PAGE SIX Campbell's Matmeit Grapple Coast Guard Highlighting the Penn State . Coast Guard ’wrestling match tomorrow night at Recreation Hall will be a battle be tween two former Intercollegiate wrestling champions. Cap tain of the Penn State' matmen, Sam Harry will meet Hal Gershkroff, captain of the New London team, in the second bout; of the evening. Both men were champions in the 128- pound class, Gershkroff in 1944 and Harry in 1942, before entering the service. I ~ ~ An extra feature ,of the match will be an exhibition bout between two Penn State graduate students: Chariic Ride nour, former National A. A. champion, who will wrestle Clair Hess. This bout will start at 6:45 p. m. and the team matches will begin at 7 o’clock. In the opener of the evening, Sawyer or Marple will grapple against Faloon of the Lions in the 121-pound class. The 128-pound class will follow between the team captains, Gershlcroff and Harry. The Coast Guard team will start Rynick, Stiffey, and Clune in the 136, 145 and 155-pound Barracks 37 Holds Top In NROT'C League Race Still holding the lead in the NROTC basketball competition is Barracks 37 with six wins out ot six starts. Runner up is the five from Barracks 9 with three quar ters of their games won. ' Third place is a tie between Barracks 13 and Barracks 26, each with an even number of wins and losses. Fofvrth place is also a tie with Barracks 22 and the mixed team from 13 and 37 fighting for position. The band, Barracks 36, is in last place, only winning one out of five. High scorer in the last ..two games played was Bob Gernand, sparkplug of Barracks 22, who ran up eight points in their close vic tory over Barracks 13. In the last 30 seconds of play he scored the winning two points. Nolan of 37 and Honig of 9 each held high scorer position for their respective teams . with seven points apises. Barracks W. L. 37 6 0 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 4 1 4 13 26 22 13 and 37 36 iband) Thiel Calls Lacrossemen; 65 Al First Workoufs jCoach Nick Thiel -has begun winter workouts for his lacr'osse squad. Approximately 65 men have turned out for the first week of training. At present the squad is getting into shape by daily workouts in Recreation Hall. If the weather stays clear, Thiel ex pects to have them practice out side to get experience in stick work before the squad begins field practice. 'Fifteen men from last year’s squad are out and with the others that practiced this-summer Coach Thiel hopes to bring the team up to its pre-war standard. Ther are 20 NROT.C men practicing with the eight others from last year’s squad. As no one has more than one season of lacrosse experience the mentor said that everyone has a chance to make the first ten before the opening game. Nine games are scheduled, with five home contests. The season opens against the power-packed Army team, defending Intercol legiate champions, on April 13 at State. Correction . . . the wrestling score of the Penn State-Navy match last Sat urday was reported incorrectly in the last issue of Collegian. The final score was 23-13, Navy. classes, while Coach Campbell will send Steel, Greene, and Dixon or Wynn on the mats in that order. The Lion coach as undecided on who he will start in the 165- pound class against,Clough ol the Guardsman, It will be up to Dixon, Wynn or Chamber, de pending on the weight oi the men at match time. Chambers started the Navy match last week and has the advantage. The 175-pound class will be an evenly matched bout between McKeeby of State and Langabeer, Coast Guardsman. In the heavy weight division France will clash with Starr of the Coast Guard’s team. Famed 82nd Division Stars Former State Courtman Playing his usual great garni leading the scoring with 15 coun ters, altthough the. recently-ar rived Eighty-second Airborne Division basketball team dropped the 49-39 exhibition tilt at West Point last week, was a member of Coach John Lawther’s ’43 cage squad, Sgt. Stan “Whitey” Von Nieda of Ephrata, Pa. hTe former Lion, known only as “Whitey” to his teammates, was first-string forward for the ’43 team and also one of Coach Lawther’s best shots. Through his speed and sharpshooting ability, “Whitey” was one of his team’s consistent scorers, usually pour ing 8, 10, or 15 counters through •the hoops every game. In the spring of ’43, “Whitey'’ entered the armed services, and some months later was sent over seas. He was transferred to the 82nd division, where he joined the division’s quintet and soon earned a starting berth. As a basketball unit in the European theatre of operations, the 82nd was undefeated. Many of their games ran. well over 100 points. But their biggest test came in the Berlin tournament of service teams, when they came through like the champions they are, copping the .tourney with eight straight decisions. And through it all . rose “Whitey” Von Nieda as the sparkplug and star of the 82nd. “Yes, • “Whitey” deserved his fame,” his former coach, John Lawther, said. “He really was an aggressive ball player with a good KEEP YOUR MIND ’ ON A CORSAGE FOR THE FORMAL . j AND KEEP YOUR EYE ; j * % ON THIS SPACE FOR OUR SPECIAL OFFER Magazines—Candy Woodring's Floral Gardens i TrtWi r>rvv . . 117 E. Beaver Phone 2045 ' I 1 UX^dCJCO * . '’C THE COLLEGIAN Mountaineers Nip Rally To Shade State A spectacular fourth quarter rally by the fighting State quin tet failed to produce the needed punch to overtake . the fast and deadly West Virginia five Wed nesday evening at Recreation Hall!* The Virginians 48-45 victory was the tenth straight win for the top team from Morgantown. Coach Lee Patton’s boys took the lead from the first minutes of play and never relinquished it to the outplayed Lion team. The Mountaineers held the ci'owd of 3000 packed in Rec Hall breath less with their fast passing and breaking down court to drop in shot after shot through the hoop. Johnny Rusinko, who had just returned to the squad, sparked State’s last period rally and sank four field goals. Wally Hatkevich continued to be high-scorer .by dropping in six from the boards and three from the foul line to pace the team with 15 points. To Face Colgate The Penn State basketball team will face a tough opponent this Saturday when they travel to Hamilton, N. Y., to play Colgate. A powerful Army team lost a one-sided game to Colgate last week. “WHITEY" VON NIEDA eye, and continuously was one of the high Lion scorers.” Joe Bedenk, who joined Col gate’s Ep,pie Barnes in founding the American Association of Col lege Baseball Coaches, will at tend the organization’s . first an nual meeting at St. Louis, Mo. IFC Courtmen Continue Play The inter,fraternity tournament has been running along smoothly for three weeks. The contest is divided into three leagues. Each team piays every other teSm in the league, and the winners in each league wilt play for the championship. The win ning team and the high scorer of the tourney will get awards. In more recent games, Phi Sig ma Delta downed Sigma Chi, 22- 11; Phi Kappa defeated Theta Chi, 31-22; Alpha Tau Omega edged out Sigma Phi Epsilon, 29-28; Tau Kappa Epsilon squeaked out a 22- 20 win oyer Delta Tau Delta; Phi Kappa Sigma beat previously un defeated Phi Delta Theta, 19-13; and Beta Sigma Rho swamped Phif Kappa Psi, 29-5. High points of the games were Phi Sag Stan Seigal’s 22 points in one game, SAE Clay Zund'el’s 20 points in another game, the Delt- TKE game which went into an extra period before the TKEs pulled it out of the fire, and the Sigma Chi-Delt game which took up two overtime periods, the Sig ma Chi’s winning on Legs Erd man’s field goal. The standings up to Wednesday follow: LEAGUE 1 Team Alpha Chi Sigma Sigma Alpha Epsilon . Phi Delta Theta Delta Chi Phi Sigma „ Kappa ... Alpha Phi Delta Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi .LEAGUE XI Phi Kappa Sigma Beta Sigma Rho Phi Delta Theta Chi Phi Lambda Chi Alpha ... Delta Sigma Phi Phi Epsilon Pi Phi Kappa Psi LEAGUE 111 Phi Sigma Delta ~ Sigma Pi .. ■Sigma Chi Tau Kappa Epsilon Alpha Tau Omega Delta Tau Delta . Phi Kappa Sigma Phi Epsilon Theta Chi - Preview Of Winter Fantasy - For You ... CHARLIE SPIVAK’S ' NEWEST RELEASE "The Bells of St. Mary's" a rid ’ ' You Can Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder" The MUSIC ROOM 203 E. BEAVER AVE. 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