SJLC ARRIBA LETRAN!!!(A Gathering of Knights from Old Letran)...dito tayo!

[ryanBlued]

wala na pala si Andrei Mendoza, nasa Lyceum nag seserve ng residency, bakit pa siya lumipat? sayang yung eligibility ..

i'm not sure what happened. from what i know, siya at si franz dysam lang yung nawala sa line-up, sabi nila mag-fofocus na studies. si dysam lagi ko nakikita naka-uniform at pumapasok talaga sa klase, si mendoza hindi na. sabi ginawa lang daw reason studies pero ang totoo hindi daw mahilig pumasok sa klase, parang si faundo lang dati. tingin ko naman di lang siguro masaya sa playing time kaya bumalik sa lyceum.

[MakaveliLives]

I've seen the LPU team and they're small. Baka naisip niya na magiging malaki playing time niya dun.

[riou18]

^^ Last season naman binibigyan siya ng playing time eh kaso parang nagkakalat naman siya sa court, Well ayan ang hindi tolerate ni coach Louie pag dating sa academics.

[dark_blue]

i'm not sure what happened. from what i know, siya at si franz dysam lang yung nawala sa line-up, sabi nila mag-fofocus na studies. si dysam lagi ko nakikita naka-uniform at pumapasok talaga sa klase, si mendoza hindi na. sabi ginawa lang daw reason studies pero ang totoo hindi daw mahilig pumasok sa klase, parang si faundo lang dati. tingin ko naman di lang siguro masaya sa playing time kaya bumalik sa lyceum.

Naging classmate ko din yan si Faundo, pati si Clarence Foronda na nasa FEU na ngayon. Parehong bihirang pumapasok.

[muzika88]

totoo ba na umalis na si almazan sa knights? sa baste na daw? hmmmm

[jpmalpass]

totoo ba na umalis na si almazan sa knights? sa baste na daw? hmmmm

May nakapagsabi sakin na wala na si Almazan sa Knights, personal problem daw eh, pero d pa confirmed yun ng mga Letranista dito at lalong d pa confirmed kung nasa Baste na sya. Hintayin natin comments ng mga Letranista dito kung totoo.

[peterbrotzmann]

Here's a badly written article by an obvious Letran hater:

"LETRAN & MUMAR
LETRAN, host of this year’s 88th season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the most popular and glamorous basketball league in the country in the 1950s, aims to recapture the old NCAA glory days in tandem with a new sports television channel.

The NCAA games get going in June.

Rev. Fr. Tamerlane Lana, OP, and head of this year’s NCAA policy board, met with TV5 president-CEO Ray Espinosa and executive vice president Bobby Barreiro in a recent meeting at the St. Thomas Building of Letran College.

Fans will see the NCAA games during weekends, especially Saturdays, on the same schedule that rival Universities Athletic Association of the Philippines will be holding its matches.

However, I fear that this year’s edition of the NCAA cage wars will again pale in comparison to the golden years, when crowd drawers Ateneo and La Salle were still in the league.

With Letran as host, oldtimers can’t help but recall the heart-rending story of the late Lauro Mumar.

More populary known as “The Fox” and “El Presidente” because of his cunning and heady play, Mumar was a controversial figure who was linked to a game-fixing scandal while playing for Letran in 1950. He was also banned for life by officials of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (forerunner of the Philippine Olympic Committee) “for failing to honor an international commitment” and for conduct unbecoming of an athlete of national stature” after he missed the flight to Rio de Janeiro, where the Philippines was scheduled to play in the World Basketball Championship in 1954. (Mumar said he had no money for the trip and couldn’t leave his cash-strapped family. Officials later raised funds for Mumar’s family and flew him to Brazil. He eventually skippered the national five to an unprecedented third-place finish.—Ed)

Mumar led Letran’s famous Murder Inc. team to the 1950 NCAA championship, but the victory was tainted by a game-fixing scandal. Letran could have won the NCAA title by a sweep, but it was beaten by underdog San Beda in Game 10. Suspected of throwing the game by betting for San Beda, Mumar was subsequently dropped from the Letran roster.

But there was no single complaint filed against him in any court of law to prove that he was guilty of any wrongdoing.

Born to a poor family in Talibon, Bohol, Mumar honed his skills playing three-on-three sandlot basketball. He made his cage debut for Cebu’s San Carlos College which won the first postwar National Intercollegiate championship in Manila in 1946. Then in 1948, 1949 and 1950, Mumar spearheaded Manila Ports Terminal in the defunct Micaa (Manila Industrial-Commercial Athletic Association) league.

Mumar’s first international stint was the 1948 London Olympic Games under renowned coach Dionsio “Chito” Calvo where the Philippines placed 12th. Upon his return to Manila, Mumar enrolled at Letran. He also saw action for the national team that won the Asian Games gold medal in 1951 in New Delhi and in 1954 in Manila. He later became coach of the national team - Manolo Inigo, The Inquirer."


OK. Mumar wasn't such a nice guy but why Letran & Mumar? Was it because he was a letranite therefore he became a bad person? Because the article did not prove that. How about: "Mumar, not such a good person" that may be a more appropriate title but no, Letran has to be bashed since they want to claim the spotlight as the hosts.

[raconteur]

I don't like this article. Where was this published? Author?

It's 2012 digging up 1950. 62 years ago. How old are the oldtimers? 80?

[EcKo_01]

I read his previous articles and all I can say eh respect his side of the story. If it's not true, why bother? :-) For me, Letran did a class act of not covering up for someone's wrongdoing and they kept quiet about it.

[peterbrotzmann]

I read his previous articles and all I can say eh respect his side of the story. If it's not true, why bother? :-) For me, Letran did a class act of not covering up for someone's wrongdoing and they kept quiet about it.

Agree facts are facts. But what does Mumar have to do with the Letran being hosts this year? Is he going to be honored? Correct me if I'm wrong but I have not heard that. Is he celebrating some 50 year anniversary of when he first played for Letran? or his last game in LEtran?

He goes "With Letran as host, oldtimers can’t help but recall the heart-rending story of the late Lauro Mumar".
This is the silly link that he makes.
But why not Samboy Lim? Why not David Regullano? or Rudy Hines? or Herminio Astorga?




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[nuss]

kelan pa nagkasaysay mga sinulat ni manolo iñigo? space-filler lang siya sa sports section ng inquirer. puro ads na nga, nagpapasikip pa siya

[calle_sorbetes]

Andaming issues. Can't we focus on the upcoming opening? What are the plans? It's already May and I'm not seeing any NCAA-related stuff on AKTV.

[EcKo_01]

@nuss - banatan na natin? ahehehe

[nuss]

alamin ko kung kelan siya nasa pdi office para doon natin siya bisitahin

[letranbaho]

ang aarte ninyo. buti nga meron pang naisusulat sa inyo eh tapos sa inquirer pa. sa sobrang daming isyu sa sports na puwedeng isulat ang hindi ko maintindihan sa author eh bakit tungkol pa sa letran ang sinulat. puwede naman si mick pennisi, o yung tax evasion case ni pacman. sa totoo lang nung binasa ko ito, nagsayang ako ng halos dalawang minuto ng buhay ko. alang kuwenta. parang letran lang. puwedeng nandyan, puwedeng wala.

[sakutaru]

^ Eh bat mo binasa? That post and you have one thing in common though, both space-fillers.

[nash_bedista]

^^ don't feed ..

[Swizzy]

May nakapagsabi sakin na wala na si Almazan sa Knights, personal problem daw eh, pero d pa confirmed yun ng mga Letranista dito at lalong d pa confirmed kung nasa Baste na sya. Hintayin natin comments ng mga Letranista dito kung totoo.

Nakaline-up pa po si Almazan sa Knights. At naglaro siya sa kalaban ang Ateneo Team B.

[mengelberg]

ang aarte ninyo. buti nga meron pang naisusulat sa inyo eh tapos sa inquirer pa. sa sobrang daming isyu sa sports na puwedeng isulat ang hindi ko maintindihan sa author eh bakit tungkol pa sa letran ang sinulat. puwede naman si mick pennisi, o yung tax evasion case ni pacman. sa totoo lang nung binasa ko ito, nagsayang ako ng halos dalawang minuto ng buhay ko. alang kuwenta. parang letran lang. puwedeng nandyan, puwedeng wala.

Now I remember you! How can I forget. You were the dude that got beat up by one of our female students.
How are your injuries? Are they healing well? good.

[bluemax]

From Fil Oil Flying V FB: Letran Knights 64, UP Fighting Maroons 55. Photos lang ang available, no other details. Almazan, Cortes, Belorio, Lituania, Cruz, Luib, Pantin played -- at least, these were the guys visible in the photos. No Kevin Alas, Junjun Alas and VJ Espiritu.