1964-65 WINTER SPORTS SPECIAL Frosh

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SECTION II PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I. S—1

From A Little Unknown Quintet To A Perennial Eastern Power

By Richard Swakla

"F r i a r ' s De f ea t No t r e Dame . . . Ho lmes F i res Winning Shot in Thr i l l ing 85-3 Over t ime Game." On February 14, 1956, the F i gh t ing Ir ish of N o t r e Dame in-aded A lumni Hall expect ing to add an easy win to their v ictory list.

REMEMBER WHEN: It was 1961 when the Friais started on their drive toward PC's first National Invitational Champion-ship.

Instead, the Friars, under •i< ir new coach, Joseph A. Mul-iney, turned in a fantastic u[> et by defeating Notre Dame 583 in overtime The Friars •<1 throughout most of the con-•St -13 3, 31-22, 40-26 and 42 2 at halftime. With but four rcinutes remaining. Notre Dame .-ame to within three points of 'C 69-66 At the end of regula ion play the score was tied a) 13 all. During the overtime i>eriod Notre Dame overtook ihe Friars for the first time 81 79. With two seconds remaining Ihe score was once again lied • t 83 83 It was at this time

, :bat Holmes fired a perfect shot from midcourt to break the tie ind make PC the victor. A1 hough the Friars had done

:ome outstanding feats during ihcir young sports history, they I ave not had a basketball vic-I irv to equal this triumph in I usi war play and perhaps not unce the mid '30's.

(Let us digress for a moment nd look at the man behind the :enes, the current mentor of

H IM "Fighting Friars." Joseph Mullaney began his basket

all career at t'hamirvade High chool in Mineola, L. I., where e starred for four years. He ained further experience by laying basketball in the Air orce and coaching the Smyrna

j ir Ton* Base Team. Mul-iney captained the 1947 Holy

Cross team, leading them to the NCAA Championship After playing pro ball with the Cel-tics for one year, he began his coaching career at St. Mary's Academy in Glen Falls, N. Y. One year later he was appoint-ed as head coach at Norwich Academy, where he led the Ca-dets to an 18-6 record and the

i first Vej-mont State Conference , Championship in 24 years. The next year Joe Mullaney came to Providence College.

As head coach for the past nine years, Coach Mullaney has brought the Friars into national prominence Under Mullaney's teaching, the Friars have won twenty or more games per sea-son for the past six years against some of the best college teams in the nation. The sue cess of the team can be attrib-uted to the outstanding coach-ing done by Mullaney. He has gained national recognition with his great defensive team, which is ranked among the top teams in the country in team defense. Joe Mullaney has re-ceived national recognition by being named "Coach of the Year" in 1961 by the Philadel-phia Basketball Writers. Last year he was selected "New Eng-land Coach of the Year" by the New England Basketball Writ-ers' Association. This year he has received this honor from

the UPI Selection Committee. The Rhode Island Sportswriters and Broadcasters have named him "Coach of the Year" on three separate occasions. Dur-ing his nine years tenure at PC Joe has amassed an incred-

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The purpose being the growth of the hockey team, the machine first went as far back as 1926 as a picture of the pucksters playing on Hendricken Field flittered across the screen. Capt. John Graham, now vice presi-dent of the R. L Hospital Trust, could be heard encouraging the team to play despite the condi-tions. PC in those years took ad-vantage of many natural facili-ties to practice — such as the Car Barn lot where La Salle Academy now stands. Capt Gra-ham's prediction that the team might have to fold because of financial troubles was to come true two years later. But the team, initiated by a group of New Haven boys on an informal basis, was to be revived in the 30's, as the machine next showed, under the encourage-ment of Dr. Dan O'Neill, a favorite prof at the college. Just then the time machin blanked out, just as hockey itself faded out at PC.

Reception wasn't clear again until some helpful students turned the tuning knob up to 1951. The picture came into focus as the Rev. Herman Schneider was patting Capt and goalie Howie McGuinness and George Ducharme on their backs after running wild over UBTs amateur team. PC, it was teen, did very well that year as a member of the RI Amateur Hockey Association. Interest was on the w ane as the Friars racked up a 5-2-1 record, losing only to Dunne's East Siders and Burill-Ville By the way. PC played Army as a sidelight that year and lost 6-4, mainly because ol the oversized rink.

Time Machine

Icemen Family Tree Originates From Small Intra-Campus Club

By Vin Marottol i Obl ig ing themselves to the Cowl bee cause of the excellent coverage of the in-

tramural games, the Albertus Magnus c lub gave the Cowl access to their patented " t ime Machine" by which this interested reporter could delve into the past to dig up in fo f o r his article.

I PC in those years was coached by Dick Rondeau. Under his tutelage, the maturing icemen made their ECAC debut by edg-ing Harvard 5-4 as Rod Gorman gave PC the win in overtime. Although it was a losing season, it had its highlights, as the ma-chine proved. Once we watched PC struggling with the Eastern US Olympic Team and finally bowing 8-3. Then we saw them losing to a tough little team from Canada. One of the scenes showed the scampy Friars get-ting wallopped by BU, but not without turning the game into a bloody free-for-all that only ended after police intervention. But one thing was obvious from this season: PC was getting ex-perience.

By the 1957 season, PC had acquired the services of Tom Eccleston. Mr. Eccleston turned out to be one of the best coaches in the area That year, PC swept all over the Ivy League, losing only to Yale, in posting its best record up to then: 13-6. During one of the scenes, Coach Eccles-ton was seen replaying a tape recorder to several player* dur-ing a game This was, as the machine pointed out, an innova-tion of his where planted scouts observed the game and made comments, which were later re-played to the team.

As the machine moved to 1958, the picture was overcast No wonder! PC had a losing tea-son. After having lost to BC de-spite Joe Keough's four goals and twice to Brown, things were looking somewhat dim for Ec-

i cleston't charges. There were

two scenes that remained im-planted in our minds for the future. One was Coach Eccleston appraising the past season as he commented "We've built a strong foundation." The second was Fr. Schneider sincerely re-marking that as long as he had anything to say, Tom Eccleston would stay on." His desires were to prove prophetic.

In the next few years, PC started to role. Winning seasons started to run in succession. During these years, Joe Keough became the highest scorer in the college's history as he collected 120 points, topping the record set by Joe Barile. One sports-writer commented that there was excellent pro material on the squad in the form of Jack McGeough. And sure enough, Jack was seen skating for the Reds.

PC was in for a great season as they approached 1963. Pre-season reports placed the Friar* anywhere out in contention for ECAC honors. But the Friars came up with 19 wins against 7 losses to win eastern honors and represent the East in Denver (along with RPI). The highlight of the season was the backto-back wins over Clarkton and St. Lawrence in two consecutive nights, a feat never accom-plished before by an eastern college sextet

Fading away, the picture on the screen thowed the victorious Friar* learning of the retire-ment of Coach Eccleston and hit replacement by Zellio Toppazini, a pro-hockey standout Now it's up to Topper to write the next

I annal in puckster history.

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Friar Six Wi l l O p p o s e

TOP BRASS: Coach Zellio Topazzini talks matters over with his co-captains, Dan Sheehan and Grant Heffernan. The icemen start the campaign this Saturday against the Eagles of Bos-ton College at the Rhode Island Auditorium.

Puckster Outfit Strengthened By Return of Twelve Varsity Veterans

B y R a y Holland W i th the return of twe l v e let termen f r o m the 1963-64 Championship season,

the Fr iars , under new mentor Zell io Topaz zini, should be o f f and skating towards de-fense of their E C A C cup. Fo l l ow ing are vars i ty pro f i les of the '64-'65 PC hockey edition.

Frank Brander (Jr.—D—6' 2"—197 lbs.) — The Rattler should be the key to the Friars' defense. Last year he comple-mented graduated Larry Kish quite well, as the backline. A good shooter with an extremely hard slapshot, Frank carries the puck well for a big man. Can hit very hard if the occa-sion arises.

Robert Bellemore (Jr.—G— 5' 10"—165 lbs.)—Old man

Bob should have another steady year in the goal. Last year he turned in a tremendous overall job, especially in upstate New York and in the ECAC Tour-ney. Possesses a good glove hand and very fast reflexes which he no doubt developed from playing both hard and softball.

Andre Branchaud (Jr.—F—6' 164 lbs.)—Right now Andy is centering the third line. Al-though he didn't see too much action last year, Coach Toppa-zini will have him taking a reg-ular turn. Good passer and playmaker with a hard shot.

John Butler (Soph.—F—6'— 177 lbs.)—Leading scorer on last year's frosh squad, John has displayed good skating and stick handling thus far in pre-season drills. Should see serv-

ice as a penalty killer and on the third line.

John Campbell (Jr.—G—5' 10" — 16 lbs.) — Dune has looked very good in pre-season drills. Last year alternated with Bellemore in the cage. This campaign he will be used to back up Bellemore in front of the crease.

John Doherty (Soph.—F—6'

FRANK BRANDER

—180 lbs.)—A moose as far as recent Friar forwards go, Dough will probably find a berth on the third line. He shows a good shot, excellent back-checking and good penalty killing.

Tom Fecteau (Sr.—D—5' 10" —175 lbs.)—Right now a doubt-ful starter because of mononu-cleosis, Tom picked up a lot of needed experience last year. Good checker but a little on the slim side.

Charles Gaffney (Sr.—D—5' 11"—195 lbs.)—One of the top three defensemen on this year's team, Chuck should continue to shine as an excellent feeder to his forwards plus as a strong and an aggressive backliner. With Brander he will give PC good balance at defense.

Bruce Gilmore (Sr.—F—5' 10"—165 lbs.)—Has been im-pressive thus far. Bruce has good moves near the cage and shoots well from the right side.

Thomas Haugh (Jr.—G—5' 8" —190 lbs.)—As a regular two years ago, Hoss gave the Olym-pic Trials a bid last season. Very agile for a big man around the nets as well as a great talker on the ice. Really tough in the big games.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-tute Dec. 12 (H.) — The Engin-1

eers have the material this sea-son to better their third place finishes in both the ECAC and NCAA Championship Tourna-ments. Gone, however, is Bob Brinkworth, twice selected Ail-American and twice the East's Most Valuable Player. To take up the scoring slack is another All-American, Jerry Knightley, the nation's leading scorer last season. First year Coach Gary Kearns will skate virtually an all-veteran team in his quest to better last season's record which included a 3-2 loss and a 5-4 win against Providence.

Yale University Dec . 15 (H.) —Mike Murdoch's Yale Bull-dogs, in the midst of a rebuild-ing year, should present little competition for the Black and White who defeated the Bull-dogs, 3-1, in their lone encount-er last season.

Boston Garden Tourney Dec. 18—The Crimson of Harvard is the Friars opponent in this one night stand at the Beantown garden. Many seasons have lapsed since we've played Har-vard. The last time PC came out the victors. Harvard always comes up with a top notch Ivy League team. With most of last year's squad back and with that added experience, the Friars should be in for a real tough clash.

Holiday Festival Dec. 21, 22, and 23—The Friars have a first round bye in this MSQ tilt. The only new team for us in this tourney is Cornell. If we play the Big Red, we'll be facing a top contender for the Ivy champion-ship. With their sophs and juniors coming into their own, this club can now hold their own with any eastern sextet.

Brown Invitational Jan. 1, 2— Besides host club, Brown and the Friars, two western teams, Michigan State and Colorado College are entered in this tourney at Meehan Auditorium. Both MSU and CC are slated to

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Princeton University Jan. 5 (A)—Coach Norm Wood reports that just about everyone is back from last season's squad. The Tigers are another college with goalie problems, even though three netminders are returning. Last season's 6-16 record should be improved, but probably will include another defeat by PC. Last year: PC 5, Tigers 2.

Bowdoin Jan. 9 (A)—With the graduation of forwards Fred Filloon, Joe Tarbell, Don Ham-lin and Dave Mechem along with defenseman Bob Taylor and with the loss of frosh high scorer, Ray Matthews for medi-cal reasons, rebuilding efforts will center around two seniors, five juniors, and 10 soph candi-dates, including former local star, Phil Coupe. Providence Col-lege did not play Bowdoin last season.

Boston University Jan. 11 (A); Jan. 27 (H.)—The Terriers, who last season finished under .500 and were beaten twice by the Black and White (4-3, 3-1), are the pre season choice of the nation's hockey coaches to cap-ture the Eastern Championship in 1965. Last season's undefeat-ed freshman sextet is expected to contribute to the varsity squad. All-New England goalie. Jack Ferreria, heads the list of nine returning lettermen, exclu-sive of All-American defense-man Richie Green who has been ruled out of competition as the result of an injury suffered last winter. Nevertheless, Coach Jack Kelly is hopeful that this sea-son's Terrier ice squad will pro-duce the best record since his return as coach in 1962.

University of New Hampshire Jan. 21 (H.) — Except for men-tioning the new Wildcat hockey rink and the great potential of

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Every Eastern Power By Brad Johnson

I f pre-season forecasts mer i t any consideration, the 1963-64 Prov idence Col lege hockey team will batt le with some of the toughest sextets in the nation. T h e ma jo r i t y of opposing coaches rate the i r squads f r o m " the best e v e r " to " the most potent ia l . " T h e Boston Garden Tourney, the Hol iday Fest iva l in N e w York , and the Brown Univers i ty Tournament complete the F r i a r reg-ular season schedule of 21 games. H o w the PC ice foes r a t e :

Boston College Dec. 5 (H), Feb. 19 (A)—Although r a t e d

[ second in the Intercollegiate Hockey Newsletter poll, BC hockey forces face a goalie crisis with Tom Apprille graduated. If the goal does break down, the scoring line of E. J. Breen, Jack Cuniff, and either Phil Dyer or Jim Mullen, former local school-boy star, could possibly notch enough goals to overcome the deficiency in the goal. Also of considerable aid for Coach Snooks Kelly's Eagles is the balance of the point men Woody Johnson and Jack Kierstad. PC split a pair of games last sea-son, losing the first, 4-1, and taking the second, 9-8.

Merrimack College Dec. 9 (A); Feb. 2 (H.)—Merrimack is one of the few schools rated weaker this season than last season. The graduating losses of key defense-men Tom Keeling and Frank Pollard, along with last season's high scorer Buzzy Miller will not help new Coach Ron Ryan |

j avenge two defeats, 6-0, and 6-1, inflicted on Merimack by the Friars.

finish in the bottom of the west-ern league, according to the poll of ice coaches. But, these two clubs play a different brand ot hockey from what we're accus-tomed to seeing around here. They're physically bigger and, consequently, Do a lot of check-ing and, more than not, play a pro type offense. This should be a tremendous tourney.

* Quintet Schedule Lists Four New Opponents

By Corby May With Catholic Univers i ty down in the books, the

Friars now look to the remainder o f their schedule. It is basically the same with only a f e w additions The "new" teams are Iowa, Bowl ing Green, St. Francis of Ixretto, Pa., and Duquesne.

A preview of the remaining Dec

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fames follows: 12 (A)—Coach Danny Lynch has been stressing re-

Assumption <H> Dec. 4 The bounding and scoring from his Greyhounds upset winners. 88 80, over the Friars last year finished No 2 nationally among (mail colleges with a 19-2 re-cord Graduation took a trio of starters, high scoring John Jen-kins, Steve Warner, and Bill Norkaitis With only Jim Mon-ahan and Chris Kiernan as re-turing starters, Coach Andy

big men, Ted Kotch and Rich Marquardt Top performances by these tall seniors will re-lieve the pressure on the back court men. Jack Crispi and Alan Fisher. A big lift could come from Mark Turereshine, top returning scorer, if he is fully recovered from a knee in-

Laska faces a rebuilding job J ^ L , 1 ? * J ^ 6 ™ ^ 6

T/ihn proved tough for PC on their Other veterans are John Wheel-er and Ted Paulauskas. Most promising of the new talent are a pair of freshmen, Dave Bar-riss and Tom O'Connor. As-sumption plays a slow game stressing ball control and a pressing defense.

Brown Dec. 9 (H) and Mar.

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( (A)—Cross town rival Brown with eight lettermen returning should improve on last year's standing. Co-captains Dave Tarr and Jay Jones, a pair of 8' 5" forwards, will have to handle the rebounding and de-fense of the other teams big man plus the brunt of the scor ng Juniors Al Milamesi and Steve Kadison handle the back-

home court. Two years ago the N.I.T. champs squeaked by with a one point victory in the Last second.

Creighton (A ) Dec. 17—Paul Silas, a dominant figure on the college basketball scene the past three years has departed, but do not feel sorry for Coach Red McManus. He retains three starters while inheriting a couple of top flight sopho-mores and a highly touted transfer. The returning start-ers are Fritz Pointer, Charlie Brown, and Elton McGriff. Jay Warhartig, a 5' 9" guard who smashed all frosh scoring rec-ords with a 32 4 ppg., and Tim Powers, a 6' 7" center, are the sophs to watch. At the semes-ter, 6' 7" Neil Johnson becomes eligible The Bluejays were 22-7 and a NCAA tourney competi-tor last year and more of the same can be expected.

Iowa (A ) Dec. 19—New coach, Ralph Miller, from Wich-ita faces a rebuilding job, with only one senior, three juniors and a promising sophomore as material Captain Jimmy Rod-gers is the senior, and averaged 12.9 ppg. Juniors George Peo-ples, Gary Olsen, Joel Jes-sen, and newcomer Gary Jones should round out the top five. The Hawkeyes have stressed defense-ball control when they have the lead.

Bowling Green (H) Dec. 21— The loss of national scoring leader, Howie Komives, should not daunt Falcon hopes Cap-tain Bob Dwors leads the re-turning parade with starters Nick Aloi. Rick Coven, and Le

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SUMMIT MEETING: Co-Captains Jim Ahern and Noel Kinski gather with their head coach Joe Mullaney. The Friars, with one game already under their belts, take on Assumption this Friday night at Alumni Hall.

Hoop Fortunes To Rely on Sophs; Speed and Fast Break Big Factors

By RAY HEATH Fr ia r hoop strategy of the past has a lways ref lected the composition of the

players on the team and their abilities. T h e lack of height on the 1964-65 squad will have to be balanced by its other powers. The seven returning lettermen, plus the upcoming Sophs, a re :

excellent Noel Kinski (Sr.—G—5' 11" —167 lbs.)—This year's co-cap-tain has often been mentioned in the same sentence with John-ny Egan, P.C.'s contribution to the New York Knicks What Noel lacks in shooting ability he makes up with his excellent ball-handling and pinpoint pass-es. Noel will be an excellent captain and can be again count-ed on to pull the Friars through many tight spots. He is ex-

tremely fast and driver from either side, quali-ties which will make him an important cog of the year's team.

Jim Ahem (Sr.—G—6' 0"— —170 lbs.)—Jim did a oompc tent job as a Starting guard throughout most of last year. The co-captain's speed is his most noteworthy asset, although he cannot be counted short as an offensive threat with his line jump shot from around the key. Jim is a good defensive player, and this is most important to Coach Mullaney. Jim's overall ability should rate him a start-ing berth for the Catholic Uni-versity game.

Don Dutton (Sr.—F—6' 3"— 195 lbs.)—Don is one of Coach

Bill Blair (Jr.—«' 2"—170 lbs.)—Rebounding will be most important to this year's team, and Billy Blair can be counted on to get more than his share of the job done. Blair had the fans talking last year with his leaping abilities and will prob-ably be the sixth man on this year's team if he does not start. Bill is a triple threat because of his speed, excellent jump shot and rebounding ability. Billy's play will definitely be a most important factor in rela-tion to the success of the Friars this year.

Jim Benedict (Jr.—G—6' 4" —178 lbs.)—Jim is perhaps the best shooter on this years team. Jim averaged 10.2 points

a sophomore last year, many Mullaney's most dependable 0 1 his points coming on long players. He gives 100% every Flynn like jump shots Benny s time he plays. A rugged re rebounds a game were sig-bounder with a good jump shot, nihcant, but he wiil have to un-Don can be expected to see a Prove in that department this lot of action this year Al- year- Although be will probab-though a bit overanxious on de start at the guard posiuon, fense, Don can get the re J l m ^ expected to be bat-bounds from the best and will tiing for the rebounds as well be used a great deal this year.

Jim Cox, (Sr.—F—«' 3"—ISO lbs.)— Although Jim has not seen much action in the past, his improvement has been tre-mendous this year An excellent shooter. Jim has developed sev-eral moves which should merit his seeing more action. If Jim can become more aggressive on

as throwing them up from downtown. Much can be ex-pected from Jim who is carving himself a niche as one of P.C.'s best all around guards.

BUI Lasher (Jr. C V 6"— 185 lbs.)—Bill is the moM un-proved ballplayer on the Friar varsity this year. He has be-come especially aggressive on

Jim Walker • Dexter Westhraok - Mike Riordan Ste»e Sarantopolous

the boards while maintaining both backboards and has a fine bis soft touch, he could belplsbot and good speed. Bill

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w s f e w w i a e r

TO A GREAT SEASON

T q _ A Victorious Season, Friars In Basketball and Hockey

FROM THE A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N From THE FRIARS CLUB

The Veritas

>m The Biggest Classvu To The Greatest Teams

Good Luck Friars

All ' I V Way Friars

Jeff-Deloney — President

Don Akowitz — Vice-President

Mike Smitfi — Treasurer

John Martinelli — S e c r e t a r y _ _

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Best Wishes To

The Friars

This Winter

Good Luck

FRIARS

from

The Military Science Department

To The Friar Five and

The Friar Six the best of luck in the

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John Minicucci, — President

Mike KennejL — Vic^Pres ident

Dick Potenxa, -^N&cretary

Poul Giopattf — Treasurer

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Beit of Luck Friari!

- The Carolan Club -Tom Minicucci, — President

Pot Gollogher — Vice-President

^K i r k , —T^ecording Secretory

Kev i n O ' D e o^^-Caitesponding Secretory

J o h n S t ios s i , — Treasurer

From The Students

To The Friars

BEST OF LUCK

The Congress

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BB History . . (Continued from Page S—1)

ible record of 180 wins and 56 losses.

The next year, for the first time in PC's history, the Friars played at the Palestra against Villanova. PC came out the victor 90-83 in four overtimes. During this game John Egan set a new record for the most points scored in a single game, 39. It was also the first time in the college's history that Providence played at Madison Square Garden, meeting St. John's University. Although St. John's came out on top, this ap-pearance was only a preview of what was to come. On March 14, 1959, the Friars became the fourth New England team to participate in the National In-vitation Tournament in its 22 year history. The first game saw the Friars against three point favorite Manhattan. On a 25-foot jump shot by Johnny Egan with four seconds remain-ing, the underdog Friars de-feated Manhattan 68-66. Three days later, Providence College sprung the biggest upset of the 1959 NIT by eliminating St. Louis in double overtime. The Cinderella Friars looked like a bunch of midgets compared to the tall Billikens. Although the Friars were unable to con-tinue their winning ways in the tournament, being beaten by St. Johns and NYU, the Friars had accomplished their mission . . . "everyone knows the Friars now."

The following year the Friars beat Holy Cross for the first time in 19 years, 80-68. This year also saw a return of the Friars to Madison Square Gar-den and the NIT. This year the Friars progressed to the runner-up spot by defeating Memphis State, St. Louis, and Utah State, while losing in the final game to Bradley. PC's Len Wilkens was named Most Valuable Player of the Tourna-ment.

In 1961, for the third consec-utive year, the Friars appeared in the National Invitation Tour-nament. This, however, was the year that Providence Col-lege went all the way to become NIT Champions by defeating Depaul 73-67, Niagara 71-68, Holy Cross 80S3, and St. Louis 62-59. For the second straight year a Friar won the MVP award. This year it was sopho-more Vinnie Ernst. John Egan

scored a total of 249 points, an average of 20.8 a game in NIT play. The 249 points is believed to be a record for the total points scored by an individual. John also set a new individual scoring record of 41 podn'ts ag linst Scranton. Perhaps Prov-idence College's emergence as a national power and the arrival of John Egan on the PC campus have been coincidental, but there is no doubt that the Friars' success has been greatly aided by his all-round brilliant play.

The big game of the 1961-62 season was when Jack "the Shot" Foley and his Holy Cross teammates came to Alumni Hall. Tom Folliard had the task of guarding Foley, and that he did well, allowing him only 18 points in 33 minutes. Jim Hadnot set a new individ-ual scoring record by dumping in 42 points. The Friars once again participated in the NIT, this time losing to Temple 80-78 in the first game. Provi-dence College has now won 20 or more games per season for the fourth consecutive year.

The following year the Friars appeared in the Quaker City Tournament and turned in a commendable performance by defeating Delaware, losing to Brigham Young, and defeating Villanova. They returned to Madison Square Garden this year and captured their second NIT Championship. In doing so the Friars had wins over Miami 106-96, Marquette 70-64, and Canisius 81-66. Ray Flynn was the third PC player to win the MVP award. Thus, Providence College climaxed its greatest season by compiling a 24 and 4 record and winning 15 straight, a new school record. The Friars were named the Eastern Colle-giate Athletic Conference Num-ber One Major Team for 1962-63. Vin Ernst was named to the UPI Small American Team, the Brooklyn Tablet Catholic All American First Team, and received Honorable Mention in the AP and -UPI All American Teams. Ray Flynn was named to District One First Team and AP All New England Team. Jim Stone, John Thompson, and Ray Flynn were named to the All Tournament First Team. The Friars have now participat-ed in five NITs, winning two of the last three.

The 1963-64 season was the

Ice Profiles . . Hockey Opponents (Continued from S—2)

Grant Heffernan (Sr.—F—6' —185 lbs.)—One of the best stickhandlers in the East. An excellent shooter from in close besides being an adept skater and passer. Topper feels he is worthy of an All-American berth.

John Heximer (Sr.—F—5' 8" —163 lbs.)—Hex possesses a very accurate shot. Has tremen-dous speed inside the blue line. He is what can be termed an underrated player.

Brian Kelly (Jr.—D—5' 10"— 177 lbs.)—^Sat out last year as he was a transfer student. Should play a key role in PC defense. Shows great passing and shooting ability from the blue line. Will see a lot of ac-tion. This guy can really belt

John Keough (Sr.—F—5' 10" —168 lbs.)—A top passing and shooting threat from the wing position. Jake can shoot and pass from either side. At first sight John is a deceptively slow skater but can do a job on the defense. Should have a fine season.

Nicholas Lamoriello (Soph.— F—5' 8"—166 lbs.)—One of the yearling operatives to move up to the varsity this year. Nick shows some of his older broth-er Lou's traits on the ice. Was the third leading scorer on the '63-'64 frosh unit.

John Lynes (Soph—D—6'— 185 lbs.)—Has good potential as a backliner. He needs more varsity ice time to get poise and steadiness.

Frank Pons (Soph—D—6'— 200 lbs.)—Up from the frosh as the top second year defense-man, Frank shows up as the biggest member of the squad. Shoots well and skates ade-quately; should see action.

Daniel-" Sheehan (Sr.—F—5' 10"—175 lbs.) — Co-Captain along with Heffernan, Ace cen-ters the top scoring line with Heximer and Bill Warburton. An excellent skater and shoot-er, should have another big year.

Fred Sullivan (Jr.—F—6'— 175 lbs.)—A third line regular as a soph with 12 goals, Little Sully, with gained experience, should have a fine year.

Joseph Sullivan (Sr.—D—5' 11"—178 lbs.)—Has seen little service in the past but has really shown a lot this far in pre-season drills. Good checker with a good second effort.

William Warburton (Sr.—F— 5' 10"—167 lbs.)—Playing wing on the first line Willie excels as a well-rounded puckster. Good around the cage and along the boards. Should have his oest year.

(Continued from Page S—2) junior goalie Colin Clark, new Coach Rube Bjorkman remains uncommitted on the up-coming season. From last year's squad which took a 6-1 beating from PC, five defensemen and nine forwards are returning. Best prospect: soph point man Bob Walsh.

Colby College Jan. 23 (A); Feb. 13 (H.)—Although the grad-uation loss of All-East Jack Mechem and Dave Sveden will hurt, a rinkful of promising newcomers makes Coach Charlie Holt certain last season's record of 5-14-2 will be bettered. Whether his sextet will avenge a pair of defeats to PC, 5-2, and 2-1, Holt did not say.

U. S. Military Academy Jan. 25 (A.)—With two of the three top point-producers back, Coach Jack Riley has the makings of what he called a "good" season. Mike Thompson, well on the way to becoming Army's all-time scorer, and Bart Barry returning to provide a proven scoring punch. Help is also expected from the Plebes who racked up a 16-2 slate. Providence lost to Army, 54.

Clarkson College Feb. 10 (H.) —The Golden Knights will have to fill the gap left by the grad-uation of the highest scoring line in Clarkson ice history. The defense has been augmented by sophomores Jerry Kovulchuck, Garry Patterson and Tom Mc-Cabe. The Friar sextet scored a 6-4 regular season decision and a 6-5 victory in the ECAC tourney over the Green and Gold.

Northeastern University Feb 17 (H)—Coach Jim Bell " I feei we should be able to do as well

| as last season and if we jell to our potential, we can do even better." The Huskies' scoring potential remains high despite graduation losses, and with goal-tender Gus "691 saves" Capizzo returning, NU could reverse last season's 6-5 loss to PC.

Brown University Feb. 23 (H); Mar 3 (A.)—A nucleus of thir-teen lettermen has prompted Coach Jim Fullerton to remark, "best balanced team." Three All-Ivy selections, Terry Chap-man, Leon Bryant and defense-man Bob Gaudreau head the list Last season's overall record of 13-9-2 should be improved upon and perhaps bettered at the hands of the PC pucksters who edged the Bruins twice last sea son.

St. Lawrence University Feb. 27 (H.)—The L a r r i e s have strength on the forward lines and in the goal, but the rear guard position could cause some anxious moments for All-Amer-ican netminder Bob Perani. Top sticks skating up front will be Arnie O'Reilly, juniors Emile Therien and Mike Saveage. The Friars squeaked by the Larries, 3-2, and then defeated them, 3-1, for the ECAC Championship.

Colgate Mar. 6 (A.)—If the Red Raiders are to equal last year's excellent record, a new line has to be forthcoming. Two complete forward lines, how-ever, are coming back intact Last season, Colgate lost, 3-2, to PC in the opening game of the ECAC Championship.

sixth consecutive season that the Friars have won 20 or more games. That year they contin-ued to hold their own as one of the top basketball powers in the East with a 20 and 6 record. During the last six years the Friars have won 132 against 33 losses, placing them in the top three schools in the nation in victories. This was the sixth consecutive year that the Friars participated in a na-tional post season tournament, this year the NCAA. The Friars were ranked second behind Vil-lanova who defeated PC in the Eastern Regionals. Highlights of last season were victories over such national powers as Utah State, Creighton, and St. Louis University.

Now we're ready for a new season.

P R O V I D E N C E C O L L E G E M E M B E R Providence, R. I.

1964-65 Sports Special

SPORTS EDITOR—Richard J. Berman

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR—Vin Marottoli

PHOTOGRAPHY—Vin DiLauro REPORTERS: Richard Swakla, Brad Johnson, Ray Heath. Ray Holland, Corby

May, Tom CovUl, Jim RaTferty, John 6ulUran, Leon Hill, Mike Hagstrom. Tony Sabllia.

COPY STAFF: Peter OILella. Bob Fields. John Remrdon.

Special thanks to: Mr. Vin Cuddy of the athletic department. Mrs. Jean Smedberg in the coaches' office; Mr. Joseph Marcello

SENIORS: Back again for their third season are: John Hexi-mer, Co-Captain Grant Heffernan, and Bill Warburton.

Hoop Opponents (Continued from Page S—3)

TJi Haywood. Top soph pros-jects are Cliff Williams 'and Ed t&m

St Joseph's (H ) Jan. 2— 7ne Hawks have an abundance (/ sophomores and thev must moulder the burden left by paduated high scorer Steve lourtin, a 20 ppg. performer Juniors Billy Oakes, a steadily Improving back court man, and

Marty Ford, a lean 6' 7" who las not yet reached his poten-tial, head the returning contin-ent. The sophomore list in-cudes Matty Guokas, a transfer from Miami, Cliff Anderson tid Vince Curran. Coach Jack fiamsey produces a clever, weli-diiled team, and as it gains ex-l>Tience it could be one of the frst in the Bast.

Fairfield ( A ) Jan. 4—This c ub has been coming on strong I r sectional recognition, and »Ch three regulars returning, t • drive should continue. Mike i anch (21.2 ppg ) , Pat Burke I 9.2), and Larry Rafferty i 0.2) form the nucleus of a

'LenUaliy strong team. Boston College ( A ) Jan. 6—

I jb Cousy's debut wasn't im-i escive but this year he has a

suy improved team. Junior fin Alison, who hit for 29.2

I >g., eighth in the country, and pnomore sensation Doug

i ice, a 20 ppg. scorer with the

|i»h, form the backcourt. iree more sophomores, Bill

I wyer, Ted Carter and Willie Wemra, could move into start-ing forecourt spots. Battling tnuse three will be seniors John liell, Bob Furbusii, and juniors Id iiockenberry, Tom Kelly.

Canisius ( A ) Jan. 9—This is l booier team that has proved boutnesome tor the Friars avay from home The Gritnns I e counting on Frank Swiatek (aj.l ppg.) and Dick McCrory i leau uiem, but their physical t'ununess is unsuie. wiuiout t is uuo. Coach bob MacKinnon oust rely on Jonn Breniun,

nuy Anderson and Jim Kes-nger tor scoring, •iciou llaii ( tu Jan. 23—A ige void was created by the auuauon oi Nick Weinman, no tanked tniiu, nrst and sec->u among the nations scorers

tne past uiree seasons, tie hi be replaced by sopnomore

rry Morawski, a 20 ppg. scor-tor the frosh Also in the

recourt are Richie Dec, Tony Ciccoio and 6' 7" Harry Slaion.

>acn Richie Regan feels that e key is the return of line ay by Slaton, who was agued by injuries last year, id Dec, a 14 ppg. scorer as a

l HI Jan. 26 ( A ) and Feb. 16 «)—The ineligibility of Steve ibin, a 20 ppg. scorer the

1st two seasons, was a serious ow to the title hopes of the

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Rams. They will go with Den-nis McGovern, who averaged 20 ppg; Frank Nightangale 6' 7", a 12.6 scorer with a 607 percent-age on rebounding; Jim Cym-bala and Mike Fitzgerald. Top soph is 6' 7" Steve Wright Transfers will help the team

St. Bonaventure (H) Jan. 28 —The Bonnies face the same problem as PC, heavy gradua-tion losses and a highly touted freshman team. Fred Crawford, second leading scor-er in Bonaventure history, and Mike Aiken are the big losses Bob Barnek missed half the season with hepatitis and is the only returning double figure scorer. Experience also will come from senior Art Wood, and juniors John Riley and Ro-ger Bauer Rebounding has to be handled by sophs Paul Stap-penback (6 8" ) and George Cauter (6' 5"). John McLeod, who can take charge, and Frank Satalin are other sophs Coach Larry Weise counts on.

DePaul (H) Feb. 4—The sur-prise of last season with a 21-4 record and a NIT appearance, the Blue Demons should be bet-ter than a year ago. Jim Mur-phy, 6' 10 ' Dave Mills, and Jesse Nash are regulars, but Nash will only be eligible first semester From last years' frosh squad are 6' 5" Errol Palmer and 6' 1" Mike Norris who will battle for Nash's posi-tion. It could be a big year for the Blue Demons.

Niagara ( A ) Feb. 6—Coach Taps Gallaher has plenty of ex-perience with 3 starters return-ing and all averaged in double figures last season—senior Joe White, George Phillips (6' 6" ) and Art Coleman. Dwight Bank is the top soph prospect and should be bidding for a starting role. The fruits of a rebuild-ing year are ready to be reaped.

St. Francis (Pa.) Feb. 11 (H) —The Frankies had Sandy Wil-liams, the 11th leading soorer in the nation with a 27.3 last season, and his loss will be felt greatly. Coach Ship Hughes will build with Co-Captains Jerry Friedrich and Jay Sohol-owski, both 6' 5" seniors who must handle the scoring load. Top candidates for the remain-ing spots are transfers Ty An-derson and sophs Jack Fitzhen-ry and Don Appleman.

Duquesne ( ID Feb. 13—All-American candidate Willie Som-erset, the team's No. 1 scorer last year with a 24.7 ppg., re-turns for his final season, and it should vault the Dukes into national prominence. Ron Wil-lard and Willie Ross finished behind Somerset in the point producing department, and Coach Ned Manning counts heavily on these three. Center is manned by 6' 8" Walt Lautsch. but he is weak com-paratively. The three top frosh scorers experienced academic problems and will not play. Frank Miniota, out the 63-64 season, is counted on for bench strength.

ViUanova ( A ) Feb. 23—The

Frosh BB . . . (Continued from Page S—8)

J BUI Pettingell (5' 11"—G)— Bill, like Don Henderson, came

' CO PC on a baseball scholarship. Besides being another one of he fine shooters on the team,

' he has good moves and is a clever driver. He played high school ball in Natick. Massachu

I setts. ' Paul Russilo (5' 11"—G)—

Paul came to PC from Glaston-bury. Connecticut His strong I» int is a good left-handed jump shot.

Joe Gauthier (6' 4 " — F ) - J o e played for St. Joseph's High

' School in Rutland. Vermont. Tom Kramer (5' 11"—G)—

Tom toiled for Archbishop I Stepinac High School in Yon-, kers, New York.

James Mitchell (5' 11"—G)— ' Jim spent his high school play-

ing days at Lowell High School •• in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Larry Landgaff (6' 1 "—F)— Larry Landgraff is a product of Gonzaga High School in the nation's capital.

nationally ranked Wildcats lost Wally Jones through gradua-tion and Richie Moore, due to academic reasons. These should not danger the Cats hopes for Coach Jack Kraft has everyone else back and a couple of gig-antic sophomores. Certain to start in the back court are vet-erans George Leftwich and Bill Melchionni with soph Charley Coleman waiting on the bench. Jim Washington 6" 7", a center last season, has been moved to forward where Krapt expects to exploit his rebounding the scor-ing potential. Big sophs Frank Gardjunas and Bill Soens are the forecoming candidates. If (hey do not make it, Alan Sal-lie and Bernie Shaeffer are test-ed veterans. It adds up to a ViUanova powerhouse as well as eastern and national recogni-tion.

Holy Cross ( A ) Feb. 27—The Crusaders are loaded with scor-ers and playmakers, but they don't have a tall man to re-bound and defend against op-ponent's big men. All-East guard John Wendelken. who tossed in 21.6 ppg., and Richie Murphy. 146 ppg., give Coach Frank Oftring scoring power. The frosh promote Tony Gru-ley, a 26.8 scorer, but only 5' 11". Tallest of the regulars is 6' 6" John Sullivan. The bench is strong with veteran sophs, but there is no height. How well the Cross can manage without height will determine how far they will go.

V. of Massachusetts (H ) Mar. 2—Charlie O'Rourke 6' 7", a 14 ppg scorer last year, must take up the slack left by Roger Twitchill, the top scorer, shoot-er, and rebounder in the Red-men history. He will be backed up by Jim Edwards and Paul Gullickson in the forecourt and Charlie Kingston and soph Jim Babyah as guards. Coach John-ny Orr relies on the fast break with a pressing man to man de-fense.

Quintet Profiles (Continued from Page S—2)

should fit well in the picture this year if he continues to be strong off the boards. Bill will see a great deal of action back-ing up Dexter Westbrook at center.

James Walker (Soph.—G— 6' 3"—205 lbs.)—He can do everything well. Jimmy has the potential to be the best ever at P.C , but time will only tell. Jim, picked by every baskeball magazine as a sophomore to watch, averaged 22.6 points last year, making 55.3% of his shots. Jimmy also averaged 11.3 rebounds a game while he di-rected the attack of an excel-lent freshman team "Walk" is an all-around ballplayer who should set records. Not once last year was Jimmy really pushed, and his full ability has not yet been realized. Only when the Friars get into the thick of their schedule will the P.C. fans see how good Jimmy Walker is.

Dexter Westbrook (Soph.— 6' 7"—195 lbs.)—Dec has some amazing moves for a man of his size. Standing 6' 7", Dec will determine how far the Friars will go He has a fair shot around the key to go with his speed and^ ability off the boards. Dec made over 50% of his shots while averaging 17.1 points last year. He must con-tinue this pace if the Friars are going to take any trips in March.

Mike Riordan (Soph.—6' 3"— 187 lbs).—Mike will probably earn a starting berth with Walker and Westbrook up front. He has an excellent shot (14.7 average last year) as well as being strong off the boards (11.4 rebounds per game). Mike is a real hustler who never

lets up and should do very wel

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for the Black and White. Bill Barrett (Soph.—6' 2"—

185 lbs).—Bill is a steady ball player. He was the fifth man for the Frosh last year and will be a capable fill-in for either Benedict or Ahern. Billy knows the defense well and should gain valuable experience this year.

Dave Turbldy (Soph.—5' 8" —150 lbs.)—-The smallest man on the team at guard is a real hustler. He is a good ball handler and has an accurate jump shot from anywhere around the key. Dave should see some action backing up in the guard position.

Jim Schessler (Soph.—6' 6"— 180 lbs.)—Jim saw limited ac-tion as a freshman last year, but has improved a great deal. For a big man, Jim has a good shot, but must improve his re-bounding and moves under-neath.

Pete McLaughlin (Soph.—6' 2"—173 lbs).—Pete, being a transfer student, had to sit out last year, but now is eligible. Pete has a good shot and is a good ball handler. Seeing quite a bit of action this year, Pete will surprise a lot of the P C. fans who will be seeing him for the first time. With a little more hustle Pete could be bat-tling for a starting position. While only a sophomore, there is a bright future ahead for Pete in basketball at PC.

Steve Sarantopolou* (Soph.— 8' 1"—180 lbs.)—Steve aver-aged 15 points for the freshman team last year and was very impressive in several games. He is an excellent ball handler and can drive well from either side. These assets definitely make him a contender for a starting berth. As a freshman, he made over 57% of his shots.

THREE TO GET READY: Bolstering the Friar offense are seniors Bruce Gilmore, Co-Captain Danny Sheehan. and John Keough.

S—8 '64 • '65 SPORTS SPECIAL

Loaded Sextet

Yearlings on Skates Show Great Promise

By John Sull ivan The yearling's, under the direction of Coach Lou

Lamoriel lo, are heading toward what could be the f ines t year in f rosh hockey, surpassing even the class of '65 f reshman juggernaut . The l itt le Eag les o f Boston Col-lege wil l be the f i r s t opponent f o r the Fr iar lets and should indicate whether this Black and Wh i t e sextet is go ing to have one of those seasons.

Following are personnel pro-

Three Former Friar Stars Continue Interest In Professional League

By Leon Hill

Providence Col lege can boast of th ree graduates who now spend their t ime and talents in the N B. A . Lenny Wi lkens, Johnny Egan, and f ina l ly Long John Thompson are the t r io of Fr iars who h a v e made the g rade in the b ig league.

John Thompson, a '64 grad-starts for the New York Knick-erbockers.

Though short by pro stand-ards (6 feet), he has impressed many veterans with his great

files on the 1964-65 frosh hockey team:

Dana Maus (center—5'9"—155 lbs.)—Played at New Prep last year with some of his present teammates. As captain of Nor-wood High, he led his respective league in scoring.

Michael Muse (LW—5'8"—150 lbs.)—After a promising start at Boston College High, he suf-fered a leg injury which side-lined him for part of his senior year. Rebounded last year to lead New Prep in scoring.

Jerry Zifcak (center—5'8"— 170 lbs.)—Another member of that fine New Prep team, Jerry was an All-Stater from Rhode Island for three straight years out of Burriville High. Was the most valuable player in the NE Hockey Tourney in 1963. Comes to PC with the reputation of having a fine shot and good stick-handling ability.

Jack Bayer (RW—5'8"—165 lbs.)—Co-captain of Norwood High last year, Bayer is rated as an "all around hustler."

Donald McGoldrick (D—5'11" —180 lbs.)—Another rough and tough defenseman to add to the Friars fold, Don execels at "po-licing the ice."

Donald Pasucci (D—6'1"—190 lbs.)—Plays good position de-fense and is tough to maneu-ver around; should see quite a bit of action along with Mc-Goldrick.

Jim Umile (LW—5'8"—170 lbs.)—Standout at Melrose High, Jim was MVP two years ago in the NE Tourney. Tabbed as one of the finer players to come out of Massachusetts hockey in quite a while.

Jack McCarthy (LW—5'11"— 175 lbs.)—Played at BC High last year. Comes here as a right-hander shooting left. Said to be very good in the clutch.

Bob Martone (center—5'8"— 150 lbs.)—Played at Mt. Pleasant last year. He is quick with his skates and termed aggressive with his play.

Jim Murray (center—5'11" — 200 lbs.)—Played at Barnstable High and was selected as the MVP in the Cape Cod League. With his weight at 200 Jim could be a lot of trouble for the opposing defense.

Pete Norwell (RW—5'H"—

175 lbs.)—Following in the foot-steps of his older brother, Bruce, Pete promises to show much drive and potential.

Bob Driscoll (center—5'8"— 160 lbs.)—A product of St. Mary's of Lynn, Bob has a de-ceptively accurate shot and can be steady in the clutch.

Brian Kelley (D—5'9"—170 lbs.)—A local boy from La Salle, Brian played at Bridgeton in New Hampshire last year. Tabbed an aggressive backliner with a great competitive spirit.

Mike Menard (D—6'2"—180 lbs.)—An All-State from Burrill-ville and considered by his high school coach as a defensive great, Mike possesses one of the hardest slapshots on the squad.

Jerry Menard (RW—5'11"— 190 lbs.)—An old timer by frosh standards who has been away from school for a few years Jerry should have enough of a veteran attitude to steady his teammates. Menard played high school hockey at Mt. St. Charles.

Larry Tremblay (center—5'8" —170 lbs.)—Another Mt. St. Charles product, Larry is a fine playmaker and a strong skater.

Wilfred Murnane (LW—5'8"— 160 lbs.)—From Catholic Central in Troy, New York is termed by his coach as one of the fastest skaters on the frosh team. Very accurate and a strong shooter.

Ken Ercolano (LW—5'9"—165 lbs.)—"Fine hustle and determ-ination" describes this frosh prospect. Forte is his playmak-ing ability.

Al Crowell (F—5'11" —170 lbs.)— A Norwood High grad-uate, he suffered a pre season injury which slowed him down to the point where he will really have to go to make the squad.

Jim Horsley (G—5'7"—160 lbs.)—Coming here with a con-siderable degree of reputation, Jim played hockey in Lake Placid last year.

Ron Campellone (G—5'7"— 150 lbs.)—A Mt Pleasant grad, Ron is somewhat small for the job of goalie but hasn't shown any let up as of yet.

Barry Johnson (G—5'8"—170 lbs.)—Played hockey at East Providence High last year, he holds the record for most penal-ties by a goalie in one game.

uate, is a first year man for the Boston Celtics. He arrived at PC from Archbishop John Carroll High in Washington, D. C., where he earned an All-America rating.

On the frosh team, John showed great potential by scor-ing 710 points for a 32.2 aver-age, and used his 6-10, 230 lb frame to snare 340 rebounds for a 14.5 average.

In his first varsity season, "Long John" scored 310 points for a 12.3 average, and he was subsequently named to the All-1 New England Team. As a jun-ior he averaged 18.9 points and 14 rebounds per game. He helped pace the 1963 N.I.T. champs and was named on the Tourney's first team. For these heroics U.P.I, and A.P. named him to the All-East second team.

Last season he blossomed into a great scorer. He pumped 681 points for a 26.2 average, both season records, and he holds the single game scoring out-put of 43. He also has the most total points for three varsity seasons—1520. As a tribute to these feats he was listed on the U.P.I. All-America honorable mention, and was named as the outstanding basketball player in New England.

John Egan, a 1961 grad, came to Providence as a highly tout-ed ball-handler. At Weaver High in Hartford, Connecticut, he gained the reputation as a second Cousy. In his frosh sea-son at PC he averaged 22 points and made innumerable assists. As a sophomore he sur-prised all by averaging 20.9 points a game.

In his final two varsity sea-sons he averaged 16.6 per game and captained the 1961 N.I.T. champs. He holds the N.I.T. record of 249 points in three years. He became the second PC student to win the Words Unlimited Award, Lenny Wil-kens being the other. John now

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ith his led ind rst he 5.6

LONG JOHN THOMPSON speed and quick moves. In his first season with the Knicks last year, he was their leader in as-

sists and had the highest points per average for a Knick guard

Lenny Wilkens, a 1960 grad uate, became the first PC player to make pro basketball In his three varsity seasons for the Friars, Lenny earned a reputation as a hustler with great defensive skills. In his sophomore year he averaged 14.9 points on the varsity and was named on the ECAC first team In his junior year he scored 423 points for a 15.6 points per game average.

He earned such awards as All-New England, All-America Honorable mention, Catholic All-America Honorable men. tion, and was named by U.P.I. and A.P. to the N.I.T. first team. In his senior year he had a 14.2 average and was named the Most Valuable Player of the N.I.T. He gained All America recognition on the 1st team of Look Maga2ine and the Cath-olic Digest, and was also the M.V.P. in the East-West Col-lege All Star game.

Now in his fifth season with the St. Louis Hawks, Lenny has been an N B A. All-Star and the Hawks leading ball-handler.

14 Freshmen Hoopsters Head 1964-65 Roster

By TOM COVILL W i t h not such a spectacular team as past yearl ing

hoop squads, this edit ion of f rosh basketball wi l l come up wi th a hard, control brand o f hoop.

Ticket Notice GAME: PRIORITY DATES:

Bowling Green State University December 7, 8 Monday, December 21, 1964

St. Joseph's College December 16, 17 Saturday, January 2, 1965

Seton Hall University January 11, 12 Saturday, January 23, 1965

St. Bonaventure University January 18, 19 Thursday, January 28, 1965

DePaul University *. January 25, 26 Thursday, February 4, 1965

St. Francis College February 1, 2 Thursday, February 11, 1965

Duquesne University February 3, 4 Saturday, February 13, 1965

University of Rhode Island February 8, 9 Tuesday, February 16, 1965

University of Massachusetts February 17, 18 Tuesday, March 2, 1965

Pete Coughter (6' 5"—C) The tallest member of the squad, Pete is also the only freshman player to receive basketball scholarship. Before coming to Providence, he was a standout for Rippowam High School in Stamford, Connect! cut. The lanky redhead is ex-pected to provide sorely-needed rebounding strength to the Friar yearlings. Also possesses a fine outside shot.

Dal LaMagna (5' I I " — F ) — Dal hails from Rosedale, Long Island, and is one of the better all-around players on the team. Coach Gavitt has selected him to be middle man in an offense which will consist mainly of looking for the good shot. Skill in both rebounding and defense has assured Dal of a starting assignment.

Bill Fitzgerald (6' 3 "—F)— Probably the most determined ballplayer on the squad, Bill is destined for a lot of action sim-ply because of his overwhelm-ing desire. He is strong and tireless, and is a good shooter. The hustling athlete is a local product, having previously played for Bishop Hendricken High School.

Don Henderson (6' lH" .—F) —Don is from Marshfield, Mas-sachusetts, where he was a three-sport athlete in high school. He is an outstanding baseball pitcher, and has prov-en his talents on the hardcourt also. The husky southpaw pos-sesses good spring plus strong

moves to the basket. He is a top contender for a starter's role.

Bert Brady (6' 2"—F)— Shooting is the strong point of this year's edition of the frosh cagers, and Bert is one of the reasons why this is so. He is a fine jump-shooter and is also a good driver. The left-hander is from St. Peter's Prep School in New Jersey.

Al Petitpas (5' 11"—G)— Possessing an impressive jump-shot, Al could help the frosh a great deal this season. Former-ly, he played for North Cam-bridge Catholic High in Massa-chusetts.

Bud Dobbins (6' 1"—G)— Bud was a standout for the freshman cross-country team this fall. He joined the hoop squad as soon as the thinclads finished their season. Bud has had plenty of basketball exper-ience. While at Xavier High School in New York City, he played against some top high school teams.

Al Pearson (6' 3"—F)—Al was captain of the 1963 Somer-ville High School team in Som-erville, Mass., before attending Newman Prep in Boston last year. This is the same prep school that Ray Flynn, former Friar captain and NIT most val-uable player, attended. A good shooter, especially from the cor-ner, Al is rated as a prime can-didate for a starting berth.

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