The Kings College - Crown Yearbook (New Castle, DE)

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Basketball With all of last year’s varsity and two new first-stringers, The King’s Col- lege basketball team started its season against Chincoteague Naval Air Station for an impressive debut. Although the sailors were one of the toughest op- ponents of the year, the home team turned in a surprisingly good performance. Latent possibilities were evidenced by the individual ball-handling, Danny Bartkow, a newcomer, cutting the cords for 16 points—all field goals. The next game with Taylor showed a marked improvement in teamwork. Bartkow was again high scorer with 20 points to lead King’s to a 65-45 victory. The College of South Jersey was the next to fall victim to the Purple and White attack— to the close score of 55-53. “Homer” McDaniel ran up 21 points and “Marsh” Davis, lanky 6’ 3” center, followed with 12 more. Philadelphia Textile and Beacom were then defeated by more than 35 points each. Then in a fast, hard-fought battle in which Davis held one of Philadelphia’s leading scorers down to 5 field goals, King’s dropped a close one to Pharmacy, 50-46. Hicks was out with a sprained ankle, and Bartkow, after matching Mc- Daniel with 16 points, left the game in the final quarter with a back injury that kept him out of the next three games. Eastern Bap tist met the wrath of the King’s five in a 49-32 slaughter, with the J.V.’s playing much of the second half. Gordon College of Boston was the next victim to the tune of 59-38. Then in a hair-raising 4th quarter Marsh Davis tapped in two last-minute field goals to put a hotly contested game with Goldey on ice, 40-39. The big game of the season with Wheaton rolled around, and the students felt hopeful with both Hicks and Bartkow back in the line-up. However, led by Shaeffer, who played only half the game but amassed a telling 17 points, the visitors outran the Purple and White and returned to Illinois with a 74-40 victory. Thanks to the fine guarding of Jim Gerhard, the game was a fast, hard- fought one—too much so for Bartkow who, as a result, was unable to play in the next two games. The defeat seemed to inaugurate a losing streak; for the King’s five, hampered by the loss of a forward, dropped the game with Glass- boro and the return game with Chincoteague.

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Gross Country Coached by Bud Blandau, who, because of injuries, was unable to run, the cross country team went into its first season. Sparked by the running of Walt Baumeister, the team scheduled three meets; and, although the results were three defeats, the boys showed real promise and a good spirit. Having only the back roads around the college for practice, the fellows could not ade- quately prepare for the rugged going of a regular course. In early November the team went to the University of Delaware for a meet with the freshmen. Due to the fact that the latter were experienced runners, the course was muddy, and the fellows needed ropes to climb one of the hills, the 36-19 defeat was, never- theless, indicative of real promise. Baumeister placed 4th and other King’s men came in 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th. The second meet took the team to West Chester State Teacher’s College to compete with the freshman team. Baumeister did the three-mile course in 21:19, placing third. There was a marked improvement in the running of the team as a whole. The score was 35-20 in favor of West Chester. The final meet was with the Bainbridge Naval Training Station in Mary- land. The fellows turned in an excellent performance, Baumeister placing 4th; others 6th and 8th. Bainbridge nosed out King’s, 30-25. With running like this, a full-time coach, and a good practice course through Brandywine Park in Wilmington, the team next year should be a formidable one. Those who participated this year were McDaniel, Swift, Menges, Abel, Hicks, E. Bowser, and Curtis. Our thanks to the faithful few who made the trips to each pohnelite cheer the team. P. S. We still think that if Farnelli had been a gentleman he would have walked back from Bainbridge. The surprise performance of the season was turned in by Jim Hicks who went along to Bainbridge as a spectator, decided to run at the last minute, and placed third among the King’s runners. Mr. Davies Athletic Director Mr. MEIsky Basketball and Baseball Coach

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With the ailing member back in the line-up, King’s went ahead to take Wesley and Textile in succession with McDaniel leading the scoring attack. Then came the big game with Rider College of Trenton. The New Jersey team covered McDaniel closely and held him to 7 points. The Purple and White was off in its foul shots—those missed, alone, could have made up the margin of the 50-41 defeat. Davis was high-point man with 12. The team met Salisbury on its home court and handed the Visitors a 66-44. trouncing. Hicks repeatedly hit the hoop for 18 points, and McDaniel made 7 field goals in the last 8 minutes to bring his total thus far to 246—an average of 15.4 points per game. Bartkow, who missed five games, was second in indi- vidual scoring with a total of 144 points and a 13.1 average, closely followed by Davis with 203 and a 12.7 game average. The team thus far, although lacking fluency in scoring plays, has, under the coaching of Bob Meisky, shown brilliant individual playing ability and good teamwork. The emphasis has been on common-sense and heads-up ball hand- ling. The players, especially Marsh Davis, have shown steady improvement throughout the season, and with ten games yet to play, the team should turn in a very impressive record. Orchids go to Managers “Skip” Smith and Sum- mit Lippincott. The J.V.’s, sparked by George Meyers, Don Reese and Dick Frantz, have a record of 5 wins and 2 losses, including victories over Faith Seminary and East Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and a defeat from St. Andrews. Some exciting contests were provided by pick-up teams from the College, including Farnelli’s Earbangers and The King’s Ramblers, King’s Opponent Chincoteaque .....W....... an 68 Taylor nics ge wn ae 65 45 College of South Jersey 55 53 (Pextile mee s7. 28 Saad 71 33 Peacour we ste 2 en abe 75 35 harmacys a= ees 46 2 By Eastern Baptist .................. 49 32 Gordon yor. 99 38 Goldeyir eet. nhet ies, = 40 39 W heatonetes, ee 40 7 Glassboro Gs 2 eae 49 54. Chincoteaque .................-.. 52 60 Wiesleyirn te wench ee ea 47 41 extileg.o tacos oY 64 93 AAG Cl? Hee een ane eee 4] 50 a Lis yar yj wee eee ad te 66 44. Beach tif teas es 55 Dil Wieslevaic ie Guy Ses hae 46 53 oldeya: ake coats nets 45 43 College of South Jersey... 53 60 DALisharya tes isl? es 69 Sil arm ac yar sess aie an 2 ie 48 46 Baylor esa megee iste on § 00 ol A lini. ieee a 81 45 Eastern Baptist .................- 65 36 Glassboro 50 42