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Page ·Four Friday, January 29, 1965 LONG BRANCH TRUMPET

Cagers Skid; Record 2 -8

The Long Branch hoopmen scoring to eight points in the third

hat'.'.ded early defeats to Freehold stanza and clipped the lead to one

and Br ick Township, but despite point. The fourth quarter see-

constant improvement went on to sawed to a 70-70 standstill with

drop six straight in ·recent cage P udgy Cooper going to the foul

action. This gave the Branchers. line for Long Branch. Cooper

a 2-4 Conference total and a 2-8 tossed in two clutch throws to save

season mark. the game and emerge as outstand-

Down Freehold ing player with a 25 point total.
In the next game en December

The Wave started off by down- 18, Long Branch traveled to Brick
ing the Freehold Colonials 72-70 Town ship to administer an 82-58
in an edge-of-the-seat contest on drubbing. The Branchers con-
the home court. In the first half, trolled the boards in the early
the Branchers drove for a strong quarters and swamped the Green
17 point advantage. But a tough Dragons by 15 in the final p eriod.
Freehold defense limited Brancher A well-balanced Wave scor ing at-
tack saw five men in close double

.. ____ M5 figures.
•• Athletic Association ruled that
"""=- -~- the Federation must sanction AAU Upsets Wave
by Mike Ross

meets b efore high school students The Branchers were upset 68-58
Affairs have reached a sad state may compete in them. Since there by a fastbreaking Red Bank Cath-
in the world of amateur sports, is hardly any non-scholastic com- olic quintet in another home
notably track and field. A battle petition besides AAU meets in battle. The Caseys established an
of sanctions is taking place be- New Jersey, this is a hard thing
tween two organizations seeking for the athl etes to take, for they early 20-10 lead at the quarter,
control of amateur athletics in t his must now choose between schol- but an 8 point streak by Pudgy
country - the National Collegiate astic and outside competition. Cooper and Bob Yeagle put the
Wave within a basket's reach just
Athletic Association, composed of
a large number of colleges, and
the Amateur Athletic Union, a
naticnal federation. A long and
bitter struggle has been going on
between the two. While the AAU
J10lds the international franchise
to r epresent this country in inter-
national cc.mpetition, the NCAA
feels that it deserves more voice
in the selection and administr a-

Trumpet Selects Saltertion of athletes in this area.
Either way, t he choice h urts the before the half. In the next stanza n.oy .uamels sees action during R.B.C. game. Roy had been in-
athletes. The latter choice hurts the Caseys had a streak of their
the schools. It should be r ealized own and held their lead through jured earlier in t·he season, but his r eturn wasn't enough, as the
that this problem is not foreign to an evenly played fourth qu art-er. Branch.ers were upset 65-58!
Long Branch, for we have several Red Bank Catholic's Bob Fraley
athletes directly involved. and Charlie Dowd tossed in 23 and
19 respectively to outshine the
Splits Must Cease two-column work of Cooper and
Yeagle.
These high school and college
splits cannot continue, for they In holiday play, a powerful
are hurting too many a thletes and Princeton squad swamped Long
schools. With members of the Branch 112-69 at a Shore Round

Refuses to Sanctfon IC4A and NAIA (t wo other college Robin match on Asbury hardwood.

To put teeth in its desires, the groups ), as well as many power- The Wave was hindered by the Fred Salter is our choice as Ath-
NCAA has refused to sanction any ful track schools supporting it, the absence of starters Roy Daniels, lete of the month of J anuary.
AAU competition. This means that AAU should have no trouble with- Bob Yeagle, and Pudgy Cooper. During the season of 1962-63, Fred
athletes of member ··colleges can- standing the threats to it. It must This p lus a 41 point third quarter was one of several o.£ this year's
not compete, except illegally, in maintain a firm stand on its pres- explosion by the Little Tigers all senior stars who were elevated to
which case they would forfeit their ent policy until the NCAA chokes but demolished the Branchers. the varsity wrestling team as
scholastic eligibility. It is difficult itself out of the power struggle. sophomores, producing excellent
for them to abide by this ruling, On January 5, the Bran cher s results.
since most competition is AAU The J.V. basketball game against faced Red Bank fo-r th e second
sponsored. Toms River was one of the most time this season at the Bucs' court. Earns Title
closely contested and exciting I After an early first quarter tally
by Red Bank, the Wave never got Fred, then in the 120-pound

While the NCAA puts on a sho•v, have seen in some time. How- closer than five points all night. weight class, had a fine regular
the AAU has simply continued its ever, the game was marred toward The Bucs managed to outpoint the season that y ear. However, his
activities without the college ath- its ckse by the actions of some of Branct.ers in every quarter for a best performance came in the Dis-

letes involved. This is not too the spectators. The booing and 90-69 verdict. Bill Horlacher, top trict 9 tour nament, from which he
serious a loss, since there is razzing were, to say the least, un- .scorer in the Shore Conference, emerged as the district champion
plenty of other talent around, but sportsmanlike. Though this type stuffed in 33 for Red Bank. Junior in his class.

there are other results of the of behavior i s not uncommon in Andre Bellinger was the surprise Last season, Fred moved up to
struggle which are quite disturb- tight gam es where emotion tends of the game , netting 23 for the 127 pounds. He was untouched
to run high , it i s not justified. It Branchers. during the regular season, con-
ing.
quering nine opponents. in suc-
Lose Incentive must be remembered t hat any Rally Decisive cession. Not until the district FRE.D SALTER
unsportsmanlike action, by team tournament did he finally meet champion, defeated F r ed after
For ins tance, athletes tend to or spectators, can be the caus·e of In the Toms River contest, the his match in the person of Free- both had reached the district
lose i ncentive if they practice long a technical foul call, Which can Wave fought to a 12-12 first quar~ hold's Carlos Fontane·z. Fontanez, fin als.
and hard with no competition to only hurt the team against which ter deadlock on t he home boards. who eventually became a state
anticipate. Many of them have it is called. But in the second quarter, · a nine At 138 p-ounds, Fred has b een
therefore chosen the outside com- point rally by the Indians gave i n the final showdown the Shore invincible so far this year; we
petition in favor of the compara- I close with a brtef n ote in mem- t hem the lead they never released. Conference leaders pr oduced a b elieve that we will continue to
tively meager scholastic area. A ory of C. Townley Carr, who The Branchers sprang back in fi ne blizzard of their own to snow the b e. Not cnly do es his brute
few have given up altogether. recently passed away. Mr. Carr form to outp.oi nt Toms River in Wave 105-65. The S carlet Fliers strength constantly increase, but
This situatio n of less competition was a man who dedicated and the third and fourth stanzas but jump€d to a 17-4 lead i n the game's he is always striving to improve
for a growing number of athletes sacrificed himself for many years could not prevent the win of the first 5 minutes. The Green Wave his wrestling technique. Last sum-
hurts not only the athletes and serving youth t h r o u g h the Indian raiding party 69-61. finally got rolling as Bob Yeagle mer, Fred attended a wrestling
the schools they represent, but Y.M. C.A., the Boy Scouts, and a led with 8 po ints in the quarter, clinic at Rutgers University, where
also our Olympic team. Though great interest in sports. In this In a hard-fought battle with As- but a gap which was never re- he picked up many valuable tips.
37 of 68 squad members were AAU latter area, he was chiefly involved b ury Park en January 12, the
Waves completely dominated the All-Around Athlete

men and only five were NCAA in soccer. In 1928 he brought soc- first half. Brancher outside shoot- covered remained as the period
members, the loss of these fiv e cer to LBHS, founding the school's ing and tight zone defense worked closed 27~13. The secor.d quarter Unlike many athletes wh o star
w ould have m eant a lot. Fortun- first team. Since it was the first to perfecti-0n, building up leads of was closer, with Neptune scoring in one particular sport, Fred does
ately, the pcwer struggle was sus- and only high school soccer team nearly ten points. However, the 27 and Long Branch 22. In the not let himself get out of shape
pended for the Olympics, but many in the shore area, and t here were Blue Bishops returned to the court second half it was all Neptune as at any time durin g the year. Last
track buffs are · already worried hardly any other teams in the after the intermission with a ven- the Fliers cutscored the Branchers fall, Fred was an end on the foot-

about next time. state, the team travelled far and geance. They outpointed Long by 10 and 11 points in the two ball team. Come springtime, he

Students Involved wide to find opponents, w ho in- Branch 2-to-1 for the duration , to periods. Daniels, Yeagle, and will be !)Ole vaulting; with the
cluded Rutgers University v arsity triumph 87-64. Brancher long Wilbert led the Branchers with 13 strong arms and legs he has de-

Now, N.J. high school students squad. Today, over twenty shore range bomber Bob Yeagle was points apiece , and Bellinger scored veloped as a wrestler, he should

have been dragged into the strug- high schools and most of the state high fer the contest with 23 points, 1,2, but this was no match for the be a natural fe r this event.

gle by the N.J. Track and Field colleges h a v e soccer squads, with Bellinger and Cooper chip- 80% foul-shooting accuracy and Besides his sports, Fred is kept

Federation's ruling that AAU thanks to the continued efforts of ping in 17 and 14 respectively. the scores of 31, 20 and 16 by busy by his membership in the

meets are cff limits. To top this Townley Carr, whose passing sad- The Neptune game was origin- Cubillo, Warren, and Hoffman of Spanish and Varsity Clubs. He

off, the N.J. State Interscholastic dened those he had known. ally postponed by a blizzard, but Neptune. plans to attend college next fall.