University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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. , . ., y . Q 32 ' -1- 6, i X Q ,7. Z 2 .: -,eg 'kOne of the few players to make the 'Bird in their first year on the campus was Ron Bissett. Last year he led his High School team to the Lower Mainland High School Championship. Coach Jack Promfret has hopes of making him one of the top basket- ball players on the west coast. From the showing that he made this year prospects look good. Bisset hails from Britannia High where he led school squad to the Lower Mainland High School Bas- ketball Championship. Despite the fact that this was his first year on the campus his ability as a player gave him a first string slot. Mulhern, another freshman on the campus won nine big blocks in football, basketball and baseball while attending Vancouver College. Other new additions to the squad were Upson, Yorke, Desaul- nier, Stuart, Craig and Hindmarch. At the start of the season 'Birds looked as if they might have been able to overcome their lack of ex- perience when they beat Seattle Pacific 61-56. However, the squad running up against Seattle University, a better calibre of team, was down 94-72 and 94-61. The only conference game that they won was against Central Washington in the early part of December. After that 'Birds won only one non-conference game. Promfret re- turned for his third season as head basketball coach. Promfret is an all-round athletic in Vancouver. During the last 10 years he has played on rugby. Cana- dian football, hockey, lacrosse, bas- ketball and he set some Canadian swimming records which still stand. He attended University of Washiiigtoii where he won letters for basketball and swimming. In his third year he was President of the Big 'W' club. His experience has gone a long way in developing this year's basket- ball team and by next year they should have the conference play to end up in the top three. 'A' Outstanding centre on the squad was Art Phillips, one of the few returning men from last years team. 105

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aff i UBC Thunderbird hoopsters went through the Evergreen league with only one conference win to their credit. However, towards the end of the season, they had the makings of a great ball eluh. With only four returning letter- men, Phillips, Louie, Southcott and Hudson, 'Birds had to relie on in- coming freshmen and members of last year's Chiefs. liig uplift to the team was the entry of Ron liisset and Maury Mul- hern. WN i Birds were loaded with freshmen but Coach Jack Promfert promised a winning ball club next season. Above part of the crowd watching the 'Birds in action on the new maples. Jbgaakeibalf in ew gm E Q 'kAbove Seattle Pacific tries to stop Freshman hoopster Ron Bisset from scoring basket. UBC lost all four games to the visiting United States squad. i'Thunderbird Basketballer tried hard to win their game at the unofficial opening of the War Memorial Gymnasium. 104

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econ .feaguera ga!! gram aa! year i'With Jack Promfret taking all the top talent from last year's provincial champion Braves, minor basketball suffered a setback similar to the Thunderbirds. However, they managed to gain a seat in the Inter A finals. i'Chiefs, under last year's provincial champion coach Dick Penn, suffered a tough season at the unmerciful hands of Cloverleafs and Eilers. They saw team mate gain a slot on Thunderbird starting string. 4 106 X- Following in the footsteps of UBC Thunderbirds in the Evergreen Conference, Richard Dick Penn's Chiefs finished their Inter-City bas- ketball schedule well down in the cellar. Ole Bakken and his Braves, how- ever, finished in a nicer way than the Chiefs. They got into the finals of the inter league and lost a tightly played series to Clover Leafs. Dick Penn, who handled the Braves last year and led them to the provincial championship, faced a difficult task this year' in attempt- ing to mould a winning team from a group of inexperienced players. During the last games of the schedule Penn and Co. won five games in succession and were startling other teams in the league. The Chiefs had the satisfaction of knowing that at least one member of their team could play Evergreen hall when lack Pomfret lifted 6' 8 leff Craig from Penn and started him with his Thunderbirds. High scorers for the Chiefs were Ralph Bowman, Mike Ryan and George Seymour. They were back- ed up by Max Bertram and Denny Yorke. Cle Bakkenis Braves had things going smoothly at the start of hos- tilities in the lnter Aw League but near the end Clover Leafs proved to be the better team. Denis Grisdale, Stan Lawson, Forsythe Gary Taylor, Herb For- ward, and Hector Frith were the big guns for the Braves. Next year things look brighter for both UBC teams as most of the players will be back.