As Gus Donoghue spoke, the gold trophies that stood glittering on the desk only made what he said seem more important. "It's the end of an era," he said solemnly. Mr. Donoghue has led the Don soccer players to six straight conference championships and two post-season bowl games in the last six years, but apparently the lush times are behind and more down to earth win-and-loss records are in the offing. "We'll have to start all over from scratch, and build up another team. We've lost such fine players as Bill Cox, Maurice Beattie, Brian Pike, Al Rangel, Adrian Manzano, and Ralph Pardell. Besides, Lionel Fisher may go back east. City College will be very strong, and we will have fight to end up among the first teams. Although inexperienced, we have some good boys who will represent up well on the field. Joe Ignoffo, Alex and Livio Falcone, Tom Klitgaard, and Rouben Tchakalian are returning. Mark Steinberg will bolster us. Mark formerly performed for St. Louis University and just got out of the service, where he played for a service team; a good prospect." Coaches are notorious for being pessimistic, so we sought out one of the returning booters, Tom Klitgaard. Klitgaard frothed, "We may not have the great players that we had in the past, but I'll guarantee you that we'll have more hustle than any team that's played here for a long time." . That's what counts (TheFoghorn).
