Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Senior forward John Baum lay up two points against Syracuse. Sophomore guard Bill Strunk scores against Penn. Center Eddie Sla.it goes up against La Salle's Stan Wlodarczyk. 281

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Teamwork powers Owls to strong 22-8 record Jot! Cromer wares tun of career high thirty-five points against Penn. 280 Tony Rrocchi breakr away for two point against Navy. John Baum rebounds against two l.a Salic opponentt.

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BASKETBALL TEAM -Front row: . Wilton, asst, coach, D. Cassej, nut. coach. I. Miles, T. Wicczcrak, II. Uncock, haul coach; }. Baum, captain; D. Solan, J. Sorman, asst. coach; l Greenberg, manauer. Second row: M. Kamen, B Strunk, C. Brooks, G. Mulaca, J Richardson, P. Cassidy, T Brocchl. Back row; J. Snook, E. Mast, J. Kinchiling, J. Cromer Head Coach Harr}1 Litwack notches }00th career win. Harry Litwack spent all season looking for two guards for his basketball team. Before it ended he was almost desperate enough to try manager Mel Greenberg out for for the job. Harry had Tom Wieczerak, Bill Strunk. Joe Cromer. Tony Brocchi. Pat Cassidy and John Richardson bringing the ball upcourt for him in one game or another. It wasn't until after the Delaware game that he decided to go with Brocchi and Strunk on a full time basis in the starting lineup. By then, the worst part of Temple's 18-8 season was over. Harry Litwack might have solved his problem earlier if he didn't have to get around without Drew Nolan and Jack Kirschling, who were both thrown off the team at midsemester for non-academic reasons. Without Nolan and Kirschling around. Temple sandwiched in. between losses to La Salle and St. John’s, its biggest win of the season, a 73-69 job over Duke. Even with Nolan and Kirschling, he still had his problems. The team lost two one-point hcartbreakers to Army and Wake Forest and then dropped games in tournament finals to tall New Mexico and Spencer Haywood University. There were bright spots too though. The biggest came from the play of 6-5 All-American candidate John Baum. Baum finished his career as the top reboundcr and second highest scorer in Temple history. He was named to the all-tournament team in the Lolx) Invitational and to the Motor Citv Classic with his average hovering around 20 points a game. Litwack also got consistent play out of 6-5 forward Joe Cromer, improved play from his big man 6-10 Eddie Mast and a lift from first sub 6-5 Jim Snock. Cromer joined the I.(XX) point club against Gettysburg in the first round of the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs and was the Owl's leading scorer in five of the last six regular season games. Mast turned out to be a big factor in the National Invitational Tournament, dominating plav off the IroarcLs. In the city he was only mediocre. The big teams. LaSalle and Villunova, dominated play ofT both back-boards and Temple found itself in a tie for Second place splitting its four City Series games. Even if Harry did spend all year looking for guards, his team played well coordinated, letter perfect ball and swept through four opponents to capture N.I.T. crown. 282