Ken Mont Camp for Boys - Golden Days Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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PERT, RICKY EAGLE, BOB REICHER, RICH FINDLER and GREGG RUBIN. Cardinal Division In the Big Ten Conference, there were many thrilling and closely contested ball games. Captain BOB REIGER'S Indiana Hoosiers won the title but the Iowa Hawkeyes forced them into overtime in the deciding game. Besides BOB, the Hoosiers were represented by STU DOPPELT, STACEY SIMON, RICKY EISENBERG, ANDY LIEB- MAN and MATT DINERSTEIN. LARRY KLITZMAN was outstanding for Michigan State, while the defensive play of MIKE MOORIN and the overall improvement of STAN MARCUS were a coaches, delight. The Cardinals played .500 ball in inter-camp competition and showed great promise for the fu- ture. Hawk Division I The Hawks have fthe finest inter-camp basket- ball competitive record in camp. The Division has not lost an A team game in three years! The mastery of pressing m-an to man tactics was respons- ible to a large extent for their continued success. The team was led by Captain JON T UMEN, ably assisted by GARY SINGER, MATTY NATHEL, ERIC DONNENFELD, KEN LIEBOWITZ, ANDY MAYER, JAY GOODGOLD and ROGER KAHN. In the Hawks Ivy League, the Princeton Tigers, led by Captain GARY SINGER went undefeated to win the title. Along with GARY, the team was made up of ERIC DONNENFELD, MIKE WEIS- BEIN, JON DAVIDSON, JON BROWN and MITCH LAWRENCE. Some of the season's highlights featured GARY SINGER'S ball handling, JON TUMEN'S fine jump shot, and MATTY NATHEL'S clutch shoot- ing. CLIFF ROSENBERG developed into a fine defensive player and ERIC DONNENFELD'S fine play oif the boards was outstanding. Condor Division The Condor inter-camp basketball team finished with a 3 and l record. The one game they lost to Greylock they later avenged with a trouncing on our home court. LEE TUNIS was the high SCOICI for the team, being consistently fed by OSCAR REICHER, CARY WISCHE and MARK CORON as they swept the boards and set up tho fast bmak- KEN RICHTER, DOUG BLACK and ROGER FRADIN were also key members of the CondO1T varsity club. In the intra-camp league, the Chicago Bulls de- feated the Los Angeles Lakers for the league crown. The Bulls were led by Captain ROGER FRADIN ably assisted by LEE TUNIS, ED STRAUSS, DAVE HUTNER, BRAD BRONK and ARNY ROWAN. ARNY proved to be the surprise of the team, leading his squad in the all important re- bound department. KEN RICHTER who played for the Detroit Pistons, was recorgnized as the Most Improved Basketball Player at Ken-Mont. At the start of the summer KEN was a B team substitute, by season's end he was a Varsity starter! Eagle and Dodo Divisions In the intra camp league the New York Knicks won the crown. PETE MENDELSON, JOHN LEVENTHAL, SCOTTY KRUGMAN, DAVE GREENBAUM, RON HERMAN and STEVE DANIELS led the team to the title. The Dodo inter-camp team had its most success- ful season in our camp's history. Winner of every game but one Cthat team later whippedj and sweep- ing clean on the barnstorming -trip, the varsity earned a record that will be a target for future campers. The top players were DAVE SIMON, MARC WEIN, PETE MENDELSON, JEFF LEWIS and SCOTT KRUGMAN. The Eagles varsity had almost as fine a record, turning in a 6-2 season. The stars were DENNIS HELFMAN, EARL DOPPELT, RICKY ROSEN, RICK KANE, BOB STEINWURTZEL and SKIP SCHMIDT. Among the seasons highlights were DENNIS HELFMAN'S 30 points against our arch rival, Greylock, the outstanding rebounding of JOHN LEVENTHAL and BOB STEINWURT- ZEL, and the sure handed ball handling of the RICKYS-KANE and ROSEN. Scatico Tourney The Scatico Basketball Tournament involving 8 other camps has become a yearly event for the Dodo team, but until 1967 Ken-Mont had never been able to take the title. This year for the first time, our camp won the tournament with an im- pressive win over Camp Scatico in the finals by the score of 54 to 45. Nat Holman, the great basketball player who played for the original Celtics and coached at C.C. N.Y. for over 40 years, presented the enormous team trophy to the Ken-Mont team. In addition each player was awarded a beautiful set of cufflinks. The Ken-Mont players were: Captain ED ZUCKERMAN, MARK GARDNER, DAVID SIMON, RICH and PETE MENDELSON, SCOT- Y E .ig-Lag. Y 33. .vEz-:f:?.a:-ri.-Q-1'-fi:j.5.':5j.-E-2-Ei-.55.,i'E5?f E E 154

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