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The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., March II, 1943 PAGBTHREe Mason-Dixon Tourney Reverses Season's Play • Terror Boxers Local Cagers Win Eight Games Terrors, Shore I Improve Under Of Ten Played In Gill Gym Are Jarred By Woody Preston Victorious in eight of ten games in Harry Jeffra Gill gym, Western Maryland's 1943 prised everyone and turned in a fine They not only upset the "dope performance for his final season. cagers tacked up a new record for Also lost for the duration will be bucket" down at Evergreen in the By Earl Schubert play before home fans this season by rangy Ed Mogowski, a veteran of two Mason-Dixon playoffs last week-end, With the sending of but one par- playing some of their best basketball campaigns, who though below his last they kicked it around; and Western ticipant to the Eastern Inter-collegi- on familiar hardwood. The Ferguson year's record, played good ball, and Maryland was no exception to the ate Tournament last week-end, the boys seemed always to show II potent Arlie Mansberger and Art O'Keeffe, general run of events. Green Terror ring team closed an in- attack while playing before the home both capable reserves, but out of ac- The Green Terrors took the 6001' teresting and successful season. It fans and compiled 467 tallies to op- tion most of the season because of (which, incidentally, was well waxed was a season marked with upsets, ponents' 359 for an average of 46 to injuries. Stan Kulakowski, sopho- at the time) against Delaware and uncertainties, and enlisted reserve 35 per game. more star, was called by the army lost a tough game to the Blue Hens, calls. Seniors playing their last year for midway of the season and his loss 52 to 49. Trailing most of the way, .Ex-Champ the Green and Gold included Capt. somewhat hurt the club's attack. the Green Team almost overcame a John Robinson, II speedy defensive 12 point lead in the last few minutes Harry Jeffra, ex-featherweight In compiling their record through but fell short in the closing seconds. champ, was signed last November to lind rebound man, and second to the regular season the Terrors scored Playing the usual close-guarding, coach the squad; when he reported up Lodge in scoring; Frank Suffern, who a total of 799 points for- a game aver- here he found a small group of none was good enough to break into the age of 44.5 points, while limiting rushing gam~, Delaware was definite- lyon in the first half and held a lead too experienced lettermen and a Varsity lineup as II regular, his fresh- their opposition to 698 tallies for a of a dozen counters at intermission. larger group of green but willing man year, and II fine outside shot; 38.7 average. Though this is consid- The Terrors fought back hard in the freshmen, most of whom hadn't had a Lee Lodge, veteran guard and sharp- erably under the 1,100 points made second half, but, with ten minutes to pair of boxing gloves on in their life. shooter, who two years ago scored the last year in 25 tests, the game aver- play, they were still back ten points. With this limited material he built winning goal with 20 seconds to go age is slightly higher than before. e Spirtted Drive up a team which was to tie West to beat Loyola and win the champion- Play over the season was spotty at Western Maryland then put on a Point, whip Indiana and Catholic Harry Jeffra ship; and Manny Kaplan, who sur- times, but the Ferguson team played spirited drive and actually held a 47 University, and go down to heart- fine ball on many occasions. Most no- to 46 advantage with less than 2 min- breaking defeat to a great Maryland table of these times were the 37 to 24 utes to play. Three foul shots and a team and the best Coast Guard Preachers Need Overtime To defeat handed to Loyola before the field goal, however, soon put the game Academy team in years. Greyhounds had lost their star play- on wax for the Blue Hens, and hopes Upset Black And White Five ers, and the 40 to 30 win over the Bul- of another championship at Westmin- .Many Lost lets from Gettysburg, generally re- If Jeffra had been able to maintain garded as one of the best teams in ster was definitely a thing of misty the same eight men throughout the In one of the most closely contested Smith, and Harry Buckingham. For past. season, it would have been a remark- fraternity basketball games ever WIt- the losers, Abe Gruel and Bill Bayliss this section. The game marked the end of play- able year, but the fact that the team" nessed in Gill Gym, the Preachers de- both scored six points; and Tom Ter- The loss to Delaware in the opening ing careers of seniors Nerne Robin- lost the services of John Alexander, feated the Black lind Whites for the ry, George Barrick, and Peck Bond round of the Mason-Dixon League son, Frank Suffern, Lee Lodge, and Hank Ferris, Carl Mendell, Frank fraternity basketball championship 21 played their usual brand of excellent Tournament was a disappointment to Manny Kaplan. It was more than Ziegler, George Norman, Jimmy to 20, on Friday, February 26. It took ball. team members and fans alike, but the likely the last time that Ed Mogowski Green, and George Gavula, only a last minute field goal in an over- • Volleyball season was very fine and one that all and Art O'Keeffe will play for the makes Jeffra's job more outstanding. time period by John Hancock, to give can be proud of. . Green and Gold for the duration, Add to this fine coaching, the spirit, the victors a decision over their stub- Volleyball got under way among since both expect to' go on active duty initiative, and fighting attitude of an born opponents. the fraternities the following Wed- in the spring. The same might be nesday; and the initial games saw a aggressive group pf contestants who The Preachers wasted no time in said for the rest of the squad. were out for the team, and you have jumping into a 9 to 2 lead early in veteran Preacher "A" team defeat a It was a truly hard game fol' the the 1943 Western Maryland boxing the first quarter; but by half time strong Gamma Bet aggregation 21 to Terrors to lose, from Lieut. Bruce squad. the fighting Black and White five had 19 and 21 to 11, while the Preacher Ferguson on down the line. They knotted the count at 13 all; and dur- "B" team won from the Gamma Bet played well, however, and special no- .Chuck Leads ing the first few minutes of the third "B" team 21 to 15 and 21 to 12. Only tice may be given to the point-get- As for the individual records, God- quarter sprang into II lead of 17 to the "A" teams competed, for the Black ting of Lee Lodge, Frank Suffern, Ed win and Alexander were the most 13, at which time things looked dark and Whites came out on top in two Mogowski and to the fioorplay of Ne- outstanding in their respective weight for the Purple and Gold cagers. Re- well-played games:- The Gamma Bets rno Robinston and Art Q'Keeffe, who classes in regard to won and lost rec- fusing to accept defeat, however, "A" team defeated the Bachelors returned from boxing to play a bril- ords. Godwin won five, lost two, and they bounced back to deadlock the "A" team two straight games on Sat- liant reserve game. Alexander won four and lost but one. score at 19 all at the end of the regu- urday, while the preachers and Black 1£ "misery loves company" is still Howard Hall and Frank Faughman lation playing time due to a longshot and Whites game was postponed to true, Western Maryland should cer- broke even ~th three wins and three by Bo Baugher. a later date. tainly be happy; for they surely had losses. Hank Ferris also had a win- A five-minute overtime period was Supplementing volleyball as a late plenty of company. For one unex- ning season with three wins, two agree