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

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TRA-MURAL SOFTBALL Because of the keen interest in softl at Fort Trumbull, Coach Mozur organi a softball tournament based along lines of the basketball league. The league was set up on the princil of a double elimination tournament. Th were sixteen teams entered, each ret senting a floor of a dormitory. Each te had to lose two games before it was c sidered out of competition. The games were played on our own d field which was marked off in a softl diamond. The games were well attenc but the box-office record was set when Married Men beat the Faculty with alm the entire student body watching. The championship game was betw' Lightning I and Lightning III. Both tee were sporting championship pitchers. For lightning I there was Gibbs, for Lightning there was O'Keefe. As was predicted, it was a pitcher's duel. Lightning III finally won the game by a score of 4-2 but it was a hard-fought strug all the way. The turning point of the game was when Walt De Walt of Lightning III h double with the bases loaded to drive in two runs and start his team scoring. It was a fitting climax for the intra-mural season which had a marked success. We all looking forward to the same spirit next year. 52

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BOWLING Bowling was one of the highlights of the winter season at this branch of the University. Because Fort Trumbull is fortunate enough to have bowling alleys, all tournaments were played right here on the campus. The teams each represented a dormitory floor, and were divided into two leagues, League I and League II. League I: Dreadnought lg Tradewind llg Comet Ilg Lightning Ilg Lightning Ig Comet Illg Tradewind Ilg Comet I Tails. League II: Dreadnought Ilg Rainbow Illg Rainbow Ilg Flying Cloud Illg Rainbow lg Light- ning IIIg Dreadnought Illg Tradewind I. Dreadnought I and Dreadnought II rolled for the lirst round championship with Dreadnought II capping the bunting. Bill Crochiere pacedthe champs with a 102, 120. Lee Kramerczyk of Tradewind II took the 13 inch trophy for high individual single. The high individual triple was taken by Richard Grasso of Tradewind II in the form of an eleven inch trophy. A nine inch trophy for the highest individual average was taken by Tom Tammany of Lightning II. The second Highest individ- ual average award went to Fernandes of Comet III. lliili In the second round, the league winners were Dread- nought ll and Tradewind II. Tradewind II won the match and the bowling championship by a margin of fourteen pins. Kramarczyk of Tradewind was high man with 123. At the season's close, a banquet was held and the bowling awards were made. Frank Dagostino, of Tradewind II took prizes for the championship team of the 1946-47. High team three game pinfall for the yearg and high team single for the year. The prize for championship team for the first semester was taken by Captain Charles Burns of Dreadnought I.

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