Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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WOMEN 'S SPQRTS ND so we close our college career, and look back on four years of womenis sports, well- played. The worst that can be said of us by com- ing generations of Queens' sportswomen is: They tried! Over these four years, womenis sports have come into their own at Queens. New teams have sprung up, and talent we never knew we had has been developed. Under the able direction of Miss Papasos the basketball team has done wonders. This past sea- son the team won ten games and lost only four. Through graduation, the team loses two guards: Anita De Sheano and Ernie Mewhinney, two for- wards: Gloria Hochman and Shirley Manspeiser, and its very able manager, Rosine Deshler. One of the innovations during the past year was Miss Pat's bowling team. The seniors on the team were Betty Bradshaw, Maggie Gill, Gloria Hochman, Vera Rawski, and captain, Joan Cassidy. Last year, Ilsa Rothschild moved from second place spot to first place on Miss Ver Hoeven's tennis team. We expect big things of the team in the future. The softball group was a fairly recent addition to women's sports. The team considered the sea- son successful when it beat our traditional rival -Hofstra. Ernie Mewhinney played first base for the victors. However, we were not quite as lucky during an archery match with the same school. Two seniors, Joan Cassidy, and Vera Rawski shot in that match. Queens only entered into Inter-collegiate sports during the last few years. The hockey team was invited to play at an all-college hockey play day at Greenwich, Connecticut, during which Ruthie Schumacher scored. On another occasion, a volley- ball play day was held at Barnard and the QC visitors beat Barnard! Later on, Elo Brown, Joan Cassidy, Jeanne Higgins, and Vera Rawski were invited to Barnard for a weekend of sports. The kids had a great time spending the night at Barnard's upstate cabin. Queens also had the distinction of having the press at its demonstration of the Spitz Jump, originated by our own Dr. Spitz for the Eire and Police Department physical tests. Participating in the fun were Norma Dunnigan fwho jumped for , :Div as ,ge S f..M,m 1 , . Y 3 ZA 6, V N N . ff ,X 'K' - X f Ev. 3, N -- , - Q. , 1.6. , .wa ' : , f , . , f , R, K ., ,..4-,M gli 1 ' vf ,,'f i'5 v1i' :' 'Q5'SfT'fgkk'-- . Ji r f . 1. 1f'mp.f1m:fmf1.,ff'43?'95zfv:.B -pf :wf4:.?4g1if,f ? f g 1 : V f .V . .V af-ra: w,5a,,14-,.,af..f--. -1 , As.-f . ' -1 s ,L Peggy McLean the camerasj Elo Brown, Jeanne Higgins, and Jeanne Knakal of our feminine population. Miss Spiesman's all-inclusive intra-mural pro- gram of softball, volleyball, fencing, badminton, and all other sports weather and equipment would permit brought out a bevy of sportswomen: Betty Bradshaw, Marge Brannigan, Anne Buonaguro, Joan Cassidy, Gloria Hochman, Joan Lieberthal, Shirley Manspeiser, Judy Markowitz, Joyce Mar- tin, Ernie Mewhinney, Marilyn Paymer, Vera Rawski, and Norma Singleton. All of these gals and more were our airline players in the intra- murals. Not all of us won, but we all had fun. Lest we forget, our one big claim to fame in women's sports is Peg McLean. This little bundle of energy is ranked second in the world for Table-Tennis, is the English Champion, Canadian Champion and undefeated American Women's Table-Tennis Champion. She has toured Europe twice, playing all the way. We are very proud of Peg. Although we can't say we saw the opening of the new gym, we seniors have closed our days of college sports. But that doesn't mean welll forget them! 1 57 .,v, ,E,,..,-,.-- .,. -ag,-...J ---.' -1'.j.4--A -S:--f::..' ,ef L44 gg- --71 .. - -A f---- 1...-, . . - f ' ' f- . --ff f - .- ' '3 '-f..1' .-'TZ 3-viifvf pil:-Tilt: '+r4::'?f- 15- ffl-4421 t3'3-1,?5iK'3,'! E?2'-f'Hf . .'5 n'.w r zaiyigq - 1 Q - ss .. '- V V r V- - U- -' 1' : 1 , - .. -,'r-.-y.-:- ,,Y.- 'I b - ,' - P' r - - .J - .-.W,6f,9:'upz-Q

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gym is still there. Looks nice. Somehow, though, we think it will look much nicer when five guys repre- senting Queens College can walk out onto the court and play a game of basketball. The latest word is that it will happen this fall. Letis hope so. Our last soccer season was almost a personal tri- umph for Bill Moody. Seems Bill did most of the team's scoring, enabling the team to pull out some wins and ties that would have gone into the books as one-sided defeats without his booting them home. Gene Greenwold did a herculean task of guarding our net as he made save after save to ward off the opposition. The basketball season of '48-'49 was something out of this world. The valuable instruction that Coach Salmons had given the players during the previous unsuccessful year finally paid off. Led by the scoring of Dewey Sehring and Bruce Hurley, the team won more games than any other Knight five. The sea- son ended with a 16-7 record, as the play and stand- ards of the squad marked it as the best ever to rep- resent QC on the boards. The home games were played at Forest Hills High, the same court being used for practice sessions. In late spring, Queens was invited to participate in a Metropolitan Small College Tournament. This, it was hoped, would lay the groundwork for a regu- lar conference of small colleges in this was dumped in the first round of the tourney by Hofstra which thereby avenged an earlier defeat at the hands of the Knights who had overcome a first- half deficit of 17 points and roared back to a 52-51 victory. Generally, the last baseball season we saw as undef- graduates was something of a failure from the vic- tory point of view, The hitting was there, the same veteran outfield supplying most of it, but after Bob Mueller, the pitching was weak and the fielding was worse. The hurling situation got so bad that Coach Tierney would yank Mueller from a game if the Knights piled up a comfortable lead so that he could go again in another day or two. The big thrill was the first game with City in which Mueller didn't give up a hit until the ninth inning, only to have errors beat him, 6-5. Thus ends this chapter of our stay at QC. We re- member it for the fun and laughs and friendships. Individual game scores are quickly forgotten, maybe for the best, but good times are usually cherished long after the evoking situations and statistics are vague memories. Sports have given us our share of enjoyment at Queens, and, having done so, have served their purpose. area. Queens Coach Bob Salmons and the team congratulate Charlie Mand after the final game of his Queens' CHICCI.

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