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ALOHA and Gold lost only two games, one to Johns Hopkins and one to Mt. Saint Mary's, in their league schedule during which each team met the same team twice. In their first league game, Western Maryland invaded Chestertown, the Washington College stronghold, and showed decisively that they meant Susiness when they trimmed that much heralded five 29-18. Much consternation reigned in the league and the victory was chalked up to luck, but when the Shoremen returned the Terror's visit and were sent home smarting under a second defeat, this time 23-18, other teams took notice and began to wonder about the Westminster quintet. They discovered shortly, much to their chagrin, that ,the Terror outfit was at last going places in the basketball world after much aimless wan- dering in the basketball wilderness. Mt. Saint Mary's, previous years champions came down from Emmitsburg with the expectations of putting the Terror upstart in its rightful place. They too discovered that this was no easy matter and after a game that was nip and tuck with the score tied on numerous occasions went home humbled in defeat 35-31. The Terrors in their next league game met Johns-Hopkins on the latter's home floor. Something went wrong in the smooth game that the Terrors had played in previous contests and they lost 45-25. This game marked the question period of their league schedule. It was a question of whether this defeat would demoralize the team or make it work harder. The team met the question courageously in a non-league and although it lost to a magnificent George Washington five it proved that it knew how to fight after a loss. Loyola College, whom the Terrors met on the former's floor, expected to push the Green and Gold a step further toward the bottom. Loyola, however, was humiliated into defeat 48-39. Johns-Hopkins returned the Terror's visit, but they found a different team from the one that they had previously beaten. The Johnnies were sent home nursing a 40-32 licking. Loyola next paid a visit to Westminster and was given another trimming, this time 41-35. This victory clinched the championship for the Terrors as the same evening Hopkins beat Mt. Saint Mary's which eliminated the Mountaineers from further hopes of tying Western Maryland for the title. The Terrors in their final league game were entertained by Mt. Saint Mary's which closed the league schedule for both teams. The Mountaineers gained some solace in the fact that they won 21-18. Between the last Hopkins-Terror and the Mount St. Mary's- Terror encounters the Green and Gold traveled to College Park where they lost to the University of Maryland 49-33. The Terror's closed their regular schedule by licking Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, Pennsylvania, 28-25. Western Maryland received an invitation to playa post season game in Cumberland, Maryland, against Potomac State, Junior College champions of West Virginia. They ac- cepted the invitation and were beaten 45-40. In a study of the season as a whole these facts are brought out. The Terrors played 17 games. They won 8 and lost 9. In the 17 games the Terrors scored 532 points while their opponents chalked up 592. Scoring was more or less equally distributed with Ryscavage leading with 135, Mergo 115, Hurley 93, Sadausky 90 and Mahoney 47. Other points which go to make up the total were scored by substitutes. . Co-Captains Hurley and Mahoney guards, Sadausky center, all seniors, plus Ryscavage and Mergo forwards, both Juniors, bore the brunt of the games, but Fowble, Ferguson, and Draper were valuable substitutes and adequately filled a needed breach when the occasion arose. The latter three will be available for service next year. Ryscavage and Sadausky were the only Terror performers that made the all-Maryland team, although some of the other Terrors received honorable mention. PAG E 16~