University of St Thomas - Aquinas Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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And Still Champions y A The AuTumn oT T953 marked anoTher TeaTher in The haT 9 of The ST. Thomas cross counTry Team, Tor aT ThaT Time 7' They capTured Their sevenTh consecuTive MIAC cross I counTry championship. This record is much beTTer Than IT aT TirsT appears when you consider ThaT The confer- ence has named only seven champions in This sporT. The Toms, in Their TirsT season under Their new coach, Floyd Foslien, who replaced Don Adee, compiled a raTher unspecTacular record, buT Their losses were To such powers as The UniversiTy of lvlinnesoTa, SouTh DakoTa STaTe, and CarleTon. .lim Deane, The Team's capTain, had a Tremendous season, winning TirsT in all'The meeTs excepT one. He was crowned The MIAC champion as he led all compeTi- Tion in The conference meeT. Close behind Dean was 'T PaT lv'IoriarTy, The defending conference champion. The conference meeT, which was run aT The Lake , Nokomis course, was The lasT cross counTry meeT in The purple and gray colors Tor such sTandouTs as PaT Mori- ' arTy, Ray Grossman, Al Dehn, and Squeak Scan-lan. T gp x Back row: PaT MoriorTy, Leo Walsh, Bill Cisco, Squeak Scanlon, Al Dehn, Jim Deane, Dick F ENDURANCE RUNNER JIM DEANE OUT-DISTANCES ALL MIAC COMPETITION IN THE NORTHWEST OPEN TC

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RESULTS St. Thomas Opponents I4 Lorcis 6 25 Augsburg O 6 St. .Iohn's I4 I3 Macalester 20 I6 Duluth I4 I 3 Gustavus 26 6 Hamline 25 I9 LaCrosse 34 I Monahan rides again could well be the'caption ot this picture as little Denny squirts through the hole left by Paul Ehrhard's proviclential block. MICKEY MACH AND DENNY MONAHAN PARTAKE IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO BRING TO A STAND-STILL A GUSTIE PROMENADE

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Ted Hall lays up another two points in the upset win over Creighton in the St. Paul Christmas Tournament. Lou Shears matches his height against the awe- inspiring G.A. sky-scrapers to tip in two points in the upset of the Gusties. In the annual trip, the Tommies split, losing the opener to Wartburg and drubbing Iowa Teachers in the second game. The St. Paul Invitational Tournament was the scene of the Toms next great conquest. After beating- Iowa Teachers, they upset Creighton University in an over- time thriller, only to lose to Gustavus in the finals. Next the Toms moved into their conference schedule in earnest, but lost their next games to Hamline and St. Mary's. Then Ted Hall poured in 32 points against Macalester as the Toms won. But the glory was short- Iived when they fell before the Golden Gusties from St. Peter. At this time John Hislop returned to the lineup, and things started to look up. The Toms romped over Augs- burg and Concordia, but were edged by St. Olaf and St. John's. They got back on the victory trail when they dumped mighty Hamline and Duluth, but then, in the upset of the season, were beaten by Augsburg. Hislop and company now started to roll. They beat St. Mary's, Macalester, Gustavus, and Concordia to end the season with I8 wins and 9 losses. Next season Paul Sokol and the Tommy basketball fans will miss Jim Seidel, Jack Swift, Len Horyza, and Ray Schneider, in addition to the all conference guards, John Hislop and Bob Lee. Page Om' HIl77!1l'0If Thirly-fre