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HERALD-STARSunday, March 9, 1975,7.400 IBiggest Arena CrowdTHAT crowd of 6,56* paid which showed up Thui*9clay night at St, John Arenfc raised the question from riiany fans on hand as to what the attendance record is for- a basketball game at St. John Arena.It didn’t take but a quick visit to Francis Beraducci’s office to find out that the largest crowd was on hand back on March 4, 1967 when just over 7,400 were on hand to view tournament action.Playing that night were Stradburg against Ml, Pleasant in a Class A game and NewPhiladelphia against East Liverpool. And, as it was Thursday night, most of that crowd was on hand for the first game that night and many left before the second game started, But more tickets were sold and the total attendance reached over 7,400 for the night.Beraducci added that two other large crowds involved Billy Graham aiid also the Harlem Globetrotters.By fbe way, some of us along01press row participated in a poo to guess the attendance and Big Red’s Don Donatelli came within 21 of, guessing the exact figure.Barons Lost Brownlee, Jr.IT appears The College of Steubenville lost ta chance to get r real blue-chip basketball player last year when a 6-5 youngster by the name of Paul Brownlee decided to attend Fairmont State.- Brownlee is the son of former Baron star, Paul Brownlee, and ik a starter with Fairmont this year. Jack Thayer of New Cumberland took in the West Virginia Inter-Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament last week and even hada----considered Steubenville,” said Thayer, “but that Fairmont just impressed the youngster • somuch, there wasn’t much of a decision to be made.”By the way, speaking of that WV1AC tourney, Weirton’s John Curenton officiated the chatn-p i o n s h i p game between Shepherd and Fairmont, won by Fairmont, 699-65, Bob Starkey, former head coach at Oak Glen and now head coach at Shepherd, was upset -withCurenton’s officiating and leveled blasts that are still reverber
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Herald Star
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Sun, Mar 09, 1975
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