Second Half Scoring Spree By Rudmanites Downs Billporters, 65-47 Although trailing Dickinson Junior (College, 29-28, at the end of the first half, the Hazleton Undergraduate Center’s five began to click in the third and final periods to defeat the upstate quintet, 65-47. The game opened with Riley sink ing two field goals to put HUC out in front 4-0. Abrunzo threw in a deuce to bring the count up to 4-2. Fouls by Riordan and Durback made it 6-2. IS'taley, the Williamsport guard, made a foul try good to pull Dickinson up 6-3. A beautiful one-hand push-shot by Riordan followed up a tap-in by iGair making the score 8-5. Apichella sank a nice set-shot to bring the 'score to 10-5. A sensational set-shot from outside by Staley helped the vi isitors’cause, bringing them up, 10-7. However, in the second stanza Dick inson’s offensive began to roll with INaimole and Kriner sharing the spot light with sixteen points between them. As the half drew to a close the the visitors held a slim one-point (margin, 29-28. A third period attack paced by Riordan, Apichella and Durback wiped out Dickinson’s lead and the locals were once again in command. Outscoring Dickinson 22-11 in the last canto, the Center -cagers romped to an easy Victory. Riordan, Durback and Apichella led the Hazleton scoring with 37 points among them. Naimole was high scor er for the contest with 18 tallies. HUC Barnes, f. Apichella, f. Riley, f. Saul, c. Hutchinsin, e Riordan, g. Durback, g, Maday, g, Major, g, 24 Totals F.G. 4 2 DICKINSON J.C. Abrunzo, f. Stalay, f. _ Fullmer, f. Naimole, c. Davis, c. . Krimer, c. Mundell, g, Gair, g. 2 Winters, g. 2 McOloskey, g. 0 Totals 21 Score Iby quarters: _l2 28 7 29 BUC DJC Dubois U. C. Proves Too Powerful For HUC In 61-44 Win {Last Saturday, for the second time in a week, Joe Valla’s Dubois U. C. five set HUC back in defeat. Kokos ka, who led the Westerners scoring (attack when, Dubois played ini Hazle ton, once again paced the winners, having ten field goals and two foul tries for a total of twenty-two points. He was ably-assisted by Keenan and (Roth who had twenty-eight tallies be tween them. High point-makers for the locals were Riley, Apichella, and Riordan who accounted for 31 markers, more than three-fourthis of the team’s en tire scoring. Duriback, Maday, and Barnes played their usual fine defensive game. HUC Riley, f. 5 _ 3 Apichela, f. Durback, c. ißames, g. 0 Riordan, g. 4 Maday, g. 2 l9 Totals DUC Kokoska, f. Keenan, f. [Roth, c. Phillips, c. iSykes, g. Benson, g. Yount, g. Totals 28 Dubois U. C. Noses Out HUC In Thriller, 67-58 The Hazleton Undergraduate Cen ter cagers went down to their fifth defeat of the current season on iSat. night, Feb.B, when they dropped a “heartbreaker” to Coach Valla’s classy 'Dubois U.C. aggregation 67-58. Johnny Apichella of HUC and Ko 'koska of DUC shared the Scoring ho nors for the night. Kokoska dropped in eight baskets and seven fouls for twenty-three counters, while Apichel la sank nine deuceis and four fouls for twenty-two points. Dubois held an eight point margin as the first quarter ended, 17-9. Out scoring HUC 16-111, Dubois led at the half, 83-20. In the third periol the vi sitors again outpointed Hazleton 21 to 18 to increase the margin to 54-38 as the third period came to a close. However, a rally which came too late in the ga me spelled defeat for the locals. HUC was handicapped due to the fact that Ray Williams and Durback were benched with illness. HUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 6 3 15 Apichella, f. 9 4 22 Hutchinson, c. 0 0 0 iSaul, c. 3 17 Barnes, g. 10 2 iMaday, g. 3 3 9 (Riordan, g. 0 3 3 Totals 22 14 58 DUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Koskoska, f. 8 7 23 Phillips, f. 12 4 Keenan, f. 4 4 12 Roth, c. 9 1 19 (Sykes, g. 3 17 Yount, g. 0 0 0 Benson, g. 10 2 Totals Score hy quarters: HUC 9 20 38 58 DUC 17 33 54 67 Apichella Paces HUC In In Win Over Keystone J.C. 79-50 On Friday evening, February 6, the HUC five swamped Keystone Ju nior College at LaPluime, Pa., 79-50. The Hazleton attack was led by John ny Apichella who chalked up eleven field goals and three fouls for twenty five points. Ably assisting Apichella in point-producing were Riordan and 'Riley who tallied thirty-three points between them. Cox, Keystone’s guard, was the star for the losers with nine double-dec kers and three free throws for twen ty-one points. HUC held a 11-7 lead in the first stanza, but widened the gap to 36-18 as the half ended. Although they were outscored in the third period, the charges of iSyd Rudiman flashed a twenty-six offensive drive in the final canto to hang up an easy victory. HUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 8 1 17 Apiohalia, f. 11 3 25 'Saul, c. 12 4 'Hutchinson, c. 10 2 'Durback, c. 4 0 8 Maday, g. 2 15 Riordan, g. 6 4 16 'Barnes, g. 10 2 Totals 34 11 79 Keystone J.C. F.G. Fls. Pts. Lisk, f. 10 2 Uuzzi, f. 3 17 McLeeser, f. 10 2 Smith, c. 10 2 Rogers, c. 13 5 (Cox, g. 9 3 21 Polianchik, ig. 3 2 8 Zanyluk, g. 113 Pts. 10 11 Titals 20 10 50 Score by quarters: HUC 11 36 53 79 KJC 7 18 36 50 Homers Bring Trial BALTIMORE, Md.—Ted Sepkowski will get a chance with the Cleveland Indians at Tuscan, Ariz., because he “did his stuff” at the right time. Ma nager Lou Boudreau saw Sepkowski hit two homers while playing for the Curtis Bay Coast Guard team in 1945. (Taken from Standard Sentinel) (Ed. Note Sepkowski was am ex shipmate of the sports ed aboard the cutter Pontchartrain.) Pts. 22 11 17 Altoona U. C. Drops Second Straight Game To HUC, 48-37 Lowly Altoona U.C. dropped their second straight game to the Hazleton Undergraduate quintet last Friday night, 48-37. HU'C hopped off to a fine start and lead 14-5, at the end of the first pe riod. At the end of the half Hazleton was out in front, 28-15. However, in (the third stanza the home team’s de fense tightened and limited the Rud imani'tes to a lone point. In the final stanza, a 19 point drive spearheaded by Durback gave HUC their eighth victory of the season. Riley and Apichella were tied for scoring honors with 13 points each. Reilly of Altoona was high-scorer for the tilt with 14 points. Sullivan, the Altoona colored centerman, who led (the scoring against HUC when Altoo na played in town, was held to one point for the game. HUC 1 F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 6 1 13 Apichella, f. 6 1 13 Durback, c. 4 19 Maday, g. 0 0 0 Barnes, g. 3 17 Riordan, g. 13 5 Saul, g. 0 11 'Hutchinson, g. 0 0 0 ALTOONA UC F.G. Fls. Pts. Fagan, f. 2 2 6 Astore, f. 113 Reilly, f. 7 0 14 (Sullivan, f. Oil 'Brady, g. 3 3 9 IShope, g. 2 0 4 Totals 16 7 37 Score by quarters: HUC 14 28 29 48 AUC 5 15 26 37 26 15 67 Riley Leads Team In Individual Scoring (Up to and including February 8) Player Played F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 12 72 15 159 Apichella, f. _ 12 59 22 140 Riordan, g. __ 11 31 24 86 Durback, g. __ 11 25 8 58 Maday, f. 7 19 13 51 Williams, g. _ 9 20 6 46 Saul, c. 12 13 12 38 Barnes,, f. __ 9 10 10 30 Hutchinson, c. 8 10 2 22 Wagner, g. __ 3 1 3 5 Major, g. 3 2 0 4 Johnson, g. 5 1 1 3 Yes! He's a Friend of Mine Gentlemen I Or shall we just say men? Are you interested in the fe male opinion about your wearing ap parel ? Of course you are, because there is more pride and vanity in men than women. A survey, taken this week, proved three girls out of every four have the isame likes and dislikes. They like tweeds and gabardines, especially • the latter when two shades are blend ed—blue trousers, tan jackets—grey trousers, blue jlackets; it seems that the choice of shirts is immaterial, as long as you have a spread collar and a Windsor knot in your tie. Sweater vests look well with an outfit like this. By the way, the girls feel that bow ties belong exclusively to Frankie. The socks 'are unimportant because they aren't seen much anyway. That is one article we leave entirely to you. In the line of shoes loafers took first place, saddles second and oxfords third. 'How about coats and hats ? Well, the girls think belted coats are nice, but loose, boxy coats are nicer and look much better on the wearer. And, fellows, they just love those Joe Col lege hats! Because women are crazy 'about hats, they will love 'any kind that is out-of-this-world. Plaid shirts and reindeer sweaters were mentioned and the ‘screams, sighs, Oh’s and Ah’s caused an awful lot of noise in the hall. Yes, men, when you are nearly dressed, have personality and charac ter, a girl is proud to say, “He’s a friend of mine.” Totals , 20 8 48 VETERANS 1 COLUMN The training officer from the Vete rans Administration will be here at the Walnut Street Building every 'Tuesday and Thursday of this month at the following hours: Tuesday 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. and 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. Thursday 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. and 1 PJM. to 3 P.M. * * He Regulations require that the vete ran mulst contact his training officer (at least once a month. When your training officer calls for his check re port at the end of the month be sure that you contact him. If you receive a Form No. 1963 through the mail with your next check, complete it and return it im mediately to the regional office or to your training officer. * * * MARRIED VETS or veterans who claim dependents, if you have not al ready applied for benefits, do so im mediately. These benefits are not re troactive to the date of dependency but are retroactive only to the date of application. *!• IT JUST AIN’T SO—You’ve pro bably heard during lone of your free periods (if you have any) 'that Vete rans in training are 'going ,to receive two hundred dollars a month with three hundred going to the married vets. Wfell, we get it straight from ithe V.A. that it’s strictly a LATRINE RUMOR—so continue to struggle a long on that sixty-five. STUDENT QUOTES “The New Yorker isn’t happy— Either admire his fortitude or pity him but don’t condemn him. Having lived only in New York Oity, he does not know that there are small towns where people are polite and can take life easy.” George P. Epstein * * * “When I talked to new families who have moved into Hazleton, they have all expressed their deep appre ciation for the warmth and friend liness shown them by their neigh bors.” Bernard G. Narrow * * * “If you should look down any of these streets toward the sky, you would be amazed to find such a small town with a skyscraper. The Auden ried breaker, like a great black cat sitting on its haunches, overlooks the entire town.” KILROY COMES TO HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER The engineering students were gi ven a problem to solve to determine the changes and difficulties of main taining a water supply for a commu nity whose population grew and di minished for thirty years preceding 1940. When the papers were called in, Mr. Kostos received one from the eminent “Kilroy” who wrote that the earthquake of 1939 hit the com munity destroying it completely. Therefore, no community, hence, NO (PROBLEM. HUC TANKMEN TAKE MEASURE OF HHS IN EXHIBITION MEET, 36-30 In an exhibition meet held at the YM'GA Pool, Syd Rudman’s natators defeated Coach Don Reese’s Hazleton High swimmers, 36-30. ,50 Yard Free Style: (1) Thompson (HUC) 27:0 (2) Leonard (HHS' 27:1 (3) Yeager (HUC) 28:2 100 Yard Breast Stroke: (1) Perini (HHS) 1:20:4 (2) Boyle (HUC) 1:21:9 (3) Steiner (HUC) 1:22:6 200 Yard Free Style: (1) Barager (HUC) 2:37:5 (2) Whitfield (HHS) 2:44:2 (3) Seidel (HUS) 2:44:3 WRITTEN AND READ Hundreds of books are written each day, Just to record what people say. Sometimes the person speaking uses his head, When these books are written, they are also read. Publisher: John Day Co., New York This book, which might be more correctly titled A Talk About the Soviet Union, is a lucid and uncom promising example of the life of a citizen in that “struggling giant,” so commonly referred to as Russia. The facts given here are merely experi ences of one, Masha Kalenovich Scott, who, born in the lowest level of Russian peasantry, rose to a posi tion of recognized ability in educa tional and social circles. The author of this book had, as so many Americans do today, a fear based on ignorance of the “Soviet Dragon”; yet unlike many contem poraries she did something about it. There were several methods by which the author could secure more than a superficial knowledge of this subject; however, she chose the unique way of getting first hand knowledge by talking to a Russian citizen. One of her recent . acquaintances, Masha Scott, was chosen as the model Rus sian citizen. Although Masha refers continually to average citizens, it is quite evident that she herself has fared better than the average. There are many interesting details in the book to give the reader an in sight on the general make-up of the Russian masses. The relationship among the many minority groups is explained; the reasons for the suc cess of Communist leaders in organ izing the masses in more clearly un derstood after digesting the simple facts given in the book. Masha Scott, wife of an American, was one of ten children in a peasant family that became “collectivists” in the vast Soviet economic system to raise the Russian standard of living. She points out with pride to this fact and constantly refers to it through out the book. She is not a party mem ber and her reason for this fact “raises no eyebrows.” Pearl S. Buck, author of numer ous books on China, among them the Pulitzer Prize winner, The Good Earth, illustrates her versatility by turning momentarily to the highly distorted subject of Russia. In true literary style she has written a book about the Soviet Union, which, al though it is not entirely inclusive, as probably no book can be, enlightens the reader in a realistic manner. The author definitely accomplishes her purpose as stated in the opening pa ragraph. Pearl Buck has chosen her central character wisely. The choice shows desire to eliminate from the book the distorted visions of “one with a cause.” The character of the leading figure develops the confidence of the reader and leaves him with lit tle doubt in mind that he has been accurately, if not conclusively, in formed on this highly volatile sub ject. Karl T. Wagner The summary of the book is clear ly stated. In plain words the author says that “Bread and Books” is the answer to the problems afflicting “three-fourths of the world's popula tion of underfed, ill-housed, ignorant, and diseased people.” With sound reasoning she issues her warning: (1) Balas (HHS) 1:41:1 (2) Hill (HHS) 1:15:5 (3) Walker (HUC) 1:18:7 100 Yard Free Style: (1) McGrory (HUC) 1:02:8 (2) Jones (HHS) 1:02:9 <3) Bad as (HHS) 1:09:9 Diving: (1) Nelson (HHS) 72:4 (2) N. Leonard (HUC) 69:5 >(8) J. Leonard (HHS) 51:8 150 Yard Free Style Relay: (1) Barager (HUC) Thompson (HUIC) Yeager (HUC) McGrory (HUC) HHS disqualified. Talk About Russia By PEARL S. BUCK 100 Yard Back Stroke: