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Fall Sports Pick '50 Captains Today

Football, Soccer, and Cross Country Men Cast Vottes at Dillon

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Elections of next year's varsity captains for the three fall sports will take place this afternoon at the Dillon Field House. The football team will choose its new leader at 4:15 p.m., the soccer team at 4:15 p.m., and the cross country team at 3:30 p.m.

Lettermen on this year's 47-man football squad will select a successor to Howie Houston from one of the returning junior and sophomore lettermen. In recent years the captain has always been a member of the next senior class.

Contenders for the position include the following juniors: Sam Butler, Bob Di Blasio, Arthur Hyde, Phil Isenberg, Jerry Kanter, Paul O'Brien, Bill Rosenau, Henry Sedgwick, John West, John White, and Al Wilson.

Nineteen soccer lettermen will participate in the election of their new captain who will replace Whoop Batcheder. Junior lettermen Don Harchman, Jim Johnson, Dick Miller, Charley Weiss, and Ted Wolf are eligible for the post as well as sophomore lettermen Vern Drechmel, Ben Goldstein, John Harvey, Larry Leonard, Hewitt Pantalconi, and Ed Seaga.

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