Trinity College - Ivy Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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FAYN ,J .1 -,Q La Encumn :uf x:,Okj L,-. wmwooo dj? y v l ma. - - RELATED TERMS -- - 07109 upon Il time YVeslcyan comes to town ..,. The Hartford High gymnasium is filled. The bleachers extend to the very edges of thc floor. First row spectators barely able to keep their feet out of the players, way. Much femininity. Much discomfortg onels back is not made of rubberg and bleaeher seats are backless. Before the game -... the Trinity plays ers looking very sharp in their blue warm- up suits. Most of the players freshly shaved. Looking pale under the lights. Shooting practice--and Moe Borstein dis- playing a neat accuracy. The YVesleyan boys look big and confident. Their team experienced too. A difficult game imminent. Then the game . . . we lose again. Trinity plays good ball. But 'tVesleyan is a better team. Faster, bigger, rougher. Too bad. An exciting contest though: the specs tators limp and exhausted from shoutingg the lead vacillating with unreasonable rapidityg thc scorers disconccrtcd. At the half . . . the teams leave the floor. Every- one gets up to stretch his legs. A breath of fresh airg a cigaretteg a quick discus- sion of the game thus far. Then back for another half. The outcome uncertain until the last minute. At the end everyone is ready to enter a convalescent home. But instead we all go out to forget: the Bondg The Round Tableg the Yvoodland. Beer and pretzels. Sympathy and condolences. Eulogies. ma 1' In rno YI

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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

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