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

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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

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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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After losing their first game with- the Tradewind Woofs, Lightning III swept the next five games to take the crown. Among their victims were Rainbow, Dreadnought, Faculty, Lightning Flashes, and the Commuters. The championship game was between the Commuters and Lightning III, which Lightning took 35-26. LIGHTNING III Biondo .......... I I Wood ............ 1 1 Ruderman ..... 2 3 Vallas ..... . ..,... 1 0 Capelle .......... 0 O Carroll .......... 5 I Magnon ........ 0 1 Mernale ......... 4 0 Fisher ............ l 0 TOTAL ....... 13 7 COMMUTERS G. F. Pix. G. F. Ptr. Slocum ....... A. Bernstein .. Chick ......... S. Bernstein Lubchansky Nasseta ...,..... Hendal .......... TOTAL ....... I 1 Referees-Vancisin, Ryan. INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL Intra-mural basketball turned out to be the most participated in sport at Fort Trumbull. Because of the keen interest in basketball here, 27 teams turned out when league formation was announced. To give all teams a chance to compete, the athletic department held an elimination contest with all teams competing. After completion of the elimination round, the teams were divided into two leagues of eight teams each, called the National and American Leagues. Each team was made up of residents of one dormi- tory floor with the exception of teams composed of Commuters, Married Men, and the Faculty. At the completion of the first round the standings of the teams were as follows: NATION.A' .LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. W. L. Dreadnought III.. Flying Cloud . Comet III ............ Commuters Faculty ................ Lightning I ..... Lightning II ........ Lightning III .. Tradewind II Tradewind I Tradewind III Red jacket 8: Typhoon ......... Comet II .............. Rainbow ....... Comet I ......... Dreadnought I