KRAFT'S MAGICIANS RETURN!

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1 George Washngton Shocks Xats -6 Bells Bombers Drop Second By Steve Frend Vllanovans bowl hopes were dealt a severe blow on Saturday as George Washngton s hustlng Colonals upset heavly favored Cats -6 at Washngton Stadum The loss may well be kss of death for any deas Bell Bombers lberty Cty::- Bowl : had about a trp tlantc to : r whch moved Cats 0 yards n sx plays for a marker Twce ndrejko hooked up wth end John McDonnell for 6 yard gans n ht Dck Sernyak wth a 2 yard areal to put Cats on board Jm Cases placement was blocked and Vllanova owned a 6-0 lead Wth three mnutes remanng ll half Georg:e Washngton made ts frst offensve move Startng at Vllanova Colonals led by Lyle moved to a frst down at fve fter two dves at Cat lne netted sburgh by far best back only yards Lyle rolled to hs Wldcats have faced ths year rght and appeared to be stopped rpped Cat lne for yards just short of goal The referee had or deas and sgnwhle addng through ar aled a touchdewn despte Cats Score Frst protests of Cat defenders s n every game ths season Mark Gross added conver Bombers were frst to rack son and Colonals took a up a tally fter a scoreless frst 6 lead to locker room perod soph quarterback Blly The thrd stanza Garry Colonal quaterback Lyle a recently converted halfback drove Cat defense crazy wth hs passng and runnng The sophomore from Ptt- perod Row n Vllanova terrtory ne stand at n Only a goal kept Cats from fallng more than four ponts behnd as \* Colonals were forced to settle for Grosss 2 yard fdd goal and a 0-6 lead Early n fnal perod added more on anor Gross feld goal ths tme from 2 yards out and Cats found mselves on short end of a -6 count Wth tme runnng out Vllanova coach lex BeU nserted sophomore Jerry Bellott at quarterback n an attempt to pull game out wth Vol 8 UNVER! NOV P Decennber 96 / SPECL BSKETBLL EDTOn passng attack Bellott connected wth John Kelleher on a yard bomb to gve Cats a frst down at but Colonal defense stffened and took over at 9 a 0No mm late K-» Cat Drve Stalls fter was forced to punt Joe Santomauro straght arms a George Washngton was all *he "Cats mounted r last ndrejko subbng for Dave Con- George as "rve Takner over at Vlla- defender durnu Colonals -6 upset of Cats Loss nell unleasned an ar barrage Colonals spent almost entre nova 8 Bellott marched was Vllanovas second n a row Cats to Colonal 22 on Sportlghf aerals to John Kolmer and Dck Fabrzo t ths pont Bellotts Trotecton crumbled rooke freballer beng dropped for bosses amountng to 0 yards as George Washngton took ball Washngton llllllllllllllulllllllluljuuluuujuulw lr n The Gloom HuoHunmnMununnnnNttnntnnuunnn and game RusfV Mller Last week ths wrtev stated that flame of desre that hd so obvously sparked Vllanova eleven earler n season had come close to extncton n loss to Boston Colleg-e t was hoped however that flame would be rekndled by those outstandng players whose desre s never more than momentarly dmmed Unfortunately dousng admnstered by BC was worse than was apparent Even team leaders tluough r example on tle feld were not able to rescue entre squad The team that faced George Washngton last Saturday was \ mere sell of what had formerly beta numbe- two team n least t tmes y mght have been mstaken for a team of bowl calber on r one For frst tme ths year Cats were outganed overland as Colonals racked up 6 yards rushng compared to r opponents meager 0 Tom Brown led all Cat carrers wth yards whle Sernyak added 22 The Bombers outdstanced n ar 20- wth Bel- accountng for 26 on 6 "completons Kelleher was leadng Oat recever snaggng aerals for 82 yards lott scorng drve to Colonals but on reflecton t must have been only a vvd memory of past that projected 8 m as such because of Game Frst who had Downs 6 Bushng Yardage 6-2 Passes Passng Yardage Total Yardage Puntng a poor per- 9 formance n last sprngs tmal 8-6 scnmmage Gerry lellott 2 hs Statstcs Yards Penalzed most of freshman games was rele- gated to started n fourth strng among four fne lx)ston quarterbacks Thoug"h generally consdered best passer on squad Gerry Jas seen lmted acton n a passng suaon jl ws let that experenced Dave Connell or Bll ndrejko anor ood passer who had dsplayed a LLje hue pjse woud ue ueter reled upon Pose Under Fre Last bulurcuy n a stuaton tnat would have shaken many an unlsted leld geneal baldng Sophomore rom Unun ty x\ew Jersey dsplayed hs passng ablty before a crowd o DOUU n tle new DC Stadum le completed 6 of passes for 26 yards and ran for a few Hs outstandng contrbuton to elfort was a yad pass play to Joln Keheler wch started a heart-breakng attempt at a comeback The man who wrecked Tats Sophomore sensaton Gary Lyle prepares to shake off ftrasp of an undentfed Bushng Oonnell tt Sernyak Santomauro Brown 2 \ Gan Vllanova player en route to anor bg gan 22 \ f Passng Connell ndrejko Be Hot U tt Com U Recevng Protecton Fals n a smlar stuaton n any prevous game a Vllanova quarteback could ave expected all protecton necessary to lead a scorng d ve when passng way Bellott was On Saturday however he had two separate drves stepped cold by s Paul Flowers who threw Bellott for losses total ng 28 yards Buffalo Remans leat-brcakng defeat at hands of a great rval does not should not completely crush a champonshp team Perhaps a lesson could be learned from last years basketball team whrh wont dcwn n defeat at hands of Hawks blt crme bfck f)om defeat to wnd up as number seven team n rounlry Ths week n Huffalo C-ts wll have one moe chnce lo pove mselves to fans who have supported m so well and perhaps that man named Dudley 20 THE N NOVEMBER 9 Brown McDonnel Sernyak Kellr Ferranolo Kolmer Fabrzo No 2 Yds ElNJSl RED THE N (Potos by Rch Dunne) Cat halfback Dck Sernyak s met head on by a as Joe Santomauro dves at anor oncomng Colonal end KRFTS MGCNS RETURN! 96 J

2 g<m!t!!!n:!!!!rnnm!!!ntnn Tats Takle Xaver Saturday Look t The Enemy Fl ll!lll :lllllll!!!llllll!ll!lllltlllllllll l llllll!r Toledo Toledo lost hgh scorer Larry Jones from last years squad whch compled a - record ncludng a 6-9 loss to Vlla- nova at Ths year Toledo has plenty of heght from 6-8 Bob ston to to 6-2 Bob Wllams smallest mssed much of y mght have ng last season ankle spran and nor sloph» 6- Len La Fla adds heght to bench Krafts Xats re Comng By Steve Frend ma comng t doesnt seem lke a whole year snce hs band of hardwood magcans put on r show The sound of screamng humanty at stll rngs fresh n ear t seems lke only yesterday that Cats opened r season at Pnceton began march that would brng m a sparklng 2- record and seveath rankng n natonal polls Maybe ts just that Cats are hard to forget You go to see m once and youre addcted for lfe The sght of Wally Jones brngng a crowd to ts feet wth hs ball handlng wzardry of Jm Washngton slammng ball through hoop of Rche Moore httng jumpers from every angle on tle court was sometlng that you just couldnt forget t was habt formng t was contagous t was great Now Wajly and Rche are gone and many feel that show wll never be same that crcus has lost ts color There are those who beleve that three year magc carpet of Jack Kraft wll suddenly be yanked away that he was strctly a Jones-made magcan and now that V/ally s gone annual "Mracle of Man Lne" wll cease to take place Yes Jones and Moore are gone but re are stll a bunch of scrappy Cats that are bent on causng jome lumps on hardwood Xavcr roams n Saturday wth a rugged squad and n Steve Thomas y have a boy wth true UKrafts Cats art- credentals But when Krafts defensve manacs get through wth r hand wavng zone strangle-hold ac- mercan companed by gruesome musc suppled by 9000 screamng tlroats Olo s gong to look lke paradse to a battered v group of Musketeers v Yes ts that tme of year agan The mobs have already started at tcket offce Th-oats are beng lmbered up for comng frolcs nnd berets wll soon appear lready some people are checkng road maps to Portland Oregon whch ncdentally s ste of NC fnals The most popular place for Cat students shfts from Labor Lyceum to and thats really gong some You can feel t n ar and ths Saturday you can see for yourself The ncurable epdemc s about to spread agan ts nothng unusual though fter all Krafts Cats are comng hghest pont total of year as well as r bggest margn of vctory Ths years game wll be at Loretto where Frankes are always tough " * Edtor-n-Chef :v /*» Basketball Prevew Edtor ssocate Edtor : " Co-captans Jerry Fredrch and Jay Sokolowsk both 6- senors lead an orwse young team Ty nderson a 6-6 junor college transfer and 6- sophomore Jack Ftzhenry add heght to startng lneup Senor Jm Morgan 6- should handle or guard poston wth -8!" / Ploto Edtor t:\»*k: Format Edtor Thomas Bruderle Stephen F Frend Thomas J plenty of heght n 6-6 Jm ddleman 6- Gary Lester and 6- Larry Hanchn Krause Tom Thomas \:\\y»-t::k w-v»-» V soph Don ppleman n reserve On bench St Francs has P Vv V The Frankes wll be bg but one of sophomores comes through n surprsng fashon y wll have to struggle to fnsh wth an even unless Bob Fennel Contrbutors: Rusty Jm Proud l Lupcho Bll McDonough Besty Grabowsk Joe Maffongell Bob Mclntyre Bll McCloskey» Buzz * Langan Tns basketball prevew s publshed annually at beffnnnff nf basketball season by staff of Vllanovan Second class postage pad at Vllanova Pa Edtoral and busness vtomcaa ofhces located on second floor Dougherty Hall Mller Jerry Bruderle Ths newspaper s dedcated to one of fnest Vllanova: Scholar thlete Gentleman: men who record S Leo Goodreau " THE N Francs (NY) Francs lost to Vllanova n last year 8-8 but two years ago St Francs upset NT bound Wldcats on home court Ths year y agan play n New York and St Francs may have heght and scorng ablty to do t agan St ever "terea enfo-ph experence ganed n play because of a a twsted knee Detrot has four senors and one junor n ts startng lne-up De Paul De Paul come to be summed up n two League crown There seems to be Xaver on February 6 sportng two returnng lettermen named wll about Monday consenbll Bradley words Vllanovas f ast-breakng Wldsus ll-mercan two years n cats make r frst home apa row Bradley can do everypearance of nfant cage thng Last year 6 senor campagn ths Saturday as y talled 96 ponts for a 2 tackle a rugged Xaver quntet averaged placng hm fourth n at Three days later country He shot a fantastc Krafts boys face anor rough 22% whle fndng tme to hal assgnment as Bll Bradley and down 60 rebounds and pass off hs Prnceton Tgers nvade countless asssts as Tgers Feld House on Monday to lock notched a 20-9 log and vy Senors Ted Kotch 6- and Rche Marquard 6- should gar n plenty of rebounds and wll hold r own n scorng Junor Mark Turenshne 6- respectvely who was njured last year s nor of Cansuss physcal top returnng scorer wth an problems s a lack of heght The average Jack Crspd a - tallest man on startng tea 0 junor lan Fsher a 6- s John Brennan who s 6- and sophomore and George Sten- s teams returnng center horns wth Cats mann a 6- senor wll man lttle doubt Coach Don Rubergs charges that Bradley s best college be hard pressed to match player n naton member r 6-0 perfonnance of a of 96 US Olympc BasketJm Murphy and Dave Mlls ball Team Bradley has pro Murphy a 6-2 guard was hgh scouts fghtng for hs attenton scorer on last seasons 2- dub but clams that rght now he s whle Mlls at 6-0 was only nterested n helpng teams leadng rebomder Tgers to anor fne season Ther hgh scorer last year sked to comment on Bradley was Jesse Nash who scored at a last year Cat coach Kraft had" rate of ponts per game He ths to say: "Hes defntely a s stll n school but s only great one He can do everythng elgble for frst semester The one thng that makes hm De Pauls leadng sophomores so dangerous though s hs unare a 6- forward Errol Palmer selfshness He constantly and a 6- guard Mke Norrs who passed up shots to set up hs are battlng last seasons reteammates Ths gves Prnceton serves for startng roles more balance and makes m a of Toledos success wll n hopes of mprovng on last depend upon how soon Backensto years - mark whch ns pressed nto acton and how cluded a 9-0 loss to Vllanova Dorre Murrey a 6-8 junor well he responds averaged 6 last season whle Nagara only a sophomore Wth fter a dsappontng 8-2 graduaton of hgh scorers Dck record laat year Nagara s faced Dzk and l Cech he should turn wth a rebulng job n 96-6 nto a regular 20 pont scorer However one of those eght vc- Sophomore Rck Pne brngs a St Jcftn*9 tores was a 6- wn over Vlla- 28 average up from freshcoach Joe Lapchck and hs nova Through frst 8 men team and he should add bror combnaton of Bob and games ths marked only punch to offense Mclntyre are headed for one Ken blemsh on Vllanovas record But to break nto startng Sophomore Dwght Bonk 6- lneup hell have to beat out one of greatest seasons n St Johns basketball hstory wll jon senor Joe Whte also of senors Terry Page and The two brors who scored 6- and junors George Phllps John Watson both 6- and John 6-6 Pat Broderck 6- and rt Schramm 6-6 all played capably ponts per game on an avercoleman 6- n startng last year behnd Cech and Dzk age wll be added by a host of lne-up Ths year yll get a full shot good sophomores The man conbonk averaged 8 ponts per at omer slots Lou Hyatt trbuton from frosh team game for frosh last year 6- and Bll Downs -0 wll wll come n form of Llyoc (Sonny) Dove who stands 6- and he wll be joned by anor handle guard postons Lke most Mdwest teams and averaged 20 ponts per game soph 6- Dave Smth Smth who averaged for fresh- Detrot s bg but t wll take a to lead frosh team to a 2- men s sxth man rght now bg mprovement by Murrey and mark Returnng lettermen wll lthough Nagara has not out- a lot of scorng from sophomore standng heght all fve starters Pne to match last years record strengn teams frst fve and also add depth to ths precan leap wth much bgger reduquesne season-rated thrd team n bounders They should mprove Wle Somerset led Dukes East well over last years record to a 6- record last year and St Bonaventure wll have l-mercan -0 St Francs (Pa) The bggest loss to Bonto be even better to match that nes last season was end of St Francs wll be short on n a seres that ths season season for wth t went all scorng ths year due to loss hasnt always been frend but one of r top scorers The of Sandy Wllams eleventh Vllanova defeated Dulest player who stayed s Bob Barbest scorer n country last quesne -6 at last nek a 6- senor who averaged year wth a 2 average Last year That was game whch only 06 ponts per game and December at VllaWally Jones wasnt supposed to must now take command f hs nova opened a 60-2 halftme play n due to a knee njury but team wshes to have a frutful margn n defeatng Frankwound up scorng 22 ponts any- season es -6 That was Vllanovas Much Fate Bradleys Boys By Steve Frend By Jm Proud ond Jerry Bruderle n between are Jm Cox 6- Jerry DeLong and John guard postons ylng both 6- Cox was second Coach Danny Lynch s counthghest scorer last year averagng on hs bg men to mprove ng ponts a game on last years 9-2 record and Sophomore Bll Backensto 6- from look of thngs y have s sxth man and should add potental to do t frepower followng hs 2 ponts Detrot per game freshman average starter may better ball club" returnng lso Steve Thomas Butch VanBreda year ago Gone are B6b Pelkng- for Coaoh Kolffs Tgers natons top rebounder last season and Joe Geger who averaged 8 ponts per game But Mustketeers stll have Steve Thomas and that alone could be enough to gve Cats a busy evenng Thomas a unanmous pre-season pck for U-mercan laurels burned nets last year at a 299 clp seventh best average n land The 6-0 senor guard httng on 8% of hs shots went over 0 pont mark fve tmes Wth a deadly jump shot and good speed on drves he should present qute a challenge to Krafts deton fense BU Bradley Thomas bggest helper wll be are Bll Haarow No 2 scorer Bryan Wllams a 6- junor who last year Don Neman a two averaged 2 last year The year veteran at center and four Musketeers are also expectng Bll Kngston Wally guards bg thngs from 6- sophomore Uhle Don Rodenbach and Don Joe Hengehold leadng fros Roth Sophomores Rob Brown scorer last season wtl a 2 and Ed Hummer 6-9 and 6-6 average respectvely are expected to asn last years battle Catr sst Bradley mder boards held off a late Xaver rally to Last season Cats defeated np Musketeers on way V:v" Vv Prnceton twce 2-9 n n rebound department r home court Somerset averaged 2 last season opener and -62 n Bonnes are dependng on Paul year ncludng hgh games of Prnceton ::--": consolaton round n Stappenbach a 6-8 center who s 6 and He wll be joned n The Prnceton squad can just Regonals at Ralegh a second year man but wll add backcourt by 6-0 senor Ron Wllard These two form one lttle n way of experence Ths sophomore studded team wards are John Hllman at 6-6 Morawsk a front court man of best backcourt duos n wll gve coach Larry Wese and Harry Johnston at 6- who led hs frosh teammates n East Senors Wlle Ross 6- Walt Lautslh 6-8 and junor headaches before season s These two lettermen along wth scorng last season The teams man center Jame McMahan who f Tm Brennan 6-6 gve Dukes over Provdence bggest man at 6-8 wll add strength wll come from two heght n frontcourt The Frars who lost to Vllascorng ablty and rebounds t senors Harry Slaton at 6- and Three more senors Rav nova n play-offs at Brokos 6-0 Jm McNulty 6- end of r last campagn ths hgh scorng sourn school Bob Plocnk at 6-9 Coach Ehlers also has a fne and Pat Masterson 6- form an wll mss talents of r scorer n Sophomore Crag lexadequate bench great center of last yean John Vllanovas fnal game of Duquesne wll be strong agan Thompson but are by no eans ander who set a frosh scorng regular season wll be away at a 22 average especally at home where y to be consdered as a second rate record wth lexander stands 6- and plays hands of play Vllanova and wth team n East forward poston but he has Warrors sharp-shootng Somerset y Coach Joe Mullaney s very a good par of hands and can The team has a new coach ths should be an exctng team to hgh on seasons outlook and play backcourt as well year and s n process of rewatch However ths year op- feels hs squad could be team buldng after last years depressponents wll be out gunnng for to watch n New England ng season of 2 losses of lttle Wlle and hs own and hp The Prates wll be a comarea and perhaps East m n a row teams accomplshments wll sufthe reason for Mullaneys pletely dfferent team ths sean hs rebuldng coach l Mcfer hopes le n hands of hs son due to loss of r hgh s startng three sophs Gure Cansus sophomore Jm Walker a 6- scorng ace of last three One of stronger teams n forward who shot at a 226 norm seasons Nck Werkman They Don nderson at 6-6 wll be East wll be comng to are not however gong to be tallest of new comers and s as a frosh and Drexter Westexpected to gve needed strength on February to trv brook a 6- center who s wholly weakened by hs loss under boards The or and avenge r loss to Senors Rche Dec a 6- fortallest man on team Cats last season Relyng heavward and Tony Cuccolo also a two are Marty Holmes at 6- Memphs State ly on co-captans Frank Swatek 6- forward wll have to take up and Bob Wolf at 6-2 and Dck McClory y hope to The one thng that coach Dean slack n scorng and also Tom Flynn last years team mnrove on last years njury- Ehlers and hs team wll brng to get some rebounds hgh scorer returns at hs forrdden season that or teams n added boost to r scor- ward spot hopng to be team Swatek and McClory both wont s heght Ther two for- ng wll come from soph Terry leader NC rebound NC 96 THE N 96

3 Wldcats To Face Opposton Stff Meet The Wldcab Quest For Quaker Tourney Crown n r star and he can do anythng on a basketball The 96 Quaker Cty Festval court He s a 6- ll-mercan wll top past three n who runs out of elgblty at calber of qualty Wchta llmdseason much to opposng nos NYU Holy Cross and Ptt coaches delght are year-n year-out powerveragng 26 last year Stallhouses dd to ths mpressve worth can play any poston collecton lkes of Vllanova By Bll McDonough Stallworth s -By Returnng manstays are 6- Daryle Ruby 6-2 Larry Szykowny and 6-6 Bob Lovett all of whom averaged under Last year Panrs played n NT but dont ex- up to pck pect t slack * ths year Look for Wchta Teamng wth 6-0 Nate Bow- Joes and Vllanova St Josephs and and man Stallworth makes Wchta out for ttle Festval looms as a top notch team to beat llnos St to batue at V attracton n three year hstory of Tournament ttle has never left Phladelpha Vllanova was crowned frst year followed by St Joes amd Wth top competton from outsde ths year t wll take some dong to contnue th trend llnos llnos s an mproved team NYU Won 2 Lost *NC Tournament NYU wants to make up for last years dsappontment n a bad way They were pcked for latana honors but never dd jell Barry Kramer and Happy Harston Coach both Lou graduated but Rossn has hgh hopes n 6- Ray Bennet who s a good rebounder wth a bad temperament 6-8 Clem Gallard s not farm boy he used to be and wll add wth hs scorng Stan McKenze a 6- senor jumps wth best and was a that had a 6-8 record last year n Bg Ten Coach Harry Combes s expectng bg thngs from hs team that dd not lose a man from startng fve consstent scorer al last year llnos could prove to be a thorn Two sophs who both averaged n Mchgan and Mnnesotas Bg 2 for frosh Bruce Kaplan Ten ttle hopes before season and Ma Graham wll help out mmensely to help keep Rossn s over wll 6-8 center n coachng ranks Skp NYU Thoren s a wth good moves and a fne scor- bounce back but not tll after ng touch Tal Brody s a real md-season Holy Cross dandy who had a sensatonal sophomore year season but a dsholy Cross bg problem s ECC Ptt tourney The Schockers won Ptt lost General Bran Mssour Valley Conference but re are toughest n country and Generalovch won 2 out of 29 games Dave plenty of prvates who wll try f nnh Jh 2 Prnceton 8 St Peterss 9 Scranton 8 Buffalo Nagara 6 Toledo L 9 St Francs Pa 6 St Francs NY St Johns 8 88 Bll nnnn many 2 6 L L L 62 Bonaventure Dusquesne Cansus St Josephs * Provdence * Duke * Prnceton mll! 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December " - - Jumpng Jm Washngton leaps hgh to block shot by freshman Dave Tutzo durng annual Varsty-Frosh game rosh last Monday Krafts varsty hammered outmanned f 8- ml H : N N ml : "lnnm X n January 6 Scranton Pa St Francs <<( Xaver December Feld PrncetQn House George Lef twch January 8 - s January 6 St Bonaventure December 0 steal from St hocken Ben also possesses good hot hand that can open many zone defenses Kenny s a C&F student nterested n gvng workng class more tme to sleep Frank Gadjunas George Leftweh Frank Gadjunas s tallest George Leftweh s a 6-0 member of squad and wll guard from rchbshop Carroll Soens a tough fght for n Washngton DC Now that gve Wally s gone George wll have center startng (berth t 6-9 and to accustom hs talents to work only 20 Frank lacks a lttle wth Melchonn "Teddy Bear" weght but hs aggressveness averaged 82 ponts a game last wll make up for t Bg Frank was leadng year but ths season he wdl nscorer on last years frosh squad crease scorng of Wldand t hoped he wll keep t up s cats because most teams wll be Joe Turk Terry McGure known for hs aggressve work under boards t 6- and 20 lbs former Haverford Hgh star has bulk to dsh out punshment whle battlng for ball lways a steady performer Schaffer has shown tremendous mprovement n hs offensve moves and scorng touch and seems a cnch to mprove on hs scorng average of last year Berne was thrd Cats re- Berne s bounder season wth 22 followng Washngton and departed Rche Moore Though he wll not be a member of startng fve look for Batsaggng off nto mddle wth ths season Gadjunas was a tlng Berne to come off Cats added heght under teammate of Joe Turk at bench often to turn n a clutch basket Hgh School performance f Georges knee mproves Kevn Traynor Cats wll have a deadly backkevn Traynor s suprse member court par that wll add many of squad ggy gray hars to opposng coaches played freshman ball but was out The followng announcement s Georges selecton as co-captan last year wth a knee njury made by Far Presdent: of squad by hs teammates The gloo lke Paul rzn dd "n order to obvate confusshow respect that s held for not make hs hgh school team on that arses whenever t hm and ponts out what knd of at Bonnor but s a graduate of snows t has been decded to year y thnk he wll have school yard basketball Traynor adopt a polcy of no cancellaton Erc Erckson has good hands and a fne shoot- of classes t s felt that wth Erc Erckson s a 2 year old ng touch whch wll surely have large resdent populaton senor from Monsdgnor Bonnor hm playng as a capable reserve and avalablty of publc n Upper Darby Erc averaged n many games before end transportaton most students and faculty members should be able 6 ponts last year but dd not of cage campagn to get to campus Ths polcy Ben Kenny have opportunty to be a Ben Kenny s a two year vet- wll be n effect for Graduate scorer wth Moore Jones and Washngton on some squad eran and could see plenty of Studes and Unversty College" last snares Rch KeUher NOTCE! DePaul Brooklyn NY St Johns!N vs (NY) December wll 6-2 guard Matws n Consho- acton ths season Joe Turk Joe Turk s a hgh- jumpng sophomore guard from Hgh School where he played on a champonshp team Joe s an engneerng student and s planwll be startng center ths nng to run track ths sprng as year n all probablty Soens s a hurdler Look for Joe to be a former all-cty star who has called upon often as occason excellent potental both on of- arses for hs defensve sklls Terry McGure fense and defense Soens coterry McGure s a 6- forward champon jumper n hgh school wll help n reboundng de- from Cadral Latn n Clevepartment and wll also ad n land former all-stater Terry s one of sx sophs on scorng team that are expected to gve He wll probably blossom by md-season to hs full ablty and Cats a bg lft McGure s a wll play an mportant role n an Lberal rts student and averattempt to capture Bg Fve aged 2 for frosh last year Rch Kelleher laurels Rch Kelleher played hs hgh Pete Coleman Charle (Pete) Coleman s a school ball at sbury Hgh - guard from Darby-Colwyn n Morrsvlle Pa Kelleher a Hgh School n Darby Pa sophomore was sxth man former hgh school l-mercan for Wldkttens last year 6 Rch ar s Pete averaged 8 for frosh avera<nng NROTC student who would last year mostly on toe-handed sets remnscent of cae coort rar run than march dars Coleman s expected to Berne Schaffer back up Melchonn and Leftweh The tough guy of squad at guard slot and probably balls and start fast breaks that wll help Cats to offset loss of two top scorers from last year Watch wll see plenty of acton Pete has quck hands and for Bll to up hs 0 pont average of last year to near qucker feet and wth se qual20 pont level whch wll earn tes he wll be a defnte plus n for hm good press ratng Krafts defense Coleman s n C&F dvson whch he deserves Scranton Erc Erckson * t t r Berne Schaffer mercan! nn Melchonn n combnaton zone he WLDCT BSKETBLL SCHEDULE fll East Jm wll probably be an early round draft of NB after appearng on M-mercan squad Bll Melchonn Bll Melchonn s a slender junor from sauken New Jersey who has best shootng eye on team Bll pcked up nvaluable experence last year whch wll defntely ad hm ths season when he comes up aganst tough defensve measures that wll be used tryng to contan hm Wth hm mannng pont on Kafts players Xaver West Chester 6 8 mercan U 9 0 Detrot St Cats n that department He blocks enemy shots as f he was playng n a CYO league and for ths reason he must be rated as one of best defensve Holday Festval * Dayton *82 Utah Mnnesota 8 appontng junor Neverless r lack of heght The CrusaBrody s beng touted as one of ders do not have a starter over best an Mdwest 6- n John Wendleken y llnos s also bolstered by a have a fne shooter who averaged fne crop of sophomores and 26 last year Tom Greely who could be n thck of Fes- averaged 268 for last years frosh wll help out but not tval fght enough to get m nto a post Wchta Wchta s glamor team of season tourney!h Jm Washngton Record Jm Washngton a 6- lea)er Ths/ year s Ercs last and Coach from West Catholc Hgh n Kraft s sure he wll go out wth Phladelpha s one of co- a bang captans for ths years 96Erc s most versatle 96 Wldcat squad Wash was player on team He can play thrd leadng scorer wth a er up front or underneath 2 average last season behnd and do both effectvely Ercs Wally Jones and Rche Moore experence from last two Jm possessses an excellent touch years wll help to lead Cats whch wll enable hm to work agan to a post-season tournamore effectvely out of cor- ment ner post Blly Soens Blly Soens a 6-8 center from Washngton grabbed 2 rebounds last season to lead Charter n Phladelpha McDonough Bll Baltmore Md U January 2 St Josephs December Detrot Feld Toledo House January 2 December 9 Provdence Memphs State Nagara December 22 January Pttsburgh February Duquesne Loretto Pa St Francs (Pa) Qualcer Cty December Tournament 2 96 Cansus vs* THE N Kevn Traynor THE N Ben Kenny 96

4 Xaver Tlt!*mV Frosh Use Hardwork Perfect Endng For Junors Clarty Weelcent Chestnut Streets and wll begn at 0 and go untl noon n prevllanova meets Xaver n vous years store has closed frst tlt of year for durng Orphans Outng but natonally-ranked Wldcats because "t s so late n seaand expectatons are that many son" manager of store junors and r dates wll be decded aganst ths for ths year usng game as a fttng wrap* The y people wll dstrup to Charty Weekend bute free candy to chldren Wth possblty of and specal amusement rdes wll appearance of female By Bll MeCloskey be offered members of cheerleadng specal matnee kdde show squad junors wl have added at an area atre and lunch at ncentve for makng ths Kostcks Restaraunt wll round Charty Weekend topper out day But weekend gets started Tclcets on a bt more serous aspect on Frday nght wth Charty Tckets are also on sale for VlThe ths outng n Pe Shoppe Ball n Feld House Four Fat Cty The cost of tckets whch lanovans and both campus muscal groups wll wll nclude meal at Kostcks provde top-notch dance musc s $0 for a student and $20 Tckets for 8 to mdnght for student and hs date dance are on sale n Pe "lthough events of Shoppe for three dollars weekend are beng organzed by lso n Pe Shoppe at a bt cheaper rate s Mssng Lnk Contest that may well establsh one of Vllanovas basketbalers as mssng lnk m Scholastc Losses Ever-ncreasng academc qua! fcatons have been a detrment to ths years edton of Vllanova "Wldkttens" Only three of sx scholarshp men were able to meet rgd academc requrements for entrance to school Therefore Coach Jack Devne had to choose remander of team from 80 eagerly awatng canddates from freshmn class The contest began on Monday wth "voters" donatng one cent for each vote The money s to go to Charty Weekend Fund whch n turn goes to support varous actvtes scheduled by Junor Class for Orpahns at St Johns n Southwest Phladedpha to all Vllanovans" accordng to True remanng seven men are a lttle devod of experence but frst few varsty skrmshes should cure ths stuaton * smooth-operatng unt Coach Devne commented that team "has a lot of hustle and desre They have been workng hard and ths hard work s seed from whch vctores grow" Presently playng frst team are Mke Glaza a 6" center from Macomb m- and 6" from Bshop llnos McDevtt Hgh School n Glen- Bran Banmller who heads up sde sylvana The or commttee makng plans for forward poston s beng held by 62" Jm Stnger from Bshop functon v The members of commt- Nfeuman Hgh School n Phla6" Frank tees that are workng on delpha Guards are Weekend wll go agan to Guern and " Jay Derent on Monday for nnual Guern s from Msgr Bonner Chrstmas Party for "John- Hgh School n Drexel Hll and nes" Schedulng had to be Derent s from St Marys Hgh changed because of HolyDay School n Sayrevlle New Jersey on Tuesday lthoogh t had Glaza Crews and Stnger are been practce n prevous teams scholarshp athletes The remander of squad years to provde a luncheon typye " Denny Carluzzo of affar ths had to be cancelled ncludes: On Frday nght t s hoped because of fast and abstn- from Sacred Heart Hgh School that more money wll be rased ance oblgatons day before n Vneland New Jersey Tor through Charty Ball Tckets 62" forward fror Feast of mmacualte Keaveny a are now on sale n Pe St gnes Hgh School n Eas Concepton Shoppe Rockaway New York 62" Stevr Neverless Santa Claus wll The man functon of Krnes from Chamnade Hgh be re wth varous "goodes" weekend s Saturday when a conschool n Long sland New for chldren and good Vllatngent of Vllanovans led by York Dave Turtzo a 62" guard novans Junor Class members leaves from -rgyl sylvana: campus for St Johns fter 6" l Cresta halng from pckng up about 00 of chlvneland New Jersey Pat Red Doubleheader dren at home y wll travel dngton a 6" forward from to 69th Street Shoppng Center Ths Rye New York Mke Barnes a for a shoppng trp 6" forward from Elzabeth ST JOES DVDSON STURDY The shoppng wll be at J C y store at 69th and * a nto XVER New and Jm Meehan " guard from Prep Jersey MoUer Of Future By Buzz Longan Jack s startng hs fourth year as Freshman basketball coach at Vllanova He has a four year record of 2 wns and 2 losses Hs best year was two years ago when Wldkttens won Bg Fve wth a 0-2 record former Vllanova all tme court great Devne returned to hs alma mater after a fne hgh school coachng career at West Catholc Devne played four years for Wldcats after beng an ll-cty selecton at West Catholc Revamped elgblty rules durng Korean War made t possble for 6" center to play as a freshman for Wldcats Despte hs lack of sze for a center Devne held hs own wth much taller opponents and was nvarably called upon hs last N»» two years and was *?" J*<* :" Devne : Jack coaches Vllanovas freshman team and asssts Kraft wth varsty One of hs most mportant functons s to work wth bof men up front to help m develop nto as fne a compettor as he was durng hs collegate career -h Jack has been marred eght years He and hs wfe Frances resde n Westtown Pa The Devnes have two chy dren Mary Cay and Jack Jr Wth bfm moldng fbe stars for Tcture at Vllanova wll b naton s 6 THE N 96 reman rosy future basketball pretty tough to beat Devne-Kraft com FRESHMN SCHEDULE Dec Banes Jm Stnger Steve Komes Pat Reddngton Bll Kowalsk but can let out a resoundng chorus of "V for Vllanova" and "Lets Go Wldcats" when occason arses Phylls Greyson s a 9 year old math major from rdmore and Jane Hulse hals from Beverly New Jersey Jane s also 9 and s enrolled n nursng course Headng lst of freshmen nurses on squad s Jan Zeller at frst glance Vllanova cheerleaders wll go on away trps but t s assured that y wll make all home games of 6-6 season Fve regular boy cheerleaders wll be joned by fve of be able to grls who wll rotate n r dutes as nstgators of true loyalty and good conduct n compettve sporta We are proud of our "frsts" and hope that student body be as equally recertve to m not merely as young colwll lege women but especally as true Vllanovans Jan Scranton St Josephs Feb Mar St Josephs freshmen Lorrane Farho s a 20 year old junor nurse who makes her home From New Haven Connecttut same state and same s anor 20 year old n class nurse Betsy GrabowskL These two grls were ndoctrnated to true meanng of Vllanova sprt by attendance at all home games and actve membershp n Basketball ClKb last year n Sophomore Class we fnd To Contnue Yellfng n (f- Hawks to respect r sprt Theyre a scrappy bunch who would rar see r Hawks wn than anvthng but when Ramasys boys falter yre stll behnd m all way The base drum keeps boomng Hawk keens flanpne and fans Veep yellng You have to resnect and enw that knd of sprt The Notre Dame sprt s legendary but one nstance n partcular llustrates knd of support rsh gve to r teams n 92 Rocknes scrappers traveled to West Pont to battle an underdog rmy team t was year after undefeated season of Four Hovsemen but rsh expected to have no trouble wfh +he Cablets rmv had or nlans and nroceeded to hand rsh a??-0 troupcng Battered and ashamed rsh scheduled a tran whch would brng m back to campus at M so y could sneak to r rooms and avod stares of student body But when tran pulled nto South Bend entre student body was on hand wavng torches and sngng famed Notre Dame Vctory March Tears runnng down hs face all Rock was able to say was "s long as youll have me ll stay at Notre Dame" For those who onposed admsson of grl cheerleaders on bass of tradton opportunty for tradton s here a tradton of sprt But tradtons dont just happen They have to be bult The comnor cage campagn wll be a challenge for Cats but t wll provde an even b*qrer challenge for r fans No matter what happens to Krafts bo season Ml v XJ Xxttr- M Wll be a success f t **nd of vear Vllanova fans can honestly say "Were Number One" L to r: Cevyn Murphy Sue Qunn and Jan Zeller lllll!lllllllll!llllllllnlllll llllll!llllllllllll!l!t!u!llllllllllll:llllllll!llllllllll!l llllllllh Concermng Grl QeerleuJers Support Of Cats By Bob Mclntyre The Basketball Club esuccess wrtten lke Freshman loveles whose cheerng s expected to brnff sunshne to and dstracton to Jack Krafts bench VU Basketball Club - Crews Mke Glaza Mke s of yet t s undetermned wher new addtons to look quet enough selectve Ed Cunnnjrham Tom Keaveny Joe Through a under drecton of Bran Banmller But n came St Joes tlt and a dfferent atttude (Sprt Commttee Charman) The lusty throats suddenly dred up and blue and whte and Head Basketball Coach Jack rooters began to make premature exts Kraft wll begn ts second year Theres no pont n dwellng on sore spots of past as symbol of Sprt behnd The queston s What can be done n future? Maybe Basketball team on December Vllanova fans should tavf a faf from book of two schools nght Cats face Prnceton at Feld House namely Notre Dame and St Joes fter ts nauguraton last t may astound some to hear St Joes beng used as a yardstck by a wrter who has never been known for an year t was noted by many from tfne start that t was a Club wth affecton for boys from Ctv ne But you dont have to Festval Devne coached at West Catholc wnnng Catholc? League ttle n hs frst year 98-9 season Standng rft to rjfht: who system of try-outs "elect seven" were chosen on bass of r exuberance orgnalty and personalty They nclude two junors two sophomores and three By Steve Frend Wth comng of basketball campagn and long awated arrved of grl cheerleaders sometme n near future (whch means anywhere from two weeks to ten years) perhaps ts a good tme to dscuss sprt Vllanova sprt t would be nce to proudly proclam Cats fans a loyal butch of screamng supoorters who always stay wth] r boys t would also be untrue Lets face t Vllanova fans have always been frontrunners Ths was sad once before from ths corner producng rate howls from a flock of ndgnant souls who feel that such an opnon borders on heresy f ssue s honestly examned however one must rome to concluson that mm*or+v of fans on Man Lne campus have only tme for wnners t never was hard to support a wnnng club Even most lethargc Nova fan would fnd no trouble screamng at sght of Krafts speedboys takng apart a foe No one n Madson Snuare Garden last year had slghtest dffculty n cheerng as r heroes proceeded to cop Holday Sturs honored by hs teammates as most valuable player on squad durng those cam- Cesta grls lllllljulllllllpj ponts ffth hghest n schools hstory Jack was elected captan of Vllanova rghu Jm Meehan Dave Tutzo Frank Guern Denny Carluzzo l Vllunovu Sprt Durng hs four years at Vllanova he scored 26 left to two a sense re are seven or Vllanovans n same boat wth varsty rookes from Pttsburgh followed by Su Experence can also be cure Qunn of Mllvlle New Jersey and Cevyn Murphy of llendale for m am speakng of New Jersey These three freshfrst grl cheerleaders to ht men add pose and charm to Vllanova campus growng number ow women unthe Xaver game on December dergraduates at Vllanova could be debut of Wldcat team and also debut of a unque experment to spark up sprt of Vllanova That evenng se seven grls wll take dr place Upper class members of female cheerleadng squad on floor of to show to people of PhlaSttng Jane Hulse and Betsy Grabowsk Standng Phylls delpha area that Vllanova s Greyson and Lorrane Ferno proud of ts athletes and students who back m n << to play oppostons top scorer He was also an outstandng rebounder Fnmt Welcome ddton Ths yekrs Wldcat basketball team s a very promsng one ndeed t has heght depth and enough experence n ts sx returnng lettermen Coach Devne selected hs team and has been workng long and hard to mold se boys Junor Class y are open forward Joe Orevrs Mssng Lnk Hustle To Offset all over t The Club ths year doubled ts ntake of members to around 200 These 200 members form a hard core Fellow students The much debated topc of female cheerleaders at Vllanova has reached fruton The Student Government ssocaton after two years of heated dscusson has ndcated by a sgnfcant majorty that our student body s very much n favor of female cheerleaders The dmnstraton lkewse feels that f students want females to help renew our laggng sprt y wll n fact allow m One qualfyng factor has however been njected No females wll represent our Unversty unless students treat our Vllanova grls n manner fttng dty of \:: : a lady ::: - /: -o y: : y-:n bygone years Vllanova men have vewed females as nterlopers upon r rghts and treated m wth a correspondng sense of dsrespect Durng my four years here however grls because of r ncreased or nucleus of Vllanovas sprt number nterest and partcpaton n campus actvtes have on Man Lne durng wn- elevated mselves to a status of equalty and n some ter months cases excellence Banmller founder of feel that wth ths elevaton has come a correspondng Club says ts man objectve s declne n anmosty on part of campus males To to organze sprt of best knowledge re have been comparatvely few ncdents school and so far ts purpose has of embarassment or dscomfort concernng our grls Ths been accomplshed as can be at- trend must contnue and ntensfy because our grls have tested to by lookng back on through r actons proved mselves deservng of full last year He sad Club mem- recognton and dgnty on ths campus bers would be made up of those t s wth ths thought that on behalf of my Club members back from last and SG nterested Vllanovans both beg and demand that year members of Sprt Com- proper treatment be accorded to our female cheerleaders mttee n past and those hs when y apear n near future Fellow students commttee feels would beneft success of ths venture that you have overwhelmngly apclub by r membershp proved depends solely upon a-nd your atttude towans our The Club wll also be com- grls posed of dfferent sub-commttees Let re be no mstake f our female cheerleaders are workng under Banmller and Mr not treated wth dgnty befttng a lady cause of Kraft They wll nclude com- female cheerleaders wll suffer a paralyzng f not mortal mttees for sgns those who wll blow Please men act lke mature unversty students not organze th» bus trps and those lke mmature fools who wll take care of telegrams Demonstrate your responsblty by respondng to ths to team Or nnovatons of Vllanova *new look" wth dgnfed responsblty Club wll be announced later Davd C Moore and meetngs wll take place Executve Vce Presdent of P"*- " Mondays or when Student ffars y are posted all THE N 96

5 j" Bg Fve Prevew By Steve Frend s usual race for Bg Walters defendng champs hard Fve crown shapes up to be a but Explorers could stll be real dog-tght and St rugged Despte loss of 6-8 Joseph appear to be teams Walter Sampson and great that wll gve Cats most Frank Corace stll ha trouble but Perln and defendng George Sutor a 6- gant whc champ cannot be counted ths year could fnally realze h out od to ths Ue fact that great potental Last year Sutor record books are thrown out n led team n rebounds wth a Bg fve tlts and t s obvous average whle scorng at a tnat Cty Seres fght wll clp second best on squad be as exctng as ever Ths may just oe most well stocked Owls nest n long reagn of Coach Harry Ltwack Wth most of stars b ck from last years squad whch posted a -8 log and garnered Mddle tlantc Champonshp Owls have to be gven nsde track for cty laurels Once agan be hard pressed to match last years 6-9 record PenQ s long as Coach Jack McQoskey stays at Quakers wll be trouble Last year McCloskey took an nexperenced sophofltnore squad and drove m to a -0 season and thrd place n vy League Junors Stan Pavlak and Jeff Neoman wll lead Quaker attack Pawlak a 6- forward led all all scorers last year wth a 6 average whle 6- guard Neuman s a ball handlng magc- Guard Curt Fromal wll be upon to drect offense whle veterans l Tezla 6- and 6- Joe Carpenter wll team wth Sutor up front George Paull a an f 6-8 junor John Hellngs and 6- soph from Cardnal Dougherty could wndng up a startng soph Frank Burgess also 6-8 berth The Explorers could sur- can control boards prse a lot of people but y wll Quakers could cause some called trouble at- tack wll centered around Jm Wllams 6-8 junor who led Owls n scorng hs rooke year wth an 8 average whle haulng down rebounds at a 22 dp Wth a year of experence under hs belt Wllams should be twce as tough Teamng wth Wllamfl n front court wll be veterans Dan Ftzgerald and Vnce Rchardson Ftzgerald a 6- senor was Owls No 2 scorer last year wth a 22 average Mannng one guard spot s Bll Kelley -0 senor who starred for Owls n sec- Portrat Of Wnner By Joe Maffongell n prl 96 Mr Jack Kraft took rens of Vllanova basketball charot from l Severance Before comng to Man Lne campus Jack enjoyed a successful 20year career n hgh school coachng Hs overall record for ths perod was a commendable 82- whch ncluded an excellent 2- record at Malvern Prep former guard for St Joes fve Kraft made ll-cty team n hs senor year durng 9-2 season ond half of last season Comng n hs ntal year at Cat kngdom he led hs charges on when starter Frank Bshop to a second place fnsh n Eastern Eegonals of was sdelned wth a shoulder Tournament seperaton Kelley averaged NC Such a double fgures and was a bg spark n s drve for MC fnsh ha s now become a normal thng for clubs of Mr Kraft Two years ago a team that had been ttle marked medocre posted an The or backcourt slot wll probably go to Don Cartwrght upset vctory over powerful Wchta and a fourth place a -0 sophomore who teamed up wth Wllams for two years atnorrstown Hgh School Sophomores Joe Hndelang Chrs NT Last season golden egg was hatched Led by a boy named Jones Krafts cagers completed a remarkable 2- season and a strong performance n NC fnsh n Kefalos and Pat Carrol wll gve bench strength than t has had n years Hndelang a 6- star from Lncoln Hgh led frosh scorers last year wth a 9 average and could force hs way For good measure Owls w have full tme servces of 6-6 Ken Morgan former West Phladelpha star who was hobbled last season wth njures St Josephs Even f St Josephs had nothng Coacth Jack Ramsay would come up wth a good year But ths year Hawks are loaded wth talent whch means trouble for rest of cty The boy who has everyone talkng on Cty Lne s Matt Guokas a 6- transfer from Mam The former St Josephs Prep star s beng touted as most talented Hawk snce Regardng season ths Kraft s rar optmstc He remarked that Cats are nto startng lneup anxously awatng campagn opener Startng Fve " thnk that Washnsrton Soens Leftwch Melchonn team" he sad "But Schaflfer Cole- Jack Kraft and EncVsoT make un my man Gadunas and Kenny wll move n when needed/v Kraft furr noted that frst three encounters wth Scranton Xaver and Prnceton wll defntely smooth out startnor unt and wll provde a good ndcaton of future ll n all t appears that magc man of court has put toger some pretty potent blue and whte magc once more CTS GO heyday of hs far twenty-fve years ago Despte hs heght Guokas wll team up n back court wth STTSTCS sharpshooter Blly Oakes Veteran junors Tom Duff 6- and 6-6 Marty Ford wll handle Played two of front court posts whle thrd slot wll go to Jones Clf nderson a 6- leaper who s drawng rave notces Watng n wngs are such stalwart performers as Chuch McKenna Blly McFadden Vnce Curran and l Grundy Look for Hawks to be tougher than ever especally when pressure s on Graduaton ht Coach Bob O Feld Goals Made tt Pet Free Throws Made tt Pet Rebs Per Ponts No vg