C.C. reader. ([Middletown, Pa.]) 1973-1982, February 08, 1980, Image 12
loge 12 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. II(E' s - - b 1 (04.,4.\ _Timmy ) THIS IS - rEoPy. VN% BoYcerfriNcl ouR CHECKERS &ME ToVAY UNLESS IT's MOVED FRM4 Youß HousE TO nov HovsE. iFOUTBALL QUIZ 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 - 1*" t ^• 4 ' 4 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. 1;1.111i Idl Won 11 10 46. , tie •. 410 . -4 C.C. Reader ~"'~. ~~ :..~ photo by Jon Ferenc.