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...John E. Wideman. 21. the son of a Pittsburgh waiter, is a senior majoring in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Wideman won the campus creative-writing prize, last month got his Phi Beta Kappa key. this year captained Penn's undefeated basketball team. Last week, hours after hurdling the Rhodes selection committee. Captain Wideman led Penn to victory over Vanderbilt topped his team's scoring with 18 points. His Oxford agenda: language and literature in order to teach college English...
Penn, a disappointment this season, lost several of its top players to the Dean's Office but still has juniors John Wideman and Bob Purdy, second team All-Ivy selections, and several others. Steve Spahn, league scoring champ, returns to head the Dartmouth team; Cornell boasts a good crop of young players; and Columbia has Art Woliansky. Only Brown, having lost Mike Cingiser and Greg Heath, appears hopeless...
...players left still pose a problem for any opponent, especially at the Palestra. In the backcourt the Quakers start Sid Amira, who has been playing far below the standard that earned him All-Ivy mention last season, and Jeff Sturm. Up front are Jim Doherty, Bob Purdy and John Wideman, who at 6 ft., 1 in. is still the best rebounder on the team. Harvard will counter with Borchard, Lynch, Gene Augustine, Joe Deering, and either Danner or Bob Inman...
Harvard shooting was not too accurate--when the team managed to get off a shot. Wideman. and speedy Sid Amira consistently relieved the Crimson of the ball as it came down court, and moved it to the other end for an easy basket...
...Wideman, one of the best of Penn's ten talented sophomores, Mlkvy, and J. D. Graham took turns ripping through the Crimson defense. Gary Borchard scored on a jump shot with eight minutes remaining in the half to narrow the deficit to seven points, 28 to 21. But Mlkvy and Wideman kept hitting, and the Quaker lead continued to mount...