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

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Girls’ Basketball This year of 1948 finds King’s with one of the finest and hardest fighting girls basketball teams in the history of the school. We can be proud of the sportsmanship of each player and above all of their Christian testimony. The sextet and Coach Jim Hicks are looking forward to the rest of the season with the addition of incoming students. High scorer for this season is Betty Patter- son with Joan Fleegal, Betsy Pennington, Joyce Blidberg, Gloria Seely, and Margaret Yeaworth completing the first six. Substitutions were made by Kay Freidlander, Edna Wentling, Amy Rowe, Maxine Deister, Joyce Greenwood, and Betty Jane Craig. June Williams stars in the position of manager. When the curtain closes on this season we will have memories of one of the best girls’ teams on the court. Other sports for the girls are volley ball and soft ball; these so far have been intramural. The girls are looking forward to a bigger sports outlook in the future. Cheer Leaders “Tron ’em out, iron ’em out, iron ’em out—flat!” These words have been frequently yelled in the past several months of basketball games. Who leads them? Fine good-looking King’s College cheer leaders in white pleated skirts, white trousers, and heavy white sweaters with large purple “K’s”. Gloria Seely is captain of the squad which consists of Joan Fleegal, Ruth Hegel, Jim Smith, and Dick Blandau. These students have faithfully led the cheering in games both at home and away. Substitutes are J oyce Greenwood, Amy Rowe, Charles Carter, and Robert Beck. We have really entered into the spirit of things with two pep rallies this year. The last one, just preceding that great Wheaton-King’s game, was the funeral service of “Beaton Wheaton” under the direction of Bud Farnelli— the corpse turned out to be Mr. Davies! The latter had a little trouble squeez- ing into the choir robe box, which was his coffin, but he was dead, though crowded. These cheerleaders aren’t content with wearing themselves out during time- outs with cheers, but during the half and any other idle moments they run around selling candy to the spectators in order to pay for their outfits.

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Baseball With Jerry Novitsky, a student, acting as coach, The King’s College base- ball team began its first post-war season. When spring came, the lawn below Lexington was covered with baseball aspirants. With practice limited by the weather to the equivalent of only two weeks, a team was quickly whipped into shape. After trying several combinations, Coach Novitsky finally stuck pretty closely to the following line-up: Meeder, catcher; McDaniel, Ist base; Hicks, 2d base; Gerhard, short stop; Higley, 3d base; Smick, left field; Barr, center field; and Yeaworth or D. Smith, right field. The pitching staff included Wentling, Curtis, Dave Reese and Kroll. Others who played were Becker, Tarr, Ragonesi and Ricker. “Skip” Smith was chosen manager. After two practice games King’s swung into the season with a smashing defeat of Wesley, 8-2. Wentling pitched the entire game. In a close thriller King’s downed the Glassboro nine, 10-9. Shortly after Wentling took the mound the score was tied up at 9-9. In a hair-raising ninth inning, King’s put across one more run to win the game. McDaniel’s 7th-inning home-run with two men on, put the game with Pharmacy on ice, 12-10. Curtis was credited with the win. King’s suffered its first defeat at the hands of Beacom, 4-1. Glassboro repeated the procedure, 14-8, the following week. The streak was broken, however, when the team traveled to Dover to trounce Wesley in the Dover ball park, 7-1. Wentling went the limit in a beautiful exhibition of hurling. In the final game of the season, Beacom again defeated the King’s team, 7-3. King’s Opponent King’s Opponent Wesley. 3232 ees 8 2 Glaassborn 26 eee 8 14 Glassboro? 282...234c nae 10 9 Wesley” 5p eee i 1 Pharmacy sos 12 10 Beacom. --4-s5 ase ee 3 Beacom 3. ee 1 4 = — 49 47

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