US Naval Academy and Preparatory School - Cruise Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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iv 5 'l lxil I x X f fi 1 i Qin.- B 5 '44 -P' za-,af F 93,5 xy ? 7 9 Ifront Row-Roelke, Stillman, Garnett, Boucher. Second Ron'-Smith, Hyndman, Stover, McKinley Robinson Third Row-Wheeler, Freeman, Lay, Castano, Floyd, Smithwick. Fourth Row-Ens. Robeson, Igns. Larzalerc, Following the call to the courts made in November by Coaches Ens. Robeson and. Ens. Larzalere, approximately one hundred aspirants responded to fight for ositions on the team that would represent NAPS in the 1948 basketball season. P The first scheduled workouts were held on F , eputdoor basketball courts, and as the month wore on, the squad that moffed i flthe gymnasium for the first indoor practice was reduced to about thiryy e-ff ,At the close of the season, about fifteen men, many of whom had .fe-riifpla ,'y, -, with other Navy teams, some few in previous All-Navy Tournaments, Xqgprpggygltghg team that served Bainbridge so admirably on the basketball courtly 'QA .F , Althou h lea ue competitiondl 'notwibegin until after the Christmas leave 3 S period, Bainbridge looked forwaxiw, affsrying league schedule with the other teams comprising the Northern lii, 1 'on ,ofthe Middle Eastern Service Confer- ence. Through hard, fast playif ',j-Rdiatldetermined will to win, the NAPS team emerged victorious, losing o Elyqoriefeague game to the team from Aberdeen. This accomplishment gave Bainbfl ' A the championship of their division of the league, and assured NAPS of Oriel-g y cup forthe trophy case. This onl served to inspii fthe vteam, however, and they began preparations Y for the playoff tournament beXweenTNorfolk NAS, Quantico Marines, and Bam- ' h NAPS team bridge, which took place March 15 and l6. In the first game, t e won a 62-45 victory over Norfolk NAS, the team that had defeated them in the Fifth Naval District Tournament. The second night found the boys from Bain- bridge even better than before to defeat the Quantico Marines on their own court, 62-57. With these two sparkling victories, Bainbridge annexed another ld h and the team members were given individual miniature gold basket- go trop y, balls to signify that they were the best of all from the Eastern Service Conference. 1 Q i ! l 0 1 'IX xx iv' Z ff. :T 'W 'e U' ' - 's' I' ' 'N 'AT' 'e..i 1. ' A +l.i'L- -'l,,,,,Y,,