Waynesburg University - Mad Anthony Yearbook (Waynesburg, PA)

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.yl'L1fl 6'LWfLlfl,l 6L 15 Basllelboll Launching on the most successful ' Strom si intramural sports ro- nce the new gym h Coll P as been completed, Waynesburg ege gave opportunity to those who could not compete in varsity sports to build up their bodies and skill by partici- Pclll 'n several sports. program cl ' ng I The , esrgned to please nearly everyone inter- ested in sports, was in demand following the previous year's 9lOwing exhibitions. There were so many boys' teams en- tered in the basketball tourney that two sections had to be formed with a playoff necessary. Even The Yellow Jacket, college newspaper, entered a team called the 'StitTs,' and when ihlngs went wrong, the standings were published up side Cl0Wn so their team could lead the loopl Eventually, the Bomb- ers fpicturej won out. The girls, too, had their fling on the court Cpicturej. 'Tippy' White was placed in charge of the female section, and the girls held several intra-squad games, as weather and transpor- tation forestalled any tilts with other schools. An exciting two weeks of table tennis highlighted the pro- Qram for awhile. Over 75 students t k and Bett C oo part. Joe College y oed paddled the ball around for two elimination W. C.'s Female Floor Fiends Champs I we 'screws' i947-48 1 tournaments. Bill Metropulos, chairman of the tourney, found himself in the finals, but was beaten out by Ben Tomlinson in thrillingly close sets Cpicturel. ln bowling, it was the same Cpicturel. Students, eager for a winter indoor sport in the evenings, iammed the bowling roster and the only bowling center in town ,and about 150 formed teams and entered a tournament headed' by Chris Hick- son and Vince Marchese. The mixed teams eventually turned into 'sex' rivalries, and the girls challenged the stronger boy crews. Don Wiley had the outstanding scoring punch. Flowers Field, a mile from the campus, was the softball field for this year Cpicturel. Each frat and other groups formed teams, but most games were postponed due to the afternoon thunderheads. All games played were good. One went T5 innings, before Uniontown beat YMCA, 2-'l. No champ was declared, but everyone had a good time. Equipment and arrangements were taken care of by the Athletic Department. Along with his other duties, Ben, Leathers, undergraduate manager of all sports, worked with the groups in the program. Later, he was awarded his W. All by herself, tool

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fa 'xi - - sf, ...sw H my o., l 4 I Y L ,Yia -M. 4, . w 1 y it 1 .. it, .Lt W is ,f'Q'-.gf if th. it Guyatt, Rex, Weber, Patterson, Echon, Lewis. 8lfLlfLl:5 Waynesburg College's tennis squad, thanks to the six-match win streak that ended on the Ides of May, was one of the three sport teams to emerge with a better-than-.500 average for the season. The racqueteers played their best in the first two weeks of May, winning six, losing none. That streak included a revengeful defeat of West Virginia U. on our clay courts, considered the best in the dis- trict. The boys went into a spin the last week before exams, but still came out ahead in the win column, nine out of sixteen. Co-captains 'Pat' Patterson and John Echon performed and coached the squad in an excellent fashion. Send Over A Hot Onel SCORES West Virginia University ........ California Teachers College ,... Fairmont Teachers College ,..,.. Duquesne University ,...,,,,., Geneva College .,,....,... Youngstown College .,,.,.,,,,,,, Marshall College ...........,,.,..,,.,, California Teachers College ,..,.. Thiel College ..,....,..........,,.,,,,,,, West Virginia University ...,.., Geneva College ,..,..........,...... Fairmont Teachers College ,,,,,, Washington 81 Jefferson ,,,,,,, Duquesne University ,.,,,,,,,, Youngstown College ,,,,,,. Marshall College ,.,.., 98 Echon, Patterson W bg. 3 8 8 2 6 2 5 5 9 5 7 7 2 2 4 3 O PP 6 'I 1 7 3 6 4 4 0 2 2 0 7 7 5 6

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How Many Pins Do We Need? Terrors of Table Tennis ChampfRunner-up And Some Softball-Everybody's Game 100