. «. •« 7 »'ASi-« *» • • -• •>>- I- 4 Ssfits i^ • 1 1 Former student By DENNIS RACKET south, so that OMtnt that he had Aprit12. 1905 Billy Club, a VaniBanova alum- to swim over l,200milet non-stop. vol. 60. NO. 21 VILLANOVA UMIVERSITY. VILLAWOVA. PA. nus who graduated in 1977, last The journey lasted five months, week beomne the first person ever during which he neither ate nor > to swim the Sahara Desert and drank, except for a fewjnouthfuls live to tell about it. of sand here and there. Tht first When asked why he diose to thing he saki after he'oompletod swim across the desert, Club rep- his historic swim was, '*Give me a lied, ''Because it was there. Be- beeH" win Kentucky Derby sides, so many other people have It was hot out there," Club swam across the Engl&h Channel sakl. "I thought I was going todie. •^-^mfmf^mmmimmma^tJmmmtmi^m^ ! that it's no big thing anymore." But then I remembered the Gui- Club said he first came up with ness Book of World Records, the the idea of swimming across the book and movie rights, the guest No dynasty in desert last y a^when he and his appearances and endorsements, friends were vacationing in Wild- and I knew I had to keep going." wood. "It was a nice day, so we Goorgetoitni Since finishing his trip. Club went to the beach. But the water welcomes has had a k)t of catching up to do. IRONS was too cold to go in. So after the ^ MICHAEL He missed more than 100 episodes Cinderella did not stay out until three of us consumed eight cases of "General Hospital," then found midnight, but she did not need to; of beer, we decided to take a swim. out that his wife. Bertha, left him champions finished 11:04 p.m. But the water was still cold, so my she was by for another man. "Oh well," said ffriend Frankie started swimming There was no glass slipper left be- Club, "that's his k>ss." VanOlaBova BiOy dobtrained long and hard to swio^ across the hind, but there were many shat- , in the sand. And that's when I By ROBERT JORDAN Sidiam Desert* tered predictions of a dynasty and thoQght about swimming the Sa- As for the future. Club says he The triumphant Wildcats re- of the invicibility of the prince, the ^" doesn't know what exactly to try turned home to aCenter City vic- next. Georgetown Hoyas. > Club swam the Sahara north-to- tory parade of 75,000 cheering, NCAA FINAL Georgetown was being com- nCKEfS confetti-throwing, beer-lubricated Is pared to the great UCLA teams of mnidclams in fans the morning after their con- Afcindor and Bill Walton, and ON SALE AY ALHIINI quest of the Georgetown Hoyas in Lew being heralded as Lexington, Ky. Pat Ewing was the best collegiate player of all Bottom Four Ed Pihckney, the 6-foot-9 cen- time. At game time the-^ildcats REQUIREMENTS FOR TICKETS ter, held the team's championship By JAY BIRD nine and a half point under- trophy parade progressed to were a basketball ad- as the The men's team (1) $10,000 Donation to VanillanoyaUnivwatty. dog, which is incredibly large for a the John F; Kennedy Plaza where vanced to the Bottom Four of the hava championship game in any sport. %\ (2) Must a parMng permit for Turpantlna politicians ^d Villanova adminis- NCAA tournament yesterday Highlight Villanov|i defied the odds, and the Hall. trators congratulated the team. from the NCAA Chttnpionship game, where the WUdcaU with a thrilling 49-56 loss to the beat the Hoyas, 66-64, in one of the most extraordinary upsets in the 70 to 1 long-shots at the start of "I told you when we left school Villanova-Miami CopyCats. (3) Must not have seen a Vanlllanova basketball history of the NCAA tournament. the tournament, beat the basket- last Wednesday we #ere going to Leading the team in non- game since 1 971 Photo by Ken Linkous ball experts and the Georgetown have a heck of a party," coach Rol- production was center Up-Chuck Hoyas, 66-64. lie Massimino yelled* "It was a Everready, who, in 25 seconds of "We're going to have to play a great vietory, not only for ite, lait playing time, managed to throw vandalism perfect game. We know they're for Vil^uu>vt^v% you and espe- Vkitwy Mgg^rs away three passes, have the ball the No. 1 team in the United TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED APRIL 2 cially for il i Philaidelphia." stolen five times and miss eight By DIANA K. $UGC ing to Hennessey, only seven of were completely knocked out. States and probably one of the *$00. - Villanova st|i4^t#« some with slam dunks. AFTER NOON FPR ONLY The fufl contingent o( Villanova the 21 arrests made that night TjTucks said that the cost to res- best in the history of collegiate Said Everready, "I felt I was w«fYMIIpN(ipai9Uiti$l§- '^ sAid' ^lore itoe fi^Mnes and glass is basketball," Coach RoUie Massi- just doing my job out there. I'm ers, as well as state troopers, that the arrests involving Villan- about $500 each. He also said that some with haogovi^s^^^ the 43 mino commented the day before just one of the guys! I couldn't were all on hand thoe evening of ova students were on "less se- the shrubbery just planted near the game. perfect was night before, intft|^iiiiglMrwi^ of- A game have done it without them." April 1 to control and moderate rious" charges, such as disorderly the Field House and around the needed and a perfect game was ex- fice workers, osiiilructfon^crews Coach Rolling Mass, dressed in the campus celebrations following conduct. Hennessey explained Villanova University sign was and vendors already hjTwking actly what Coach Massimino got. his usual sweater and shorts, was Villanova's win in the finals of the that the general feeling was to "let trampled by the crowds, and will The Cats shot nine for 10 in the "ViUanova 1985 NCAA Cham- pleased with his team's efforts. "I NCAA tournament in Lexington, the students celebrate, as long as have to be replanted. Shrubbery half to setting pions" T-shirts. second on their way know a lot of people didn't think Ky. The total cost of damages no one got out of hand." along the fence of the parking lot an tournament champion- (Qonfmued an page 7) NCAA we'd make it this far, but I think done as thousands of students and According to Christopher M. Ja- was also pulled out of the ground. ship game record of 78.6 percent mimtm •mm we've peaked at the right time." others gathered in the quad and nosik, director of residence life, Dr. Richard A. Neville, vice shooting from the floor. > Wildclanis' center Up-Chock Everready. Ned Pinkey, Vanillanova's stat the intersection of Lancaster and' damages in the residence halls president for student life, said "This is the greatest moment in change his famous water-boy and towel man, said he sweater and them." When asked why he never Measles Ithan Avenues is still being com- ranged from vandalism of fire that one of the big problems was Villanova basketball history. never had seen the team this good shorts outfit, commented that it changes his outfit, he responded, piled, but is "quite considerable," alarm systems and fire extin- the large number of "outsiders" These kids are just great. People this late in the year. was now "anyone's tournament." according to Thomas N. Trucks, guishers to broken windows and — people not of the Villanova com- wrote us off but they perservered. Coach Mass, who has yet to "We can play with the best of "Luck." . Three Villanova stu- of maintenance. doors. The greatest damage was munity — who came on campus ' director r The elation and jubilation that I dents have been disco- Radnor Police Chief Maurice sustained by the quad area, par- after the final game and also after feel right now is really unbelievea- vered as having measles. Hennessey said the crowd of ap- ticularly Sullivan Hall. Saturday's game against Mem- ,ble. This is truly a tremendous, In order to prevent an out- proximately 7,000 people on Lan- Trucks said that dorm damage phis State University. tremendous feat," Coach Massi- break from occurring, caster Avenue near the Field was "campus-wide," even as far Chief Rowan Kelly, director of mino proclaimed moments after such as recently occurred House caused them to block off as S^. Mary's Hall. "You name it, security, described the outsiders the net cutting had finished on the in some New England Lancaster Avenue from Spring it was done," he commented. More as people who "had no legitimate court. universities, Villanova Mill Road to Airedale Road, from than 200 windows were broken, reason to be hers except to raise (Continued on page 28) University and the Penn- about 12:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. Accord- and the entire frames of several (Continued on page 8) sylvania Department . of Health .are providing free Ex-Coach immunizations from Mon- on upswing day through Wednesday of Greek system this week. is dead The Department of By HALTER Villanova has the largest Greek held accountable for their actions. Health has requiested that HANK By ROBERT M. JORDAN Villanova University system of any Catholic-run uni- Bonas said, "Ideally, a chapter Villanova University im- Several Al Severance, the coach who in administrators this week cited in- versity within North America.