Waynesburg University - Mad Anthony Yearbook (Waynesburg, PA)

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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

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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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Front Row Cleft to rightl: George Lewis, Pat Haney, Ralph Fuller, Gene Bowman. Middle Row Cleft to rightl: Joe Yourcheck, Tom Lewis, Charles Barno, Bill Stephenson, Howard Leckey, Bill Corwin. Back Row Cleft to rightlz Advisory Coach John R. Conklin, Steve Yourcheck, Add Leith, Marc Selman, Mike Lucas, Bert Sutton, K--,,.'..r WM., WRESTLING RECORD Wbg. 30 ,.... . Washington 81 Jefferson , . 27,. .. .. Ohio University ... .. . ,.. 25 . .,,4 , Edinboro T. C. 33,. ,., ,,,..,, Indiana T. C. .. Case Tech. ,,.,, .,.... , Bowling Green Univ. .. 17 ..,, 24 20 32 17. ,..., .. ,. ..,... Lock Haven T. C. ,. .Bucknell University Lock Haven T. C. .,,.,. . ' 36 ,,., ,. .,,. Wash. 81 Jeff. College Won 10 Lost 0 Interstate Tourney-Waynesburg, Michigan State tied for 1st-23 pts. National Tourney-WC1yI1eSbUl'9f Sill Coach Raymond Murdock. Missing from picture are Don Thomas and Glenn Crosby. lt is enough to ask for one outstanding sports team, but this year we were blessed with two, and, like lightning, they struck twice in the same place-our campus! While the basketball team was romping over most opponents, our palestrics, commonly called wrestlers, were blazing their way across mats far and near in an unbeatable fashion and emerged as the best team in the east by scoring more points in the National Meet than any other eastern team. Meanwhile, under their new coach, 'Buck' Murdock and Advisor John R. Conklin, they compiled an extraordinary record of ten wins and no losses, and were the first undefeated WC sport team since 1907. The team was co-champion with Michigan State in the Interstate Tour- ney, and ranked 8th in the nation. Gene Bowman C121D, George Lewis C128D, Ralph Lewis C135J, and Don Thomas C1651 never tasted defeat in 10 duel matches, and Joe Yourchick won 8 bouts. High among the team's achievements were duel wins over W-J, and the 32-O shellacking handed Bucknell U.-- their worst in history. That's lt - Now Pull! Opp. 7 5 ., 2 5 9 5 ., 8 O ..11 ...oi 94