January 14,::1949 Lainonica Fast And Ball Handy Chicky Lamonica Hazleton can well be proud of James Lamonica, better known as "Chicky." Already he has numerous supporters who believe that he has the makings to be one of the best in the basketball kingdom. Fast on his feet, handy with the ball, he holds down the forward position for Syd Rudman's high-flying 'cagemen. In 1946 Chicky graduated from Hazleton High School where he played varsity ball for three years. Korea is the Heavenly place, as he calls it, where he spent the next 14 long months. Although an infantry man at heart, he favored to get the greater amount of his education in Hazleton. No army "education, expe rience and 'epp, two, three, four" for him.. He's. taking Liberal Arts but is as yet undecided about his career. Good food is the demand of this Hazletonian. Chicky also confesses weakness for dancing and "the home type girl." Sportswriters' Dream Team Writers of. Sport Magazine have combined their talents to predict an all-American basketball quintet. Mid-, western colleges have four represent atives on this "dream team" while a New England school lays claim to the other member. Six-foot seven-inch Ed McCauley of St. Louis has been chosen unanim ously for the center position. Quick moving Ralph Beard of Kentucky and hookshot artist Ton Lavelli of Yale were named as the best for wards of the nation while Kentucky's Alex GrOza and Notre Dame's Kenin O'Hara were chosen above all others as the best guards in American col leges. McCauley and Beard are repeaters on this famed quintet. The other members have been mentioned for previous all-American teams. When the results of the voting on the all-professional team were tabu lated, it was disclosed that Steve Van BA.ZLETON COLIfrtOIAN BUSY WEEKsiEND AT HOME FOR UNDEFEATED HAZLETON CAGE TEAM A busy home week-end starts for the Hazleton Center ibasketball team tonight when they meet the Hershey Junior College. The starting whistle is set for 8:15 o'clock. 'Tomorrow night the locals return to the A. D. Thomas gym to meet Johnny Franklin's Keystone Junior College quintet. THE STANDINGS Team W. L. Hazleton Center 6 0 York Jr. College 6 2 Altoona 3 1 Pottsville 3 2 Johnstown• (Pitt) 1 1 Keystone 0 1 Mont Alto 0 1 Harrisburg 0 2 Swarthmore 0 3 Hershey 0 2 Dußois 0 4 Centering the team around Capt. Roy Reynolds are holdover Zeke Preba along with Ted Okuiski, Joe Kochan, Bob Donovan, Dick Hatsko and Lionel Stanton, the Franklinites will not go under without a game fight. The Center's Gagers once again take to the road Wednesday night and this time it's Swarthmore. A lim ited amount of seats are available and tickets are $1.50. Therefore it would pay to get them early for this is a game no one should miss. The Swarthmore squad will be repre sented by Jack Dixey, Walt Nerner, Donald Greenberg, John Bristor, Melvin Kates, Robert Koone and Al bert Kirk. As yet Swarth - more hasn't won a conference game but expects to be red hot by the time the Huck- Sters'' get to them. The Bloomsburg State Teachers College J. V.s and Hucksters tilt scheduled for January 22 has been postponed until February 12. The game is an exhibition and it will be played on the teachers' court. The charges of Syd Rudman then return home to play host to the Har risburg Center February 9 at the A. D. Thomas gym. Swarthmore comes , to town for a return engagement two days later. The Hucksters then will set out for LaPlume where they will Meet the Keystone Junior College on February 16. The safety pin was invented by an Englishman by the name of Hunt in 1849. Buren of the Philadelphia Eagles had received more votes than any other competitor in professional football. Van Buren had received the votes of four out of every five sports writers, a fete accomplished by very few in the history of the game. As a result of the remarkable abil ity displayed by Van Buren on the gridiron the past few seasons many have been comparing Big Steve with such greats as "Indian Jim" Thorpe and the "Gallopin' Ghost," Red Grange. - RMINARO LIIMME 4 4. SPORTSTUFF By DICK BAGBY • Jack Sipple, flashy guard for the Center team, badly sprained his ankle in the game against Dußois last Sat urday night. Jack is now on crutches and is expected to be out of action for quite some time. However, Coach Rudman has hopes that Sipple will be able to play in the P.J.C. tournament scheduled for March 4 and 5. With Jack Sipple out of action it will fall to Chickie Lamonica to take .over the vacant guard slot. Chickie has seen a lot of action in past games and has proven himself a more than able replacement. Three of the Center's J.V. stand outs have 'been elevated to the var sity squad. Mauro Fluri, Jack Hine and Nick Ledger have been added to the varsity team because of their outstanding performance on the J.V. squad. The Haileton J.V.s rolled up an easy win over the Allentown Center's aggregation in a preliminary game last Saturday night. Although the game was a little rough in spots the Hazleton boys look as if they have improved greatly since their last game. 'They play another preliminary game this Saturday night. Their op pcdents will be the J.V.s from the Keystone Junior College. Ray Kostic, former Freeland M.M.I. ace, played one of the best games of his cage career against York on Wednesday night. Not only was he hotter than a red pepper 'in hanging up 22 points but he seemed to be habitually getting into the way of York's offensive maneuvers. Ray is one of those boys who can really handle a basketball. FIREBALLS PULL WARRIORS FROM INTRA-MURAL LOOP FIRST PLACE The surprising "Fireballs" staged the biggest upset of the current in tramural basketball season by con quering the previously undefeated Heights A.C. By virtue of their loss the Heights quintet lost possession of the league leadership. The "War riors," undefeated, in three contests, moved up a notch in the league and assumed sole possession -of first place. The defeat of the powerful Heights A.C. has balanced the stand ings and has given the weaker teams an opportunity to reinforce their at tacks and move into the upper brac ket of the league standings. Syd Rudman •held a meeting in Room W-16 this noon. Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves. York's Flag Hopes Lower With Loss b Hulton's York Bob Hulton Pa. Dutchmen, 79- 71, on the A. D. Thomas court. The defeat put a block to York's hopes for" a flag as they now have a 6-2 record as compared to the 6-0 record of the Hucsters. Enjoying a 44-34 lead at half time, the Rudmanites went on a scoring spree with Ray Kostic highlighting the fancy sinking of baskets at will. Before the night Nias over, Ray ac credited himself with 22 !points. Garber and Lamonica each garnered 14 points. After turning the game into a rout, 74-49, Coach Rudman substi tuted a new team, and the game York team quickly put themselves into the tilt by scoring 25 points in the last quarter. However, this was not good enough to overcome the tre mendous Hazletonian lead. PLEASE— DO NOT SMOKE Faculty MeMbers and Administration Heads ask that students refrain from smoking in the classrooms and first floor hall, Smoking is permitted in the basement. JR. COLLEGE TOURNEY SHIFTED TO DUBOIS The Pennsylvania Junior College Tournament, to be staged March 4 and 5, has been shifted from Altoona to Dußois. Since the tournament is to be held , at Dußois,, the Dußois quintet is automatically included in the competition. The top three teams of the league will round off the best of the competition. WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Enigineers-40 Cobras-26 Warriors-50 Heights-25 Wonder is involuntary praise —Garrick Page Three Coach Syd Rud m's ,ba,sketeers :hibited some nc y shooting td a steady de ise in gaining :ir sixth confer :e win and 21st :tessive victory dnesday night bowling over —Young
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