Suffolk University Law School - Lex Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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FIRST ROW: Iim Begley, Sherwin Feinstein, Gerry Foster, Captain Tom Devlin. Ed Rubenstein, Ben Silverbloom, Phil Collins. SECOND ROW: Coach Law, Iake Stahl, Allen Cohen, Don Woodrow, Al Gian- aris. Bill Hurry, Ioe Reardon and Manager Charlie Bereikis. Basketball Suffolk Opponents 53 Emerson 22 44 Gordon 39 86 Bridgewater 72 53 Lowell Textile 63 55 Curry 58 55 Burdett 41 54 Bridgewater 59 49 Assumption 47 77 Burdett 48 B6 Bryant 65 51 Bridgeport 52 43 Gordon 49 79 Hillyer 80 48 Stonehill 68 31 Bowdoin 57 41 Curry , , , . 52 70 Stratford , 45 123 New England School of Phannacy 42 An inconsistent display of foul shot shooting turned what looked like a brilliant season into a mediocre one. The Blue and Gold finished the season with an 8-10 record, dropping six games by six points or less, and out- scoring the opposition in all six games irom the floor. Top scorer for the team was little lake Stahl, freshman forward from Lynn. Stahl, who captained Lynn Classical in his high school days and led the Essex County League in scoring, scored 90 baskets and free 21 throws for a total point of 201. Others high in the scoring parade were Captain Tom Devlin, Gerry Foster, and Sam Wright. Highlights of the season were an upset victory against highly favored Assumption College of Worcester and a 123 point scoring spree against the New England School of Pharmacy.

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FIRST ROW: Pedro Kokaras, Kenny Bilodeau, Captain Ski Szempkowicz, Sonny Gershman, Ioe Sands. SECOND ROW: Bill Ienks, Carmine Pizzi, Elliott Goodman, Mike Paratore, Dick Conley, Mike Driscoll. THIRD ROW: Mike Karess, Lenny O'Hare, Ben Silverbloom, Sumner Sturman, Bob Sporacca, and Gerry Shanahan. Soccer Suffolk Opponents 0 Tufts o 10 O New Bedford Textile t 6 O New England College 2 0 Bridgewater Teachers 3 O Fitchburg Teachers l 6 0 Bradford Tech 10 0 Clark S 7 l M.I,T. Iayvees M l S l t, 7 Ex-Harvard star, Mal Donahue, had very little success in his first season as head coach at Suffolk. Mal's inexperienced squad suffered eight straight setbacks. Things should be brighter for the Blue and Gold next year as the capable mentor was forced to spend the entire season teaching fundamentals to the green eleven besides meeting a topflight schedule. Top star for Suffolk was pint-sized Iohn Ski Szempkowicz, who captained and sparkplugged the club. Only Suffolk goal of the season was tallied by Myron Lighthouse Karess. Seniors that finished out their intercollegiate careers were Frank O'Neil, Ioe Sands and Lenny O'Hare.

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Baseball Team As the Beacon went to press, Coach Law was struggling through the task of narrowing his squad down to the workable force. Many hold-overs from last year's squad were among the candidates to report for spring training. Heading the list were moundsmen Iohn O'Brien, Don Shea and Dick Long. The Blue and Gold faced a strong schedule this spring. Among the op- ponents onthe list were Bowdoin, Colby, Tufts, Lowell Textile and Assumption. Battery candidates started flinging the ball around early in March at the West End House, while the rest were called out a few weeks later as the frost began to Work its way out of the ground. This team is expected to be as powerful as Suffolk's first diamond squad of 1947 that walked off with the Baron Hugo trophy as the honor for being the champions of Beacon Hill. The only loss suffered that year was to Tufts, who has since become the diamond rival for Suffolk. A Win over the Iumbos from Medford is tantamount to a successful season. Sailing The Suffolk sailing team completed their second year of competition with almost as much success as last year's top crew. The outfit that placed in every regatta that it ever competed in met stiff opposition as they matched strides with the top schools in the New England area. Tennis Coach lack Colburn pitted his net outfit against New Eng1and's best without disgrace to the school. Top men on the squad were Roy Barnes, Tom Sykes and Conny Cronin. A full schedule of games gave all the boys plenty of chance for top competition. Golf Suffolk expanded its golfing program to include instruction for be- ginner golfers as well as putting a varsity squad on the links. The varsity squad, coached by lack Keane, came along rapidly during the latter part of the year to vie for honors with the larger schools. Wrestling Informal wrestling crept into the sports picture during the 1949-50 season as Suffolk sought to give students added chance at athletic competition and participation. The first year was devoted to introducing the inter-collegiate style of wrestling to the would-be grapplers. Track Suffolk sought to introduce Track and Field as a sport at the school. Efforts were centered about the local invitational meets with the possibility of a few informal meets. If the school feels that the students would support such a team more is expected to be done in this line next season.