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JIM SECREST GETS WALLACE TROPHY
Doctor Edwin Fauver presents the Gordon Wallace Memorial
Trophy to Jim Secrest, sophomore halfback, at the Touchdown
Dinner. Jim, who comes from Galion, Ohio, rolled up I}}
points in I942 to eclipse all Eastern scorers and to take second
place in the nation. Doc, responsible for the University's fine
sports equipment-gymnasium, field house, and stadiumreceived
a warm ovation from the alumni at the victory banquet.
Dud DeGroot, whose comments at the 1940 Touchdown
Dinner led to the establishment of the Gordon
Wallace Trophy and the Ball-Keating Cup, came up
with another happy surprise when he announced the
brand-new Coaches' Trophy, awarded to the outstanding
non-letter man of the year. Not so surprising, of
course, was the revelation of the name of the recipient­
Johnny (Rugged) Murphy, perennial candidate for tackle
post, member of the football squad for three grinding
seasons, whose superabundant college spirit is already a
part of River Campus legend.
Rugged Murphy, Dud told the alumni and students
gathered at the Touchdown Dinner, was left behind
when the squad journeyed to DePauw and to Amherst,
but he managed to get to both places just the same,
largely "by rule of thumb."
Dud pronounced the 1942 Varsity "the best defensive
team I ever coached." Lou Alexander, basketball coach
and director of intercollegiate athletics, seconded this
tribute. Parenthetically, Dud holds the boys themselves
largely responsible for the stellar defensive play of the
past season, which saw only 8 points scored against the
Yellowjackets. Last summer, in one of his regular ininstruction
letters to members of the squad, Dud wrote
that he wasn't worried about the 1942 team's scoring
abilities, but that he was concerned about its defensive
qualities. The team, under the inspiring leadership of
Co-Captains Dick Secrest and Moose Kramer, set out to
DECEMBER 1942-JANUARY 1943
KERR AND DeGROOT BID HUBBARD GOODBYE
Andy Kerr, Colgate football coach and guest speaker at the
Touchdown Dinner, examines the handsome shotgun that is
Dud DeGroot's farewell gift to his longtime assistant, Bill
Hubbard. Bill is rejoining the physical education staff at
San Jose State, California, while awaiting action on his
application for an Army commission. He and Dud, in three
years, achieved seventeen victories as against five losses.
prove that Dud was wrong, and in g?-me after game
played over their heads to protect their goal.
Raymond N. Ball, '14, presented the Ball-Keating
Cup-given by himself and Kenneth B. Keating, '19-to
Rochester's brilliant tackle, Greg Thomas. Greg-one of
Sam Havens's boys from the Chicago area-for a time
outscored Jim Secrest during the 59 to 0 Hobart game,
twice blocking punts and downing the ball behind the
Hobart goal. No small college in this area, Ray Ball
declared, and few big colleges, could boast of a better
linesman than the big but lightning-fast Thomas.
Walter Menegazzi, a fair quarterback in 1941 and an
amazingly good end in 1942, received the Raymond G.
Phillips Cup from the hands of Matthew D. Lawless.
This trophy, the gift of the late Ray Phillips, '97, is
awarded each year to the man showing the greatest
improvement during the season, along with loyalty and
team spirit, and Menegazzi, whose exploits at end kept
pace with those of the redoubtable Chopper Carman in
1942, was the logical recipient.
Dud DeGroot paid high tribute to the spirit of the
team, members of which maintained their morale and
their scholastic work on a high level in spite of the
stresses of a wartime year.
Dud bade formal farewell to Bill Hubbard, and bestowed
upon his long-time partner his going-away gifta
handsome shotgun. Ezra A. Hale, '16, in behalf of the
alumni gave Bill a pair of sports binoculars.
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