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©ie Kable$ram Staunton Military Academy, Kable Station, Staunton, Virginia, Friday, Friday, March 6, 1953. No. 9

Annual Military Ball Is Great Success Rosenbluth's 76 Point Splurge Garners New State Scoring Record

Len Rosenbluth, SMA's lean and lanky center from New York, shattered his own state individual single game scoring mark here yesterday, as the cadets defeated Ferrum Junior

College for a 108-71 victory . With no apparent effort whatsoever, Rosenbluth meshed

76 points to better by 14 the mark he set against Massanutten Military Academy here Jan. 19. He hit for 62 that night, two more than the previous record established by another Staun-

tonian, Pat Stark, now at Syracuse University. After the first couple of minutes of yesterday's game it

was decided Rosenbluth would go for a new scoring mark. Coach Jack Null and his teammates ap- parently felt they had an easy touch in Ferrum, and actually they did, so the principal business of the day

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S.M.A. Accepts Bid To Cage Tourney In Glens Falls

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House, Tiffany Are Winning Speakers In Cadet Assembly

The first assembly this year in which the cadets participated was held on February 10th in the small gymnasium. These assemblies are run entirely by the cadet corps. There are four speakers from each company and their speeches are judged by members of the faculty. The winning speaker will be award- ed a medal at the end of the year. In the last assembly four speakers represented Co. "A" and four re- presented company "B".

Cadet Captain Charles Am- brose, who spoke on the "Spirit and Pride of a Unit" was "A" Com- pany's first speaker; Cadet 1st. Lieutenant David T. House follow- ed him and spoke on "Religious Freedom". Next was Private Jos- eph Campana with a speech on the "Honor Code". Sergeant Jay Pan- daleon presented a speech on "Bear- ing with the Faults of Others". 1st Lieutenant David T. House took 1st place among the "A" Company speakers.

Cadet Sergeant First Class Jos- eph Cekuta led for "B" Company with a talk on the "Need of Relig- ion". Sergeant J. K. Buckley spoke on "Communism". Following him was First Sergeant Robert Edwards with a talk on "Worry". Corporal Henry Tiffany won high honors for "B" Company with his winning speech on "What Makes A Man".

Gordon and Richards Win

At the assembly held last Wednesday Sigmund Gordon of "C" Company and Dean Rich- ards of "D" were the winning speakers. Gordon's subject was "Preparing for College", and Richard's was "Humility. Oth- ers representing "C" Company were Cadets Garner, Jenkins, and Bothwell, and for "D", Cadets Spero, Maury and Hoff- man.

Rosenbluth

Cadets Named To Take Exams For Honor School Appointment To U.S.N.A.

The appointees for the competi- tive Honor School examinations for admission to the U. S. Naval Aca- demy at Annapolis, Md., have been announced by the Superintendent. They are Joseph William Koch, Jr. Richmond, Virginia; Edward Burton Lollis, Covington, Ohio; and Russel Wilcox Ramsey, Sandusky, Ohio.

These cadets will compete with appointees from the other Honor Schools for ten appointments to

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Staunton Military Academy has accepted an invitation to play in the Eastern States Interscholastic Bas- ketball Tournament at Glens Falls, New York, March 26, 27, and 28.

This will mark Staunton's third appearance in the tournament, re- garded as the oldest and biggest of its kind in the East.

The cadets first made the trip in 1932, only to lose out in the open- ing round. Among, the members of the squad, coached by Frank Summers, were Bus Male, now var- sity coach at the University of Vir- ginia, and Calvin Griffith, vice pres- ident of the Washington Baseball Club.

The locals had considerably more success in 1947, their second try. They advanced to the finals, only to lose out to Dwight Morrow High School of Englewood, New Jersey 53-44.

Star of that Englewood team was Sherman White, who won fame at

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Summer School Opens June 24

Balanced Program Of Studies, Recreation, And Trips Offered

Staunton will have a summer school for the fourth consecutive year and the second operated by the Academy. The session begins | June 24 and runs for 6 weeks, end- ing August S.

The excellent program of studies, recreation, and trips that has been so successful in the past will be offered again this summer. Boys attending will be able to make up back work and establish credit for failures in English, mathematics, history, and languages from the 6th through 12th grades. Classes which run for 1 hour and 10 minutes, are small, averaging 3 or 4, are taught by those from the faculty of the regular session, and maintain the same standards. Each course cov- ers a semester's work and passing the examination establishes credit for repeated work. New work re- quires 2 classes daily for the six- week period.

The entire program is informal— no uniforms, drills, or formations. Breakfast is at 8:00; classes begin at 9:00; study hour is immediately after lunch for an hour and at 7:30 for an hour and a half or two hours. Meals are served in the Upper Din- ing Room under Col. Joe's expert direction; boys room in the Junior School dormitory, use the swim- ming pool, athletic field, and ten- nis courts for recreation, and Me- morial Hall for classrooms. The usual leaves are provided for (go- ing) downtown.

One of the most enjoyable parts of the program are trips twice a

Ronne and Snyder Lead Military Figure

On Friday of last week, the annual Military Ball was held in the North Barracks gymnasium. The Military Figure, which was the highlight of the dance, was faultlessly per- formed by 42 Cadet Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers and their dates. Leading the figure were Cadet Cap- tain George Ronne, President of the Cotillion Club, and Miss Rosemond Hopkins, who with Cadet Captain George Snyder accompanied by Miss Kay Tattersall received the salute of the rest of the Officers in the figure. The following also partici- pated in the Figure: Major l^obert Jaber and Deborah Faley;

Captain Robert Allen and Marge

Capt. Wood Is New Librarian

Captain John E. Wood has tak- en over as librarian, replacing Mrs. F. W. Brabson, who had been act- ing librarian for the past month.

Captain Wood was born in Rich- mond, Virginia, on April 18, 1928. He attended Thomas Jefferson

Lewis; Captain Michael Garner and Pat Bowie; Captain Edward Lollis and Bunny Bunton; Captain Samuel Gay and Ann Corbin; Captain Lampros C. Lampros and Joanne Glenn; Captain Charles Ambrose and Carol Craig; Captain Edward Patsch and Ann Boak; 1st. Lieu- tenant David T. House and Norma Williamson; 1st. Lieutenant John Lucy and Mabel Woethall; 1st. Lieutenant Robert Hirshman and Marilyn Shopus; 2nd. Lieutenant Don Bourne and Joyce Williams; 2nd. Lieutenant Dewey Calhoun and Jenny Lesch; 2nd. Lieutenant

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Col. Orr Wins Medal For Jet Raid In Korea

Air Force Col. Robert H. Orr, a graduate of S.M.A., class of 1937, of 2029 North Kensington St., Ar- lington, Va., recently received the Distinguished Service Cross in Korea. He was decorated for "extraordinary heroism" in leading an attack of 36 Thunderjets against Red positions on November 17.

Orr returned from the mission with part of his plane shot away. He is now chief of combat opera- tions at a Fifth Air Force Head- quarters center in Seoul. His wife lives at the Arlington address.

Captain Wood

High School there, and he gradu- ated from the University of Vir- ginia in 1949.

Captain Wood did not take ROTC in college, and he now sin- cerely regrets it. He strongly urges all young men in college to follow through ROTC, as, in his words, "it is worth a great deal."

He served in the famed "Dixie Division"—the 31st Division of the 31st Infantry—as a sergeant major in an Infantry Battalion. An in- teresting sidelight of this Division, he points out, is that it had one of the best marching bands in the Army. Containing 110 pieces, it wore the Confederate grey uniform, and carried the "Stars 'n' Bars" wherever it went.

Captain Wood is by no means a newcomer to S.M.A. He taught history and geography in the Jun- ior School from September 1949 to February of 1951. He states that

week to places offering recreation, j he ;s pieased to be back at S.M.A. such as Shenandoah Acres, Grand | agajn Hg ^^ thg cadets to feel

Caverns, Natural Bridge, Mt. Elh- . A, J T i r\I..\u.,* c^f» free to use the hbrarv at their con ott, Sherando Lake, Douthat State

Park, Skyline Drive. Lee's Chapel, venience and to develop interest in

Staunton Alumni Give Testimonial Dinner For Senator Goldwater

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Alumni from many Eastern areas, Washington, D. C. to New York, gathered to honor Sena- tor Barry Goldwater of Arizona and S.M.A., 1928, with a testi- monial dinner Friday, February 20 in Baltimore. Festivities were at the Park Plaza and the event was attended by seventy or more "Old Boys".

Senator Goldwater made the key address and his inspiring talk was enthusiastically receiv- ed. Later, each alumnus in at- tendance spoke briefly. Colonel Harrison S. Dey, Acting Super- intendent, represented the Aca- demy and made appropriate re- marks in which he brought the group up to date on activities on the "Hill".

George W. Ross, '27, commit- tee chairman, presented the Senator with a token of esteem from the Alumni. Reminiscing of yester-years concluded one of the most successful "Old Boy" programs since World War II.

THE KABLEGRAM

The Kablegram Editorial Staff

RUSSELL W. RAMSEY Editor-in-Chief JOSEPH CAMPANA, News Editor DAVID MCGOWEN Sports Editor JOSEPH KOCH, Rewrite Editor ROBERT JABER, Copy Editor

NEWS AND FEATURES Pandaleon, Evans, Fronizer, Milton, Emerson, McLean, Hood, Gal

Gallogly, A., Hallock, P., Kaplan, S.—Cartoonist

SPORTS Cases, Foy, Jenkins, Moffatt, McLaughlin, McKee

Meet the Faculty

Col. I. Worth Pence

Business Staff EDWARD PATSCH WILLIAM LEWIS

Circulation Manager Advertising Manager Cullom, R., Cehrs, F Mailing Clerks

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1953

Brotherhood A miserable beggar on a street corner stretched out his

hand to Tolstoy who was passing by. Russia's famed author searched his pockets in vain for a coin. With genuine sor- row he said to the beggar, "Do not be angry with me, my brother; I have nothing with me." The beggar's face lighted cheerily as he replied, "But you have called me 'brother' —, that is a great gift".

Throughout the course of our lives, we will associate with many different types of people. These people will be of vari- ous races, religions, and nationalities. Will we let what race, religion, nationality they belong to affect our feelings toward them?

When God created us, he made us all on the same basis. We are all his children, and all of us are brothers. If we were to base our likes and dislikes on foolish prejudices, we would always be at war with one another. Therefore, let us remem- ber that no matter what color a man's skin is, what his re- ligion is, or what nationality he is, he is our brother. It may help us if we keep in mind these words of Edward Markham,

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers None goes his way alone. All that is sent into the lives of others Comes back into our own."

-J. A. C.

Entertainment Versus Knowledge If you had to make this choice, would you rather attend

a good movie or read a fine book? Although movies are the chief source of entertainment for the average American, the person who desires to improve his mind and become a learned individual would undoubtedly read the book.

Almost every movie made in Hollywood is so full of ex- citing events that it is too fantastic to be true. It seems that all of Hollywood's directors and producers believe that the only way to make a movie a success is to fill it with sensation- alism. As a result of this thinking, most movies tend to sac- rifice good plotting and characterization for thrilling events. Fortunately, most authors place the building of a good plot and lifelike characters ahead of the writing of sensational ma- terial.

Although motion pictures are a wonderful media, it is rather ridiculous to try to compare them with books. Books have always been regarded as the key to knowledge. Through the years, the works of great authors, such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Hugo, the Bronte sisters, and America's Edgar Allen Poe, will always be remembered and read over and over again. Yet, who remembers any movie to this extent? Even those movies which have won academy awards have soon been for- gotten- —J. A. C.

Colonel J. Worth Pence, Head- master of S.M.A., is a native of Shenandoah County, Virginia. He was graduated from the Mount Jackson, Virginia, High School in 1912. Colonel Pence, on the basis of his high school diploma, was a- warded an elementary second grade teaching certificate. Upon receiv- ing this certificate, he taught in a one room school for the 1912-1913 session at a salary of $30.00 dollars per month. His pupils who num- bered 27, were studying everything from the very elementary "primer" to algebra. Their ages ranged from 6 to 20. After this experience Colonel Pence attended Roanoke College and was graduated from

Exam Schedule Third Quarter

Wednesday, March 11, 1953 8:15 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Science 10:45 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Latin 1:10 p.m.— Lunch 2:15 p.m.—4:30 p.m. History

II, & IV. Thursday, March

8:15 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Trigonometry

10:45 a.m.—1:00 p.m 1:10 p.m. — Lunch 2:15 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

& V. Friday, March 13, 1953

8:15 a.m.—10:30 a.m. English II, III, & IV.

10:45 a.m.—1:00 p.m. English Liberal and IV (First half)

1:10 p.m. — Lunch 2:15 p.m—4:30 p.m

Spanish All other subjects will be adjusted

to this schedule later.

Pass In Review ~Ed Lollis"

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Geometry

History III

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From the Headmaster

MILITARY BALL (Continued from Page 1)

John Currey and Jean Barker; 2nd. Lieutenant Richard Davis and Martha Clayton; 2nd. Lieutenant Bill Richardson and Pasty Boyer;

2nd. Lieutenant Fred Davis and Jule Dengill; 2nd. Lieutenant Eu- gene Stichman and Benita Celk; 2nd. Lieutenant Edward Pridgeon and Susan Ross; 2nd. Lieutenant William Lewis and Barbara Black- well; 1st. Sergeant Stephen Bier and Ellen Hopkins; 1st. Sergeant Robert Jenkins and Marilyn Weisen; 1st. Sergeant Robert Edwards and Mar- leen Peeler; 1st. Sergeant Bill Has- kin and Ann Miller; 1st Sergeant John Toth and Mickey Kaplan; 1st Sergeant John Kerestezy and Pam- ela Price; 1st Sergeant Tom Maury and Libby Jackson; 1st. Sergeant Fred Foy and Susan Timberlake; 1st. Sergeant Edwin Brown and Catherine Gibbs; Master Sergeant Watson Miller and Sally Dawson; Master Sergeant Justiniano Mon- tano and Libby Wallace; Master

Sergeant Phillip Parrino and Lets Sanford; Sergeant First Class Jos- eph Cekuta and Cris Dooley; Ser- geant First Class Louis Scibetta and Boots Miller; Sergeant First Class Guy Hooks and Molly Miller; Ser- geant First Class Michael Lipper and June Neal; Sergeant First Class Sandy Sanders and Jean Poole; Sergeant First Class Charles Day and Peggy Smith; Sergeant An- drew Day and Nancy Wright..

The Figure lasted approximately 25 minutes. As the cadets marched off the floor they passed through a trellis where they bestowed kisses upon their dates. Much credit should be given to Colonel Webb and the decorating committee for the way they gave up their free time so that we, the cadet corps, could have one of the finest dances in the school's history. The music was supplied by the Virginians, who were at their best, and put on an excellent performance.

In the receiving line were Colonel and Mrs. Charles Clarke, Colonel and Mrs. Dye, and Lieutenant and Mrs. Paul B. Murphy.

Colonel Pence

there in June of 1916. He then re- turned to Shenandoah County, his home, to be a high school principal for three sessions.

Colonel Pence's next move was to begin his long and still continued career here at S.M.A. He came to Staunton Military "Academy in Sep- tember of 1919 as a teacher of mathematics. During his first five years at the Academy, he roomed in South barracks, but upon his marriage in 1924, he moved off the "Hill." In 1949 he was appointed Headmaster of S.M.A.

Colonel Pence attended the Uni- versity of Chicago for two summer terms working on a master's degree in mathematics. Next, he was en- rolled at Columbia University for six summer terms doing graduate work in Education and High School Administration. In 1922, he obtained his Master's Degree from Columbia University. He worked on his Ph. D. for two summer ses- sions at Columbia and one summer at the University of Virginia.

He is now completing his 34th year at S.M.A. and his 38th in ed- ucational work.

Grades For 3d Quarter Should Be Best Of Year

CADETS NAMED (Continued from Page 1)

Annapolis. Each honor school may designate a maximum of three candidates, but a number of schools do not take advantage of this privi- lege and limit their number to one or two, or at times none. In gen- eral, there are about sixty cadets competing for the ten vacancies. This is an annual privilege and is similar to the West Point competi- tion which was held this week.

Maj. Studeny Expresses

Thanks For Honor

Major Josef Studeny wishes to express his sincere appreciation for the honor bestowed upon him by the members of the senior class. The senior class has dedicated the 1953 edition of the Shrapnel, S.M.- A.'s yearbook, to him. o

Employer: "For this job we want a responsible man."

Applicant: "I am the one you're looking for. Everywhere I've work- ed, when something went wrong they told me I was responsible."

—H. M. Rowe Co.

The results of the third quarter examinations will be mailed to parents about March 19. Be- cause many courses were ad- justed at the midyear, these should be the best marks of the session. Cadets are urged to take full ad- vantage of to-morrow's extra school day and of the time re- maining before the third quar- ter examinations begin. Seniors, who are not passing all subjects after the third quarter examinations, should see the head master before the spring vaca- tion. The May 16 College Board examinations are the practice examinations for Juniors. The headmaster would be glad to advise seniors concerning sub- jects for the March 14 College Board afternoon examinations. Each cadet is urged to make the best possible use of the week of school between the third quarter examinations and the spring fur- lough. It is the first week of the fourth quarter and is very im- portant.

7. Cadets are reminded to inform teachers of any examination con- flicts. Please remember that all out-of-order examinations due to conflicts must be taken during the three-day examination per- iod, but not at night. o

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W. & L. campus, and V.M.I. Mus- eum. Picnic supper is taken, and the return trip is in the early even- ing.

Special week-end trips to Colonial Williamsburg and the great pageant THE COMMON GLORY there, and to Washington are taken by those desiring these extra trips.

The Summer School has been very successful helping boys to make up back work and to begin the regular session without aca- demic handicaps. Many boys can definitely attribute great improve- ment in school work to the Summer School.

New catalogues giving full in- formation will be available shortly. Inquiries should be directed to Col- onel Wilfred B. Webb, Director of the Summer School. o

Preacher Jenkins' sermon was full of fire and brimstone. Mandy punctuated the sermon frequently with "Amen" and "That's sure tell- in' 'em." She enthusiastically ech- oed the preacher's denunciations of lying, gambling and drinking.

When the preacher switched Irs disapproval to petty gossip, Mandy eased back into the pew and mut- tered: "Now he's done quit preach- in' and gone to meddlin'."

—Exchange

Cadet Captain Edward Lollis, who hails from Troy, Ohio, is the son of Mr. David M. Lollis Sr.

Ed came to S.M.A. in 1947 and became a private in the Junior School. Alter being a private in Co. "D" his first year, he became a sergeant in "C" Co. his following year. Last year he was sergeant in Co. "A", and this year he is the captain of Co. "B". Ed is very act- ive in school activities. He has been on the Kablegram Staff two years, and this year he is serving his fourth year on the Shrapnel as sports editor. He was a member of the German Club and the cross country track team. This year he

French and | is a member of the Honor Commit- tee, Secretary of the Cotillion Club Committee, and a cheerleader. He is also active in all intramural sports.

Ed has won the Superintendent's Ribbon three times, the Military Ribbon four times, and the Merit Ribbon twice. He has won the Bio- logy Medal and the History I Medal.

Ed races automobiles for a hobby, and last summer he was an assistant manager of a gas station. Ed likes the friends that he has made here, and he claims that he dislikes girls, which doesn't seem possible. His main criticism of the school, is that it is situated in the wrong place. He apparently doesn't like moun- tains.

Ed plans to go to Ohio State where he'll take up a pre-medical course.

Staunton Downs U. Va. Freshmen

Staunton Military Academy caught fire in the second period last Monday evening, and was al- most unstoppable the rest of the way as it rolled to an 89-80 victory- over the previously undefeated freshmen of the University of Vir- ginia.

In winning, the Cadets gained re- venge for the only defeat handed them this season.

Len Rosenbluth, the 6-5 pivot man, again was the big gun for the Cadets, hitting from outside and inside with equal accuracy. He scored 34 points to send his 18 game total to 665.

Virginia which was undefeated in seven games until it ran into Staun- ton for the second time led almost every second of the way until there were five minutes remaining in the second quarter. Then Rosenbluth hooked in two points to knot the count at 26 all. and Chuck Vellis followed up with a push shot to send Staunton ahead. The Cadets never trailed again.

Staunton commanded a 9-point lead at intermission 43-34, increas- ing that to 12 points, 67-55, in the third quarter.

The cavayearlings fought back in the final period pulling to within three points, 77-74, with 3 minutes and 30 seconds left. But Harry Makeever took a pass from Vellis and laid in two points. Vellis and Makeever hit one each, and Lou Michaels twice at the foul line to send the Cadets out front by 9 points, 83-74.

They matched points in the final two minutes and the game ended with Staunton ahead by an 89 to 80 count.

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S. M. A. Tankers Win Southern Interscholastics GIL DIE

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Since the S.M.A. swimming team lias just won the Southern Inter- scholastic prep school swimming meet at Chapel Hill, North Caro- lina, it is only fitting that we should dedicate Blue and Gold to them this issue.

The team, which is coached by Major Dodge, 'has a record of 3 wins and 3 losses.

This record may prove deceiving because, due to illness and injury, the team has swum without its full

strength in some meets.

Following is a list of all the events and who swims in them for S.M.A. The swimmer who has the best times and performances in the event will be listed first. In the 50

yard free style, Bill}' Thompson and Milton Moye, who are both seniors, are the performers. "Rick" Mor- gan, Tom Maury, and "Doc" Saffer are the swimmers in the 100 yard breaststroke event. Morgan and Maury are both just juniors, while Saffer is still in the junior school and is regarded as having a good chance to be a top-flight swimmer. Tn the 200 yard freestyle event, George Snyder and Lee Lawrence are on an even par. Both will be back next year, Snyder being a junior and Lawrence a freshman. Those who have seen Lawrence swim as- certain to the fact that he will someday be an ail-American. S.M.- A. has a number of good backstrok- ers who swim in the 100 yard event. They are Russ Ramsey, Lawrence Marks, Taylor Williams, and "Kit" Mercer. Ramsey and Williams are seniors, while Mercer is a junior, and Marks is a sophomore. In the 100 yard freestyle, S.M.A.'s sophomore swimming sensation, Jeff Zwicker, who swam away with two first places in the Southern In- terscholastics, and Bill Richardson, who is a senior and has been on the team three years, are the perform- ers.

We will next take up the divers. They are Billy Dalzell, who was last year's state champion and is slated to repeat, "Mac" McLaughlin, and Joe Black. They are all seniors.

S.M.A. has won a majority of the medleys and relays this year. The 150 yard individual medley is the event that requires a swimmer to do 50 yards of the backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle in the same race. S.M.A.'s swimmers in this event includes Jeff Zwicker, who won both it and the 100 yard freestyle at Chapel Hill, George Snyder, and "Doc" Saffer. In the 150 yard medley relay, which con- sists of 3 swimmers, one swimming 50 yards backstroke, one 50 yards of breaststroke, and one 50 yards of freestyle, Russ Ramsey, Tom Maury, and "Rick" Morgan swim for S.M.A. The 200 yard freestyle relay is a race in which 4 swimmers each swim 50 yards of freestyle a- piece. S.M.A.'s relay team con- sists of Thompson, Moye, Law- rence, and Richardson.

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Staunton Upsets West Virginia

Staunton Military Academy scor- ed what probably could be consid- ered a major upset here last night as it turned back a touring and touted West Virginia University Freshmen team, 101-91.

The Hilltoppers cashed in at the foul line to run up their 13th straight victor}' after losing their season opener to the University of Virginia Freshmen. Outscored from the floor by two baskets, the cadets bucketed 27 of 36 foul shots while the Baby Mountaineers canned 13 of 20.

Staunton got many of these foul shots in the last seven minutes of the game when the visitors became overly aggressive in their desire to gain possession of the ball.

The Baby Mountaineers could shoot and they could move the ball. But they couldn't cope with Staun- ton's big Len Rosenbluth, who con- tinued to scorch the nets. He mesh- ed 40 points, running his 14 game total to 508, a 35 plus per game average.

Rosenbluth turned in probably his best performance of the season against the West Virginia Fresh- men. His offensive performance speaks for itself, but in addition to the points he tallied himself, he set up at least 10 others with his pass- ing. And his work on both back- boards and general defensive play all over the floor was outstanding. Chuck Vellis also had himself quite an evening tallying 27 points.

Ray Michancyzk's work on the board and Harry Makeever's de- fensive play cannot be overlooked.

West Virginia had some stars of its own. Especially outstanding

Staunton Defeats Greenbriar 107-87

With big Len Rosenbluth lead- ing the way to victory again with 40 points, Staunton Military Academy defeated Greenbriar Military School 107-87 on the loser's court.

The easy victory gave the Hill- toppers their sixteenth consecutive

win of the season. Last night's win was sort of a

celebration for the invitation receiv- ed yesterday, requesting the S.M.A. cagers to play in the Eastern States Interscholastics Tournament to be held at Glen Falls, New York.

Rosenbluth, while scoring 40 points in the game, ran his season total to 631 tallies.

Chuck Vellis and Ray Mich- ancyzk did all right in their own scoring department, with Vellis hit- ting for 24 and Michancyzk for 21.

Greenbriar's leading scorer was Lake, who garnered 18 points.

After a close first period with Staunton leading only by 25-24 when it ended, the Hilltoppers mov- ed away from the West Virginians and had an eight-point margin at intermission, with the score stand- ing at 52-44.

Staunton continued to hit the hoop often during the last two per- iods and added 55 more points to its total, completely outclassing the host team.

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Zwicker Leads Team In Victory At Chapel Hill

Sweeping the Southern Interscholastic swimming meet at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Staunton Military Aca- demy tankers overpowered their closest opponent by 26 points, the greatest swimming margin in the seven-year history of the meet. Jeff Zwicker led his team to victory by placing first in the two events which he entered, the 150 yard Individual Medley and the 100 yard freestyle.

Clinching Staunton's victory were two more wins, one in the 200 yard freestyle relay and one in the 200 yard freestyle. SMA placed at least two men in each event, and three in the Individual Medley. Staunton's near- est competitor, Augusta Military Academy, placed first in three events, the 50 yard freestyle by Bair, 100 yard Breaststroke by Fox, and the 150 yard relay by Ward, Fox, and Bowers, breaking the meet record.

This win at Chapel Hill gave Staunton its second victory at the Southern Interscholastic, in the past few years. Last year's victor was Georgia Military Academy, which had a star-studded All-American team. Staunton took a sixteen man team to the meet and placed all but two. In the fifty-yard freestyle Thompson and Moye placed third and fifth respectively for SMA. Rick Morgan and Moye placed sec- ond and fourth in the 100 yard breaststroke. Plowing first in the 200 yard freestyle was Lee Law- rence with a winning time of 2:13.2; also placing for SMA was George Snyder who took third. Russel Ramsey and Larry Marks placed third and fifth for Staunton in the 100 yard backstroke. Almost break- ing the meet record, missing by one-half a second, was SMA's Jeff Zwicker in the 150 yard individual medley. Zwicker also placed first in the 100 yard freestyle; Richardson of SMA placed sixth in the same event. Snyder and Saffer placed second and fourth respectively in the 150 yard individual medley. In the 200 yard freestyle relay Thomp- son, Moye, Lawrence and Richard- son won for Staunton with a time of 1:47.9.

Billy Dalzell and Jim McLaugh- lin placed a second and a fourth in the fancy diving for SMA. Dal- zell garnered 64.3 points; losing to All-American John Kelly of Castle Heights by 4 points.

Staunton has one more meet this year. That is the State Swimming meet at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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For our last issue we chose "Chuck" Vellis, star basketball player. This week, however, we have chosen a branch of the corps called the cowboys. Oh yes, we have many, and one of these is Mr. Ree. Coming from the far West, lie has spent most of his life round- ing up cattle branding at the corral, and capturing Indians? What a man this freckled chemistry senior is.

Know him? If you do, come to room 324 with your answer. The usual fifty-cent pass to be spent at Hogshead's Drugstore will be given.

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Long Island University, only to be involved in the New York basket- ball scandal later.

Staunton that year had what still is regarded as one of the best teams in the school's history. The start- ing quintet of Frankie Allen, Bill Wilhelm, Bob Pickett, Joe Butler, and Bob Spears could do anything with a basketball but eat it.

Allen, of course, went to the Uni- versity of Virginia to gain further stardom while Spears was an out- standing player at Yale. He did not play basketball there.

That 1947 squad had an overall record of 23-1 losing only to the Navy Plebes at Annapolis, 57-50. It won the State Military School League championship in a breeze.

In the Eastern States event that year the Hilltoppers had close calls in both first round games, but won both; edging out Suffield Academy of Connecticut 37-36, when Allen meshed a foul shot with less than 50 seconds remaining.

Staunton nosed out All Hallows Catholic of the Bronx, N. Y., in the semi-finals, 43-42, when Butler bat- ted in a rebound with the "seconds ticking away.

But White was just too much for the locals in the finals. He dropped in 33, and played a magnificent game; Staunton placed both Wil- helm and Allen on the All-Tourna- ment team.

This year's club has been the highest scoring in the school's his- tory. Sweeping by 16 opponents after losing the season opener to the still undefeated University of Vir- ginia Freshmen, 71-69. Staunton has scored 1,624 points in 17 games. That averages out to just a fraction more than 95 per game.

Staunton has scored 100 or more points in nine games, and has scor- ed less than 70 on only one occa- sion. That was in the season open- er. It went below 80 in one other game against Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal when it collected 76.

Staunton's best effort of the sea- son was the 108 against Fer- rum Junior College. That was the afternoon long, lean Len Rosen- bluth broke the state individual single game scoring record for the second time this season.

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was helping "Rosie" break the re- cord.

Always one to oblige, the big New Yorker did just that. Al- though what was happening could hardly have escaped the notice of even a merely casual observer, Rosenbluth got his 76 points with- out exerting himself. He played around conversing with spectators on the sideline and taking shots he would not have attempted under ordinary circumstances.

And while his teammates went all out to help him establish a new mark, passing him the ball four out of every five times they got it, he still had plenty to do on his own to accomplish the rest.

Ferrum tried triple-teaming him, and that didn't help.

It attempted control tactics and that met with only mild success.

And, in its over-eagerness to stop the big fellow, it fouled, but that still didn't hinder him. He's pretty adept at the free throw line, too, bucketing 12 of 18.

From the floor Rosenbluth net- ted 32 baskets and they came on just about every type shot in the book. He tallied 12 times on lay- ups, 9 push shots, 5 sets, 4 follow- ups, and once each on hook and pivot shots.

Rosenbluth's record breaking per- formance came with reserves on the floor as regulars, after piling up a 24-5 first quarter advantage, Coach Null pulled Harry Makeever, Chuck Vellis, Ray Michancyzk and Lou Michaels, and the second stringers took over. They did better than hold their own and enabled the Hilltoppers to take a 52-28 lead off the floor at halftime.

The starting club returned to the fray in the third period, but didn't stick around too long and the re- serves went back into action. They continued to outscore the visitors.

The game, a one-sided affair after ■ the first couple of minutes, ended in utter confusion. Disgusted by a call of an official, the Ferrum coach ordered his team from the floor with less than three minutes remaining.

There was some question as to whether the game would be allowed to stand as if it had actually been completed, or whether it would go in the records as a forfeit victory for SMA. The officials Carl Neiv- len, and Chris Compton ruled that since Ferrum was behind at the time, the results would stand as if the game had been played the entire four quarters.

Actually, Rosenbluth broke the record in three quarters, bucketing 64 points in that period of time, but the figure finally reached should

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stand as a record, at least for a while.

Ferrum was hopelessly out of the winning after the first five minutes. Staunton ran up a 5-0 lead before McPhillips countered at the charity stripe.

Then Staunton embarked on an j 11 point spree to take a 16-1 ad-. vantage, and left Ferrum trailing in : the dust.

Rosenbluth's 76 point perform- ance boosted his total for the sea- sou to 584 in 15 games, an average

of just under 39 per contest. And the win was the 14th straight for the Hilltoppers.

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Staunton Military Academy's bas- ketball team captured its 15th vic- tory in a row for today, defeating Randolph-Macon Academy, 76-62.

Len Rosenbluth, star SMA cen- ter, who recently set a new state military school individual scoring record with 76 points against Fer- rum Junior College, tallied only seven today, but played a little less than one quarter. Rosenbluth was hobbling around because of a heel injury and saw action only in the first period.

Staunton has put over double vic- tories against RMA, Fork Union, Hargrave, Massanutten, and Fish- burne for the state title.

Ray Michancyzk and Chuck Vellis fed the victors with 20 and 19 points respectively, while Smith led the losers with 21 points.

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