Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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BASKETBALL TOO WE Fl, D A MEA S TO 1 vhiiifiv 5 QUIT? '13' n X Fl'RST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: John Brown, Bob Dawson, Frank OTway Gill, John CoTTrill, Tom Leyden, coach: Nick Hirfh, co-manager. SECOND ROW, LJEFT TO RIGHT: Mike Teeple, nssisfnnf manager: James Teeple, co-manager, Moe Tener, MarTin Corbiff, MarTy RubensTein, Marvin Fruchfer, Jack Charwin, Nick Spadaccini, and Bubba, Trainer. When The curlain rang down on The I949-'50 ediTion oT The Rider's varsiTy baslceTeers, iT marked anoTher consecuTive season in which The Roughriders have compiled a loeTTer Than .500 average. The overall record showed I2 wins regisTered againsT 9 deTeaTs. However, as is oTTen The case, The record, in iTselT, does noT Tell The enTire sTory. The Broncs sTarTed oTT wiTh a rush, winning 9 of Their TirsT IO ouTings. Opening The season in auspicious Tashion, Rider edged ,a game Kings College, 42-37. King's George Dempsey, TiTTh highesT scorer in The naTion, made The conTesT close. Rider wenT on To win Two TasT TilTs aT The ex- pense oT Bloomheld, 67-57 an Alumni ,..,,. . The Broncs TasTed deTeaT aT The hands oT a red-hoT Geneva squad by a 70-58 pasTing. Recovering nicely from Their inifial loss, The Broncs proceeded To play Their TinesT ball oT The season in winning The nexT six games in succession. They opened This span by Topping PaTerson STaTe, 53-43. PowerTul ST. Joseph College oT Indiana was The TiTTh vicTim oT The Broncs To The Tune oT 54-43. The Roughriders Tollowed This vicTory wiTh a 56-50 win over Panzer College. Riders eighTh game Took Them To Virginia, where They defeated a snappy QuanTico Marines quinTeT, 68-6I. Bob Dawson produced his TinesT eTTorT oT The season, hiTTing Tor I9 markers. Rider conTinued iTs winning ways by Trouncing MonTclair STaTe Twice, 6I-32 and 57-49. Frank OTway, John CoTTrill, and Dawson paced The scor- ing parade. A scramble for ball during The Panzer Tussle. Belief cle Rube, going in for one of his paTenTed hook shofs. -run.-mxlz l-

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. THUS DUR ACHIEVEMENT WAS COMPLETE n W.. . ' ,,. ig ff , , f rf X ,-1 I J M-.r li i - I ' '. Y X 1 ,411 A .. - ., V ' M Xl, s, i '-'fps - 'Q Q if i xl , 4J ii fswmvfhs 'Ye A i, , , i i. ,yr i wg . - A l mix , f .4 ,Aki .Q QE? ' -r if. ' . ' Q iff U X 'r 36512 ., t lg Q gf., ' , as-.-,f r .J oulplying a lop-noich Wilkes eleven. Jack lvlil- lard and Nick Spadaccini proved lo belihe big guns in This game vvilh Spadaccini 'lallying 'Four Jrouchdowns on runs of 4, 4-O, 37, and 25 yards. Millard scored on lrwo sensalional runs in 'rhe closing quarier Thai sewed up lhe game. ln Their final 'rwo games ol ihe season 'lhe Purple and Gold had no 'lrouble 'lriming Kulz- Jrown, 27-I3, and Jrrouncing Ml. S+. lvlary's, 43-6. The Purple and Gold grid machine was nor ,a one or iwo man Team by any moans. This was evidence by The diicierenl names Thai cropped up affer every game. Inspired by 'lhe Roughrider band, +l'1e crowd cheers for anofher score during lhe Bronc fill wifh Mi. Sf. Mary af Burlingfon, N. J. The Broncs frounced ihe ,l H Sf. Mary eleven, 43-6. pfnror

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GIVE VISUAL PROOF OF OUR ACHIEVEME TS ViIIanova's Ricca and Arizen closing in on Ihe Rube. Old and new collide cluring Ilwe annual Alumni game. Bob Dawson gefling off pivol shol againsl Quanlico Marines. The Roughriders' six game winning slreak came Io an abrupl hall al lhe hands of lhe powerful Lafayelle Leopards, 57-45. Under Ihc N.C.A.A. rulings, John Brown and Dawson were ineligible. John Marshall College knocked Ihe Broncs our of lhe undefeafed ranks in lhe N.J.l.fX.C. by Ihe Iune of 65-55. Bucky McConnell, dimunifive for- ward, lallied 32 poinls. Rider regained ils winning Iorm by Irouncing Palerson Slale Teachers, 72-4I, and whipping a slrong Lincoln Universily live. The Broncs dropped Iwo conseculive games 'Io a slrong Iona College, 57-44, and Io lowly Panzer, 55-52. The Panzer selback elirninale all chances of The Broncs copping The N.J.I.A.C. crown. In whal proved 'ro be Iheir lasi winning eIIorI of Ihe season, Ihe Broncs bounced back wilh a 73- 5I 'rrouncing of highly Iouled Pace College. Nick Spadaccini elucles Wilclcal defense. Bob Dawson Ialring pass from John Colf- rill during Sf. Joseph encounler. Senior John CoHriII geffing sei for anoIl'1er Roughrider score. xr' , I I S. Y. X g. Ven.. 3 ff A I 1' N -mv is N I A N