Ben and Marian Cheney posed with their AAU-sponsored basketball team, the Cheney Studs, on the floor of the new Mount Tahoma High School gym on November 27, 1961. Ben Cheney, lumberman and philanthropist, is standing second to the right with Doug McArthur at his side (far right) . The Cheney Studs logo is prominently displayed on the team's jackets and shorts; "Studs" is also written on the basketball. The Tacoma Studs opened the 1961-62 season with a benefit game against the Bremerton Nygaards at the new Mount Tahoma High School gym on November 28th. Proceeds were earmarked for the school's activity fund. The coach of the high school team, Don Moseid (kneeling third from left), was also the starting guard for the Studs. The Studs would play a 42-game schedule under the leadership of coach Ron Billings, a former Pacific Lutheran University star athlete (standing next to Marian Cheney). Players included PLU greats, Jim Van Beek (#22, back row, fifth from left) and Roger Iverson (#14, third from right in back row) Photograph ordered by Cheney Lumber. (negative also dated 1-8-62) (TNT 11-26-61, B-14) (additional identification by a reader)
Cheney, Ben B., 1905-1971; Cheney, Marian; Basketball players--Tacoma--1960-1970; Billings, Ron; Moseid, Don; Iverson, Roger; Van Beek, Jim; McArthur, Doug;