Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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-Q i ,UQ TOP LEFT: Rose Kane holding ball over head in game againsf Queens College. RIGHT: Vivacious Phyllis Decker geffing ready for sei' shol. GlRL'S BASKETBALL Embarked on lhe loughesl schedule in Rider College hislory, l'his year's edilion of lhe Riderelles laced a l-lerculean laslc. Unleashing elheir mosl prolilic ollensive ol The season, lhe Riderelles broughl lheir campaign To a successful close wilh a con- vincing 58-22 viclory over Drew Universily. The Riderelles golf oll lo a llying slarl by lopping Brooklyn College sexier, 26-l4. Lenore Peppelfs squad conlinued lheir win- ning ways when lhey came lhrough in 'line fashion by lrouncing a game Queens College sexlel. The squad lhen hir rough sledding and dropped games lo Panzer College, Easl Slroudsburg and Adel- phia. Mary Pesficci emerged as high-scorer lor lhe season wilh 92 poinls, averaging lO.2 poinls per game. Miss Declcer nelled 85 counler lo lalce second honors over Miss Byrne, a close Jrhird wilh 82 poinls. The Ridererles emerged wilh a season rolal of live wins againsl four selbaclns in len slarls for Peppers cause, one game end- ing in a lie. 1 I

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TO THE OUTSTANDING. This graceful, long sTriding lad from Pough- keepsie, N. Y., was perhaps The hardesT TighTing baskeTball player Rider College ever-had, and all his courT play, boTh offensively and defensively, re- vealed a sTyle and polished skill ThaT could only be described as disTincTive. During The pasT season John shrugged off a severe ankle injury philosophically and, wiTh no fuss of any kind, quieTly wenT on The floor and played ball under condiTions ThaT would have forced mosT lesser men noT only ouT of The lineup buT even inTo bed. l-le didn'T quiTe compile The necessary poinTs during his four years as a varsiTy man To puT him in The l,OOO caTegory, buT by his endless efforT and his fine aTTiTude as a sTudenT and an aThleTe, he has made himself one oT The mosT popular men in Rider. John CoTTrill is, aT The same Time, The finesT example of The modern college sTudenT. The Presi- denT of The senior class who has aTTained a high academic raTing ThroughouT his college years is- quick Thinking, alerT, well-spoken, inTelligenT, moder- aTe in his habiTs and keenly aware of his posiTion as an ouTsTanding Rider aThleTe. RoberT Dawson, in his firsl year aT Rider has developed inTo a fine floor general, superb re- bounder, and an excellenT scorer. l-Te was parTicu- larly deadly lasT season on sa-T and lay-up shoTs. T-le is a very fasT, shiTTy player, a good ball handler and a nifTy passer. BuT aside from This The man who capTained The Newark Prep Team for Two seasons before enrolling aT Rider is known To all Roughrider hoop-followers as Mr. lndispensable. l-le played The game in such a way as To win, hands down, enThusiasTic nomina- Tion by The sTudenTs as The ouTsTanding baske-Tbail player of The i949-l95O season. As his award he was presenTed wiTh The AdverTising Club's player of The year Trophy. Bobby is such a genuine person ThaT he is popular noT only wiTh The fans, buT also wiTh The players, who afTer all, know him besT. They admire his inTelligence, his wholesomeness, his sense of honor, his leadership and everyThing else ThaT makes characTer. John CoTTrill receiving Jargon's MVP award from Frank Donlon, direcTor of aThIe+ics. .50 'DV 4 T949 m M ,ball 0 M TTD A ML Bas 6 rkisinq Hop Y revel. T , A 0 P Bob Dawson C353 receives PTVGTTT beams BP The siudeni Woe-Pfegden io- Sal Decal' 4

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TOP, LEFT: Sigma's ouTsTanding infield combinaTion which swepT The league 'for championship laurels. LEFT TO RIGHT: Rosella Frascella, DoroThy Pladis, PaT Ryan and Virginia Malone. BOTTOM. LEFT: Ann Russo, ouTsTanding Sigma piTcher Tor The pasT Two seasons shows how she baffled The ZeTa's in The cham- pionship playoff game. Ann limiTed The hard slugging ZeTa girls To I2 hiTs and 9 runs while her TeamaTes piled up an early lead and coasfed To vicTory. ll was The second consecuTive season Thai The Sigma's have capTured The crown. GlRL'S SOFTBALL For The second consecuTive season, The Sigma loTa Chi soTTloall Team capTured The Girls' lnTramural soTTball crown by downing The power-laden ZeTa Mu Epsilon Team, I4-9. Ann Russo compleTed one oT The TinesT seasons since she joined The Sigma Team Two campaigns ago. Ann piTched The Signnas inTo The championship by her Tine conTrol and baT'lling Curve ball. Girls' soTTloall reached new heighTs aT Rider This year. The compeTiTion was good, and all dormi- Tories and sororiTies enTered Teams in The league. An independenT Team was enTered during The middle oT The campaign - capTained by Helen Johnson oT baslceTball Tame. Sigma loTa Chi and ZeTa Mu Epsilon SororiTies baTTled Tor TirsT place ThroughouT The season. The Tinal play-OTT, however, proved The Sigmas The beTTer Team. FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Beverly Geroy, Rosella Frascella, Terry Peluso, Ann Russo and DoroThy Pladis. SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Virginia Maione, Eleanor Doebele, JaneT PoTTer and PaT Ryan. Lorraine Laprade. Irene Toper, Helen Plafe and Joan Pocher, capTain, were missing when phoTo was Taken. Y -I6