WEDNESDAY,. MARCH 12, 1941 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Between Hess Injured, But Likely To Compete in Tourney The Lions WITH. JOHN BAER iiiiiiilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiniiii It’s a few days .late but we would like to present Penn State’s case • for. the. invitation to repre sent this district in the eastern National Collegiate Athletic As sociation basketball tourney—an invitation which was awarded to Pitt’s Panthers. For one thing, the Nittany cag ei'S have a better record than Pitt.~The Panthers won 12 and lost 5 for a percentage of .701 and the Lions ended with 15 victories and the same number of defeats as the Panthers for .750. State is ranked 9th in Pennsylvania and Pitt, 12th. ; Against each other, the two teams-split, State winning 36-21 and Pitt taking a 37-26 vic tory. A look ,at the record book shows that-the Lions need not be ashamed of any of their five losses. Wash-Jeff, Pitt, West Vir ginia, Syracuse and Georgetown .were the Only teams able to down the Lions and for three of these setbacks—Pitt, Syracuse arid Georgetown—the Lions got full irieasure; : _‘pf "revenge. To those, add victories over NYU arid Teiri pie and the Nittany cagers have a record ariy team would be proud'-of. It is significant, too, that rib tearri defeated State twice. .' We’l let you judge for your selves whether the members of the N.GAA invitations comrriittee for this district were biased in making- their decision. On the committee are H. Jamison Swarfs,.athletic director at Penn; Dr. Hi e. Carlson, coach at Pitt; and Lewis P. Andreas, coach at Syracuse. We’ll let you judge for your own decision as to whether State deserved the invitation more than Alittle minute is Ibi f6t O: big resf_wheri Ph icerfoldibottie of ' It brings a feeling ol refreshment... com pi fying. So when yi throughout the da Wiie pause'that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. »00 TASTE ITS dUALITY - Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF ALTOONA FOR PROMPT SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE—CALL 3919 Suffers Head injury CLAIR HESS Clair Hess, veteran 128-pound Lion grappler, received a minor head injury in wrestling practice last night, but the injury prob ably will not be serious enough to keep him-from Eastern Inter collegiate competition this week end, according to Dr. Alfred H. Griess, team physiciari. Pitt did. It really doesn’t matter because the committee has de cided arid its decision will stand. A good plan... pause and THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Doctor Hopes For Rapid Recovery From Blow “Ole Man Injury” stalked on the mats, of the Penn State grap plers last night when Clair Hess, veteran 128-pounder, suffered a minor head injury when he was knocked unconscious in a warm up bout with little Charlie Ride nour. Hess was taken to the College Infirmary immediately for ob servation. and was resting com fortably last night, according to the Infirmary staff. When contacted later, Dr. Al fred H. Griess, team physician, stated that Hess probably could compete in the intercollegiates this weekend at Columbia if he improves as quickly as he has re sponded to treatment. The Nittany Lions will taper off in their final drill tonight with Coach Charlie Speidel planning tp iron but a few rough spots in their grappling tech ■ftique. With Penh, Lehigh, Princeton, and Pehn State, rated as the grurit-and-groan favorites to bat tle for the Eastern Intercollegi ate diadem, Speidel will count on Ridenour, Cqptain Frank Glea sori, and Joe Scalzo to act as the Penn State flyirig wedge. Captain Gleason arid Scalzo, 145-pound titan, lead the Lioris with seven triurriphs apiece, with Scalzo dropping one bout. Bol stered by 15 straight victories in two years varsity competition, Gleason will seek to regain the intercollegiate title that he lost to Levering of Penn last year. Penn’s Andy Melgard and Gerald Baker of Syracuse, both undefeated, will lock arms with Scalzo, who has been described by the former Olympic wrestler, Dick Voliva, as one of the smoothest counter grapplers that he, has seen. Drawings for tournaments bouts will not take place until Friday morning, a few hours prior to the beginning of the first bouts. 18 Independent Teams Compete In intramural Basketball Tournament Nine independent intramural basketball games were played last night in Rec Hall with the following scores: Watts Hall Whites 22, Penn State Forestry Society 9; Watts Hall Blues 10, Mac Hall Waiters 4; Boland’s Spades 27, Miller Club 11; Rocky Ramblers 25, Zephyrs 24; West House 25, Langsford House 13; Homan Hill men 21, Burr-Nitt Club 8; Lion Club 13, Penn Haven 12; BRB No. 2 13, Fairmount Hall 6; Irvin Hall 25, Ath Hall Waiters 6. Games tonight will start at 7:30 p. m. instead of the usually scheduled time of 8:30 p. m. Cadets Defeat Niffany Riflemen At West Point Nittany riflemen attacked the Army camp at West Point in a shoulder - to - shoulder encounter during the weekend, only to be repulsed by a 1387-1371 count. Lion marksmen bogged down in their scoring as Hal Yount seared a 278, Co-captain Gil Gault marked a 277, and Dick Cuthbert garnered a 274. Bob Rambo and Bob McCoy shot 272 and 270, respectively. Goalie Gets Measles Larry M. Lightbody, varsity hockey goalie, is confined to the Infirmary with measles and prob ably will not be able to play against Lehigh Saturday. Riding Club Asks College Approval For New Stable Plans for a stable of 12 stalls to be erected on the campus by the Riding Club were submitted to the College for approval yes terday by Ray M. Conger, direc tor of the All-College Outing Club. The club intends to meet the expenses of building the stables, but no definite site for them has yet been chosen. Club member ship will cost $l5 per semester, according to Dr. Henry L. Yeag ley, sponsor. Seventy members applied for riding privileges at the first meeting, Monday. Tennessee walking horse, especially bred to be ridden at a fast walking pace, was exhibited. Pitt Five invited To NCAA Tourney Pitt’s Panthers, with a record of 12 victories in 17 starts, have been invited to represent District 2 in the eastern National Athletic Association tournament at Madi son, Wis., on March 21 and 22. The tourney is the one to which the Lion cagers received a “feeler” bid last weekerid. The announcement that Pitt had been invited came from H. Jamison Swarts, athletic director at Perm and chairman of District 2. Other teams invited are Dart iriouth, District 1; North Carolina, District 3; and Wisconsin, Dis trict 4. The winner of the tour nament will meet the winner of the western section for the na tional championship. The Nittany Lions, with 15 vic tories and 5 defeats for a .750 percentage, rank 9th among Pennsylvania court teams, ac cording to won-lost compilations released yesterday. ' The mythical state champion ship went to Westminster with a season mark Of 20 triumphs against one setback. The first 12 teams in order are: Westminster, Duquesne, East Stroudsburg, Wyomissing Poly technic, Franklin and Marshall, Washington and Jefferson, Vill anova, Grove City, Penn State, Edinboro, Bloomsburg and Pitt. 6 Veterans Back For Lacrosse Thirty-five lacrosse candi dates, including six lettermen, are practicing, under the direc tion of Coach Nick Thiel, in pre paration for the first game of the season at Navy on April 12. The six lettermen are Captain Jimmy Riddell and Bud Dattle baum, inside attack men; Jim Ritter and A 1 Blair, center field ers; and Bill Hgnning and Bill Ziegenfus, ’inside defense men. One of Thiels biggest prob lems is the goal tending position. Marty Saler, junior letter win ner, will be out of action with an injured knee until late in the season. The most likely candi dates for the post, according to Thiel, are Jack Sahtmyers, ah inexperienced junior, and Jim Henderson, a sophomore. Other candidates who stand to see a lot of action are sophomore Bob Koch' on the inside attack; Charlie Lockwood, Mark Sing ley, Wayne Bitner, Bob Thorpe and Irv Chelly in center field; Jack McHugh, Jim Gotwals and Keene Campbell on the defense. Housing Lecture Today The third of the 1941 series of lectures on Pennsylvania Local Government and Administration will be given by Ellis Tumpson, executive assistant to the Pitts burgh Housing Authority, on “Public Housing in Pennsylvan ia,” in Room 124, Sparks Build ing, at 4 p.m. today. PAGE THREE Boxers Prepare For Nationals Penn State’s boxers turn-ed their backs on the most disastrous EIBA tourney the Lions have ever participated in, as they started looking forward to the grand finale of the season, the NCAA tournament, scheduled for Rec Hall, March 27, 28, and 29. Only one more hurdle remains to be crossed before the State mitmen start actual preparation for the NCAA’s—their last dual meet this season with Michigan State at East Lansing, Mich., Saturday. Among the entries currently received for the Nationals are six boxers from Catholic University, Washington, D. C. One of Cath olic's six entries is a boxer named Leo Houck, Jr. Advance press reports paint a favorable picture of the son of Penn State’s boxing coach. The Nationals will provide Leo Houck’s boys wltn a chance to revenge defeats suffered from Syracuse, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, and at the recent EIBA fiasco. Miual S-uatiUtitl 200 SINGLE SHEETS 100 ENVELOPES 100 DOUBLE SHEETS 100 ENVELOPES Twenty Air Mail Labels Included With Each Box Crispy paper . . . invitingly smooth and so light in weight that it sails through the mail for the least p'ossible postage. YoU can send 5 Double Sheets* or 10 Single Sheets for only 3c postage regular mail . . . mail or 6c Air Mail. 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