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Jeff Cowin's St. Louis Wedding by RJD

One of my roommates, Mike Martin (became Captain of Wrestling Team at 118 lbs?) and I drove to Jeff's wedding in St. Louis where he married his longtime girlfriend, aka Hawk woman. The bride had had a nose job and looked stunning.

We met up with fellow Stanford men Fred Swedsen, Bill Etter, and a couple of other of Jeff's friends and teammates. Tom Merritt?

I had met Jeff when I was a freshman running a dart tournament on the fourth floor. The finals came down to the two of us but Jeff did not show for the final. Two weeks later, drunk, he banged on my door in the wee hours ready to play.

At his wedding, former St Louis manager Red Schoendienst gave a talk to the bride and groom on a large screen. Red just passed two years ago, the oldest living Hall of Famer at 95.

On the ride back to South Bend, we took a sip of booze every time we saw cows. Crazy times.

Jeff was very proud of that Golden Hatchet and quite deserving as I recall. No one knows where Mike Martin is these days.

Back to Bookstore:

I remember a Bookstore game in the early seventies where Shumate wore boxing gloves? Perhaps an exhibition before the championship? Or warm-up joke?