Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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With twenty-seven seconds left to play, Herh Kelleher snagged a deflected pass from Johnny Brigham in the Amherst end zone. Moments later, the stunned Lord Jeffs found their seemingly sure victory a 21-21 tie. The AIC and Williams encounters are best considered a forgotten chapter in last yeafs schedule. Drenched and frozen in the contest at Springfield, the Cards found themselves bogged down, while the Aces oozed out a final 6-0 victory. As for the Williams fray, the outcome was in doubt only until the opening.r kick-off. Trinity proved to he the sweetest triumph in many a year. Picked hy the experts as twenty-one point underdogs, Wesleyan held the Hilltopperls potent attack in check all afternoon. Early in the final quarter, the Card offense came to life, as a climactic Far- ese-Nixon aerial produced the one crucial TD. Sophomore guard, Art Spada, turned in the best of his many superlative perform- ances, which earned him a first-string herth on the all-Connecticut small college team. Under the leadership of Co-Captains Jerry Callahan and Dave Nixon, prospects Captain Bill McCluskey for next year seem promising. The squad, however, will miss the services of graduat- ing seniors including Captain Bill MCCIus- key, Bill W'ast'h, and Hog Schuhern tackles; George James, center; Jim Beaver and Tom Harms, guards; and Bit: Sartlo, Marv llagel. and George MaPIver, hacks.

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HE Wes eleven initiated its ,51 cam- paign in an impressive manner, bowed out eight games later in a spectacular 01i- max7 and sandwiched a mediocre season in between. Under the leadership of Captain Bill Me- Cluskey, the Cards started the season with an auspicious 28-6 win over Middlchury. The Visitors from Vermont were hopelessly outclassed throughout all four quarters, net- ting but two first downs, while the VVesmen gained at will. Friek Soule unleashed the most exciting run of the day, as he skirted left end and scampered fifty yards for XVes- leyanis first score. For the first half of the Bowdoin fray, it appeared that the Wesmen might continue their winning ways. The Polar Bears, how- ever, capitalizing on an effective two-pla- toon system, changed the complexion of the game quite convincingly in the second half as they drove for four touchdowns. The Cards made a good showing against a strong Coast Guard contingent, which was to finish the year with an unblemished re- cord. Sparked hy the stellar passing of Johnny Brigham and the receiving of Dave Jenkins, the XVCHan outplayed their oppon- ents, hut lost herause of their inability to gain inside the oppositionis 20-yard line. The Wesmen boosted their record to the .500 mark as they took the measure of an aggressive Upsala squad in a rugged, 'tno holds barred,7 contest. Standout for the Cards was fullback Ric Sardo, who booted four placements and raced the opening kiek-off ninety-one yards for the longest Wes TD of the year. The Wesleyan-Amherst thriller was a credit to the teamis fighting spirit. Trail- ing 21-7 at one point in the second half, Coach Daniels7 charges rallied for a spec- tacular finish in the final quarter.

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. 5551s j l; CHEERlEADl- RS ED by monosyllahic Jim Stetlor, tho cheerleaders spurred the demos to great- er heights in the hoary Wesleyan tradition of rooting 11151in for valiant losing teams. Early in the fall, it was discovered that the megaphones pilfered from Williams, were entirely too small. As a result, the squad devoted the first two weeks of school to painting the new six-foot mogaphones whitv. It was ingeniously suggested that a rod BWVJ, standing;r for Wesleyan, he added. and this was done. Originally, there were eight cheerleaders. hut when Ed Dolph got lost in the library. there were seven. Homer Eckerson frac- tured his fragile proboscis, and they werv reduced to six. Dan Phillips had his first and second dates, and then there were five. Jim Burkhardt went to a party, and then there were four. Jeff Lockhart was crush- ed by a Wesleyan pennant, and then there were three. Tip Baldwin was discharged for nepotism, and then there were two. Charlie Rogovin became em-einte. and then there was one. By popular demand. Jim Stellar was cast into the Trinity bonfire, and then thm'e wore norm. So ends the saga. t firx' row: Stellar. Lm-khnrt swam! rou': Rogovin. Phillips IhirII r030: Bltr' h'u'dt. T. lerdzxiri I'hkrrr- 'i