Sportsman
Of The Week
The Nittany Cub wishes to intro
duce' its second Sport Personality
of the Week. His name is Dave
Nielsen, a freshman from Acad
emy, who has performed brilliantly
as a member of Behrend’s basket
ball team. He played basketball for
Academy for three years, starting
for the Varsity in his eleventh
year, and playing first string in'his
Senior year. He had the honor of
being selected on the second team
representing the city of Erie for
the year 1960.
During his brilliant play for the
Behrend team, he has been shoot
ing at a 32% clip from the field;
57% from the foul line and at the
rate of 16.3 point average for the
first three games. And to top this
off, his main value to the team has
been in his rebounding strength
which has netted forty rebounds in
three games. Congratulations,
Dave, and keep up the good work!
Sportscope
Basketball made its initial ap
pearance into the. 1960-61 athletic
schedule as our team traveled to
Ashtabula on November 30. In con
test with Ashtabula, the scoreboard
showed that Behrend was behind
four points at half-time. As the
third quarter started, the game re
mained as anyone’s battle. But, as
the game came within its closing
minutes, the height of the Basket
eers from Ohio prevailed in its
closing minutes and Ashtabula
came out on top with a 72-56 score.
Dave Nielsen took scoring laurels
with 17 points, and Tom Fye fol
lowed with 13 markers.'
Two days later, Behrend’s bas
ketball team hosted McKeesport.
Under the bright lights of Erie
Hall, a commendable turnout of
sports fans,, marked by college
spirit in its truest form, watched
the home team go down to its
second defeat. As the buzzer
sounded for the third quarter to
begin, the score cards read that
Behrend was ahead by two baskets.
Then disaster struck the hardwood
at Erie Hall. Before the Behrend
rooters could happily set pen to
paper, McKeesport scored nine
straight baskets to command the
lead. Behrend switched from a
2-1-2 zone defense to a man to man
defense in hope of containing this
spontaneous tide. The switch of
defense helped a little, but Mc-
Keesport was not to be denied the
victory, which it received by a 72-
60 count.
Scene - at the McKeesport-Beh-
rend game. Bruce Clark makes
another basket.
By HAKRY MILNE
The following day, a twice beat
en team traveled to Dußois' in
quest of its first victory of the
newly crowned season. And the trip
was not in vain as Behrend, char
acterized by a great team effort,
overcame a half-time deficit of 16
points and went on to victory as
Behrend rolled up 69 points to 58
for Dußois. Behrend started out its
third contest very cold as they only
scored 4 points to Dubois’ 27. With
only four minutes left in the first
half, Coach Gallagher parlayed for
a full court press against Dußois.
This was very successful as Beh
rend came within 16 points of Du-
Bois as the buzzer sounded the end
of the first half. The game con
tinued and it was a see-saw battle
until only six minutes remained in
the game. Then, with the score
knotted 54-54, the taste of victory
nourished the famined pride of
Behrend’s basketball team, and
they went on to enjoy their first
meal of victory by the score of
69-58.
Dec. 16
Dec. 17
Dec. 20
Jan. 6
Jan. 10
Jan. 11
Feb. 3
Feb.
Feb.
11 Penn State
14 Edinboro Fr.
24 Altoona
25 Johnstown
THE NITTANY CUB
Schedule
Home 8:00
Home 2:00
Away 8:00
Home 8:00
Home 8:00
Home 8:00
Home 8:00
Away 6:30
Away 6:30
Away 8:00
Away 8:00
Du Bois
Altoona
McKeesport
Johnstown
Edinboro Fr.
Ashtabula
Jamestown
Merriment Predicts...
Large quantities of deodorants
and perfume will be needed by the
Dorm Girls, due to the medieval
shower facilities .. • when the sun
sets in the east, Dean Lane will
stop saying, “Mark, Learn and In
wardly Digest”... a new rapid
transit company will be formed,
called the Eipley Express...
Chuckie will start talcing tranqui
lizers to steady herself so she stops
spilling things the Green Hor
net Bus Lines will try to raise its
rates from the present 35c to an
all-time high of 50<*... the Dorm
Girls will continue hitch-hiking on
Station Eoad until the proper
transportation is provided both to
and from Erie ... a Seventeen Club
will be formed on Campus Beh-
Element#
my dear Watson! From the happy look
on your physiog, from the cheerful lift
you seem to be enjoying, I deduce
you are imbibing Coca-Cola. No mystery
about why Coke is the world’s favorite
... such taste, such sparkle! Yes, my
favorite case is always a case of Coke!
Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by
rend’s Basketball Team will have a
successful season a certain
chess, ping pong, and gin compan
ion will crack up as a result of his
frequent temper tantrums the
Dorm Girls will become two-letter
girls anyone who defaces the
billiard table will be found hanging
from the Behrend Pine... Botany
students will be searching the Li
brary shelves for a certain new
murder mystery... Dave Kendall
will get his dates mixed over the
holidays... if the destruction of
the vending machines in Erie Hall
does not stop, they will' be removed
... Santa Claus will bring Sharon
Haise a cotton smock and the
proper appliances so she can learn
to do some house work .
COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., ERIE, PA.
Monday, December 19, 1960
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;EAtLY REFRESHED