St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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1934 THE GREATONIAN Cheeseman stopped after short gain St. Joseph's, O, Ursinus, 20, The clever Bears of College- ville, fresh from a 7-7 tie with Villanova, clearly demonstrated their football prowess. The l-lawks, hoping to cause an upset, played offensive ball throughout the game. This marked the swan song of Donato. St. Joseph's, 6, Susquehanna, 7, Not until the fourth quar- ter did either team function smoothly. The Hawks scored on a pass from Kane to lvlcCusker. Over-anxious, Cookie failed to convert the extra point. The Crusaders, taking to the air in desperation, scored victory for themselves in the last minute of play. St, .loseph's, O, Albright, -'l7. Black Saturday for the Hawks. No one knows why Albright, substituting for Cooper Union, beat the Thomasmen so badly. But they did. The game re- moved McDevitt from service during the remainder of the season with a fractured ankle. Previously, his punting had regained much ground for the Hawks. Almost loose One hundred nineteen l Kauffmann Quarterback Slivka Tackle Dougherty Halfback

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1934 THE GREATONIAN Basketball ASKETBALI. at St. Joseph's, which began to slip during the previous year, hit a new low in the 1933-34 season, when only six of the sixteen games played were won. lt was the worst' season the College has experienced since l925. From the time that Penn handed the Hawks a 38-26 defeat at the Palestra until the wind-up tilt with Baltimore, there were few highlights in the dull campaign. Games were lost by ex- ceedingly close scores to mediocre rivals because the Hawks just couldn't click at the proper moment. The best effort of Coach Fe-rguson's men came during the game with St. Francis, of Brooklyn, playing here. The New Yorkers, early season victors over St. John's, the conquerors of Villanova, were rated to beat St. Josephs by ten or more points. But the l-lawks, in that game at least, shook off their t lethargy and came out on top. The score of that tilt, 23-19, was the redeeming feature of the season. good, Bill Ferguson Discounting actual games, the highlight of the 1933-34 season was the opening of the Kenney Gymnasium at Seventeenth and Stiles Streets. Through the beneficence of a friend, the College at last was able to have a playing floor of its own. The new court is modern in every detail and has a seating capacity in excess of a thousand. Alumni of the College, witnessing the inaugural game, were startled to see such a vast change at Stiles Street, Gone is the old band-box gymnasium with its low ceiling and alcoved windows. l One hundred twenty-one