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TRAINER DOC WOJECK1 EXHIBITS
EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY FOR
TASK OF ATTENDRG ATHLETES
By Jimmy Meyers
One of the new members of the Rice Athletic staff is Eddie
Wojecki, the Rice trainer. Eddie is the industrious little guy
with the friendly manner who tried to keep the Physical Edu-
cation majors in shape. In Eddie's own words he acts as "chap-
lin, mother, friend as well as trainer to the boys. They tell me
all their problems and 'I try to
advise them."
Eddie was born in Erie Pennsyl-
vania "many years ago." He at-
tended Erie High School there and
then went to Howard College, Bir-
mingham, Alabama. Later on, Ed-
die switched to Louisiana Tech. At
Rustin, La. He graduated in 1936
wtih a B.S. degree in Biological
Sciences. He also majored in Phy-
sical Education. He stayed on at
Louisiana Tech as trainer and Phy-
sical Education instructor until
1942 when he joined the Naval Air
corps.
From 1942 to 1945 Eddie was at
the Navy Pre-Flight school at Ath-
ens, Georgia, and in 1945 he got his
discharge and joined the Rice coach-
ing staff.
Eddie has been a trainer much of
his lifetime starting back in 1920
as a trainer for the Polish Falcons
Gymnastic Club. In connection with
this club Eddie worked with the
team that in 1929 went to Poland
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"Prisoner of Love"—Perry Como
"Bumble Boogie"—Freddie Martin
"Stardust"— Artie Shaw
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for the first Polish Olympics. It is
interesting to note that the world's
greatest woman sprinter, Stella
Walsh, was a member of this team.
Eddie worked as trainer touring col-
lege, and after graduation he con-
tinued his work.
Eddie likes it here at Rice. He
says that the boys are "the finest
he has met in his 18 years of train-
ing. They are not only gentlemen
but also scholars." Eddie has had
several offers from other schools
but as he says, "I feel that I am
working with one of the smartest
and finest coaching staffs in the
nation, so why should I change?"
Anyone who has been at Rice
since Eddie came knows of the mir-
acles he has performed. Many will
remember the time Bill Tom sprain-
ed his ankle, and Eddie had him
in playing shape the next week; or
when Augie Erfurth was suffering
from a sore leg, and Eddie got to
work on him. The next week Augie
turned in the best time in his ca-
reer, practically 14 flat for the 120
yard hurdles. And few who saw it
will forget the time Eddie dashed
out on the football field and picked
up big Bob Nemir and carried him
off the field during the Texas game.
Eddie wouldn't go out on a limb
and predict Rice's chances in the
the conference next year, since, as
he said, he didn't know enough about
the boys returning from service to
play. He did state that the boys are
in top physical condition now
though, and you can bet that if Ed-
die Wojecki has anything to do
about it the boys will stay in top
physical condition.
1NTRAMURALS
By John J.
The Navy paced by Kimmel still
leads the softball tournament with
four wins and no losses, followed by
the PE's with 4 wins and 1 loss. The
third place is held by the Slippery
Slimes with 2 wins and 2 losses.
Lust week's results are:
Navy 8, Pre-Law Powerhouse 4.
Navy 8, "Club 21" 3.
PE's 17, Cardinals 7.
PE's 15, Pre-Law Powerhouse 4.
Slippery Slimes 8, Cardinals 3.
This Week's schedule:
TUESDAY MAY 30th
Slippery Slimes vs. PE's.
PE's vs. "Club 21."
Pre-Law Powerhouse vs. Cardi-
nals.
SATURDAY. JUNK 1st
Slippery Slimes vs. PE's.
Cards vs. Navy.
"Club 21" vs. Pre-Law Power-
house.
3:45
Slippery Slimes vs, "Club 21".
Curds vs. Navy.
"Club 21" vs. Pre-Law Power-
house.
NOTE: These games cannot be
postponed. Teams no', showing up
will forfeit their games,
MAKE UP GAMES
Monday, June 3
Navy vs. PE's.
Cards vs. "Club 21."
Tuesday, June 4th
Slippery Slimes vs, Pre-Law Pow-
erhouse.
Wednesday. June iyh
PE's vs. Navy.
"Club 21" vs. Cards.
Whites Take First
Place in Football
Team Track Meet
Last week the Whites, captained
by Jim Nail, swept to an easy vic-
tory over the Blue of Nick Lansa
in the football track meet. Jeff
Brown, high point man with 12
markers, and Huey Keeney, with 10
points' paced the Whites.
The teams were battling it out for
the splendid trophy, the "Blue-Grey
Gallon Jug", whoso possession will
be decided by the spring series, con-
sisting of football, track, and soft-
ball. This series will be an annual
event.
In the football pass for distance,
Jeff Brown won with a toss of 58
yards while in the punting contest,
it was Keeney, Jones, Mason and
Anderson in that order. Keeney's
kick was good for 62 yards.
Pick Hoerster took the shot with
41' and Brown, Nail and Weatherly
followed. The javelin was probably
the best event, as Brown and Lanza
each got off tosses of 149'5". That's
nice throwing for a man who hasn't
worked on it.
In the fifty yard dash prelimi-
nary, Delwood Lee, Darwood Lee
and Mac Johnson won their heats.
Delwood had the best time with a
5.8.
The Whites finished off a success-
ful day with a victory in the football
relay. «
Yesterday the two teams met
aeain in the first softball game
of this series. ^
Sporting Around
By Bob Miville
The Rice nine, finishing up fourth
behind Texas, Baylor and A&M in
that order, made the following con-
tributions in the leading-hitters
category: Bill Bishop came up with
a .454 batting average, trailed by
Kelty's Powell with a .344 and Hal
Stockbridge, .305. Through games
of May 18th Rice was third in field-
ing averages with a .911.
As for All Conference, it's a
touchy subject, but a sportswriter's
life doesn't seem complete unless he
sticks his nose into the matter—so
here goes.
Name School I'ok. BA
Powell—Rice lb .344
Redding—Baylor 2b .423
Jackson—Texas 3b .435
Zomlefer—Texas ss .420
Sstekely—Baylor If .345
Ferguson—Texas cf .294
Moon—A&M rf .425
Chandler—Baylor e .291
Layne—Texas p .192
Bishop—Rice p .453
Oi'tega—Texas Utility .322
Fullhart—TCU Utility .346
Layne of Texas won 9 games and
lost none. Bishop of Rice won 0 arid
lost 4.
As stands now (the above aver-
ages are not final) the team, with
Layne in the line-up, boasts a ter-
rific batting average of .354 and
with Bishop an ever better one of
.383. Tremendous is the word for it!
Ferriss Of The Red Sox
David (Boo) Ferriss, 23 year-old
sensation of the Red Sox pitching
staff, gives TU's Bib Falk, old time
White Sox star outfielder, much
credit for his success. A sergeant
at Randolph Field, where Ferriss
was stationed, Falk hud charge of
the baseball team. "Falk taught me
almost everything," Ferriss recall-
ed, "especially a change of pace."
Hill Barrett, who managed Fer-
riss in the hurler's first experience
in organized bull at Brattleboro,
Yt.. recounted recently that Dave
had a habit of saying he "throwed"
i' couple of innings.
"I told him," Barrett related,
"that I only had pitchers on my
team, not throwers. When Ferriss
vent to the Army, I passed along
the word to Falk. Falk never failed
to get the light answer from Fer-
riss. lie would1 say. 'would you like
to throw for me tomorrow, Dave?'
The boy always replied. 'I'd like to
pitch for you, Mr. Falk'."
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