Capitol Dropped by
by Mark Israel
On Monday, February 12, the
Capitol Campus Lions travelled
to Grantham, Pa. to keep a date
with their old nemesis, the
Messiah College Falcons.
That night, for the third time
in as many years, the Falcons
defeated the Lions. Every year,
Capitol seems to make the score
closer than before, but every
year, they still lose. They lost
that night by a count of 82-65.
If you don't think that's
close, check the scores from the
two previous matches, one of
which was a 40 plus point
advantage for Messiah.
In the first half, the Lions
played a good, tough, 1-3-1
zone, the same as they did two
nights earlier against Lebanon
Valley. The Falcons used various
combinations of zones,
man-to-man coverage, and full
court pressing defense. As a
team, Messiah was the best,
defensively, that the Lions have
seen thus far.
The half was a well executed,
close, ex citing brand of
basketball. Although Capitol
dropped six points down at one
time, two baskets by Rich
Schropp and one by Bob
Lambert tied the score at 26
with 5:29 to go.
At 4:53, a technical foul was
called on Messiah coach, Mike
Shaker, and Schropp converted
it into a point. Seven seconds
later, a bucket by Paul Hook
gave the Lions their first lead of
the night. The teams continued
to battle evenly to the buzzer, at
which time a surprized Falcon
team held a slim 36-35 lead.
However, the same problem
which plagued the Lions against
Capitol gains 100-95 overtime win
by R. W. Bonaker
Fantastic! Breath taking!
Heart stopping! Capitol Campus
defeated Stevens Trade School
of Lancaster 100-95 in a double
overtime marathon played prior
to the Social Committee Dance
Marathon in action at
Middletown's Main Street Gym
last Friday night.
The small crowd saw the
Lions win a hard fought battle as
Tom Ogden and Jim Merlano
had probably their finest
performances of the season.
Playing with only one official
for most of the first half, Capitol
exploded to an 11-4 lead with
16 minutes remaining in the
period. After 5 and one half
minutes, the Traders grabbed
their first rebound and started to
come back. Capitol then
deployed a fastbreak offense and
a zone defense to forge a 24-8
advantage as Bob Stanley
entered the gym with a gleam in
his eyes. It looked as Capitol
would blow the Traders out of
the place.
But something went wrong.
The Lions shifted to a
man-to-man defense and Stevens
was able to hit the open man
and crept back to trail by 32-20,
40-28, and 42-36 at the half.
Intermission saw the Lions with
a 29-23 edge in rebounding and
a 43%-30% field goal advantage.
The Traders committed eight
turnovers while the Lions had
12.
Capitol held its slim lead in
the second half by margins of
46-40, 48-44, and 51-44 with
Bob Lambert's three point play.
At 14:31, the Lions led 55-45,
but the Traders came back with
seven straight, led by the spirited
play of Joe DiFerdinando and
Messiah, 82-65
Lebanon Valley occured again,
only this time with much greater
severity. Tommy Ogden opened
the second half with a basket to
give Capitol a 37-36 lead.
From there, the Falcons, led
by the unbelievable shooting of
Lou Engle (game high 25) ran
off 19--count 'em,--19 straight
points in 5:51 to jump from a
36-37 deficit to a 55-37 lead. Of
the 19, Engle had 11, all jump
shots from between eight and
twenty feet out. He just
demolished a good zone defense
the only way possible,--with
pinpoint shooting.
You're probably thinking
that was it--that the game was
over. To be honest, I did. But
somebody forgot to tell the
Lions. They battled back from
obscurity. Led by the
rebounding of Schropp and
inspired by solid performances
by reserves Rick Kopko and
Armand Magnelli, they closed
the gap to eight, 69-61, with just
3:15 to go.
But the Falcons were not to
be denied. They reverted to their
good pressing defense and,
encouraged by some 300
homecourt fans, began to pour it
on again, scoring seven straight
for a 76-61 lead with just 2:10
to play. From that point on, it
was just arithmetic.
The loss dropped the Lions
record to 2-6, and the team
needs to win their four
remaining contest for a .500
season. In order to do this, they
are going to have to make those
flashes of greatness more
permanent in nature. They
cannot afford to go through a
streak of almost six minutes
without a point. In one word,
they must get together and strive
for consistency.
Del Kreiser. Capitol then surged
to a 61-54 lead and it looked as
if the game was in the bag.
But the Traders were not to
be denied. With a little over six
minutes left, Stevens assumed
command for the first time by
68-66. The lead changed hands
several times after that point.
When Paul Hook fouled out
with 3:44 left, it appeared the
Lions were doomed. But they
did not give up. Capitol came
from behind to knot the game at
81 and turned the ball over to
Stevens with 11 seconds left.
After a time out, the Trader
guard lobbed the ball to the
hoop in expectation of a quick
bucket. But Kreiser never had a
chance as he was well covered by
Larry Chupka. Capitol stole the
ball and called for time with 9
seconds left, time enough for a
good shot.
But the Lions never got a
good shot as the Trader defense
came through. Melano put up
the last shot but Lambert and
Chupka could not tap it in. It
was overtime with the score tied
at 81.
Rick Schropp swished a jump
shot in the first seconds of the
five minute extra period to give
the Lions an 83-81 lead. He hit
again and Chupka followed to
stretch the score to 87-83. The
big break came when Kreiser,
the game's leading scorer with
32, fouled out. However,
Merlano fouled out a few
seconds later. Schropp scored
again to make 91-86 and again it
looked as if the contest was in
the bag. And again
DiFerdinando rallied his club
with a three point play and
another fieldgoal to tie the game
at 93. Chupka had a chance to
win it at the free throw line in
the closing seconds but failed to
INTRAMURAL
BASKETBALL
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
Foul Balls
X.G.I. "A"
Commuters
Them
Elwood's
Bortherhood
Ramses
Faculty Bullets
Heads for Hemp
X. G.I. "B"
Commuters
Fac. Bullets
Thors
X G.I. "A"
Rag Time
Scum Bags
Foul BAlls
Rag Time
Heads for Hemp
Fun Ghouls
Elwood's
Fun Gh4ls
Them
Head for Hemp
Brotherhood
X. G.I. "A"
Ramses
Scum Bags
X. G.I. "B" 1
Faculty Bullets forfeit (out of
league competition)
* *
do so. It was double overtime
with the score 93 all.
Ogden scored with a quick
free throw to make it 94-93
Capitol at the outset of the
second extra period.
DiFerdinando countered with a
bucket for the Traders but
Capitol scored the next points
with fieldgoals by Lambert and
Schropp and free throws by
Ogden.
SPORTS SHORTS
It was the second time
Capitol defeated Stevens Trade
this season, the first contest
being a 78-75 affair at Lancaster.
A note of interest, the Traders
are one of the few teams to
defeat Messiah College. They
beat Messiah 67-65 while Capitol
lost to them 82-65. The game
marked the rust time I have seen
the officials both wearing
glasses.
Rec/Ath
News
On Saturday, March 31,
1973, from 12:00 noon to 6:00
p.m., the First Annual Capitol
Campus Invitational Bowling
Tournament will be held at the
Middletown Lanes.
Awards will be given for Ist,
2nd and 3rd Place Team
Bowling; Ist and 2nd Place,
Team Bowling Individual
Awards; Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and
sth Place Awards for singles.
GOLF - TENNIS - SOCCER -
BASEBALL:
Do not forget the entry
deadline for these sports clubs is
Wednesday, February 28. All
interested persons stop by the
Recreation/Athletics Building to
sign up.
9ntramurai Bowling
MONDAY NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS - February 12
High Games:
B. Langdon (Devils) - 155
T. Drake (Devils) - 121
P. Corsby (Devils) - 106
S. Weinberg (Marshals) - 134
R. Reed (Marshals) - 116
B. Raferty (Marshals) - 179
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS - February 14
Team Standings:
1. X G.l.s
2. F. 0.8.0.
3. No Names
4. Last Laugh
5. Pin Heads
6. Them
7. W.B.Y.A.
8. Spoilers
9. Executives
10. Baetzum
11. Crazy J's
12. Joy
0 (forfeit)
0 (forfeit)
Young GOP Group
Contesting Drinking
John S. Lencioni, Director of
the Pennsylvania College
Republicans, has announced that
Federal District Judge Edward
R. Becker has advised
Philadelphia attorney Joseph A.
Prim, Jr. that a three-Judge
Federal District Court has been
appointed to hear Prim's case
challenging the constitutionality
of refusing alcohol to
Pennsylvania citizens who are
18,19, or 20 years of age.
Joseph A. Prim, Jr., retained
by the Republican College
Council of Pennsylvania, the
plaintiff in the action, discussed
what he feels the court's action
means: "They obviously
recognize that we have presented
them with a very serious
question. Since Pennsylvania
recognizes that 18 year olds are
adults, clearly they cannot
arbitrarily, or for political
reasons, withhold any rights
from these citizens. I feel that
the legislature should have
lowered the drinking age by
now. Since they haven't it's up
to the courts."
Lencioni, as spokesman for
the Republican College Council
of Pennsylvania said, "the
Pennsylvania legislature has
given 18, 19 and 20 year olds
only partial recognition but as
adults they should be fully
recognized as adults."
It is expected by summer of
Wednesday Night Results: (Victories)
F. 0.8.0 (4)
Spoilers (3)
No Names (3)
X.G.I.x (3)
Pin Heads (4)
Last Laugh (3)
Them (0)
W.B.Y.A. (1)
Baetzum (1)
Crazy J's (1)
Executives (0)
Joy (1)
High Games Rolled
Norb Lindner (F. 0.8.0.) - 228
Jim Gerbst (Last Laugh) - 227
John Pruzinsky (No Names) - 205
John Yee (No Names) - 204
Ken Debiak (X G,l.s) - 201
Steven Konsowitz (Them) - 196
Bill Smith (Crazy J's) - 194
Connie Slater (Pin Heads) - 183
High Series Rolled:
Jim Herbst (Laugh Laugh) - 586
Norb Lindner (F. 0.8.0.) - 572
Cliff Claypool (X Gls) - 538
John Pruzinsky (No Names) - 515
Rick Miller (Them) - 512
Bill Smith (Crazy J's) 0 508
John Yee (No Names) - 508
Keith Saylor (F. 0.8.0.) - 505
Jim Parette (Joy) - 501
Connie Slater (Pin Heads) - 463
this year 18 year olds will have
the legal right to drink in
Pennsylvania, according to
Council publicity director Carl
Schmidt.
A hearing will be held before
Judges Becker, VanDusen and
Davis in early march.
Prim is the attorney who
gained widespread publicity for
previously challenging the
inequities in the Pennsylvania
support laws.
WITHOUT TITLE
People talk of Christ like they
know.
They talk of theorems and how
the world should be
Of future speculations and past
tribulations
Facts and statistics and why it's
they way it is
Looking for the answers...
forgetting the questions,
And they talk of Christ as if
they knew.
Telling stories of history,
categorizing minds
Yakking of cold and starvation
like they know
Our lives beyond our death
In a heaven or hell
Always praying and repenting
And they still talk of a Christ
they know.
LOST
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