Waynesburg University - Mad Anthony Yearbook (Waynesburg, PA)

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N iss .-. WWE! L to R: Eugene Russ, John Echon fCoachJ, John Weber, George Pfrogner, Sam Braverman and Charles Lewis. ennid- gay If the records were to tell the entire story, the tennis and golf seasons for WC in the spring of T949 would have to be spoken of as character building. Both teams experienced mediocre seasons, in which the tennis squad won 4, lost TO, and the linksmen won 3, lost 9. ln the comfortable clay tennis courts behind Walton Hall, the racqueteers swung with more accuracy than they did on the road and the sun shone hot this year as the boys lost many close ones, but got in a few licks before retiring. ,p .J -va - 1 E if I -rr 504' ..- W. Q 'T dw They met Fairmont, W. Va. U., Youngstown, California, Geneva, Wash-Jeff, Thiel and Marshall. Departing seniors are Coach Echon, Weber and Lewis, the 2-year nucleus of the squad. With its home farthest from the Quadrangle than any of the other sports teams, the golf team traveled 5 miles to the Greene County Country Club to play Coach its home matches. Here and away were met West Liberty, Duquesne, Youngs- John Echon town, California, Geneva, Wash-Jeff, Carnegie Tech and West Virginiaf Out- standing was the victory over W-J, rated to have the best team in its history. Coach J. l. Hook, Jr., coached Fullerton, Herd, Knauber, Scott, Olson and Jones for the Fairways. Veterans like Jack Weber, left, and Chuck Lewis literally burned up the clay courts on the College Quadrangle. In the natural grandstand, players await their turn.,to perform.

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When the season opened late in the winter, the Jackets were riding the crest of an ll-match win streak and were heavy favorites to go strong at least until they met Lehigh U., Eastern Tourney champs. The team practiced hard and long, and, when ready, bowled over Indiana Teachers 25-6, Case Tech 2445, Bowling Green U. 32-0, and Edinboro S. T. C. 25-8, the latter for their 15th consecutive win. On the Ohio trip, including the Case and Bowling Green matches, the team wrestled before nearly 10,000 fans in two nights, draw- ing much praise. As the largest crowd ever to watch a match in the gym looked on, our grapplers lost a heart- breaking T4-13 decision to Lock Haven. Both teams were packed with Western Pennsylvania talent and many former scholastic champs. A trip to the East closed out the schedule. At Bethlehem, our torso-twisters gave a good account of themselves before mighty Lehigh, a wrestling mecca, won T7-9. The following night, the boys visited the big town, New York, and conquered Hofstra, 21-ll. At Cleveland, it was Tony Gizoni who set the pace, winning the l2'l-Tb 4-l title, as Thomas and Fuller placed second. It was a successful ending for Bucky Murdock's second year as coach. Holds like these, applied by Tony Gizoni, Joe Yourchick and Bert Sutton, gave Waynesburg a successful year on the mats. 13

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if fl IW' First row , Lto R: Ralph Lewis, Paul Brost, Walter Kopets, Chas. Hrutkay, Ernie Pudliner, Jim Miller and Frank Ross. Second row, L t R: C h R o oac oger Jorgenson, Frank Mansfield, Dave Clelland, Pete Bak, Fred Kreuter, Bert Sutton, Paul Drummond and Joe Laircl. A :.,. ris U ,,,,, .l,. . ,,.i ,,,,,,, 1 01 if Q Z 61, Z ,... IIAE Des p ite th e la c k of e n o U g h b l e a c h e r s e at s a n cl c h ea ted b y th e a lo b re v ia ted s h a de U s U a lly provided by th e fence th at wa s bein g reb U i l t, stu d en ts a n d tow n sfo l k still ia m m ed the corners of College Field to watch their col lege heroes perform on the diamond. The result: one of the best baseball seasons on record of the College H ill N ine. Down to defeat by one sided scores were teams like California C l 3-3 and l 4-61 and I-5 5 A l l ia n ce C l 8 - 1 J, a n d oth e r tea m s to b i te th e d U st w e re m ig h t y West Vi rg i n ia U ., w h o h a d co n - q ue recl h ig h - ri din g Pitt, Wa s h -J eff, St. Vin cent, A l leg h en y a n d West Liberty. On ly the Pa n thers d eefate cl o U r Yellow J a c kets twice, a n d D U q U es n e a n d Ge n e va d i d it o n ce ea ch . C oa c h R og J o rg en s on fa ced m a n y h a n d i ca p s th is y ea r, a s d o m o st co a c h es of s p ri n g sports at colleges, but winning 8 out of 12 played games were consolation for him and his Fred Kreuter Captain pretty wife, Betsy, who acted as official score-keeper. The double play combination of Lewis to Clelland to Drummond shone often. entire team won the praise of WC followers in lo Ross, Siesky and Kreuter twirled good ball, and the sing only one home game all season. l l 4 ...- 'Y F R? 'QNX s Hx ls 7 , K If I , I ,,,.,,,,.. ...,., , . I l .,,T.,.s, . is .,,, ,'. , Lau A31 'iff' f ff! , f I ' 'ffl ' V, ' f f' f' ,-4 fyxv .-I , .Ef - f ,, ,f,.VU ffl fits' A ' ' . f 5 W QZHK I WW WQ 4535 5. A fs' -.3 52 M5 f 3 .-fd , ' 2 - 4,5 why' f ,A ' 5-, if ' ' - I Wdz4jfWhQW- ' as 'W Vwifjqwww Q Q -4, , -sf. , .,,,,, , , - .. 'F 'Amt A X -. Z Af f. Q .v ,. .M ' V: .L uf-V Yi., A f - H ,- f . -f f , - , , ' - x A7 ,W fv glyffga , Jzf' ' . ,Q I L A as -id Runs, l swf, ., of fs ff? JJ,s. sisf 1llS, l11UCl1 excitement, low injuries and rlmlmrlv lmiglmliglitml one ol the lw-st baseball years lm' the Yellow .lacks-ts