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Pantagraph A-ll Bloomington-Normal, III. Nov. 26, 1974 Young Titan squad boasts depth size V-" uty'- y-r. i 7y i tip lV fl Vl rl i9 I irr'rf I 1 ff I 1 1 it fiiiji flf if--- Im. i A I i were more consistent defensively.

At times they seem to just go through the motions defensively. Sometimes they're' going to have to realize that defense can make the difference in a game. "There's no question that Jack (Sikma) is our big man. However, in no way does qur club consciously go to him offensively. I don't believe we're a team that can be beaten just by stopping him." WESLEYAN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov.

It Lakeland Nov. 30 At Bradley Dec. 2 Bemidn State Dec. 5 At Elmhurst Dec. 7 North Park Dec.

11 Valparaiso Dec. 14 At DePauw Dec. 21 At Detroit Dec. 27-29 Quincy College Tournament Jan. 4 Indiana Central Jan.

8 Wheaton' Jan. 11 Elmhurst Jan. 14 Athletes in Action (exhibition) Jan. 17 At Carroll Jan. 18 At Carthage Jan.

22 North Central Jan. 28 At Augustana Feb. 1 At Wheaton Feb. 5 At Milhkin Feb. 7 Carroll Feb.

12 Augustana Feb. 15 At North Park Feb. 20 At North Central Feb. 22 Carthage Feb. 26 Millikm' College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games.

Monday and the first CCIW game at Elmhurst Dec. 5. "We won't be overpowering in size right now but we should be later," said Bridges. Dave Pitelka of Riverside, 6-7 sophomore letterman who would nave shared duty with Douglas, broke a wrist last week and is out until at least the Quincy College tournament in late December. Two towering transfers become eligible in January.

John Lenahan, 6-8 sophomore from Central Catholic, becomes eligible Jan. 14 and Mike Rinker, 6-9 sophomore from Toluca, becomes eligible Jan. 22. Ixnahan transferred from Wisconsin and Rinker from Rollins. In addition to the size and depth factors, Bridges feels this team will have better outside shooting from the guards this season and that the experience gained by the talented freshmen of 1973-74 will pay off.

"We're still a young, sophomore-dominated team," he said. "I don't believe we have any obvious weakness, but I wish we ISU veterans Powell, Bubbles Hawkins, Rick Whitlow, Calvin Harper and Mike Bonczyk. The Redbirds open Saturday night at St. Louis University. (ISU Photo) Illinois State basketball coach Will Robinson is preparing for his fifth campaign at ISU with five players who saw starting duty last year.

From left are Roger Redbirds open cage season Saturday night at St. Louis Coach Dennis Bridges isn't sure that his current Illinois Wesleyan University basketball team will have a better starting team than some of its predecessors. But he is sure that it has more depth and size than any of the previous nine Titan teams he has coached. Bridges, whose team opens its season Friday with a home game against lakeland College of Sheboygan, xjints to two teams with starting lineups or even the first seven comparable to the present group. They arc the rj5-6G team that reached the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics tournament quarterfinals and the l'J70-71 crew that zipped to a 16-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin record before losing to ultimate champion Kentucky State in the NAIA meet.

"I've never had a group so talented from the eighth through the 14th spots, though, and we've never had so much height," Bridges said. "That kind of situation is great for practice, but it also has its problems. I'd make a big mistake to try to keep everyone happy by getting them a lot of playing time. They're going to have to be ready to contribute when they're needed and get their happiness from team success. "I've never felt before that when we got to Kansas City (for the NAIA tournament) that we had a chance to win it because we didn't have the big man.

But if we can get there this year and it won't be easy I feel we have a chance to go all the way." The starters against Lakeland are pretty well established. Jack Sikma, 6 foot 10 inch St. Anne sophomore who led the 12-12 team of last season in scoring and rebounding, will open at center. At the forwards will be 6-6 senior Ceasar Douglas of Chicago, the only non-letterman starter, and 6-3', 'z sophomore Bob Spear of Quincy, a returning regular. Captain Bruce Foote of Wheaton, a junior, will team with senior letterman Bill Molinari of Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West), who sparked in a reserve role late last season, at the guards.

Chris Eldredge, 6-4 freshman from Paris, will be the No. 1 reserve in the front line with sophomore Mike Bradley of Bloomington Central Catholic the No. 3 guard. Freshman forward Pete Wanzung of Elmhurst (York) and junior non-letterman guard Jeff Roth of Gridley will be other leading reserves as the Titans open a busy stretch that includes a game at Bradley Saturday, a home game against Bcmidji' (Minn.) State next Titan-Bradley tickets available in Peoria Tickets for Illinois Wesleyan University's basketball game against Bradley University Saturday night in Peoria may be purchased in the ticket office at Robertson Fieldhouse, site of the game, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

daily, including the day of the game. No tickets for the game are on sale in Bloomington-Normal, Wesleyan officials said Monday. Tickets cost $2.50 per person. Purchasers will get tickets in a section reserved for Wesleyan fans if they identify themselves. The game will open Bradley's season and will mark the first meeting of the two schools in basketball since 1953-54.

Texas Lutheran meets Valley KANSAS CITY AP) Texas Lutheran will host Missouri Valley in the Division II football championship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the NAIA said Monday. The game will be played at 1 p.m. Dec. 7 at Matador Stadium in Seguin, Tex. Texas Lutheran is 10-0 for the season and was ranked No.

1 in NAIA Division II throughout the season. Missouri Valley finished at 10-0-1 and in fourth spot in the ratings. Basketball today HIGH SCHOOL DeLand-Weldon at Beason Odell at Cornell Fairbury-Cropsey at Central of Clifton Flanagan at Lostant Fisher at Bement LeRoy at Lexington St. Joe-Ogden at Mahomet-Seymour New Holland-Middletown at Williamsville Roanoke-Benson at Toluca Saunemin at Milford Uni High of Urbana at Tri-Valtey Wenona at Minonk-Dana-Rutland Morton Tourney (Richwoods vs. Chllllcothe; Morton vs.

East Peoria) Woodland Tourney (Dwlght vs. Gardner; Woodland vi, Marseilles) Delavan Tourney (lllini Bluffs vs. Eureka; Delavanvs. Deer Creek-Mackinaw) Decatur Tourney (Clinton vs. Lakevlew; Elsenhower vs.

Champaign Central) Peoria Spalding Tourney (Metamora vs. Bushnell; San Jose vs. Spalding) COLLEGE Mckendree at Lincoln Christian Marshall adds two coaches CHICAGO (AP) Manager Jim Marshall continued rebuilding his Chicago Cub coaching staff Monday with the-addition of Jack Bloomfield, a San Diego Padre coaching aide last season, and Jim Saul, manager of the California Angels' Salinas farm club the past two seasons. Bloomfield will be first base coach and Saul will handle the bullpen. The Cubs named Marv Grissom as pitching coach during the World Series and have yet to name a third base coach.

None of last season's four coaches will return, including Hank Aguirre, J.C. Martin, Jim Spangler and Pete Reiser. Martin has become a baseball commentator for the Chicago White Sox. Reiser was reassigned as a minor league instructor at his own request. The contracts of Aguirre and Spangler were not renewed.

Pro hockey results NHL St. Louis 2, Toronto 2, tie ranking, because the schedule is very difficult." Most of the established major basketball powers play 16 or more of their 26 games at home. Not so the Redbirds, who have only 11 home games. Their December schedule shows three at home and five on the road. The home opener is an area televised game with Drake of the Missouri Valley on Saturday, Dec.

7. Other December home games are, with Louisiana Tech on Dec. 14 and San Francisco State on Dec. 26. With Harper reporting from the football squad, Robinson has a 14-player varsity roster.

The Redbirds are not fielding a junior varsity team this season. Lettermen in addition to the four returning starters are Mike Bonczyk, 5-10 junior playmaker from South Holland (Dolton Thornridge) and Richard Jones, 6-3 junior wingman from York, Ala. (Livingston). Bonczyk was a starter while Powell was sidelined late last season. Other squad members include junior college transfer George Tometich, 6-2, Moline (Rock Island Alleman), and former junior varsity players John Crossen, 6-6, St.

Clair Shores, Mich. (Lake Shore); Randy Henry, 6-8, Detroit, Mich. (MacKenzie); Darrell Jeter, 6-7, Detroit, Mich. (Pershing); and Jeff Widdel, 6-6, Rock Island (Alleman). Robinson's assistants, all of whom were with the Redbirds last season, are Warren Crews, Bill Flanagan and Gene Smithson.

ILLINOIS STATE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (All limes local) Nov. 30 at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Dec. 3 at Florida State, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 7 Drake, 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at Butler, 8 p.m. Dec.

14 Louisiana Tech, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at Nevada-Las Vegas, 8:15 p.m. Dec. 26 San Francisco State, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 28 at Fairleigh-Dickinson, 8 p.m. Jan. 4 Southern Illinois, 8 p.m. Jan.

6 Oral Roberts, 8 p.m. Jan. 9 at Bradley, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at University of Pacific, 8 p.m.

Jan. 16 at South Alabama, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 Oakland, 7:30 p.m. Jan 22 at Marshall, 8 p.m.

Jan. 25 Northern Illinois, 7:30 m. Jan. 29 at Southern Illinois, 7:35 p.m. Feb.

1 at Central Michigan, 2 p.m. Feb. 3 South Alabama, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Ball State, 3 p.m.

Feb. 12 Western Illinois, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at Northern Illinois, 7:30 p.m. Feb.

18 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 8:15 p.m. Feb. 22 Lewis, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 Indiana State, 7:30 p.m.

"Individually, they are as good as anybody in the business. I expect both to" be offered an opportunity to play professional basketball after their college careers. Their 90 points in one game was the highest scored by two players at one time last season." Junior Roger Powell of Joliet (Central), who missed the final four games last season with a heel injury, is returning to the starting lineup. Powell is 6-5, Hawkins 64 and Whitlow 6-2. Carrying the rebounding load in ISU's double post offense will be 7-foot junior college transfer Jeff Wilkins of Chicago (Elgin), freshmen Cyrus Mann (6-10) of Detroit (Southeastern) and Billy Lewis (6-6) of Chicago (Farragut).

Their lack of college experience concerns Robinson in the early games, but their potential is so great that the Red-birds have been ranked as high as 18th in pre-season national polls. All three of them won Prep All-America honors. "It's a tough start for them," Robinson said. "The big question is how well they will react before hostile crowds. But we'll be able to find out early if we warrant our Oregon wins title in NCAA x-country BLOOMINGTON, Ind.

(AP) Nick Rose captured individual honors for Western Kentucky, but Oregon continued its annual domination by taking the team championship in the National Collegiate Athletic Association cross country finals Monday. Rose's time of 29:22 for the six-mile course was seven seconds better than the next finisher, John Ngeno of Washington State, but slower than the 28:00.2 NCAA record set by Oregon's Steve Prefontaine in 1970. TEAM SCORES I. Oregon 77; 2. Western Kentucky 110; 3.

Texas-El Paso 136; 4. Washington State 144; 5. Providence 225; 6. Eastern Michigan 229; 7. Georgetown 243; 8.

Massachusetts 257; 9. Wisconsin 258; 10. Penn State 279; II. Duke 296; 12. Michigan 304; 13.

Brigham Young 351; 14. Iowa State 374; 15. Navy 382; 16. Kentucky 399; 17. Wichita State 408; 18.

Maryland 427; 19. Missouri 445; 20. Minnesota 449; 21. East Tennessee State 463; 22. Montana 479; 23.

Kent State 516; 24. Florida 594; 25. Kansas State 656; 26. Long Beach 660; 27. Arkansas 661; 28.

Syracuse 675. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS I. Nick Rose, W. Kentucky, 2. John Ngeno, Washington St; 3.

Wilson Waigwa, Texas-El Paso; 4. Paul Geis, Oregon; 5. David Taylor, Oregon; 6. Terry Williams, Oregon; 7. Mike O'Shea, Providence; 8.

Chris Ridler, W. Kentucky; 9. Ed Mendoza, Arizona; 10. Randy Smith, Wichita St; I I. Greg Meyer, Michigan; 12.

Craig Virgin, Illinois; 13. David Long, W. Kentucky; 14. Tim Zumbaugh, Bowling Green; 15. Frank Munene, Texas-El Paso; 16.

Larry Lawson, Arizona St; 17. Gordon Minty, E. Michigan; 18. Tony Staynings, W. Kentucky; 19.

David Holler, Rochester; 20. James Peterson, Georgetown. Illinois State's young but promising basketball team opens its fifth campaiga under Coach Will Robinson with road games at St. Louis University on Saturday and Florida State on Tuesday. The Redbirds have four starters return-.

ing from a team that won 12 of its final 15 games and finished with a 17-9 record. But one of those starters, center Calvin Harper of Detroit (Pershing), was a regular on the football team and did not report for basketball until Monday "I doubt if he'll be in basketball condition until the first of the year," Robinson said. "He pushed his weight to 245 pounds for football, and he should be 20 pounds lighter for basketball." While younger players will have to carry the rebounding burden, the Red-birds have a thoroughly experienced backcourt. Senior Rick Whitlow of Michigan City, Ind. (Elston) and junior Bubbles Hawkins of Detroit (Pershing) return to form what could be the best backcourt combination in all of college basketball.

Hawkins scored a school record 58 points in one game last season, led the team in assists and has been named to several pre-season All-America squads. Whitlow led the team with a 21.8 average, scored 38 points against Missouri Valley Conference champion Louisville, and contributed 32 in the same game Hawkins had 58. "These two can play basketball," said Robinson, who has developed enough professional cage talent over the years to put his own pro team on the floor. Tickets available for ISU-St. Louis game Illinois State University's Athletic Association has available for public sale a limited number of tickets to the Redbirds' basketball opener Nov.

30 against St. Louis at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. The tickets are being scld in Room 203 of Horton Field House. The price is $3.50 for mezzanine seats and $2.50 for balcony.

Game time is 8:15 p.m. AIAW to hold meeting in Houston, Jan. 5-8 The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women will hold its Second Annual General Assembly, Jan. 5-8 at the Marriott Hotel in Houston, Tex. More than 5G0 of the nation's college and universities are members of AIAW.

Keynote speaker are Charles J. Ping, provost at Central Michigan University and Margot Polivy, attorney for AIAW. Ping will open the meeting with a talk on the place of athletics in higher education. Polivy will address the assembly regarding current sex discrimination legislation with implications for women in athletics. Sat.

OPEN THANKSGIVING DAY Oregon State rehires Andros CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Dee Andros has a job for at least another year. President Robert MacVicar of Oregon State University renewed Andros' contract as head football coach Monday night just 30 minutes after the school's Intercollegiate Athletic Board made the recommendation and gave Andros a vote of confidence. Andros' teams have been 2-9, 2-9 and 3-8 the past three seasons and it had been rumored he might be fired. In other business Monday night, the board instructed Dr.

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