Eagers OPEN'62·'63 SEASON Experienced Hawks .;; "" Invade Mcdonough for Season's Start by Frank Ware Tomorrow Evening at Mc ..I Donough Gymnasium an Inex : ;
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Basketball Special .,lo('. Vol. XLIX, No. 11 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. Friday, December 1, 1962 eAGERS OPEN'62·'63 SEASON Experienced Hawks .;; "" Invade McDonough For Season's Start by Frank Ware Tomorrow evening at Mc ..I Donough Gymnasium an inex : ;. perienced but talented Hoya varsity will play host to an equally talented but much more experienced St. Joseph's. Last Season's encounter with the Hawks ended in an 81-70 defeat for Georgetown, even though Bob Sharpenter, last year's high scor ing center, tossed in 41 points to set a single game scoring record for the Palestra. .. Mj I St. Joe's has four starters on "I hand from last year's fine squad which produced an 18-10 record and landed a berth in the NCAA Eastern Regionals where two of those 10 losses were sustained. The four starting seniors are rug ged Tom Wynne, who averaged 19.5, forward Jim Boyle, and a pair of flashy guards, Jim Lynam 1962-63 GEORGETOWN VARSITY •.• Left to right, Buddy O'Donnell, Pardee Abadie, Jerry Moriarity, John Brogan, Joe Franz, Bill and Bill Hoy. Other returning Hodgman, Co-captain Ed Lopata, Coach Tom O'Keefe, Co-captain Jim Christy, Joe MazeJin, John Prendergast, Jim Barr-y, Bill Fox, lettermen returning include Steve and Tom Cradock. Missing: Chuck Devlin. Courtin, Larry Hoffman, Joe Kelly and John Tiller. Georgetown, on the other hand, has only two lettermen returning .~ Freshmen Opener from last season's club which com St. Joseph's, Seton Hall, N.Y.U., LaSalle piled a 14-9 record. One is co Against Spiders captain Jim Christy (10.2), whose deadly jump shot should break up : < Tomorrow Night Featured In Longer, Tougher Schedule many a zone defense, and Joe QY Dick Williams MazeIin, who has to be regarded as by Murphy & Valentine than his average, in Manhattan's man who averaged 33 ppg. and was one of the best defensive players victory over the Hoyas last year. The frosh cagers open up Georgetown's cage successes ranked thirteenth in the country (Continued on Page 4) .'. the '62-'63 season tomorrow Petro at 6-5 just isn't big enough. in rebounding, playing outside or in the past few years have The soph cast is headed by 6-4 underneath, he scores . big. night, taking on the Rich- paved the way for this year's Larry Lembo, who broke the Two sophs will join Werkman in VarsityCageCoach (, mond University baby Spi schedule, which is one of the school's frosh scoring mark with the forecourt, 6-7 Harrison Slaton ders at a 6 :30 preliminary 486 points in 26 games. Lenny and 6-5 Richie Dec. Slaton will finest in the East. Here is a Schnappauf (6-2) and Matty Link help off the boards and Dec, who Shows Fine Record to the varsity-St. Joseph's brief survey of Hoya oppo (6-3) could form the backcourt. In averaged 21 a game last year, is game. Coach Tom Col e man's nents: the frontcourt, the team's top de known as a shooter. He and Werk • • charges are looking forward to MANHATTAN - Last year's fensive man, 6-3 Bob O'Connor will man can't both shoot at the same equalling the success of last year's great frosh team will give Ken get the nod. As the Dodgers said time; Dec won't get 21 but he will frosh who won 17 games and Norton something to work with before '55, "wait 'till next year". help. Mike Murray and Golden ") dropped two while averaging 91.5 . but the development process SETON HALL - Richie Regan Sunke'tt, both 6-0, will bring the points per game to their oppo may take one season. The big man has the best six foot-three inch ball downcourt. The Hall lacks ex nents' 74, Coleman, captain of the for the Jaspers is, once again, Ron scorer and rebounder in the east. perience but Coach Regan has 1960-61 Hoya varsity, is in his Petro who scored 27, five more That's Nick (The Quick) Werk- everything else to better last year's second year as coach and is pres· 15-9 recor,d. ently a student in the Georgetown Law School. ST. JOSEPH'S-For the past few seasons the Hawks have been Leading the way this year is slow starters; things should change 5-10 Jim Brown, a playmaker who can score and makes few ball this year. Coach Jack Ramsey has four top scorers from last season's ,~ handling mistakes. Pairing with him in the backcourt is 5-10 Dave 18-10 club returning. That quartet is led by 6-5 Tom Wynne, a good COACH TOM O'KEEFE. Philbin, who has fine offensive rebounder and 19.5 scorer. The , '!' moves and works hard on defense. backcourt may be the best in the Coach Tom 0 Keefe, George- This duo provides the speed neces sary for an effective fast break. East since George Leftwich is no' town's popular young mentor, Backing them up are 5-8 Tom Hef longer playing at Villanova beside begins his third year as head T Willy Jones. The Hawks have Jim . ner and 5-11 Don Vredenburgh and Lynam and Billy Hoy who pass, coach here. at the HIlltop to- j Jeff Gulmi. run, and steal the ball in addition morrow nIght against St. Up front the baby Hoyas show to scoring twenty points between Joseph's. After b r i n gin g ~ sound overall height and good over them. Ed Walsh who hit an average all board strength in the person of 19.6 for the frosh last season Georgetown its first winning record '" of Owen Gillen, a 6-5, 195-lb. cor· may do the same this year. The since 1955-56 in his first year as nerman who will handle most of Hawks are better. coach, O'Keefe last year led the the rebounding chores. In the pivot Hoyas to a 14-9 mark and the best , will be 6-5 John Gibbons, an ex LA SALLE--Dudey Moore has season since the NIT team of cellent shooter and a tough com everything :p.eeded to have a great 1952-53. petitor on the boards. Ed Solano, year, including Billy Raferty, the O'Keefe's career here at George ''f a versatile and swift 6-2, will open 6-4 forward-guard who missed the town began in 1946. In three sea opposite Gillen at forward. He better part of last year due to sons of varsity play he compiled has the speed and shooting ability back trouble. The Explorers also the total of 1,018 points and was to be one of the best. The reserve have Frank Corace (6-5) who did named to the east all-star squad (Continued on Page 4) CO-CAPTAINS LOPATA AND CHRISTY. (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 4) Page Two 2'HE HOYA Friday, December 1, 1962 Varsity Basketball Attack Features Speed~ Defense ,« by Pat Brig kt the '62-63 club as he was last Faced with the toughest season when he made the all '1 schedule in years, Coach Tom tournament team in the Rich O'Keefe has worked hard to mond Invitational and led the develope a 14-man varsity that attack in the victories over Tomorrow night the curtain will go up on the 1962-63 will have excellent speed and Rhode Island University, Ni agara, and arch-rival George ,.(,. basketball season as the Hoyas meet the St. Joseph's Hawks shooting ability but little ex Washington. here in McDonough. Hilltop sports fans feel that this game perience. At forward the Hoyas will is the big one because it will show just how the varsity can Captain Ed "Dean" Lopata, lead with 6-6 sophomore Jim fare against a big team that is tough. Most of the pre who stands 6-6 and weighs Barry who comes up to the season questions about Georgetown's ability will be answered 190 Ibs., figures to be the regu varsity with an impressive by the end of the contest. lar pivot man and will be It is no great secret that the Hoyas will have to play counted on to fill the rebound a different brand of ball than they did last year. The big ing gap created by the loss men are gone and so is much of the rebounding power. Coach of Bob Sharpenter via gradu Tom O'Keefe plans to fill this gap with a lightning fast at ation. He showed signs of be tack featuring sharp ball handling and agressive defense. coming a regular last year, performing particularly well This is definitely the type of game for which the varsity is '.~ best suited but the big question is whether or not the attack has developed to the point of being effective against teams like St. Joe's, NYU, or La Salle. handling talents of a guard. ... Taking a look at the starters we see a squad with tre He is also one of the best de mendous potential. Co-captain Ed Lopata is the big man on the team and will see action from the pivot. He has looked fensive players on the team. i' Typical of his performances good in practice and can be counted on to pull down a good last year was his play against share of the rebounds. Co-captain Jim Christy is a back Bullis Prep, when, with Barry court veteran with a deadly eye and a knack for defense.