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Hittany Lions Score 37-36 '..''''''ln Over NYU
Lawthermen Avenge 1942 Setback As Marc
i McNary Finds Range, Nets 19 Counters
By ART MILER A/S USNR
Out to average last Year's 49- 1944 Mal Team
40 handcuffing by the Violet,, the
.Nittany Lions were not to be de
nied thistime
. as they edged out N
37-36 verdict in the final minu_ ew e Different
I.es of play before 15,000 at Ma
dison Square Garden Wednesday Campbell Builds Squad
~ig h t.
By their triumph on the Garden From Unseasoned Men
'floor, the Penn State basketball
team remained one of the three It's new, it's different, it's col—.
I..eams to hold an all-time advan- Coach Paul Campbell draws the
'cage over NYU cagers with four line at that point when talking
wins out of six starts since 1911. about his 1944 Penn State wrest
'Notre Dame and Army are the ling team. 'With not a single var
other two. sity holdover and only a half doz-
NYU, rated by New York scrib- en men with grappling experience,
C
es as second only to St. John's, Campbell hesitates to guarantee a
c
winner of the Invitation Tourney colossal squad. His only promise
last year, in the Metropolitan a- is
against Coligale a lot of new faces when the
! , l
yea, took the court to try to stone Lions open
in
Rec Hall January 22.
for its first loss of the year last
week to a strong Colgate Red Rai-
'c er squad. been a Sam Harry or a Charlie
But, a fellow named McNary
Ridenour as a consistent perform
.
:tiad something to say abut that. er around which a team could be
m
It was the tall Marine who kept molded, but those days are gone
state in front through most of the for the duration. Even so, prac
contest with his tap-ins on re- tice sessions are drawing plenty
hounds and shots from the buck-
of attention.
•
et. With' a minute_and-a-half left The scramble for the 145 pound
to play, big Mac caged a foul shot spot has Uncovered . a friendly
feud between Lynn Macllvaine
and Bud Long followed suit to
.give the Nittany Lions their mar-
and Pat Harrington of Navy Bar
racks 20. They are fast friends but
gin of victory. - it's strictly business when Mac
McNary was then forced out on and Pat meet on the mat for first
fouls but he had contributed 19 string. billing.
.points to the Lion cause. The Vio- Charley Dipper who represent
let's Sarath was awarded two fouls ed the Lions in one match last
with only nine seconds left to play. year is anxious to keep the 155
J:le made the first bringing the pound division all to himself and
'count to 37-36 but missed the sec- has indicated by his showing in
fond giving the 'State forces the practice matches that lie might
hall game. • dO just that . ; Chuck. Hall; veteran
The Blue and White took a 6-0 of the Temple meet - last season, is
:)ead early in the contest and, due . bidding "forthe 165 pound slot
:mainly to McNary's wide-awake - although John Shaw, Navy
,cunters and a couple of long- trainee with a wealth of talent
•range shots by Monty Moskowitz, but no experience, is providing
remained in the van 17-16 at half- ample competition. Bob Little is
also helping to make things tough
in this class.
Bob Lowery is a seasoned can
didate for the 121 pound depart
ment having wrestled in three
matches last year.
Material in the. 175 and heavy
weight divisions is not exactly
jlentiful. Heavy Weight Red Moore
is out to prove that working out
on the mats isn't much different
than taking care of the right
tackle spot on the gridiron. So
far, no one has given him much
of an argument.
Both teams came to life in the
second half. NYU caught on to
. the State sliding zone and the Nit
tany cagers found their shooting
eyes. McNary continued to lead
'the attack with Czekaj and Mos_
kowitz off-setting points by the
Violet's Tannenbaum and Sarath.
The summaries:
PENN STATE (37)
g i
3 1
0 0
1 0
Czekaj,
rf
.33arrn,
McNary, c
Mcskowitz, lg
•:Long
:Curran. rg .
Totals
NYU (38)
.Derderian, if .
Sarath, rf
.Millman, .
•73ranca, c
•'Tanenbaum, lg
.Mangiapane, rg
. . 13 10-36
Joe Burns and Julie
• Totals .
Officials
Meyer.
Call for Mat Candidates
•. Coach Paul Campbell issued a
'final call yesterday for candidates
::fijr varsity w!re4tling positions.
'Civilians and V-12 students are
,eligible. Trainees reporting in No
vember are not allowed to com
pete until they have completed
their first semester. Managerial
assistants are also asked to try
?Out.
Lions Like The Ice
Coach Art Davis' problem is
not man-power shortage this
:season. Last month 61 men re
ported for varsity practice, in-j
'eluding a big portion of the Navy-
Marine 'complement.
In past years, there has always
7 19 .
0 6
3 3
0 0
Seaman Andy Kurowski from
Reading, brother of the World
Series hero, Whitey Kurowski of
the St. Louis Cardinals, is a Navy
V-12 trainee stationed here.
13 11 37
Cass Sister Aiming For. Spot
As Heavyweight Boxer
Pvt. Cass Sisler, nephew of
baseball's immortal George Sis
ler, is•rapidly developing into an
all-round athlete, according. to
boxing mentor Leo Houck.
The former Western Reserve
youth who came to Penn State as
a Marine trainee in the V-12 pro
gram, won •his• football letter last
Fall as a running threat on Bob
Higgins' thrice-beaten ,squad, and
has now aimed his athletic guns
in the direCtion •of the heavy_
weight berth on Houck's 1944 mitt
team.
Weighing 190 pounds, Sisler av
eraged better than four yards per
try at a halfback cn the football
squad. While a civilian student at
Western Reserve, he won intra
mural honors as a boxer.
Coach Houck also rates the 135-
pound McKeesport fistic ace, Sea
man Billy Cochran, as a good bet
for a varsity spot. Cochran as a
high school student in the Pitts
burgh district outclassed-fast op-
THE COLLEGIAN
Soccer Trophy Becomes
international Figure
Penn State's new soccer tro
phy is learning a big portion of
the world's geography, so it
seems after its presentation to
Jose Lombana, 1943's most val
uable player.
Sevtral months ago when
American troops left Africa,
and fought their way through
Sicily, Captain Edward S.
Mandel found the silver-plated
statuette in • the ruins of a' Si
cilian %linage, and conceived
the idea that it was destined to
be the Nittany Lion award to
the most valuable player each
season. •
The Sicily trophy, forwarded
to Pennsylvania •has now been
given to South -Americaner
Lombana .for his ace• perform
ance in 1943,' according to
.the
Lion coach, Bill Jeffrey, head
of the committee .that selected
the co-caotain of this year's
team for the•distinction.
Jeffrey rates Loinbana as one
of the all 7 4ime,greats in Penn
State's sparkling soccer history.
In 1942, he won a berth on the
all-American. soccer team, and
won a letter every year while a
student at the College.
Woehling Paces Squad
As Navy Meet Looms
In preparation for .their six
meet schedule opening at Anna
polis against the Middies Janu
ary 15, Swimming Coach Bob
Galbraith has his 25 candidates
splashing up and down the pool
Nucleus of this year's pool squad
is formed by two civilian students
and -two Navy-Marine products.
Leigh Woehling, frosh backstroker
from Norristown who slithered his
way to a victory in the 100-yard
backstroke event at the PIAA.
championships held in Glennland
Pool last winter, will anchor the
backstrokers.
Johnny Milan, another fresh
man swimmer, swam breaststroke
for Westchester last year, but will
contribute his efforts to Coach
Galbraith this season:
Outstanding contributions "from
the Navy and Marines are present
in Pete FrieS and Ed Meyer. Both
are freestylers who will probably
'be called on to swim in three ev
ents each. Fries, a Navy V-5 trai
nee, leaves at the close of the
semester so will probably not be
on hand when the Nittany mer_
men face Colgate in the last home
meet of the season.
Diving presents: • a problem
position in various • boy's
bouts throughout the city.
From the rOund 7 ;robin tourney
in August comes the 'all-;serviee
champ, Pvt. Mike Sweeney, hard
hitting Marine slugger.. Sweeney is
working • hard for the .light heavy
berth, and together with COchran,
should make both ends of the •line_
up a. threat to Eastern , collegiate
boxers.
With regular . varsity practice
beginning• in earnest this week,
Houck was anxious that civilian
and V-12 candidates report to Rec
Hall at the earliest date for issue
of uniform. • Houck intends ~ to
round a formidable -squad into
shape before the opener with Vit.:-
ginia next month, but still is in
need of men for many berths.
, Houck is 'particularly interested
in civilian candidateS, due to the
flexible military enrollment, but
feels • that many goccl , Navy and
Marine trainees will , be ;found• in
the V-12...program.• • - • • • •
Temple's Albie ingerman
Spells Trouble For Lions
The Temple Owls think they
have a man who will act as Lion
tamer to the Penn State 'zone de
fense, wheti the two teams meet
on the Convention Hall floor to
morrow.
The man is Albie Ingerman,
set-shot artist extraordinary and
sparkplug of the Quaker City five.
The strategy is to stay away from
the zone defense, shoot at long
range. And, incidentally, to guard
Big Mac McNary with an eagle
eye to avoid a repetition of the
19 points he racked up against
the NYU cagers Wednesday night.
The probable line-up for the
game:
PENN•STATE
Czekaj,, if
Barron, rf
McNary, c
Moskowitz, Ig
Curran. rf
TEMPLE
Ingerman., if
Burns, rf
Kiszonas, c
Blumenthal, If
Budd, rf
After a scare concerning the
eligibility of .fonty Moskowitz,
Coach Lowther now has his team
up to full strength for the Owl
tilt. Only player who participated
at the beginning of the season who
is not allowed to play now is Iry
Batnick, freshman ballhandler.
Ed Czekaj has improved stead
ily "since. the season's beginning
according to the Nittany mentor
and will probably replace either
Walt Funk or Buck Barron as the
starting team takes the floor to
morrow.
Big MeNary, awkward at the
year's start; has also gained a good
Thus far no diving boards are a
vailable at the Glennland oasis
because of the shortage of wood
products for non-military uses.
However, Perry McCranie, V-12
diver from Clemson, will soon be
able to display his wares if eli
gible, 'the - Penn State' mentor hop
es. •
KEELER'S
for
ail
your
schcx)l
supplies
in 1944
KEELER'S
FRUJAY, JANUARY 7, 19441
deal of polish as evidenced by his
smooth action against the Violet
quintet.
Monty Moskowitz still has the
most potent long-shot ey_e on the
team. Most of Monty's pOints this
year have been through the long
range channel.
Temple Looks Strong
Temple rates as one of the "Big
Four" in Philadelphia according
to the Quaker City scribes whO
place the Owls in the same brack
et with Penn, Villatiova and Bt.
Joseh's. - The Templars have won
their last three starts after a
doubtful beginning. They started
the skein with a close win over
Franklin and Marshall, then raCk
ed up' two • easy victories • Over
Western' Kentucky 'and the over
rated Havana five.-
.Little Albie Ingerman is the
present sensation - of . the Temple
'basketball club. Ingerman; an a&
'curate sestiot specialist; boast's
an average of nearly 14 . points per
game for the season and threat
-ens to break the season total of
249 markers for a season set .ba'ck
in 1938 by Mike Bloom.
He is the smallest player to
break into the line-up since CharL ,
ley O'Brien, now coach at' La-
Salle high school, who was a
long-range shooter for the Owl
squad of ten years ago.
. Frank Burns, halfback on, the
grid team which lost a 13-0 d&..
cision to. the Lions last fall, teams
up with Ingerman on the forward
wall while John Kiszonas, '6-5,
'will pit his height against State's
Mac McNary at the center spot
Red Blumenthal'and Bill Budd,
who towers 6 1 / 2 feet above the
court, will be 'Ample Coach Josh
Cody'S choice for the starting aS
signbents at the two guard posi
tions
Ingerrnan notched 19 points to
lead Temple scoring against-West
ern Kentucky and was trailed by
Burns with 13 and Blumenthal
with 11.
Ar. old distillery now is turning
out varnish, which probably won't
make • any difference to the boot
leggers. • . •..