Freshman Sports

After an early December win over Norich and a loss to St. Michael's, Coach Tony Lupien's Pea Green quintet has gone on to defeat the Williams freshmen, 87-78, and to drop Harvard by 76-67 and 78-77 scores, for an overall record of four victories against one defeat. The first team has Bob West and Barry Elson at the guard posts, with Steve Swirsky and Walt Zwick at the forwards and Jim Bell, a 6'8" pivot man, at center. West and Elson are a fine pair of guards, extremely effective on defense and with floor shots. The forward line is also strong, with Bell a good pivot man and his replacement, Pete Davis, equally effective under the basket.

Coach Eddie Jeremiah terms his freshman hockey club "fair." The '63 sextet, after an initial 5-4 win over Norwich, has been defeated by Boston College, 7-0, Yale, 4-2, and Princeton, 9-3. Dave Leighton, center, is probably the best performer on the team, and with him on the first line are John Pahlen and Dick Booma. The first defensemen are Skip Matoon and John King, both playing well, while in the nets is Kevin Lowther, who looks promising. Ben Schmidt is another good prospect at defense, while Bob Tucker and Dick Borofsky are also considered promising "rookies." Depth is a problem for this year's squad and may well mean a poor season ahead.

The freshman swimming team, coached by Karl Michael, opened its season by losing 56-39 to Colgate and then won easily over Andover by a 54-32 score. Mike has a good group of swimmers, but as usual it will take time to develop them into real competitors. Top freestyle swimmers include Gordy Weir, Lee Peterson and Hugh Klebahn, with John Lehigh, Pete Peterson and Pete Nemish in the breaststroke. Ron Prior and Bill Daniels are the top freshman distance swimmers, and Pete Wollander, Pete Brown and Tim Mahin are a trio of capable divers. Dave Boldt and Pete Goldman are the freshman backstroke entrants, and Boldt, Lehigh, Lee Peterson and Chuck Goldthwaite team up in the medley relay events.

The freshman track team won its opening meet with a 79-20 romp over Columbia. The '63 trackmen, like their varsity counterparts, are particularly strong in the field events. Philip Wyckoff won the 16-pound shotput, and placed second in the 35-pound weight toss and broad-jump events against Columbia. Henry Jencker in the 35-pound weight toss, John Gessner in the broad-jump, and George Egan in the high jump are also strong fieldevent competitors. The top sprinters are Jerry Ashworth and Charlie Lewis, with Don Apostle in the hurdles and Jim Valentine and Langdon Scott doing well in the 600-yard race. Distance runners include Chris Wiedenmayer in the 1,000, Roy Benson and Steve Clearly in the mile, and Rick Godfrey at two miles.

The freshman squash team, coached by Red Hoehn, opened its schedule this past weekend by losing 7-2 to Harvard.