Waynesburg University - Mad Anthony Yearbook (Waynesburg, PA)

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George CChuckj Karmarkovich Olfzlfdozlfzafilfzg J41fALf.. f ALL STATE George CChuckl Karmarkovich cmd record are becoming synonomous on the WC campus. Not content with the records he held before this season got under way, Chuck broke two of his own and set a new record in the 27 games the team played. The tall, handsome youth from Conemaugh, Pa., will long be remembered on College Hill for his energetic floor work. This year he raised the individual scoring record for one game from 32 to 40 points, set against Alderson-Broaddus, the same night the team set a new gym record of 8'5 points. For a single season, Chuck tallied 478 markers, over a 100 more than the previous year, and for a 3-year career factually 2M for Chuckl he holds the record of 889, iust 27 short of the all-time 4-year record held by Bob Zim- mers for a decade. if For the second year in a row, Chuck was selected on the All-Pennsylvania First Basketball Team. lt is an honor to him, his teammates, his coach and his school. 11 4-I WRESTLING CHAMPION When Tony fBabeD Gizoni came to Waynes- burg from Washington, Pa., in the fall, he brought with him a record of three state championships and a clean slate for three years of wrestling. When he had completed his first season as a col- legiate palestric, his record remained unmarred. Rated first honors by his squad members, Babe strove through seven dual matches forcing opponents' shoulders to the mats, captured sev- eral gold medals, including the AMA title, and culminated a banner year winning the 4-I Tri- State Wrestling Tourney, Cleveland, Ohio. ln the tournament, he had to battle and beat some of the very best matmen in this the hotbed of wrestling in the east. The 121-pounder has not lost a bout in 4 years of competition and most experts agree that with another year of grooming, the Babe will,be ready for the Na- tionals, where he may be the second WC grap- pler to win first honors. Tony Gizoni

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When the season opened late in the winter, the Jackets were riding the crest of an ll-match win streak and were heavy favorites to go strong at least until they met Lehigh U., Eastern Tourney champs. The team practiced hard and long, and, when ready, bowled over Indiana Teachers 25-6, Case Tech 2445, Bowling Green U. 32-0, and Edinboro S. T. C. 25-8, the latter for their 15th consecutive win. On the Ohio trip, including the Case and Bowling Green matches, the team wrestled before nearly 10,000 fans in two nights, draw- ing much praise. As the largest crowd ever to watch a match in the gym looked on, our grapplers lost a heart- breaking T4-13 decision to Lock Haven. Both teams were packed with Western Pennsylvania talent and many former scholastic champs. A trip to the East closed out the schedule. At Bethlehem, our torso-twisters gave a good account of themselves before mighty Lehigh, a wrestling mecca, won T7-9. The following night, the boys visited the big town, New York, and conquered Hofstra, 21-ll. At Cleveland, it was Tony Gizoni who set the pace, winning the l2'l-Tb 4-l title, as Thomas and Fuller placed second. It was a successful ending for Bucky Murdock's second year as coach. Holds like these, applied by Tony Gizoni, Joe Yourchick and Bert Sutton, gave Waynesburg a successful year on the mats. 13