Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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MAKES FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE To advanTage boTh ohfensively and deTensively in The cenTer sIoT. Moe Tener, who was shiTTed periodically To The varsiTy squad, was high man Tor The year, wiTh an average of 26.67 poinTs a game. IT seems likely ThaT l.iTwacIc, Wilson, Sullivan and Polly are desTined To make sTrong bids Tor varsiTy birThs nexT season. ln iudging Their individual records, iT is probable ThaT The TirsT Two will sTay wiTh The big boys. The loss of John CoTTrilI, varsiTy cenTer, leaves an opening Tor one of Them a cerTainTy. CapTain OTway will probably move To The cenTer sloT, vacaTing his Torward posiTion. EiTher LiTwacIc or Wilson will geT The nod Trom varsiTy coach Leyden. WiTh every consideraTion, The liT+le Ponies should clinch The N.J.I.A.C. crown again in '5I, even wiTh The loss of Their leading scorers. JUNIOR VARSITY SCORING PARADE G FG FT FM PTS PF AV Icifwach 20 96 I I6 74 266 6I l3.30 Wilson I9 94 83 39 227 56 I I.95 Polly I7 64 30 I7 I45 35 8.53 Sullivan I8 52 63 27 I3I 33 7.28 Spencer 20 40 56 32 I I2 65 5.60 Tener 3 29 36 22 80 'IO 26.67 Kelly I9 28 3l I4 70 3I 3.68 Angelasfro I8 I I 22 II 33 28 I.83 Ballou 5 I0 6 I 2I 4 4.20 Case 2 3 4 3 9 3 4.50 Farmer 6 7 9 6 20 7 3.33 ShanTz 9 3 4 I 7 7 0.78 Weissberg 2 3 I I 7 4 3.50 KEY: G, Games: FG, Field Goals: FT, Foul Tries: FM, Fouls Made: PTS, PoinTs: PF, Personal Fouls: AV, Average. Milne Polly, high scoring 'forward Tor The yearlings. Milre sTarred in early season play, only To be sidelined wiTh an iniured shoulder during The IaTTar parT of The campaign. Ballet dancers, Greg LiTwacIr IIOI, Milne Polly l3I seem bewildered awaiTing reTurn of ball. PI unQS. T ehiY oi ac 0 I Year' b Kilquss . for Bo TOR

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BAC' K ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Joe Kelly, Dick Spencer, Al Wilson. Q I V Gregory Lilwaclr, Jerry Weissberg, and Larry Kelly KNEELING, LEFT TO RIGHT: Mike Polly, Pele Angelaslro, Coach Bob Kilgus, Jael: Sullivan, and Ed Farmer. J. V. BASKETBALL Dropping lheir final game of lhe season wilh LlU's freshmen, 58-39, Bob Kilgus' Iillle Poni es wound up lhe baslcelball year wilh an enviable record of I5 wins and 5 losses lo again clinch 'rhe'r I claim To lhe N.J.l.A.C. crown. The Frosh broke away lo a slring of ei hr 9 conseculive wins before lhey were dumped by a hard-hilling Ivlonlclair club, 49-34. Thai deleai was quickly avenged in a viclory over Army Jay- vees during a week-end when all olher Army Teams made a clean sweep of lheir opposilion. During lhe season, 'rhe Kilgusmen rolled u . - P impressive viclories over lvlonlclair, Panzer, Paler- son, John Marshall, Admiral Farragul, and Trenlon Cafholic. They were upsel in relurn maches wilh y fs-.aw Monlclair and Trenlon gunned by Penn lwice, and LIU once. The LIU fray was a farce which saw lhe visilors courling a leam which averaged a heighl ol over six feel. four inches. This, combined wilh a 'rouch of Clair Bee baslcelball, pushed The Blackbirds our of reach long before 'rhe final gun sounded The Rider iayvees. however, displayed lheir usual huslle which was so significanl in com piling 'rheir im- pressive record. A sleady, consislenl brand of ball was pushed 'rh ' roughoul The season, ralher ihan l'irehouse. Coach Kilgus employed John Sullivan 'ro sei up I h pays, w ile Greg Lilwaclc and AI Wilson played nearer lhe boards. Diclc Spencers heighl was used Calholic, and were oul-

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I! X. yi Nz: MOST VALUABLE f f 1 1' ' . T I HX xlsllff i'l, fl 4 Q4 frm 2l0 ff' 9 M - JR- . ' 'v ,- x ,f T ,., W I BASEBALL PLAYER The honor oT being baseball's mosT valuable aThleTe of This year wenT To George Pug Malone, co-capTain oT The Roughrider nine. The veTeran shorTsTop Took down Team baTTing honors, esTablished one new Rider sTandard, and Tied Tor anoTher. The Tinal marks show Malone edged Olimpio Pacchioli by one poinT Tor The TeamihiTTing TiTle wiTh a .339 average. Malone's speed and 'base- running prowess led To The esTablishing oT a new sTolen base mark, The shorTsTop pilfering 26 sacks in I5 conTesTs, wiThouT once being caughT. Included in This sTring of sTeals were Tive TheTTs oT home, an- oTher Rider mark. l Malone maTriculaTed aT Rider in T939 and im- mediaTely sTarred on The unbeaTen soccer Team. Pug dropped ouT of Rider aTTer one Term, and con- Tinued his soccer and baseball acTiviTies in The Tren- Ton lndusTrial League. Malone enTered The Navy in '4l and served Tor Tour years, winding up in lndia. l-le reTurned To Rider in '46 To compleTe his educaTion and played Tor Tour years on The Rough- rider nine. ln his TirsT season Malone played boTh second and shorT Tor The Kellyrnen. Pug was desTined Tor a uTiliTy role The nexT campaign, buT when Joe Tanzone broke his leg in The season opener Malone sTepped in and Took over The key- sTone posT, baTTing .340 Tor The season. LasT season Malone moved across The bag and held The s-horTsTop sloT, clubbing The ball close To v ig m.300. T .ni if lil 'TT ll il' ii 1 A ,,, xy lil l NV . T ll Tx SAX s if 2 ' f A., , I 'W J T 14. 4 , fi - '-ff In addiTion Pug won honors in '47, when he was selecTed To Try ouT Tor The Olympic Team. However, because of oTher aThleTic commiTmenTs. he could noT perTorm aT his besT. NeverTheless, Pug was chosen Tor The EasTern DisTricT Team.