St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Intramurals Underway Bull’s-eyes and Maggie’s Drawers were in ample evidence during the Rifle Intramurals which were held in January. A total of 75 students participated in the competition which was sponsored hv the Rifle Club. The participants under the direction of Brother Conrad, Club Moderator, competed in two divisions firing from the prone, sitting and standing positions. Robert Jankcsh led the first Division with 252 points out of a possible 300. Me was closely followed by Dennis Kennedy, 2-18, and Richard Randall, 2-17. In the second division. Gregory Egan was high man with 222. Brother Albert, 218, and Joseph Svirida, 210, took second and third places respectively. During the Kail, Intramural Track and Field games were held at Van Cortlandt Park. John Clifford captured top honors in the competition which included the high jump, hroad jump, shot put, 100 and 410 yard dashes. At this writing, other intramurals arc about to begin. Basketball Intramurals will be held in the refurbished gym at Butler Street during March. Volley Ball and Foul Shooting competitions will follow. Other Intramurals planned for tljc Spring are Bowling, Handball, and Swimming at the Metropolitan Pool. Nfichalski scored high in rifle intramurals at Armory hut was defeated by 252 round of Bob Jankcsh. Slavin' makes like a budding Unit is at touch football during impromptu contest in the Ix'vt of intramural spirits. Clifford clears lx»r at 5' 4 in track intra-murals. Variety of events also included daslu-s, shot put, ami hroad jump. 29

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BASKETBALL Continued of All-American Nick Workman, 71-60. The next day's Brooklyn Eagle became; a souvenir. N.I.T. Bid to St. Francis.” We had arrived. The Gaels of Iona, who had been vying with us for the bid, resorted to fisticuffs to win the last game of the season, but after the excitement, tin score stood in the Terrier’s favor, 63-39. At Madison Square Garden on March Kith, the Terriers met Miami University in the first round of the N.I.T. Betting odds bad St. Francis as 20 point underdogs. Instead, fans saw a knock-down drag-out thriller which ended with Miami on top 71-70. The Hurricanes successfully froze the ball for the last 1:40 seconds of play cancelling out the great swan song performance of Jim Baftcry who closed his career with a 23 point splurge. Jim was lost to the team through fouls for the last four minutes of play, and the 17 and 15 points scored by Kurow-ski and Nash respectively just fell short of what was needed for the Terriers to stage one of the great N.I.T. upsets. In sum, a very successful year saw the squad lose only seven games and four of these were by a margin of one [joint. Kay Nash demonstrates the kind of defense that had St. Francis ranked fotuth in the Nation in that department. Most games were close over the year. Against Villanova above, the Terriers won by three points, 51-48. Front How: Charlie Novak. Frank Pascuzzi, Jack O'Boyle. Bay N'avh (Captain), Jim Hislte. Biehie Alexander, Paul Buckley. Back How: Charlie Ci.imKdvo (Manager). Jim Baftcry, Lou Boggiano, Rich Marquardt. Ted Kokh, Ed Lein, George Steinman, Tom Kuroxvski.

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 Behind cvcr r successful man . . ’—variety of emotions mirrored by feminine supporters led by Mrs. Harris urge squad on at the West Point game. Goal tender Roger Pullis. the final link in the Terrier defense, lunges to intercept an oncoming score. 30