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Whither or not the Pub 111 repeat* as Brookhaven Town Rec-reation Open Division "A" League champs will depend primarilyon the attendance record of their big man, Mike Cingieer. The Pub'spattern to date seems to be to have Mike on hand for what it pro-bably considers as the key games, figuring they can hold their ownwithout him against otljer clubs. By key games we refer to thoseagainst the Camp Read Clippers and th« HolbrookRaidsrs. In theirseason opener against Camp Read, Cingiser was not in the lineupwith the result that they dropped a one point decision. Last weekagainst tho same Camp Read team and Cinglser in the lineup withthe result that they dropped a one point decision. Last week againstthe same Camp Read team and Cinglser in the lineup the ill's woneasily 70-56 with "Mighty Mike" netting 34 points. He also playedagainst the Holbrook Raiders back on January 10 scoring 33 to leadhis team to an eleven point 88-77 win.

The Raiders and the Pub are nowknotted in a first place tie withidentical marks ot four and one. This evening at Newfield the twoclubs meet ln what must be considered the biggest game to date onthe "A" League card. Chances are both clubs will have all cf theirregulars suited up for this one and it will be interesting to see ifthe Raiders cancome up with a defense to hold down the free scoringCinglser who will be going in with a 33.5 per game average.

Not only does the Raider - Pub 111 game this evening figure tobe one of the feature attractions of the season, but to go along withit there figures to be a great opener in a scheduled contest againstthe league-leading Connetquot Teachers who pace the "B" Leagueby one-half game ahead of the Town champion Setauket Goldens.The Teachers tamed the Goldens in their first meeting back onJanuary 6 by seven points in a game that was nip and tuck aU theway. Everett Hart has been sparking the Goldens in games to dateas he currently rests in the number two position in Individual scor-ing i trailing Joe Backes of the Shamrocks by seven points. Con-netquot has a well balanced offense with Richy Wilson who isaveraging 15 points per game being high man.

SIDELINE SLANTS - Not only does Brookhaven Town have thefinest skiing site here on Long Island at Bald Hill Ln Farmingville,but In our opinion and the opinion of many others also has the mostefficient staff of personnel to handle its every day operation. Thetorch light parade put on by the staff of instructors and ekl patrolSaturday evening was certainly most impressive as Brookhavensaluted National Ski Week with an evening of ceremonies which,in addition to the torch light parack included ski races and a marsh-mallow roast,... Although skiing and other Winter sports are stillvery much the rage the time has come to plan for the big Summerprogram as meetings are to be held for all of the softball leagueslater this month. Teams who participated last year will be advisedthrough the mail as to the exact date of meetings and in additionannouncements will be made in advance in the sports pages of thispaper and over local radio stations... Basketball fans in the Mid-West, it is often saidjtake the game much more seriously then fansin any other part of the country. An illustration of this occurreda few seasons ago when the University of Indiana team was eli-minated from a state tournament as a result of what some fansthought was poor coaching from the bench. After the game the In-diana mentor went to a phone booth to make a call only to find he hadno change. He then called to dejected fan who was passing by,''Hey,Mac, lend me a dime, I want to call a friend." "Here's 20 cents,"replied the fan, "go call all you friends."

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Pub,HolbrookTie for FirstIn eA' Lg.

The Pub 111 won a pair ofcontests last week to move upinto a first place tie in the Brook-haven Town Recreation Open Di-vision "A" League with the Hol-brook Raiders as each team hasnow won four and lost only one.

On Monday evening at the Saga-more Junior High court the Ill'soutdistanced the L.L Volunteers64-55 and then came back onThursdayatiNewfield to reversethe Camp Read Clippers 70-56.The Raiders registered theirfourth win of the season as theycame from behind to turn backthe General Carpenters from Pt.Jeff by a score of 75-67.

Ih the Pub 111 win over theVolunteers at Sagamore,} GeorgeMetkiff, who has been averagingbetter than 17 points per gamefor the league leaders, paced thewinners attack with 23 points.Jim eleven also hit double fi-gures for the Pub as he scored17. Later in the week the Ill'spulled out all the stops as theyavenged an early season loss byblasting the Camp Read Clippers70-56. Mike Cinglser was the bigdifference In the contest as heooured in 34 oo'nts as a resultof 14 buckets and 6 charities.Tony McElroybackedupCingiserwith 20 points. For the losers theonly consolation derived from thegame was the fact that Walt Cos-tello managed to hold on to hisfirst place lead in the individualscoring race as he netted 25points .

The Holbrook Raiders, trailing31-30 at half time, had a hotthird quarter In which they tal-lied 25 points to down the GeneralCarpenters 75-67. Ray Weeks andPete Navaretta were the key fi-gures for the Raiders as Weekshad 33 points and Navaretta 21.John Cirino with 17 and RayScudder with 16 led the losers .

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Eagle Cagers Top Gaels;To Face LaSalle Tomorrow

By FRANK MAUCERIThe Eagle cagers of Seton Hall

broke a two game losing streakSunday afternoon as they defeatedrhe Gaels of St M T> 's^Manhss-set , 80-74

The game was a vital c ie f orSeton as the Eagles enterea intoa fourth place de with 5t Mary 'sin the Nassau-Suffolk CatholicHigh School League This givesSeton a good chance to erte- rhcseason 's D.2 >offs atHofctra inMarch.

Strong ball cont-ol kep' theEagles ahead for tre entiregani "except foi a few seconds lats inthe first half Co-captain andguard Lenny Conway led the Eagleonslaught as he made 71 percentof his attempts from the floor

in the first period Conwa> madeal. six of his field goal attempts ,ranging from long set shots toshort jumpers. This equaled theentire scoring output by the Gaelsand paced the Eagles to a 23-12lead at the end of the period

St. Mary 's bounced back in thesecond period and outscored Se-ton 22-13 But Seton 's earl> leadgave the Eagles the edge at half-time with the score 36- 34 In favorof Seton

Rebounding dominated most of

rhv third period as tht- Eaglespulled down 15 reoounds. Thisball control enabled Seton towiden its lead to eight points.M thr end ot this period , there-fot e, the Eagles i emaintd outui front tor good by ? 56-48 mar-gin

in the fcurth and final periodthe Gaels came within two pointsof the lead bat no closer TerryMoran pullea the game out forthe Eagles on clutch free throw slate in the period. The buzzersounded and the game ended withSeton the victor b\ an80- 74 score

Top scorer was Conway with24 points, his highfor the seasonFollowing Conway were JohnClancy ana Dennis R outlsdge ofSt. Mary 's

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points , respectively

The box score was as follows:Seton Hall 23 36 56 80St.Marv 's 12 34 48 74With tnis victory St-ton boosted

its o\erall lecord to 7-4 and itsleagje record to 4-3

Seton wiil iacc La Salle M.A,,Oakdale ; , at Seton at 6:30 p.mtoda} Then Seton will play Con-netquot ln a non-leagde game atConnetquot Tuesday night

Harlem WizardsPlay SaturdayAt JWY, Bayport

All is set for the appearanceof the Harlem Wizards at 8 p.m.Saturday night at James WilsonYoung High School in Bayportin a basketball game against thecombined Booster-Faculty team.

The zany hoopsters from thecity have polished up their Lagof tricks and a hilarious eveningof entertainment is promised forall.

The Booster-Faculty team hasbeen practicing to sliarpen uptheir shooting eyes and build uptheir stamina and coach FredCoverdaie has hinted that hisplayers may have a few tricks oftheir own to spring at the pro-

per time.Tickets costing $1 for students

and $L50 for adults are on saleat Nichelsen 's Stationery Store,the Four Seasons Sports Shopand "Red" Hollmann's Doli, allon Slue Point Avenue in BluePoint, or from Charles Clough,EM 3-6267.

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Bellport JV'sFall 49-39To Longwood

The Bellport Junior V«rsitybasketball team was defeatedFriday night by the visitingLongwood Lions, 49»39.

In spite of »n e«rly 18-11lead at the end of the first per-iod, the Bellport Jeyvees cooledoff on shooting in the face of atremendous Longwood offensive.At the half , Longwood h«d trim-med lt» drtlclt to three points,and in tha third quarter msrchsdahead with 12 points while its de-fensive action held Bellport to •mere three points.

Dave Bohn accumulated 10points in the first half , buthis four fculs required CoachDon Jester to save him until, inthe final period, shortly afterre-entering the game, Davefouled out with five personals .Joe Tyltv was the Bellport highshooter with 12 points, includingfour -for - five shots from thefoul line, Ray Viola, the Bell-pert playmsker, »iso added 10points to the Clipper total.

Longwood scoring was mono-polizcd by Bob Lamb and Tomwilaon. Lamb had • total of 20points, with his high periods be-ing first snd third when hetossed in 3 floor baskets for sixpoints each period Wilson wl»h 13points came on strong et the

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Indians LoseTo PatchogueIn JV Action

Patchogue's junior varsityblew a 13-point lead but regain-ed lt and held on for a 47-41basketball victory over Smith-town JV last Friday night at thespacious PHS gym.

The triumph snapped a two-game losing streak for the RedHaiders.

Sparked by the fine outsideshooting of Gary Schaefer andSpencer Petty under the basket.Patchogue grabbed a 26-13 ad-vantage late in the second periodand seemed headed toward aneasy victory. But Smithtowncaught fire and took the lead forthe first time, 32-31, in theclosing minutes of the third per-iod on a long jump shot by Tom-my Grimm.

A pair of free throws by the"same player made it a three-point margin. However, a jum-per by Wayne Atkins" and a foulshot with 14 seconds remainingby Craig Brown tied it 34-34going into "the final eight min-utes.

Another free throw by Grimmregained the lead for Smithtownbut consecutive field goals byBrown and Petty gave Patchoguethe lead again and this time forgood. The Indians crept to withinone at one juncture but a layupby Tim Kaminsky and steal byAtkins gave the Raiders somebreathing room and they werenever threatened again.

Petty was high scorer of the-game with 14 points, Brown had12 and i*.[_efer 10. Grimm ledSmithtown scorers with 12.

SALUTE SKI WEEK - Brookhaven Town's Bald Hill Ski Bowl was a Winter wonderland Sdtardaynight as the township saluted National Ski Week with gala ceremonies which included a torch lightparade, ski races and marshmallow roasts. Present for the affair were those pictured above who in-clude 1 to r, front row, James Curtin, Richard Fleig, Jr., Pat Studev, Mike Malkmes, Derek Smith andAndy Soper, all of whom competed in the Junior and Intermediate races. Standing in the rear, 1 to r areDick Fleig, Sr. assistant director of the Ski School; Commissioner of Parks Harold H. Malkmes; BaldHill Ski Bowl Manager Bud Corwin; Ski Instructor Gordon Etherlngton; Ski Patrol Leader Bob Cren-shaw and Tom Meigol, Ski School director.

SKI SPEEDSTER-Andy Soper crosses finish line as offical ln back-ground records the time during ski races conducted at the Brock-haven Town Bald Hill Ski Bowl Saturdaj rught as the township sa-luted National Ski Week.

Bellport High Posts LeagueHoop Win Over Longwood

By MARK WI ENERThe Bellport High 'Basketball

Clippers continued to lead LeagueV action Friday night with a winover Longwood, 62-51 CenterMoriches and Connetquot alsowon their respective gam«sover William Floyd and Bay-port to keep first place in a three-way tie. All three teams nowhave 5-and- l records

Bellport took the lead aboutmidway through the opening per-iod and wtre never headed, al-though the scores did get rath-er close in the third quarterbefore the Clippers caught on.

The scoring was close through-out the first half as both teamshad difficulty finding the rangeThe third period, however, foundthe visiting Lions fouling moreand Bellport cashed in on it,going 8 for 11 from the foulthrow line while Increasing the^lead to a solid 10 points. RandySmith was high for this periodwith seven points, five from sixattempts from the foul line.

Longwood had attempted ln thesecond quarter to close the gap,scoring 12 points on free throws•nd totalling 14 points. The Clip-pers met the challenge and scor-ed 17 points, spread evenly assix players got In the basketact.

The highest scoring period forboth teams was the last one,but Bellport outscored Longwood19-18 to win the contest. Smithcontributed ten points and BobbyDiDio six to help the homecrowd heroes.

Smith led the overall scoringfor the game, amassing 24 pointsfor the Clippers. Teammates Ed-die Tyler tnd DiDio also scoredIn double - figures, with 12and 11 points. Lion Terry Wil-aon was high man for Longwood,

scoring 20 points, and going 12for 14 from the line. Bellportalso controlled the boards withthe team pulling down a totalof 58 rebounds. Smith led with14, while the Tyler brothers eachhad ten.

In last year's game, Bellportbeat Longwood in a remarkablysimilar game. On January 22,1965, the host Clippers defeatedthe Lions 59-67, as compared tothis year's 51-62 Even morecoincidental was this fact; Smithwas high scorer in both gameswith the exact same period totalof 24.

Friday night, the Clippers goto Connetquot for a rematch andthe game that might well de-cide the League V Champion-ship. Bellport beat Connetquotthe first time around, and if theClippers .can post the second vic-tory on the T-Birds' home floor,they will have a definite ad-vantage.

The scores by quarters:Bellport 12 29 43 62Longwood 9 23 33 51

High Scorers: Bellport - Smith24; Longwood - Wilson 20.

Fouled Out: Longwood - Rob-inson.

Red Raiders Ploy finest GameOf Season But Lose to S'town

By Jim Barbantl!There's jiwt no way to tell what

Patchogue's basketball team willdo next. Friday night at thespacious PIE gym, the lowlyRed Raiders played their finestgame of theseasonagainstSmlth-town.

Then in an abrupt about facein the final period, they blew an11-point lead that sent them toa 60-56 defeat. The loss, itstenth In 11 games, assured theRaiders of their third straightlosing season.

Patchogue travels to Bay Shoretomorrow night and plays hostto West Babylon at 4 p.m. Tues-day In a pair of League 2 games.

Patchogue's second victorymight have been forthcoming lfplaymaker Dom Mercurio hadnot been injured diving after aloose ball, starting his firstgame, the 5-foot-9 junior direct-ed thepIaythathelpedtheRaldersgrab a two-point lead at the endof the first period" to a 13-pointspread at one stage In the thirdquarter.

tt was In the third periodthat Mercurio was hurt. Therewas 1:14 left to play andPatchogue on top, 44-36, when theRaider back-courtman suffered acut right eyebrow when he ap-parently tripped over the foot ofa Smithtown player.

He was taken to the dressingroom for repairs and returnedto the bench in the openlngmom-ents of the final period, sportinga bandage over his right eye andtemple. During his absence,Smithto—n's offense caught firewhile the Raiders, obviously mis-sing Mercurio's guidance, be-came colder than the weatheroutside.

When Mercurio reentered thegame with 4:36 remaining, thePHS lead dwindled down to four,52-48. Even now, his presencecould not save them as Smith-town gained the momentum andwas simply unstoppable.

The Raiders entered the final

period on top, 48-3$. Theymade three free throws in thefirst three minutes but were heldscoreless for the next four whileSmithtown went on Its warpath.Field goals by Joe Brandi anaMercurio finally put the local*on the scoreboard again in theclosing minute but it was toolate. Mercurio, after the game,was taken to Brookhaven Mem-orial Hospital where five stitcheswere taken to close the cut.

Tony Laudlcina and RogerJames were the ringleaders Inthe Smithtown surge. Laudlclna,a muscular 6-foot-5 center, waslimited to a single point In thefirst half but broke loose for 20In the last 16 minutes, 10 ineach period and pulled down 14ot his game high of 21 rebounds.

It was his domination of theboards, particularly the offensiveand his heavy scoring that spelleddoom for the Raiders. Threedifferent players took turnsguarding him but neither had thestamina of knowledge to upsetLaudlclna's command of the cen-ter position as he used his 200pounds to excellent advantageforkey rebounds and baskets frompoint blank range.

Five straight points by Laudi-cina and a field goal by RonJohnson cut the Patchogue leadto 50-44 with six minutes leftwhen DeWitt Davies connectedon a pair of free throws forthe Raiders. But a three-pointplay by James ignited anotherSmithtown binge.

Dennis Freeman's jumperpulled the Indians within two.Then with 3:01 remaining, Jamessank the first of two free throwsbut Laudlclna, leaping high,tapped In the rebound after thesecond to give Smithtown a 53-52 lead and it was never headed.

Each school blew several scor-ing opportunities until two morefree throws by James and anotherby Laudlclna put the Indians on top56-52 with 1:11 remaining, lathose remaining 71 seconds, the

Raiders came close twice.A steal and basket by Brand!Patchogue's first of the niarte/

made ft 56-54 with 59 leconk'left but another layup by L«J.dfcina upped it to four again. Thjiturned out to be the key basketcf the game. Mercurio's basketshaved the Indian lead to twoagain only to have Freeman'ijumper put the Icing on the eske

Tom Parsons/frith assistancefrom Brandi, Davies and Mer-curio was the Patchope of.fensive star in the first frreequarters. Parsons, who led thebalanced PHS scoring attackwith14 points, tallied eight in the thirdperiod that helped stretch theRaider lead from 31-24 st theintermission to its big margingoing Into the final eight minutes

Brandi added 11, Including _35-foot one hander at the buzzerwhich gave the Raiders at 13-11 advantage attheendoftheflrstperiod. Davies had 10 poiaU aadwas Patchogue's leading re-bounder with 11 while Mercuriochipped in with nine.

For the second week in a rowthe Raiders outshot the op-position, hitting 21 for 50 fromthe floor for a .420 percentageas compared to .383 on 23 of 60for Smithtown. Patchogue was 14for 22 from the foul line whilethe Indians were 14 of 26 butSmithtown, paced by Laudicina.led ln rebounds 47-41. That wasthe difference,

Brookhaven Town Rec. DeptOpen Division Basketball Standings

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OPEN DIVISION BASKETBALL STANDINGS"A" L E A G U E

TEAM WON LOST PF £_Holbrook Raiders 4 1 381 307Pub Ul 4 i 369 317Camp Read Clippers 3 2 332 324General Carpenters I 4 306 349L. I. Volunteers 0 4 215 306

"B" L E A G . U ETEAM WON LOST _PF PAConnetquot Teachers 3 0 193 148Setauket Goldens 4 1 278 240Bruno's Bar & Grill 1 4 260 280Shamrocks I 4 226 2S9

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?LAYER & TEAM FG FT PTS AVGjCostello, Clippers 49 11 109 21 8Weeks, Raiders 44 14 102 20.4Cirino, Carpenters 32 35 99 19 8Metkiff , Pub ill 32 22 86 17.2Dugan, Clippers 29 16 74 14.8

"B'kL_&A_Ll_EPLAYER & TEAM FG FT PTS AVG,Backes, Shamrocks 36 15 " " bT T774Hart, Goldens 28 24 80 16.0Sctontl, Bruno's 24 17 65 13.0Neal, Goldens 16 14 46 9.2R. Wilson, Connetquot 15 15 45 15.0