Fordham Accepts NIT Invitation By BILL "HAMMER RAM Sports Editor And so Fordham will return to the tournament He was probably referring to the team's 15-7 after a four year absence. They were chosen by the record and their five game win streak. The Bams What was once a dream, then hearsay, then NIT selection committee, whose chairman is Ken- have now rung up consecutive victories over Army, common knowledge, became truth this morning. It neth A. Norton of Manhattan College. The other Queens, Boston College, CCNY, and St. John's. ns officially announced that Fordham University members of the group are the athletic directors of The team statistics show evidence of the sea- ind nccepted an invitation to play in the 1963 Na- Fordham, St. John's, NYU, Villanova, Wagner, and 1 ion's success. Bob Melvin is the leading scorer, av- t'o'is Invitational Tournament at Madison Square Springfield College. eraging 18.2 ppg, but each of the other starters has Garden. The first six teams to accept the bids of the com- been high man in at least one game. Melvin, Man- The NIT is the oldest of the post-season college mittee were Canisius, Miami of Florida, Providence hardt, Stevens, and Sheridan are all averaging in basketball tournaments. Pounded in 1938, it is now Memphis State, Marquette, and Wichita. Then this double figures, while McGuirt is hitting just under in its 26th year. The Rams will be playing in it for week invitations went out to Fordham, St. Francis the ten point mark. the fourth time. of Brooklyn, De Paul, La Salle, Villanova and St. However Fordham's selection to play in the NIT Their first appearance in the tourney was in Louis. Of this group, all have now accepted. by no means marks the end of the regular season. 1943, five years after its birth. Fordham finished Three teams still remain on the regular schedule: fourth thai year, defeating Western Kentucky (60- The seedings and drawings for the tournament NYU, arch-rival Manhattan, and Holy Cross. Each 58), but then losing to St. John's (69-43), the even- will be made next week. Fordham's first game will will prove a tough opponent, and each game could tual winner, and Washington and Jefferson (39- probably be on Thursday evening, March 14, or on go either way. 34). Saturday afternoon, March 16. There will also be The NYU game, scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, The Rams did not do as well in their other two games on the nights of the. 16th, 19th, and 21st, March 2, will be the hardest to win. Fordham has tournaments. In 1958, they swamped St. Francis of and the finals of the tourney are scheduled for not defeated the NCAA-bound Violets since 1955. Loretto '83-59) in the first round, but then drop- Saturday afternoon, March 23. There will be a pep rally for this game at 11 ped a close one to Dayton (74-70), the ultimate Coach John Bach was overjoyed at receiving a.m. tomorrow, Pat Burke will be In cliarge of this mnnei-up. The 1959 team, despite high hopes, was the NIT bid. "The team deserves it," he said. "I'm effort to demonstrate student support for the team eliminated in the opening round by Butler, (94-80). proud of them and the way they've been playing." against its toughest opponent of the season. THE FORDHAM RAM Fordham College, New York 58, N. Y.—February 28, 1963 401 Eight Pages Senior Wins Marshall Elections End Polls Open Today For With SG Ball Lward From England Voting in SG Elections By BOB KELLY On Saturday Patrick T. Villani, a college senior with a cumulative The College Student Govern- College elections today and tomorrow will climax a week's campaign in which eight candidates are battling over the idex of 4.0 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship for ment is sponsoring an inaugural ball in honor of the winners of four executive offices of student government. Voting will wo years' graduate study at Cambridge University. this Friday's elections. take place in the Campus Center lobby from, eleven a.m. Only 24 such scholarships are offered. Winners may study The ball was approved at a until two p.m. on both days. "committee of the whole" session Without staging any extraordinary events both parties r Uvo years any subject leading their other activities and achieve- the award of a British unlver- in last Monday's meeting. During are sounding out the electorate ments." Preference is given to the classrooms, in the cafeteria ' degree at any university in such a session only officials are retary), and Carrol (treasurer). candidates who combine high ac- permitted to be present. and in the dormitories. The Ram party candidates are « United Kingdom; ademic ability with the capacity — •So far the campaign has been Capellini (president), Papa (vice The course of study which Vil- ' The ball" will take place Satm"-' to play an active part in the life day night Results of the Student unmarked by the usual charges president), O'Brien (secretary), nl will follow at Cambridge of the United Kingdom university and counter charges between nd Breslin (treasurer). i to an Honors Bachelor of to which they apply. Government elections are expect- parties. Last year's sharp and bit- rts degree in moral science, the ed to be officially announced late ter exchanges waged during the The Action party platform in- A Year in Belgium Friday afternoon. ludes a proposal for a December fitish counterpart to philosophy. For the purpose of selecting "war of the throwaways" has giv- . All class officers, present SG of- en way to a campaign in which the ;oncert to be held on successive his degree is equivalent to a candidates, the United States is lights. Tobin has reported that »ster of Arts in the United ficers, new SG officers and their aims and purposes of a Jesuit apportioned into five districts; losing opponents are invited. Each college student government are 'r. George J. McMahon, Dean of four scholarships are awarded to Fordham College, would not favor British Thank V.S. official is allowed to invite two argued. each district and there are four couples of his choice. Bids are two concerts held on the same The Marshall Scholarship pro- Al Cnpellini's Ram party and light, but he does not object to awards-at-lavge. $2.50 apiece. Phil Tobin's Action party have •iii was established in 1933 by Villani feels that this scholar- wo concerts on successive nights Arrangements have been made placed their slates before.the stu- is Action proposes. » United Kingdom government ship will afford him a good op- dents. The Action party candi- portunity "lo study at Cambridge, at the "Chester House" in the In addition to an expanded Parkchester area of the Bronx dates are Tobin (president), Clark the British school of philosophy, (vice-president), McGovern (sec- American Age series, Action prom- (Continued on Page 6) for the affair. ;es to inaugurate "Direction's S4" featuring "lesser known but Year of Song With Friday Concert 10 less interesting speakers from Group the arts, communications, sports and the professions. They urge the possibility of an all-Jesuit basketball tournament over the Glee Club Goes to Town 'hristmas vacation, not to be in- which is directed by Frederic stituted next year but as. some- Tomorrow night will be "Town Joslyn, Director Emeritus of the thing to work for in the future. Hall Night." Olee Club. The Action party is also con- The Fordham University Glee The "Ramblers of Rose Hill" zinced of the need for improve- Club, under the direction of Mr. follow with their barber shop ren- ment of administration-student James B. Welch, will perform its ditions. Then, under the heading •elations. H5tH annual Town Hall concert, "Folk Songs of Other Lands," the The Ram party intends to im- beginning at 8:40 p.m. The theme club sings the Scotch "Hundred Hjove hierarchical structure of I'.itiitk Villaiu of the concert will be "Folk Pipers," "Ail Through the Nlslit" Student Government bringing' the Songs of America and Other (Welsh) and "John Peel" (Eng- student Into closer contact with "»'t"slon of gratitude for his own government. Communica- A Lands." lish >. , 'fl. Its purpose is to This concert is traditionally The concert closes with a selec- tion will.be Improved through a "able Wizens of the United Council of Club Presidents, a bi- htcs, b one of the top social events of tion from Randall Thompson'.-, °th men and women, nonlhly newsletter, a Secretariat fe Oie school year. It is also the "The Testament of Freedom," a „. ° n waduates of United and regular office hours. Capellini Dlkees a mast important performance of musical piece based on the writ- inT.es that "Student Government It'll i »d universities, to ings of Thomas Jefferson. I 'or a degree at a university the year for the Glee Club. officers must fulfill their duties The program has nine sections This year the club is celebrat- as stimilnti'd in the constitution, e united States are eli- and over 20 selections. The con- ing its 40th anniversary. Presi- and do them well, before Going on cert opens with a quartet or dent John Thornton staled Hint to bigger aw! better things." The value of Grieg's "Brothers "the program has been selected "ship a Marshall Schol- varied songs. Tlie Council of Club Presidents ™»Prises Sliiff On" is the first number, to from 40 years of Glee Club reper- personal al- toires and should prove entertain- would be revived in order to bring '<* of about ,350 per year, he followed by Hassler's "Cantatc '•Wnent of ing. I would just wish to extend the interests of the Clubs to the fees, a Brnnt Domino," Allegri's "Miserere MM attention of the S.G. officers. The m/i mid a similar Deu-s" and the "Echo Song" by James B. Welch an invitation to all the students taut fl, American ARC would be expanded •approved travel in the Di Lus-so. of the University to celebrate the to include fields other than pol- Init ' heading "Spirituals," Glee Club anniversary with us a KlnBtlom Under the Mobile," "Shenandoah" and itics. jrtth'""~~.cm, ;cs »» "Swing Town Hall." of the club then performs Swin_ g ••Clmrlottown." The Campbell- , T Sweet Chariot!" and 'Oh Tipton composition, "Spirit Flow- Ticket sales for the concert are The Ram party would make the er-h V t0 ohHun Low, Mission conceit, Inaugurated just llot Don't You Weep," to be er/' concludes the first portion of reported to be going very well. tal| '" less tlmn four in- Mary this year, an annual function to ni "Ride the Chariot," the program. Tickets, priced from $2 to $3, an followed by —- available in the Lobby of th( supplement the mission raffle. featiuini: Don Boyle as soloist. After the intermission, it's time There will be a debate today at for the traditional singing of the Campus Center. They may alsc Next,„• „it' freshmas "Then Fou"rocrk RosesnroU, be purchased at the Town Hal 11 a.m. between both parties In for "dis- the club's Fordham school song. All Olee rooms 231-235 In the Campus ci clmrnc- led by Larry Maranau Club alumni are invited on stage box office or from any membe TheKlOlipn ,the club performs a totrio of of the Qlee Club. Center. by their Down for this part of the program, attainment-; HIKt by American '"Ik songs- Page 2 THE FORDHAM RAM Thursday, February 28, 19 People to People Picks Fh SG Candidates Voice Views Students to Summer Abroal Five Fordham students who were selected as candid for People to People's Student Ambassador Program K been approved by the organization's national headquJ in Kansas City to go abroad this summer and live with eign families, Four of the five, Gerry, Grogan, Dick Mis' Marty Murphy, and Barry Conforti, have definitely deeiclei go and have alrady contacted '' Fordham students from the coun- well as participate in tries they plan to visit In order forum. to become acquainted with their According to Bob Goodl culture and the way of life. chairman of -the organization, f These students will leave the forum will tie the first in a sj United States between June 15 to be held at Fordham. The and June 20. People to People has tinuation of the program will pend greatly on student made arrangements for them to to the first panel discuss! stay at different homes through- Marty Murphy, a college ju out the summer. They will return has been chosen chairman. 1 1'Iiil Tobin at the end of August. Goodwin also said Unit People to People has also sched- People to People's members) uled a forum to be held on Friday, drive will continue "until we Ram Party Action Party March 8, at 4 p.m., in either Bis- that the organization has alt| Q What is Student Government? Q What is Student Government? hops' Lounge or the Campus Cen- ed the student interest that it j ter. A panel of seven Fordham. A SG is the attempt by the students to A SG's function is to represent the student serves." Officers of People govern themselves within their limited capacity. before the Administration on all University students will participate in a dis- People will be available in I wish you had asked me what it could be. SG issues that affect the student. We think it is cussion on Africa. Three Africans, basement of Collins Auditorii should have office hours as a moans of close incumbent on officers to act on legitimate a Jamaican, a Belgian, an Indian from 1 -p.m. to 5 p.m. daily! communication between students and student student gripes, anything causing friction and md an American student will discuss the organization's pa government since SG is the voice of the stu- all suggestions either as a corrective for present be panelists. Donald Phillibert, grams and future plans and! dent. The class representative is the basic cog- inadequacies or as an agent for action. a Jamaican student from ttoe answer any questions which mi| in the whole SG structure because the students Q Docs SG have any real power? School of Eduction, will moderate arise. must be informed. A SG has tremendous potential for power. Q Does SG have any real power? Tn the past SG power has not been used. Its A The power of SG depends upon the lead- prestige is deservedly low. SG has as much Rams Take Third ers in SG and the interest shown in SG. Com- power as the officer is willing to give. No one READ FASTEN munication adds to this power. Often it is up thinks big enough. One of the major obstacles At College Debate RETAIN MOKE] to the initiative of the officers to assume re- has been money, and yet there are many pos- • On Feb. 23 two Pordhaan de- sponsibility in areas not formally designated sible ways to make money for SG. • STUDENTS by the constitution. For example, the consti- baters placed third in an inter- tution says nothing about taking positions on Q Does SG need bigger issues to arouse collegiate tournament at St. • TEACHERS world problems. However, we must slick to the student interest? John's University. Dennis Rob- fundamentals of SG and do the basic things A What we can do on this campus is our erts and Michael Dowell lost to • BUSINESS MEN second place King's College in the well—communication and class representation primary aim. The way we can improve spirit is • PROFESSIONAL MEN so that student opinion may be heard. to create interest in activities right here on semi-final round. The team won I) Does SG need biffger issues to arouse campus. We stress Christian culture, human- has been chosen chairman. LEARN TO READ 3 TO 10 student interest? ism -and tradition, yet nothing is done to foster Michael Dowell was awarded TIMES FASTER this on a University basis. There are many op- A As a leading Catholic university we the Speaker's Trophy for the best Think what such an impiwemcnj should comment and take stands on outside portunities for Fordham to expand socially and individual performance. The two in reading ability can mean to yoU| issues at times when it is proper. Since it is culturally. Pordham does not have a lecture debators argued the negative and the responsibility of every college student to be series of the scope of city colleges. This could affirmative sides of the topic: STUDENTS: GET BETTER CRAD! informed, SG should sponsor discussions on easily be remedied. Lack of spirit is an insult. "Resolved: The Non-Communist through an organized approach outside topics. American Age itself needs a It is a challenge to Fordham. Countries of the World Establish study. vitality of topics. Q Does the Administration respect student an Economic Community." They March Classes Now Ponniiii! Q Does (he Administration respect student opinion? finished with a four win and two opinion? A Administration's respect for SG depends loss record. A It seems that on certain questions stu- on the sincerity of SG officers. SG presents Twenty-one teams competed in EVELYN WOOD dents cannot affect Administration policy. But student gripes and opinions, but it should also the inter-collegiate tournament there are areas where the Administration glad- be willing to work out the answers. The Admin- Including Boston College, Dart- ly accepts proposals. For example, the Admin- istration ought to take the students seriously. READING DYNAMICS! mouth University, Georgetown 15-17 WEST Mill STRKKT | istration is definitely interested in the cur- In fact, the Administration has an obligation University, King's College, Mary- riculum and student opinion about the cur- to answer the gripes of students who pay $1,250 NEW YORK 36, N.Y. riculum. yearly. mount College, and Manhattan- ville College. St. Peter's College Thone: TN 7-2950 won the tournament. four Faculty Members Away Intercollegiate Club Presents
Four Fordham College professors are enjoying the privi- COLLEGE FOAM FESTIVAL leges of a sabbatical year, each conducting research in his —EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT— particular field. They are: Dr. Francis X. Connolly, vice- chairman of the English department; Dr. John C. Olin of the Starting THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 1st at 9:00 P.M. history department; Dr. John P. Devlin of modern languages at the and Fr. Arthur Clarke of the department of mathematics. Doctor Connolly is completing topic: "French Politics in the 20th a work on the "Humane Study of Century." Literature." The book, based on Father Clarke, obtaining a two 423 South Broadway the life of Cardinal Newman, is years' science Faculty Fellowship, Yonkers, N.Y. divided into three parts. The first is finishing his doctorate at Ye- Music By: part will Show Cardinal Newman shiva University. His dissertation in full range. This is a prepara- is on the "Number Theory." • THE SAINTS and SINNERS tory step, Dootor Connolly re- ported, to study one aspect of Early this year Hungarian born tho. .Cardinal's "Apologia." This Dr. Bartholomew Nagy, professor aspect constitutes the second part of chemistry, went to California I fleer) of the book. The last part is a for a research study on "Meteor- further preparation on the life of ites." He was mentioned in an Girls $1.50 Boys $2.50 Newman and his biography. article appearing in "Life" for his work in that field. pnp'V '» Minn ' / i , f u ,,r n Doctor Devlin has been in Spain since late last summer. At the In sociological inves'tigatlon Dr. John M. Martin has been granted University of Madrid lie is In- a half-time leave of absence to vestigating One works of Jose Or- study "Youth" in the city of New tega Y Gasset, Prederlco Garcia York. The program is conducted ttj and other great Spanish by the Institution of Public Ad- writers of this century. His dis- ministration for the City of New ", lormed in East Africa. The Repub- above their immediate community in- to Tanganyika in several years, and per- •oi Tanganyika, an area of 302,000 hiips during this time, we will come to terests and discovering that their indi- J' !m!cs with a population of U-l/4 understand them and their ways better, "Jn People, emerged as an independ- vidual freedom and the welfare of their and that they will likewise come to ap- |« na ,on. Since World War I, it had communities is best served through unit - „...! preciate us and our way of Mis. « administered by Great Britain, first ed purpose. This lesson directly challeng- Kayinond aim jusunian Rweyemanu
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Student Government elections, the culmination of The idea ol a publicity bureau should also be a week of tough campaigning, will be held today initiated. At present, there are many worthwhile THE SIENA NEWS, Siena College: and tomorrow. organizations on campus which do not have the "There is an organization on the campus which is spenl means to conduct sufficient publicity campaigns intr the money of the student body and offering no apprel for their programs. An organization such as this Both parties have presented platforms and plans able return to its supporters. This group is the National Fel in which something can be done for the students will definitely supplement T|ie RAM's coverage of of Fordham. The RAM hopes that some of these the work of campus organizations. evation of Catholic Students, better known as NFCCS." plans will be fulfilled and will not follow the way THE IONIAN—Iona College : of most political promises. A bi-monthly newsletter has also been offered in the platforms. This is demanded in the Student Suggestions—"Our first concern is with the amount The plan to broaden the scope of American Age Government Constitution but has not been carried ice and snow which still remains on the walks and roads is one which The RAM has frequently fostered. out for the past few years. It's about time that the the campus. We sincerely sympathize with the efforts wl: new officers of SG do something about it. It will definitely increase student interest. By en- must be expended in ridding our cairapus of these hazn larging the American Age Series, it necessarily fol- In our study of the platforms issued by the con- yet we are convinced that a little rock salt, strategically u- lows that a second activities period must be cre- tending parties, we noticed the use of "will" and ated. The student must be allowed the time to" "not promises, but plans." We only hope that these tribute^, would go a long way in eliminating much ol the ai participate both at extracurricular activities and are not the usual political cliches that are so often venture involved in racing for a nine o'clock class." at lecture series. Lecture series cannot be scheduled staled and not fulfilled. COLLEGE TIMES, Los Angeles State College: "Firemen and police called at Colorado Woman's Colle i-o got a toe of freshman Linda Jane Hinchman, from tl Between The Lines iaucet of a bathtub. Linda Jane was immersed in warm su in her dormitory bathtub. She thrust the big toe on her rig foot into the faucet. It stuck. She called for help. Two gil answered her call and tugged, the toe began to swell and w No News' Is Tun' News stuck tighter." By David NortSirup MANHATTAN OUADRANGLE, Manhattan College: • • tnt> formation of a Booster Club for this yean i> ordham game is mainly to back the varsity and raise soil By now eveiyone has his own favorite story Picket Line Post. CllSa for Placards, props, and surprises for both a rally at about the incredible hardships caused by the long We all remember with what horror we first read C'.ourtsidi support, 'Go Jasper' pins will be sold to the studeJ absence of the New York Times. Three pulpwood body at inexpensive prices. of the news you soon discovered a new freedom: that five New York tugboats had attached a tow forests in the Northwest have expanded so quickly line to the Havana Hilton and were trying to tow "No faculty or administration representatives will that they have engirtfcd all OreRon towns with a Cuba into American territorial waters—and the prcsen, in this student organized endeavor. The progra. population of less than ten thousand and are ad- good laugh we had when we iound out it was (ii'tccn wouut include a summary of the Fordliam-Manhattan trad, vancing on Portland. A frustrated creature of habit tugboats. This was our initiation, after this we non, a spool on the Pordham man and his ram, cheers, plaj was seen trying to work a crossword puzzle on a were able to Interpolate for ourselves. er introductions and another short talk followed by the Ford checker board. A former "Ramblings" columnist nam Ram song, if the student body supports it Fordliai wonders what people are lining: their bird cages Thus when we read that Jt'K itlie very one who won't .soon forget this one." ' with. called businessmen SOILS of witches) had criticized the International Typografters Union for passing But be not downhearted, my friends; there is a the "point of public toleration," we believed not a i 1* pUij]fnhed weekly, except 'during VK« brighter side to this sad story! Remember those word. Nor would we grant an iota of credence to to f.lay, by thii students of Fcriiiiuiii Coll painful, early days of the strike during which you Vr>rla. ITU President Bertram Powers, who has kept Now hi-'-f; were forced to break the newspaper reading habit 1 : C!iarles I'. Nastro and suddenly discovered what it was like to have York without papers for almost three month. !, v.'hu. •Jill to r: "I!Kbcrt Ft. Mrury Scoili a clear head in the morning and no raw, rasping he wittily replied that the President, was ir.norant )Srt\nililli• Hyrtn; Associate Editor, Josi'l'li Jr., I'm.il Wfls. feeling in your mind. For a few carefree days the of the details. ; Epo !••: 1 :'l!v, .Spurhi IsiHtor, Jim FotMrly problems of tho world were no longer your prob- •<• i; (Ului\ rMcfc Pyntoh; Fruliire E permission to speak at. the Parochial University of 1 /Iff i K thiff Kelly, Manny Ih-namio. Tlio"'^- At first you resisted the urge to buy one of those America because they weir "outspoken." On" won- inion, .John On iu;litv, Ciit'l H1'"111*'. cheap Imitations of the Times. Soon, however, ders how such trivia ever Rets past a watchful edi- T.\ awnl. '1'Jitl Tob'lii, I1'1''-' vVl1111' your curiosity began to get the bettor of you and tor. Why, had this been true, one can Imagine how .hlf«s you found yourself handing over a quarter for a every Catholic university worth its acndrmlc <"ip ,M.y, M-it Vit-K,, Ken Gibbons, Ituii * »*•'*- copy of the Hackensack Daily Bugle & Picket Line mid sown would have stampeded to net the lec- Post. Having lost your freedom from tho tyranny tures transferred to their campuses; but, <>i com™ iiihit Qui i.ii. I'rti-r Want. of tho news you soon discovered a new freedom: nollilng of the sort was reported. I iHill •Ir's. (limiltnii, Joe ViH'i'fUini'. the freedom of doubt. Even the most hardened M'i (I f Til.(! RAM fire not nccessiiril" tln^e skeptic had never dared to question the veracity It will nnturully be a treat to lmve the trusty >L 11 u'ifiMirllv thoso of tlic L'liiv'T' of the Times, but even the most gullible does not Times delivered at the tlnor nnftiii each moinini:, 1,1' plnco too much confidence In the Daily Bugle & but I am wondering if, after such a loujr nhi'U.-ullon, MtKlfnitm: IT. .In .'i I'lliluy. !>..<.. i"nte 'Vfl JIB second class matter OtM-ii I won't get sick on such a large dose of reality. •lip l>ml Ollh-e lit Mi'W Yuri:. N.V. 28, 1963 Lrsday, THE FORD HAM M Page 5 RambSings Politician's Politician By Mike Dunne or here does he define what hfi IKS Complaint leans by "musical purpose." The Uncivilized Diners o the Editor of The RAM: urpose oi a university yke club To the Editor of The KAM: Hearing that there was a great deal of political wind similarly undefined) is, we are ting generated around Fordham of late, we dropped by the This letter is in response to old, "well known to all." Para- To what strange manner of ampus Center, hoping to discover the men working the wo items that appeared in last oxically a conception of this very man or beast are we now being •Hows. Sure enough, we encountered one of our favorite 'eek's issue of The RAM in which urpose which, apparently, differs .subjected within the confines of alse statements • concerning the the Campus Center Cafeteria? olitical incumbents, attired in a Jimmy Walker overcoat 'rom his seems to bs the spirit be- faroon Key Soicety were made, eind the post-1956 programs What savage species are we per- nd a clipboard, amiably mending fences. Disengaging him- hese items appeared in the mitting to overrun our source of ilffrom the voters, the smiling gentleman told us that he leemed so inadequate by Mr. Sul- rticle and editorial about Alpha van. Not without reason there are daily bread and crudely forage iad again thrown his political fez into the ring of class elec- 'hi Omega fraternity. You stated nany who share Mr. Sullivan's light within our midst? ts. "What sort of a platform are you using?" we asked, hat the guide service for pro- iomplaint. Those behind the spir- Of whom do I speak? You know incing at our bitter coffee. pective entrants into Fordham's t responsible for tiio programs | them just as well as I: they are ommunity "until recently . . . "I'm running on my record," he replied, "a sound treas- ffensive to public relations over, the Loungers who rest their filthy as performed by the Maroon ;he past feven years therefore,ifeet on once-clean table tops; ry, a perfect attendance record, vigorous administration * Wl HAVE THE iEST * I * * * * •* • "THE • * EVERY SAT. iS?l * Music* bv dDa 1 p * • Complet® , 11 * * * $2.50 i $ ?i 24;§44 The MONT KIM LEV CLUB 229th STREET and BRONX N.Y Money-Money-Money ALL MAKES National SALESMAN NEEDED TYPEWRITERS "TOWN HALL Invitational for hot campus sales— ADDING MACHINES FRIDAY EVE.-MARCH flat 8:3* tested item. Easy sales- Sold-Rented-Repaired-Traded FIRST INTERCOLLEGE number—big profit. Authorized Portable Dealers Liberal Trade-in on your old Tournament WRITE: Typewriter Sales Promotion Limited FRANKLIN 'JMJ By JIM F0GART1' TYPEWRITER SERVICE RAM Sports Editor Creenvale, Long Island WE 3-9266 FESTIVAL" P.O. Box 6 2601 Webster Ave. The oldest post-season intercollegiate basketball tour- Bet. 193rd & 194th Sts. THE lent in the country—the N.I.T.—is nothing new to John t. In fact, the Ram coach has tad an active role in it al- it since its beginning. (N.U'i g In 1943, only five years after the tourney was originated, From Juitliard e Hill received its first bid to the Madison Square Garden WILLIES DELICATESSEN YHE dwood matches. The Ram squad, led by Tony Karpowich, i Mullens, and a freshman center named John Bach, faced 2561 WEBSTER AVENUE QUARTET from Columbia -seeded Western Kentucky State and defeated them by DAVE WiHTIRS core of 60-58. A crowd of 18,000 saw Bach, who received HEROES & SANDWICHES omfttitOUOMjriHlOEfOOrSIK at acclaim from New York sports writers pass the win- From NYU gshjot to Kaipowich, his All-Met teammate, in the closing ALMOST AS GOOD CEi CEE JOY °nds of the major upset. The Rams then faced St. John's, thi s«nioltonaf new jon sing«r eventual winner, and succumbed to them. 09-43. PHICE5: J3.50, 3.00, Z5O AS BACK HOME Culfege Group Rates Availobla Rams Return After 15 Years Contact: J. Bsintaoin.llf W. 57 St. • JU 4-3707 In 1958, after a 15-year interim, Forclham and John Bach epted their second bid. The former star was now serving a coaching capacity and was already well used to post- son play-offs, having sent two successive teams in '52 and to the N.CA.A. Tournament. The 1958 squad was led by Jim Cunningham, all-time Four different ways to make going rer on Rose Hill, and John Brady, another 1,000 pointer. dham's first game was with St. Francis of Pa., which was sldered by many—including Mr. Bach—to be the "dark more fun than getting there se" of the tournament. But when game-time arrived, li's worries were soon ended. The Rams soundly trounced You can see why one of America's will make you think that ice and snow ir opponents by a score of 83-59. favorite outdoor sports is driving are kid stuff; and for pure adventure, The second game of the tourney was reminiscent of the Chevrolets, with four entirely different America's only sports car, Corvette— n coach's iplaylng days and once again saw the termina- kinds of cars to choose from. There's now in two all-new versions with looks icf a Maroon N.I.T. Championship bid, as Fordham was de- the Jet-smooth Chevrolet, about as luxu- that can stop traffic like a rush-hour tect 74-70 by Dayton University. rious as you can go without going over- blizzard. Picked your favorite already? board in price; the low-cost The next thing is to take Rose Hill tried to retaliate the following year by sending Chevy II, a good-looking car the wheel at your Chevrolet (am squad with a 17-7 'record to the N.I.T. The highly- that would send any family dealer's. If that doesn't have led Fordham five of '59 didn't do as well as the previous packingi ; anotheh r familfily you thinking of places to roon squads, however, and dropped their intial game to favorite, the sporty Corvair, /> • A go, maybb e you''d ratheth r jusjt "'• by a score of 94-80. In a game which received very lit- whose rear-engine traction Keeps hOMg meat have a ball around town! sludent support from Rose Hill, the Rams blew a 54-54 emission deadlock and completely fell apart in the sec- 1 wit to the Indiana Collegiate Conference Champs. rais year Coach Bach will be sending- another team to National Invitational Tournament, a team capable of siing better than any previous Forclham squad. Among 'sS of possible opponents are two teams which are cur- 'ly listed in the '62-'63 Ram loss column—Canisius and wancis of Brooklyn. Canisius squceked out a 67-65 victory we closing seconds, but this was long after John Stevens led out. st Pl JET-SMOOTH CHEVROLET IMPALA SPORT COUPE H - 'ancis faced the Fordham squad right after it lost Wstra by two points and to Georgetown by four points. !'rankles took advantage of the Rams' slump and came ahead by a score of 59-4G. "ovidence is making its fifth consecutive trip to the' Sporting a 17-4 record, the Rhode Islanders should „ , e gh com , 11 vinnie Ernstcompetitio. n under the directives of backcourt- South Sends Strong Twosome lle South has sent two very formidable teams this to the Garden play-offs. Memphis State, under the CHEVY II NOVA 400 SPORT COUPE year leadership of Coach Dean Ehlers, have four of ears starters who compiled a 15-7 slate. Miami has a ' 01 giants who have lost only four games this year ^winning 21. The front line of Lee Woods, Mike McCoy, Dp«vt y has an average height of 6'8". Wv li the loss of Hubie White. Villanova is still a i sco °Utfitl Lecl by Wally Jones- last yeal''s number •Phil rf'' of the squad and the only soph member on the wa , . a team' the Wildcats have compiled a 14-8 gainst some of the toughest teams in the East, aiquette has an all-senior lineup and accounted for a 5 fun S year- Pour members of the squad have played CORVAIR MONZA CLUB COUPE -hat -I years ot varsity ball DePaul is similar to Marquette 1C ;.5,, also has an experienced team. Leading the Demons lor M ne ,1 ' C. Thompson who averaged 16.3 points per Lasi pulUnS cl°wn 354 rebounds, ninth in the nation, i ft*"* ls a team which at the beginning of the season t I,,,, .?uesli0» marks concerning inexperience, injuries, lighten''iUy< Sincc lhe». however, the Explorers have He i^ out their problems and have beaten 16 teams t0 i mJJ' S o"ly five. St. Louis, another Jesuit university, UVten rcmendo"M profvi-esH this year. The experienced til. • Se U a lm provO(:l 1;lst ntshi n ^ , year's H-15 record to their " ~r 16 wins and live losses. 'cuts f who bcl»:v(i iii comparison of common op- CORVETTE STING RAY SPORT COUPE *ed bn I tllR f o U o w 1 n e : Cincinnati is the top- Wichit bul1 toam in ihR country. But Cincinnati lost '5. ^-^ ' t tost i Wlchitn lost, to Kentucky. And Kentucky flow—Bonanza Buys on four entirely different kinds of cars al your Chevrolet dealer's ln Ouls Antl st ln''s 7 - - 1-oiiis lost to St. John's. And St. t0 P N.I.T. Visited Monster Pep fan, See Page 7 RAM SPORTS Friday at 11 Page 8 THE FORDHAM RAM Thursday, February Strong Defeat of Redmen Rarnlets Win Perry and 2-Mile Rel, Clinches Tournament Bid Return Bout Place Rams 3rd in AAl By BOB WHITE With Johnnies By PETE BEPLER Jim Manhardt "overcame the Asian flu to play his best In their finest showing in the National Indoor Champl game of the season and lead Fordham to an impressive 57- By GENE FARREIXY ships in many years, Fordham's Rams placed third to I 42 win over St. John's last Saturday night on the Rose Hill Ed Lawry stood on the foul New York Athletic Club and the Los Angeles Track ClulJ court. line. The outstretched hands the overall team standings, as Sam Perry won the 60; It was the fifteenth win against seven losses for the of the referee indicated a 1- dash and the Ram two-mile relay quartet took runner] Rams and their first win over the arch-rival Johnnies since and-1 situation. The score- honors in that event. When one considers the huge squad the 1958-59 season. board high in front of him the N.Y.A.C. and the Los Angeles "^i. club and that Fordham scored not Ipl The Redmen went int6 the showed one second left in the overtime period and St. John's one a point in the field events, the ad- g!«: game with a 6-13 record, winch vancement of the five Rose Hill ;fKi included wins over St. Francis point ahead, 73-72. and Notre Dame and losses to Lawry took the ball from the ref runners is extraordinary. Sp •powerhouses Niagara, Canteius, iand shot. The ball hit the back of Frosh Sam Perry, the most |#| and Loyola of Chicago. However, the rim, rebounded softly to the promising sprinter since John f&§ they just weren't equal to the hot front of the rim, and rolled in. Haines of Pennsylvania, swept rf§f shooting for Manhardt, who hit six The score was tied, 73-73. through heat, quarterfinal, semi- !§', Lawry's second shot acted final and the big race without a Kg for six in the first half, and eight : for nine in the game. identically before finally dropping loss. Hard-pressed in his semi by Q through -the net. But as soon as Don Van Reenan of Maryland, the :?;S Manhardt started off the scor- it did, the Scoreboard flashed 74- Atlantic Coast Conference champ, |3 ing with a jumper and after Fred 73, Rams. One second later, the Perry won in 6.3, and then took <§, Edelman evened the count, John buzzer sounded, all bedlam broke the final from Jocelyn Delecour H Stevens sent 'the Rams ahead with loose, and Ed Lawry was carried of France, the Kuropean Cham- another shot. Manhardt then hit from the court by his ecstatic pionships runner-up, by a narrow two jump shots and the Rams teammates. The victory avenged a but clear-cut margin, again in 6.3. were ahead, but not for too long. defeat by the same team earlier Donnie Burks knotted the score in the week. Perry's Start at 11 with a jumper at the 11:37 With a minute and a half left The same amazing "lift" in the mark and then Ken Mclntyre in the game, the Rams led the last twenty yards which won him sent the Redmen ahead for the Johnnies by four, 67-63. But St. the Millrose sprint carried Perry first time, sinking a foul shot John's Cluess scored with a jump- to victory after a poor start. As with 11 minutes to play in the Coach John Bach shot layup to cut the Rains' lead soon as he hits the right combina- half. In half. A few seconds later St. tion of a good start and stiff Coach Artie O'Connor John's center, Bob Mclntyre—a competition on the same night, he But Fordham came storming high school All-American from should run 6.0. Perry is so relaxed back. Bob Melvin hit two free Fmkand Stars Holy Cross in Queens—threw in a he never breaks with the rest of throws and Manhardt ihit two jump-shot to knot the score at 67 the field on a false start, yet per- Squashmen bs\ more layups and the Rams were But Jaspers Win all. The Rams were unable to haps this is why he has not been ahead to stay. The halftime score score in the remaining seconds starting as well as he could. Fur- To Stevens, 5- was 28-19. By JOE CAHALAN and the game went into overtime. ther experience should clear this trouble up. Yesterday afternoon The Rams started pulling away Fordham University's swim- Reviewing the game, Coach Tom In the second half and held a 14 Hanlon lauded the clutch play of In the two-mile relay, the Rams Fordham squash team lost ming team entertained archrival Joe Prangipane, Tony Criscuolo point lead with 11:52 left in the Manhattan at the Rose Hill pool took their heat in impressive last regular match of game. and Ed Lawry. On the subject of fashion in 7:48.8, defeating the season dropping a squeg last Thursday and proved to be Lawry's foul shots, he declared: St. John's coach, Joe Lapcnlck, the perfect hosts as they suc- Holy Cross squad that had edged er to Stevens Institute obviously dissatisfied with the "Eddie may make other foul shots, them out in the Millrose relay. In cumbed before the Jasper on- but I'll remember those long after score of 5-4. Tom Palmer, J: performance of his starters, put slaught by a 52-43 count. the final, fatigue seemed to have Buck, John Melvin and Ci in the second unit early in that he's forgotten them." taken its toll as Frank Tomeo took half. Led by Frank O'Hara's After dropping the 200-yard the baton at the start of the third mine Angrisani were Prank Ramsey-like effort, the medley relay, the Rams came leg thirty yards down, after open- Maroon point - winners. T Redmen started a comeback which back strong, taking first and sec- Hamlet Revenge ing legs of 1:55.3 by Joe McGov- Raquetrams finished the y<" ond places in the 200-yard free- ended with O'Hara's jump shot Fordham Ft- it Tp St. Joint's Fg Ft TP ern and 1:54.0 by Bill Slater. But with a 3-5 record, good enot style. Kenny Zinkand copped the Kraslnskl 1 l :t (Jluess 1 with 7:30 to go and the Rams n with a magnificent effort, Tomeo first of his three wins in the meet Criscuolo 1 5 1:1 Di Itiasr 1 0 for third place in the Met leading, 45-36. Zaiuly 0 3 in Hever r» :t V.\ carried the Rams up to Seton polltan Squash Conference Then Wayne McGulrt, who had in the time of 2:05 closely edging Franglp'e :t t; » Masria i « 10 Hall's shoulder at the start of the out teammate Jim Gavin who lliixllu, k (. !l "i Mclnlyre K 8 21 Fordham's varsity squash te been held scoreless up to this Lawry 1 (i a Mfitar 5 .1 i:< anchor leg, reeling off a 1:52.2 point, hit on a layup and a jump- finished right behind Zinkand. Itusso 1 i half. was blanked on successive nig! er to get the Rams out of danger, In the fifty yard free style the Tom Kenney, plagued by a bad- last weekend by Adelplu a and Fordham started to open up Rams again took first and sec- ly-blistered foot and feeling the Trinity College, losing both m| the gap. Good free-throw shoot- ond places as Pete Periconi and intense pressure of his second ches by 9-0 scores. ing at the finish enabled the John O'Loughlin finished in 24.4 This Week anchor leg in two hours, could not On Friday, the Racquetra Rams to win going away. and 24.0 respectively. In the 200- match the withering pace set by entertained Adelphi's Panthers yard individual medley Kenny the Seton Hall anchor man, Melvin High With 19 the New York Athletic Club- TI Zinkand garnished his second In Sports George Germann, and the Rams was the second meetins this si Bob Melvin, hittini; only lour first place with teammate Gary had to settle for second. Seton son for the two teams, and of 12 field goal attempts, still was Thursday, February 28 Oswald nianaeina; second. SWIMMING: Fordham in the Hall, with 7:33.0, and Fordham, Panthers responded by hand high scorer in the game with 19 with 7:36.4, both cracked the old points. Mel hit 11 of 12 free Huffy Wins Dive Metropolitan Championships at Fordham another defeat, by Quicley Pool, N.Y.U. Uptown, meet record of 7:36.8 set by same score of 9-0. throws, eight in the second half. Larry Duffy, a tremendous as- Georgetown in 1951. Manhardt ended up with 17 and set to Coach John Lyttle's mer- University Avenue and 181st The Racquetrams left New Stevens had 12. men who last year competed St., Bronx 53, N.Y.—7 p.m. Tomeo Returns to Form that same night.for their S without the services of a diver, Friday, March 1 The most eneounisine aspect of day match with Trinity College The Rams lace NCAA-bound took first place in divine; to bol- SQUASH: Fordham in the Na- the race was the return lo form of Hartford, Conn. Fordham NYU this Saturday, in what will ster the Ham score. In the 200- tional Collegiate Squash Cham- Frank Tomeo, who at last seems again whitewashed, 9-0. 1 profbably be the toughest game of to be recovered from the lei; in- three defaults. the ieason. Led by Barry Kramer yard butterfly Jim Gavin and uionships at West Point, N.Y.— Tom Fa ye managed lo salvage 10 a.m. jury which hampered him in the The Rfiins will depart tins c> and Happy Hairston, who togeth- early part of the .season. When er have nearly outscored and out- third and fourth places respec- SWIMMING: Fordham in the niiw for West Point and the" tively. Metropolitan Championships. Tomeo and Kenney click on the tlonal Collegiate Squash ona rebounded their last four oppon- same night, the world record, (Il ents, the Violets have run up an In the 500-yard free style Kenny TRACK: Knights of Columbu which has eluded the Hums all pionships. The following J impressive 15-2 record and will Zinkand won his third event of Meet, Madison Square Garden season, should fall to them. they will play in