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The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Weattninster, Md., November 25, 1942 PAGETHREB Jeffra, Former World Champion, To Coach Boxers Baltimore Boy Has Held,Two Titles Ferguson Returns As Coach Of Cagers; During Professional Ring Career Harry Jeffra, former world featherweight and bantam champion, was Six Veterans On Hand For Coming Year named boxing coach at Westcrn l\"laryland College last Friday by Director of Athletics S. Leroy Byham. Jefrra, who defeated Sixto Estobar to gain the featherweight crown and Terrors To Face Hoyas Four Regulars Return Joey Archibald to get the bantamweight leadership. started practice for the In First Basketball Test To Form Strong Unit Terror leather throwers on Monday. The former ByJohn Robinson Ferguson related yesterday. Captain Lawrence champion will take over the coaching reins left vacant by (Buck) Reynolds, who is now on active duty with the U. S. SPORTS EDITOR Western Maryland this season Army. Reynolds coached the Green team for the prist two years and should form one of the best clubs in turned in a good job each year. Featuring twenty-one games on the current schedule and three before recent. years; for they possess baU The present T'ei-ror- mentor won his first chnmpionship in 1938 and then players who handle the ball smoothly the holidays, Lt. Bruce Ferguson re- and also are dangerous shots from in lost it to Estobar in a fight in Cuba about a year later. Though badly beaten turns to Western Maryland College close as well as at long range. Harry did not quit and came back to win another- championship-this time to pilot the Big Green basketball in a higher weight class. team after a year's absence from col, e Fcur Regulars 'He held the second crown for a year and then lost to Chalky Wright in lege athletics. Ferguson, who was Four regulars remain from last a fight in Baltimore last summer. After this fight Jetfl:a retired and entered stationed at Aberdeen Proving season in the personage of Snffern, business. Grounds last year as Athletic Or- Robinson, Lodge, and Mogowski, ficer, returned to the campus this while Kaplan and O'Keeffe saw a lot Jeffra bought a string of race horses during the fall. He gave up the year as Military Science Instructor of action last year. Mogowaki was opportunity of training his horses in the South to take over the coaching and during his stay here, will also last season's high scorer, both for the job here. take over the basketball reins. tcam and the Mason-Dixon Confer- A veteran squad greeted t.he ncw coach when he started drills. All the ence; and he should enjoy a great lettermen in the lower weights are back this sen son and will serve as a e Remember Two seasons ago, Ferguson led the year in his second season of varsity nucleus for the team. Western Maryland cagers to a Ma- basketball. Lodge, Kaplan, and Rob- The men missing from last ycar's team will put an end to the hope that son-Dixon Championship in one of Lt. Bruce Ferguson inson have two seasons oT experience the team would grab the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Association cham- the most memorable winters in 'I'er, while Suffern has been a regular for pionahip since two of the men were the main cogs on the team last year team. Lee Lodge, Frank Suffern, all three campaigns. Frank also led Carlo Ortenai, who the 165 pound championship, Sig Jensen, the Manny Kaplan, and Nemo Robinson the individual scorers in his sopho- WOll are the boys from Fergie's '41 team. more year. heavyweig-ht who was undefeated until the finals in the tournament, and Cup- the play offs and All of these, plus Ed Mogowski, Art Georgetown will entertain the tain Harry Baker, the 175 pounder, are the men who arc missing from last Baker graduated, year's squad. but Ortenzi and Jensen are now in the Army. upset the unbeat- O'Keeffe, and Arlie Mansberger were Green team on the 8th of December in en Loyola Col- members of last season's club. Mans- Washington and the Terrors will As veterans this year Jetfra will have Jack Alexander at 120 pounds. lege quint in the berger will be sidelined for quite a meet the Coast Guard from Balti- Last year Alexander advanced .to the semi-finals of the EIB,\ tourney before final minute of while due to his football injury but more and the University of Baltimore bowing out. At 127 pounds Will be Frank Zeigler. Frankie Faughman will take care of the 135 pound class as he did last year. play 39-38. should figure prominently in the set- at Gill Gym before the holiday sea- This season up after the holidays. Howard Hall, who also went to the tournament last yea!", will be back finds Ferguson • Last Year's Frosh Georgetown will present one of the to take care of the 145 pound division. Chuck Godwin, the 155 pounder, loaded with-first Last year's freshmen five has four best teams in their history with four will also take care of his class. string talent, but candidates in Captain Carl Mendell, regulars from last season's club plus Hank Ferris, a freshman, probably will be the man in the heavyweight a slight weak- Zip Resnick, Joe Wilson, and Curly a crop of keen rrosh cagers who won class, but Jeffra will have to find replacements from his large squad to take ness in reserves. Coffman; and Pat Caruso is also try- nineteen games while dropping but care of the 165 and 175 pound classes. Robinson Four boys who ing his hand at varsity basketball. one contest as freshmen. participated in At the present the Terror practice None of the games mentioned will the championship game two seasons will consist of the men's working out be league affairs, however, and Fer- Bets And Preachers Seek Win; ago are back and additional men re- as they see fit, but official practice guson will probably use them to feel main from last year's second place will gct under way on Friday, Coach out his best working unit. is. Black And Whites Victorious Of the freshmen, a good dub also expected. Coach Ted Laux ac- cepted with open hands a large squad, Delta Pi Alpha and Gamma Beta few days before by a 6 to 0 count. including many football men on Mon- Chi, first and second respectively in Late in the final period John Wil- day in preparation for the first game the Inter-fraternity football league, liams intercepted a Schubert thrown on December 10. will meet next week in the game to aerial and raced up the sidelines for decide the second round honors and the score. It was his fifth touchdown possibly the fr-aternity football of the year. The try for extra point, however, was not good. Loyola Booters Both teams boast two wins against Delta Pi Alpha continued their no losses in the second round and the winning ways by tripping the Black Down Terrors only loss of the Gamma Bets this sea- and Whites 14 to 0 and the Bachelors 13 to 0 defeat Black and White at the In the son was the 38 to O. hands of the Preachers earlier in the game the champions were hard By Fred Holloway, Jr. season. pressed in trying to subdue the most Loyola's fast-moving Greyhounds For the Gamma Bets, Har-ry Ying- improved team in the league. took advantage of their scoring op- ling, a tall lanky end and Ridgely Workman started the scoring with portunities, and copped the Maryland Freidel form one side of the line with a pass to Kullmar for six points and State SOCCercrown by shutting out John Williams at center. Williams, a a little later tossed an aerial to Lodge the Green Terrors in the final game fine center, is also a nice pass catcher to give the champs a 12 to 0 lead. of the season, 2 to 0, on Hoffa Field. and does a nice job of punting. Sarge In the last stanza, Workman stepped Lavin leads the Bets offensive and to- ofT 55 yards for the last Purple tally. • Large Crowd An enthusiastic crowd of onlookers gether with Ken Volk, forms a threat- A few days later, Workman tossed saw the Green and Gray score early ening pair. 6 touchdown passes and 2 extra in the first half and put the game on Delta Pi Alpha will be strong at points in directing his team to a 38-0 ice with a goal ill the closing minutes the ends in Lee Lodge and Fred win over the Bachelors. of the clash. Kullmaj-, well represented in the in- Though the Wallace-coached aggre- terior by Francis Scott and Ben SCORING LEADERS gation completely outplayed the Smith, and backed well offensively by Td. Pat. Tl. champs and spent most of the after- Joe Workman, the Preacher captain. Kull mar, Preachers ..._ 6 0 36 noon in Loyola's territory, they could Closing their season last week the Williams. Gamma Bets 5 1 31 not seem to muster the final scoring Black and Whites clinched third workman. Preachers .. 4 0 24 punch. place by defeating the Bachelors on Lodge, Preachers. 4 0 24 Valley Field, 13 to O. Bert Jones tal- • wallace Good Coach Despite this loss, however, our hats lied one touchdown for the victors on are off to Coach "Hep" Wallace and a statue of liberty play and a pass STANDINGS his team, who came a long way rrom from Earl Schubert to Bill Potts ac- w. L. Pts. their opening game defeat by Dela- counted for the other payoff tally. Preachers o 10 ware to play in the final game for the For good measure the Pi Alpha Alpha Gamma Bets ... 1 8 state championship. Though the rec- boys also grabbed the Ilxtra point Black & Whites 2 4 ord of 2 wins, 2 ties, and 3 losses is Gamma Beta Chi took a close de- Bachelors o 6 not too impressive to the outsider, cision from the Black and Whites a all the games were close; and the team displayed fine sportsmanship and hard -work, especially in defeat- ing a stronger Navy squad. The Gold Bug All Fraternity This game spelled the finale to the collegiate soccer careers of five of the Terrors. Mac McWilliams, Tommy Football Tearn Suffern . L.E .. Owens Price, co-captain H. Francis Cook, co- Cohen L.T. ... Garber captain Bud Blair, and goalie John First Team Second Team L.G. Seech Hancock all will be lost to next year's squad. Lodge (Preachers) Eod ......Gruel (Black & Whites) (d • Half Team Seniors Friedel (Gamma Bets) Tackle Moore (Gamma Bets) .............._ _ _._ ..Funnekotter Though almost half of the team Williams (Gamma Bets) Tie - Dillner will have been graduated, such men Smith (Preachers) Center ....Holloway (Black & Whites) as WalTen Cook, Lank Gatchell, Joe Scott (Preachers) Tackle .......Haulf (Bachelors) Wilson, and Ken Volkert, ably sup- Kullmar (Preachers) Eod .......yingling (Gamma Bets) ....................... R.H.B... . Connors ported by freshman Bob Stortz and .................. . F.B- , ·Fltzgerald Bob Purdue, will return to steady the Lavin (Gamma Bets) Back· Preston (Bachelors) I Scoring-Touchdowns: Mendell. O'Kecffe 2. Ferris. team. Other frosh are Doc Summers, Workman (Preachers) ... Back ...... Larrimore (Preachers) Points after touchdowns-Terry 2 (placement), Sulfern (placement), Gus- Hancock's understudy, and Grayson Schubert (Black & WhiteS) Back .....Volk (Gamma Bets) gesky (pass from Kaplan). Brewer.