HUC Favored To Cop Eastern District Crown BEST EASTERN DIVISION RECORD GIVES LOCALS ,SLIGHT EDGE TO WIN EASTERN DISTRICT DIADEM Hazleton Undergraduate Center's cage squad which will enter the Eastern District Basketball Tournament to morrow, is a slight favorite to walk off with the Eastern Division crown. Following HUC, that has a won-lost record of 9-6 are: Hershey Junior College, with 4-6; Schuylkill U. C., with 4-7; Bucknell Junior College, of Wilkes-Barre, with. 3-5; and in last place, Keystone Junior College, of La- Plume, Pa., with a humble record of 1-4. HUC 1946-47 Basketball Record HUC 32 Schuylkill UC 24 RUC 64 Hershey J.C. 49 , HUC 53 Bucknell J:C. 48 - *RUC 45 Penn State J.V. 47 HUC 55 York J. C. 68 HUC 55 Altoona UC 35 RUC 60 Keystone J.C. 46 RUC 37 York J.C. 56 HUC 37 Hershey J.C. 54 HUC 65 Dickinson JC. 47 RUC 70 Keystone J.C. 50 HUC 58 Dubois UC 67 HUC 48 Altoona UC 37 HUC 44 Dubois UC 61 RUC 73 Schuylkill UC 59 HUC 41 Dickinson J.C. 63 - *RUC 60 M.M.I. 70 HUG 44 ,Bucknell J.C. 60 *IHUC 54 Scranton U. J.V. 49 *HUC 46 Scranton U. J.V. 44 * Exhibition games. Won-11 ;Lost-9 Average—.sso Points Scored-1050 Average per Game-52.5 Opponents' 'Points-1034 Average Per Game-51.7 HUC Routs Pottsville Center, 73-59 On Wednesday evening, February 19, the Hazleton Undergraduate Cen ter's courtmen swamped Pottsville U. C. to the tune of 73-59. Apichella opened the night's scor ing with a field goal, but the score was tied up, 2-2, when Rees dumped in a two-pointer. As the quarter ended !HUG' lead by a five-ipoint margin, 15- 10. Krankowsky and Fisher paced the visitors' second half spurt, and the lower-enders led, 29-27, at the close of the half. However, Pottsville wilted under a 46 point barrage in the last half, and HUC romped off to an easy victory. High scorer for the locals was John Riley who registered 11 field goals and 2 charity tosses for 24 points. Right behind,Riley for scoring honors was Johnny Apichella who accounted for 21 tallies. Malley, Riordan, Dur back, Williams, Saul and Hutchinson also turned in fine defensive perform ances. Davis, Rees and Krankowsky were the offensive stars for the vanquished. HUC F.G. Riley, f. 11 Apichella, f. 9 Durback, c. Hutchinson, c Maday, g. Williams, g. Riordan, g, Saul, g. 1 5 2 Totals __ IPOTTSVILLE U.C. F.G, 'Burmeister, f. 2 Young, f. 1 ;Brownmiller, f. Krankowsky, f. (Rees, c. 'McKenna, c. Davis, g. 'Wisnosky, g. Fisher, . g. ISchraeffler, g. 4 5 0 1 Totals ____ Score by quarters HUC 15 27 PUG 10 29 In 'HUC's defeat of Scranton U. J.V., it was learned that two of Scranton's players are also on the Scranton U. varsity. . . . SIP CUTI CIH Alf TIE Dickinson J. C. Drubs HUC, 63-41 In their last away game of the reg ularly- .scheduled season, Syd Rud man's HUC five went down in defeat at the hands of Dickinson Junior Col lege of Williamsport, 63-41. Staley, the IBillporters' flashy for ward, paced the victors with six field goals and six fouls for 18 markers. Close behind him was Naimole, the Lycoming five's rangy centerman, with seven two-pointers and three free shots for 17 counters. Apichella and Riley lead the attack for the vanquished with ten points apiece. Norby Leonard appeared for the first time of the current season in the forward slot. This was JRUC's eighth loss of the season against as many wins. HUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 5 0 10 f. 4 2 10 Leonard, f. 0 1 1 Saul, c. 1 0 2 Williams, c. 0 1 1 Durback, g. 3 2 8 Riordan, g. 4 1 9 'Hutchinson, g. 0 0 0 DICKINSON J.C. F.G. Fls. Pts. Staley, f. 6 6 18 Gray, f. 1 0 2 Fullmer, f. 5 2 12 Naimole, c. 7 3 17 Davis, c. 2 2 6 Gair, • g. 0 1 1 Winters, g. 2 1 5 Kriner, g. 1 0 2 HUC Returns To Form In 54-49 Win Over Scranton U.J.V. The Hazleton Undergraduate Cen ter's courtmen returned to their win ning ways by handing a scrappy Scranton U. Junior Varsity a 54-49 defeat. A well-balanced attack headed by Munroe, Apichella and Riordan, who found the hoop for 11 counters apiece proved too much for the home club. HUC hopped off to a 15-6 lead in the 'first period and was never in seri •ous trouble until the last quarter when' Scranton flashed a rally that dropped six points short of a victory. ' Appearing in the Lackawanna line up were several Hazleton players: Andy Pleban, Frankie Antinozzi, and McKelvey. Pts. 24 21 HUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 4 0 8 f. 4 3 11 Hutchinson, f. 0 0 0 ,Durback, c. 1 2 4 Saul, c. 1 0 2 Riordan, g. 4 3 11 (Barnes, g. 2 2 6 (Munroe, g. 5 1 11 !Snitch, g. 0 1 1 SCRANTON U. J.V. F.G. Fls. Pts. Pleban, f. 1 3 5 Antinozzi, f. 0 1 1 'ones, f. 2 0 4 Mattes, c. 4 0 8 McKelvey, g. 2 2 6 Deuel, g. 5 3 13 g. 3 0 6 Sif son, g. 2 2 6 Score by quarters HUC 15 31 42 54 SUJV 6 19 32 49 Totals Totals ____24 15 63 Totals 21 12 54 Totals _ 19 11 49 HAZLETON COLLEGIAN To Captain HUC In Tourney JOHNNY RILEY, HUC'S high scoring forward, was chosen to lead the locals in the Eastern District Tournament which gets underway this evening at the West Hazleton High School Gym. Riley, a Navy veteran, has com piled an impressive scoring record during the past cage season. MMI Hands HUC Blush-Provoking 70-60 Setback On Thursday, Feb. 27, HUC lost a 70-60 decision to a smooth-working, fast-breaking M.M.I. quintet from Freeland. 7 41 Inability to stop Tommy Breslin, Mining's all-regional forward who ran wild for 26 points, proved fatal for the locals. Breslin and Sabel paced the Prep, pers' first period attack, while Riley and Apichella led HUC's slight offen sive. The first canto ended with MMI out in front, 12-16. In the second quarter, Apichella, Riley and Jimmy Munroe helped cut the Freelanders' lead to 27-26, as the half drew to a close. In the third frame Mining stretched their lead via shots by Breslin, Madden and Eckrote. Mun roe and Ray Williams sparked a last quarter offensive which fell short and MR walked off with a 70-60 triumph. High scorer of the evening was lit tle Tommy Breslin, who played a whale of a game, and also chalked up 26 points. He was closely followed by Josh Madden, the Preppers' rangy centerman, who accounted for 16 tal lies. Jimmy Munroe led the HUC at tack with 15 counters. Williams and Riley were right behind Munroe with 12 and 11 points, respectively. HUC F.G. Fls. Pte. Riley, f. 5 1 11 Barnes, f. 1 0 2 Apichella, f. 3 2 8 Suitch, f. 1 0 2 Durback, c. 2 0 4 Williams, c. 5 2 12 Hutchinson, c. 0 0 0 Saul, c. 1 0 2 Riordan, g. 1 0 2 Maday, g. 0 2 2 Monroe, g. 6 3 15 Laganosky, g. 0 0 0 Totals M. & M. I. F.G. FIB. Pts. Sabel, f. 5 0 10 Guzzie, f. 2 0 4 Breslin, f. 9 8 26 Madden, c. 7 2 16 Eckrote, g. 5 3 13 Mischissen, g. 0 1 1 Totals 28 14 70 Score by quarters: HUC 12 26 37 60 MMI 16 27 46 70 Rudmanites Suffer Third Straight Defeat The Hazleton U. C. quintet lost their third straight game at the hands of Bucknell J.C., 60-44, on Friday e vening, February 28th. Johns, the county-seaters' burly guard, scored ten points while holding down Riley, HUC's leading point- pro ducer, to a pair of field goals. Riordan and Durback led the locals' weak first period offensive, while Gil roy, Harvey and Swartwood starred for the visitors. At the end of the first canto, HUIC trailed, 14-11. The upper enders held Hazleton to four points in the second stanza while Gilroy, Swartwood and Johns banged in field goal after field goal to increase their margin to 28-15. Outscoring the home team, 14-12,1Bucknell led 42-37 as the third period drew to a close. Apichella ran wild in the fourth quarter with five sizzling field goals and 2 charity tosses, but the Wilkes-Barre five still outpointed Hazleton in the final frame 18-17, to walk off with a comparative ly easy victory. Swartwood led the visitors' offen sive with six deuces and two free throws for a total of 14 tallies, while Apichella took high scoring honors for the night with seven two-pointers and two fouls for 16 counters. HUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Riley, f. 2 0 4 Leonard, f. 0 1 1 Apichella, f. 7 2 16 Suitch, f. 0 0 0 Dubrack, c. 3 1 7 'Riordan, g. 4 1 9 Barnes, g. 1 0 2 Williams, g. 2 1 5 Laganosky, g. 0 0 0 Totals 19 6 44 BUCKNELL J.C. F.G. Fls. Pts. Swartwood, f. 6 2 14 Fritzes, f. 1 0 2 Gilroy, f. 5 0 10 iSavitz, c. 3 0 6 Zukowski, c. 1 4 6 Johns, g. 4 2 10 Harvey, g. 4 2 10 Pinola, g. 1 0 2 Totals 25 10 60 Score by quarters; HUC BJC _ _ _ HUC Trips Scranton U.J.V. In Finale, 46-44 The 'Hazleton Undergraduate Cen ter's cage squad brought their regu larly-scheduled basketball season to a close on Monday evening by nosing out a classy Scranton University Ju nior Varsity, 46-44. The game was fought tooth and nail and the lead changed hands sev eral times. At the end of the first pe riod, 'HUC held a narrow one-point margin. At half time the visitors knotted the count, 25-25. At the end of the third quarter both teams had dropped in twelve counters and the score stood at a deadlock again, 37- 37. The last stanza was tied up 44-44 and with 30 seconds to go Johnny Ri ley let go a sensational long shot from the center of the court to give Hazleton the ball game. High scorers for the locals were Riley, Apichella and Monroe, who ac counted for 39 of HUC's 46 points. For the Upper-enders, Leishton led the scoring with seven double-deckers and two charity throws for 16 count ers. HUC F.G. Fls. Pts. Apichella, f. 7 3 17 Riley, f. 6 1 13 Durback, c. 1 0 2 Munroe, g. 3 3 9 Maday, g. 0 0 0 Williams, g. 1 0 2 Riordan, g. 0 3 3 SCRANTON U. J.V.F.G. Fls. Pts. ILeishton, f. 7 2 16 'Sisson, f. 0 2 2 Nimno, f. 2 0 4 'Bartkowski, c. 2 0 4 Mattes, g. 0 0 0 Deuel, g. 2 3 7 Jones, g. 2 3 7 Pleban, g. 0 4 4 .__2s 10 60 Totals 15 14 44 Score by quarters: HUC 14 25 37 46 'SUJV -13 25 37 44 ____ll 15 27 44 ____l4 28 42 60 Totals 18 10 46 Tournament Topics Officials for the Eastern District Tourney have been announced. They are Chet Rogowicz, of Pottsville; Ed Katalinas, of Shenandoah; "Red" Rothacker, of Weatherly; and Bill Kramer, Hal Vowler, and Johnny Guenther, all of Hazleton. . . . Official timer for the contests will be Jim "Gassy" Horn, and the official scorer will be Dave MacFarlane. Both men hail from West Hazleton. . . . Pottsville, last year's title-holder, issued a warning that they are out to repeat last year's feat. The Schuyl kill County five admit that the great est obstacle in their path is HUC. . . . We had hoped to print the pictures of all the teams participating in the tournament, but some of the schools failed to send a picture of their quintets. . . A vote of thanks is extended to the West Hazleton officials for the co operation they have shown in secur ing the use of the West Hazleton High School 'gymnasium for the games and dance. . . . Averaging 17 points 'a game, Cox, of Keystone looms as one of the main scoring threats of the tourney. . . . PROBABLE OFFICIALS FOR TOURNEY The officials for the tournament have not as yet been decided upon, but it is certain that Chet Rogowiez and Hal Vowler will handle the quer ter-4final game this evening between Keystone Junior College and Potts ville U.C. Under consideration for the semi-fi nals and finals are "Red" Rothacker, Ed Katalinas, Johnny Guenther and Bill Kramer. Warning To Motorists Car owners have been advised not to park their vehicles against the Reidler Knitting Mill which lies adja cent to the 'Broad Street Building. A disregard of this notice may result in serious consequences. Motorists are also reminded that the Hazleton City School authorities have requested no parking at the rear of the Walnut Street Building. That portion of ground is reserved as a playground for the elementary grade students. Give the little ones a break, they haven't much room as it is. CAMPUS HUMOR "Daddy, how do minks get babies ?" "The same way babes get minks." —The Yellow Jacket (Georgia Tech.) Never hit your grandma with a hammer—it makes a bad impression. on her mind. —The Crown (King's College) He: Was your old man in comfort able circumstances when he died? She: No, he was only half-way un der a train. —The Bueknellian Feminine arithmetic Is slightly inexact Yet many a girl Who cannot add Can certainly distract —The Albrightian Engineer If I start at a given point on a given figure, and travel the entire distance around it, what will I get ? Coed—Slapped, sir. —The Yellow Jacket (Georgia Tech.) HOW CAN YOU WIN DEPT (You Should Have Stood in Bed Div.) "Be try to write more legibly. It is difficult to read careless writting.Type your theme, if possible." (This comment written on a theme and returned to the student made him wonder whether he or the instructor would "zip the course". Incidentally, he wondered how he could type a spot theme. Typewriters are heavy even for to carry to class.) Experience is of no ethical value. It is merely the name men give to their mistakes. —Oscar Wilde NOTICE Absolutely no smoking in the West Hazleton High School Gym during game and dance. Smoking, how ever, is allowed in the gym lobby.
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