Waynesburg University - Mad Anthony Yearbook (Waynesburg, PA)

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41?-3 2 4, , , -may ag:-INESBUQO - ml l If if COLLEGE Chuck Karmarkovich 5 . 5 E hi 'xnwaw' . . .Q Ed Staycer rg l?Q4! , .. We . S5581 till :ofa .Y Casmir Ziarko K , Q H . 2 D 0 . f . if Pete Americo Carnegie Tech sent a team here, but we humiliated them, 63-38, as fancy passin' was featured. While everyone watched Karmarko- vich, Staycer, Americo and Giurich went wild in scoring. Before the team took off on their east- ern swing, they engaged the towering Geneva Covies here and trounced them, 65-52, before the largest crowd of the year, as Coach Ransom and sportswriters nearly came to blows in dis- cussing the past football game and the iersey mixup. Our boys picked this night especially to shoot 44? accurate from the floor-their best of the year. T On their trip, the Jackets trimmed Baltimore U. again, 63-37, lost to Villanova, 65-41, when they couldn't hit, and whipped Bucknell, 54-45, in the last 3 minutes. The game with Hofstra was cancelled due to fuel shortage. The college basketeers returned to College Hill with five of their remaining six games on the home court--their favorite. They came from far and near for Gustine Night. It was Fran- kie's birthday and the student body paid him homage for his grand work. He was presented with an 8-foot bat, 3-foot pair of glasses fin- scribed: 'hit .300'J, and some college momentos, as students wore regular pirate hats fpicturei. To make the night complete, his boys upset all the dope cards and trounced Westminster, 73-56. A disappointing thriller came in the return game with Youngstown, when the lads blew a 15-point lead in the last quarter to lose, 57-56. Coach Gustine had to leave for training camp after this one. At Washington, Waynesburg's pitches rolled around the rim and wouldn't go through as W8fJ got revenge served to them on a silver platter, 65-46, and that 13th win was an obstacle for us. The final week saw all three games at home. On Monday, St. Francis lost to us, 67-53, as Chuck Karmarkovich broke 'Speed' Clark's record by scoring 31 points. Racking up the biggest score of the year, W. Va. Wesleyan went down, 82-43, and Karmarkovich broke his own record with 32 points, and broke another record at the same time. ln the finale, Upsala became the 16th victim of the Yellow Jackets, 53-44. All- time greats Bob Simmers '40 and Frank Janosik '34 came to see the lads breaking their records. This was the best year since '38-'39 as school officials turned down an invitation to play in the Kansas City lnv. Tourney. The Jackets were rated fourth in the state, 2nd best in the district including the big schools, best among Class B schools, and district Class B champs. Yes, it was a good yedfl 92 an f ,N -ff ' ig A QE -as ,Q ,. fist- , 3, Lt' rats ' . ' f' 1 fa! f 5 2. . . W-?4'g ' , 4we++- f P ffl' g X lit ,ei l A U., .,, - -aft-.sw .L ',,' 4 . Uv.. 1 ZMLJ: .mf ...Alf ' Blaine Giurich Lyman Stough pr , 4111758 All Sapa Ted Dull . iffy., gli. il 'K 1 A 'uw K H 'tp ',,,I'1s. fa' ' ' si Wk!! -QI' ' . . .Wm J., fi 57. -1:1-f ' .ff+SiS:v ' ww gpg.. Y 3, ,Y 'I ,aiu .N ,gif ,lfqfkts .Tiki 'F H AYSS5 iggf-Q, -' 7 . f NL., if if ., AR , it 'gif vt. ,. 't:,g,- -f gg, . Bill 1 Beckman

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Tip-Off We Go ----- The season: one of the best on record. The slo Y2 Frankie Gustine, 'popular captain and in- flelder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, signed a con- lrucf OS an amazed crew of district fans watched 01' developments. They got them, but fast. J Gustine chose as his assistant Roger 'Butch' Orgeson, ex-Ohio State and professional floor Whiz. When they looked over the squad, they Qgfeed the boys were . . . lacking in size, green material and lots of work ahead. That was a month before the opener. 'Several of the boys came back after the ?ed'0CI'e 1946-7 season. Disappointed because AT WGS rated a pro due to his baseball career, B Lellp, a star of the past year, could not play. hm l9GCk into the busy, fast uniforms went such Kusilers as Ed Staycer, Pete Americo, Chuck Dflrlfwrkovich, Blaine Giurich, Cas Ziarko, Tony 'nl'f1O, Ted Dull, and Bill Beckman. tak' The Jackets were off to a propitious start in m9 The first three foes into camp before go- b9 lWOme for a real Merry Christmas. Down efofe stings went Westinghouse, Lock Haven Bee-Sandwiched or who's got it? 661,648 and Buffalo. lt was evident from the start that we had a 'second half' ball club. Proof that we were slow came in the fact that All-State bound Karmarkovich was only a substitute center at the beginning of the season! While the students were at home on vaca- tion, the Adrian game was called off because the latter were 'snowed in' in Michigan. But Lock Haven came here early in January and in the first game played on the five thousand dollar newly-donated floor of E. V. Babcock, Pittsburgh lumberman, the College Hill five won, 56-38. Fun Night came with St. Vincent. This affair is legalized rioting at a basketball game Work it in-We'll take twol and was one of many Yellow Jacket sponsored events. Bells, horns, costumes, displays and mostly noise inspired our lads to a 49-45 win. Dull, Ziarko, and Karmarkovich led the rally. We lost a pair of contests to Westminster and Youngstown, who are both going in for big- time ball, but in the Titan game, All-State Dem- binski was held to his minimum of ll points. The boys rebounded to trim the Baltimore Bees on the home court, 64-35. As the Orange and Black thumped Thiel, Coach Gustine had to clear the bench to hold down the score. lt ended 66-53. Waynesburg made in 8 wins out of 'IO games when Wash- Jeff was forced to bow, 61-49, before a packed house. While it snowed heavily outside, we snowed in baskets. Even Coach Gustine nearly missed this game due to snow drifts. A tense 3'h minutes elapsed in the game before Steuben- ville's sharpshooter Ziarko sent Waynesburg into the lead. Karmarkovich began threatening all- time college records by tallying T8 points.

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J4ff.5if6.fe Cdoice From Waynesburg College GEORGE lChuckl KARMARKOVICH The System--Watch i7l The Student Body Testimonial . Another 'first' came to Waynesburg College this year. One from their basketball ranks, George fChuckD Karmarkovich, was chosen center on the All-Pennsylvania First Basketball Team- the first time that distinction has ever been bestowed on a WC floor star. Wherever he played, Chuck earned the admiration of fans for his coolness, yet he could not hide a determination to go places. lt's ironic to rise from a substitute to All-State, honors in one season. Aside the state honors, Chuck is now the holder of three all- time records at WC, and is in position to set more of them. He CU has scored more points in one game than any other player, 32, KZJ has scored more points in season, 379, and CSD has aver- aged more points per game, 18.5. He led Western Pennsylvania in scoring, too. Modest, reluctant to praise, Karmarkovich gives the credit to his team mates who passed him the ball when he could utilize his height. lncidentally, a team mate, forward Lyman Stough was named Honorable Mention on the All-State selections. Actually, the team had no star until the close of the season. They always worked the ball in, passing it to the proper man at the proper time. lt was good team work, and Karmarko- vich was there on those rebounds. The students are proud of Karmar- kovich, the students are proud of their team! 93