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MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FANS witnessed HUC suc
cessfully open the current cage season by downing a strong Schuylkill
U. C., 32-24, at the Pottsville High School Gym, on the evening of
December 4
AT THE END OF THE FIRST CANTO, the visitors held a
6-2 margin; by half-time HUC led by a 14-8 count. Paced by Fisher
and Parker, the lower-enders narrowed the margin to trail, 23-22, as
the whistle ended the third stanza. Sparked by Apichella and John
son, substitute guard, HUC emerged victorious, 32-24.
JOHNNY RILEY TOOK THE SCORING HONORS for the
night, racking up six field goals for 12 points. Apichella, Riley’s run
ning mate, came next with four double-deckers and three free tosses
for 11 tallies. Fisher of the Schuylkill U. C. lead the scoring for the
losers, sinking four two-pointers and a foul for 9 points.
AFTER THE TILT, THE SCHUYLKILL U. C. played host
to the local fans who made the jaunt to Pottsville, with a “Welcome
Hazleton” party.
HUC RANG UP THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN of the
season on December 11, when they outplayed and outclassed a scrappy
Hershey Junior College quintet, 64-49, before a poor crowd of 150.
ALL DURING THE FIRST HALF, THE GAME was nip and
tuck; HUC held a two-point margin as the first quarter ended, 16-14.
At half-time the locals still held on to a slim margin, 25-24. Excel
lent shooting by HUC’s Apichella and Riley sparked a third period
drive and HUC pulled away, 46-34, as the third canto ended. All of
Hazleton’s reserves saw action in the final quarter which had become
quite wild and wooly.
STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, THE HIGH SCORER for the
night was Del Curry, Hershey’s diminutive forward, who rang up
seven field goals and four free throws for 18 points. Right behind
him was Hazleton’s Apichella who led the local’s attack with 17
tallies.
IN THE FINAL PERIOD OF THE CONTEST, things began
to get rough and at one point, it seemed as if “D-Day” Barnes and
Ray Saul were going to mix it up with two of the visitors.
IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE, A DOUBLE TECHNICAL
FOUL was called against the Hershey bench for “Unsportsmanlike
Conduct.”
JOEY HAMETZ AND JOHNNY GUENTHER, the officials
for the evening, turned in a fine job, even though “Zip” James thinks
the referees are better down Nesquehoning way.
EARLY JN THE SECOND QUARTER, HUTCHINSON,
HUC’s 6’5” pivotman, broke into the scoring column with two spec
tacular field goals.
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RILEY, DURBACK, RIORDAN, AND WILLIAMS turned in
their usual fine floor game.
RAY WILLIAMS, the lean HUC centerman, faced several of his
old team-mates at the game. Ray attended Hershey Junior College for
iy% years and he was captain of the cage squad of 1943-44.
BESIDES, WITH HIS SENSATIONAL SHOOTING. CURRY
“rattled” HUC ball-handlers with his taunts of “Come on! Fake me!”
IN THE LAST FRAME, HAZLETON BAFFLED THE VIS
ITORS with two fast passing plays that ended up with Apichella
under the basket, all by his lonesome, to hang up two easy field goals.
IN THE BLEACHERS ONE OF THE CENTER students
cracked wise with, “I wonder how many first downs Hershey has?”
“DUKE” SIPPLE DID A GOOD JOB AT the P.A. System by
informing the fans as to the changes in the line-ups, and his playing
of “new” records between halves.
THE RETURN MEETING OF THE TWO TEAMS on Jan
uary 18 should prove to be a "thriller”. The Chocolate City five will
be out to revenge that night. Anything can and will happen.
THE REASON WHY COACH RALSTON of Bucknell Junior
College looked so glum before game-time was due to the fact that his
boys had to travel to New York state to meet Mansfield State Teachers
the following night and no means of transportation were available.
THE HOLDUP OF THE GAME was due to the officials for
the night, “Red” Rothacker and “Pete” Forliano, working the HHS-
Plymouth Jayvee tilt at the high school,
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WATCHING HUC’s CAGERS snag the rebounds caused Coach
Ralston to shake his head in amazement and say, “Look at those boys
go up for that ball!”
SCORING HONORS FOR THE EVENT went to Johnny “My
girl’s coming home, but I'm playing at State College” Riley who ac-
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SW ART WOOD AND BLACK, two of the smoothest forwards
ever encountered, garnered 25 points between them, dropping in some
beautiful shots to keep the county-seaters in the ball game.
ZUKOWSKI, THE VISITOR’S PIVOTMAN played a fine de
fensive ball game, but, unfortunately for Bucknell, he was taken out
of action via the five personal foul route.
WAGNER, HUC RESERVE GUARD, thought he’d kill tw r o
birds with one stone. He brought his English Comp notes to study
while riding the bench.
RAY SAUL, “I play ed a good ball game, but I didn’t shoot
enough.”
I WONDER IF HUTCHINSON NOTICED that his name was
omitted from the box scores of the Plain Speaker and the Standard
Sentinel. You don’t stand in with Sid Benjamin and Stan Caughey
like Coach Rudman does, Art.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, “D-Day” Barnes is the most popular
man on the squad. Even before the game starts, the bleachers ring out
with, “WE WANT BARNES!”
ONE OF THE LOCAL SPECTATORS AT THE GAME
swore that he saw Johns, Bucknell’s burly guard, play prp-basketball
last year up at Wilkes-Barre.
BIG LAUGH OF THE EVENING CAME WHEN the HUC
team filed out of the gym enroute to the showers. As each player
passed him at the door, Francis Fatsie would say, “Nice game, Dur
back,” "Good shooting, Riley,” "Good going,” “Riordan,” but when
John Apichella walked by, Fatsie looked at him, smiled and said,
“Hiyah, Johnny!”
ONE OF THE STUDENTS IS RUNNING close to Jack Benny
in "extravagance.” He took his girl to the game, confided in me and
said, “I’m glad my girl couldn’t get tickets to the Hazleton-Plymouth
game. This way it costs me only a thin dime.” Mur-der!
IT’S A SHAME THAT THE ATTENDANCE AT THE
HOME GAMES IS AS POOR as it is. With the championship ball
club that we have here the gym should be packed to capacity at every
contest.
IT SEEMS AS IF ALL THE VISITING TEAMS are finding
fault with the officiating. At the Hershey game, Joey Hametz was
the victim. The Bucknell game found “Red” Rothacker and Pete
Forliano taking a 'riding’ from the visitors.
FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF A DELEGATE. . . Orchids to
a hard-hitting Student Council at SUC. They put on a grand show,
and were as efficient a group as could be desired.
SEEN AT THE MEETINGS. . . A 1 Keller engaged in serious
discussion with Norm Boehm, chief executive of the SUC council. A
lot of good should result from the interchange of ideas. Al’s practical
suggestions should be equally valuable to the other delegates.
OVER THE COFFEE AT THE BANQUET. . . A fine lecture
by Dr. Pundt, a gentleman and a scholar. His speech was educational
as well as entertaining. . . MR. GOSS in his best form saying a few
words when introduced. He was able, as usual, to hold up more than
his end in the discussion that took place during dinner.
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. . . Wonder whether a certain
delegate will include the name, address and phone number of the girl
elevator operator at the Necho-Allen in his report to the Council. . .
The female delegates were unusually attractive and our own Peg
Denion was the object of a good deal of attention. . . The pictures
taken at Pottsville were sent to us through the courtesy of the Potts
vile Council and a student photographer. Many thanks.
TO THE DELEGATES FROM ALTOONA AND DUBOIS.
. . . It was a wonderful meeting, you guys . . . hope to see you again.
Best of luck with your project out at Dubois or "Two Boys” as our
Johnny Ward insisted on calling it.
SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR GAME ROOM COMMITTEE. . .
Trophy table similar to that at Pottsville . . . one of the delegates will
donate a cream pitcher for a start, won’t you ? ? ? ? ?
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Pottsville Pick-Ups
HUC Impressive
In Winning Three
Of Four League Tilts
The Hazleton Undergraduate Cen
ter’s netmen, under the tutelage of
Coach Rudman, loom as potential
pennant-winner in the newly formed
Pennsylvania Junior College Loop.
Winning three consecutive games be
fore dropping an exhibition contest
to Penn State’s J. V.’s and a league
fray to York Junior College, the
locals are displaying an excellent
brand of ball. Syd Rudman is serious
ly hampered with the lack of capable
reserve material. After Tuesday
night’s loss, it is rumored that there
of HUC’s roster have “turned in”
their uniforms.
SCHUYLKILL FIVE
BOWS TO HUC.
On Dec. 4th, the charges of Coach
Syd Rudman treked to Pottsville to
defeat a fighting Schuylkill U.C.
quintet, 32-24, before a small crowd
of 300 fans.
The first quarter saw Hazleton
lead by a 6-2 margin. At half-time,
the Schuylkill five trailed by a 14-8
count. Stellar playing by Fisher and
Parker brought the score to 23-22,
HUC leading, as the whistle sounded
the end of the third stanza. Field
goals by Art Johnson and Johnny
Apichella in the final canto spelled
defeat for the hemesters.
Johnny Riley was high man for the
night with 6 field goals for 12 points.
Johnny Apichella, Riley’s running
mate, scored four double-deckers and
three free tosses for 11 points. Fisher
paced the losers, sinking four field
goals and one foul for 9 tallies.
Standing out like a sore thumb was
HUC’s inability to retrieve rebounds.
This was especially noted in the third
quarter.
Hazleton U. C. F.G
Ajpichclla, f.
Riley, f.
Saul, g.-e. .
Riordan, g.
Durback, g.
Williams, g.
Wagner, g.
Johnson, g.
Totals 14
Schuylkill U. C. P.G.
Beyerle, f. (}
Parker, f. 2
Rees, c. 1
Fisher, g. 4
Masteller, g. 0
Burmeister, c. 1
Whalen, g. 1
Young, g. 0
McKenna, f. . 0
Schraeffler, g. 0
Totals 9
Score by quarters:
HUC C—l -
SUC 2 8-
huc Defeats
HERSHEY J. C., 64-49
The HUC courtmen trounced the
Hershey Jr. College, 64-49, to annex
their second straight win before a
poor crowd at the A. D. Thomas
Gym. The locals completely out
classed and outplayed the Chocolate
City basketeers who, nevertheless,
put up a great fight.
Apichella and Williams were the
pace-setters for HUC, garnering 28
points between them. Riley, Riordan,
and Durback played their usual good
floor game.
High scorer for the evening went
to Del Curry, Hershey’s diminutive
forward, who tallied 18 points.
The game became wild a*d wooly
in the last quarter when it seemed
that everything happened at once.
Two technical fouls were called on
Hershey’s bench for “unsportsman
like conduct”.
The return game with Hershey Jr.
College on Jan. 18 will prove to be a
thriller.
Hazleton U. C. F.G. Fls. Pts.
Apichella, f. 8 .1 17
Barnes, f. 0 2 2
Riley, f 3 2 8
Wagner, f. 0 3 3
Williams, c. 5 1 11
Hutchinson, c. 2 0 4
Saul, c. 12 4
Riordan, g. 3 2 8
Major, g. 10 2
Durback, g. 2 0 4
Johnson, g. Oil
Totals
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