SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1942
Lions Chosen as
Favorites Tonight
Despite the fact that he played
but three quarters of the game,
in 12 league contests broke, an- Jack Biery, Penn State's sensa
other. At the close of the season All angles considered, Johntional freshman scorer, set a new
he was named to the Associated Lawther's cagers should beat Juniors-Freshmen,
Recreation Hall scoring record in
Press all-state team. .1. Bucknell tonight in their final ap-
pearance of 1942. Sophs-Seniors Meet Wednesday's basketball tilt with
Two other lettermen from last Susquehanna.
year will see action in the tilt They've got a great pair of for- Semi-final and final matches in His 22 points surpassed by one
wards in Whitey Von Nieda and
against the Lions. the Interclass Wrestling Tourna- tally the old record of 21 counters
Larry Gent, and, unless Herk Bal-
Joe Culbertson at the other for- ment will be run off in Bee Hall held jointly by three former Lion
timore and Johnny Egli are far off
ward and Bob Keegan, stellar at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Wrest- hardwood greats, Norry McFar
their old form, they should be able
guard, will be in the starting line lane, Fred Brand, and Johnny
in the same spots they were last to make it three in a row in clos- leis must appear for weigh-ins at
1 o'clock. Barr.
year. Freshman and junior semi-final-ing the first installment of the cur -After Rec. Hall opened for Lion
rent season. court action in 1929, Brand was
Two sophomores will fill out the ists will meet each other, and the
The Lions also have a stand-outtally 21 points. He did
starting lineup. They are Frank winner of these matches will meet the firstto
of
trio replacements in Jack Biery,
Burns at the center spot and Montythe winner of the sophomore and it against Syracuse in 1931. Mc-
Bob Beck, and Jim Lawther, each
Silberman at right guard. senior semi_finalists' clash to de- farlane equalled the mark in 1934
of whom is capable of carrying his
In their only. previous contest termine the interclass champions. in a test with the Rutgers quintet.
end of the load in varsity corn
this year, the Bisons swamped Six more wrestlers gained the Latest of the three is Johnny Barr,
petition
. Elizabethtown College by a top- right to partiCipate in the last
On the other hand one can ' t ex-
All-American forward two years
heavy 57 to 24 score. Haines ac- -
iy overlook the fact that Buck_ matches to be held today. In the ago. He tied the mark 'against
act
counted for 19 of the Bison points. 165-pound freshman tussle, Fred Georgetown in 1941.
nell has one of its best teams in Reeve threw Brice Manning in one
Penn State will start the same However, Jack has a long way
Bison years. Captain Georgeminute and forty seconds after the
five which has opened both of theto go before he can break the
otherßill
forward starting gong. White, 175-
Lion games. Whitey Von Haines was an All-State Penn State scoring record, which
last yeau s and is well on the way pounder, won by a default from
Nieda will share the forward spots is held by Frank Wolf, now coach
to another repeat this season. Elliot in another freshman match.
with •Larry Gent. Dave Hornstein of football and basketball at Way-
Then too, Bucknell has an em- Emmons, in the 145-pound jun
will start at the pivot and center nesburg College.
barrassing habit of playing story- for bout with Catanoso, IM boxing
position while co-captains John Wolf netted 18 field goals for
Egli and Herk Baltimore will fill book ball against State every time champ, was able to garner one 36 points against Susquehanna on
it enters the borough limits. That point more than his opponent to
the guards. the old Armory court on January
Several substitutes who are like_ goes for basketball as well as foot- win, 7_6.. The 155-pound freshman 25, 1919. That was the same night
ball. skirmish between_ Stockdale and
ly to see much action are Jack that Penn State set their all-time
Biery, Bob Beck, Jim Lawther, Sid Three years ago they ar. Trostle ended when Stockdale pin- team scoring high with 866 points.
Cohan, Perk Stabley, and Red Ze- rived here with a wobbly af- ned his opponent. On two other occasions two years
litch. . fair that somehow "got that Dick Charles' two points was later Wolf tallied 23 points.
The Penn State_Bucknell bas- spirit" before the tussle, and sufficient to win from Fannuci in Second highest score ever at
ketball series goes back to the •first proceeded to wallop Johnny the 155-pound sophomore struggle, tributed to a Penn State basket
intercollegiate game that Penn Barr and the boys. It does while in the heavyweight sopho- ball player is 30 points for John_
State ever played. That was" in happen here occasionally, and more bout," Fred 'Weller won by nie Reed in 123. Those were in
1896: The Bisons captured the first if Lawther's guards get off default from Jay Clymer. the"good ol' days" when each team
tilt' 24 to 4, but the Lions came to a bad start tonight, the fans Lineup for the semi-finals be..
had a foul shot expert who did all
back later in the season to win the may be in for a disappointing tween the frosh and the juniors
of the foul shooting.
return fray. 4 evening.• . .. includes: Reed set a Penn State record
In the 36-game series, the Lions They didn't exactly shine Wei Weights Freshmen g Juniors
have, captured 29 of the contests against W. &J. in their season de- Bliugh . 121 Vigilante vv,---wwv, T,!,-„r..--w.--14.>=.-
Shibl
while the Lewisburg five has gar- but last week, and the Susque- 128 (Unopposed) -
i
nered but seven of the games. Last hanna tilt was more of a floor Stuart
ey ,
136 . Harry l
' N
Kurtz 145 Emmons
Bucknell win was in 1939 when the show than a contest.
Bisons upset a highly-favored Nit- *-- .* * Stockdale 155 Fanne d .
tany Lion team. _ The keynote for the Susque-
Reeve 165 Ulric
Pos. Penn State Bucknell hanna game was set early in the White 175 Conrad
.
Forward Von • Nieda .• . -Haines evening, , I thoughtwhen . an ex-
Adams Hv wt. Morgan
The senior and
sophomore bat-
Forward Gent , Culbertson cited Crusader took the ball out '
tiers in the semi-finals are:
Center Hornstein Burns of -bounds just in front of the
Guard Baltimore Silberman press bench. Sophomores Weight Seniors
Guard Egli Keegan Instead of hollering the con.. Lowrie 121 Mattern
vential "want the ball, Joe? Melamed 128 Ridenour
Better hurry!" style of corn
]
bat chatter, thisfellow put Barbour 145 Lindzey
the ball in play by • putting Charles, D. 155 Crabtree
both lungs behind an ear- Hall 165 Jaffee
thumping "Help!!" And as the Harrington
136 McGavey
Glanzberg
175
Weller Wagner
Hv.wt.
Kelly
game progressed, it became •
apparent that the visitors •
could have used it. .
German (hrishnas S ing
The floor show part came about
in the cloSing minutes of the game Scheduled for Schwab
when Coach Stagg nominated a
likely looking sparkplug from the The traditional German Christ
end of the bench to take the floor mas Sing will be held in Schwab
and rally the faltering boys. Auditorium at' 7:15 p. m. Monday,
Rushing over to the official December 14. Mrs. Duane V. Ram_
scorer to report in, the chap sud- sey, accompanied - by Miss Annie
denly discovered that he was in- Haigh and Mrs. Kenneth D. Hutch
eligible to play because he lacked icon, will present Brahms' "Geist ;
the necessary trousers to complete liches Wiegenlied" for the voice,
the regulation playing apparel. viola, and piano. Mrs. H. Arthur
Jumping back into his sweat- Meyer, accompanied by Mrs.
pants, he vainly sought a hole in ,
Hutchison, will sing three Christ
the floor as the game ebbed away mas songs by Cornelius.
to a lop-sided death. An organ solo, as well as the
Engineering Exam
and the postlude, will be
Set Engineering Exam played by Miss Reta Jenkins. Pro-
Students taking Engineering I, fessor George J. Wurfl will read
freshman engineering lect u r e an appropriate passage from the
course, are to take their second, Scriptures.
written examination at 4:10 p. m. In accordance with the purpose
Monday, according to Harry P. of the gathering, the audience will
Hammond, dean of the, school• of sing such well known. Christmas
engineering. Students reporting songs as "Stille Nacht, heilige
for the review should take the Nacht," "0 Tannenbaumr and "0
same seats occupied at the first du frohliche, o du seelige." All stu_
written review in Rooms 10 and dents, faculty members, and towns
-121 Sparks building, people are invited to attend.
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BETWEEN
THE LIONS
By BEN BAILEY
Sports Editor
We Extend Christmas Greetings to
PENN STATE STUDENTS
CLIFF'S
The Milk Shake Store
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Fifteen Interclass
Wrestling Bouts
Scheduled Today
Biery Sets Rec hall
Record With 22 Points
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His mind's not on frivolous things—
and neither should yours be in select
ing, his Christmas gifts Give him some
thing useful that will contribute to his
day-in, day-out comfort.... Something
to wear that will keep him warmer,
better dressed. We've picked a store
full of practical gifts for military men
and civilians.
Begin a Man's Christmas at a !Alves Store
W. College Ave.
that night when he tallied 20
points on fouls. He scored five
field goals along with the 20 out
of 24 efforts to total 30 points.
Three other Penn State players
have scored 20 points or better in
one game.
Outstanding of these was Mike
Hamas, brother of Steve Hamad,
who was the only fiveletter man
in Penn State history. Mike scored
22 points on the Armory floor in
1926. During the same year he
made the best season's scoring
record of all of the Penn. State
greats. He compiled a total of 240
points in 18 games.
Loußeilly and John Roepke both
scored 20 points in one contest
during the 128 campaign.
Johnny Barr scored 22 points
during a game in his senior year,
but it was in Convention Hall,
Philadelphia, and not Rec Hal].
ROTC Engineers Elect
The Penn State chapter of the
Society of American Engineers,
Engineers Advanced ROTC society,
elected new officers for the coming
year at a recent meeting. The new
officers are president, Wallace M.
Riley '44; vice-president, William
W. McKenna '44; and secretary--
treasurer, Ben F. Leaman, Jr., '44.
Lt. Col. Guy G. Mills was named
as advisor.
NYA Office Moves
The NY .4. Office has been moved
from 308 Old Main to the Bursar's
Office, according to Mr. Whiting,
NYA supervisor.
GIFTS
For That Fighting
Lad—And Brother,
Husband or Dad On
The Home Front
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