SUNY Maritime College - Eight Bells Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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aT B 5- -196 A The Mariners stunned Harpur the night before the Drew en- counter by quickly going ahead, 9-0. Denny Meyerls alert passing to Mike Cooper enabled the Pri- vateers to build up the early lead, Meyerls passing was daring and Superb, the 5'8l' guard winding up the night with ten assists, half of the teamis output. Seims picked up where Cooper left off, hitting on six field goals during the first half, giving the Privateers a 33-25 halftime edge. McIntosh, by doing the bulk of the scoring late in the second half wound up high again for Mari- time in b,oth the scoring and re- bounding departments, with 17 and 16. The hoopsters hit on a mere 30W from the fioor in bowing to Rutgers of Newark at the Newark Boys' Club, 79-67, February 4. Only Fruehauf could find the range and he led the scorers with 19. Seims had another hot Hrst half, to lead the basketballers to a 30-30 intermission deadlock, January 9, against Danbury State Teachers College. A balanced scoring attack by the starting five and Fisher in the latter half paved the way for the teamis first victory of the new year, 69-59. STEVENS INSTITUTE ON TOP, 61-54 The Mariners carried a 1-5 ledger into the Christmas vaca- tion following a 61-54 loss to Stevens Institute of Technology, December 16. Down by as much as ten mid- way in the second stanza, the Pri- vateers, paced by Cooper, who tallied three field goals in a row, brought the count to 52-52 with 3:45 remaining on the clock. Behind by two hfteen seconds later, Coach Recordon returned Ryznar and McIntosh to action to cope with the far taller Stev- ens' squad, but they failed and the Jerseyites snowed the Mariners un- der with six quick points to wrap up the win. Cooper, who was leading the club with a 52.195 mark from the fioor at the time, was high scorer with 20. He also paced the re- bounders with 10. MARINERS DEFEAT PACE FOR FIRST WIN lN4cIntosh fiipped on one of two free throws with three seconds left in the game to give the basket- ballers an insurance point and en- able them to defeat Pace College, 52-49, for their first win of the season. The victory also ended a 24 game losing streak over three seasons. The win should have never been fought down to the wire. i'Vith Cooper leading the way. the Mariners opened up their greatest lead of the 1963-1964 Campaign. taking a 13-0 advantage before the ten minute mark. After missing thirteen in a row from the field, however, Pace found the net, but so did Ryz- nar and Seims who put on a final spurt to carry the Privateers to a 28-17 halftime lead. Pace roared back after inter- mission and, taking advantage of Maritimeas notorious scoring lull at the beginning of the second half, hit for the 33-33 equilizer at 7 140. From there on in it was a mat- ter of exchanging buckets, fouls, and free throws, until a McIn- tosh tally put Maritime out in front for good with 3:00 left, 44-41. Cooper was high man in the 15, while McIntosh paced the re- bounders with 18. McIntosh, cold at the charity stripe in the Stony Brook en- counter, missed the first shot of a one-and-one situation after time had run out on the clock, en- abling the Long Islanders to walk off with a 60-59 victory, Decem- ber 7. MARITIME AHEAD AT HALFTIME, 27-21 Maritime went into the inter- mission break with a substantial, 27-21, lead despite the antics of State's seven-foot center Gene Tinney, but the margin was not enough as the aforementioned cold spot froze the Mariners long enough for Stony Brook to catch up early in the second half. State took over the lead at 30- 29 with just 3:36 gone after halftime and kept up with the lNIariners until Ryznar and Bishop opened a six point gap some six minutes later on three quick field goals. Here Maritime ran into scoring difiiculties, canning only one shot in the next four minutes.

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Despite the loss of Captain Ed Ryznar, last year's leading scorer and rebounder, Coach Myron Bus'7 Recordon, in his first year at the helm, was able to mold a 4-10 basketball team from the reminants of an 0-14 squad- With the whole team returning next year Coach Recordon has a chance to bring Maritime around with its hrst winning ledger since Kurt Axelsson's reign ended in 1960. This year's first five of Captain Traviss McIntosh, Mike Cooper, Ken Seims, Ralph Fruehauf, and Denny Meyer was backed up by .lim Fisher, Gene MacDonald, Jim Burke, Joe Bishop, John Rearick, and George 1N'arnefeld. Seims led the club in total points with 197 for a 14.05 game average, while McIntosh paced the rcbounders with 195 and the shooters with a 44.3 percentage from the floor. COOPER AND MCINTOSH FOLLOW SEIMS Cooper and McIntosh were right behind Seims in the scoring department with respective aver- ages of 13.20 and 12.05 points per game. Ralpf Fruehauf, who followed with 9.15, led the team in assists with 56. Although Fruehauf and Meyer did their share of the scoring, their main asset to the team was on defense as the Buffalo ball- hawkers' steals played an impor- tant part on the team,s close con- tests. The relatively poor record this year's club sported wasn,t an in- dication of its ability when one considers that it lost only four games by more than ten points, and in five of the remaining six losses the Privateers had the score tied with less than four minutes remaining. Highlighting the season was a 78-77 upset victory over a pow- erful, State University Tourney bound. New Paltz club. February 15. The team was fired up for this one after being Ujobbcdl' by Of- ficials to the tune of 82-68 the night before in a Hstic contest at Danbury State Teachers College. MARINERS PRESS FRoM BEGINNING Maritime opened hard with a pressing zone defense that sent the club into utter confusion and enabled Meyer to pilfer their and move the club tO 3 quick, 7-2 lead. New Paltz reta- upstate fumbles liated and brought the count tO 7-6. but that was all for a wllilfi as Seims, Cooper, and McIntosh began to End the range that put the Privateers out in front, 15-6- Threatened with extinction, Coach Sheppard sent three tow- ering Redwoods into the ganle to cope with the high leaping McIntosh under the boards, but the closest New Paltz came was 27-24 with seven minutes re- maining in the half. At that point Maritime,s offensive trio quickly pulled away to a 42-35 inter- mission lead. Capitalizing on the Privateeris chronic second half slump, the Hawks zipped back into conten- tion at 17:14, 44-42. Here Meyer brought Maritime back to life, however, with a couple of run- away buckets following steals. In command again, by as much as thirteen, with Cooper and Seims doing the damage, Mari- time relaxed and New Paltz came within range, 61-60, at the 8:30 mark and went ahead briefiy, for the first time in the game, 69-67, a couple of minutes later. Despite the loss of Fruehauf to fouls, Cooper and Seims were able to pick up enough charity tosses to preserve the victory in the waning seconds. DREW UNIVERSITY WINS EASILY Drew University led all the way in handing the Privateers their eighth loss of the campaign, 64- 57, February 7. The jerseyites got off to a great lead, taking a 20-3 margin with 9:30 remaining in the first half. Maritime rallied and Drew's shooting cooled off, but they still managed a 12 point, 33-21, lead at the halfway mark, After working up to a 19 point lead midway in the second half Drew's regulars took a rest and the Privateers roared back, cut- ting the gap to six with 1:48 re- maining, when the first string re- turned to preserve the victory. Doug Wicoff paced Drew with 22 points and 18 rebounds, whilfg McIntosh had 18 and 17, re- spectively. get 963--

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RQWI G With all but one crew member returning from a team that captured second place in the annual International Lifeboat Race fMaritime Academy Sectionj last May 28, Coxwain Henrick Kisling is looking forward to a highly successful season in his Hnal year at the helm. Backing up Kisling at the oars in the boat that was just nipped by Maine Maritime in the cherished race are Robert Blaney, Richard Casey, Robert Schadran, Peter Pia- seckyj, Roy lfVrenn, Tony Savas, and Ernie Mott. In outside competition before the International Race Kisling's team sunk the SS Bergensfjord crew of the Nor- weigian American Lines, while Bill Craft and Austin Brit- ton's crews Hnished third and fourth, respectively. The following week the Bergensfjord's crew got revenge, defeating Craft and Britton easily. The first week in May saw Craft, Kisling, and Britton defeat the USNS Upshur in that order. During the ensuing week the Upshur re- turned for revenge, but again fell short, finishing fourth be- hind Britton, Craft, and the SS Esso Panama. The Esso Panama took another stab at the cadets one week before the big race but was defeated by Britton in a close finish. tk