SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941
Caiers Surprise Favored NYU, 47 To 34; Meet Panthers Tonight
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Between
The Lions
WITH DICK PETERS
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Grab a - pencil, a sheet of paper,
your AA book and head for Rec
Hall about 6;45 tonight for a little
exam in mathematics . . . You're
in for the toughest problem of
yotir college career when Charlie
Speidel's muscular Lions grapple
it out with the U. of Maryland's
wrestlers at 7 p.m. . . . Reason:
the new' "point" scoring system
which is being inaugurated in the
NCAA. twist and turn game this
year .. . As the popular songgoes,
there's been some changes made
. And a lot of them . . . In the
first place no longer will two com
petitors strain and heave for nine
minutes straight on the mats . . .
Instead ; the bout will be divided
into three three-minute periods
. Let's take an example bout
to explain the system . . .
Captain Frank Gleason is meet
ing Rip Hodson of Maryland in
the•l36-pound bout . . . The two
men circle,, arms swing like two
miniature King Kongs, waiting an
opening.. . . Suddenly Gleason
throws Hodson to the mat, thus
scoring 2 points for the "take
<l.9wrf . . . Gleason goes to. work
On the Marqland grappler . . .
With a bar arm and chancery, he
puts the Southern. lad's shoulders
to the mat, but only for a second
. The Maryland matman surges
With Strength, throwing Gleason
off balance and before you know
it,•the two lads are on their feet
again . . . The score board now
•reads:' Gleason 6, Hodson 1 . . .
Why? . . . Gleason gpts four points
for the near fall when he almost
pinned the Terp . . . The Maryland
man gets his point rom the "es-
. Had the Dixieland
wrestler gained an advantage on
the - Lion captain when he threw
him off balance, thus "reversing"
his position, he would have gained
two points . . By now, three
minutes have elapsed.
, The second : period begins, re
gardless of what position the con
testants are in as the first chukker
closes . . The referee tosses a
coin — and the winner of the toss
taliei his choice of top or bottom
position: in the "referee's positions"
. . . The bout continues as in the
first period, and at the end of the
next- three minutes, they change
positions in the referee's position
and start again- . . . At the end of
the nine minutes, there is,- hur
ried consultation of officials at the
desk and Gleason wins . . . But
what about falls?
Yes, the NCAA has still left that
part of the game with it . . . A
fall at anytime in the first three
minute period ends the match . . .
But. .a fall in either of the two
periods following merely ends that
-period- . . . Once- a fall is tallied,
:all points gained by takedowns,
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Penn State Sliding Zone Beats City' Team
As New York Scoring Star Fails To Gel A Point
Special To The Daily Collegian
NEW YORK, Jan 10—Penn State pulled what must be
considered one of the biggest surprises in collegiate circles to
date here last night when it toppled mighty NYU from the
ranks of the undefeated by a 47-34 count.
The Lions move on tomorrow to
Pittsburgh where they face Pitt
in another game which shows all
signs of being a knock 'em dowh,
drag 'em out battle. The Pan
thers werP installed as favorites
early in the week but tonight's up
set throws an entirely different
light on the contest.
.Captain Johnny Barr ran up the
amazing total of 16 points to spark
his teammates to their upset over
the Violets. Scotty Moffatt,' the
other senior forward, was not far
behind with .'ive field goals and
a pair of fouls for 12 points.
The Nittany five's sliding• zone
defense, a specialty of Coach John
Lawther's, baffled the proteges of
Coach Howard Cann and was in
strumental in holding down the
usually high-scoring Violets. That
and the slow-breaking attack used
by the invaders was given most of
the credit for the upset.
Ralph Kaplowiti, the leading
NYU scorer'during the past three
years and one of the high scorers
in the city, was held scoreless. Ed
Stevens and Ben . Auerbach led the
NYU scoring with 11 points each.
Except for a short time midway
in the c.econd half the Lion court
men were rarely in danger. The
halftime score was State 24, NYU
11 but the Violets soon pulled up
to 35-25. Here the Nittany de
fense momentarily weakened and
NYU rapidly ran the score to 35-
31:
At this point, however; the
Lions got back in the ball game
and pulled away while holding
the Violets compartively scoreless.
Tonight's contest is expected to
be almost as tough for the local
five for Pitt Coach H. C. Carlson
has an all-veteran lineup..
For Pitt, Coach Carlson is ex
pected to name Eddie Straloski
and George Kockeran as starting
forwards, Melvin Port as center,
and Jim Klein and Sam Milano
vitch as, the two starting guards.
escapes, etc. are nil . . . A
. fall in
the second period by Gleason at
the two minute mark and a fall
by Hodson at the two and a half
minute mark of the third period,
would, still give the bout to the
Lion leader, because his fall was
scored earlier in his three-minute
period than his opponent's . . .
Gleason would win 5 to 3 .. . And
then there's the time advantage
points . . . In case—oh heck, fig
ure it out for yourself, we're going
to watch the bouts, instead of
worrying about all these mathe
matical possibilities.
Violets Frozen
Penn State (47)
Barr, f
Moffatt, f
Baltimore, c 2 2 6
Grimes, g 2 1 5
Ramin, g 2 0 4
Gross 1 2 4
Crowell 0 0 0
Totals 18 11 47
NYU (34) G. F. Pts
Stevens, f 9 4 3 ,11
Lazar, f 0 2 2
Davidoff 1 1 3
'l l urner 0 0 0
Payne 0 0 0
Davis, c 3 1 7
Schuman 0 ' 0 0
Kaplowitz, g 0 0 0
Auerbach, g 3 5 11
Totals 11 12 34
Grapplers Tackle
Terrapins Today
Despite the starting of five new
grapplers and the inauguration of
the point sy6tem, the Nittany
Lions will open the 1941 mat sea
son with a well-balanced squad
against the strong University of
Maryalnd wrestlers in Rec Hall at
p. m. today.
Weak in veteran material and
strong in reserves, Coach Charlie
Speidel will cast four inexper-1
ienced but skillful sophomores in
to the fray against the Terrapins,
who last year defeated Hopkins,
Gallaudet, Duke, Davidson, Hav
erford, any; Lafayette. They lost
to Rutgers.
Sophomore Bill Stanley will.
open mat hostilities when he tac
kles the Terrapin's George Max
well in the 121-pound class. There
is a possibility that. Maryland
Coach Jim Douglass may substi
tute Bull Aymold for Maxwell.
Seeking to continue his unde
feated streak which he established
as a freshman grappler, Charlie
Ridenour, 128-pound red-headed
flash, will go on the mat against
Bob Syrle, another sophomore.
Leading the Nittany Lions
against the Terrapins will be
Captain Frank Gleason, who also
was undefeated last year in dual
competition. Gleason will tangle
with wither Shorty Rockstroh or
Rip Hodson, 136-pounders. Rock
stroh was the Terrapin regular
last year, but he may move up into
the 145-pound division where he
would meet Allan Crabtree, an
other Lion mat newcomer.
Jumnin' Joe Scalzo, Nittany
155-pound strong man, will meet
another titan in Jimmy Dunn, a
Terrapin football piayer. Dunn
has never wrestled before, but he
is considered by Coach Douglass
as one of his promising grapplers.
At the 165-pound• post, Chuck
Rohrer will pit his wrestling skill
against Fred Weidner, who parti
cipated in only a few bouts but
revealed surprising strength this
year.
Hailed by the Terrapins as one
of their greatest grapplers, Paul
McNeil will clash with Joe Valla
in the 175-pound tilt. However,
McNeil, who has garnered 37
straight wins without defeat, may
switch to the heavyweight spot,
Coach Douglass indicated.
: - ICMcNeil does •not grapple in
the heavyweight class, Izzy. Leites,
former Terrapin boking star, will
meet Jack Kerns, sophomore re
serve guard on the Nittany Lion
football team.
Correction
The price of roller skating in
the Armory should be 20 cents per
session rather than 15 cents as
advertised in yesterday's Colleg-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Lion Athletes Garnered
136 Victories In 1940
Post season statistics on 1940
sports' achievements reveal that
Penn State varsity and freshman
teams last month terminated a
memorable year with 136 victories
in 203 contests. Nittany athletes
won nearly 70 per cent of their
engagements in 15 sports.
Only Undefeated varsity squad
was Coach Bill Jeffrey's soccer
team which boasts a record of 61
games without a loss. For the sev
enth time, the boxing team won
the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing
Association championship and has
gained permanent possession of the
Baltimore Sun trophy.
In the IC4-A outdoor meet the
Nittany track team was runner-up
to Pitt and finished third in the
IC4-A indoor competition. One de
feat, one tie, and six wins was the
record for the Higgins'-coached
eleven in the 1940 season.
Penn State athletes also at
tained individual honors. Barney
Ewell, outstanding sophomore
sprint star, won five IC4-A titles
and captured two N.C.A.A. crowns.
He also broke the world's indoor
50-yard dash record for the second
year in succession.
G. F. Pts
6 4 16
5 2 12
NEA and Liberty Magazine se
lected Captain Leon Gajecki as
All-American. Associated Pr es s
honored Catpain Walter Hoster
man and Captain-elect Woody
King on its All-Eastern soccer
team. ,
Other noteworthy achievements
included: first and second places
in the national A.A.U. rope climb,
Roman Pieo and Charles Gillespie;
selection on the All-American rifle
team, Robert McCoy; eastern in
tercollegiate boxing champion
ships, Captain Mike Cooper and
Jim Lewis; eastern intercollegiate
wrestling championship, Captain
Ernie Bortz; IC4-A javelin cham
pionship, Captain Nick Vukmanic.
Team statistics:
Varsity
W. L. T.
14' 2 0
15.8 0
5 2 1
Cross Country 0 4 0
Fencing 4 5 0
Baseball .
Basketball
Boxing ...
Football .
Golf
Gymnastics
Lacrosse
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PAGE THREE
Swimmers Meet
Tech Here Today
"We'll give them a good race," is
varsity swimming Coach Bob Gal
braith's sole committment as to the
outcome of the Lion tankmen's
opener with Carnegie Tech at
Glennland Pool at 2 p.m. today.
"We're a little stronger than last
year and if Tech has improved
any it will be a nip and tuck affair
the meet possibly depending upon
the relay," says Galbraith. "Ever.
though we beat them 50-25 last
year, that score was no indication
of Carnegie Tech's strength."
Captain Bill Kirkpatrick and Ed
Clauss will be the Nittany entries
in the 50-yard and in the 100 will
be Morrie Stern and Bill Knight
for the Lions.
The 220 will find Dick Bertram
and Don Delmanzo in the pool for
Penn State, and Elmer Webb ane"
Ed Ostermeyer, or McCarthy wil;
swim the backstroke.
Tom Reisman, Ted Taylor, or
Dave Sharp will compete in the
breaststroke, and Ed Sartz and Tom
Robinson "have been. selected by
Galbraith to undertake the gruel
ing 440.
Completing the lineup will be
Al Price and Taylor or Sharp who
will participate in the dive.
Rifle
Soccer ...
Swimming
Tennis ...
Track ...
Wrestling
Totals .
Freshman
W. L
Baseball 3 2
Basketball 7 0
Boxing 1 2
Cross Country 2 0
Football 2 2
Golf 2 1
Gymnastics 2 0
Lacrosse .
Soccer ...
Swimming
Tennis ...
Track ....
Wrestling
Totals
Grand Totals
Robert Paton Longden, head
master of Wellington College, Eng
land, was killed recently by a
German bomb.
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3 .673
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. 8 0
. 2 6
. 6 3
. 2 2
. 5 2
107 52
1 1
3 0
1 1
2 0
0 2
3 0
1 .72;•
4 .68`.;
.29 11
136 63