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

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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

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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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INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL To start the second round, the teams that finished in the IIISI division in each league were placed in the American League. while the teams that finished in the second division were placed in the National League. This was done to insure closer competition and more interest. The National League ended up in a four-way tie between Tradewind III, Comet II, Comet I, and the Faculty team. This necessitated a play-off which Trade- wind III took, and thus clinched the pennant. Play off results in the National League: W. L. W. L. Tradewind III.. .... 2 0 Comet I ........ .... I I Comet II .............. O I Faculty ................. 0 I The American League pennant was clinched by the Lightning II team with a record of seven victories and no defeats. The team that finished in second place was Comet III whose only defeat was administered by Lightning II. Championship Game: TRADEWIND III LIGHTNING II G. F. Ptr. G. F. Ptr Howell ........... 2 I 5 Gallagher ....... 1 1 3 Genham ......... 1 0 2 Vinal ............., 1 0 2 Sierup ...,........ 6 0 12 Krysinski ....... 0 I I MC Sally ......... 0 I I Quinn ............ I I 5 Barry .............. O 2 2 Valentine ....... 4 0 8 Phalen ............ 0 0 0 Murullo .......... 0 O 0 - - - Moffat ............ 0 0 O 9 4 Score at half time: 22 Johnson .......... 0 0 0 Adelman ........ 0 0 O 7317 9-4 Tradewind III. Final Standing of the Leagues: NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. W. L. Tradewind III ...... 5 2 Lightning II ......... 7 0 Comet II .............. 5 2 Comet III ............. 6 1 Comet I ....... ...... 5 2 Tradewind I ......... 4 3 Faculty ................. 5 2 Tradewind II ........ 3 4 Lightning I .......... 3 4 Dreadnought III .. 5 4 Rainbow ..,........... 3 4 Commuters .......... 3 4 Married Men ....... 2 5 Lightning III ........ 2 5 Dreadnoughtl ..... 0 7 Flying Cloud ........ 0 7 There was a final play-off game for the champion- ship between Tradewind III and Lightning II. It was a low scoring game and was played on the full length court. Tradewind III defeated Lightning II by a score of 22-17, thus placing the crown on itself and the sup- posedly inferior National League.