Greenbelt cooperator., 1943-01-01

gym nights, as now The mems
league was sponsored by the
Greenbelt Athletic Club and fin
ished a success.
The Reps, under Coach Ben
Goldfaden, won Z games and lost
6 in a short season, featured by
their inability to whip the Pet
worth A. c., albeit playing them
often and closely. Mickey Nc
Donald was the high scorer, shar-
ing starring roles with Bill Blan-
chard, Chet Wurl, Stan Provost,
Curt Barker and Jack Confair.
Bob Porter and Leroy Clark also
worked in we'll with the above
named veterans. The two boys
were local High School court stars
of the previous season.
Doubling up, Mr.. Goldfaden
coached the High School Grizzlies
for his second term. The big
coach lifted the Greenbelt school
on a plane with Washington
schools for the first time in it's
five-year history. He scheduled
games with Central, Eastern,
Roosevelt, Gonzaga, Annapolis,
Hagerstown and George Washing
ton High Schools, along with the
county teams.
Grizzlies Vengeful
The team was really better than
it's record of IL wins and Ia
losses indicates. AS has always
been it's lot, lack of skilled re-
serves handicapped them. The
bulk of it's losses were decided in
the closing minutes or in an extra
period.
Lynn Buck and Bob Egli were
the outstanding stars with the lat
ter winning trophy donated by
Greenbelt's generous, sports
minded Lou Gerstel. Coach Gold
faden awarded letters to Johnny
BoZek, Bill Dodson, Blake Palm
er, Bill Sommers, and Jim Scor-
dellis, in addition to the pair
above and Manager Robert Som
mers.
High spots for the Grizzlies
were revenge victories over Ha-
gerstown and Gonzaga. The most
humiliating loss was to George
Washington High in Alexandria,
an IL to 40 debacle in which our
boys scored but once in the en-
tire first half.
Trips to Hagerstown and An
napolis were the best yet under
taken by our High. The new
school principal, Mr.. Paul Barn
hart, was coach at Hagerstown
before coming to Greenbelt and
was instrumental in creating
court relations between the two
schools.
The Grizzlies bowed 1888 at
Hagerstown, despite a 14-point
second half hot hand by little
Bill "Wimpy" Dodson. Later at
Greenbelt. tables were turned to
the tune of a 1920 Grizzly feast
with big Lynn Buck and Bob Egli
starring.
Girls Glittered
The High School girls were un-
der the direction of new coach,
Miss Rose Nudo, and had the best
season they ever enjoyed. Spark
ed by the high scoring Helen
Zoellner and Marjorie Welsh, and
fine guarding by Mary Jean Nc
Carl and Airline Livermore, the
Grizzliettes romped through all
opposition until the Gold Cup
Tournament. In this they bowed
to Mt. Rainier's lassies. The
Bowie girls were too hard for
Greenbelt in two other contests.
Miss Zoellner was presented
trophy during the same ceremony
that Bob Egli was honored.
Early spring found squads of
baseball and softball aspirants
working out in the gym. Later
they went their separate ways to
either end of the Athletic Field.
The tennis courts were then in
Tested with racquet wielders and
work on the Athletic Clubhouse
was in full swing. The SWIM
ming pool opened and swim
classes were organized.
The Shamrocks opened their
season with Vince HolochWost at
the helm for the third straight
season, in a game with Heurich's,
Industrial League champs of a
year earlier. With Jim Breed,
Lanny Burch and Ernie Boggs di-
viding the pitching chores, the
locals started off with a 7-6 VIC
tory.
Their Prince Georges County
Baseball League opener was not
so successful as they were down.
ed by Riverdale, then known as
Stanleigh Inn, by 1-6.