PAGE SIX Lion Quintet Faces Temple Sporting a .500 percentage with three wins and three losses, Penn State’s cage squad squares off against one of the east’s top teams when it meets Temple University’s Owls on the Recreation'Hall court, 8 p.m. tomorrow. In tackling the Owls, the Lions will meet their toughest test of the current season, as the Phil adelphia aggregation has a veter an squad which has already de feated Muhlenberg by a decisive margin, whereas the Lions were conquered twice by the Mules. The Lions will have a double purpose in winning tomorrow’s game. Last year’s tilt on the home court was a thrilling, record breaking game which went five extra periods before the Owls were victorious, 63-60. In trying to avenge that defeat, the Lions were stopped on the Owls court in their last game of the season. Chief ifoes that the Lions will have to watch most are Ed Ler ner, a sharp-shooting left-handed freshman who recently acquired a starting berth, Jimmy Joyce, Temple safety man, Have Fox, and Jack Hewson, pivot man. The Owls are a fast-breaking team, employing a switch-man-to-man type defense. Coach John Lawther announced the same five that started against Muhlenberg would tap-off against the taller Owls. The Lion mentor said that he may even revert to man-to-man in order to stop the favored quintet. Probable starting lineups for both teams are: Penn Stale Pjs. Light Simon f Currie c Uatkevich ... . g 'Nugent' g Candidates . . for track manager, and those interested in trying out, should report to Dick Lose in the ivarsity locker room at 3 p.m. any afternoon beginning tomorrow. Wrestlers Score 21-13 Victory Over Teachers Lions Cop 5 Matches In Informal Meet As Dixon, Harry, Steele Pin Foes Showing more form than ex pected, Penn State’s mat team conquered a strong Lock Haven Teachers College squad 21-13, Saturday afternoon in an informal meet on the Recreation Hall floor. In vanquishing the Teachers, the Lions copped five of the eight matches, including three falls and two decisions. The Teachers’ three wins came via two falls and a de- cision. Brightest star in the Lion win 1 was Murray Dixon, former Du- Bois High School wrestler, who threw his opponent in the short est time of 2:04, although Joe Steel, member of the ’4O Lion mat team, was close behind, pinning his opponent in 2:35. Captain Sam Harry, however, former Eastern Intercollegiate champ, 'literally toyed with his' opponent, pinning him twice in the second period, the last after the elapsed time of 6:07. ' „ Navy trainee Jack Greene, In tercollegiate runner-up for the 145-pound crown last year, hooked up with Captain Solomon of the Teachers in the closest match of the day. Greene emerged the vic tor after three periods with a 11- 7 decision. . - The 'battle which brought roars from the crowd was the final one THE SALLY'S ’Man Of The Year Nick Thiel; lacrosse coach, has been voted the outstanding coach of the season by the ex ecutive committee of the United Slates Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. Though his team won only one game last spring, Thiel's efforts won the acclaim of fellow-coaches. Penn Slate was one of the few colleges in the East to continue the sport throughout the war period. The past season marked Thiel's 11th year as lacrosse coach at the Col lege.' He was an all-America selection during his undergrad uate years at Syracuse Univers- Temple ~ .Budd .. ...Fox Hewson .. . Rullo .Leaner All Students . . . interesetd in frying out. for assistant lacrosse manager should first sign up at Student Union, announced James Chaikin, head manager. He also said that stu dents who are not in their first semester are preferred. between the two heavyweights, France of the Lions, and Mullins, two-time Pennsylvania state champ, of the Teachers. The Lock Haven representative pinned France twice in the second per iod, the final one after 5:20. The Lions travel to Annapolis Friday where they will formally open their season against the Eastern Intercollegiate’s defending champion Saturday afternoon. The all-conquering Middies blanked the Lions in last year’s-dual meet', 36-0. 121-pound—Knepp (LH) pinned Faloon (PS) in .40 of the third per iod. .. . 128-pound—Harry (PS) pirjned McCoy (LH) in 2:07 of second period. 136-pound—Steele (PS), pinned Petuck (LH) in 2:35 of first per iod. 145-pound—Greene (PS) decis ioned Solomon JLH) 11-7. 155-pound—Dixon (PS) pinned Borelli (LH) in 2:03 of first period. 165-pound—Chambers (PS) de cisioned Eyer (LH). 3-0. 175-pound—Caldwell (LH) de cisioned McKeeby. 8-4. ■ Unlimited —Mullins (LH) pin ned France (PS) in 2:20 of second period. 203 E BEAVER AVE. SUMMARIES PHONE 2311 STATE COLLEGE the collegian Know Your Coaches Sliding Zone Pays Lawther By JERRY TRUMPER The East’s number one expon ent of the “sliding zone defense,’ Penn State’s basketball coach John (Jaiwn) Lawther, is in his tenth year as head mentor of the court five. He came to State in 1936 from Westminster College, and m nine seasons Nittany quintets have won 117 games and dropped only 56. This year the record shows 3 wins and 3 losses against tough op position. His teams at Westminster won 166 of 201 starts, which before the current season, brings his all-thne college basketball record as a court coach to 283 wins and 91 losses. Checking on this total it adds up to. three wins in every four games that his courtmen have started. : “The important thing is to win, isn’t it? Every coach 1 know tries to win ’em all.” This is Lawther’s reply to the criticism that is thrown upon him by fans who don’t see the reason for his system of play on the hardwood courts. The tight defense of Lawther s basketball quintet is necessary to put his “sliding zone” into its best form. It requires precision in car rying out the intricate maneuvers and zone assignments that the team does throughout a game. Coach Lawther demands perfec tion in this system of play. five “PAPPY” BOYINGTON’S OWN STORY EXCLUSIVELY IN "If I'm missing, don't believe it: I’ll turn up to buy the drinks in San Diego." But "Pappy” van ished on hia last flight; the day after he had become America’s top ace. Twenty months of silenco dragged by, and the boys .in I’ll Buy the Drinks* Boys by U. Co I Grigory ("Poppy") Boylnglon, USMC MYSTERY SHIP IN NEW YORK HARBOR! A floating palace of gin and sin, the big New York newspaper said, and proceeded to give a reporter’s eye-witness low down on the high jinks aboard. Eye-witness, your eye! It was a hoax. It’s one _ of the notable newspaper hoaxes bundled together to amuse you in News Out of t IS THIS PEACE JUST A PAUSE? WillOursler, TRUE’s Pa cific correspondent, says the Japs know they lost. Lost what? They don’t think they lost the war! In this amazing Report to the Editor, Will Oursler tells the hard, cold truth {that this couhtry had bet ter face now. Be sure you read Are the Japs Really Licked ? by Will Ovnltr Jtvt't Padffc CormpMrfanl Defense' Dividends JOHN LAWTHER Nightly he works and drills his squad on defense as he does on offensive, plays. He is a disciplin arian and likes the huge Recrea tion hall cleared of all spectators when he carries on practice ses sions. It is up to his manager and the assistants to keep this wish enforced. The Man's M Get tKe big Jbhu< at your favorite tie 1 "Puppy's” famous Blaci Squadron of Marineflyersjj decided that even ‘ ‘ Pappy’ 1 make it. But he did. and . story—his first magazine written for True and y< unique reading— H. Allen Smith is a funny man. He gets paid fpr it. He writes best-selling humorous books. This is his first magazine article in more than a year. Mr. Smith tells why he has given up playing the geegees—well, almost given up. There’s a Chinaman in his story. You’ll like and laugh at No Horse Can Do That to Me 21 Features 144 pages of man-size thrills in the big holiday fiue on newsstands now Get your copy tedgy TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1946 Mules Repeat Against State Playing with the absence of two key men and the inability of Irv Batnick to play for extended per iods of time, Penn State received its third loss of the current court campaign Saturday night, V/heli the Muhlenberg Mules repeated their December victory over thd Lawthermen. The final score was 47-38. Even without the services of Dietterich who has left the squad and Rusinko who was not avail-, able 'for duty, the Lions gave a. good account of themselves and threw an early scare into the' Muhlenberg squad by . stepping out to a 14-12 first quarter lead.' Led by Wally Hatkevich and Milt Simon, the men of Nittany continued playing sound basket ball and were only four points be-, hind the highly regarded Mules at halftime, 22-18. During the second half, the speedy passing attack of the lentown team began taking its toll and sllawJy they stretched!" their lead. State’s cause was fur ther retarded in the last half by loss of Hatkevich and Simoti on personals. Loss of this double scoring punch was a blow from which State did not recover. Hat kevich led Ithe visiting scorprs with 13 points and Simon was secorid high with. six. HORSE LAUGHS by H. Alien Smith A beautiful reproduction of irkable original oil pointing of f' Ernie Pyle '•ace Christmas, 1745" painted for only In her original ( PeHy Girl fiue Dean Cornwall's
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