Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Basketball Back Row: Weinberger, Rosen, Bramble, Kiszonas, Budd, Roche, Sukonik, Stratton. Front Row: Schorza, Peitzman, Blumenthal, Cody (Coach), Ingerman, Hubka, Bernstein Starting with only two men from the previous year, Josh Cody ' s 1943-44 Cherry and White basketball team reached heights reminiscent of the 1939 National Temple quintet. Excepting their four-game, losing slump, the Owls tacked together triumphs in groups of five, four, three, and one , while losing eight games, to total thirteen victories, and won an invitation to the National Collegiate Athletic Association as representative of District 3. Big Bill Budd, lanky center from Merchantville, N. J., and Marvin Red Blumenthal, scrappy from Trenton, N. J., formed the nucleus of the all-civilian five. They joined with Albie Ingerman, High ace and holder of the Public High scoring record; Marvin Sukonik, Overbrook High star; footballer Jack Burns, whose fighting spirit kept the team going; Ridley Park ' s Long John Kiszonas; West Philly ' s Norm Rosen; and Dick Koecher, Dave Fox, and Jimmy Joyce, who joined the squad at mid-season; to defeat Penn State twice, jolt several top-flight teams, including St. John ' s and Western Michigan, only to lose the season ' s finale to St. Joseph ' s. Coach Doggie Julian ' s V-12-manned Muhlenberg team spoiled the debut of the 1943-44 Temple five by running up an 18-13 halftime edge, pulling further ahead, 27-17, and then staving off a brilliant closing rush by the Owls to win, 34-32. Ingerman scored 11 to pace the loser ' s attack. Budd and Ingerman collaborated for twenty points as the Templars scored their first win by downing Lafayette, 36-25, but the Oklahoma A. and M. lads, featuring seven-foot, goal-tender Bob Kurland, downed the Codymen, 42-37. Temple led the Aggies, 20-16, at but Snuffy Smith ' s 16 second-half points turned the tide.

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It takes two Wildcats to bring clown one Owl Acting Captain George Heil shakes hands with Captain Al Postus before the Villanova game The cheerleaders in action

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Franklin and Marshall ' s service-manned quintet was the first victim of the longest winning streak of the for the Cherry and White, a five-game string. The Lancaster team fell, 51-41, Ingerman popping home 19 and Budd tallying 14. Hi Diddle ' s Western Kentucky team was the next Owl prey, dropping a 67-48 score-fest. Then the Sad Senors from Havana University found the Temple tempo too much for them, and they went down, 43-22, in a slow game that saw Budd, Blumenthal, and Ingerman accounting for 32 points. Winning their fourth straight, the fifth of the season, the Owls then punctured the Penn State zone, 45-38, for the first Temple win against the Nittany Lions since 1939. Long John ' s 16 points featured the winning onslaught, Ingerman placing second with 10. Some revenge for the Temple loss to Ursinus in football was gained with the aid of Ingerman ' s 15 counters, the Bears dropping a 42-34 contest after leading at half-time, 17-15. Four of the nation ' s top teams then proceeded to make life miserable for Josh and his minions, the Windy Corners ' lads going victory-less for two weeks. St. John ' s began the four-game down-trend by handing the a 36-32 defeat, and Norfolk Navy kept the Owls sliding with a 47-29 trouncing. The Cherry and White team staged one of the greatest rallies seen in Convention Hall, but lost to New York University, 45-43. Trailing at halftime, 16-29, and later at 29-41, they fought back to a 45-45 tie only to have Albie ' s game-saving goal disqualified. Albie scored 18 Blumenthal 13. Navy ' s top outfit, despite Ingerman ' s 12 tallies, brought the losses to four straight with a 45-33 triumph at Annapolis. Intense action at Convention Hall as Penn State and Temple tangle Marvin Sukonik takes time to do a handstand