FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1943 Set Shot Stars Spark W&J's Unbeaten Court Team; Funk Still Out With Grippe Cagers Crush Susquehanna After dropping their first home basketball game in• two and one half years to Bucknell 29-26 last Saturday, the Nittany Lion cap ers .snapped back Wednesday ev. , ening to swamp Susquehanna . • . The victory marked - John Law ther's 100th .win as . Nittany, bas ketball mentor; Previous to the tussle with the Bisons, the Blue and White court men had been • victorious in 25 .straight games finishing up last year's • home season with. a• triumph •over Georgetown. West Virginia was the last team before Bucknell to humble Penn State when they prevailed 35- 29 back in February 1941. Offense Clicks— But against the Susquehanna Crusaders, the offense perked up as Mac McNary showed the way with 14 counters and Monty Mos kowitz followed close behind with 13. • Buck Barron showed. the way in scoring for the ragged State five as he counted eight points against Bucknell. Hoeveler and Lefkandinos were high . for the visitors with 10 points each. THE FATHER coming . . . , Have a "Coke"= - Good "winds ~ h .we .1:Own . 376 u. here 4 a., kl#ll\ ... a way to say "We are friends" to the Chinese China knew Coca-Cola before the war. Where Coca-Cola is on hand today, to Chinese and Yank alike, Have a "Coke" are welcome words. Around the globe Coca-Cola stands for the pause that re- reshes, —has become a_ symbol of goodwill. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OFIHE COCA•CO y A•COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY of ALTOONA Konyha, Sterling To Fight With Moskovitz For Long-Range Honors As Lions Face Prexies ilinnummummonimmiimiumilimunniumw Gets Lacrosse Post DEAN CARL P. SCHOTT head of the Physical Education School, was named vice-president of the U. S. Lacrosse Association at its meeting in New York City Friday and Saturday. At the same time, Nielt . Thiel was elected president of tne Coaches' Association in .the lacr,sse organization. Grapplers To Meet Colgate In Opener . Cancellation of the opening three- starters •will, probably . all wresi ling match with MiChigan be freshmen.. who s played -varsity. slated •foi. January 'ts gives Head bail.. ":for' Mount Lebanon . High Coach Paul Campbell ari extra Sehool last - year, Bob • Dickson, .week to condition his squad- far six -fiiot five -inch • center will the 1944 campaign, which . ..will get start .at.the pivot . . - .spot., while' Joe under way January 22-againSt COl_Thatrone, will Open' at forward and gate.• Bob Barbrew.-at the .other gtiard Moving-back the opener affords artists. WithP,erin.State's BOtli-Kbriyha' and - Sterling - .are the coaching - staff, including • set shot Carnnoell and CSps Sherman and Moskowitz and Curran throwing Gedeon, rrecious time in shaping :from '.midr-cOurt, l -the, game a team from a squad which boasts them should take .on a long-range ap only a half dozen experienced-i earance. -• • • grapplers. None of the candidates • -" , ion caws ,will probably. ' were varsity regulars lastseason. The season, p - laY - _With6ut:the ;.se.rvieeS of for-, The Lions last year lost 'only fo NA7a - rd Walt .Funk, - who is - still re- Navy and Lehigh and placed third, eliper•atine frein - f!n attack:ol the in 'the Eastern Intercollegiates. grippe': :The:Starting- line=up . for, Both Navy and Lehigh are on- the theLawtherrnen',Nvilliprabably see, Stat..: card this year, with Temple,• IVIaC . McNary ' again. _at: center Colgrlte and Cornell rounding 'ont f ! lanked-by AL-Richards. and .BUck the oppoFition. ' . ' Barron, at the .forward. slots 'and Joe Curran and , Monty, Moskowitz on ; the baCkline:„ . • • BUY -WAR 'BONIiS THE COLLEGIAAN, Dud McMinn, rugged basketball guard, and captain of the Penn State varsity court team in 1932, died in Montoursville last week of a lymphatic infection. He has been ill for several years, and at the time of his death was on leave of absence from Clearfield High Sdhool, where he was an instructor in agriculture. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Out to duplicate last year's win over a WO team that went On to amaze the basketball world by toppling top-seeded Creighton before losing a last-minute decis ion to Tolodo the Madison Square . Garden Invitation Tour ney, Coach Lawther's combine Will be on the lookout for two men. • • Paul Konyha, senior letterman from• last year's thrice defeated President club, is back this year and is teaming up with F 4 Ster ling; a frosh star from the same hometown of Martin's Ferry, Ohio, to ;provide the offensive spark for the downstate squad. In their . first game against Jun iata,. whom the • - Lions. tackle - in' Rec Hall January 29; ,Konyha scored 17 points •while Sterling notched 14 counters- as the Prex ies took the contest' 70-34. Against' Camp . Reynolds last.week,. Ster ling hit the cord's- for 18 points . with Konyha -not far behind. • Coacb Sander's other Hershey Chills Nittany icemen To Freeze Game in Last Period Co. ch Art Davis' pia cksters However, conditioning ag a 2t sharpened their skates, but didn't provel to be on the Hershey sidt'. have enough time to sharpen their of the scoreboard, and on two tal skating, rs they dropped the sea son's opener to the Hershey Junior lies,went ahead 4-3. "Legs of Bears : 7-4,. Wednesday afternoon. Steel" Crawford then slidt h During the past month the Lions Lions' final score under the net V. have been forced to practice in- again even the close battle. cioors due to warm weather con- didnos S9venteen - year - old Canadian- combinations to determi n e the born Gene O'Donnell rolled the exact weaknesses and strength at Nittany icemen into an early lead the Lions, only to have the alert when he smashed the puck into the Junior Bears score three points in net unassisted for the initial tally, a matter of minutes to bottle the and followed with'the secor d score game at 7-4. on a .pass from Captain Art Glad- Paul Ameel from Dayton opened. the contest for the Lions, and may Aided with over a month's prac- pro ,, e to be the outstanding Nit, tice ln the ice, the Hershey squad atnv goalie in history, according to fought back into the game with a Davis. Crawford and Nelson open pair of scores in the second period ed hostilities on the wing for thc' to deadlok the game at 2-2. Then, unsegsoned Staters, while Jack on passes from Roger Nelson and Foley from Carnegie Tech, and. Tullby Crawford, Gladstone spun O'Donnell filled the gaps at de the third goal past the Bears' goal- fense. Gladstone started in his old ie I.) again push Penn State into position from last season, at cen•• the lead. ter. For 61 years, Western Electric has been the manu facturer fOr the Bell Telephone 'System. Today all Our ficilities . are devoted to making military com munications 'equipinent. In this vital work, college graduates--men and women of varied abilities— are playingan•important part. Buy War . Bonds regularly—front is ow till Victory! • fea MI " Western . Electric Nam Hi PEACE...SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEM. \ IN WAR...ARSENAL OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT . I .ola tarries rcvia .hcat TN every. theatre of this global war, Airplane Spot ters scan the skies night and day—their field telephones ready to spread the alarm instantly. 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