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m'm mi rmm w-fwm m-m ii i 'e IT'O- "'E r'l imm ---r eat. Friday, Feb. 4, 1977 Philadelphia Inquirer 7-D Young wrestlers lead old team "We sold a 1930 Model A Coupe the first day our Inquirer Want Ad ran in the Antique Autos columns. on the Both team; were 11-0 with winning streams on Vie line. Paulsboro'; win I Rej Raiders' streak to 14, while Township was cold after 16 straight victories.

Eight unbeaten grapplers started the evening, but only four left the match with a zero still at the end of their record. Paulsboro should have a lock on the Colonial Conference, beaten one preseason favorite, Had-donfield, earlier. Maybe Curtis Barnes showed what type of dominating player he can be in this week's come-from-behind win over Edgewood at Glassboro. Playing forward for the first time, in two years the 6-foot, 3-inch super shooter suffered through three quarters of adjustment. states, "you can't appredate that it is reaiiy a teap "A kid sacriijin? a weight for sake o'' Ihe it might jeoprrr'ue a good record jut it benefits the team.

Whatever you accomplish is for the team." Mauriello coached district champions in 1971 and 1974, but this year's isquad has been most impressive from a record point of view. Co-captain Don Curry is the defending district champ at 158 pounds and is also undefeated! Curry's in the minority as a Rams senior but has toppled all comers to his crown. Overbrook no doubt will enjoy its success for years. Eighteen sophs form the nucleus for the Rams, who also have a perfect junior varsity team. But typically the coach is not allowing too much over-optimism.

"Re-, alistically," he said, "another school can come up with a good freshman and sophomore group. Putting together a team, that's the whole story. Interest on the midget level has heightened." You almost had to be perfect to enter the gym Wednesday night when Paulsboro and Haddon Township met With Edgewood, the only school to top George Sutor-coached Glassboro twice, closing in on the win, Barnes caught fire and simply took over. Barnes scored 15 last-period points. With 2 seconds left Barnes was 35 feet from the hoop, but faked the closest Edgewood player, forcing a foul.

Cooly, he sank both free throws. fflfflDSoJJ: Doi Verb oil N.J. schools bered, "I said, 'OK, these kids aren't messing That's for sure. The Rams have a combined record of 97-28-5. As is usually the case, the younger wrestlers are stationed at the lighter weights.

Jeff Scott (10-3-1) and Rick Morris (10-3) hold down the 101 and 108-pound slots. But Mauriello's heavyweight is also a sophomore and also undefeated. "Gary Dunet is exceptional because of his size for a kid of his age," the coach said of his 8-0 "He just makes the But, according to any wrestling coach you talk to, that's what makes the sport so great. The ability for any size kid to find a spot on the roster. Mauriello puts the emphasis on the team in a sport that's dependent on the individual.

"Unless you're really involved in the sport," the coach Public League Rumph lifts Germanfn by Dobbins Dan Rumph scored 8 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter to spark host Germantown to a 78-71 come-from-behind basketball victory in a battle of Public League division leaders yesterday. With the win, Germantown (9-8, 5-4) strengthened its hold on first place in Division while Dobbins (9-4, 7-2) fell a half game behind Mastbaum in Division C. Dobbins built a 59-54 lead going into the last quarter behind the shooting of Horace Owens (19 points overall) and the inside play of Jerome Peterson. The game turned around when the 6-foot 7-inch Peterson fouled out with 3 minutes left. Randy Owens' then hit a basket that gave Germantown the lead for good as Dobbins committed key turnovers in the final minutes.

In other Public League games, Joe Curry's short jumper with 1:05 left in overtime was responsible for Franklin's (7-9, 6-4) 71-70 triumph at Rox-borough (2-12, 2-8). Curry finished with 25 points, two more than the Indians' Kirk Douglas. Richard Tucker had six assists and 11 Overbrook (18-1, 10-0) players scored in the Panthers' 62-39 decision over Washington (2-13, 2-7). Willie Hamilton of Washington was the game's leading scorer with 15 poirts. A good guy is given a bad deal DOLSON, From 1-D as well as the former commissioners as one of the outstanding SID's in the country Call after call, letter after letter, all the same.

All shocked. All upset. "You will never understand that Pennsylvania, right or wrong, has a bottom line (financial) problem," Geisjer said at one point. Okay, I understand. Penn has a serious bottom-line problem.

Including overhead charges heating, lighting, etc. the athletic deficit, Gei-ger said, is in the range. But how can anyone justify the "economy firing" of an Ed Fabricius when more than $10,000 was thrown out by the athletic director on the writing of a book on Penn football that has never been published? "Here's a guy who's given 16 years of his life to this school," one Penn coach said. "Does this mean every person with longevity at Penn has to fear for his job?" Such concerns have become pronounced in recent months; seldom have so many coaches expressed so many doubts and worries about the future of Penn athletics. They read comments by Bob Levy, a trustee close to the athletic program who quoted Geiger as proposing a shift out of Ivy basketball competition, and then they read Geiger's denials, and they are confused.

Decs PciUi wiil to aiay in ihe Ivy League? Does it want to stay in the Big Five? Nobody seems sure. A trustee says one thing; an athletic director says another; the pressures are pulling in all directions. One thing seems certain, though. Fabricius' departure has magnified all the doubts, all the fears. But then, we all make mistakes.

School highlights One of South Jersey's oldest wrestling school; Overbroak is using one of South Jersey's youngest lineups and finding success, undefeated success. The Rams are so young Coach Paul Mauriello has to mash and strain his wrestlers pre-game meals. But then again, wrestlers always have been picky eaters. Overbrook is 11-0 overall and unbeaten in nine Olympic American meets. Wednesday's battle with perfect Washington.

Township should decide the league title. Not only do four sophomores start for the Rams, but Mauriello has backups in two other tenth graders. But the youth on parade at Overbrook hasn't stopped the coaches heart from shock. "I'm not totally surprised," said Mauriello, now in his 11th year at the Camdell County school. "We've had a little bit of luck.

But mainly the sophs have done more than just fill in for us." The young Rams made their coach a believer after early wins over Ab-segami and Cherry Hill West. "After those two meets," Mauriello remem- Alex Metreveli U. S. nice for visitors Soviets will stay, play, WTTvows SOVIETS, Frm J-D went to Moscow in December, I still figured it was a 100-1 shot." It was during those discussions at the Soviet Sports Ministry that the affair was fully broached, and finally an official looked across at King and "Can you write a contract?" "Bring me a typewriter," an-wered King, who is also a lawyer. An English language machine was produced, and soon King had drawn tup a document that needed but mini mal modification; there were mino" scheduling changes, assurances that the entry would be listed in the standings as The Soviet Union and a guarantee from King that the league Iwould not embrace teams from South frica and Rhodesia.

"The Soviets ivant to be the best in the world and ey, know that to be the best they lave to play the best." Their players will remain ama- fteurs, of course, and so it is the Soviet jTennis Federation that will be Benefitting the most, receiving some from the league for fielding this team. The individuals them- iselves will move to this area and will have all their expenses paid by the icyLuncs, a team now in uueyaiiua and financed by four separate WTT franchise owners, including King himself. "But do you think they'll have many fans here?" he was asked. "Not unless there are a lot of KGB agents in the stands," he replied. The Soviets in fact will be at some disadvantage, playing only four of their matches at the Spectrum and the rest on the road, in such confines as Hershey, Erie, Scranton, Harris-burg and State College.

There will then never be a home-court advantage, though the thought seemed not to bother either Metreveli or Moro-zova, who relayed their unconcern over a. telephone squawk box. "I've never had any trouble jn America until now," said Morozova, who is a regular on the Virginia Slims Circuit. "I don't think we will have any now. We just come to play tennis, so why could it be unpleasant." "America is a very nice place for visitors," said Metreveli, a veteran on the men's tour.

"The Americans will react for the home team. They will be slightly against the Russians. But I think they'll enjoy the competition." "We don't want to go to the ex- tTVimPR said Krvrff the Tfpysrnnpc general manager. "We don't want it to be political and we don't want it to be a hit-and-giggle show. But you can't exclude the curiosity factor." The exotic thought of viewing the first Soviet team to play in an American professional league will of course entice crowds, and even Korff himself admitted that there were limitless possibilities to the situation.

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