St Edwards University - Tower Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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By George! think they’ve got it! | Or so everyone concurred in suspicious bemusement as O’Connor’s fair ladies risked innocence and lovability by winning their second intramural champtonship. 104 |

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The NBA All-Stars defeated the ABA Stars 56-42 to earn SEU’s berth in the 2nd Annual St. Edward’s University Extramural Tourna- ment. They outlasted Southwest Texas State 105-103 in overtime to keep the tournament trophy at St. Edward’s for a second year. Seated are the trainer Oscar Gomez, Nick Nichols, Carlos Barrera, Notcho Garza, Kevin Noonan, Mike Coz, Bob Burke, and coach Tom McCloskey. In front are Joe Kelly, Bill Jakotowicz, Tim MacCollum, Greg Walton, Mike Garcia, and Glenn Hinkle. Not pictured are Terry Bauer and Joe Koenig, whose places were taken by ABAers Nichols and Coz. 103

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| Belionestly! It made for a believable story once, but it may be more difficult to make it stick a second time. Oh, people really did love it the first time, the whole idea of a bunch of giddy females beating out all those serious athletes in football. But now in basketball too? “Who are these ringers?” the people began to ask. “Golly, this is remarkable!” Sorry Excuse coach Kevin O’Connor was over- heard discussing his strategy. ‘Why are they doing these things to us?”’ they asked. “Okay, has everybody gotten a chance to play yet?” O’Connor was overheard. “Do they remind you of the old Knockers?” they asked. “Awright, let’s tone down the heckling shall we!’ O’Connor was overheard. Yes, that’s right, it wasn’t Vince Lombar—, er, that is, Adolph Rupp speak- ing. American sports fans have been asked to believe a lot of fantastic things lately, like Mark Spitz can really act, like the unbeat- able Dolphins were really underdogs to the Over The Hill Gang, or like baseball really has a commissioner, so maybe they can believe that the Sorry Excuse could really win two intramural titles without losing their, well, Sorry Excuseness. They were still disrespectfully pre- cocious. And irrepressibly mischievous. And O’Connor still wasn’t Vince Lom-, er, Adolph Rupp. The trouble is that the Sorry Excuse apparently missed the lesson the Mets learned in 1969. The Mets haven’t won a pennant since and the people still believe in them. Apparently O’Connor wasn’t Yogi Berra either. For Billingsley’s Brewery, except for a name change (“Yur Gang” having been dropped in honor of their charismatic coach), things were also pretty much the same. So it follows that not much was different when the Excuse and Brewery met for the rubber game of their season’s series. Again a championship was on the line and again the Sorry Excuse won it in reward of another desperate comeback. In a seesaw game no one ever led by more than three until the Brewery spurted ahead by five with 1:10 left. Of course that was their fatal mistake because it was miracle time again for the Sorry Excuse. Chris Jackson’s free throw in the last half minute brought the Excuse back within a point, and then Kathy Kelly’s 10-footer regained the lead for go od when Mary Fowler’s desperate 40-footer caromed off the rim at the buzzer. Annette Edwards’ 16 points practi- cally neutralized Fowler’s game-high 18, so the big shooters were not the deciding factor this evening. Defense was, and while hustle and positioning by Brewery guards Janice Lindemann, Marie Slavik, and Mary Brady kept the Excuse within reach, the Excuse’s Sylvia Poncik was giving the Brewery forwards only one shot, and it is difficult to win from the outside alone. Yet the Brewery almost pulled it off. Which would have saved O’Connor some explaining. 1973 Girls’ Basketball Sorry Excuse B’ing’y’s Brewery Lime Crush Knockers Hillbottoms Circus In one of the season’s most engaging games Kevin O’Connor’s Red All-Stars held off a late rally to defeat Dave Gifford’s Blue All-Stars in overtime, 26-19. Above in the back row are Jeanne Stringer, who played brilliantly in the clutch, Janice Lindemann, Diane Gregg, Sylvia Poncik, and O’Comnor. In front are Peggy Kucera, MVP Mary Fowler, Annette Edwards, and Rosemary McNally. For the Blues Mary Fleming starred at forward and Jackie Jensen was intimidating on defense. 105