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'Playin a wful we t basketball in a Mein-c-ke, Dayton ' Flyer ye terda y afternoon ent the 14th NIT off a nd running with a 7i- il vi ctory."- Dana Mo zley, N . Y. Daily N ews, Mar ch I I . " Campbell ? Well, not for nothing do they call the Columbu cutie Razor. ' harp ? Mr. Gillette, you're a hasbeen! Campbell cut in ; CamJ!>bell cut out. H e was here there, everywhere ... and found time to bag 12 point ." - Joe Burns, Dayton N ews. " Meinek was a one-man riot in the open rwithhi 11 for 14."- L eonard L ewin N ew York Daily Mirror. " This elongated Meineke i quite orne operative. Sporting a crew hair cut a nd lightning refl exes. he hooped 15 foul hots. ot only wa thi 37 (points) high for the Gard n sea on, but the 15 penalty shot fra tured the IT foul hooting record of 12 ' .. . Gene Wa rd, ew 1rork Daily N ews. " I it Dayton, 0. or Dayton, N. Y. ?" - Earl Wilson, N . Y. Post Ma r. 15. "There wa a happy U . D. heart tonight for every light on Broadway."Dick Cull, Jr., U niversity of DaJ路Lon Alumnus, '36. Dayton Daily N ews. 'Dayton and Seton Hall, a pair of unseedcd up tart , each I d by a ta ndout big man barged.- Norman Miller, P. 'High coring Dayton i th e Cinderella team of the tournament."- H y T urkin, N . r. Daily N ews, March I 7. 'It i interesting to note that Don (Monk ) Meineke, leadin g corer on the Dayton team, foul ed out thi ea.on five time a t home a nd only three tim e on the road, a nd in hi 16 home game wa given 87 foul shots whil e p e rmitting 107 in onl y 12 ro a d ga me ."-Lawton Carver, I S. 'Dayton fla hed an All-American performer in the 6-foot, 7-in h Don Meinek ." - L ou Effrat, N ew 'York Tim es, March 10. " Certainly Dayton proved that it wa one of th e most underrated team when no polls ever mentioned it for top ten rating during the regular ea.on . .. Dayton i a solid ba ketbal! team ."- David Eisen berg Journal American , .Mar. 16. " 18,000 . .. to ee if Brigham Young' poise will uffice to overcome Dayton's fi ery team spirit."- T ed M eier, AP.
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Vol. XVII
1929
MARCH, 1951
No.3
Mary Shay '44 .. . .... . . .. . ... .. ...... .. .. .. . . . . ......... . Editor James F. "Pep" Wilson ... . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . .. .. ... . . ... . .. . . . Sports Editor "Entered as second cia matter April 15, 1940, at the Post Office, at Dayton, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879." I ued Monthly- October through June SUBSCRIPTION- Per Year, including Membership in the Alumni Association, $5.00. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to "The Alumni Association of the University of Dayton." For wills and other bequests, the legal title of the corporation is "The University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio."
In thi edition we would like to cxprc s our apprecia tion to the Dayton D ail y lews, the D ayton Journ a l-H era ld , radio sta ti ons WHIO a nd WING and WLW-D th e niver ity of Da yton publicity a nd public relation department for their cooperation in th e preparation of this, your ouvcnir National Invitation Tournament i. ue. "Dayton caught the eye by ripping St. John's apart in an overti me after losin g their key stars. Don Mein eke a nd Leland orri on foul ."- John Barrington, IN . "One who ha follow ed the Flyers expres cd th e beli ef th a t D ayton wa a team that gen erall cemed to have just enough of wh a t it takes to win that particular game."- Hugh Fullerton, Jr. AP. In that period, too, D ayton lo t its only steadying influence, Leland Norris, plumpish boy .. ."- Irving T. A1arsh, N ew 'York T ribun March 11. " Tom Blackburn' player , backed up by a delegation of several hundred Dayton students who ha ve camped in New York inc Ia t week end , teadily gained pre tige in tournament victories over Lawrence T ech , fourth- eeded Arizona a nd top-seeded St. John's in overtime Thursday."L eonard Koppett , N cl 1o rk H erald Tribun e, March 17. . . .. " punky Flyers wha nged out a 69-62 overtime victory over St. John '. that will stand a a monument to un adu lterated pluck. Th ey imply refu sed to be beaten."- Will Crimslev, N ew York, ( AP). .
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路'It' a story of succe s, ba cd on good pl a nning, organization Blackburn ' ca pacity for ha rd work a nd direction, talent, aggre i enc , n vcrsay-di c pirit a nd, lest it be forgott n, rese rve . trcngth . Brav Fl yer !"i Burick, Dayton Daily N ews.
"Boyle cored no ba kets. orne sta r, ch ?? You had to c. tha t guy to a pprecia te him . Appreciate hi rebounding hi defensive work hi cvcrl a. tincr fi ght."- J oe Bu rns, . 'ews. " Brigha m Young again st D aytonthat mean a snappy, ball-ha ndling profcs ional-looking club again t a n unrankcd, da rkhorse outfit tha t thr e times now h as come up with th inspiration a nd resources it has needed to win."- Sid Friedland er, N ew York Post, MaTC h lB . " D ea dl y pivot pu hing of Don Meineke .. . general hip of fi ery Dick Campbell ... overall height advantage . .. can confine the killful pa ttC'rn of poised Brigham Young? "-H arold Weissman, Daily Mirror. " Tom Blackburn' boys can now ta ke their places with the bes t of them." - R itt er Collett, Journal H eTald.
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ADD TWO-The Flyers Gene Hickey tokes off to toss in a basket as Lawrence Tech's Burrell (31) and U.D.' s Me ineke and Norris watch . Flyers won 77-71 .
That's what they said. " Basketball has been taken off the hook ." Those sentiments were expressed by a number of New York sports writers following the NIT finals . For from Ohio's rolling hills and the highlands of Utah had come two ambitious groups of young men to capture the hearts of metropolitan New York ... Tom Blackburn's Flyers and Stan Watt 's classy Cougars . Faith in the ult imate victory of sport over forces seeking surreptitious gain was exhibited by 18,379 fans who gave Mad ison Square Garden its largest crowd of the season . Shaken faith began to steady. Basketball was making its comeback.
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VICTORY LOOK-Happy Flyers hoist Donald IMonkl MeinE toll pivot dropped in 37 points whil e the Flyers were dowo 74-68 . Next come - -
END-Tom Frericks, sophomore eager out of uniform at right, glances fearfully at the sco reboord a s the Flyers to ke time out to regroup forces in Vaughan Taylor, Gene Hickey, Pete Boyle, Bobby Flynn and Gene Jose ph .
,ke to their shoulders after the ling Arizona ' s seeded Wildcats
BILLING-New York sports fans find Brigham Young vs . Dayton an event well worth attending . The Madison Squore Gardens largest crowd of the season for any event when 1 8,379 fans poured in.
STILL ON TOP-St. John ' s Ron Mac Gilvray 1151 slips past Campbell and Hickey-but the Red Men couldn ' t get past the Flyers as Dayton won 69-62 in overtime .
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HIGH FLYER-Dayton's Leland Norris leaps up to pitch in two of his 20 points despite efforts by BYU's Hillman. BYU's Mel Hutchins and Flyer' s Meineke tense for rebound which wasn ' t needed. Cougars won game and title 62-43.
WATCH AWARDS-Chuck Grigsby, clutch-man of Flyers overtime semi-final win over St. Johns, strides to award table to receive engraved watch . All players in tourney received similar awards.
FLYERS-Capt. Dick Campbell leads the team off cheering th rong greets th e returning Flyers .
spee d an auto caravan through downtown Dayton.
AIR CITY WELCOMES FLYERS Homecoming staggered the Flyers . Flashbulbs popped; a WONE tape recorder hummed ; the Flyers filed from their plane between a ROTC honor guard and several thousand followers, who braved cold , wet weather to rock Vandalia Airport with their cheers . The well-mapped Chamber of Commerce-University of Dayton-program got underway as the Flyers were hustled into waiting autos and raced toward the Fieldhouse. Proud Daytonians waved from lighted porches along the way. At Northridge fire trucks, red signals flashing, flanked the road . On Main Street drivers stopped their autos to step out and cheer. The Flyers were met by 3,500 ci ti zens, WLW-D's television cameras, and mikes of WING and WHIO . Merle Smith , ' 25, city commissioner emceed as city officials, business and industrial leaders, and alumni paid tribute to a gallant ball club .
.. Bear" Norris . . .
" Razor" Campbe ll .. .
" If not in Korea ..
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" Monk" Meineke .. . going back and win ."
Mayor lou is Lohrey and Dick Campbe ll .. . next year " second" becom es "first"
Miss Rose Rothbe rg and bashful Flyer ... a captain 's reward
WELCOME HOME-TV cameras rolled and radio mikes w e re alive a s proud Daytonians crowde d the U. D. fi el dhouse to show York . That' s Tommy Blackburn expressing the se ntim e nts of the Flye rs.
Fr. George J. Re nneker, S.M.... "let us give thanks"
Ma son Roberts, Pre s. C. of C.; Fr. Renneker, Tom Blackburn . .. " for a job well don e"
lc PAID 194o-Congra tula tions a re extended to Mr. a nd Mrs. Charle T ani on the birth of their second child and first son, Lawrence Eliot, on D ec. 19. Congratula tions are extended to Florence Siegle a nd L eona rd S. K atz whose ma rriage wa a nnounced on J a n. 16, 195 1. George Humm, a socia ted with M errill L ynch, Pierce, Fenner, a nd Beane, Cincinnati, 0 ., was a ca mpus visitor. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Irene Veigel ( Irene Decker ) on the dea th of her father during O ct. in D ayton . Congra tulations are extended to Mr. a nd Mr . F . J. Schmitt on the birth of thei r third on, Peter Joseph, la t summer at M ercy Hospital, Rockville Center, L. I., N. Y. Mrs. Schmitt is the former Tanny Stoecklein, Dayton. Congratula tions are extended to Mr. a nd Mrs. James Gibbons, Guatemala City, Guatemala, on the birth of their second child, Michael, on D ec. 8. Richard ]. Egger is chi ef telemetering ection, Ballistic R esearch La b., at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md . Charle B. Hoppa is a la b technician in the Atomic Power Division of Westinghou e, Pi'ttsburgh . R obert Strasser is a n electrical engineer. U SAF, H q. AMC, WPAFB. 1941- Loui s E. Goldkamp electrical engineer, i affili a ted with Leland Electric Co., D ayton . Anthon>' J. Schneble, Schenectady, .Y., i. a service engi neer with General El ectric. Robert A. Schultz serve a a technical director for Aircraft Development in the engin ering cliviion a t Wright Field. Clarence W. Y. Ching i residing in H onolulu, a nd i working a electrica l engin eer for the Engineer Corp at Fort Armstrong. Rich a rd D . Frazier is a proce s engineer for the Del o Product Di v. , GMC. Robert Stacy i affi liated with the Croley Divi ion. VCO, as a television project engineer. 1943-Charl es F. R a in , Columbu , 0 ., is manager of the electrical engineenng lab. Ba ttell M emorial Institute. 1944- William Greenwell, electrica l engineer, is a ffiliated with Commonwealth Associate , Inc. , J ackon, Mich. J ames A. Kl opf is a le. manager for Stomp Sale Co., D ayton. Edmond ]. M orrison . is an in-
Permit No. 71 Deyton , Ohio U. S. POST AGE
dustrial power sales engineer in electric utility, for the Public Service Co., Tulsa, Okla. Marvin M. Talmage i a junior sales engineer for Frigidaire Div., GMC. Fra nk Welch has been in service since Dec. 1950. 1947- J ames A. Cu h is a distribution engineer for the Ohio Power Co. ewark, 0. Pvt. John Drexler i a signed to the Signal Corps Engineering Lab., D evelopment Detachment at Ft. Monmouth, New J ersey. Charles E. H em ler is working with Monsanto at the Mound Lab, as an electronic engineer. Joseph H . Mori, Dayton, is an electrical engineer with the Lesco Mfg. Co. 1948- AI Diringer is manager of Diringer Motor Co., and Diringer Super Service, Tiffin. Geo. F alkenbach i electronic engineer with Bell Aircraft Corp., Buffialo, . Y. Michael Fi cher is 路a n application engineer for th e Master Elec tric Co., D ayton . R aymond L. F ortune is working with the Sta nda rd R egister Co., D ayton in the capacity of electronics engineer . Thomas P. H a nlon , Jr.. is a des ign er and e tima tor for th Thomas P. H anlon Electri cal Contractors, Pitt burgh. Robert E. Thome i in th e nucleoni cs branch of the Sign a l Corps Engineering L abs., at Belmar, Iew Jersey. 1949-We ley Albright is an electrical engineer a t M aster Electric. D ayton. J ame Bordewisch is a product draft man for the Standard R egi ter Co. , D ayton. Frederick W. Grimm i working at Wright-Pa tteron AFB, as a n electronic engin eer in image motion compen ating ai rraft ca mera magazine . Edward G. Johnson i working as a project engineer with Globe Industrie , Inc., D ayton . Charle E. Kohler is affi liated with路 th e H elldoerfer-Castillini Company, Dayton . K a rl F . Kraemer, Jr., has moved to H ouston, Texa . H e is an lectrical engineer with Brown and R oot, Inc. Ri chard H . Lehman, Cincinnati, 0. , i working with th e Ba ld win Company as a
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junior research engineer. Robert J. O'Brien, elec trical engineer, is working with Ma ter Electric Co., Dayton . John Quinli k, Jr., is working at the Ohmer Corpora tion, in the Engineering department. George E. Sh a re, electronic cienti t, i working a t Wright Patterson AFB. John P. Warren is foreman, Maintenance department, Moraine Product Div., GMC. William I. Wheelock has the position of design engineer, power transform ers, for General Electric, and is residing in Pitt field, Mass . 195o-Charle P. Bowma n is affiliated with the Standard El ectrical Product Co. , Dayton, 0. AlbertS. C. Chong is working in the fi eld of interior commun ication and fire control in the Pea rl Harbor Navy Shipyard. H enry Cichanowicz is working in Indi a na polis, Ind. , at the U.S. ava l Ordna nce plant. Robert E. Cooper i affiliated with the Witco Mfg. Co. , D ayton . D avid Gordon i working at Aeroproducts Division, GMC. R obert H . Gronette, Jr., is with th e M cGraw Con truction Company. Thoma P. Hollora n i working with the National Ca. h R egister Company in th e elec tronics re earch lab. Richa rd L . Hose, senior dra ftsma n, is workin?; with the Goodyear Aircraft Corp. Gordon W. Mill is workin at Wright-Pa tter on AFB . Pa ul orthrup is working at the Instrument ervi ce Engineering L a bs. D ayton . Fra nk Pa renti , a sistant electronic engin ee r, is with the Stan da rd R egi ter Co .. D ayton. Dale A. Smith a long with H enry Cichanowicz i aval Ordworking at the U . S. nance plant, in Indianapolis. Robert R. Smith i working with Chrysler Airtemp, D ayton, as a n electrica l draft man. Charle V\ . teele, tunnel control engin er, i in the WindTunnel Bra nch of Wright-Pa tter on FB. Richa rd J. Thome i working with the To ledo Scale Co., in the capacity of engin eering draftsman. Thoma ]. .V ehr is in the Army. D oe a nyon e know his address? Another al~mnu at th U . S. a val Ordna nce Pl a nt in Indi an apolis is Albert Winkeljohann.