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losses, all 10 conference foes, seriously damaged the squad's hopes for a playoff position. A strong Loyola team started the deluge with an 8[-59 victory. Baltimore U. met linle opposi- tion in its 60-43 win, but Me SL Mary's, though winning 51-49, won by a narrower margin. In spite of Press's impressive 2(i points, the Eagles from A. U. ,blasted \Vcstern Maryland, 74-66. for three Iull quarters the Terrors threw a scare into lhe classy Grey- hounds of Loyola before bowing 5:)-'15. Catho- tic U. avenged their earlier loss with a 60-44 u-iumph. \Vcstcrn Maryland, Iar down in the conference standings, dropped its seventh straight 10 Towson, 73-60. The Green Terror rooters, who had never abandoned their losing team, were then rewarded with four consecutive wins. III each of these tests, the opposition was unable to hold Press to less than 25 points. Every man played inspired ball, and the revitalized team looked unbeatable. Johns Hopkins, later destined to crush our Makowski gets two !loinls. hopes, was the first victim. The Blue Jays Rydzewski tries for a free shot. were trounced, 65-36. Next all the list was Washington College, which lost by a 60-46 score. Hampden-Sidney W~tS much more stub- born before admiLting defeat. A last-second field goal by Makowski brought screams of triumph from the excited home fans as the Terrors won, 53.5? The rejuvenated 'Vestern Marylanders conunued to surprise everyone. Baltimore U.'s Bees were next on the sched- ule. The)' went down, 60-50. American U., later to go all to win the Mason-Dixon crown [rom Loyola, snapped the Terror winning streak with an easy 85-57 win. \V.M.e. now needed a victory 10 remain in the running for a playoff berth. Johns Hop- kins, surprise winner over heavily-favored Loyola, stood in the way of our hopes. Many students journeyed down to Homewood to be on hand for this crucial lest. The Jays won an i~nponalll game, 69-66. Eliminated for the conference playoffs, the Terrors dropped their last 1.11'0 games. Outstanding, not alone here at W. M. c., but in the whole Mason-Dixon conference, was the sparkling play of Art Press His 21.4 scoring average was second highest in the fifteen team conference. In twenty-one games, he amassed a total of 45 [points. Press, along with Phipps, Hart, Hammaker. and Makow- ski, will return as a nucleus for next year's squad. Leo Lathroum, a standout player in many sports, scored 202 points for a game average of 10.6. Next year's team will miss his services, as well as those of Hadjuk Art Pren and Hale. 165