Trinity College - Ivy Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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hard though. Seven lcttcrincn hack. includ- ing Captain Hay Ferguson. Largest squad of thc year. All eager to play thc martyrs in this forgotten sport. Several sophomores out toofein thc hcginning. First gaine with lvorccstcr Tech-no offensive strengthg wc losc. Exciting though, if you like that sort of thing. Yalcfanothcr loss. Mass. State-defeat. Still no offense. Then a vic- tory over the Coast Guard 1xC1llll'Il1yf'?lI'ld !'fll'0llI NIL'iI1fl Inv. flflnvilig :lu you know noise thc Tripod Qeollegc dope dispensaryj duly acknowledges the game in headlines. Then YVesley:m-we lose. The article in the Tripod is duly small. So the soccer season is one better left uninentioned. Onc vic- toryg several losses. Student supportg very little. Once in a while a handful of watchers. Seasonls star: Coach Mc-Cloud. Patient. understanding. always encourag- ing. Coach McCloud. Professor of sports-

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playersj. To Captain .lack Carey. Evi- dence of his part in the tussles a con- stantly swollen and bruised nose. To the seniors, who have played their last foot- 18 open. field push 'ni pull ball games for Trinity. And to Don VValsh -his uncanny habit of plunging into the slot when the going is tough. College life continues .... VVe workg we loaf. VV1: play cardsg we kibitz. VVe laughg we cry. We praiseg we ridicule. VVe attend chapclg we don't attend chapel. VVe sleepg we prowl. VVe dateg we are dated. lVe flunkg we pass. We write papersg we give speeches. WVe love our profsg we hate our profs. VVe shaveg we raise beards. And soccer .... Axiom: nothing better to do? Go out for soccer. Everyone very much in favor of awarding medals for valor and perscverenee to the long-winded lads with the tough shins. A player run- ning and running along the greensward. A player jumping into the air, hitting a ball with his head. The ball is not very

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manship. Classes held on the soccer field. Freshman soccer . . . not much better. Some future varsity material, but that's all. All this time the cross-country team is running too . . . hustling uphill, down- hill, along concrete sidewalks, through mud, and around flagpoles. A bunch of good men this year. Or. more exactly, some are only mediocre. But all are pluggers: a see.j Amherst-victory for us. And Hnally defeated by Mass. State. Not a successful season. Freshman cross'eountry . . . lots of try, but not enough stuff. Ray Oosting un- able to expect much varsity material. Dave Tyler maybe. Before Thanksgiving . . . quarterly tests. Much moaning. Fall sports dinner. Food. speakers, sweaters, letters, numer- lunllwrxf .v lot of hustle: and that means a great deal in cross-country. .lim Caffrey and Fld Rosen top men on the squad. YVinning several races and setting a record. Bill Charles captain. First meet with VVor- cester Tech-we lose. Score: Tech 27- Trin. 29. Cln cross country the lowest score is the highest, if you see what we mean.j Then a win over Springfield Col- lege. One from Coast Guard too. Then VVeslt-yanfa loss, which we ignore Qmisan- thropy is not a part of our scheme, you fzo lrfprfx als. Bill Ryan elected football captaing Aldy .lohnson soccer captaing .lim Caffrey captain of cross-country. Thanksgiving . . . a holiday Qvaeations -we love themj. Turkey too, maybe. And time for dates. Riding in rumble seats, re- gardless of the weather. Dancing. Talking. Holding hands. Early morning snacks in allenight restaurants: wieners, hamburgs, milk. How good it all is when there is nothing to do but sleep the next day. Or 1