Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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Basketball Schedule 1940-41 February: December: I IeJohn Marshall Awayx' 3eSavage Home ISwU. of Newark Home:5 6-N. Y. U. Away zzeKings, College Home Io-St. Josephs Away 25-Panzer Away:E I IeLafayette Away zSeSt. Peters Away 12--Muhlenberg Away March: I 3eVillanova Away gejohn Marshall Home:5 I6eBloomfield Home 6-Newark C. of E. Away I 9--Pace Home January: :3N. J. I. A. C. 8-U. of Newark Away$ A11 home games were played at E. O. H. S. IIeAlumni Home except Savage and Pace which were held at I8ePanzer Homeaa the Y. M. H. A. in Newark. THE VARSITY FIVE One Hundred Tbirly-one

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THE FORWARDS MARCH -Becker, Opsal, Carlson The most thrilling game of the year, even though Upsala lost, was played against Mar- shall in East Orange. The visitors needed a win to tie for the league title with Panzer, but they had to go all out to do it. Trailing, 28-19, at the half, Drum and his mates sniped away at the lead until they tied the score at 45-all, then, in the last five minutes of a ding-dong battle, Marshall finally forged ahead to win, 58-51. Tied with Newark University for third place in the conference, the Vikings defeated the Bombers to make it two out of three for the season in a play-off game staged at Bay- onne High School, while Panzer was defeat- ing Marshall in the first place play-off. Drum, who scored an average 0f 18 points per game during the second semester, fin- ished in second place on the conference scoring lists with 103 points in seven games. One Hundred Thirty His best performance was against Newark Engineers when he tallied 25 points. Becker and Berger also stood among the first ten. At the Close of the season Drum was se- lected 0n the first all-league team and Becker was honored with selection on the second squad. The team engaged in a post-season charity contest at Demarest High, Hoboken, losing for the third time to Marshall after holding the lead until there were less than five minutes to play. Injuries hampered the squad more than anything else in 1941. Becker was bothered by a back ailment and Drum had another football injury. Bob Carlsonls broken ankle and McKinleyls sprained ankle hurt the team in late season, while Anderson was able to appear in only two games in March.

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AILEEN LEACH, Captain HELEN MATTY, Coach Under the tutelage of a new coach, Miss Helen Matty, the Vikingettes started the 1941 season with high hopes. There were sev- eral additions to the schedule that added much interest to the yearly series, notice- ably William and Mary College in Williams- burg, and Farmville State Teachers College, both in that fair state of Virginia. Bergen Junior College at Hackensack and Glassboro State Teachers also appeared for the first time. And, of course, there are always the traditional games with our inter-city rival, Panzer Ccilege, a contest fllled with the keenest competition and a display of the best possible technique. The warm-up game with the alumnae gave GIRLS, BASKETBALL SQUAD One Hundred Tbirty-lwo little difficulty and increased the interest in the game with Morris Junior College. This contest, too, was noted on the right side of the ledger, but served to show the type of competition in store. The Glassboro trip MANAGERS CARLSON AND ANDERSON proved to be the first jolt to the hopes of the Upsalans, but the invasion of Virginia turned out to be disastrous, undermining the morale in the two decisive defeats suffered south of the Mason-Dixon line. The Panzer game, too, was something that nobody cares to talk about. The team was dehnitely handicapped by the untimely departure of its captain, Betty Racine. Unquestionably, the shining light of the scoring department was Edith ShortyT, Ol-