February 1,1973
SPORTS REPORTS
History Making Week
Last week played an important
part in history as President Nixon
finally got. the Vietnamese to
agree to a peaceful settlement
and an end to the war. While
Nixon was busy with signing
procedures another type of
history was being made, Sport
history.
On Monday night, January 22,
in Kingston, Jamaica another
battle was being fought. Not for
control of land but for control of a
title. The World Heavyweight
Championship was at stake. The
men involved were: previously
unbeaten Heavyweight Champ
Joe Frazier, and a man who had
never even hit the ground once in
any of his 31 fights ; his opponent
was George Foreman, a man who
captured the Olympic gold medal
for boxing in 1968 and was termed
as still too “green” for a
championship fight. At 24 years
old fight critics said that he just
wasn’t ready. The odds were set
at 3-1 that Joe Frazier would
retain his crown but before he
knew what had hit him Frazier
was dethroned and George
Foreman was the heavyweight
champion of the world.
The critics who ruled Frazier
as the favorite stated that this
was one of the biggest upsets in
boxing history. Not because
Foreman had beaten the odds,
which weren’t that big anyway,
but because he had beaten Joe
Frazier so badly. For a man who
was never knocked down by an
opponent. Joe was sent crashing
to the floor six times in two
rounds, and the fight had'to be
stopped with 1:33 left in the
second round giving George
Foreman the victory on a
technical knockout.
Foreman used a combination of
left and right jabs and" then
coupled them with left hooks to
Frazier down early in the
fight. Frazier, still not aware of
what had happened, tried to fight
back and it proved to be his
biggest mistake. Foreman took
advantage of his dizzy state and
continued to batter the champ
and sending him down time and
again. Frazier landed only one
solid punch in the on slaught but
Foreman wasn’t even jolted by it.
Foreman pleaded with Frazier’s
manager Hank Durham, to stop
the fight. After seeing how bad
his fighter was being beaten,
Durham conceded and the crown
belonged to Foreman. As he stood
in his corner he began to jump up
and down wildly when the official
ruling was made. Foreman could
barely believe it himself. He was
Park Pioneers Outscore Cubs
by Bill Neely
Sports Writer
Last Saturday night the
Behrend Cubs tangled with their
toughest opponent of the
basketball season when the Point
Park Pioneers invaded the
Gannon Auditorium in the first
Hosted in Gannon College auditorium, the Behrend Cubs
versus Point Park College, played a fine game, considering
Behrend was up against a higher classed team.
by Dave Lojewski
Sports Editor
no longer a “green” fighter, in
stead he was on the top of the
boxing world.
At the tail end of the same week
more history was made in the
sports world. On Saturday,
January 27 UCLA had set a new
collegiate basketball record of 61
consecutive victories. The oddity
of it all was they set it against the
last team to defeat them, Notre
Dame. The record surpassed the
60 game winning streak of the San
Francisco Dons during the mid
1950’5.
- UCLA’s last defeat was dealt to
them by the Irish on January 23,
1971 when Austin Carr scored 46
points in leading the upset. Since
then they have beaten everyone,
taking along with them two more
championships to add to their
record of 20 which includes five
straight. This year could make it
six, and the way they’ve been
playing, they might win many
more consecutive titles. The
reason they have been so good is
they have had a team that plays
together consistently. Even
though one individual always
plays so outstanding that they
make the national spotlight, the
team could still play excellent
ball without them. Big names
from UCLA’s dynasty are Lew
Alcindor (Kareem-Abdul-Jab
bar), Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe,
all who are playing pro ball
currently Bill Walton who has
completely dominated college
basketball with his tremendous
defensive play.
Head Coach John Wooden is
pleased of his team’s new record
although he does not stress
record breaking performances.
All he asks of his players is that
they play the type of game which
they know how. Even though he
does not stress these great
winning performances, his record
has been so outstanding in the
past few years that he seems to
know more than every other
coach combined. His overall
record in the past six years is 161
wins against only 5 losses. His
career total is 599-154 in 27 years
of service. These statistics are so
fantastic they are almost un
believable.
Even though UCLA's dynasty
and records are fantastic, one day
in the future they are sure to be
shattered, for records are only
made to be broken. It may take
several hundred years but there
might be someone someday who
can out think a brillant man such
as John Wooden. They they too
can join him as part of sports
history.
game of a doubleheader.
Behrend stayed close in the
first half but the highly touted
Pioneers broke open the game in
the second half and coasted to a
93-53 victory. The Cubs, who were
playing in Gannon Auditorium for
the first time, were a bit nervous
at the onset of the contest and
Behrend. Collegian
DiMar
Behrend Campus’ tri,
Ashland College for the As
Invitation Wrestling Touri
proved to be a long tiresoim
Although they tried their ha.
they only came up with a
place finish out of the ft
teams entered.
The whole team wrestle
Friday night and only
grapplers survived to advant
file semi-final round. They
Julio DiMarco, 118 pound cj
Keith Richardson, 126 p<
class, and Larry Fabrizi,
pound class. After the smoke
cleared in the semi-final bout
one Behrend wrestler
remained, Julio DiMarco.
European Summer Tour Offer
Still Available to Students
BEHREND CAMPUS
EUROPEAN TOUR
Junel4-July 14,11)73
arranged by
Dr. David P. Daniel
in conjunction
with
THE ERIE COUNT Y
MOTOR CLUB and
AIR CANADA
ITINERARY
Thursday, June 14
Erie-Toronto
Frankfurt-Berlin
Friday, June 15
Arrive Berlin (Western Sector)
Saturday,June 16
Berlin (Eastern Sector)
Sunday,June 17
Berlin-Wittenberg
Eisleben-Leipzig
Monday,June 18
Leipzig-Weimar
Erfurt-Dreden
Tuesday, June 19
Dresden-Prague
Wednesday, June 20
Prague
Thursday, June 21
Prague - Environs
Friday, June 22
Skiers Fly Through Snow
bv Sue Sammons
Staff Writer
Look out! Behrend’s ski club is
coming down the slopes.
There I was on the baby hill
practicing my snow plow when I
heard the warning cry. I looked
up and there they were. One
hundred and fifty of them.
Charging through the snow, a
jungle of goggles, skis, bindings
and poles, and coming straight at
me. Wandering down in the lead
were Behrend’s finest; Jim
nothing would go in the basket.
However Point Park did not play
up to par either in the first half
and led only 34-23 at the mid-way
point.
As the second half got un
derway Point Park started to
establish itself under the boards
and Bob Spellmen and Jim Ney
hit jumpshots from all over the
floor.
During the first four minutes
the Pioneers outscored the Cubs
18-6 and put the game on ice.
Although Behrend was out of the
game they did not give up. They
scrapped for the ball every
chance they could get and pleased
many of the spectators with their
hustle. But when the final buzzer
went off the Pioneers had won.
Glenn McKinney led Behrend
with 16 points and Denny Deiner
and Larry Szozorek chipped in
with 15 and 10 points respectively.
Spellmen finished as the games
leading scorer with 22 points and
Ney canned 18 for the Pioneers.
Although it looked as though
Behrend was playing out of its
league the team had nothing to be
ashamed of because it is no
disgrace to lose to a team like
Point Park by forty points.
Behrend’s record fell to three
wins and eight losses.
Prague-Vienna
Saturday, June 23
Vienna
Sunday,June 24
Vienna-Melk-Wachau
Monday, June 25
Vienna-Salzburg
Tuesday,June 26
Salzburg-Munich
Wednesday,June 27
Munich
Thursday, June 28
Munich-Innsbruck
Friday, June 29
Innsbruck-Venice
Saturday, June 30
Venice
Sunday,July 1
Venice-Ravenna-Rimihi
Monday, July 2
Rimini-Rome
Tuesday, July 3
Rome
Wednesday, July 4
Rome
Thursday, July 5
Rome-Siena-Florence
Friday, July 6
Florence
Saturday, July 7
Florence-Balogna-Milan
Myers, A 1 Davis, Rex White and
Gary Pisoni, hot dogging through
space.
My heart sank. I felt powerless.
Onward they came, churning up a
snowcloud. They were getting
closer. They was nothing I could
do to stop them and I saw that
many of them could not do
anything either. So I picked up
my poles and got the hell out of
their way.
Even though this year has
afforded generally poor snow
conditions, members try to ski at
Peak ’N Peek on Tuesday
evenings and Thursday af
ternoons. With a dollar mem
bership fee, they receive
discounts on lessons, equipment
rentals and lift costs. A special
trip is being planned to Holiday
Valley ski resort in New York,
two hours from Erie. Holiday
Valley offers more varied and
difficult trails for the average to
advanced skier. Anyone not in the
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club and wanting to go can con
tact Jim Meyers at 454-0541.
Discount rates are being
arranged.
In the club are approximately
12 very good racers for whom
they are scheduling a race with
Gannon. Also, in mid-February
Edinboro is hosting an in
vitational meet at Mt. Pleasant.
The best racers from twenty
seven colleges in the tri-state
area will be competing in
downhill and slalom racing. We
hope Behrend will be aptly
represented. The date of the meet
will be published later.
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