Basketball Games
Form Portion Of
Weekend Events
By Charlotte Flack
The basketball games between
the alumni and the present stu
dents of Behrend Center are a
traditional part of the Homecom
ing activities. In thinking about
these games, people usually pic
ture old men or women stumbling
around getting in the way of
spry, sprinting freshmen and
sophomores. However at the Cen
ter, the two games to be played
Saturday, November 13, Will be
pretty evenly matched.
The men who will comprise the
alumni squad have been members
of the varsity squad at Behrend
in the last two or three years, and
have still retained much of their
former training. The alumni
sqjiad will probably consist of Joe
Benacci, Jim Yochim, Skip Matt
son, Bus Haney, Bob Mercer,
Whitey Moore, John McGraw,
Mike Kimmey, Butch Brydon, and
Mike Nagel.
Opposing these players will be
the present varsity squad, who
have been practicing for this game
for some time! Coach Milton Si
mon’s boys are .Bob Brandt, Joe
Schmitt, Bob Heater, Bob Yeager,
Jim Lay, Bill Maeder, Paul Brety,
Cliff Merchant, James Chappel,
Jerry Platz, Bill Schweitzer, Don
Heidt, Tom Vieira, A 1 Benton,
Jim Seyboldt, Bon Cionco, and
John Mallory. Howard Van Ord
is the manager of the team.
Shirley Comstock, girls’ phys.
ed. instructor at' Behrend, is hop
ing that her girls will bring home
their first win of the season. With
such' members as Nan Johnston,
Ardelle Johnson, Bonnie Champ
ney„ Sylvia Haise; Nancy Hender
shot, Bobbie Johnson, Pat Metz
ger, Jo Haumesser, Lib Guerin,
Fran Vidil, Marge Elliott, Jan
Jackson, Norma Michael, Fran
Nielsen,. Val Meals, Jo Ann Black,
Kosalia Hibbard, and Charlotte
Flack, passing the ball around the
court, Compy may get her- wish.
The girls alumnae team boasts
of Renee Mattison, Eileen Lardo,
Bev Salchow, Anne Walsh, Lynn
Montague, Barb Orchard, and
Janie Bastow, who were all mem
bers of the Behrend girls’ squad
last year.
In past years, these games
proved exciting and close' con
tests, so no. one will want to miss
the chance to cheer their team
on in “the old versus the new”
Compy’s Cuties
By Jane Eisenberg
From the extremes of graceful,
chic, young, ladies, to the confu
sion of Compy’s form of comman
do basketball, is the atmosphere
of the girls’ phys. ed. classes.
Imagine seeing Whitney White
slinking along in her high-fash
ion heels. We girls must practice
our body posture—for tea, you
know! Then, fifteen minutes later
witnessing the lady wrestlers in
action while playing basketball.
The fact that there are 15 people
on each team contributes much
to the chaos.
The casualty list is growing
larger every day. One .of the rare
maladies ' is Norma . Michael’s
square hip (“And you can’t hard
ly git them ho more.”) Making
a quick retreat to a locker when
one of the overanxious male bas
ketball .players wanted to ge’
dressed, was the alleged cause of
Compy s Gagers Await ABumnae
The girls in the picture above represents the women’s varsity
basketball team, which is preparing to meet the alumnae in the
homecoming games. They are (left to right)—Marge Elliott, Nancy
Johnston, Fran Nielsen, Jan Jackson, Bobbie Johnson, Val Meals,
Norma Michael, Ardelle Johnson, and Charlotte Flack.
THOSE CRAZY TENPINS
By Bob Gornall
The Behrend Center bowling
league continues to raise the roof
at the Perry Plaza bowling alleys
each Monday afternoon from 3:30
to 5:30. Before going any further,
I would like to add three names
to that big “200” game list, which
were not intentionally left out of
last issue’s column. Mr. Simon,
men’s phys. ed. instructor, has a
high game of 222, while Jack Mc-
Laughlin hit- a close runner-up
game of 220. Third ranking on the
200 list is Mr. Fryer, speech clinic
instructor, with a fine game of
214.
Jay Roling literally blew his
top last Monday, when he missed
a spare. He jumped in the air and
threw his new Homburg hat to
the floor and stomped and jumped
on it until his rage subsided. Alas,
too late! Now his hat has that
“20 mission crush” look to it.
Val Meals continues to amaze
everyone with her determination
to roll two balls down the alley
in succession and keep them out
of the - gutter. And Janey Brown
bowled one of her rare 100 games.
Congratulations, Janey.
Dot Kaliszewski’s name invaded
the three highest individual games
column with a roaring 144. But
Dot hasn’t let it affect her a bit,
or haven’t you. noticed the sign
she wears around her neck that
says, - *T44?” Jack Rimp, not to
be outdone iby the fairer sex, went
Dot one point better and hit a 145.
Mr. Patterson, .instructor of
math, gave out some free advice
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at the alleys last week, and I
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all the balls we use and carry
them up to the ball racks after
we leave.
A week ago Jim Lay had a poor
game in the early frames, so he
made a coke bet with a girl who
had a higher score than he did.
The bet was that Jim couldn’t
beat the score of this girl by the
end of the game. He won the
game, but lost the coke.
All in all though, we do have
a great time bowling. The people
who would like to come down to
the alleys and try. a few games
are welcome. Win or lose, it’s all
in the name of the sport. See you
at the alleys on Monday after
noon.
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Perhaps you have (been puzzleL
recently by the conduct of the
boys in the phys. ed. classes with
regard to a huge ball which two
chosen teams proceed to push
against each other, with each
team striving for the opposite
goal. This game is called push
ball, and together with soccer and
speed ball are some of the ion
usual sports Mr. Simon, mens
phys. ed. instructor, is introducing
into his classes. Mr. Simon, in
cidentally, is gratified with the
interest shown in both the class
and in the intramural programs
he has set up.
In the field of Intramural touch
football, a game was played re
cently in which the Count 69's
defeated the P. G. Rams by a
score of 32-25. Outstanding in the
plays for the victorious teams
were captain Jim Gehrlein, and
Don Heidt and the rest of the
team consisting of Schiller, Schri
ver, Chappel, Forbes, Platz, and
Seyboldt. Members of the defeated
P. G. Rams are: captain Gil Kein
ath, Bob Vomero, Tom Rogerson,
Howard Tinsman, Bill Schweitzer,
Gary Dunsmore, Ken Legenzoff,
Larry Behringer, and Ed Mclntyre.
On the subject of touch foot
ball, there was a game scheduled
and played at 4:10 p. m., Novem
ber 9th between the dorm girls
(Femme Fatales) and the Count
69’s. The rules of the games were
somewhat changed by the follow-
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ing points: (1.) The boys could
not run with the ball; (2.) The
boys were required to wear a box
ing glove on the hand that they
normally use; (3.) The boy’s team
was limited to six members; and
(4.) The boys could not throw or
pass the ball more than three feet.
It proved to foe a very interesting
game.
The basketball season will start
when the Behrend Center team
plays the alumni on November
13th, in the game scheduled as a
part of the homecoming program.
Meanwhile our team is preparing
for this game and future tangles
with Allegheny, Alliance, the Al
toona Center, Edinboro State
Teachers’ College, and Fredonia
State Teachers’ College. Many of
the dates for these games have
been set and a few axe uncertain
as yet.
The boys practice two to three
days a week in the gym. Howard
Van Ord manages the 1954-1955
team. Also, a cheerleading group
is being formed to supplement the
performance of the team.
Pay close attention to the bul
letin board in the basement of
Erie Hall for the final results of
the men’s and women’s table ten
nis tournaments, which are slated
to end November 15th. So far,
Nancy Johnston is the only girl
winning a place as a finalist in
the women’s tournament. Hugh
McClinton has won his place as
a semi-finalist in the men’s di-
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