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SPORTSClower's TearnHas TroubleUnlike most of us, the Terror cage squadhas found the winter months "rough-sledding."Coach Richard Clower's cagers wenthome for semester break with a 5-8 recordand seven regular season games to play.The overall record, however, disguisesthe encouraging fact that the Green andGold hold a second place position in theNorthern Division of the Mason-Dixon Conferencewith a 4-2 record. \Vith continuedsuccess in conference play Western Marylandis sure of a berth in the tournament.The Terrors opened the season (minushigh scorer Skip Shear who has dropped outof school) against host Washington Collegein Chestertown. Led by senior co-captainRichie Etgen, who scored 27 points, WMCtriumphed in overtime 103-96. Eigen Bredin 10 of his total in the overtime period.Sophomore guard Gary Fass scored 23 pointsto prove his capability in the backcourt.December 4 saw an inspired Towson Collegefive invade Gill Gymnasium to burnthe nets right off the structures and defeatthe Terrors 103-95. It was the sound ofswish from the opening toss-up. The Teachersoutshot Ralph Wilson's 25 points andEigcn's 23 with a frightening 52 percentfrom the floor. Leading the Teachers wasDave Possinger with 33 points.Plagued by a sluggish first half, the Clowermenfell victim next to Franklin and Marshall82-77. Bright spot of that contest was theencouraging performance by freshman guardLarry Suder who tallied 28 points. Larrywas an All-American honorable mention highschool ballplayer at Valley High in Cumberland.Coming back to play the best game of theseason, the roundballers rolled over BaltimoreU. 93-79. Suder again led the team inscoring with 24 points and his Cumberlandcompanion Ralph Wilson controlled the reboundsalong with Mike Kroe and JoeSmothers. When the WMC squad left theBaltimore Civic Center as 95-71 conquerorsover Towson, no one doubted that they hadgained sweet revenge over the unsuspectingTeachers. The team effort displayed was allCoach Clower needed for a Merry Christmas.Vacation saw the Terrors traveling toBridgewater, Virginia, for the ChristmasRotary Tournament. The rough winter mentionedearlier brought double defeat at thehands of Millerville College (tournamentchampion) and Emory and Henry College.The New Ycar brought better things whenBve Terrors hit double figures (Eigen andSuder leading with 19 each) to trounceLebanon Valley 89-68. The following nightthe squad returned to the Civic Center toby David Carrasco, '67out_hustle and out-score previous victimWashington College 88-67. Ritchie Eigenagain led all scorers, this time with 18 points.Adding a respectable 13 points and 17 reboundswas Ralph Wilson. Lanky Joe Smothers,a freshman who can leap almost out ofsight, drove for 19 points.The Terrors went on to drop three in arow to Dickinson, Lycoming and the magnificentMount St. Mary's ball club. Althoughthe Mount won by 21 points, 107-86,the Terrors displayed as much savvy andhustle as could be expected. Wilson, Eigen,and Suder all scored 18 points in the contest.The Mason-Dixon Tournament will beplayed on the 24th-26th of February. The Gaty Fass moves down court in theTerrors hope to see you there.game with Baltimore University.WRESTLERS FEEL CONFIDENTby Ron Boone, '66"Optimistic" is the word wrestling coach quick start and dropped a 21-14 decision toSam Case uses to describe his feelings about Towson State in their first outing. Three,the rest of the Western Maryland green point decisions from King Hill (123), Rickgrapplers' season. Mr. Case stated that the Schmertzler (152), Jim Hvidding (177),commendable performance by the Terrors in and Gary Kulick (191) were simply notthe Towson Tournament of December 3 and enough as the Teachers picked up two pins4, 1965, has shown that this team can do en route to the 21-14 margin.a job.The game but ailing Terrors suffered aIn the preliminary matches of December second setback January 8 at Olll Gym when3, Terror Rick Schmertaler triumphed over the fircbrenthing Dragons of Drexel provedhis Towson opponent to win the 152-pound too hot for the youthful Terrors to handle.class while Bob Basye did the same to his Things took a slight him for the betterTowson State rival in the l60-pound class. January 18 as Gill Gym was the scene ofln the unlimited class, freshman Jim King WMC's first quadrangular meet. The Terrorsdid them one better by pinning his Universityof Baltimore counterpart in the second and Gallaudet in a round robin, two-matplayed host to Elizabethtown, Frostburg,period of the go-round.affair in three installments.Later that day King and Schmertzler talliedtwo more Green Terror victories by Schmertzler (152), and Gary Kulick (191)In the first session, King Hill (123), Rickbeating McClean of Baltimore and Norris of all picked up decisions, and Jim King addedTowson, respectively, in the semifinals. live with a 7:50 pin in an unlimited duelThe semifinal consolations saw three more with Emmendorfer of Callaudet. In the secondsession, only Bob Bayse and Gary KulickWestern Maryland victories. In the 123-pound class, King Hill became king of the could get on the board. Bayse (160) dueledHill in his match by defeating Hennagan to a 6-6 deadlock with Arlen Finke ofof Loyola. Mike Simcock, a determined Gallaudet which was good for two pointsfreshman, beat his opponent from Drexel and Kulick in the 191-pound class continuedin the 130-pound division. Wrapping up the to roll with a 10-6 decision over Roehrigsemifinal consolations, Gary Kulick put anothermatch in the green column by de-Not to be denied, Kulick, rounding out aof Gallaudet.feating Ogden of Towson.perfect day, struck like green lightning inKulick then continued his winning ways the evening matches as he pinned Garyby olltgrappling Clark of Washington and Minear of Frostburg in 40 seconds flatlLee in the 191-pDund class of the tournamentfinals on Saturday, December 4, 1965. stopping Jerry Jetho of Callaudet in 5:54:Schmertzler also added a five-point fallThe overall finish included the following A 2-0 decision from Mike Simcock in theCreen Terrors:130-pound class brought the Terror total toJim King-second, unlimited38, allowing them to squeak past GallaudetRick Schmcrtzlcr-second, 152 pounds who finished with 37. Frostburg had 57Gary Kulick-third, 191 poundspoints for the meet, second only to an outstandingElizabethtown ten which compiledMike Simcock-fourth, 130 pounds}ting Hill-fourth, 123 pounds95 points and went undefeated in SevenEven with this impressive tournament divisions. Their captain, Jerry Jackson (137),showing, the Terrors were not destined to a was voted outstanding wrestler.pagefifteen