Women finish at 13-13
S
PIt.: t, fk, ]I. l
Some people come close to gream"S
for a moment, then have the moment
stolen, by others or by fate ... BILL
VE pitched and I t one of the
most famous World Series games,
game four of the 1947 World Series ...
1be Y wee pitcher took a no-hitter
and a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning
qainst Brooklyn at Ebbets Field ...
With t 0 outs, pinch-hitter Cookie
Lavageuo lined a double off the right
field all 10 win the game for the
Dodgen ... Bevens wu deprived of
pitching the fITSt no-hit ame in Series
history ... Both Bevens and Lavageuc
appeared on few baseball cards dwing
their career • but both are in the rare
1947 Tip Top bread issue ... The Tip
Tops ere unnumbered, but catalog,
put Bevens on card 147. and Lavagetto
on 199, e h of them worth $25 ...
CARDS AND
COLLECT G
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First the bad n w ,
The Tartars mana ed only two
wins in four tarts in the 1 t two
wee of the e n. WSU managed
ins over Michigan Tech (103-97)
and Lake Superior State (76-63), but
lost two crucial games to this years
Great Lakes-intercollegiate Athletic
Conference Champion orthern
Michigan (81-69) and Oakland Uni­
versity (66-60).
The game against Oakland w of
significant importance. A win
COUld've placed the Tartars in second
_ place in the GUAC and would've
had tbem as the second- eed in this .
weekend's GLIAC Tournament in
Marquette.
ow The Good ews.
with Hill dal who plit ith orth­
em Michigan.
Unde tand? Got it!?
Oood.
But d pit thei r appearance in the
thi wee end' toum ment, WS U
Head Co h Ron Hammye . n't
pl d by the w Y his team has been
playing th last two weeks.
"I'm happy and I m elated that
we're in the tournament," Hammye
aid. til don't care how we et there,
we just have to get t�re and we did."
But we've got to tum thing
around. We had four ball gam in a
row in which we didn't play very
well. Our kids hav to get out of thi
lump. There' no miracle to thi we
just have to go out there thi Friday
and play j we want to win thi tour-
nament." '
"We've got to play as a team when
we face Ferri State."
The WSU Men face Ferris State in
the first round of the OLIAC Tourna­
ment thi Friday at Northern Michi­
gan in Marquette.
The Last Hurrah
Monique .Jotmson, a senior guard from Osborn, is shown here playing her last 00lle9 ate game against
Oakland University last Saturday. Johnson broke the WStJ- Carrer Scoring record this season by firing in
1,439 points surpassing formerteamate Mary Rogers 1.353 points. She scored 25 of them against Oakland
some uccess, " said WSU Head
Coach Diane Wi newski. "We did "But ,the main thing this year i
acheive winning more games than we that we didn't have a losing record.
did last year and doubled our WInS in This i the first time in nine years that
the GLlAC thi year."
WSU' Womens Basketball Program of the year against Oakland last Sat­
didn't have a 10 ing record." urday. It was their last game and they
"OUT eniors Monique Johnson put a lot into it."
and Kristin played their harde t game
Th Tartars are in th GLIAe
Tournament. Despite the 10 s to the
Pioneers, WSU ill go into this �mLE!BE MEN figure out to
weekend's tournament in third place ,continue their season, the books have
in the OUAC (9-7 17-9) and third - been closed on WSU womens team.
seed. ' The Tartar women ended their season
on an unhappy note dropping their
last four ina row to Northern Michl-
HILLSDALE'S LO T TO gan(90-77),MichiganTech(97-50),
Grand Valley State this past weekend Lake Superior (69-52) and Oakland
clinched tbi� for the Tartars. Ac- (84-82 Th worn nend tr n
cording to the GLlAC·s dl"athemati- with 13-1 overall (6-10 GLIAC)
cal calculations, the Tartars plit with record good enough for ixth place.
the first-place Wildcats this eason.
"Despite our poor showing in the
They also split with second pia e Fer- econd half of th ason we till-had
ris State and swept fourth place
, Hillsdale. Although they lost twice to
Oakland this year, the Pioneers lost
twice to Northern Michigan and split
Sets sights on Slate Tourney-
Rockie
By Harry M. And r on, Jr.
After a uccesful howing in th'
State Di triet .Playof , the Detroit
Rocki Bantam A (14-15 yr. olds)
Hockey Squad fellon hard times dur­
ing the Little Cea ars League
Playoffs this past weekend.
A few injuries and illnesses forced
the Rocki to absorb four consecu­
tive losse in a roll to St. Clair Shores
7-1 (Feb 18th), Jackson 1-0 (Feb.
23rd), Warren 5-4 (Feb. 25th) and
Saginaw 2-1 Feb. 2 th). The 10 e
dropped their record to 25-21-1 and
out of the Little Ceasars League
Playoffs and �hampionships.
But every cloud has a ilver mingo '
The Rockies have set theIr Sights on,
competing in the Michigan Amatuer
Hockey Association-Little Ceasars
State 'C�pionship Tournament.
Out of the four games, we
should've have won three of them,"
explai ned Rocki Head Coach Alex
Gaston: "it' the Tittle things that hav
hurts
W 'RE 0 deep team and
it bowed dunng the playo f without
me of our key players."
Against J on last Tue day, th .
Rockies played a defensiv battle b -
fore urrendering th Ion goal in th
econd period. Agai t Warren 1 t
Thursday, both Gaston and Roberts
scored two goal each to tie th game
at4-4. Butwithl:59 remaining War­
ren ored just wh n it I 0 ed likcrh
Rocki would pull it out.
In the game last Sunday against
Saginaw, th Detroiters h d transpor­
tation problem. Som play r
Detroit Rockies Bantam "A" Team getting ready for the State Finals.
. arena. The r ul t
was that orne of th players missed
m t 0 the fir t p ri d. At th 9:37
mar , R berts tied the cont t with
Detroit' 10,n oal. However.Sagi-
naw t the 1 at t 8: mark for
ood wi th th go ahead goal.
The Rocki u Iered injurie t
four of their key laye incl ding
athan Roberts nd Corey Gast n
who b th had b ut with the flu. But
they'r now thy and 0 ton aid
that hi team will be ready.
a ended up as runner-up on both
occas ions which ive Gaston lot
of confiden in hi players.
"We'll be r dy It G ton con-
cluded. • re are 40 teams that pl
in the Bantam A Divi ion and only
eight rna e it th State Tourna­
ment, and we're on of them::_'
r
ion. '
The Ro kies till year have al­
ready cornp ted in two tournaments