fl llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l” By Joe Rodgers llllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflé Tonight the Illinois Tech swimmers return to the waters of the University ‘of Chicago to meet some of the finest collegiate aquamen of the Chicago area in the City Invxtational Championu ship meet sponsored anually by the U. of C. Leading the squad in their attempt to .better last year’s effort will be Ramon Klitzke, team captain, and defending champion of the fancy dwmg event. Ray will be up against tough competition in the persons of Ackerman and llaggerty of Loyola, Haggerty having been beaten by Ackerman since he ,, bested Klitzke in the [IT-Loyola dual meet early in the season. Hopes are also pinned on Ted Erickson in the 1,500-metcr event and Jerry Zichterman in the individual medley. This will be the first time these events have been swum in this meet. In last year’s contest, the second running of the city championships at the U. of C., the Seals took third in the senior division behind the hosts,. the University of Chicago, and De Paul. The team fared better, how- ever, in the intermediate division by winning over Navy Pier and Loyola to place first by a narrow margin. The preliminary races will be staged tonight at Bartlett Gym beginning at 7:00. The intermediate “ finals being held tomorrow at 10:00 em. and the senior finals at 2:30 pm. In their final dual meet of the season last Friday night against Illinois Wesleyan, the Tech swim squad eked out a 39-36 win to finish a tough schedule with 5 wins and 5 losses. Victories by Takata in the 150-yard back stroke event and by Carlman in the ZOO-yard breast stroke race were the extent of the first place marks made by individual IIT men, although the HT combination of Campbell, Zichter- man and Talcata started the meet off in the right direction with an easy victory in the Still-yard medley. Forcing the Scarlet and, Gray to be satisfied with seconds and thirds the Wesleyan swimmers tied up the meet with wins in the next three races and the fancy diving, in which Smiley performed flawlessly to win by a narrow margin over lIT’s Klitzke and Brown. In the back stroke and breast stroke events, however, the Tech mermen came back with a vengeance, winning“ first and second places in each. A second by Erickson in the IMO-yard event clinched the meet for the local boys in the closest meet since the Navy Pier clash. CAPTAIN GEORGE SCALAMERA practices one of his deadly shots. By Larry Shapiro At 8:00 tonight, Captain George Scalamera will lead Glancy Gladiators against Concordia on their River Forest court. The varsity will be out for their eleventh win of the season and t eighth in their last nine games. ‘ snapped by Navy Pier, Tuesday, 48 to 41. Scalamera and Chuck Bell- fuss of the Chi-Illini split the scor- ing honors with 19 points each. “Big George’s” 19 p o i at splurge enabled him to break the Tech season scoring record of 279 (set by him last season). He has a total of 286 points as he enters tonight’s game. His 100 field goals and 86 free throws not only make him the highest scorer the Scarlet anll Gray ban ever had, but give him a per game average of 19.1 which places him among the top scorers in the country. Besides his very valuable scoring talent, George has been the wheel horse of the team, doing ycoman work under both the offensive and defensive backboards all season long. ’l‘ech’s number one gunner has been consistent on his free throws, meshing 86 out of 138 for a per— centage of 62.3. Scalamera has done all this scor~ ing despite the “loving” attention given him by at least two players on every team Tech has opposed. We have tried to present a pic- ture of what George Scalamcra has meant to Tech basketball. However, more statistics do not tell the entire story. George will of course be missed for his ploy~ ing ability, but he will perhaps be best remembered by his coach, his teammates and his friends for his great friendliness and spirit of competition. The loss to Navy Pier was a rep lieu of bygone days. The boys couldn’t seem to get their bearings; there was no resemblance to the five which had won their last seven games. Navy Pier lead by Beilfuss and Dick Gainer jumped oil' to a quick 8 to 3 lead, but Tech, with Tommy Goralka and Scalamcra doing the scoring pulled up to a nine all tic. It was nip~and~tuck for a few mo- ments, and our varsity seemed to be settling down. However, with the score 17-15 against us, lhc team swooned. Eight minutes went by before we scored another point; while the lllini started cutting our alone do l’ense to pieces. The first he finally ended with the scoreboar reading Illinois Tech 17-Na’v Pier 31. Following the second period off the action slowed down. '13 Hawks shifted to a man-for-m defense, which brought the 111 offense to a crawl, but Tech 8 couldn’t seem to unravel itself ' With about twelve minutes, play the varsity seemed to suddf ly wake up, and with Geor Howie Gardner and Bob McG tallying quick buckets, Navy Pie “insurmountable” lead began vanish. . ’ This valiant scramble slowly edged the lllawks back into the game. However, the consta pressing by Tech caused foul after foul to be called against 0 men, and it soon became a one tion as to whether or not Tech surge would be ended by t clock or by the referees. There was still hope as Tec pulled within four points of th Ifier with four minutes to go. The Gardner, Scalamera, and McC‘ fouled out; and Illinois Tech, winning string was no more. Illinois Tech'M-«f—Aurora College“ m it p f it Lelser 4 1 0| Manor 3? 2 Moeck 8 1 1 l \leloon 4 -0 Gardner 3 0 :3l Puklin 1 ‘0 Poterson,P 0 0 2 l 3cm; 1 1 Scalamera 2 1 Ill .Shambera 4 [2 raslcy 1 0 11 Paul! 0 0 Schultz 2 1 0| Meyer 0 0 cCue 5 0 ‘ll 'llllwlck 3 7 Petersonfl 2 0 2' Bracket-t 3 0 Goralka ‘l 0 1 canal/Ian 0 O Maatman 1 2 0' Brooks; 0 0 Hall ‘1 0 2 Bullarol ’l 1 Burke 2 ll 1 I Heersema 1 O 1 1 ‘ 39 6 19 1 13 Halftime score: Illinois Tech 3 Aurora . . Illinois Tech 41—Navy Pier 48‘ . f it pf f? ft -elaer 1 1 2| Behrena 0 ~lall 0 0 O Wollnsky 1 0 Gardner 3 0 5] Bellman 6 7 VI eck 1 4l Gainer 2 3 : eacalamera 7 5 5! Stewart 0 0 Urasky 0 0 1{ Kozlol 2 1 Cue 2 5 Mandoll 0 0 _ Peterson,R 1 0 ’l l Du Fore 5 3 Goralka 3 0 41 Robinson 0 O Maatman 0 0 1 l . 16 9 28 17 14 ,14 Halftime score: Illinois Tech 177.- Navy Pier 31. By Sonny Mann As the 1M basketball tourney nears the finish line, preparations for the 1M badminton and volleyball tournaments are being made. Entries for both sports are now being accepted and must be in no later than 5:00 pm. on Tuesday, March 8. Entries should include free hours available. By Marv Feldman March 17 is the date . . . i For what you ask? Why for the annual IM- IF‘ All Star spectacl sponsored by TECHNOLOGY NEWS, featuring the brightest stars of the Intramural and the lnterfraternity basketball leagues. Last year the cream of interschool competition played to, tremendous overflow crowd, with the favored and loaded 1M All Stars coming out on the long on The IF’s (5-0) clinched the D league title by smothering the Gas House boys 45 to 25 to join the Whiz Kids (5-0) as the only undefeated 1M basketball teams. The Wolves took over the C divi— sion by ripping the up-to-now un- beaten Sharks 48 to 40. Greg Hau- gan hit 18 points for the losers. Both teams have lost only one game and are destined to meet again to see who goes to the playoffs. ,,,,, Farr Hall stayed in the A league race by quenching the ' Fire Proteks 29-28 while the Rasslers whipped the NROTC sailors 26 to 20: The Hoosiers then walked all with the title on Tuesday beating Farr Hall by a 23 to 20 score. The finals will be played in the afternoons of Tuesday and Thurs- day, March 7th and 9th and this _ y‘ the 1M basketball ques— ' the l’Mr- F final. of a 47-31 score. . But before the teams come the coaches. The outstanding mentors of each league have, been selected by TECHNOLOGY » NEWS to pilot their respective All Star sqluads. From the IF circuit, Bob Thomson of the league leading Theta Xi quintet . will match wits and strategy with 1M All—Star Coach .lerry Manila man of the Wolves. Thomson will be assisted by Claude Her- rick of the Alpha Sigs, while, . Moat man’s “aide de camp” will be Carl Moeck of the NEOTC team. ' . The All~Star selections will be“ ’ completed this week and will he“ announced in next week’s TECH»- NOLOGY NlE‘vVS. The IF squad ‘ will be selected by a committee of coaches from each house, while the IM All Stars will be chosen by a committee consisting of shorts» writers of TECHNOLOGE’ NEWS, referees, and the {kit director.