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Memories of Baseball Trip to Florida
by Dave Bruce
Collegian Sports Editor
Friday, Fcb.26- We left Behrcnd
at 3pm, right on time. The team
appears to be excited, Neil Higgins
brought along what is perhaps the
ugliest cowboy hat I have ever
seen. It looks like an ostrich
crawled on his brim and died.
We're about two hours into the
trip, just outside Pittsburgh and I
have already lost 51.50 in poker.
Hopefully not a sign of things to
come.
The big poker winner was Craig
Fusina, Craig is an upbeat, talk
ative, almost hyper guy; just the
type of person I want to spend 24
hours with on a bus.
...It's now almost 9pm, many of
the players are playing Pictionary,
while the rest of us are trying to
sleep. Unfortunately, one shrill
voice rises above the others... Coach
Saturday Feb 27 - A little after
lam, we pull into a truck stop in
Olympic
Afterthought
by Rick Cain
Collegian Sports Editor
Thinking about the 1988 Winter Olympics in retrospect, a
number of images come to mind. Remember the tragedy of American
speed skater Dan Jansen and the non-chalancc of Italian playboy/skier
Alberto Tomba. Remember the gaudy make-up of East Germany's
araceful Katarina Witt and the unbreakable spirit of Great Britain's high
flying Eddie " The Eagle." But most of all, remember that the
areatest country in the world ( our own U.S. of A. ) was capable of
obtaining a mere six medals, only two of them gold.
Of course winning isn't everything, and every athlete on the
Olympic team deserves the utmost respect. But for a nation as blessed
with talent as our own, a decent showing in each event should be a
given. So why did the red, white and blue fair so badly ? The answer is
simple, money. Absurd, you say, the United States is one of, if not
the, richest country in the world. How can money be a problem. The
problem is that the government of this grand country did not give, and
has never given, financial support to our athletes.
The funding for our athletes was left up to the American
people. A people who are taxed annually by the same government that
supplied nothing for their olympic team. Now I cannot speak for
everyone, but I myself would rather have my tax dollars go to athletes
competing for the pride of the country instead of going towards the
construction of mass annihilating weapons or to a bunch of psychotic
South American rebels.
. The Soviet Union and East Germany, we arc told, engage in
the building of weapons and fighting of foreign wars every day. So how
were they able to subsidize their athletes to a degree that they won a
combined total 54 medals, 20 of them gold. What does this mean ? Is
the communist government better than our democratic system ? I think
not, but until the government of the United States finds it. in their
heart, and wallet, to help the cause, our present olympic sponsor (
Spuds something or other) has a better chance of winning than the
American athletes.
Courtesy of The Sporting News
Biathlon
Men's 10-Kilometer:
1. Frank-Peter Roctsch, E.
Germany. 2. Valeri Medvedtsev,
Soviet Union. 3. Scrguci
Tchepikov, Soviet Union.
Men's 20-Kilometer:
1. Frank-Pctcr Roctsch, E.
Gcrmany. 2. Valcri Mcdvcdtscv,
Soviet Union. 3. Johann Passlcr,
Italy.
Men's 30-Kilometer
Relay: 1. Soviet Union. 2. W.
Germany. 3. Italy
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Savannah, Georgia. About ten of us
discover a game room with the
strangest video game I have seen.
It's a video poker machine, but
instead of winning or losing points,
there is a t.v. monitor above the
game and a girl (or guy if you
want) takes off an article of
clothing. A strip poker machine
Of course we start playing, but
an interesting pattern develops, we
win the first hand, watch this
woman take off her headband, then
we lose a poker hand and she puts it
back on. What a rip off. But boys
will be boys, and we spent almost
S 5 before the bus pulled out.
...Now its just past fpm and
we arc going through what is
perhaps the cleanest city in the
country, Orlando, Florida. There is
no litter, no pollution, no people.
Everybody must be locked up
inside.
We pull into our hotel in
Lakeland at 2:30, but there is a
mix-up, our rooms aren't ready. I
feel sorry for the hotel manager for
- 1988 WINTER OLYMPIC RESULTS
Bobsledding
Men's Two-Man: 1
Soviet Union. 2. E. Germany 3. E
Germany
Men's Four-Man: 1
Switzerland. 2. E. Germany. 3
Soviet Union.
Cross-Country Skiing
Men's 15-Kilometer:
1. Mikhail Dcviatiarov, Soviet
Union. 2. Pal Mikkclsplass,
Norway. 3. Vladimir Smirnov,
Soviet Union.
Men's 30-Kilometer:
1. Alexci Prokourorov, Soviet
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he is about to deal with Coach
Bari's temper. Anyway, the rooms
are soon ready so we change and go
to practice.
Warner Southern College is
playing Grand Valley State - two
teams that we are playing this week
so we watch their game before we
practice. Neither team is playing
very well and we go to bed quite
confident.
Sunday Eck IL- We sleep until
11 since practice is at three. Many
of the players go to the motel pool
and bask in the scorching Florida
sun, not realizing how powerful it
is.
As a result, it was a slightly
burned baseball team that practiced
that afternoon.
Tonight, several of us wandered
around the city of Lakeland,
looking for something to do.We
cnd up in our room, playing cards.
Coach Bari has succeeded in
Spring Volley
by Ray Van Dusen
Collegian Staff Writer
Volleyball is in the air! While
the women's team gears up for the
spring season, the men's club team
prepares for a busy schedule.
Women's coach Jan Wilson is
looking forward to productive
practices to build a solid team from.
Last year's team was plagued with
injuries and other problems, and
Wilson hopes for a better season
this spring and next fall.
Practice began March 13 from 7
to 9 p.m. and will be held every
Sunday at the same time. Coach
Wilson expects to begin with 16
people. Three of last fall's team
members will participate this
spring along with some new
prospects for next fall's team.
Three of the girls who played on
the team are involved in other
sports and will be unable to play
until next fall.
Included in the spring schedule
will be four tournaments, the first
of which will be held here at
Bchrcnd on Saturday, March 26
from 10 until 2, with Edinboro,
Mcrcyhurst, Clarion, and Ashland
Universities expected to attend.
After Behrend's tournament, the
girls will go over the road to play
at Ashland, Clarion, and Allegheny
Universities. These tournaments
will be competitive, but will also
provide a fun time for the women.
The Behrend tournament will be
one that is officiated by members of
the four women's teams which will
Union. 2. Vladimir Smirnov,
Sovict Union. 3. Vcgard Ulvang,
Norway.
Men's 50-Kilometer:
1. Gunde Svan, Sweden. 2.
Maurilio Dezolt, Italy. 3. Andy
GruencnfeAdcr, Switzerland.
Men's 40-Kilometer
Relay: 1. Sweden. 2. Soviet
Union. 3. Czechoslovakia.
Women's Five-
Kilometer: 1. Marjo Matikainen,
Finland. 2. Tamara Tikhonova,
Soviet Union. 3. Vida Ventsene,
Soviet Union.
Women's 1 0 -
Kilometer: 1. Vida Ventsenc,
Soviet Union. 2. Raisa Smctanina,
Soviet Union. 3. Marjo
Matikainen, Finland.
Women's 2 0 -
K lome ter: 1. Tamara
Tikhonova, Soviet Union. 2.
Anfissa Reztsova, Soviet Union. 3.
Raisa Smetanina, Soviet Union.
Women's 2 -
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Kilometer Relay: 1. Soviet
Union. 2. Norway. 3. Finland..
Figure Skating
Men's: 1. Brian Boitano,
U.S.A. 2. Brian Orser, Canada. 3.
Victor Petrenko, Soviet Union.
Women's: 1. Katarina
Witt, E. Germany. 2. Elizabeth .
Manley, Canada. 3. Debi Thomas,
U.S.A.
Pairs: 1. Soviet Union.
2. Soviet Union. 3. U.S.A. ( Peter
Oppegard & Jill Watson ).
Ice Dancing: 1. Soviet
Union. 2. Soviet Union. 3. Canada.
removing all temptation and
excitement from our trip.
Monday. Feb .2 9 - After a
morning practice, we again lay out
by the pool and deepen our burn.
After dinncr we play poker- this is
getting monotonous, and watch one
of my all-time favorite movies,
Animal House,.
While we play cards, we talk
about tomorrow's game against
Warner Southern, we don't think we
will have any problems...
Tuesday. Marc h 1- Not the best
of days, we lost 13-10. We hit well
and we only made one error, but our
pitching was terrible. Steve Davido,
a freshman, started. He looked good
in the winter, but he was obviously
nervous today. That's to be
expected, I know he will improve
as the season goes on.
As for myself, I was not proud
with my relief appearance today. I
was wild, four walks, and three of
remove the pressures that may
accompany the regular season
matches.
Next years' team is hopeful,
according to Coach Wilson, "I have
six returning students back for next
fall," this will give the tcam some
experience.
"If I get the recruits I'm hoping
for we will look really well," said
Coach Wilson, "I am looking at a
real good middle hitter blocker out
of Sharpsville High School and I
think she will help us out a lot. I
have two transfer students coming
in that will be juniors, they are
Unidentified Lion volleyball player spikes the ball
photo by Rick Brooks
Ice Hockey
Men's: 1. Soviet 'Union
2. Finland. 3. Sweden.
Luge
Men's: 1. Jens Mueller,
E. Germany. 2. Georg Hackl, W.
Germany. 3. louri Khartchenko,
Soviet Union.
Men's Pairs: 1. E.
Germany. 2. E. Germany. 3. W.
Germany.
Women's: 1. Stcffi
Walter, E. Germany. 2. Utc
Oberhoffner, E. Germany. 3.
Cerstin Schmidt, E. Germany.
Nordic Combined
Men's: 1. Hippolyt
Kempf, Switzerland. 2. Klaus
Sulzenbacher, Austria. 3. Allar
Levandi, Soviet Union.
Men's Team: 1. W.
Germany. 2. Switzerland. 3.
Austria.
Skiing
.
Men's Downhill: 1.
Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland. 2
Peter Mueller, Switzerland. 3
Frank Piccard, France.
Men's Slalom: 1.
Alberto Tomba, Italy. 2. Frank
Woerndl, W. Germany. 3. Paul
Frommelt, Liechtenstein.
Men's 'Combined: - 1.
Hubert Strolz, Austria. 2. Bernhard
Gstrein, Austria. 3. Paul Accola,
Switzerland.
Men's Giant Slalom:
1. Alberto Tomba, Italy. 2. Hubert
those walks scored. I hope I
improve on Saturday, when I start.
The loss didn't have an effect on
our nightly card game, but when
Joe Cunningham brought along
several of his friends from
Punxatawney, all girls, it became a
different matter completely. It was
as if had been three months , not
three days, since we had seen
women.
The appearance of the girls didn't
have an effect on Shawn Selby who
won S 8 tonight.
Wednesday. March 2- Our off
day, we got up at 9:30 and went to
Boardwalk and Baseball; a
combination amusement park and
baseball complex.
We watched the K.C. Royals
play an intrasquad game. We also
saw some really cute girls. Part of
this over-reaction to girls is the fact
that there arc no women at our
motel, or in all of Lakeland for that
ball Kicks Off
transfering from Wilkes-barre and
Altoona. They should add a little
poise to the team."
Having a tough schedule next
fall and these tournaments to
prepare, the women will
undoubtedly be well tested.
The men's club team has a
tough road to haul. The men
recently returned from a tournament
at Genessce where they finished in
fifth place.
The team, with a 1-2 record,
will take on a packed schedule.
Both losses were handed to them by
Allegheny College, one of the top
Strolz, Austria. 3. Pirmin
Zurbriggen, Switzerland.
Men's Super G: 1.
Frank Piccard, France. 2. Helmut
Mayer, Austria. 3. Lars-Bocrjc
Eriksson, Sweden.
Women's Downhill:
1. Marina Kiehl, W. Germany. 2.
Brigitte Oertli, Switzerland. 3.
Karen Percy, Canada.
Women's Slalom: 1
Vreni Schneider, Switzerland. 2
Mateja S vet, Yugoslavia. 3
Christa Kinshofer-Guethlein, W
Germany.
Women's Combined:
1. Anita Wachter, Austria. 2.
Brigitte Oertli, Switzerland. 3.
Maria Walliscr, Switzerland.
Women's Giant
Slalom: 1. Vrcni Schneider,
Switzerland. 2. Christa Kinshofer-
Guethlein. 3. Maria Walliser,
Switzerland.
Women's Super G: 1.
'Sigrid Wolf, Austria. 2. Michela
Figina, Switzerland. 3. Karen
Percy, Canada.
Ski Jumping
Men's 70-Meters: 1.
Matti Nykancn, Finland. 2. Pavel
Ploc, Czechoslovakia. 3. Jiri
Malec, Czechoslovakia.
Men's 90-Meters: 1.
Maui Nykanen, Finland. 2. Erik
Johnson, Norway. 3. Matjaz
Debelak, Yugoslavia.
Men's Team: 1.
Finland. 2. Yugoslavia. 3. Norway
sports
This situation was so serious at
one point that three of the players,
who shall remain nameless, tried
to flag down cars on the highway in
an effort to meet girls.
Thursday. March 3. : This
morning most of the team traveled
to the Cincinnati Reds' training
camp. Good News-we were able
to see Eric Davis, Mario Soto, Pete
Rose, etc. up close and personal.
Bad News- We had to walk three
miles around the outside the
complex to get from one 'field to
another because of overzealous
security guards.
We played Southeastern College
tonight, a game we should have
won easily. We lost 8-7 when they
scored two runs in the bottom of
the ninth. We played rotten defense
and struggled at the plate, we aren't
improving with each game, we're
SEE Florida, pg 11
teams in their league
Starting a schedule against
Mercyhurst on March 10th, the
men would spend in the next few
weeks playing seven matches in
nine days.
President of the club, Ken
Fisher, remarked "the team looks
really strong this year. We have a
really balanced team with two good
setters. big hitters all the way
around, and a real supportive
bench."
Speed Skating
Men's 500 Meters: 1.
Jens-Uwe Mcy, E. Germany. 2. Jan
Ykcma, Holland. 3. Akira Kuroiwa,
Japan.
Men's 1,000 Meters:
1. Nikolai Guliaev, Soviet Union.
2. Jens-Uwe Mcy, E. Germany. 3.
Igor Zhelczovsky, Soviet Union.
Men's 1,500 Meters:
1. Andre Hoffman, E. Germany. 2.
Eric Flaim, U.S.A. 3. Michael
Hadshceiff, Austria.
Men's 5,000 Meters:
1. Thomas Gustafson, Sweden. 2.
Lco Visscr, Holland. 3. Gerard
Kemkers, Holland.
Men's 10,000 Meters:
1. Thomas Gustafson, Sweden. 2.
Michael Hadscheiff, Austria. 3. Leo
Visscr, Holland.
Women's 500 Meters:
1. Bonnie Blair, U.S.A. 2. Christa
Rothenburger, E. Germany. 3.
Karin Kania, E. Germany.
Women's 1,000
Meters: 1. Christa Rothenburgcr,
E. Germany. 2. Karin Kania, E.
Germany. 3. Bonnie Blair, U.S.A.
Women's 1,500
Meters: 1. Yvonne Van Gennip,
Holland. 2. Karin•''Kania, E.
Germany. 3. Andrea Ehrig, E.
Germany.
Women's 3,000
Meters: 1. Yvonne Van Gennip,
Holland. 2. Andrea Ehrig, E.
Germany. 3. Gabi Zange, E.
Germany.
Women's 5,000
Meters: 1. Yvonne• Van Gennip,
Holland. 2. Andrea Ehrig, ; E.
Germany. 3. Gabi •Zange, E.
Germany.