Trinity College - Ivy Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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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

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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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relatives perhapsfand thatls bad. You love them but you d0n't like them, if you see what we mean. After Thanksgiving . . . quarterly marks. Some freshmen on pro. Basketball praetiee-the team looking good. Last year's starting line-up intaet. Nine vet- erans returning. Great hopes. Coach Oost- ing ef nl. optimistie. And why not? But disappointment. The boys basket hungry. The boys not elieking. A win over Arnold College. One from Mass. State. And an- other from Colby. Then a loss to Yale. And VVesleyan next. YVe losegbadly. Then a game with lVoreester Teeh. An exhibi- tion of good basketball. The Teeh players are too tall and too fast for us. A zone defense and a fast break stop us eold. Forkey again plaguing us. QWi1l he never graduate?D. They deserve to win. They do win, but not without a struggle. The Trinity squad travels to Philadel- phia . . . a loss to Swarthmore. A win from Haverford. A loss to Vermont. . . lVe defeat the Coast Guard Academy. 1-hialro .-:euro Then Clark . . . and another win. A surprising one. But the boys are hot that night. They ean't lose. Good passing, ae- eurate shooting. The Clark team working better and more smoothly. But Trinity his gospel more etfeetiveg a driving, very elose game. Perhaps at last the boys are reallv getting together. 27 man in while