PAGE FOUR Courtmen, Wrestlers Extend Victory Streaks 'ion Five Trounces (olgate, 58-35 Continuing the' role of the sur prise team of the year, Penn State's Nittany basketeers completely overpowered a stubborn Colgate quintet, 58-35, at Hamilton, N. Y., .!Siaturday night to ring up their eighth consecutive victory. This triumph, together with the overtime victory at Syracuse Fri flay night, gave the Lions a clean sweep during their weekend tour of New York State. It was also the last trip on the Nittany schedule, since the remaining four games are aarded for Rec Hall. Sparked 'by the outstanding scor ing punch of Elmer Gross and Larry Gent, the Lions' were never in trouble after they succeeded in halting an early spurt by Colgate. ,Tohn Egli also played a big part in the victory as he tallied 15 points to take scoring laurels for the night. According to Coach John Law, ther, the Nittanymen still face their 'oughest assignments of the season. West Virginia, rated as one of the top teams in the East, and New 'York University will invade Rec Hatt within the next two weeks. The West Virginia Mountaineers decisively trounced the Lions earli er this year, and they now appear as the one big threat that Penn State must hurdle before they see :my glimmers of a national tourney looming ahead. The Lions are unbeaten on their home court this year, however, , and both West Virginia and NYU may find plenty of opposition when they attempt to crack this record. The summaries: Penn State-58 fld. ffls. tls. 7 0- 0 14 5 2- 3 12 . 4 3- 5 11 1 0- 0 2 1 0- 0 2 0 0- 0 0 , 1 0- 0 2 6 3- 4 15 25 8-12 58 Gent, , Bross, f :Baltimore, e g . • Hornstein, g Smith, f.... Grimes, g Egli, g Totals Colgate3s Chambers, f . Lowe, f Hamilton, t St. Clair, g Waterhouse, g Devarrenes, f 13artlett, f Satorski, c Tar t, • g Taylor, g Totals Maimen, Cagers Slut IM Contests Action on the intramural front will be resumed tonight when 36 IM grapplers pair off for initial tournament bouts in Rec Hall at '7 p. m. The second day of compe tition in the IM basketball tour nament finds, ten teams in the fraternity section and in the inde pendent sections listed to vie for first round victories. Intramural wrestling will be ,:onfined to bouts in the fraternity division in 145-155 pound weight classifications. Independent com petition will probably begin Tues day, according to Robert R. Col wan, '44, co-manager. Each wrestling bout will be Might minutes in length with three two-minute periods. A one min ute rest period will be granted be tween the wrestling periods. Total number of bouts is 176 for the tournament. This num ber will be broken down into pre liminary, quarterfinal, semi-final, ;and finai eliminations. In basketball, Alpha Chi Sigma meets Phi Kappa Sigma; Theta Chi contests Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Sigma Delta will ploy Delta Sig ma Phi, Sigma Nu will battle Kappa Sigma; and Triangle will tangle with Alpha Phi Delta in the fraternity division Cornell Sets Pool Record In Defeating Lion Swimmers, 57-18 Although the score reflects a de cisive setback, Penn State's varsity swimmers made it a close race all the way as they went down to a 57- 18 defeat at the hands of Cornell University in Glennland Pool Sat urday afternoon. After overwhelming the Lions in scoring during the first part of 'the meet, the visitors really turned on the heat in the final event and set both a new pool record and Cornell mark in 'the 400-yard freestyle re lay with a time of 3:47.2. First places in diving and the 440 freestlye events, and a second place in the 200-yard breaststroke completed the Lions' scoring for the afternoon. Gymnasts Topple Temple, 31-11 A six•year jinx and a polished Temple gym team were overcome in Rec Hall Saturday afterhoon when the Nittany acrobats rolled up a 37-17 score before 2,500 fans. The •victory was the Lion's first triumph over the Philadelphiatns in six meets. A clean sweep of the•rope climb event and first and second places on the parallel bars clinched the second league win for State. Diminutive Hal Zimmerman displayed flawless form to defeat Geoige Szypula i National AAU and Eastern champion, in tumb ling. Captain Charlie Senft pac ed the rope climbers with a time of 4.4 seconds. This was one sec ond over the Penn State record set by Roman Pieo last year. Norm Boardman, former Cherry and White National Collegiate champion, was defeated by Ed Trybala in the horizontal bar. After failing to place in the side horse, Sol Small became the first contender of the season to defeat his teammate, Hal Zimmerman, on the parallel bars by a 262 to 256 score. fld. fls. 4 1- 1 9 2 1- 1 5 0 0- 0 0 1 0- 3 2 3 3- 4 9 1 0- 0 2 . 1 0- 0 2 1 1- 1 3 0 1- 4 1 1 0- 0 2 14 7-14 35 Horizontal Bars: 1, Trybala, PS, (254); 2, Boardman, T, (246); 3, Rudman, PS, (236). Side Horse: 1, Schabacker, T, (233); 2, tie between Bush ,PS, and Patterson, T, (205). Rope Climb: 1, Senft, PS; 2, Young, PS; 3, Lebow, PS. (Time, 4.4 seconds). Parallel Bars: 1, Small, PS, (262); 2, Zimmerman, PS, (256); 3, Szypula, T, (247). Rings: 1, Rudman, PS, (256); 2, Litvin, T, (253); 3, Small, PS, (244). Tumbling: 1, Zimmerman, PS, (267); 2, Szypula, T, (259); 3, Try bala, PS, (188). lion Hockeymen Defeat Carnegie Tech, 3-2 In a fast nip and tuck battle, the Lion hockey team downed. a stub born Carnegie Tech outfit, 3-2, Sat urday night in Youngstown, Ohio. The Lions had previously beaten the Tartans by a 7-0 score earlier in the season at Johnstown. Tech scored first when Sivichek sent one into the nets at 7:30 of the initial period. Dufford and John son Countered in the second period to put State out in front, 2-1. Kauffman sco , :ed another for State in the third flame while Anderson tallied the second and final goal for the Tartans. At The Movie STATE NITTANY: "Unholy Partners" and "Two-Faced Women" "Dumbo" THE DAILY COLLEGIAN When Massacre West Virginia, 29-3 By HERB ZUKAUSKAS 'Penn State's wrestling men is sued strong warning to Cornell and Lenigh, still to be met, by decisively winning their fifth consecutive victory as the Lions mutilated the West Virginia Mountaineers, 29-3, Saturday. The Nittany matmen stalked off with four bouts by falls and three by decision. The visitors' only victory came through in the 136- pound division where Simeon Hall, West Virginia senior, edged Ronal Crisman, 5-3. Charlie Ridenour pinned Her man Nash, 121-pounder, in 29 sec onds of the second period and re peated 14 seconds later in the third period. In the 175-pound contest, ag gressive Bob Morgan registered a speedy fall in 2:56 of the first per iod while Sam Harry pinned his 128-pound opponent in 2:59 of the initial period. Completely dominating Warren Gould, 145-pounds, John Henry outmaneuvered his Mountaineer foe to prevent him from scoring a single paint. Ralph Sayre piled point on point in the 165-pound bout and almost pinned his man in the sec ond period although both should ers didn't touch the mat to score even a near fall. Mike Kerns out classed Ns irgil Williams, 7-3, show ing increased grappling know ledge. Glenn Alexander scored his sec ond fall of the season by . pinning Al Smolin, 155-pounder, in 1:58 of the third period after dominating him completely for two periods. 121-pound class: Charlie Ride nour, PS, threw Herman Nash, one arm scissors, in 3.29. 128-pound class: Sam Harry, PS, threw Donally Morris, re verse nelson and bar arm, in 2.59. 136-pound class: Simeon Hall, W. Va., decisioned Ronal Cris man, 5-3. 145-pound class: John Henry, PS, decisioned Warren Gould, 6-0. 155-pound class: Captain Glen Alexander, PS, threw Al Smolin, figure four scissors on head, in 7.58. 165-pound class: Ralph Sayre, PS, decisioned Bill Bell, 11-2. 175-pound class: Bob Morgacn, PS, threw Bob Dutton, body press, in 2.56. Heavyweight class: Mike Kerns, PS, decisioned Virgil Williams, 7-3. Perm State's baseball team was once ranked high enougli to play pro teams. In 1925 the team played the Williamsport Braves of the New York-Penn League and lost 11-1; and in 1924 also the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League and lost 6-1. Frosk Cage, Gym, Rifle Teams Win ; Swimmers, Wrestlers Drop Meets Freshman athletic teams, corn- let, PS, 145-pounds; Captain Ted peting in five contests Saturday, Niewmenhaus, W, - 155-pounds; emerged with three in the win Glenn . Smith, .PS, 165 - pounds; column. Yearling basketball; gym, George Gephart, W, 175-pounds; and rifle teams came out victor- and Ed Pollock, W, unlimited. ions, while wrestlers atnd swim- Captain-elect Clyde Bell's time mers landed on the losing side of of 1.10 in the 100-yard breast the ledger. stroke, shattering a freshman pool Lion Cub cagers downed Wyo- record, was the outstanding event ming Seminary, 50-22, in an away in Penn State's 35-31 swimming clash. Jack Pfirman, guard, was setback at Cornell. high scorer with 12 points while• Paced by Captain Roy Sorenson Russ Eckert registered 11 points. with first places in horizontal bar Will Parkhill's nine tallies helped and parallel bars and a second the frosh extend their 23-13 half in side horse, the freshman gym time advantage. team swamped the Temple frosh A fall by 136-pounder Frank by a 44-10 score in Rec Hall. Armstrong, Wyoming Seminary, In their first shoulder to should in the third period over Joe er match this year, the freshrrian Steele proved the margin of vic- rifle team defeated the invading tory over the Lion wrestlers at Mont Alto team, 1230 to 1095, in Rec Hall. Final count was 14-12. the Armory. Although he shot Other winners were Dan Va- the lowest standing score of his lenti. PS, 121-pounds; Paul Bend- record this year, Ken Yount led er, PS, 128-pounds; Whitey Berto- the riflers with 274 points. Virginia Boxers Trip Lions, 5-3 A gallant Cavalier boxing team retained its undefeated record when it edged Leo Houck'g mittmen 5-3 in Rec Hall Saturday night. The close match was decided when the Virginians made a clean sweep of the three heavier classes. Aldo Cenci might have tied the contest up when he faced Milt Parlow in the unlimited divi sion but the taller and more ex perienced foe was the victor in a very close bout. Willie Barnett, owner of a pow erful Hat hook,.met Homer Hoff man, who has TKOed two 135- pound opponents with his dyna mite left hand, in the outstanding bout of the night. Hoffman won the first round but was losing the Second decisively until •he floored the Cavalier star with a left hoOk to even up the round. hiead. Jess ~Fardella, Captain - Bob Baird, and Bill Richards scored victories for the Nittanymen in close battles. Baird, making his first start this season, won his fight with his "windmill" infight ing and strong right hand punches. Fardella decisioned previously undefeated Jim Mclver by one point in the 127 division and Bill Richards outpointed Frank Null, who was also undefeated until Saturday, in the 155 class. A third round comeback proved the margin of victory for Richards. Summaries: 121-pounds: Thomason, Va., de cisioned Grey. 127-poundi: Fardella, PS, de cisioned Mclver. 135-pounds: Burnett, Va., TKO ed Hoffman in 1.45 of third round. 145-pounds: Baird, PS, deci sioned Victor. 155-pounds: Richards, PS, deci sioned Null. 165-pounds: K. Rathbun, Va., decisioned McCormick. 175-pounds: N. Rathbun, Va., decisioncd Ranieri. Unlimited: Parlow, Va., deci sioned Cenci. Fencers Place Second In Triangular Meet Led by brilliant Captain • Bob Harder, the Nittany fencers proved a strong second with 34 points as Cornell scored 37 1 / 2 and Syracuse 91/2 in a triangular meet at Ithaca, Saturday. Score by weapons: Foil: Cornell 6, PS 3; Syracuse 1, PS 8. Epee: Cornell 5, PS 4; Syracuse 0, PS 9: Sabre: Cornell 6, PS 3; Syracuse 2, PS 7. Captain Harder won - 11 out of 12 matches. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1942 Ewell Adds Boston A. A. Record To '4l String Not content with 'Victory in; the Penn A. C. meet Friday .night,, Barney Ewell and Chick 'Werner; traveled to Boston where Barney. added the Boston 50-yard dash title and record to his string of indoor victories for 1942 with a 5.3 performance.' In a photo finish, the — Nitfany, veteran nosed out HoWard Cald-: weilv Amherst freshman, and Bill, Carter, Pitt Negro,,to _meet record for .the. Other outstandingi field accomplishments Vtlifeatib city oval were' "Dutchtfii4- dam's record-shattering'vat:=s, feet, 7 1 / 4 inches, Gregg RiCe'swiTsa4. two-mile time, and;:'Eetl.ljtigiii'i world's record-breaking tinie.:s,Cs.o in the 45-yard high' hurdre's":'.:7; Peters,Wins.Ski-Eient: : Max' Peters, ski - tearii..t.lppini won, the" classic-coriibindcrefitl* the. Inter Scholastic UriiOn pionships at. Colgate,' HaMiliOni N. Y. Scoring high in the • - juirip; and taking_ second .to Phil. Gilisan; Cornell," in cross-country; eriablect Peters to win. Team standirigS have not been' compil&t:as,
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