THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942 „ 'enn State's SeconO-Half. Rally Overcomes Army Quintet, 34-26 Baltimore Leads Nillany Scorers Special to The Collegian WEST POINT, N. Y., Jan. 28— The Army failed to "keep 'em rolling" here this ' afternoon as a determined Penn State basketball team smothered the Cadets under a second-half barrage to Win a close, up-hill battle, 34-26. Trailing by a 16-13 . count at halftime, the visiting Nittany Lions forged ahead on two succes sive field tosses by Bob Ramin early in the final half. From then on, ;the Lions welt , never headed, although the advantage dwindled to within three points midway in the closing half. Herk Baltimore, Penn State pi vot ace, again , proved to be a con sistent scorer as he paced the Nit .tany offense with a total of nine points, .which were 6rnered on four field goals and a successful foul toss. • Army's stiarp-Shooting left .for ward, Philpott, carried eiway top honors for the afternoon, however, :as he registered more than half of the Cadets' points. Philpott 'tallied six two-pointers and a pair ,of free throws from the foul line to take. the scoring laurels with 14 markers. FolloWing the collapse of their offense• in the second half, Army wholesale substitutions in an effort to ,overcome the flaw .in their attack. The ,Nittany stride could not be halted, however, and Conch "John Lawther's quintet de cisively out pointed the home team, 21-10 in the second half of -play Similar to 'the Pitt-Penn State game 10 days ago, the Nittany Lions again relied on a second 1101 rally to win. Against the Panthers at Pitt Stadium, Penn State was on the short end of a 20-9 count, but fought back and finally won, 34-30. Larry Gent, diminuth"e Blue and White forward, took second honors for the NitL:nymen with a point total of eight. According to Coach Lawher, Gent has been playMg commendable ball and was one of the mainstays in the rally which enabled Penn State to come from behind and win both the Army and Pitt contests. Cage!! Cubs To Face FUMY College Man In Mat Preliminary Penn State's freshman basketball squad will get a taste of the Army on the Rec Hall boards at 7 o'clock Saturday night in the preliminary to the varsity wrestling match. Ammunition which will be used against the Cubs consists of many stars, because their opponents, the Aberdeen, Md., Army testing grounds ‘cagers, , boast Mark Heller, former Syracuse__ captain; Lou Barth, former Nittany Lion court performer; Moe Becker, last ye - ar's standout of the- Duquesne Univei sity quintet and 'member of the Madison Square Garden all-tour nament team; and an All-Ameri can eager from Santa Clara. For two years, Temple Univer sity's yearlings were undefeated, only to be stopped by the testing grounds combination. Its record ;has made Nick Thiel's 45er's prac tice hard with an eye on scoring an upset. No starting posts have been announced. 1M Entries Due Monday Entries for intramural basket ball and wrestling for both fra ternities and independents will be gin Monday in 213 flee Hall, ac cording to Eugene C. Bischoff, director of intramurals. A fee of one dollar a team for basketball, and 25 cents a person for wrest ling will be charged. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS Summaries--: Penn State-34 fg. f. 4 0 " 1 4 .... 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 13 8 Army-26 Gent, f Gross, f .Baltimore, c Grimes, g . Egli, g Ramin, g Smith, f Totals , Philpott,'f Maffry, f . Simpson, c White, g Hardy, Er Ferguson, f Rebh, f Whitlow, c Benson, g Parfitt, g • . Clarke, g . Murphy, g Mathe, g Totals .... Score 'By Halves Penn State 13 21-34 Army , - .... 16 10-26 Officials—Referee, Monty Bego vitch. Umpire=-'X E. Dowling. Lions Will Seek 3rd EIWA Victory With two. EIWA victories whet ting their appetites for Tiger blood, Coach, Charlie Speidel's eager matmen_ are practicing in tensively for the , Princeton match 'Saturday night. Lightweight Chdrlie Ridenour will be seeking lir§ fourth victory of the season as he' matches mus cle and technique with Captain Herb Van Brewer of Princeton. Tiger star to be watched as. the visitors attempt to repeat lest year's victory is former freshman captain Ira Griffin, who is unde feated in the 128-pound division. Ih addition to Captain Van Brewer; Coach_ Jim Reed will start four other veterans in au attempt to break the Lions' string of vic tories. Warren Taylol•. 136-pounds; Bob Feldmeier, 145-pounds; Bart Robbins, unlimited; and John Blake, 175-potinds are i:3l expect ed to start. Should Blake be found over weight as in the initial Princeton match, "Betsy" Lovelace, a soph omore, will fill in the 175-pound slot. It is believed that such ac tion would weaken the Tiger's zAtack considerably since Love lace is inexperienced and has al ready lost one match by a fall. Michigan Copies Local Public -Safety Program Following the . nation-wide pre cedent set by the College's insti tute of public safety, 'the Michigan department of 'public instruction will hold a seminar ii traffic safe ty education and .driver training for Michigan's college - instructors this week. The purpose of the traffic safety seminar is to teach college profes sors how to prepare high school teachers for giving traffic-safety instruction. Amos F. Neyhart, administrative head of the College's institute of public safety, will direct the Mich igan seminar, following the same general program he used for the Pennsylvania safety course. MI Comdl Banquet Sel For February 16 The Mineral Industries Council decided at their:regular monthly meeting held last-.night that their annual banquet,will be on Febru ary 16. The price wasset at $1.25. A $25 dollar Defense Bond will be given away as a door prize. Speakers at the banquet will con sist of men famous in the field of Mineral Industries, it was an nounced by thc banquet committee. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Cagers Prepare For Temple Till Boasting a record of three vic tories and one defeat in their pres ent seven-game tour of Eastern basketball sti'ongholdsy Penn State's varsity courtment will, at tempt to add to their growing pres tige when they clash with a top ranking Temple aggregation in Philadelphia's Convention Hall Saturday night. Yesterday's hard-earned tri umph over the under-rated Army -five at West Point now brings the Nittany passers' season record to seven victories in nine starts. This record surpasses that of last year's Lions, who won only six in their first nine 'encounters of the cam paign. Saturday- night's game at Phila delphia will offer Coach John Law ther's proteges their first chance of the year to make an impressive showing before "big-time" basket ball fandom. Convention Hall is the site of battles fought between the nation's outstanding teams, in cluding West Texas State, which will be booked on the double-bill program 'Saturday night. The Texans, who are recognized as the tallest and one of. the best teams in the nation will battle St. Joseph's, while the Penn State- Temple contest will afford the oth er half of the featured doublehead ,er.' The St. Joseph's five was awarded the mythical city cham pionship in Philadelphia last year. Baltimore Pads Scoring Lead Herk Baltimore, the Lion cap ers' ace pivot man and high scor er for the season, increased his point total to 75 as he chalked up nine markers while le: ding his teammates' to victory over the Army passers at West Point yes terday. Again, as in most of the games during the present campaign, the Nittany courtmen gave evidence or having a well-balanced scoring machine. Sophomore, Larry Gent continued his hot stride by adding eight points against the Cadets. Another promising sophomore, Dave Hornstein, who .wc in the starting lineup at Pitt, did not accompany Coach John Lawther's outfit to Army because of an ankle injury. Hornstein may be Andy for the Temple gaMe Saturday, however. INDIVIDUAL SCORING Baltimore Gross .. Egli .... Hornstein Gent ... Ramin Grimes . Silan Smith .. Cohen .. Totals ROTC Lieutenant Gets Fort Eustis Transfer Sergeant James E. Marsh of the department of military science and tactics was promoted to* lieutenant and reported for active duty with the 132]st Service Unit, Fort Eus tis, Virginia on Tuesday ) it was an nounced yesterday by campus mil itary authorities: Lieuteant Marsh, for 10 year'an enlisted man in the infantry re serve and active infantry duty, has been associated with the College's military department since 1931. Before that time he was stationed at Fort Washington, Maryland. Jack Johnson, one time heavy weight champion, was discovered by the late Joe Coffey when Jack was taking part in v. battle royal. Ex-Football Player Announces Marriage . Frank M. Platt '4l, former var sity football player, announced his marviage to Martha Cavender, an assistant at the Infirmary. The couple had been married on December 26, but kept its secret Until now. Platt was a lineman on Penn State's famed seven-moun tain line. Riding Club Sets New Member Plan Unanimously passing a new membership and classification plan proposed by Ray M. Conger, of Recreation Coordinated, the Penn State Riding Club last night adopted a new method of deter mining the classification of mem bers as to learners or riders. A new system of scheduling rides was also adopted which will allow all members to purchase rid ing or instruction tickets accord ing to their classification. In order to become a member, a red mem bership card for $5.00 must be pur chased, and then either an instruc tion or riding card for $lO.OO which permits 20 hours on horseback. • Acting as temporary president, Joan E. Davis '42, pointed out that it would be possible to augment the 20 rides by paying an additional fee. It was decided to have an open meeting at 2 p. m., Saturday, Janu ary 31 in the Stock Pavilion, at which time, all persons interested in horses and horesmanship are urged to attend. Rachel Mac Ma ster was appointed head of the com mittee to supervise arrangements for the affair. The club's borses will he on dis play, and all the equipment at tendent to horsemanship will also be shown. The purpose of the club will be outlined and hot coffee will be served. Dr. Henry L. Yeagley, one of the club advisors stressed the fact that riding is an all-weather sport, and in order for the club to be success ful, every member should take his rides when scheduled and not wait until the Spring. The club decided that the mini mum riding that ought to be done by the members should be no less than three hours every two weeks, while the maximum was left for a commitee on special Psrobtoms to decide. A committee for the, purpose of nJminating officers was named by Miss Davis, znd is composed of Mr. Conger, Dr. Yeagley, Miss Eleanore Mclntyre, and Norman Fox. $27.33 Dance Receipts Go To Emergency Fund Proceeds amounting to $27.33 collected at the Frieshman Defense Ball were given to Mrs. Hetzel's Emergency Loan Fund, it was an nounced yesterday. It was de cided that cash would be morl useful than a defense bond as was originally planned. . Emphasis was placed on using the money now used for needy stu dents. All services for the affair were donated and the entire pro ceeds were given to the fund. NOW YOU CAN DANCE AT EATLAND GRILL THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT All the money from the juke box will go to the Infantile Paralysis Fund 25 Kinds Bottled Beer-3 Kinds On Draught PAGE SEVEN '45 Rifiers Open With Army Feb. 8 Three shoulder to shoulder matches are included in the elev en-game schedule that face the freshmen rifle team this year. The season will open with a postal match with Army on Februairy 7. In an attempt to better their last year's record of four wins against seven losses, Lt. Stephen B. Gilliard, coach of the team, put the team through intensive prac tise periods atnd expects them to be in excellent shape for the opening match. On February 7, the team will be out to avenge last year's 1274 to 1312 defeat by the West Point plebes. All matches this year will be fired from three, positions only, the prone, sitting and kneel ing. Fourteen freshmen have been chosen to posts on the squad by Coach Gilliard. Ten of these will fire each match and the five high est scores will be counted. The team includes Ken Yount and Bill Suter, who are members of the ROTC team also. Others on the squad are Bill Ra'xidolf, Bob Lunt, Bob Hofer, Michael Kriz manich, Fred Grun, Bob Barbour, Andy Bakken, Bob Bair, Don. Bornman, Ddn Clark, Bill Deal, Jack Asey, Nelson Tanner, acrid Stephen L. J. Fortunato. The complete schedule,: Febru ary 7, Army; February 13, shoul der to shoulder match With Mpnt Alto at State College;' February 14, University of lowa and Michi gan State; February 21, shoulder to shoulder match with Navy at Annapolis and University of Flor ida; February 28, Cornell and Le high; March 7, University of Maryland; Mc , rch 13, shoulder to shoulder match with Mont Alto at Mont Alto; March 14, Georgie Tech. All matches except those indicated are postal matches. I\V • 11('AKo frO g 9 ft , rj u`q.Y2q11,31.3 tn,s l. T•7 F ,,,,,,, ~ i ,), -,N- ..• .:.• dA ‘. ',..'; S A . 7'',,,..r•%: , ., ; .„., i ilea . .: f.-1,. revltvl • ~,,,,,....„ Although several freshman box ers are displaying exceptional ability, every starting post on the freshman boxing team is still wide open, according to Frank P. May berry '43, freshman manager. During the first month's practice, standouts on the squad have been Cy Ivory in the 121-pound divi sion, Glenn Hawthorne in the 127- pound class, and Web Moriarta among the 175-pounders. Jack Hoffman has been ruling the 145-pound class but Jack Tighe, now out of action with a broken hand, may soon •be able to take over. John Graf, a newcomer to the squad, seems to have the, edge over the other 135-pounders. Additional frosh candidates for every position are still welcome and frosh can still earn starting positions for the opening meet with Army at West Point on February 21, Mayberry stated. • At The Movies CATHAUM: • "Rise and Shine" STATE "Confirm or Deny" NITTANY "They Died With Their Boots On
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