January 18,1973
SPORTS REPORTS
Tribute To Roberto
On Sunday, Dec. 31, almost
everyone was getting ready for
the festivities that would be
taking place that night to help
bring in the new year. As the
parties were being planned,
another, type of planning was
taking place. In Puerto Rico, a
group of five men, organized by
baseball great Roberto Clemente,
was to fly to the terror stricken
city of Managua, which was hit
by an earthquake only eight days
earlier. Their “Mission of
Mercy” was to give money, food,
clothing, and medicine to the
survivors of this natural tragedy:
The plane took off from San
Juan International Airport
around 9 p.m., five hours after it
had been scheduled to, due to a
series of delays. About 9:22 p.m.,
just 1> 2 miles north of the airport,
the plane crashed into the
Atlantic ocean, killing all people
aboard, including Roberto
Clemente. An eye witness said
later that the plane had exploded
in the air before it crashed into
the ocean. The Union States Coast
Guard has made a search, but
only parts of the plane and .the
pilot were recovered.
Clemente, 38 years of age, just
completed his 18th season in
professional baseball. Every
year of those seasons was played
in a Pittsburgh Pirate uniform.
The beloved superstar won the
hearts of many fans, young and
old, by his immortal playing. In
the brilliant career that he had,
he kept a composite lifetime
batting average of .318 which is
the highest of any active player.
He had won the batting tide four
times and came a close second in
1969 and 1970 with .345 and .352
averages respectively. In 1966 he
was named the League's Most
Valuable Player and was selected
to the League’s All-Star team 12
times.
In 1971, he was named most
valuable player in the World
Series as he led "Pittsburgh over
the highly rated Baltimore
Orioles,. Last season he became
only the 11th player in major
League baseball history to collect
3,000 hits.
Aside from being a tremendous
Good News For Girls!
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Mrs. Wilson, Instructor in
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charge on Wednesday and Friday
evenings. Girls can participate in
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batting star, he also won many
games with lus rifle-like arm, his
speed and his instinctive defen
sive playing. He was awarded the
golden glove for being one of the
League’s best fielders. His
throwing arm was one of the best
ever rated in the Major Leagues.
Players knew they couldn’t bluff
or try to stretch extra base hits
because he would only gun them
down.
Watching Roberto Clemente for
many years and being one of the
biggest Pirate fans ever since I
can remember, I know what it is
like not being able to see him don
the familiar number 21 in the
Pirate Uniform again. In my
eyes, he was the greatest athlete
that ever lived. I remember
many incidents in Clemente’s
brilliant career. If he was ever
scoffed at or put down by another
player or manager, he would not
retaliate with words, but on the
baseball field. One incident
happened in. 1970 while the
Pirates were playing the Houston
Astro’s in the beautiful Houston
Astrodome: On one pitch,
Clemente swung and missed the
ball, sending his bat flying toward
the mound, just missing Astro
pitcher, Don Wilson. Clemente
asked that Wilson throw the bat
back since it slipped out of his
grasp. Wilson refused and scoffed
at Clemente for hurling the bat.
Clemente was furious as he went
out and picked up the bat himself.
On the next pitch Clemente hit one
of the longest home runs -ever
witnessed in the Astrodome. He
had gotten his revenge in a subtle
way.
That’s the type of man
Clemente was. A great athlete
and an even greater
humanitarian. Baseball has lost a
spectacular athlete with the
death of Roberto Clemente, for he
was the hero of many small
children and adults all over the
United States and especially in
his homeland of Puerto Rico. He
was even planning to build a
“sport city” in Puerto Rico for
the underpriveleged kids, with
his own money. Indeed, baseball
has lost an immortal player and
the world has lost a great man.
evenings 6:15-7 p.m
So instead of satisfying the
munchies during a study break,
roll your fat on down to Erie Hall
where these new hours have been
reserved especially for figure
conscious girls.
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Behrend Cubs in Action
The Behrend Cubs have been working hard for a successful hoop seasoa The team has '
been pursuing a man to man defense, changing at time to use a 1-I—2-1 full court press.
Waynesburg Defeats Behrend Cubs
In Close Home Basketball Contest
by Renee Heaslip
Sports Writer
If you missed last week’s game
you missed possibly the closest
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about writing so I will write on the
games as I see them or hear of
them.
The game started with
Behrend vs Waynesburg
SCORE 66
PLAYER POINTS
30 Larry Szoszorek 15
40 Mike Hook 8
33 Denny Deiner 17
32 Mark Boroway 14
35 Glenn McKinney 12
Behrend played man to
man most of the game and
used a 1-2-2-1 full court
press.
SCORE 73
15 Bealco
53 Maczuzak
11 Keller
23 Rogers
31 Bellich
25 Hinds
45 Skelly
Waynesburg played a 3-2
zone defense and a 3-2 zone
offense most of the game
going to a man to. man
defense in the second half.
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Waynesburg jumping into the
lead. The Cubs took a minute or
two to get on their feet but once
they did things were hectic.
First to score for the Cubs was
6’4” freshman, Larry Szosorek of
the Cubs pursued a man to man
defense, changing occasionally to
use a 1-I—2-1 full court press.
. Working successfully against
Waynesburg’s 3-2 zone defense
and offense was Behrend's 6’2”
junior, Denny Deiner who was
leading scorer with 17 points and
also leading rebounder.
Behrend’s starting five gave us
our total of 66 points: Denny
Deiner with 17, Larry Szoszorek
with 15, Mark Borrowy with 14,
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and co-captains Glenn McKinney
and Mike Hook with 12 and 8
points respectively.
To give an example of how
close the game was, Behrend was
ahead at half-time with a score of
Behrend 35 to Waynesburg’s 34.
Only was it in the last few
minutes of the game that their
lead with the final score—
Waynesburg 73, Behrend 66, a
heartbreaker for everyone in
volved.
As an added note on the light
side, Glenn McKinney gave
everyone quite a rush with an
attempted shot that landed
between . the bank-board and
basket rim—and stuck.
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