Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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PM We vw.. U if 44 , it at A .fy , 4 ' IWW 'T' Milli X . 4 nf bfi ,nik W c i V I , la' f vt 1 f Jr. Q J, 3, 4' f , kyrr k w x 'K Coach Barry Branon 31 And with this interesting conclusion we swung into December and the beginning of the basketball schedule. The Dartmouth lndians were our opponent in the season's lid lifter which was played, of all places, in the Barre Auditorium. The famed Doggie lulian was handling the coaching down at Hanover and the Knights were wonder- ing if lulian's Dartmouth club would resemble the NCAA champs he had piloted at Holy Cross. lim Farley got things going, however, as he dropped in a toul tor the first point of the game, and the Knights held on to the lead until, with tive rninutes to go the lndians moved ahead, 40-37. It looked bad at this point but the Knights were in no mood to get scalped as George Barry, Paul Stapleton and Barry again hit on succes- sive shots to put the Purple back in the driver's seat. The postmaster then dumped in another driv- ing lay up to bring his point total to l3 and leave him tied with Ted Burzenski tor scoring honors when the game ended a second later with the Knights on the high end of a 46 to 42 count. The opener had been slow and somewhat sloppy but the Knights now moved into high gear. Entertaining Champlain in Memorial Au- ditorium the Purple easily racked up an 83-56 triumph. Picking up Where he had left off the season betore, big Ted Burzenski tossed in 10 tield goals and a foul shot tor a total of 2l points, Hook shot artist Paul Aumand hit for l3 as did Danger- ous Dan McCarthy as the Knights swung back into the form expected ot them. The managers - Don Droulette cmd lack Barry I ,f1tP6s.l e'NMqztls ,size ff F41 il' l sn, ..., ,r KW... ln,, Hl '

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MW S 3, is t 5 H! 1 .ffv , A gf ' t W . gy! gif .fstgs Ed incl whiz kids. Markey . . . last of the orig- BASKETBAL This was going to be, We figured, the greatest basketball season in the school's history, per- haps, the greatest it would ever have. Back practically intact Was last year's 17-5 team. There was also much talent due to join the varsity from the freshman team which had swept its schedule the Winter previous. ln addition this was to be the last year for our big man- Ted Burzenski, as well as for Dan McCarthy and scrappy Ed Markey. lf ever the Knights were to hit the big time, We thought, this would have to be the season. 1441 The schedule seemed to bear us out. We ran down the list of opponents and figured that Dartmouth, Creighton, Texas Wesleyan, Loyola and Taylor would all be dangerous. Tufts and Springfield We put into the maybe category While St. Anselms and Vermont were the teams we had to beat in order to maintain our self respect. Calculating the odds in advance Cthis was in the pre-scandal daysl we thought our chances were about equal of either going undefeated or of turning in a .500 season.

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,--. L L ' Fl 1 n back Williams ' ' ' d helped N' Poux human Stape and The Texans found little warmth in their greeting, how- ever, and when the buzzer sounded they were on the short end of a 75-6l count. For the Knights it was another great team victory with three men hitting for double figures. Burzenski poured 22 points through the hoop while lim Farley hit for 20 and Dan McCarthy chipped in l4. Fresh from the Texas win, the Knights were now op- posed by a powerful St. Anselm's club which was being hailed as one of the best in New England. However, the visitors ran into a better club and were handed a stun- ning 73-5l defeat before a highly pleased Winter Carni- val crowd. Burzenski again was high scorer as he dropped in 24 to bring his season's total to l8l. Moving to Canton, N.Y., the Knights continued their Winning ways by whipping a determined St. Lawrence team. Burzenski's l8 points were high again as the Mike- men came from behind to eke out a 67-55 victory. Al- though the win was satisfying, the trip was even more memorable for the bus ride back on which the team was stranded for some seven hours. The iirs 1 UVM game W A btem P-nd Creighton was no Pro Norwich was the next victim on the list and horsemen were easy pickings for the Knights v racked up their third conference win, 60-42. Burzern and Barry contributed l4 points apiece to pace attack. lt was a horse of a different color the next even' Traveling to Manchester, N. H., the Mikemen drop their second game of the season as the St. Ansel Hawks revenged themselves with a 57-44 victory. lt just a case of too much Bob Williams as the Ha flashy playmaker led the home team to victory. For Knights, Burzenski was high with l4. Home again, St. Michael's ran its Memorial Audi ium win streak to l9 straight as it edged a stubb Vermont five. In a roughly played contest, the Kni were never able to build up a comfortable lead despite Burzenski's l5 points the final score was 54-49 in favor of the Branonmen. Moving to Springfield, Mass., the Knights proved easy prey for Springfield College with the Gymna ending up on the pleasant end of a 64-53 count. Knights had little luck from the floor with only Bc and Kateley showing any real success. Barry's l7 v high for the Mikemen. h Bm the remm Klum . le easier- Was Q lin a5 tough - ' ' fi I Kev Special dellvew bv Ka e