University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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,, ,Hina ., 5, fyufi 15025 s 1 ' mai! my bi P. sv , . 1 , wi . .-u, .iff ' .fn 1 .Y 1' .Y Q 133 . 1 J.. .,5 .4 ,- 'wif Y 1 ' If . Ziff'-7 . ' ,. -3 Wt' ' ,117 f' .4 .i,. . I., 5. vw, ,J . I ,, VARSITY SUEIIEH i Despite injuries and bad weather, Jack Squire's varsity soccer under the leadership of Captain Don Geer made a very creditable record, winning four games, losing three, and tying one. The season's opening game was a disastrous one, ending 10 to 1 for Wesleyan. In a game that fluctuated with the wind, Connecticut failed in two overtime periods to break a 2 to 2 tie with Mass. State. Captain-elect Baldwin pulled the team to its first victory with a goal in the final minutes of the Clark University game to win for the uHuskies by a score of 4 to 3. S Three days later, the Squires men outplayed Worcester Polytect. to win 2 to l. The game was marked by the fine playing of goalie, Sichel. . Brown tumbled Connecticut from its perch by rifling in three goals and hermetically sealing their own net in the season's dampest game. The score of 3 to 0 was repeated at Springfield a week later much to the 6'Huskies disgust. In the third consecutive game played in the rain Connecticut managed to score two goals in the final period to beat Coast Guard 3 to l. With a win the final game needed for a successful season, the Husky booters went into the Tufts game with extra iight, and despite their considerable offensive strength, the Tufts toe artists were limited to one point as the uHuskies marked up four nets. 3 With Gracewski, Pratt, Zelechosky, Nash, Hutchinson, Tisiani, and Baldwin returning, and a promising group Of freshmen coming up, Connecticut can look forward t0 H most successful season next fall. . 21 VARSITY SOCCER First Row, left to right: Do min, Gracewski, Thresher Captain Greer, Pratt, Hutchin n B 1dXx'n so , zi '1 . Second Row, left to right. Frick, Nash, Rogers, Zelechos- ky, Litvin, Swiman, Glater. Third Row, left to right: Man ager Pierce, Arata, Sichel, Tiz ziani, Coach Squires. CAPTAIN GEER

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LINE COACH VAN BIBBER SOCCER COACH SQUIRES their chances of victory. However, the power and fighting spirit of the M1-Iuskiesw dominated the game and Maine be- came one of the conquered by the score of 13 to 6. DEFEAT The victory over Maine seemed to have drained the power which carried the u1'1uskies to four victories. Buffalo Whom experts gave no chance over the M1-1uskies, came up with a running and passing attack driven on by a ado or die spirit to topple the '6Uconns from the ranks of the unbeaten by -'the score of 7 to 6. A powerful Rutgers team -then polished off the uHuskies to the tune of 45 to 7. The next game on the schedule was the Rhode 1sland game, the outcome of which few experts dared to predict. 1n the first half the 441-1uskies seemed to regain their old power as they rolled up 12 points. The power suddenly vanished before a Rhody ublitzkreigj' offensive lead by Abruzzii in the second half- Scoring 13 points in this last half, Rhode Island nosed out the uUconns 13 to 12. Nine seniors-Donnelly, Papa110S, Mitchell, Waltman, 1-Iorvath, Stella, Cunningham, Brundagea and Wozenski closed out their football careers in the ram against New Hampshire. Freddie Mitchell played the most brilliant game of his career, tackling, blocking, plunging, and kicking for three torrid quarters for what became a losing cause the score of which was 9 to 0. ' With star freshman players to add to the wealth Of QC' serves from this year's varsity, Coach Christian is optimistigg ally looking toward next season. To varsity men as 4'P0t MOIII, Johnnie Toffolon, 4'Jess Sherwood, MAI Atwood, and others, he has such freshman stars as uMilt Drop0, Bob Harris, and Al Pleskus. 1 20

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VARSITY EHU55 IIIIUNTHY E Q s , 5. ith, I -Ent - k 1 k, 11. ' ff r. an . Y'- VARSITY CRO SS COUNTRY TEAM First Row, left to right: Bru- netti, Robbins, Herold, Captain Wheaton, Hubbard, Rosen. Second Row, left to right: Johnson, Tribou, Rice, Katz, XVibberIey, Gourd. C u 'r ux Wmzvrov X S' by Undefeated, except by the New England and Intercollegi- ate Association Champions, Rhode Island, Coach Ivan Fu- quais varsity barriers raced through another banner season. Fuquais varsity cross country squads have lost only two dual meets in three years. - In the first meet, Northeastern provided unexpectedly stiff competition, when they clung to the first positions right up until the end of the race when I.ou Brunetti, Charley Rob- bins, Bill Herold, Captain Bob Wheaton, and newcomer Win Hubbard moved up enough to Win the meet, 23 to 32. After the Northeastern uscaren the boys Went to town on the Yale team, when they trampled them under for the second straight year by a near perfect score-17 to 41. Bob Wheaton, the captain, broke the former Yale course record by seven sec- onds in winning the race by a substantial margin. ' On the same day, another team of Ivanis boys were ad- ministering a sound beating to Worcester Tech, by a score of 20 to 35. This was the first time in the annals of New England Cross Country that two regularly scheduled oppo- nents were beaten on the same day by a divided team. An- other high spot in the season was marked when the whole team-seven men-crossed the finish line together in a tri- angular meet against Boston University and Tufts. The bubble of invincibility about the uHusliies was ex- ploded by the high-flying Rhode Island Harriers in a meet at Storrs, heralded correctly as a New England Meet pre- view. Only the truly brilliant running of Captain Bob Wheat- on avertedpa complete sweep as Rhody won 17 to 41. In the Connecticut Valley Championships, the Husk1eS returned to form and placed six men before any of the other six teams 1n the meet placed a man Captain Bob Wheaton again proved his mettle 1n winning the race 1n record tune The Huskies continued their improved form 1nto the New Englands where they repeated last years performance I0 place second With Captain elect Robbins, Bill Herold Bill Brlbou, Win Hubbard Lou Brunettl, and at least f0l11' freshmen stars returning next year, even mighty Rhody had better watch out U' on W plif' lv NUM .ww fimf' weft Til PW wide W on if 011 ffl On idellf' , 4 ul? at K fictox lerrlil tercq doors vera0 the ai to ma De lanl who lg rapid I. Q R3 -N N s. -L x w N 41 - . gg ' 77 J s I - . N ' 1 . 1 . n ' V , , u .4 66 ' 77 - . . - 4 9 ' I In U ' , ' 9 ' Q 7 1 , r Al : 1 ' . A I t -qi - Q,