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By Bruce Burns
Let us entitle this piece,
"If One Doesn't Get You, The
Other One Will." Last Satur
day afternoon our PSU/ Cap
itol Basketball Lions ran up
against a talented Spring
Garden team at the Multi-
Purpose Building. The visit
ing Bobcats drubbed our guys
pretty good, winning by a
115-53 margin.
After the contest, I called
the statistical results in to the
Patriot-News offices for in
Cagers
challenged
By Bruce Burns
With only three wins
among the results of their
first sixteen games, the PSU/
Capitol Basketball Lions hope
to salvage at least a portion of
the 1979-80 campaign in the
remaining four weeks of the
season. However, tonight's
opposition at the Multi-Pur
pose Building will provide
little assistance for Coach Dan
Phillips and his hoopsters to
wards that goal.
At 8 p.m., the Golden
Eagles of Eastern College
bring their run-and-gun show
to Middletown. Eastern
bombed the Lions by a 108-74
count last December, and it is
entirely possible that the
Golden Eagles have improved
since that early-season clash. •
Having had time to mature
since that initial meeting be
tween the two clubs, the
youth-laden Easterners may
provide PSU/ Capitol with its
toughest assignment to date.
The Golden Eagles are led by
5-11 freshman Dave Birts,
who fired in 29 points in that
first game.
Junior guard Ron Kuzo
leads active Lions in scoring,
averaging 11.8 points per out
ing. The 6-0 native of McAdoo,
Pa. is shooting almost 75
percent from the free throw
line. Junior forward Bob
Hassel is pulling down re
bounds at a 4.9 boards per
game clip. Senior forward
Lowell Jensen has returned
from his knee problems to aid
PSU/ Capitol's sputtering of
fense. The 6-1 strongman has
scored 9.5 points per contest
in his four starts so far this
year.
After the game with
Eastern, the Lions travel the
length of the Turnpike to play
Geneva College this Saturday
in Beaver Falls. Then it is on
to Virginia Monday evening
for a showdown with
Shenandoah College. Last
year, the Hornets knocked off
PSU/ Capitol by a single
point, and will return to Mid
dletown for a game on Feb.
20th. The Lions will meet
Alvernia at the Multi-Purpose
Building on Feb. 16th at 2
p.m. before the rematch with
Shenandoah.
You've got a lot of nerve!
clusion in Sunday's edition. As
usual, the staff member asked
me what the determining fac
tor in the contest was. I told
him that Spring Garden Coach
Les Burke kept his starters in
for most of the game, and
even utilized a full-court press
when his team was ahead by
forty points. In other words, I
reported to the paper that the
margin of victory was so wide
due to the fact Spring Garden
ran up the score, even with
the outcome already long be
forehand decided.
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Here's something for
all you football junkies still
going through withdrawal.
Below are listed pseudonyms
for the twentyeight teams of
the National Football League.
See if you can figure out their
correct titles. Answers will
appear in the next issue of the
C.C. Reader. (Courtesy of
WSDC)
1. Six Shooters
2. $l.OO for corn
8. Fish arms on a girl's toy
4. Loaders
5. Six Rulers
6. Wise Sun Bathers
7. Foolish Sun Bathers
8. Protected Species
The next morning, I was
stunned to see the following
write-up on the game as it
appeared in the Sunday
Patriot News:
"Bob Fleming scored 44
points as the Chestnut Hill
club outclassed the Penn
State club from start to fin
ish."
I am not really sure which
act was more "bush." Was it
the low standards and ethics
displayed by Coach Burke, or
the gall of the Patriot-News to
editorialize about a basketball
INTRAMURAL
BASKETBALL
Standusig of the teams
Team
Bombers
Basketeers
Petards
Doughboys
Team "Z"
McHeinley's
Miller Brewing Company
Mudsharks
Rowdors
Nads
MSU
Jazz
Leftovers
INTRAMURAL
VOLLEYBALL
Standings of the teems
Team
Bombers
Power Team
Hershey
Icemen
X.G.l.'s
Jerks
MSU
VSA
Roosters
Odd Couples
9. Washingtim's Fisher goes
wild
10. King of Beasts
11. Seven Squared
12. Henry's P'irst Compact
13. Streakers
14. Ewe's Mate
15. 1.0.U.s
16. Credit Card Users
17. Midnight Snackers
18. Lubricators
19. Half bovine - Half man
20. Indian Leaders
21. Peter and Paul
22. Uncle's Spouse in Army
23. Type of tiger
24. Marine bird
25. 26. Shoplifters
27. 747 s
M. Equine Rodeo Performers
Friday, Feb. 8, 1980
Won Lost
3 0
2 0
3 1
3 1
2 1
1 1
2 2
2 2
1 2
1 2
1 3
1 3
0 4
Won Lost
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 1
game they did not even cover?
Our basketball team and
coaches showed more class in
that defeat than Coach Burke
and the Patriot-News organ
ization will ever dream of. In
particular, coaches Dan
Phillips and Ray White hand
led the ugly situation with
overwhelming dignity and
style.
So let's set the record
straight once and for all. The
Patriot-News people have
consistently refused to give
this campus the attention it
deserves, especially with re-
Staadhygs of the teams
Team
8.8. Blues
Prowlers
Razamanaz
Midnight Express
WSDC
Latecomers
Capitol Factor
Steel Curtain
Beginners
11th Framers
MSU
Bombers
High series to date: Ray
High game to date: Doug Sperlbaum, WSDC - 592
Schwab, Midnight Express - High average: Ray
238 Sperlbaum, WSDC - 191
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Bob Hassel (in the air) and Ron Kozo (21) in recent action
against Laßoche College.
gard to athletics. Will they
care if and when Harrisburg
becomes part of this institu
tion's title? Probably not.
They will simply continue to
ignore us, concentrating upon
putting out their specialty:
poorjournalism.
As for Coach Burke down
at Spring Garden, maybe he
should be advised that when
the time arrives where PSU/
Capitol holds the upper hand
on the basketball court, he
better have a calculator on
band. The Lions might just
overload the scoreboard.
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Won
11
10
46. , tie •.
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photo by Jon Ferenc.