weattwer is cold untit the Hrst of May. The boys practiced in the gym. Then, toward ttie tast of time month, ttae team, not yet having had even one outside practise, teft on a six-day trip into the South to play six teams who had had outside ctritts for weeks. Nevertheless, the indians took ttiree of ttmose games. Opening the southern campaign, the invading Indians scatped their lirst opponents, Swarthmore, by a 7-I count. Big Doc Hottey started ttie game, taut ttwrew tiis arm out of joint in ttie Hrst inning, tiaving attowed one nit. Ben Cizet: tootq over from there and won the game for the Indians. He gave ttwe tnoys from Swarthmore onty ttnree nits. tn the next game, John Cenestcy did a great join of pitching, taut a tot of errors on time part of his tietders tost the game for trim, 6-5. Bitt Newtcirti started for Hartwick in time fottow- ing game with Stieptierd State. After a tittte tiard tuctq in the Hrst inning, he was retieved by Doc Hottey, who was credited with the win, 13-5. Redeeming taimsett in the next game, the con- test witti Blue Ridge, Buctto Newtcirt: registered his Hrst win of the season-and his First white wearing the Hartwick tutue. This was the troquois, ttiird win on the southern tour. The score was 4-Q. Ben Cizetc started his second game against Snip- penstuurg on ttwe fottowing day. Doing att rigtdt untit about the tiftti inning, widen Hartwick started play- ing erratic Batt, tue tost the game toy a score of 5-2. He yietded eight tiits, wtdite his mates connected for onty Five safeties. - tn tiis second game of the season, Jotinny Cene- stsy atso had a init of hard tuctc. tn pitctding the

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Just when Uncle Beale thought he had hit upon the winning comhination, fate, or the draft, stepped in and removed Jim Pietrocini and Dave Zinno. To add more gray to Uncle Beales head, Kelly Kaminslci and .lacla Biggs left and got positions. At this stage in the season, Hartwiclc had rolled up 213 points to a total of 381 marlqs for eight oppo- nents. ln other words, Hartwiclfs foes outscored them hy 150 points. The second hall of the season opened with a heart-rending defeat of -the Blue lay the Cortland Normal Five, with a score of 64-17. ln all fairness to the team and Uncle Beale, a great deal of the hlame for that score can he attrihuted to the re- moval of four of the first stringers. The cheer squad for the Oyaronites was pepped up on end in the following game, when, for the fourth consecutive year, the lroquois scalped the Red and White from Qneonta Normal hy a decisive score of 46-33. Having challced up its second victory of the cam- paign, the Banlcsmen made short worl: of dispos- ing of the five sent up from Wagner. The game was close, lout the hoys were again in the groove, and they elced out a 54-52 win. Wagner and Oneonta Normal were the First foes engaged in home contests. Following the two-game winning strealc, the Blue toolc it on the chin when they met the Larries from Saint Lawrence, with a score of 49-33. Reeling from the shoclc of the last defeat, Hartwiclc toolc another heating at the hands of Clarlcson on Satur- day, Fehruary 25, gave high praise to HGenial .laclcn Connolly and Hpugu Pace. It was aloout that time that people were heginning to realize that nGenial Jaclcu Was a read sharpshooter. A return contest with Siena the following Tues- day was a dismal defeat for the Oyaronites, the score being 43-23. ln a return engagement with Oneonta Normal, the lndians again triumphed for their fourth and last win of the season. The Braves were hloodthirsty that night and they tool: Normal for a 61-36 ride. f The second game with Allred University ended in another hitter defeat for Hartwick. Playing at Alfred, and without the support of the student cheering section, the hoys lost hy an uneven score of 57-34. ln a post-season game, Hartwiclc engaged Hamil- ton College in a thrilling game played at Utica on March 2. The First half was all Hamiltonls, hut in the second halt the Blue came haclc and out- scored and outplayed the Hamiltonians in every move. However, the lead huilt up in the First part of the game was too much for the lndians to over- come, and they lost, 49-39. During the second semester, Hartwiclc won three games and lost six. The opponents scored 440 points to 383 for the lndians. For the complete season, the lroquois won four, lost thirteen, scored 614 points to 821 for their foes, and played three home games. Ucvenial Jaclcn Con- nolly was high scorer for the year, with 143 points for fourteen games, or some ten points per game. Johnny Geiselmann was second high man, with 74 points, followed hy Upugu Pace, with 52. lt may seem that the lndians did not do very well, hut it should he rememhered that the team was made up entirely of freshmen and sophomores. Next year promises to he very hright.

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B1ue,s next game against Susquehanna, he tost hy the same score as his teammate, Ben Cizetc, had tost the previous game, 5-2. ' Cn the southern invasion, the Yantcees from Qneonta had scored 51 runs to their opponents, 24. with three games won and three dropped. Carrying their campaign into New Jersey, the tndians went on a rampage, scatping their next op- position. Drew, 7-1. Johnny Cenestcy pitched a line hatt game and was hacked hy ttawtess Fietding from the team. Johnny was awarded his second win against one deteat for the season. The game which attracted most tocat comment was the contest with Cotgate, scheduted for Aprit 28. Of course, the Red Raiders were given the First choice to come out on top, hut tate in the game the indians were holding an 8-4 tead hehind the Hawtess pitching ot Johnny Cenestcy. when, again, erratic Fietding attowed the Raiders to whittte down the tead and Finatty win hy a very ctose score ot 10-9. The fottowing game was dropped to Corttand Normat hy a three-run margin, 4-1. Again, poor icietding, caused hy tactc of pre-season practice, was the contrihuting factor in the toss of this contest. Ben Cizetc was tagged with the defeat. tn- the tottowing game with Hamitton Cottege, the tndians won a tight game hy the narrow score of 3-1. tn a pitching duet hetween Johny Cenestcy and Zetce Young, Young attowed the troquois tive hits, white Cenestxy hetd the 1'1amittonians to one hit untit the ninth, when he eased up and attowed them two htows for their onty tatty. A Fottowing the Hamitton titt, the Btue engaged the Qswego nine. Wittw Ben Cizetq pitching heau- titut hatt. the tndians toot a 12-5 victory. tn the tirst game with Ctartcson, there was a stight mix-up. A Hartwictc ptayer, Stip Rowtey, hit a tong drive out past the fence. The umpire threw a new hatt into the game, and Rowtey was tagged out with the new han. Atter some scurring around. the other hatt was thrown in from the outhietd, and the game went on. However, the umpire dict not reconsider his decision. and Rowtey was ruted out. upon heing tagged with a hatt which he had not hit. Ben Cizeta was charged with the 9-5 toss. .tohnny Cenestcy came through to win the next game with St. txftichaets hy a 5-2 count in another pitchers, hattte. Conch Banks Having pitched the tndians to win over St. Mi- chaets, Cenestcy was stated to hurt against St. Law- rence two days tater. Thus, with one day,s rest and a very damp, cotd day against him. Cenestqy tost the St. Lawrence game hy a ctose score of 6-4. tn the' next game, Uncte Beate started Big Doc Hottey. tn his tast few games, Doc had fared rather hadty, and he ran into rough opposition when he chuctcect at Ctartxson in the tndians, second game with the Teachers. The score was topheavy in favor ot Ctartcson, 13-5. tn the return engagement with Corttand, Ben Cizeti hetd hack the Normatites untit the ninth inning, when he hegan to weataen. Coach Banks yantced him out in favor ot Doc Hottey. The game was a stugtest with the Btue coming out on top hy a 12-11 count. tn the tasti game of the season, Johnny Cenestiy tossed against Drew tor the second time that sea- son. Hounded hy had hreatqs, the tndians lost the contest, 7-4. A11 in att, Uncte Beatefs hrst season at Oyaron was not so had. The hoys won eight games. tost nine, However. they outscored their opponents, 98-91. Johnny Cenestty was the outstanding player tor the year, recording two wins against tour tosses. and teading the halismen with a 3-if average.