Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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a GAdwOod! tallying 13 field goals to the Loretto- men ' s eleven. The score was 35-34. Edinboro proved too much for an " oiif-form " Indiana five and gave the locals one of its worst defeats of the season, 42-32. Indiana led until the second period. The sixth defeat of the season took place at Clarion for Indiana. The sec- ond team started and held a command- ing lead until the last quarter w hen Clarion scored 13 points to the locals ' three, and were victorious 33-31. A one-point margin, 57-56, spelled victory for Indiana as they tackled Shippensburg on the home floor. The In- diana five was made up of four freshmen and a junior, Gene DeMatt. The Timmonsmen lost another one- point " heartbreaker " to a scrappy Mil- lersville five as the lead changed hands eight times. X ' ictory was in hand for the locals until the last period, when Millersville eked out a 46-45 win. The 1941 campaign was closed for another ear with another one-point defeat on the home floor. What ap- peared to be an excellent Indiana sea- son ended only as a fair one with ten wins and eight defeats. Big Sam takes a rebound and contributes a bucket. Into someone ' s hands a little ball must fall. All that contusion about a little bit of leather THE 1941 OAK 195

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Oii. 1U saw action in this contest as DeMatt took scoring lionors with 16 points for the eighth ictory of the season. The Rockets scored an upset over the Indiana hoopmen by outscoring the Timmonsmen in the last half of this home contest. During the third period the score was tied at 35-all when the Rockets took their permanent lead, and scored a 52-45 victory. Coach Timmons ' forces hit the skids emphatically as they dropped their third game to the Bloomsburg team. The opponents led most of the way in this hotly-contested battle. Deane ' s long shot in the closing min- utes of pla ' saved the second game of this eastern trip at Lock Haven, 42-40. At half time the locals trailed 22-16 but moved ahead 30-29 in the third period. ISTC ' s cagers were ictims of a one- point decision at the hands of a fighting St. Francis five despite the Indians Top left: Mario Cicero, Forward Top right: Bud McNaughton, Forward Center left: LeRov Hogg, For- ward Center right: LeRoy Mover, For- ward Bottom left: Sam Costantino, Center Bottom right: Gene DeMatt, Guard I ' ' 4 ARSITY SPORTS

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VARSITY SPORTS 7 e BASEBALL SEASON Cy Sybinsky watches intently as Assistant Coach Ki|ip demonstrates the art of bunting. The first day out and instructions trom Coach Boyts With veterans Balionis, Sariscak, Sybinsky, Schwing, and IMcElhoes back, Coach Paul H. Boyts found a baseball aggregation that scored a record of seven wins, four losses, and one tie. The 1940 season saw the Red and Slate par- ticipate in the new Tri-State League, made up of St. Mncent, Frostburg, Fairmont, and West Lil)erty. The season statistics showed three players ending with batting averages better than .300. Pitchers Reams and McElhoes had a .375 and .368 average, respectively, while First Base- man Ruthko ended with a .342 average. Mc- Elhoes and Reams garnered the pitching honors with three wins and one loss each. In the first game of the season the Indians were humbled by St. Vincent, 12-4. Sariscak followed with a three-hit masterpiece against Duquesne but Indiana lost, 3-0. 196