a ae oy The past two weeks of bowling find the Falcons out in front by - one half game over the Eagles in St. Paul’s Brotherhood the Eagles copping 3 points from the Owls; Mustangs, 3 from the Hawks, and Tigers and Falcons dividing evenly. Last Friday, the Tigers took the Owls for 3, the Eagles shut out the Mustangs, and the Falcons took 3 from the Hawks. G. Shonk fired a big 205 (581) and H. Strawdinger came up with 203 (576). Last Friday found Shonk coming up big with 205 (574). High single games were put up by F. Fondo 215, J. Romanoski 223, G. Searfoss 210, and J. Titus 202. In the George Shupp League, Castle Inn shut out Harris Asso- ciates while the Ranch Wagon five did the same to Woodland Inn. Mahaffey’s oilmen blanked Boston’s Texaco and Yencha’s took everything from Daring’s Market. Fino’s and Stanton’s TV split 2-2. “Don Zimmerman scattered wood for a walloping 209—222 (620) and G. Doescher hit the maples for 214-202 (584). B. Miller rolled 232 for the oilers and teammate C. Repotski put up 211. L. Christensen paced Fino’s with his 231; he had help from J. Merc’s 202. The TV crew were topped by T. Hazin- ski's 214. Yencha’s John scored a big 228 and G. Harris register- ed 210 for his Associates. S. Ranch Wagon group. Fashion Vending blanked Daring’s Market to stay on top by four games in the Ladies Country League. Brothers Four took 4 from David Ertley to hold second. Joe's Pizza dropped 2 points to G. H. Harris. A. Hospodar surpassed her season’s high 562 by, knocking out games of 182—210—172 (564) for Joe's. K. Kalafsky gave 170—179 (484) for G. H. Harris and anchor man H. Bonomo threw 180. The Brothers Four’s F. Allabaugh hit the strike zone for 187 (496) and R. Gula posted 180 (492) for the market girls. A. Matte’s 182 (488) paced the ven- dor’s team. She had help from D. Thomas’ 182. The Bucks held the lead in Offset « Paperback League by ~ Mavericks. The wolves picked up 3 from the Bears and the Pintos to tie up second between the cunning Cubs over the Leopards. The Mus- tange were given four points on a forfeit by the Panthers. The distaff members in the sell’s 178—200 (511). J. Lerch them down for 185 (496). J. ~ Bicking did her share with a 472 series and P. Lahr rolled 170 (469). B. Bicking hit 213—211 (575) for the men with other 203, and J. Lerch 200. In the Back Mountain Church League, Carverton A dropped 3 points to Orange A but kept the lead two and a half games to Carverton B. Tied for third spot are Shavertown C and Trucksville B. The C team picked up 3 points from the Lutherans and the B team earned their 3 points from Trucksville A. Shavertown B _ dropped everything to East Dallas, and Orange B shut out boys blanked Shavertown A. C. Molley tumbled pins for a ‘big 594 night and L. Williams hit high for the Mt. Zion men with 202 (572). Hitting over 200 were { | li | ! Kunkle 213, S. Williams 212, and F. Price 201. Back Mountain Neighborhood League entered the fifth week of the second half with Disque Funeral Home in first followed by Dallas Finance in second. and Roth Novelty are tied for third position and right on their ‘heels with 9—11 are Offset Paperback and Henry's . Jewelry. Konefal’s with 7-13 are © G. Doescher’s 222—207 (625) wasted as Konefals Orkwis also gave 206. The printers’ M. Sharok Jr. fired 211 as they shut out Brothers Four. Roth's C. Kazokas hit the lanes for 205 but lost all to Disque's who had L. Yankow- ski’s 200 and S. Bonomo’s 211 (560). Dallas Finance took the first game by virtue of J. Bolger’s 218 and P. Feldman's 200 but Offset Paperback took the rest paced by J. Yenale- viteh’s 211 and S. Mruk’s 210. Jack’ Winters took 4 points from Summit Hill men in the Industrial League and moved into the lead, one ahead of Daring’s Market crew. who grabbed 3 points from Boston Texaco. Mahaffey No. 1 made it 3 over Mahaffey No. 2 and Hurst Supplies dropped 3 points to Kunkle Motors. Bert found the lanes to roll 207 (566) for the car dealer, and D. Rhodes 211 was high game for the grocery men. In the Bowlerette League, Tom Reese girls moved four games ahead by winning 3 points from Trucksville Phar- macy. Boyd White maids took 3 from Duke Isaacs five to tie them for second at 6—6. M. His- lop’s 174 and J. Zimmerman'’s 170 were the only high games of the evening. Ed scorched the lanes for 226 (553) as the Eagles picked up 3 points from the "Chiefs in Konefal’s Restaurant League. C. Edwards was hot with 212— 204 (577) for the Rams and they shut out the Cowboys. B. Mattioli’s 180 was high in the Commonwealth Telephone Women’s League as the Ding- A-Lings dropped 3 to the Spit Fires and the VIP’d blanked the Pin-Ups. Hasay Chevrolet took away the lead from Shavertown Lumber in the Crown Major League by copping all 4 points from Wesley Gulf while the lumbermen were losing 3 to Elby’s Restaurant, now in third. Gebhardt’s moved into fourth spot by shutting out Dallas Shopping Center. Dallas Post took 3 from Automatic Cigar- ette Service to tie with the ley Gulf. Hitting the big ones were F. Stevens 223 (591), B. Bicking 214 (566), and K. Orkwis 213 (568). High single games were N. Stredney 217, B. Gosart 203, C. Molley 202, B. Bolinski 202, H. Bennett 200, and T. Doughton 200. The Imperialette League has Dallas Dairy and Fitch & Sons tied for first place with Good- man Florist one game out; one game behind the florist is Apex Used: Auto Parts. Lombardo Bakery and O’Malia Laundry are close with 6—6 each and Fairview Shoe Stores holds up the bottom. S. Riegel continued to hit the lanes, coming through for the dairy with 491. M. Morris scat- tered the pins for 180 (463) for the Citgo girls and M. Ritts gave 171 for Apex. The florists’ G. Pomrinke posted 181 and: Fit- ch’s captain B. Bonning came through with 178. Think A Little The average man has five senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing. The suc- cessful man has two more: horse and common. College Misericordia’s girls’ basketball team got off to an auspicious start last Tuesday evening when they rolled over the first opponent of the 1973 season, Eastern Baptist College of Philadelphia, 55-32, in a game played in Philadelphia. Eager to put practice into play, the Misericordia High- landers pressed hard from the beginning, jumping into a com- manding lead of 19 to 7 by the remainder of the game, it was Misericordia all the way with the . lead never: seriously threatened. Coach Sara Gre- gory was able to play nearly the entire team, giving inexper- ienced players valuable game time, and still outscoring the Eastern Baptist cagers throughout each quarter. Highlander high scorer for the evening was sophomore Arlene Kozich of Dallas who netted 18. She was closely followed by another sophomore, Debbie Smith of Swoyersville, Time for More than 124,000 owners of pleasure boats registered in Pennsylvania last year will be receiving renewal application forms within the next few weeks ment of Revenue. A data mailer being used for the first time contains a return envelope and schedule of boating safety schools throughout the state. who shot 16. Chief’ playmaker and third high scorer for the evening was another Dallas re- sident, senior Joan Phillips. Both Joan and her twin sister Judy were able to control the boards for the Highlanders The second game of the season for Misericordia was scheduled to be against Geisinger Medical Center of Danville on Feb. 1. The game was postponed, according to Coach Gregory, due to the ill- ness of several Geisinger players and will be rescheduled for a later date if possible. In the meantime, the Highlanders will be practicing hard in anticipation of meeting traditional rival, Marywood College in Scranton, Feb. 12. Last - year, the Marywood cagers defeated Misericordia in the first match of the season with the Highlanders turning the tables in the second match. The Feb. 12 game will be played on the Misericordia home court BN ! A i Arlene Kozick Owners are being urged not to detach the registration certifi- cate from the renewal applica- tion. In Pennsylvania boat regis- trations run from April 1 to the following: March 31. ‘Annual registration fees, unchanged since 1964, for boats under 16 feetin length are $4; over 16 feet in length, $6. The Pinewood Derby was the highlight of Cub Pack 241’s monthly meeting. Martin Cook, cub master, introduced Den 4 who opened the meeting with a delightful program under the guidance of Jayne Haefele and Kathy Downs. Awards and advancements Mike Szeweyk, Walter Blejwas, aquanaut and athlete; Tod Cragle, showman and aquanaut; Jimmy Michaels, scouts: aquanaut; Hrabowski, outdoorsman. Bear badges were awarded to Tom Hillman, Glen Mahle and Martin Cook Jr. Robert Calla- han and Louis Correale, wolf badge; Terry = Cummings, Donnie Sutton, Bonham, arrow points. Martin Cook Jr. was advanced to Webelos. The annual Blue and Gold Dinner will be held Feb. 26 at 6:30 at the Castle Inn. Guest speaker will be Charles Thraen, plant manager of Topps Chewing Co., Inc. who will speak and show a film on how bubble gum is made. Mr. and Mrs. Race were the judges who selected the winner for the best design in the Pinewood Derby. Mr. Race is the industrial arts teacher at Lake-Lehman High School. First place was awarded to Mike Szeweyk, Webelos. Second place went to Danny Haefele, and third place to J. J. Downs, Ronny Ritts, Hrabowski and Bill Downs were the judges for the race. First place trophy was presented to Donny Sutton and second place to Walter Blejwas. A special thank you to Jack Hines, manager of the Dallas Acme, for his donation of styro- foam plates. Susan Hillman donated a case of all occasion greetings cards to the scouts, who will begin selling them this week. Refreshments were served by Dens 1 and 3. In announcing the start of the 1973-74 boat registration mail- ings, Capt. Charles E. Leising, Director of the Fish Commis- sion’s’ Bureau of Waterways, urged owners to complete and delay. He also emphasized the importance of hoat owners entering their estimate of marine: fuel used last year. Capt. Leising pointed out’ this information is used to compute reimbursement to the Boat Fund of ‘the state tax boaters pay on marine fuels. This money is used to directly bene- fit pleasure boaters through ac- quisition and development of tional aids on lakes and rivers, and for other projects aimed at improving boating facilities. Last year a total of 124,339 pleasure boats were registered almost 7,100 over the 117,249 boats registered in 1971. Lead- ing counties in boat registra- tions last year included Alle- gheny (15,202), Erie (5,194), Luzerne (4,842), Bucks (4,512), York: (4,666) and Montgamery (4, 102). Be ‘nice to the fellows you meet on the way up, they are the same fellows you will meet on your way down. WT Rr 1 5 SEE THE WINDSOR AND MANY OTHERS LOW DOWN PAYMENT By Robert Hoffman Peach baskets don’t come in for much attention from sports writers or athletes these days. Yet, everyone who makes a living from basketball ought to be eternally grateful to that includes everybody from Johnny Wooden, our local coach, to the guy who sells peanuts at Madison Square Garden during the annual National Invitational Tour- nament (NIT). Not to mention the likes of Bill Bradley, Jerry Lucas, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, to mention a few players, the game has elevated to the caviar class. You wouldn’t think a peach basket would have much to do with ‘college education. But every seven-footer slick enough with a basketball to catch the eye of a scout owes his four-year full scholarship to that humble hamper. In fact, the very name of the game is derived from it. For without peach baskets and an imaginative young YMCA gym instructor there very likely wouldn’t ‘be any game of basketball, a chilling thought for its beneficiaries. Though college football was well established around the end of last century, the season was was pretty much over, with no major indoor sport to take up the slack during the long winter months. Football playing students at a college to. train Christian workers in Springfield, ‘Mass., found themselves bored with Indian clubs, tumbling and calesthenics in the winter of 1891. They craved action: a game, a sport offering challenge and competition and which could be played indoors. The challenge was taken up by young Jim Naismith, a McGill University graduate who, as physical education Switching to tires with a larger circumference, such as snow tires, may cause you to get revolution of the wheels. If your doing just the legal limit and you're still passing everyone on the road, have it checked-- before the police check it for 10% INTEREST On funds placed for 90- 180-270 days. Interest paid monthly or at maturity. Call or Write 717-343-4741 Pennsylvania Residents Only & NATIONAL UTILITIES Scranton, Pennsylvania instructor, believed in teaching rather than = preaching, especially by ‘using students’ love of sports as a vehicle for his pedagogy. What Naismith brought into the gym late in December,” 1891, were the structure and regulations - of basketball, which have . sur- vived “virtually intact to this day, all written out and ready for the tap-off. He lacked only the hoops through which the ball was to be dropped. When the janitor hauled up from the basement two peach baskets, he not only solved the hoop problem but gave the game its name. Naismith nailed the baskets to the walls at either end of the 35’ X 50’ gym, ten feet above the floor (still regulation height), formed teams, and whistled the new game into full birth. The college for training Christian workers: was, of course, the YMCA'’s Springfield College. Today, still’ a major YMCA college, Springfield houses, fittingly enough, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Young Jim went on to become Dr. James A. Naismith and his peach-basket game blossomed into one of ‘the world’s most popular, widely- played games. Its international status was confirmed by in- clusion into the Olympics as a regular gold medal event. Of course, basketball is no longer either an exclusively indoor or winter-bound sport, but is played year-round out- doors as well as inside, It’s also one of the largest-drawing spectator = sports, with at- tendance running into the millions, plus = millions ‘more watch the game on television. In terms of number of par- ticipants, it is now America’s number one sport. We're reminded this week, which happens to be national YMCA week, that as it was in the* beginning, so it still is with early years, the game was largely confined to YMCA'S says ‘Bob HoffmM executive director #3 largely because only Y's had both gyms and coaches. Within one year after its invention, basketball was played in YMCA’s from Maine to Oregon. It wasn’t until 1894 that the first intercollegiate game was played, but the game itself has been carried (o colleges - who: learned - it. at YMCA'’s. first peach baskets were tacked up, basketball was being played in. a dozen foreign countries where it had been introduced by YMCA secretaries on overseas duty. Today, basketball is still a major sport. Many players, including some of the biggest names in the game, dribbled their first basketballs across a Y gym floor. With new Y's being opened regularly, this is likely Though Naismith was the inventor of basketball, the man who undoubtedly did more than anyone else to popularize the game nationally was Adolp Rupp, University of Kentucky coach from 1930 to 1972." And Rupp learned: the game from Naismith. Rupp was: honored last November by the YMCA for his = achievements . as a basketball coach ar - for his contributions to the g®me and its popularity. 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