1971_02 The Daily Collegian February 1971

              4    THE DAILY COLLEOtAN   Friday, February 26, 1971
Two seniors in
final games
FSC seeks winning answers
By Chuck Knox
CoUegian Sporta Editor
This weekend's basketball games In Selland Arena mark tha end
of the coUege careers of two Fresno State players, Fred Warner
Henrlcksen, who has played three years, and Warner, a player
her* for two seasons, both started* nearly every game while competing for Coach Ed Gregory and both will be missed.
A 6-foot-5 Fullerton naUve, Henrlcksen win be remembered for
his rebounding. He grabbed 475 caroms the first two years and has
223 rebounds this season for a 698 total. After adding on the two-
night production of this weekend, Henrlckson should move Into the top
five career FSC rebounding charts.
He also has scored 821 points In I
' been a standout floor leader for
from Merced Junior College. !
. but he has scored 530 points fl
Originally from Columbus, Ot
lighted Monday by being named
player of the week. 1
Cal State Long Beach has wc
again with an unbeaten confere
won the title last year, are
berth.  Last  season  they  finis
26-year-old Warner has
the last two years since transferring
ot only Is he a defensive specialist,
3m his guard spot In two years,
o, Warner had his senior year hlgh-
ii? Pacific Coast Athletic Association
i the PCAA basketball championship
ice record. The Forty-Nlners, who
low waiting for a Regional play-off
ed second to UCLA tn the regional
Fresno's talented junior forward, Jerry Pender still leads the
conference In scoring with a 22.2 point per game average. His closest
competitor Is Ed Ratleff of Long Beach, a 0-foot-5 sophomore guard,
with a 20.4 average.
It will be Interesting tt
b the attendance af Selland Arena tti
The top crowd of the season to watch an FSC game at the downtown courts was 2700 for the Long Beach game. The lowest was the
contest against San Jose, where only 500 fans attended.
Two sides have developed over whether the Bulldogs should play
at their own campus facility or at Selland.
ns to get the
» BuUdogs  rent  to the  city of Fresno. With only 500 to 1000 at
lt makes the athletic budget In the red Just to play. About
1500 Is needed to break even.
But  at Selland you have a fine, modern facility
e FSC Rames a feeling of "class." Another point
that deserves mention Is that Fresno State basketball Is a university
division recognized sport and it seems Illogical to play In an outdated gym Uke on campus.
Men's gym proponents might have gotten a boost from the
last Saturday here on campus.
About 1000 fans were on hand, they were enthusiastic
i  closer to the seats than at Selland.
With no rent, the budget made money for the game, and
a noticeably larger turnout of students to the contest.
The basketball teams do need the student fan support and they do
i  good   facility  to  play In.  The  probable outlook Is that the
Bulldogs  will continue to play at Selland Arena and will be
that  a  new  field house scheduled to be built (at San Jose A
"  >e completed li
FRIDAY
GOLF- FSC vs Cal Poly at
Ft. Washington Country Club,
(Uke Frlant Road
Woodward  Park  and  turn east)
Tha weekend wlU help Fresno
State fans And the answers to
many questions about their athletic teams.
First, can Dick Francis and
the wrestlers win their second
PCAA championship ln-a-row?
WIU tbe BuUdog basketball team
finish on a winning note and as
high as third place In the conference? How good wtll Coach
Dutch Warmerdan's track team
be? And flnaUy, wlU the baseball
squad continue Its winning ways?
The "biggie* event of the week
Is the college hosting the conference wrestling championships.
The Saturday mat meet will find
the Bulldogs trying lo defend the
only PCAA title they have won.
ference office and many of the
southern Callfornlans feel they
(San Dlego or Long Beach) will
win, but Francis and Co. think
differently.
Bulldogs entered Into the competition are 118- Dan Jenkins,
126- Steve Combs, 134- defending champion Rey Contreras,
142- Jeff Gerry, 150- Jim Johnson, 158- Corky Napier, 167-
Tom Ison, 177-John Berg, 190-
defendlng champion Gene Hansen
and UNL- Pat McGee.
Two wins this weekend over
Cal State Los Angeles and UC
Santa Barbara would enable the
Bulldogs to finish In third place
for the PCAA I
The baseball team's double-
hea*>r*.'lll feature another Pa-
clflc-Elght member, Stanford.
Game Ume at Varsity Park Is
12 noon.
Scheduled to do the first game
pvchlng is ace Dick Ruthven, with
a. 3-0 record and 0.000 ERA.
He has aUowed no runs In 17 Innings this season. Frosh hurler
Dan Grtmro, off an Impressive
shutout last Saturday, takes the
seven-Inning nightcap. He has a
1.8 ERA and Is 1-0.
With a 7-2 record on the se
son, the FSC batters are hitting
as a team .263. Jim Duckhorn ta
8 for 16 and .500, while shortstop Dave Maas has a .473 average, 18 for 38.
Outfielder Al Jones Is averaging .325.
Joining them In the Une-upare
Ed DlFrancla, Scott Wolfe, Jack
Bergman, Travis Simpson and
Craig Giordano.
Golfers host Poly today
The Bulldog golfers, off a 26-1
opening match victory, will host
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo today
In the only home dual competition
The contest, at the Fort Washington Country Club, Is available
for students to gallery. Tee off
lime Is 1 p.m. Fort Washington
is located north of the college;
take Frlant Road past Woodward
Leading the 26-1 clubbing of
Stanislaus State In Turlock Wednesday were Mike Panlccla and
Gary Chrlstensen, each who fired
flve-under-par 67's at the Tur-
Veteran Larry Anderson was
sub-par also with a fine 71. Dan
Mlllnovtch carded a 73 while Bill
Homyak and Jerry Thorman each
While this is the only home
dual match of the year, Fresno
State will host their own FSC
Classic In April, featuring most
of the top squads in the nation.
Panlccla, who tetfs off first today, Is the NCAA ninth place
finisher last year and was selected third team all-Amerlcan.
He Is a junior from Fresno.
The rest of the line-up should
consist of Anderson, Eberle,
Durst, Thorman and Chrlstensen.
CHARTER
JET FLIGHTS
From Oakland to
A Munich - Aug. 21
Marseille A Pisa - Sept. 1
Stockholm A Copenhagei
A limited
ible for  faculty,
staff, students of the
California SUte Colleges
Fare: $195
one way
For Information:
Office of International
Programs
The CalifornlaState Colleges
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, Calif. 94132
(415) 469-1044
BASKETBALL-FSC Frosh vs
Cal State Los Angeles Frosh at
SeUand Arena, 5:45 p.m.
BASKETBALL   -   FSC vs Cal
SUte   Los   Angeles   at   Selland
Arena, 8 p.m. PCAA game.
SATURDAY
WRESTLING - FSC In PCAA
wrestling tournament, Men's gyro'
(1 p.m. preliminary bouts, 5p.m.-
consolatlon finals, 8p.m.-
Ip finals).
BASEBALL-FSC vs Stanford
at Varsity Park, 12 noon,
ii? im:ai>
COHE&VTHI? STONES
& soayi; i irii:xi>s
EFUt, DEAD TURN OH THE CARTER FAU
CHAPTER TWO
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