PAGE SLX Lions Meet Colgate; Face Navy Wednesday The Nittany Lion basketball team will tangle with the Colgate Red Raiders in Rec Hall, 8:30 p. ni., tomorrow follow ing the wrestling mate)), with Army. Coach John Lawther's men will also travel to Annapolis, Md., to face a strong Navy quintet Wednesday. Colgate is flooring a relat posed chiefly of military trans vice under varied systems and devoid of returning lettermen. R. D. Neher, six-feet-four-inches tan, will probably start at the pi vot position for Coach Karl Law rence. Neher played freshman basketball at the University of California before entering Colgate as a part of the Navy Refresher Unit. Speedy ball-handler E. J. Kelley and Hank Sisson, former Howard College athlete, are likely to start as guards while Jack Tormins, straight from high school, and Jack Hughes, a Muhlenberg trans fer, will probably hold down the forward positions. Lanky Howie ChristensOn, whose six feet five inches make him the tallest member of the Red Raider five, Stretch Nilson play ing either guard or forward, and Today and Tomorrow MONDAY SHE'S AN TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Unholy Love in Holy Russia of the Czar Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Elizabeth Bergner in "CATHERINE THE GREAT" vely inexperienced squad com ers who have seen limited ser- former Notre Dame player, Willie Gillegly, should also see much ac tion. Coach Lawther will probably start the usual team with. Bill Nu gent and Iry Batnick as guards, Slim Currie at the center spot, and Les Szepesi and Dick Light in the forward positions. Navy has produced an undefeat ed team this season and its 1943-44 squad was rated one of the best in the United States. Five lettermen have returned and will probably fill the starting positions. Capt. Ernie Litty and Adgie Back, guards, Dick Duden, center, and Mac McKay and Jack Carroll, forwards, all veterans, will prob ably comprise the Midshipman team averaging six feet in height. Duden and Nelson are the leading scorers on the squad. Navy beat Penn, 61-41, in its last game Wed nesday. Army Scores 21st Victory; Cagers Defeat State, 33-28 The United States Military Academy'qUintet recorded its 21st straight victory when the Cadets defeated a stubborn Penn State five, 33-28, at West Point Wednes day. The Lions' famed zone defense held Army in check, and neither team led by more than six points at any time in the game. The line_ Penn State Light, f Szepesi, f . f . Currie, c Batnick, g . Bozinski, g Nugent, g . I • TAii Totals Army G F•• P Hamilton, f 0 0 0 Nance, 1 6 0 12 Gilbert, 1 L 1 3 Hall, 1 4 0 8 Ekberg, c 0 0 0 Reed, c 1 1 3 Rogers, c 0 0 0 Dobbs, g 0 0 0 C. Davis, g 0 0 0 Damon, g a 1 7 Totals ... 15 3 33 FRIDAY "Together Again" with Irene Dunn, Charles Boyer , . SATURDAY "Cowboy In The Clouds" With Charles Starrett MONDAY "Conspirators" with Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid TUESDAY "Doughgirls" with Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson WED.-THURS. "The Impatient Years" with Jean Arthur, Lee Bow man Lion Boxers Face Virginia Mitimen Penn State's boxing team will oppose an experienced Virginia squad in its second start of the season at Charlottesville, Va., to morrow. The Virginians were tied by a strong North Carolina Pre flight team in their only test. The Lions opened their schedule by losing to Army, 5-3, last Satur day. The Blue and White mittmen were victorious in three of their bouts. Capt. Paul Smith, Nick Ra nieri, and Larry Luhrs decisioned their opponents for State's only points. There will be two replacements in the starting lineup against Vir ginia, Coach Marty McAndrews announced today. Navy Trainee Bob Cramer will open instead of Hal Hein, who dislocated his shoulder in the 120-pound battle last week. Jack Seitchick has been replaced by Bob Briselli in the 155_pound class. The rest of the lineup will re main intact. Paul Smith will com pete in the lightweight division, while Ranieri and Luhrs handle the heavier weights. Other start ers include Navy Trainees Bob Fields and Joe Bondi, and 165- pound Vaughn Stapleton. G F P '4 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 6 2 1 5 2 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 2 28 FRATERNITY JEWELRY L. G. BALFOUR LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE THE COLLEGIAN The next home match will be with Army at Rec Hall on Febru ary 3. Houck Leaves College To Coach Servicemen Coach Leo Houck, veteran coach and fixture on the Lion staff, has left Penn State to serve as a civil ian consultant for a newly-created Army coaching clinic in Iceland and Greenland. He 'will conduct boxing classes for athletic officeis at . various stations throughout this war theatre. While no definite announcement has been forthcoming, it was in dicated that the party might move to Bermuda from the North and conduct like classes there. Houck's leave is indefinite. Lots of Ice, but . . . No Varsity Hockey Art Davis, Penn State hockey coach, is convinced there is no justice. For the first time since the sport was inaugurated, the winter has been severe enough to freeze the ice on the outdoor rink. But there is no ice hockey team. The sport was eliminated as a wartime economy measure. Ex-State Track Star Runs in Inquirer Meet • Johnny Dibeler, former Penn State track luminary, will repre sent the New York Athletic Club in the 300 and 600-yard runs to morrow afternoon in the invita tional Philadelphia Inquirer AA meet at Franklin Field. The Middle Atlantic quarter mile champion is now a graduate student at the College. He will compete with George Guida and Jimmy Hebert, who hold the 250- yard and 000-yard run world rec ords respectively. Intramurais Independent Basketball Billets and Grahams, undefeat ed teams in the Penn State Club basketball league, will meet in the deciding tilt at Rec Hall Monday night. The standings follow Team . Billets Grahams Speares Penn Haven Sanbourne Cagers .. Nittany Co-op X-G_l 1 3 Penn State Club 0 4 V-12 League Barracks 36 nosed out Barracks 37 in a close contest Wednesday to cop the lead in the V-12 basketball league. The standings follow: Team Barracks 36 Barracks 9 . Barracks 37 Barracks 20 . Barracks 24 Barracks 13 . Barracks 26 . Independent Bowling Team Speares Colonial .... Foster Lodge Engineers .. Independents Penn Way .. VAN JOHNSON HE'S EVERY GIRL'S PIN-UP BOY . We're giving the girls at Matinee only his autographed picture! FIRST 'COME - FIRST SERVED LIMITED AMOUNT Doors Open 1 P.M. Saturday Continuous Performance FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1945 Wrestlers Tackle Undefeated Army After scoring a 14-12 surprise victory over Cornell last week, Coach Paul Campbell's wrestlers will face an undefeated Army .squad . in Rec .1-lall,'l p.m. tomor row. .4W L . 0 3 0 3 1 . . . • Several changes have been made ..in the Nittany Lion. lineup for this :week's match in an attempt to de .teat, the top-ranking .Cadets. . Coach Campbell slid, "Although 'our-boys aren't so well trained 'ag the Cadets; they will provideickts of fights in tomorrow's Match.".• • " Capt. Glenn Smith, ex-service 'man from Mt. Carmel who' threvs his Cornell opponent in the. 165 pound division, will see action . in .the 155-pound match tomorrow; Replacing Smith will be either Beegle or Wisherd, nrobably ' the former. 2 1 . 1 2 1 3 W L 0 1 1 .... 2 3 4 .... 1 4 .... 0 4 Steve Greene and Hal Frey will trade places, Greene being slated for the 136-pound diyision and Frey meeting the 10-pound oppo 7 nent. Also seeing action will be George Schautz, 121; Bob Crease, 128; Chuck Hall, 175; and Don Mil tenberger, heavyweight. Smith, who clinched the Cornell meet last week, was supported by scores of Crease, Greene and Wil house. The latter was participating in his first match. W L 12 4 16 8 16 3 12 12 8 8 0 24 Starts TOMORROW SO • 6
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