News Scrapbook 1956-1959

MAJ. FRANK MERRITT Assistant Director of Athletics

Major Merritt was all-America tackle at West Point, graduating in 1944. He is a senior pilot, who served in Japan and Korea. His dec- orations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters and the Bronze Star. He is married to a two-time

1956 OUTLOOK Our Sophomores have a year of valuable experi- ence and we expect some help from the Fresh- men, so we should be improved over 1955-BUT- -so will our opponents, both in experience and, in most cases ability. I believe the experience edge that our Sopho- mores will have over the new class of Cadets will be noticeable in September practices and during early season games. There's no way of predeter- mining just how fast some of the Freshmen will narrow gap. I'm hopeful that the new Cadets will develop rapidly. I could be pleasantly surprised by some of our new classmen, but would't venture a prediction on our chances this fall until I've had a chance to see the whole squad working with pads for a few days. We' 11 use the T formation, but will concentrate on simplified plays until there's a better indica- tion of the type of material we have to work with. I will fit the system to the material and not try to force the material to comply with the system. If our passing proves to be good we'll throw a lot, making the most possible use of flankers and spreads. If our strong game appears to be running, we'll stick to the ground to take advantage of it. There undoubtedly will be some position changes, once practice gets underway, to make full use of our talent. Several men worked out at new posi- tions during spring drills and others already are slated to switch this fall. I know nothing about our opponents, so our pros- pects for a successful season will depend a lot on the strength of the nine teams we will meet. However, I am optimistic about our chances of winning a fair share of our games, even though we'll be facing teams made up mostly of Seniors and Juniors.-BUCK SHAW.

the former Arline D. Geer of Fort Lee, N. J. They have two sons and two daughters. MAJ. CASIMIR J. MYSLINSKI Chief, Equipment & Facilities Div. Cas is a 1944 West Point graduate, who was an unanimous

choice as all-America center in 1943 and also was awarded the Knute Rockne trophy as line- man of the year.

He is married to the for- mer Eleanor V. Thuge of Lynbrook, N. Y. They have one son and three daughters. M/ SGT. JOHN G. VOLK Equipment Manager John 1s a veteran of _______ more than 22 years in military service. One of his top achievements during 16 years as

coach of service teams was when he guided Bolling AFB to the World Air Force base- ball title. He is married to the former Naomi Hewke,

of West New York, N. J. They have two sons. Both are officers, one a West Point graduate and a paratrooper, the other a pilot. 10

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