PIKE LARGEST WORLD'S CIRCULATION ALPHA ETA GATOR A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ALPHA ETA CHAPTER SPRING, 1983 Pikes are a Knockout in 1983 by Joe Pruna After a first place tie last year, the prevailing thought throughout the Pike house in preparation for the 1983 Phi Delt Slugfest was, "Take No Prisoners - Accept No Ties!" With a combination of hard work and dedication that was as effective as their own "one- two's" in the rings, the "thought" prevailed as the Pike boxing team literally "knocked out" the opposition to win the 1983 Slugfest for the glory of the garnet and gold. Over 4,000 people invaded the Stephen C. O'Con- nel Center on February 3rd to view the Slugfest in which four fraternities battle each other to benefit the United Way. With 200 enthusiastic brothers, pledges, and little sisters the Pike boxing team took on the best from Phi Delta Theta, Chi Phi, and Delta Tau Delta fraternities. The brothers boxing were - Steve Good- win, Tommy Spiegel, Gregg Schlesinger, Ken Curren, Dave Ceilley, a transfer brother from Iowa State Gregg Schlesinger exults after his K-O in the third round of the 149 lb weight class (Alpha Phi), Frank Mills, Thom Haste, and Brad Greenleaf. After all was said and done, these brothers Greenleaf (Heavyweight) knocked out both of their won 7 of 8 matches and KO'D 6 opponents. opponents to win individual titles two years in a row. For three of the boxers, the Slugfest was sweeter Another boxing effort worth mentioning was that of Steve Goodwin. the second time around. Tommy Speigel in the 130-39 lb. class avenged a loss last year with a first round Steve had been training to fight in the 130-39 lb. knockout. While Thom Haste (180-89) and Brad class, but with a month left before the fight Alpha Eta still didn't have a fighter in the 120-29 lb. class. So Steve unselfishly worked as hard as any fighter to drop down to 129 lbs. But all the hard work paid off as Steve knocked out his opponent in the second round and was named outstanding boxer of the Slugfest. Just as last year the team was trained by William "the Teacher" Telfair, William, a local professional boxer who also trains city youths for golden gloves competition worked many hours in the ring with us. Thanks again to William we were able to win the Slugfest for the second year in a row. Once again, the Alpha Eta Pikes have proven to the other UF fraternities that no matter what we are fighting for, we are winners. And we are Winners, Tommy Spiegle leads a Pike cheer after his K-O in the 139 lb weight class because We are Pikes!