January Ih, 1955
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In quick succession the Hazleton Center's five tied for lead in the
Jumxor College Basketball Conference and took sole possession of first
place last weekend. An BA--76 Yti.n over Johnstown on Friday night tied
Hazleton with that team for conference lead a The next night, Saturday,
Coack Mulligan's boys defeated the second place team, Altoona 75-71,
and - combined with Johnstown's loss to Keystone - captured top spot in
the league.
High scorer for Hazleton in the Johnstown game was Polchin with 30
points. Ledger, with 2?. points and Amentler with 17 points were close
seconds. Doing great court work Kostick, who had 6 points, and Raos,
who had 10 points, helped set up the victory, During most of the first
half Hazleton tailed the visitors, A third quarter spurt sent our
quintet ahead to stay there.
Returning the next night to the HHS Gym to play dangerous Altoona,
the Hazleton Center team was all set to capture first place. The first
quarter, which ended in a 16-all tie, shoitred how closely matched the
opposing teams were, Hazleton pulled ahead slightly in the second half.
The lead see-sawed back and forth for most of the remainder of the game,
Hazleton winning 75-71, Ledger led in conversions with 27 points,
Amentler (18 points) and Raos (16 points) came next. Also helping out
in this game were Michael, Morgan, and Kostick, who had two points apiece,
and Polchin, who had 8 points.
A correction of the league standings gave the conference lead to
Keystone, pushing Hazleton down to second place, Mien the undefeated
Keystone five came to St« Joe's on Wednesday night for the match with
Hazleton, first place was at stake. In a hard fought game the Hazleton
five managed to emerge victorious 76-71, By handing Keystone its first
loss of the season, Hazleton regainedrtts first place position.
(Ed) The following report was gathered as a review of what Penn State had
done in the way of major sports this past year.
The Nittany Lions opened this season with a mighty roar, defeating
a ljiighly. favored Illinois eleven lii-12« This was the first time a team
from Illinois lost their opener since 1 9h3 » Continuing their attack, the
Penn State charges overpowered a Syracuse team 13-0.
At their first home game of the year, Penn State defeated Virginia
3U-7, scoring touchdowns in every period of the game. State College was
the scene of Penn's first defeat, as West Virginia followed Virginia
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