Caps Keep Stumbling: On losing Streak
After a dismal road loss to
California State, the Caps were
looking forward to a better
performance at home this
week. The homecoming was
spoiled, however, by an 86 - 52
blitzing by Philadelphia Phar
macy on Saturday. The loss
saddled the Caps with a 3 - 7
mark, and left them in the
midst of a three game losing
streak.
Despite a 16 point perfor
mance by Kris Elish, and a 13
point contribution from Tyrrel
Ferrell, the Cap offense was
unable to generate enough
points to stay close. The rest of
the Caps scoring broke down
this way; Bennett Foxx 8 pts,
John Smith 4 pts, Bob Hudrick
4 pts. Tom Gummo 4 pts. and
Bob Cara 3 pts.
As has been their main
There's Friction Over
Women's Etaskeibd
The women's basketbll
team's schedule was cancelled
on Jan. 12 by Athletic Director
Teuben Smitley.
According to Smitley, the
games were cancelled due to
lack of interest by women stu
dents. However, some women
students have complained that
disorganization on the part of
the administration, not student
apathy, is to blame.
I wish to hell they'd come
over here to complain," says
Smitley. "Its still not too late. If
we could get a team up right
now, most of the cancelled
games could easily be resched
uled."
Smitley's interest does not
seem to be mere rhetoric. He
has run ads in the C.C. Reader.
Put up posters, went to Her
shey Medical Center to recruit
members (which is technically
part of Capitol Campus) as well
as urged the few women stu
dents who expressed a desire to
play basketball to bring any
interested friends to practice.
One woman, who prefers
not to be identified, says five of
six women originally went out
for the team in Sept., but there
was no coach. At least it
seemed like there was no coach
since the women were never
contacted for practice with a
coach until late Nov.
Eventually other activities
began to take precedence for
some of the team members
because morale was so low. She
feels a more organized and
forceful attempt by the admin
istration could have resulted in
a successful womens basketball
by mile coccianb
problem all year, the Caps lack
of height has hurt them both
offensively and defensively. It's
difficult to score a lot of points
when you are getting only one
shot each time down the floor,
without getting the offensive
rebounds to get a 2nd or 3rd
shot.
The one asset that a basical
ly short team has over a taller
opponent. is team speed. If the
Caps are to compete more
closely they will have to in
crease their team speed and
work off of the fast break more
often.
The roundballers will be the
guests of York College on Sat.
Jan. 27, at 8:15 p.m. A'Monday
night match-up against Eastern
College will be played here at
Capitol on Jan. 29, at 8 p.m.
program
Currently, according to
Smitley, there are only two
women remaining on the bas
ketball team.
The womens basketball
schedule was supposed to begin
on Nov. 13, according to Coach
Charlie Dodd. He agrees with
Smitley in that, "There is no
basketball team because there
are no interested women."
Dodd says he began coach
ing in Oct.
The 78-79 P.S.U. Bulletin of
Capitol Campus shows there
are about 2,000 undergraduate
students, of which approxi
mately 30 percent are women.
Of the 30 percent, only those
that are full-time students with
GPA's of 2.0 or better may
participate in athletic competi
tion.
The reasons why more wo
men do not try out for the
basketball team is the same as
the reason more men don't try
out for the men's team.
Belonging to a school' team
requires a large committment
of one's time in order to prac
tice and actually play. Most
students just don't seem to
have the time, or the interest.
Director Smitley is trying to
make the women's team a. club.
Perhaps as a club, rules for
coming to practices and games
could be made more flexible so
that more women could partic
ipate.
If any women are interested
please contact Director Smitley
at the Multi-Purpose building
as soon as possible.
Sports Page
Caps' Kris Blish goes up for 2 against Philadelphia
Pharmacy Defender.
Wrestling Room
Geis New Equipment
The wrestling room, located
on the second floor above the
raquetball courts will be m
ceiving some new equipment
according to Ruth Earehart in
the REC/ATH Department.
The new equipment coming
in will include three easy kurl
ing bars, two chest expanders,
two pair of hand grips, one set
of giant crusher grips, a York
chest-o-flex and a kurling stand.
This will be the last of the
new equipment that will be
brought in. At the last count
four slb barbells and two 101 b
barbells were missing.
According to Mrs. Earehart,
the barbells will not be re
placed because "We can't seem
to keep them more than a
month before they disappear."
The simple truth is, that the
school cannot afford to keep
replacing equipment over and
over again.
The recent "missing" bar
bells were missing for the third
time in as many sets as were
purr, hased.
SOCCER
The gymnasium is being re
served fri. evenings from 7 - 9
p.m. for indoor soccer. All
soccer team members please
note!!!
Thirteen Teams
Competing In
The Intrammural Basket
ball teams will be beginning
league play this week. Some
thirteen teams have been as
sembled to compete in round
ball action, but if you are not on
a team and would like to be,
there are some teams who are
still looking for players. If you
wish to play, contact the Rec/
Ath office at 787-7751, or get in
touch with a team captain.
Of the thirteen teams, 7 are
Phone 944-9255
Exit Off 283 Elizabthtown
photo by bob foster
Intrammural
B-Ball
by mile cocciaidi
still in need of additional mem
bers. The 7 teams are Team Z,
Red Neck Mothers, Joint Ef
fort, Voit, W.M.C. Flying Wom
bats, M.A.S.H., and Heart
Punch. The remaining teams
are Miller Brewing Co., Rays,
Passers, The Blues Brothers,
Tetards, and the Brain Stems.
Scheduling for games is now
in progress. All games will be
played in the gym with referees
calling the games.