Who: Omega Psi Phi Chapter: Tau Theta Founded on campus: May 15, 1969 Number of charter members: 7 Number of current members: 14 Campus and National activities: Contribute to Breadbasket, Sickle Cell Anemia Drive, bring underprivileged children to campus to expose them to higher education. Etcetera: The men of Omega Psi Phi take part in the "Ripple," performances sponsored by the black fraternities and sororities on campus. Row l, le ft to right; kneeling: Thad Scott, Charles (Oona r) Davis. Row 2, left to right, sta nding : Ma lco on Fox, vice president, Rene Hutchinson , president, Andrew Davis, secreta ry, Gregory Matthews, treasure r, Alexander (Westside) J o hnson, Marcel Reid, d.p., Thomas M. Johnson, Nate Anderson, \.rcgory A. Warren . Omegas support Breadbasket fund Fa ll Pledges J ohn Ca rter, La Roy Davis, Kurt Duncan. Little Sisters Melba Bailey, Renia Banks, Pame la Brown, Toni Bush, Maria Clark, Diane Collins, Ba rbara Hines, Gale Holmes, Jan Howrad, Delilah Jackson, Jackie Jones, Juanita J o nes, Sandra Jones, RoseMary J o r- dan , Wanda Knowles, Mattie Lewis, Glenda Minte r, Va lerie McG hee, Cecrelda Moore, Harriet O'Neal, Diane Reed, Choice Robinson , Sandra Rupert, Phyllis Simington, Stephanie Sykes, Ceretha Thomas, Sheryl Unger, Shirley Warren, Opal Washington, Paula Wa thers, Marva Williams, Naomi Willie, Marnine tta Woodley.
~ ~ A > 222 ITKA Pikes host basketball tourney Fall Pledges Bill Aimers, Carl Aide, Dave Bielenberg, Bruce Bovett, Ron Grimm, Sandy Heller, Larry LaGesse, Greg Milburn, Greg Pardieck, Kurt Rossberger, Scott Schuchardt, Steve Stransky. Who : Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter: Zeta Gamma Founded on campus: Aprill2, 1964 Number of charter members: 6 Number of current members: 93 Campus and National activities: Bicycle ride for charity, and cleaned up a park for children. Etcetera: The Pikes held a basketball tournament at Eastern for their fraternity members from all over the midwest.
·n A, Row 1, sitting, left. to right : Mike Meiscnheimer,Jim Sloan, Warren Persinger, Ro land Norris, Mike Malia, Gray Chatham, secretary, Ed Ingram, Randy Marmor. Row 2 , left to right: Scott Hamilton, Don Wesse lhoff, Steve Co leman, Mike Fitzgerald, Steve Persinger, Rob Bielenberg, treasurer, Jeff Cipolla, Denny Schwartz, Mike Henard. Row 3, left to right: Tony Robison, Bob LaGesse, Arnie Zalon, vice president, Ga ry Hills, Tony Smyser, Jack Boedeker, Steve Ande rson, Art Hagg, Mark Althoff, Ben Briggs. B, Row 1, sitting , left to right: Dan Derickson, Mike Harvick, social chairman, Debby Nyberg, swee theart, Jay Shlifka, Tom Lytle. Row 2, left to right : Jay Johnston, president, Jerry Baldwin, AI Lowry, Rick Hobler, Dan Althol'f, Dave "Chooch" Salmond, Jeff Johnson, Steve Duncan, Dave Poshard. Row 3, left to right: Tom Sterling, house father, Tony Robison, Chuch Weisberg, Art Bartges, Lauren Eldridge, Jr., Steve Johnson, Tom Cook. Row 4, left to right: Glen n Hershenhouse, Bob Olin, Dan Allen, Jack Moore, Bruce Bentcover, Rick Lisnek, rush chairman , Evan Pinther, J erry LeRoy, treasurer. No t pictured: Doug Sloan, Bill Nelson, Ron Hartenberger, Terry Harper, Gregg Browne, Gib Frier, ].F. Scherer, Jim Schnorf, Pat Hussey, Jim Becker, Kirby Rodgers, Tom Janik , Bill Parsons. < ~ ITKA ~
M >< 224 A lX • Sigma Chi recetves Peterson Fall Pledges Bill Brown, Mike Classen, Jim Corrington, George Creels, Paul Estes, Mike Evans, Mark Jaeger, Denny Long, Gary May, Brian Miller, Larry Moore, Gary Munson, Doug Oberle, Steve Olson, Pat Sobol, Jim Wells. Little Sigmas Patti Benjamin, Barb Carey, Sue Gibson, Chris Hall, Laurie Higgins, Janis Hill, Mary Kalita, Gayle Proctor, Lynette Wade. Who: Sigma Chi Chapter: Eta Mu Founded on campus: Nov.l7, 1969 Number of charter members: 57 Number of current members: 57 Campus and National activities: Sponsor Wallace Village for children with minimal brain disfunction, annual volunteer work day, campaigned for United Fund, see-sawed with Alpha Gams for charity. Etcetera: This year the Eta Mu chapter of Sigma Chi received the Peterson Significant Chapter award. This is especially an honor since Eta Mu chapter has only been national for two years.
Chapter award 8 A, Row 1, left to right: Vick Bowyer, Phil Bryan , secretary ; Scott Stevens, vice president; Jon Gosse, president ; Tom Cohorst , treasurer. Row 2, left to right : Dave Scrivner, J o hn Fisher, Larry Classen, J eff Fifield, Gary Lakemper, John Hochmuth, Larry Swigart, Phil Keasler. B, Row 1, left to right: Jim Corn, Steve Allen, Mrs. Alice Lockwood, Bill Flick, Jeff Ringness. Row 2, left to right: Brad Bowyer, Bill Tobias, Rick Kubow, Bob Markwardt, Kevin Sullivan, rush chairman, Tom Smith, Mark Lobmier, Jeff Arnold, Brian Soltys, Don Burton, John Roberts, Craig Freels. Not pictured: Ken Aubens, Mike Evans, Dom Fanello, Mike Guimond, Larry Grizzle, Dave Hordesky, Kevin Hunt, Jim Kyler, Larry Morts, Dan Mucha, Henry Nix, Tim O'Rourke, Kevin Seger, Rick Tsupros, John White. lX 225
A 226 liT Fall Pledges Bill Barnett, Craig Courter, Bob Detrich, Steve Gibson, Steve Kelly, Bruce Kirchhofer, Bruce Laird, Jim Nelson, Rich Northway, Phil Pascarellak, Norm Tratt, Ken Ramsey, Tom Rymarz, John Schumacher, Kurt Thornberry, Dan Tylka, John Walsh, Greg Westendorf. Sigma Pi second in football contest Who: Sigma Pi Chapter: Beta Gamma Founded on campus: June 10, 1959 Number of charter members: 14 Number of current members: 84 Campus and National activities: The men of Sigma Pi contribute to a national education fund for their fraternity members. Etcetera: The Sig Pi's won ftrst place this past year m Greek Sing and four out of seven trophies for Homecoming. They also placed second in the university flag football championship.
R A, Row 1, left to right: Randy Hawkins, fust counselor; Mark Konya, treasurer; Phil Negley, president; Mrs. Genevieve Slevin, house mother; Ed McClane, second counselor; Dan Barnett, herald ; Mark Martin, secretary. Row 2, left to right: Alex Menichetti, Mike Atteberry, Chuck Martin, Will Ruberg, Mike Martin, Jim Vickroy, Randy Hargraves, Dennis Carter, Steve Hunt, Mike Hearn, Chuck Taylor, Dan Halbe, Bill MacMinn, Rupert Borgsmiller. Row 3, left to right: Tom Butler, Dan Howrey, Dennis Hamilton, Mark Dobrinsky, Doug Tomlinson, Fred Whitlatch, Mike Groves, Pat Rice, Bruce Owens, Chip Uhlir, Dan McGurren, Art Hartman. B, Row 1, left to right : Jim Bolt, Tom Zelasko, Tim Claytor, Tom Beissel, Keith Kittell Jeff Halbe, Mike Garavalia, Phil Doster, Steve Thompson. Row 2, left to right: Mike Clink, Kevin Kerchner, Jim Hybl, Rick J ones, Chris Cirko, Randr. Pingree, Kevin Roberts, John Higgins, Greg Waibe , Jeff Rahn, Mike McCollun, Steve Schoppe. Not pictured: Mike Anderson, Peter Blazek, Mike Ferrill, Dennis Hill, Steve Marikos, Doug Myers, Paul Peters, Alan Porter, Kent Robbins, Brad Roush, Ted Smith, Charles Stallings, Norm Willo ughby. liT 227
228 Little sisters now · support Sig Tau's lTr No Fall Pledges Little Sisters Wendy Hessen, Kathy Moore , Kim Seaman, Dolores Culken, Sue Hentze, Carol Jackson, Cindy Battistella, Trina Cochrane, Mona Lamo ntagne, Jody Moo man. Row 1, left to right : Rob Bonnin, Bruce Ho ude, Greg Pollock, Tugger, Dave Brown, Steve Meents, president. Row 2, left to right : Andy Lanman, Roge r Shaw, Dave Drury, Rich Zurek, Brian Castillo, Tom Husek. Row 3, left to right : John Simms, vice president of social; Rich Rahorn, Steve Morton , Bob Potter, Roy Ballard, Terry Waggoner, Mike Tankey, treasurer; Frank Pelham, Larry Hart, Greg Fenton, Pat Sweeney. Row 4, left to right: Kent Fiene, vice president of education; Rick Cupp, Jim Chase, Jack Taylor, Jim Vock, secretary; Brian Zall, Mike Oestriker, Joe Doorley, Tom Kennedy, vice president of management. Not pictured: Steve Millage, Jerry Brandenburg, Dale F uqua, Larry Piemonte, Chris Pollard, Mark Stoner, Lee Laurent. Who: Sigma Tau Gamma Chapter: Alpha Alpha Founded on Campus: Nov. 1, 1941 Number of charter members: 26 Number of current members: 35 Campus and National activities: None. Etcetera: Organized a little sister program this year.
Phi Beta Sigmas annually sponsor Sweetheart Dance Who: Phi Beta Sigm~ Chapter: Delta Chi Founded on campus: May 22, 1970 Number of charter members: 6 Number of current members: 29 Cam pus and National activities: Collection of funds from the Charleston area residents for the African Relief Fund. Etcetera: The chapter sponsors annually its Miss Phi Beta Sigma Sweetheart Dance and the freshman orientation for the benefits of incoming black students. Fall Pledges Pierre Bouyer, Dancie Brantley, George Daniels, Michael Sharp. Row 1, left to right : Thomas Harris, recording secretary; Michael Plunkett, Larry Reed. Row 2, left to right: Daryll Fletcher, Rick Etheridge, treasurer; Elmo Easterling, Carey Goins, dean of pledges; Anthony Blackwell, Arrie Ammons, Jr., Jesse Gray, president; Harold Watkins, Larry Strickland, corresponding secretary; Grover Croft, Johnny Jones, social chairman. Not pictured: Ron Bogan, Harvey Person, Harold Brown, Morris Johnson, Ricky Jackson. 229
230 Phi Sig's first fraternity on cam pus A Fall Pledges Greg Breningmeyer, Rick Halvacks, Walter Keefe, Steve Lux, Brad Park, Bill Purcell, Brad Rogers, Dave Smith, Mike Spezia, Bob Sullivan, Mike Turneus, Tom Walker, Greg Walters. Little Sisters Sue Black, Karen Brown, Susan Dalbey, Janet Dhom, Anita Hart, Susie Jont, Rose Labedz, Shelly Nyckel, Carol Simmons, Marcia Steward, president, Marie Witbart, Diane Yagen. Pledges: Donna Barra, Pam Bass, Chanson Davis, Becky Dietrich, Shirley Harre, Sherri King, Kirsteen McDowall, Sally Partain, Mary Ann Rami, Ann Ryan, Diane Veith, Mitzi Zielinski. Who : Phi Sigma Epsilon Chapter: Delta Founded on campus: Feb. 21, 1930 Number of charter members: 10 Number of current members: 54 Campus and National activities: Annual Christmas party with the women of Kappa Delta for underprivileged children. Etcetera:· Each year the Phi Sigs give the Charles Anthony Grud Scholarship, which is a civic contribution. Annually, they give a Christmas party for underprivileged children. The Phi Sigs have won the All-Sports trophy for the last six years.
B c A group of male students in February of 1928 felt the need for a fraternity. The Alpha chapter of Phi Sigma Epsilon at Indiana State University at Terre Haute offered to cooperate in securing a chapter at Eastern and the interested students brought it before the faculty. The faculty responded favorably and the men were permitted to organize Eastern's first Greek organization. Eastern's first fraternity was organized as the Delta chapter of Delta Lambda Sigma, later to become Phi Sigma Epsilon, as it is today at Eastern. A, Row 1, left to right: Dave Eichmann, Kiku, Carl Benander, vice president; Scott Brown, rush chairman. Row 2, left to right: Bill David, Charley Hadley, Bill Wessel, Linda Meliza, Jeff Estes, Jerry Boyd, Bob Bass. Row 3, left to right: Rich Ratliff, Gary Powell, Dave Sakata, Tom Sullivan, Bob Edwards, Tom Brown, president; Dave Arends, pledge trainer; Russ Reid, Bill Robinson, Ron Baliga, Steve Kiraly, Glen Hoyt, secretary ; Randy Clark, Dick Swing, treasurer. B, Row 1, left to right: Steve Lee, Kirk Davis, Paul Waisner, Dan Hanley, Rick Tate, Mike Loebach. Row 2, left to right: Jerry Malkowski, Mike Cloninger, Tony Dunn, Tom Huber, Chuch Behl, Marv Randolph, Ed Root, Kevin Bachmann, Darrel Brown, Tim Huber, Steve Lombardi, Dave Haberer. Not pictured: Dick Kellenberger. C. Delta Lambda Sigma in 1928, was the forerunner to the present-day chapter of Phi Sigma Epsilon. 231
~ ~ ~ 232 TKE Teke's co-host Easter Egg hunt Fall Pledges Daryl Anthony, Ben Brinkley, Roger Brown, How- ard Chester, Brad Coash, John Duncan, Dave Fuzessery, Mike Gierich, Joe Girard, Rich Girard, Roger Goble, Steve Holycross, Tim Johnson, Mike Kas- per, Tom Lambert, Kurt Leberman, Sam Nikols, Mick Miller, Kim Stefanie, Tom Williamson. Row 1, ieft to right: Whiskey, Stan White, Doug Daniels, historian;Mark Steffen, vice president; Rich Jerden, Dave Woodyard, Roger Pogozelski. Row 2, left to right: Mike Hendricks, social chairman; Andy Kinney, Chuck Balling, rush chairman; Paul Jacques, Larry Stewart, treasurer; Bob Kell, Brian Elliot, Tom Purvin. Row 3, left to right: Craig Callaghan, Randy Alsop, Nick Ciaccio, president; Roger Grossnickle, pledge trainer; John Murphy, secretary; Bob Gasbarro, Kevin Turner, Tom Grojean, Ron Bangert, alumni chairman. Row 4, left to right: Mike Spaulding, Randy Rehling. Not pictured : Dave Spaulding, Billy Joe Richardson, Mike Doboyns, Steve Elmore, Bob Mitchell, Nick Burns, Kevin Wolfe. Who: Tau Kappa Epsilon Chapter: Gamma Omega Founded on campus: March 16, 1952 Number of charter members: 13 Number of current members: 65 Campus and National activities: Easter Egg hunt held annually with the Tri Sigs on the intramural fields, contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Christmas party given with the women of Alpha Sigma Alpha for the mentally retarded. Etcetera: National Tau Kappa Epsilon is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. It was founded Jan. 10, 1899, with the first three chapters in Illinois.
IFC discusses fraternity problems In an effort to strengthen the bond between all fraternities on campus, the InterFraternity Council (IFC) was organized. IFC is composed of the president of each of the 11 Greek fraternities, in addition to one representative from the respective houses. The fraternity council meets weekly to discuss common university problems related to frats. They coordinate rush programs and plan interfraternity activities. Row 1, seated, left to right: Joe Chron, Ed McClane, vice president; John Simms, treasurer; Carl Benander, president; Jim Price, secretary. Row 2, left to right: Erich Herbst, John Bolton, Scott Hamilton, Scott Brown, Paul Meier, Phil Negley, Tom Borgsmiller, Joe Fitzpatrick, John Hochmuth, Rich Kubow, John Gosse, Jerry Thomas, Frank Pelham, Rick Hobler, Gary Peskin, Steve Meents, Bill Clark, advisor. Not pictured: Jay Johnston, Tom Brown, Jeff Hunt, Les Moade, Rich Bard, Louis Shwedas, Nick Ciaccio. B. Would you believe this is Greek Week? B IFC 233
Monica Myre is Miss Delta Chi Held annually for the last six years, the Miss Delta Chi pageant had a new twist this past March. Miss Delta Chi, for the first time, represented the Charleston area at the Miss Illinois pageant. Winning this honor was Monica Myre, sponsored by Thomas Hall. This honor gained Miss Myre recognition as an Illinois state sister, which entitles her to return to the pageant in 1974 as a performer. Sigma Sigma Sigma's Robin Loring was named first runner-up, while Carol Lahne, representing the women of Alpha Gamma Delta, was judged second runner-up. The 11 competing contestants chose Patty Benjamin, sponsored by Sigma Chi, as Miss Congeniality. Judging for the pageant was based on beauty, poise and talent. The contestants were judged by a special panel of Miss America judges. c 234 . Diamond Jubilee Edition A B D
E F G A. Patty Benjamin performs a jazz dance routine to "Don't Rain on my Parade," from Funny Girl for her talent performance. B. Patty Dooley does an interpretive song from Hello Dolly in the talent competition. C. Mark McKean escorts Carol Lahne before the judges' stand. D. Robin Loring (left), first runner-up, Monica Myre, queen, and Carol Lahne, second runner-up make up the 1973 Miss Delta Chi court. E. Congratulations are in order for Brenda Miller, 197 3 Derby Darling, representing Kappa Delta. F. Three girls display their moon marks. G. The Derby Chase provides a challenge to all sorority girls, as Pam Stenger demonstrates. Delta Zeta • WlOS • 10 Derby Days Maintaining a tradition set by their National, the Sigma Chi's held their fourth annual Derby Days Oct. 10-13. Kicking off the affair was the Derby Darling banquet and the Dec-A-Sig and the Sig Serenade. Highlighting Derby Day activities was the crowning of Kappa Delta's Brenda Miller as Derby Darling in the midst of beer and hot dogs. The last two days' events consisted of Moon Mark, Derby Chase and Derby Day Games. The games ranged from life-saver and neck-tie relay to button snap and tummy twister. Derby Days were different this year from the past. Feeling that a week of activities caused too many interferences and was dragged out too long, the Sig's cut their fourth annual Derby Days down to four days. A new slate of games were also played this year. Different, too, was the chase, which was confmed within tighter boundaries. Ending the affair, the Delta Zetas captured the overall trophy of what the Sig's called their "most successful" Derby Days. Diamond Jubilee Edition · 235
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Pattin stands out in baseball history While the 1973 baseball team did very well for itself in finishing third in the National Collegiate Athletic Association finals, it is not the only Panther baseball squad that has met with success. In 1964, the Panthers led by star hurler Marty Pattin, who has pitched with the Boston Red Sox, the Seattle Pilots, and Milwaukee Brewers as a pro, led the team to a 23-7 year. He racked up 14 victories and along with teammate Val Bush, was named to the All-American team. Baseball came to Eastern in 1904 with A.B. Crowe as coach. The teams were excellent from 1904 to 1909 and then fell off. Since 1946, the program has been one of the most successful at Eastern. B 238 -Diamond Jul>ilee Edition
c E A Members of one of Eastern's earliest diamond squads line up for their team picture. Quite a change from the team of 1973 below. B. 1973 baseball team. Row 1, left to right: Larry Micenheimer, Dave Haas, Mike Heimerdinger, Mike Janik, Mike Kerner, Jim Umbarger, Mike Loebach. Row 2 : Dwaine Nelson, Steve Sarcia, Chuck Weisberg, Chuck Martin, Ray Johnson, Tim Weber, Ed Salenick. Row 3: Coach Bill McCabe, Dave Haberer, Randy Trapp, Walt Ensinger, Gene Seymour, John Marsglia, Rod Maxwell, Ellie Triezenberg, Garry Pearson, Assistant Coach J.W. Sanders. C. Eastern's star hurler Rod Maxwell lets one of his patented curve balls fly toward the plate. D. Members of the Eastern team congratulate each other after a job well done. E. Shoftstop Dave Haas, the leading hitter on the team, lashes another base hit. D Diamond Jubilee Edition - 239
A 240 · Diamond Jubilee Edition A. An Eastern player takes batting practice, getting ready for an upcoming game. B. Rod Maxwell watches his pitch fly toward the plate as opposing batter waits to take a cut at it. C. Assistant Coach J.W. Sanders stands in the f1rst base coaching box watching the action on the Geld. D. In action at second base, an unwary Panther is caught off the bag and tagged out. E. Sophomore pitching standout Dwaine Nelson shows the C.ne form that netted him an earned run average of only 1.04.
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Eastern thinlie history glorious Like most so-called minor sports at Eastern, track has experienced a long and glorious history. The sport came to the Charleston campus in 1912 and has been flourishing ever since. It got its first official coach in 1933 in Winfield Angus. Before that the coaching duties were assumed by a male faculty member. Since 194 7 the team has never finished lower than fourth in the old Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association. It twice took third and grabbed a second. In 1972, the team won seven All-American awards with three of them going to sprinter-hurdler Rod Jackson. A. The members of Eastern's early track teams pointed the way for those to follow. This guy is probably throwing a discus. B. In the very beginning, the Panther track teams were sma ~l. But what they lacked in numbers and stature they made up tn determination. C. Who says track isn' t a game of inches? Here two members of the Panther mile relay team stretch for aU they're worth, grasping for the baton. D. Don Hale is about to get a little sand in his shoes as he attempts to win the broad jump. E. The Panthers' Bruce BeiJ hands the baton to a teammate as the. Panthers set off for another relay victory. B 242 -Diamond Jubilee Edition A
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New Standards highlight year Eastern's 1973 track season was highlighted by the efforts of Rodney Jackson, Sandy Osei-Agyman, and the two mile relay team in which Ken Jacobi sparkled with his anchoring half mile. John Barren and Andy Womack highlighted the field events. Rodney Jackson moved the 120 high hurdles record down to 13.7 seconds in the Eastern Relays last spring, and went on to break the school record in the 440 intermediate hurdles in the Drake Relays with an outstanding time of :50.8. Osei-Agyman, Ghana Olympian, burned up the track in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference last spring to set the 100 yard dash record at :09.3. The two mile relay team composed of Keith Jacobi, Mike Larson, Dave Nance ari-d Ken Jacobi set a new record in that event at the Kansas Relays, when Ken Jacobi let loose with an exciting half mile in 1:48.8. The new record brought the time down to 7:33.9. John Barron moved the high jump record to 6'6W'. Andy Womack, a native of Kansas, brought the javelin throw record up to 216 feet through his experience and skill with the javelin. E A Eastern's star hurdler and mile relay man, Rod Jackson, hits the tape far ahead of the crowd. B. Big Paul Towns gets all wound up to hammer his opponents. C. 1973 track team. Row 1: Andy Womack, Tony Williams, Jim Dickey, Mike Larson, Ron Lancaster, Rick Livesey, Sandy Osei-Agyeman, Vic Brooks, Rod Jackson, Don Hale, Scott Gifford. Row 2: Mike Welch, John Barron, John Hudecek, John Dickey, Ken Burke, Ron Lareau, Jim McGrath, Rick Edwards, Jeff Neivus, Jim Butts, Isaac Osei-Kuffour. Row 3: Dave Stotlar, Tom Woolney, Mike Novotny, Keith Jacobi, Ben Timson, Dave Nance, Rick Piacenti, Rich Bowman, Bill Bean, Dave Childers. Row 4 : Paul Towns, Darrell Brown, Tim Brechbill, Jack Messmore, Bruce Bell, Greg Gasaway, Bill Esposito, Terry Ryan. Row 5: Roger Einbecker, Head Coach Maynard O'Brien, Assistant Coach Neil Moore, Grad Assistant Jim Fehrenbacher, Manager John Meisner, Jim Bratek. D. A pole vaulter appears to stand on the cross bar deciding whether or not to go on down. · E. Rod Jackson does his thing, leading the competition in D hurdles races. Diamond Jubilee Edition · 245
Netters have long tradition of winning While not receiving much publicity over the years, and nowhere near as much as it deserves, tennis at Eastern has become one of the sports Panther fans could always count on having a winner in. Tennis was started on the Eastern campus in 1931 and was coached by George !vans. The sport was an instant success. In its first year, the net team brought home an Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAC) doubles cro.wn. Even though . the sport was successful, it was dropped during World War II. It was revived again in 194 7 under the leadership of the present coach, Rex Darling. Eastern hasn't had a losing season since Darling took the reins. Since his first year here, Darling-led team.s have won the IIAC five times, finished as runner up 13 times and gone as high as fourth in the national finals. That was in 1964. In addition, Eastern has been ranked in the Top 20 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic teams a total of 10 times. A B 246 - Diamond Jubilee Editio n Two of the better players in a great line of tennis lights are Dennis Konicki and Bruce Shuman. Konicki won the conference singles championship and is regarded as the best tennis player in Panther history. Shuman also won the conference singles championship. He accomplished this feat in 1968 as a freshman. The Panthers had another winning season in 1973 led by Shuman and freshman sensation Jeff Fifield, who is rated as one of the best tennis prospects i:n history and one of the fmest young players in America today. The Panthers fmished the season 9-6 starting off the year with a 9-0 thumping Quincy College. They looked good against such highly regarded opponents as Murray State and Illinois State. The Panthers traveled to St. Louis in April and played a fivehour match with Washington and Missouri-St. Louis Universities. They lost only one match in the marathon.
c D E F A Looking like they're dressed for Sunday dinner these guys are actually playing tennis. Moving aro und was a little bit harder in those clothes than today's shorts and tee shirts. B. 1973 tennis team, left to right. Row 1: Craig Friels, Frank Miller, Brock Price, Bruce Shuman, Keith Lyon. Row 2: Coach Rex V. Darling, Glen Timson, Mark Geninatti, Paul Norenberg, Jeff McDonald, Jeff Fifield, Dan O'Connel. C. Freshman standout Jeff Fifield, who played in the number two spot in his first year, plays a hard shot. D. Coach Darling, who has been at Eastern for over 25 yea.rs and has never seen a losing tennis season, confers with Bruce Shuman. E. Fifield concentrates on his opponent's serves to make his return as effective as possible. F. Keith Lyon, one of the best players on the team, vollies a shot on his way to another victory. Diamond Jubilee Edition - 247
Linksmen hit Eastern campus • 10 1935 The year was 1935. A new sport was making its appearance on campus. The word "fore" echoed through the hallowed grounds as the first golf team took to the links. The first mentor was Frank Beau. His tenure ran from 1935 to 1939. The golfers took the state championship in 1938, defeating every other team in the state. They came back the next year, 1939, to cop the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference crown in Beau's last year as head coach. In 1945 the Panthers sported the best golfer in the conference. A A. An Eastern linksman prepares to tee o ff, reminiscent o f the '38 squad tha t took the sta te championship and the '39 team which won the HAC conference crown. B. This early Panther golfer smiles as he hits a big drive . 248 - Diamond Jubilee Editio n B He was a freshman, Frank Cox. He won the IIAC championship that year. A very unfortunate turn of events took place concerning the golf team in 1951. Because no one was showing an interest in the sport the university hierarchy decided to drop it for awhile. By 1953 students and faculty had shown enough interest in golf for it to be revived. Gay Burrows, a Ugandan born linksman, played excellently and earned third team All-American laurels in 1971 .
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Baseball Scores (Eastern listed first) Season Record 27-13 NCAA College Division World Series-- Third Wisconsin-Milwaukee 8-1 Illinois Wesleyan 0-2 Indiana State (Evansville) 12-1, 17-3 Illinois State 10-3, 11-1 Bradley 7-9 Quincy College 0-2 Missouri-St. Louis 10-4 Bradley 10-4, 3-2 Indiana State 8-2, 2-9 Greenville College 7-2, 11-0 Taylor University 4-3, 6-2 McKendree 4-3, 8-5 Marian College 4-2, 5-6 University of Illinois 3-4, 6-2 Western Illinois 2-1, 3-1, 2-5 SIU (Carbondale) 3-4, 2-9 . U of I (Chicago Circle) 12-0, 3-4 Illinois State 16-2, 5-4 *Indiana Central 7-6 *Glevelan.4-State-----=--------- 6- ~·=: ) t~ **Missouri-St. Louis 7-5 **Itbica College 2-3 *NCAA Mideast Regional **NCAA College Division World Series Tcania Scores (Eastern listed fust) Season Record 9-6 NCAA Collep Division - - Eleventh Quincy College Indiana State Northern Illinois St. Ambrose Wisconsin-Oshkosh St. Louis University Washington University Western Illinois Bradley Missouri-St. Louis Washington University Murray State Illinois State SIU (Edwardsville) Principia College 250 · Diamond Jubilee Edition 9-0 0-9 2-7 7-2 4-5 9-0 9-0 7-2 2-7 9-0 7-2 0-9 2-7 9-0 7-2 Track Scores (Eastern listed ftrst) Season Record 4-0 NCAA College Division - - Third lnvitationals Eastern Illinois Invitational Northern Illinois Invitational Illinois Intercollegiate Regular Season First First Fourth Illinois State-Bradley 1-7-66-29 Indiana State 86-68 Western Illinois 108-55 ------------~--~~--~ _J Golf Scores (Eastern listed first) Season Record 6-2-1 Tournaments Western Invitational University of Illinois Invitational Indiana Collegiate Cougar Invitational Spartan Invitational Red Bird Classic Wabash-Taylor Bradley SIU (Edwardsville) Indiana State (Evansville) Indiana State Regular Season Western Illinois--SIU (Edwardsville)- Missouri-St. Louis Fourt Third Fifth Fifth Third . Second 379-407-407 372-372 365-378 376-393 375-380 392-378-383-396,
O'Brien honored as coach, educator By Debbie Newman Maynard (Pat) O'Brien is a very remarkable man. He has been one of the most valuable members of Eastern's coaching staff and faculty since he arrived here in 1946. O'Brien coached in public schools for 11 years. In 1931, he got his first coaching job at Lewiston High School. He was there until 1934 when he began coaching in Mt. Olive. Then in 1937 he joined Carlinville's coaching staff - where he stayed until1941. He was in Decatur for only a year until he went into the Navy for four years, from 1942-1946. O'Brien has coached four sports since he has been at Eastern, which is not surprising considering that he lettered in 11 sports while attending Lombard College and Illinois Wesleyan. He completed his college career by earning his masters and doctorate degrees at the University of Illinois in Champaign. He began teaching graduate and undergraduate courses here in 1946 and has been teaching ever since. O'Brien's previous 11 years of coaching experience made him a valuable member of the coaching staff when he first started coaching football here in 1946. Then in 194 7 he began coaching track and field. In 1948 he guided Eastern's football team to its first and only bowl game--the now defunct Corn Bowl. After his successful football season, he began coaching wrestling during the winter of 1948. He remained at this post through the winter of 1952. O'Brien had so much success in coaching track that he was given the task of coaching the cross country team of 1952. "Eastern's 1954 track and field squad loaded with underclassmen finished a successful season by winning six ot eight dual meets and finishing fourth in the conference meet and third in the state college meet," recorded the 1955 Warbler. After one year of coaching the harrier squad, the 19 57 seasonal record was six-one. The team was also second in the state meet to Northern Illinois who defeated them earlier in the season by one point. During O'Brien's tenure as track coach, the team has won the state championship five times, been first in the IIAC twice, second in the HAC once, and third three times. The cross country team has also enjoyed many banner seasons. In 1954, the team had an 8-2 record. In 1955, the first time the team e·1er won a state meet, they were undefeated with a 5-0 record. Most recently O'Brien has celebrated undefeated track teams in 1967, 1968_· and 1973. '73 was also the first year he ever coached an undefeated cross country team here at Eastern, since the last unbeaten season was in 19 55 when the harriers completed a 15-0, three year winning streak. In 1964 O'Brien was inducted into Helm's Hall of Fame as a track coach, after completing banner seasons in track and cross country. The track team was first in state in '63, third in the IIAC and posted a 4-1 seasonal record. The harriers won six of seven dual meets. Being inducted into the Hall of Fame was only one of many honors earned by O'Brien. -He is not -only a qualified instructor and outstanding coach, but a very fine person who is looked up to by his peers and greatly respected by the men on his teams and others who know and work with him. This is the mark of a truly great man, whose services Eastern has been very fortunate in receiving for so many years. O'Brien has made several contributions to Eastern in areas other than coaching and teaching. He worked on phases one and two of the Lantz Building and the stadium as the faculty building representative. He served as head of the Men's Physical Education Department from 1965-1970. And after the death of his wife in 1966, he instituted a math scholarship in his wife's memory. He has made contributions on a nation-wide basis on two occasions in particular. He served on the NAIA track coaches hoard as president for three years. He also worked on the United States Olympic track committee from 1969-1972. Among his personal achievements are being named as Eastern's "Man of the Year," and receiving the distinguished faculty award which he received in 1971. This year, at the end of the 1973 cross country season, O'Brien was surprised with another honor. The Eastern Striders furnished the NCAA Cross Country Championships-Division Two with a traveling trophy which is named the Maynard O'Brien NCAA-Division Two Championship Trophy. He was also the first and the only coach durin_B the 1973 fall sports season to he named as the Eastern News "Panther of the Week." There is probably no one at Eastern--past, _present, or future-- who has given so much to the university. O'Brien is truly one of the finest people ever to be associated with the school. If, as it has been rumored, he retires at the end of the 1974 track season, he will be missed by everyone, especially his athletes. Diamond Jubil ee Edition - 251
'73 banner year for Panther harriers The first cross country meet Eastern ever participated in was an unusual success. It was unusual because the event was held during the halftime of the 1933 Homecom-ing football game. It was a success because the Panthers defeated Indiana State by a score of 18-37. The Panthers lost their other two dual meets that year to Normal College (Illinois State University) but they captured third place in the state meet. The harriers' first coach was Winfield Angus who was also an assistant footb all coach at the time. Thus he was unable to work with the harriers very much. The guys did it mostly on their own. The Panthers have had a very successful history in cross country. The 1954 and 1955 teams, coached by Clifton C. White, won back-to-back state championships. Maynard O'Brien took over the coaching chores of the team in 1957 and continued the long history of victory that had become the harrier tra·dition. Eastern won' back-tC~-back NCAA cross country titles in 1968 and 1969 . In 1968 they fell into the title by default when the winning team was disqualified. However; in 1969 ~ they won it on their own merits. 1973 was . another banner year for the harriers. They went through the regular season undefeated and fmished sixth in the Notre Dame Invitational M~et. Possibly the Panthers finest meet before the NCAA finals was the Augustana-Southwest Missouri double. The Panthers beat 252 ·Diamond Jubilee Edition Augustana 18-42 and lasted SEMO 15-48. All-American Mike Larson and Ron Lancaster lead the harriers across the finish line. The following week Larson ran away from everyone when he broke the course record at a dual with the Leathernecks of Western Illinois. Larson ran the course m a blistering 25:21 as he shattered the old mark of 25:58. The Panthers finished second to the University of Illinois in the Illinois Intercollegiate Championships by two points. The harriers compiled 55 points to the Illini's 53. The brightest moment of the year came in the NCAA cross country finals held in Wheaton, Ill. The harriers finished third in the meet behind South Dakota State and Southwest Missouri. Larson and Lancaster were named All-Americans by the virtue of the fact that they finished in the top 25 individual runners. A. The 1973 Eastern cross country team. Row 1: Tim Dooling, Bert Myers, Jim Dickey , Rusty J anota. Row 2: Dave Nance, Ben Tim so n , Mike Larson, Ron Lancaster , Ken Burke, Rick Livesey, Rich Bowman, Ken Jacobi , Keith Jacobi, Don Sparks. Row 3: Coach Woodall, Bill Wilkin s, Mike Raef, Mike Lehman, Mik e Brehm, Keith Gooden, Neil Haseman , Mike Novotny , John McDannald , he ad Coach Maynard O'Brien. B. Members of Eastern 's cross ·country team warm up before their double dual with Augustana and Southeast Missouri. Warming up became lurdcr and harder as it got co ld er and colder. C. Coach Maynard O'Brien discusses strategy with a trio of his harriers. The Panthers finished the regular season undefeated with a record of9-0. D. Keith Jacobi works out for the Augustana-SEMO me et. J aco bi was one of O'Brien 's more consistent runners.
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B c A. All-American harriers Mike Larson (left) and Ron Lancaster (right) clasp hands as they cross the finish line at the Augustana-SEMO double dual. Larson and Lancaster received All-American status by finishing in the top 25 individual places in the NCAA finals. Lancaster finished 17th and Larson pulled in 20th. B. Assistant Coach Tom Woodall looks over the course before an Eastern home cross country meet. Woodall is in line to take over the head coaching job should O'Brien decide to retire this year. C. Harriers Rich Bowman, Dave Nance, Keith Jacobi, Ron Lancaster and Ken Burke work out for the opening of one of Eastern's most successful cross country seasons. Diamond Jubilee Edition- 255
Grid history one By Jim Lynch Eastern's gridiron history has been one of ups and downs; mostly, unfortunately, downs. The mighty Panthers just have not been able to get it together when it comes to playing football. This is not to say that they haven't had their moments of glory. They have. Four times they went through a season unbeaten. Twice, in 1914 and 1928, only a tie marred an otherwise perfect season. They won in Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) championships in both those years. In 1948, the Panthers captured another IIAC grid crown with a 7-2 record and went on to play in the now defunct Corn Bowl. They were favored to win that contest but lost it to Illinois Wesleyan. The Panthers compiled an unusual record in the year 1930 when the defense allowed the opposition to score only two points. What makes the record unusual is the Panthers lost that game 2-0 and tied another game 0-0. So they outscored their opponents 132-2 that year but still finished 6-1-1. On the other side of the coin, the gridders have suffered through three seasons when they were unable to win anything. They probably lost the coin flip before every game. Their worst season ever was in 19 57 when they lost eight games, won none and allowed 252 points while scoring only 57. A 256 - Diamond Jubilee Editio n of ups and downs Some of the men who coached the Panthers down through the years have been Charles P. Lantz, whom Lantz Gym is named after, Maynard O'Brien, who now coaches track and cross country and Rex V. Darling, the present Panther tennis mentor. In the past few years, Panther football has not kept pace in the win column with the sports like track, cross country, baseball, swimming, basketball and the others. The Eastern grid record in 1973 was just as bad as it had been in recent years. (The last time the Panthers had had a winning season was in 1961) They came up with only a 2-9 record. The wins were over less-than-super-tough foes Chicago-Circle and St. Joseph's of Indiana. Circle has since dropped football. However, they improved over 1972 when they got blasted by scores like 63-0 and 56-14. The worst they got beat was 56-13 in the last game of the season by playoff bound Western Illinois. Nate Anderson, the record shattering halfback, broke a field full of records and was named to the third team Associated Press All-American squad. He finished his overwhelming two year career at running back holding every Panther rushing record. The Panthers should improve next year as most of their team was composed of juniors and sophomores. The way things have been going, they couldn't look much worse.
B c D A. Members of the 1907 football team pose in front of Old Main for their team picture. The Panthers, coached that year by Joseph C. Brown, finished the year with a 3-1-3 record. B. 1973 Eastern football team. Row 1, left to right: John Shannon, Steve Hagenbruch, Rick Tsupros, Tom Meeks, John Beccue, Lumbia Tolliver, Floyd Cobb, Pete Schmit, Greg Browne, Willie White, Berry Irving, Mike E. Wilson, Jerry Covington, Willie Cochran. Row 2 : Gerald Bell, Craig Baldacci, Casey Petraitis, Bob Reko, Bob Stone, Rick Dahl, Lorne Hubick, Tim Dimke, Malcolm Fox, Bob Mitchell, Bob Ferrill, Rick Mitchell, Harvey Gordon, Nate Anderson, Dave Stotlar, Larry Ring, Jim Torsiello. Row 3: Roger Grossnickle, Bill Miller, Dave Spratt, Bob Culp, Ted Peterson, Bill Jones, Dave Segler, Chuck Letko, Andy Trice, Jeff Phad, Mark Nydam, Percell Reed, Dennis Sibit, Tom Olson, Kevin Hussey, Dan Hussey, Mike M. Wilson, Orvill.c Erby, Mike Spaulding, Mark Gedraitis, Dave Spaulding, Jim Easter, Dwaine Fulton, Greg Pollock. Row 4: Alex Russell, Jim Young, Chuck Kraus, Frank Ferrantelle, Roy Ballard, Paul Zaluka, Tom Chmielewski , Pete Perez, Kevin Hunt, Steve Shaddrix , Roger Drach, Jeff Falk, Bob Wear, Rich Bucher, Mack Morris, Tom Voss, Steve Berg, Fred Thompson. C. Eastern Safetyman Pete Schmit returns one of his two interceptions against Chicago-Circle. The Panthers picked up one of their two 197 3 victories in the Parents Weekend game, downing the hapless Chikas 34-.8. D. Panther quarterback Steve Hagenbruch hunches over center Dave Stotlar, barking out signals to his line . Hagenbruch was one of three men Dean used at the injury-riddled quarterback spot. Diamond Jubilee Edition · 257
c A. Superstar Nate Anderson takes a break for a drink between plays. B. Nate (44) dives away from Two Chicago Circle tacklers. C. Kicker Rick Tsupros (9) attempts an extra point kick, while leading pass re ceiver Greg Browne (15) holds the ball. D. Two Panthers work out in weekday practice . E. Quarterback Steve Hagenbruch (7) rolls out behind lineman Jeff Falk (72) and All-America running back Nate Anderson (44). F. Jim Easter ( 67) with help from a teammate sets to put the stop on Indiana State quarterback Mike Smutney (16). G. Eastern misses a fo.rst down by an inch. 258 - Diamond Jubilee Edition B D
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A Boaters finish year with 7-3-2 record Soccer has been one of the more successful sports on campus. Since it made it's debut in 1963, the hooters have suffered through only two losing campaigns. "Hop" Pinther was the coach for the fust years of the teams' existence but he _!!l_rned over the reins of the team to Fritz Teller, who is still the coach today, in 1965. Teller, a former college and semi-pro player from New York, quickly built his men into a team to be reckoned with. The Panthers consistently beat teams who were supposedly better than themselves. While stressing team play, Teller found and developed such individual stars as Gerardo Pagnani, Tony Durante and Carmelo Rago. In 1972, the Panthers got a bid to the NCAA tournament but lost their first game and were put out of further competition. Teller took his men into 1973, knowing he would have to rebuild a team that had lost standouts Pagnani and Durante. Rebuild is what Teller did. Using a nucleus of goalie Chuck Weisberg, defenseman Bob Ceder and forward Cheezo Mosnia, the Panthers started the year strong. Teller recruited two super quick forwards from Jamaica, Don Hale and Leonard Mason, and the team got off to a winging start. Mason left the team early in the season but not before he wrote his name into the record books, blasting in five goals in a game against Wisconsin-Platteville that Eastern won 15-0. The Panthers were slowed down in the middle of the season by Quincy C~llege and the University of St. Louis-Missouri, but came on strong at the end to capture a berth in NCAA post-season competition. 260 - Diamond Jubilee Edition The Panthers brightest moment came in December when they dropped a 1-0 decision to Sou them Illinois University-Edwardsville, the number one team in the nation. The Cougars lone goal was on a penalty kick on a disputed call. The Panthers beat MacMurray 2-0 in the opening round of the playoffs before losing to UMSL 2-1 in the Midwest Regional Championship game. The Panthers will have to rebuild again next year. If they do as good a job as they did this year, they could wind up as national champs. A. 197 3 Eastern soccer team. Row 1, left to right: Joe Onsongo, Dave Sodeman, Rick Tucci, Scott Schucdardt, Pat Sullivan, John Anderson, Chuck Weisberg, Rudy Mesner, Seigfreid Eichhorst, George Tanev. Row 2 : Coach Teller, Chezzo Mosnia, Randy Marmor, Art Galvin, Greg Milburn, Bob Casey, Greg Paliczuk, Ed Zackeis, Bob Ceder, Ron Grimm, lvor Rollock, Don Hale, assistant coach Pagnani. B. Goalie Chuck Weisberg raises one hand in the air trying to block a ball that is somewhere else. C. Members of the Panther hooters gather round head coach Fritz Teller before starting the Midwest Regional championship game with UMSL. D. Bob Casey (24) an Eastern defenseman, has evidently heard the term "going over the top" and thought he'd try it out to see how it worked in the game of soccer. E. Guess what this is sports fans. If you can't guess, you must not be a true sport. However, if you said soccer ball, you are absolutely right. The correct answer and 20 cents will buy you a can of coke, or Sprite if you prefer. This is what all those players were looking for. If you see one, tell them you found it. F. Eastern's Don Hale (in white) and someone from University of St. LouisMissouri (UMSL) are up in the air over the where-abouts of the unseen soccer ball.
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Eastern Varsity Cross Country (Eastern's scores listed ftrst) Record: 9-0 Illinois Intercollegiate Championships--2nd Notre Dame Invitational--6th Eastern Varsity Football Scores (Eastern's scores listed first) Record: 2-9 NCAA Division II Championships--3rd Southeast Missouri 15-50 24-33 15-46 20-43 15-50 15-50 18-42 15-48 23-35 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Indiana State Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chicago-Circle Illinois State Northern Illinois Wisconsin-Parkside Milwaukee Track Club Bradley Augustan a Southeast Missouri Western Illinois 262 - Diamond Jubilee Editio n Delta State Youngstown State Illinois State St. Joseph's Wayne State Northern Michigan Western Illinois Eastern Soccer Scores (Eastern's score listed first) ' Record: 7-3-2 \~------------~--~ Illinois Soccer Tournament-3rd NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament-2nd Wisconsin-Plattesville Missouri-St. Louis Harris Teachers College Quincy College SIU-Edwardsville Western Illinois Parkside Milwaukee Indiana Chicag()-Circle Blackburn *MacMurray *Missouri-St. Louis *NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament Eastern Junior Varsity Football Scores (Eastern's score listed first) Record: 3-2 Ball State· Millikin Illinois Wesleyan Western Illinois Illinois State Eastern Junior Varsity Cross Country (Eastern's score listed first) Record: 4-0 Parkland Junior College Lakeland Junior College Lincoln Trail Junior College Vincennes Junior College (Ind.) 15-0 0-3 2-1 2-5 0-1 3-2 1-0 3-1 1-0 2-2 4-1 2-0 1-2 7-28 56-0 28-13 14-21 38-14 21-40 17-45 15-50 23-34 I.._ 20-21 0-17 14-21 40-8 17-47 14-27 0-17 34-14 10-14 7-22 13-56
Cage past one of moving and winning Basketball has been part of the Eastern scene since 1902. However, for the first five years no one must have given the sport much of a chance to stick. They didn 't even keep won-lost records until 1908. Of course, it's no wonder that people didn't think this new sport was going to make it. They didn't even have a gym. They had to play on the third floor of Old Main. Then they moved into the 'Crackerbox' (Now the Textbook Library). After that they went to the Old Lantz Gym (now McAfee). Finally they moved into Lantz Gym where they still are. Over the years, the Panthers have put many great teams on the floor. There was the 1946-47 team that qualified for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) tourney in Kansas City and beat the Harlem Globetrotters. There was the 1956-57 team that finished fourth in the NAIA and there were many teams that won the old IUinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) crowns. But the squad that is generally given credit for being the greatest team ever to don the grey and blue is the 1951-52 team. Led by Tom Katsimpalis, who was named to the Little AllAmerican team, Jim Johnson, Bob Lee, Roger Dettro and Norm Patberg, and coached by Bill Healey, they went undefeated through the regular season, finishing 22-0. This team lost in the qualifying round of the NAIA play-off but was extended an invitation to the national tournament in view of their fine record. They went on to finish fourth. The 1973-74 team was not the best in Panther history but it was far from the worst. It had its ups and downs. They started out very slowly and found it aJ!}'lost impossible to win on the road. They managed to win only two of eleven games away from Lantz. However, the whole season was not a total loss. Coach Don Eddy molded a solid team from a group of men that included no seniors, giving Panther fans hope for the future. The Panthers had some high paints during the season. The biggest one came when they stunned the Moccasins of TennesseeChattanooga, the number one small college team in the nation, 89-78. Next year is the year that will tell if Eddy's youth movement paid off. Hopefully it will. Diamond Jubilee Edition · 263
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W res ding past dotted with natnes, titles Eastern's wrestling past is dotted with titles and great names. The 1963 squad won the conference title and sent nine men to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAJA) finals in Williamsburg, Pa. In 1965, the team took eighth in the NAJA post-season finals and Dan Neece won the national championship at the 191-pound classification. The team wasn't always a powerhouse, however. In its formative year of 1948-49 they finished last in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association meet. Coach Maynard O'Brien's team was too inexperienced to do great things. The 1972-73 team posted a 15-5 record and Coach "Hop" Pinther called it "the best ever" in his 18 years at Eastern. Among the squad's 15 dual victories were defeats of NAJA and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ranked teams. The University of Nebraska-Omaha was 17th in the NAJA, while St. Cloud and Western Illinois were 15th and 16th among the NCAA College Division teams. AI Ordonez at 150 pounds became the first Eastern wrestler to D qualify for the NCAA University Division championships. The Panthers as a team finished 13th in the NCAA College Division. The 1973-74 edition of the grapplers logged a 13-6-1 mark, beating such University Division schools as Illinois, Georgia Tech and Tennessee. The tie was to the always-tough Leathernecks of Western Illinois. They participated in six tournaments during the year and finished no worse than 11th in any of them. The 11th place finish came in the NCAA finals, an improvement of two notches over the previous years. Big Gene Pouliot, the 300-pound heavyweight was named the M~st Valuable Wrestler. He compiled an Eastern team record of 32 WlnS. Besides · Pouliot, the men who went to the NCAA College Division finals were Roy Johnson, Ed Becker, Tom Laurianti, AI Ordonez and Bob Perz. Becker and Ordonez, who will be returning next season, along with Pouliot, were named the co-captains of the 1974-75 wrestling team. A. This, sports fans, is what is known as a basketball. It is filled with air, boys in funny uniforms run around trying to put it through a basket. And they say there's intelligent life on this planet. B. The team huddles at midcourt before a game trying to inspire each other to play welli. C. Steve Rich (24) goes high for ajumpball against Western Illinois in Lantz Gym. D. Members of the Eastern 1973-74 wrestling team. Row 1 (left to right) : Tom Rounsavall, Rick J ohnson, Rich Skelnik , Dan Hanley, Scott Brown, Ed Becker, ] ohn Murphy , Roy] ohnson. Row 2: Lou Ordonez, AI Ordonez, Grant Grubaugh , Tom Laurianti, Scott Perz, Otis Nelson, Tony Ruggeri, Tom Patterson. Row 3: Coach 'Hop' Pinther, Kent Staley, Bob Perz, Steve Lux, Larry Gowan, Gene Pouliot, Bob Dennison, Norval Wiemken , Ray Stewardson . Diamond J ubilee Edition - 267
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Gymnasts make it through thick and thin The first gymnastics team hit Eastern's campus in 1953. They were coached by Bill Groves, but did not actually participate in meets. The team went around to area high schools and put on performances for the students. They did this to arouse interest in Eastern and gymnastics. Groves added a touch of humor to the shows by acting as a clown. The tumblers began playing for keeps in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) in 1958 and promptly lost all six meets. They followed this year with an 0-7 mark under new Coach Bob Hussey. However, the next few years saw a marked improvement in the gymnasts' fortunes. They began to creep up on the .500 mark and in 1964 they finished 7-7 and third in the IIAC. The team topped this off with a third place finish in the National Collegiate Athletic Association finals. The Panthers saw their record slide to the wrong side of the .500 A mark in the late '60's, topped off by a 5-10 season in 1969. Under Coach John Schaefer the gymnasts surged back and in 1972 compiled a 10-5 mark. In the 1972-73 season the Panthers broke the 150 point barrier for the first time. They did it not once, but a total of seven times during the year. ·The 1973-74 team, whUe logging only a 5-7 record, came up with some fine individual performances. The side horse ream of Dave Sakata, Marv Paster and Sam Garbis broke the school record in that event several times in the first few weeks of competition. Bob Bass, Mark Watman, Bob Quintanales and Tom Beusch all turned in fine efforts during the year. Eastern came in 13th in the Windy City Invitational and second in the Mid-East League Championships. The gymnasts lost to such University Division powers as Indiana, by 4.95 points in the first meet of the year and the University of Illinois by 3.35 points. They were also topped by College Division super power Chicago Circle. A. The 197 3-74 gymnastics team. Row 1 (left to right): Frank Muelhausen,Joe Cronin , Bob Bass, Dave Newstadt, Rich VaJentino, Mark Watman , Tom Beusch, Dave Sakata. Row 2: Coach John Schaefer, Roger Belieu, Steve Powell, Bruce Spikerman, Tim Deahl, Mike Bielinski, Jeff Scott, Marv Paster, Sam Garbis, Greg Foster, Dave Kulen, Assistant Keith Fe urst. B. Marv Paster puts the moves on the side horse . C. Bob Bass strains to do a good j ob on the parallel bars. D. Upside down is no t the way to be unless you happen to be a gymnast going through his high bar routine. E. Joe Cronin looks good on the still rings. 270 - Diamond Jubilee Edirior.