University of Connecticut at Fort Trumbull - Laurel Yearbook (Fort Trumbull, CT)

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JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM OF FORT TRUMBULL The Trumbull junior Varsity, affectionately known as the Filthy Five have secured an impressive record for themselves with a season of seventeen victories and two defeats Playing in the preliminaries to the varsity games, they lost only to Hillyer and Collegiate Prep. Gibbs, Ruderman, and Lazar paced the j.V.'s with a total of 381 points between them. The Filthy Five is the nickname given to the starting team for the juniors made up of Gibbs, Ruderman, Lazar, Grossman, and Walsh. These men were often used on the Varsity and were a help in forming such a successful season. Four TRUMBULL JUNIOR VARSITY Scomss Post junior College j.V. ......... ....... 1 5 - 37 Fort Devens J. V. ......... ...... 5 9 - 60 Admiral Billard Academy j.V. ...... ....... 4 5 -- 55 Commuters ........... ...... 4 2 - 58 Hillyer Junior J.V. ................. ....... 4 2 - 39 Collegiate Prep ........ ...... 3 7 -- 39 Post Junior College j.V. ......... ....... l 0 - 51 Morse Business J.V. ........ ....... 4 2 - 52 Morse Business j.V. ........ ....... 2 2 -- 50 Billard Academy ...... ....... 3 1 - 34 Sub Base J.V. ...................... ....... 2 7 - 63 Billard Varsity ....................... ....... 3 1 - 67 Hartford Extension j.V. ......... ....... 1 2 - 49 New Haven State Teachers ....... ....... 3 2 - 40 Collegiate Prep ............... ....... 3 6 - 34 Fort Devens j.V. ................. ....... 4 2 - 52 Hillyer Junion j.V. ...... ............................ 2 6 - 40 Hartford Extension J.V. ......... ....... l 7 - 36 ' Veterans of Foreign Wars .............................. 35 -- 55 47

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QQTHLYAV: ev' Xa V I 'A M 4 . BM' 'xii' FCRT TRUMBULL VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM The Fort Trumbull Varsity Basketball Team wound up its first season with a record of eighteen victories and four defeats. It was an amazing record in view of the fact that this was their first season for the team and they were playing against some schools with seasoned teams. The Troopers' biggest nemesis was the junior Varsity from Storrs campus. The Storrs j.V.'s twice downed the high-flying troopers, but the games were hard fought. With a little more experience the troopers might give them a better battle. The starting team was made up of Ruccio, Chapman, Hockett, Murphy and Sarle. The five threw in a total of 832 points with Ruccio leading the scoring with 226. Mr. Horvath should be thanked for the fine job he did in turning out a winning combination. It was the first year for everyone and many difficulties were overcome. We are all looking forward to next year's team, for with the experience gained thus far, they should really bring the bunting to Fort Trumbull. ScoREs or THE 1946-7 SEASON Waterbury Extension ........ ..... 2 8 - 3,1 Post junior College ..,..... .,... 3 2 - 44 Hillyer junior College ..... 35 - 49 Morse Business .........,. ..... 3 0 - 38 U-CONN .I.V.'s ....... ..... 4 7 - 28 Submarine Base ....... ..... 5 2 - 46 Hartford Extension ........ ..... 3 6 - 49 New Haven Teachers ........ ..... 3 9 - 58 College of Pharmacy ...... ..... 3 5 - 60 Hartford Extension ........ ............................ 5 3 -- 71 Willimantic State Teachers ..... Hillyer Junior College ........ Fort Devens ................. College of Pharmacy .............. New London junior College New London Junior College ......... Waterbury Extension ............ Morse Business ............ New Haven Teachers ......... Fort Devens ................. U-CONN j.V.'s .................. . 48 - 79 46-56 47-67 42-94 46-43 56-72 34-75 52--62 45-80 49-59 48--28

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FORT TRUMBULL VARSITY BASEBALL When Coach Horvath announced the inauguration of baseball at Fort Trumbull and issued a call for candi- dates the response was gratifying. More than fifty men showed up for the Hrst session, thus enabling Mr. Horvath to have a large squad to pick from. The candidates had their limbering-up exercises in the gymnasium until the weather finally permitted out- door drills. Mr. Horvath put the squad through the usual routine and finally picked twenty-five men to make up the varsity team. The Troopers had a schedule of sixteen games, out of which they won twelve and lost four. The highlight of the season was when Paul Salling pitched the Troopers to a 4--3 victory over the Coast Guard Academy during the May Frolic weekend. SUMMARY OF GAMES Hartford Extension ........ ....... 2 - 11 Springfield j.V. .....,........ .... 4 - 6 St. Thomas .............. ....... 4 - 5 Coast Guard Academy ....... .... 5 - 4 Yale j.V. .................... ....... 3 - 6 Storrs j.V. ................... .... 0 - 11 Conn. State Prison .......... ....... 8 - 10 Springfield J.V. .............. ' - 5 Wethersheld A.C. .......... ....... 3 - 5 Waterbury Extension ............... .... 6 - 8 New Britain Teachers ....... ....... 9 - 1 New London junior College ........ .... 5 - 2 New Britain Teachers ........... ....... 1 - 4 Hartford Extension ................... .... 4 - 5 New London Junior College ....... ....... 0 - 7 Storrs j.V. ................... ........ 1 2 - 5 48