Friday,' January 6, 1983 Between . the Lions x with The Sports Editor Under the risk of again being charged with, the high crime of undue . optimism, we’re willing to venture N the opinion that. Penn State is going places on the basketball court* this 'season. t We’ll concede right now that that ‘43-to-24 victory over a woefully weak . Susquehanna quintet Wednesday night wasn’t overly impressive. - But underneath the rough edges apparent in this first encounter was, we be lieve, a wealth of power, especially .on the offense, Avhich should give us an edge in court, victories this season for the first time in years. . Curiously enough, insofar as work ing the ball into the basket was con cerned, the team seemed overdrillod rather than not trained enough. We cannot help but- feel that shooting oft-cncr from outside the basket area would have drawn the Crusaders’ dc .fense out and helped to give the Lions 'la more effective offense. And now, cautious but hopeful, the have their eyes trained on the Penn Palestra. It’s been years since Penn has bowed to the Blue and .-White. But remember victory, over Pitt last March? In the midst of nlfthc acclaim and Temple University is receiving for having ponied up a new record ,high salary for a football coach, the comments. of Mr. Daley in the New York HeraUUTrihtnic , printed else- where in this issue, strike a new and sensible note. It is refreshing to know that the fight for de-emphasis in intercollegiate football is. not be-, ring fought in the colleges alone. Professional journalists, such as Mr. Daley, have had the vision to see [the handwriting on the wall; endowed with this vision, they have risked un popularity with their reading public . by coming out frankly and honestly , for what they believe to be for the good of the sport/ • - r-p +7 ‘+v p ‘ • r Temple, incidentally, is quite dis gusted with the tendency of “major” opponents to double-cross the Stadium box office by cleaning house athletic ally. Witness this excerpt from the .eminent. Temple University Daily , News : , “This same council, it will be re membered, paid Penn State a fabu lous sum to try; its hand at the grid [.'sport after much agitation by the stu .dent body to secure some ‘major op ponents.’ What a ■ flop the Lions .turned put to be, and what is to pre •■vent any team from taking a nose dive? t Football gamcs’with major op , ponents must be arranged several years in advance, and the gamble l isn’t v worth while in'most cases.” Aside from their grammatical er 'Tors, we’re inclined to agree with the Cherry and White scribes. Major opponents do have a habit of playing the game a different way. So may be, the best thing for the Owls to do is to stay in' their own class. Even if Mr. Warner does regard his* job as an.improvement .... —S. H. B. Corner ..JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE.. Topcoats and Overcoats $12.5(^1450<< D » SUITS $13.75~516.75 SpedaUot of Topcoats at $9.00 ° IC ju S n.?>AMo t ..s Special Offer on Colonial Home Spun Suits LION COU TRIP SUSQUEHANNA WEDNESDAY, 43-24 McFarlanc Scores 12 Points as Nittany Five Captures Opening Contest By W. K. STEfiMEIER ’34 It; s hard to estimate the significance of a Lion defeat at Philadelphia to morrow night when Penn' State’s ccurtmen tangle with the Penn bas keteers. Oh the other hand, need we mention how much a Nittany victory in the Palestra would affect the for tunes of Coach Spike Leslie’s 1933 cagers? The Susquehanna game Wednesday night which ended 43-to-24 in favor of the Lions, turned out to be nothing more than a chance for Spike to give his charges a final onceover. And they looked good. However, the Cru saders offered little in the line of op position so that the Nittany. cagers will have to click a bit more consist ently to win tomorrow. Quakers Strong [Penn has a good team, and, what is more pertinent to the Lions, a big team. With nine varsity letternien available to say nothing of the half dozen -or so brilliant sophomore cagers who starred on the Quaker freshman club last year, Penn expects big things of its 1933 five.. To get to the point, if the Lions intend to shove the Red and Blue courtmen off the court or something, they’ll have to produce for tho entire sixty minutes, much in the manner of that commendable bright spot in the second quarter of -the con test with the,gentlemen from'Selins grove. - •••.,. Tho Quakers are undefeated so far this season, even though they have already encountered three better-than overiige" teams.' Haverford fell- under the Red and Blue onslaught, 48-to-16, Swarthmore was the next in line to go the way of all flesh by a '4O-to-lG score, and the powerful and experi enced Penn A. C. quintet was the third victim'. Boasts Giant Center Highest on the Penn squad list stands Bob Freeman, a six-foot four incher who knows how to handle his height on the court to best advantage. Matched against this veritable giant it would be cruel to expect Wittum to take the tip-off. To offset this disad vantage, the Lions will be compelled to play a much tighter defensive game than was demanded of them in Recre ation hall ’Wednesday' night. Two sophomores, O’Donnell, a for ward, and Bashagen, a guard/ have been starting regularly for Penn and will probably face the Lions tomor row. Captain Klempner,. as the .oth er forward, and as thp'other guard, seem likely to complete the Quakqr starting combination. __ . Lion Lineup Unchanged , Unless something unexpected turns up, Spfke will use the same team in tomorrow’s clash that started against tho Crusaders in Recreation hall, namely, McFarlanc, Thomas, Wittum, Conn, and MbMinn. Captain Walt Moser has not as yet had time enough to absorb ,enough of Spike’s teachings to get a call at the start of the game. Tomorrow’s contest will be the fif teenth encounter of-Penn and Penn Stato -court teams.. The Lions have succeeded in turning back the Quak ers only twice in the series, the last Nittany victory in 1923 when the game ended 30-to-23. Last year’s final score was 27-to-23 in favor of the Philadelphia lads. , The tale of the Susquehanna game ' join now OUR LARGE LIST OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS High Quality Meats Are Cheaper Now Than They Have Been for Years Use High Quality Meats and Have Entire Satisfaction Phone 357 FISHBURN’S MEAT MARKET Get Your GASOLINE, OIL and ACCESSORIES AT MSHEL’SGARAGE Boalshurg RTMEN T Crusader Captain fZoprnr /. - is told simply enough: the Lions eas ily took the lead at the outset of the gamo and stay.ed there until the final gun. “Dark-horse” Wittum was the surprise .of the evening, scoring nine points in the first half, but Norry Mc- Farhme • took scoring honors with a total of twelve .points at thedose of the game. McMinn gained honorable’ mention with eight counters .to his credit. Thomas Opens Scoring Thomas opened the scoring soon af ter, the opening whistle with a two pointer and McFarlane followed close on his heels by making, a charity shot count. A minute later Wittum parted tho cords on a' sleeper to make the count 5-to-0 even before the .Crusad ers realized that they were supposed to play basketball. Captain. McGee han scored the first .goal for Susque hanna. ‘ . McFarlane, and ft/cjlinn .each bagged, two'baskets'from the field' while' Wittum succeeded in rolling three more through: the loop before the half ended with the score at 2.7- 10-l-l. Coach Leslie began using sub stitutes early in the second half. Cap tain Walt Moser broke’, into the game. long enough to add two points to the Lion score. The lineup: PENN STATE F(tG FIG-FIT Pla McFnrlnne. f— i 1 • -!! l : Thomns, f ? ? < * Wittum, c. 2 1 * - Conn. jr.— n 2 ? 5 McMinn. 3 5 i 5 Henning, c. , P ® Moiter, Jf. J- 5 “ “ Blyler, t 2 2 2 2 Stocker, T. 0 0 G ® l7 9 15 43 SUSQUEHANNA >jG ’ FIG FIT Pla Wnsilewki W„ F.»—— ’3. 0-2 G Van Nuy», f— * 0 9 2 t . Schlejrel, c. 0 1 1 1 } ■scmoivi, ..... - * * - Snsnamnn, ft. 2 1 i V McGwhnn, ’ it. - • 0 0 4' Wnsilewnkl. K.., ft. c.-'- 2 2 2 ,6 Noale. f 2 0 3.4 Totals- - IQ. 4 » 24 Referee —Dayhoff*: Umpire—Schloso Score at half time—Penn Stale, 27; Sujiiuehnnnn, 14. • ' THE PENNSTATE COLLEGIAN ENCOUNTER PENN TOMORROW NIGHT I, M. Boxers Will Meet in Finals Tomorr Lion Sport Teams Finish’32 Season With.s2o Figure Nineteen thirty-two will go down in Penn -State's athletic history as ‘•just another year” if the yearly av erage of the twelve Lion varsity teams means anything. The Nittany teams barely managed to break even, gain ing a total percentage of .520, a fig ure slightly under the 1931 mark of .541. Penn State emerged on the long end of the score in. thirty-nine contests and bowed to opposing teams thirty-five times. Only one tie was registered in varsity competition during the year. Cross-country is the only sport which boasted an undefeated season. - Wrestling, boxing, and baseball turned in the next best records in the major sports, while golf stood at the top of the list of minor athletic activ ities. The grapplers obtained four victories and a tie, losing only one contest during the season. The mit men garnered a total of five victories and dropped only two dual contests in addition to placing second in the Eastern Intercollegiate meet. ,On the diamond, Penn State’s 1932 lecord shows nine wins against four losses on the wrong side of the ledger. Although breaking even, the Lion soc cer mark of three wins and three de feats is the lowest average turned in by Penn State hooters in years. Aside from a record in golf showing only one loss as compared with four matches in favor of the Nittany links men, all other sports, including bas ketball, track, lacrosse, football, ten nis, and gym, were left at the bottom of the see-saw of averages. The 1932 track men managed to win only one of three dual meets, but the sprint medley relay team gained first place and the championship of Amer ica at the annual Penn Relays in Phil adelphia. Although still absent from the winning column, the basketball team salted away six'wins out of fif teen contests, which was an improve ment oyer the record of the previous year. - Tho football eleven won two games and donated' five to opposing schools, and the tennis men dropped three out of four matches. The gym team’s lengthy schedule of, one meet netted exactly one' defeat. • Playirig a total of nineteen games, the five freshman ’feams ‘average'd .372, a figure somewhat lower ( than the ,500 average of 1931. Only foot ball and basketball managed to break above'the .middle-mark. The yearling gridmen had their best season in quite a number of years. You know this person. He thinks he is telling the truth. But quiz him and he will recite the make of his motor-car, his hat, his shirt, his suit, his shoes, his tooth-paste, his towels, ad infinitum ... with the accent oh the “ad.” In other words, they are all advertised products. Why, he could no more escape the presence and the power of the printed word than he could evade eating or sleeping. The adver tisements are a definite part of contemporary American life. Their messages are vital to daily existence. They have a definite associ ation with the pocketbook, than which there is nothing more inti mate and personal. The important thing is not merely to “read the advertisements,” but to read all of them. The one advertisement you “didn’t see” may contain information you would have given a great deal to pos sess. Certainly, it is as important to you to know that Smiths are having a sale of sheets or shirts, as to read that Congress will hold a special session! Complete Winter Sports Calendar Wednesday, January 4 1 Varsity Basketball Susquehanna __ At Home .Varsity Basketball Varsity Basketball ' Western Maryland Saturday, January 21 Varsity Basketball Wash. & Jeff. Saturday, January 2fi Varsity Basketball Army Wrestling West Virginia * Freshman Basketball Bellefonte Academy , Wednesday, February 8 Varsity Basketball Lafayette Wrestling Boxing North Carolina - At Home Freshman Basketball Dickinson Seminary ) At Home Wednesday, February 15 ' Varsity Basketball Temple j At Home •Varsity Basketball * West Virginia J. At Home Wrestling Lafayette,. j - At Home Boxing New Hampshire Away Freshman Basketball Wyoming Seminary • At Home Varsity Basketball Carnegie Tech At Home Boxing Syracuse At Home Wrestling Cornell Away Gymnastics .. Army . '*: N At Home Freshman Basketball Carnegie Tech . At Home Friday, March 3 Varsity Basketball Colgate ' < j Away Wresting Syracuse . jf At Home Varsity Basketball Syracuse . Away Gymnastics Army . Away Friday, March'lo Freshman Basketball Bucknell • Saturday, March 11 Boxing , Western Maryland - v. • - Away 'Freshman Basketball Wyoming Seminary Away Friday, Saturday, March 17, 18 Boxing Wrestling "I NEVER READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS" “ Friend, guide and counselor”-the advertisements in this paper Date—Opponent Saturday, January 7 Pennsylvania Saturday, January-M Saturday, February 1 Friday, February 10 .Michigan t Saturday, February 11 Friday, February 17 Harvard. Saturday, February 18- Saturday, February 25 Saturday, March I Intercollegiates Intcrcollegiates ow Afternoon ELIMINATION BOUTS NEAR COMPLETION Hcrasimehuk, Reese 'To Bailie For 115-Pound Title—Davis Faces Mc-Andrews > Away At Home With only five elimination' beats .remaining after Wednesday night’s competition, the intramural boxing fi nals will be held in Recreation hall at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, accord ing to Edward K. Atkinson ’3l, man ager. At Nome At Home In the 115-pound class Ilerasim chuk '34, Delta Upsilon, will be •matched against Reese '3(5, Phi Kappa Tau; while Davis ’35, Chi Upsilon, will meet McAndrews ’3(5, Varsity Hall, for the championship of the 125- pound class. At Homo At Home At Home At Home Hartman '34, Kappa Delta ’ Rho, Madison '3G, Sigma Nu, Reese ’34, Delta Theta Sigma, Runkle '34, Delta Tau Delta, and Watkins ’34, Phi Kappa Tau, fighting in the 135-pouml class, remained in competition Wed nesday night. In the 145-pound class Cramer ’35, Sigma Alpha Ep silon, and Flenniken '3(5, Kappa Sig ma, will fight it out for the one which will meet Pinter ’36, Theta Kappa Phi, in tomorrow’s contest. Away Miller ’35, independent, or Mor rison ’35, Phi Kappa' Tau, will he matched against Pruitt '36, Chi Phi in the 155-pound finals; while Douglas, '36, independent, and I-Icsch '33, Chi Upsilon, will match blows to meet Heist '34, Sigma Alpha •Epsilon, who drew a bye to the 165-pound championship bout. In the 175-pound division, Metzger ’34, Alpha Chi Sigma, and O’Neill ’36, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, will battle for fiist place. Medals will be presented to tho winners and l-unners-up in the tournament, Atkinson said. Gym Team Schedule Lists Temple, Army J. At Home Meets with Temple University and Army are listed on the varsity gym schedule which is awaiting the approval of the Senate committee on athletics. • Temple xt\l\ appear here February 25 while the meet with Army is scheduled for West Point on March 4. Both opponents of the Lion gym nasts appeared on the 1932 sched ule, although the Temple meet was , cancelled. Army defeated the Nit j tany representatives 53-to-l. At Homo Away Page Three 5 135-Pounders Remain-
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