The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 05, 1946, Image 4

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    PAGE FOUR-
Besketeers Down Pitt;
SOO Fans See 48-37 Tilt
Milt Simon Plays Spark-plug Role With 17 Points,
Zellers Nets 15 Points, 36 ’Fouls Are Called
Penn State’s basketball team gained revenge for an early
KNison loss to the Pitt five by pounding out a 48-87 victory
over the Panthers before 5500 fans at Recreation Hall on Sat
urday night.
Diminutive Milt Simon pat
seasons sixth victory by coui
uncanny side-court shots kept
the State squad out in front
from the opening whistle. ,
/Sellers, Pitt’s giant 'center, led'
fif Panther scoring toy cutting the
itoyqps for lis points. Eight of these
3 '.lints came toy way of field goals
and seven were garnered via the
fold line.
in a .game characterized toy 36
tf.mls, the State passers scored 10
4&.*i nits.-, out of 21 attempts. The. Pitt,
t.am. 'had 15 free tosses and made
J ! of them good.
The fourth quarter proved to he
flic most hotly contested witness-
A : i ■on the local court this season.
- The referee’s whistle slowed the
game to a standstill and during
the 'last five minutes the State
f-.-anir put an end to scoring efforts
r 1/y freezing the hall and maintain
ing their lead.
'] n the fmst quarter State jump-
ed to an early lead and. gradually
l?ngthened this until they led by
■t'A ipoints at the end of the first
quarter. Score 17-5.
The Panthers came toack with a
K.'ironid quarter surge that netted
points against State’s 11. At
the end of the period State led by
f.uven points and the score was
23-21; at-hqjjf time.
Pitt came toack strong in the
third, quarter and outscored the
3V.on. Quinete toy two points and
cut. the (Lion lead to 34-29.
Mlhe fourth quarter saw the
Lions move out of danger by taiL
i.ymg 14 times while the Panthers
.countered with 3 points. Pina]
.score 48-37.
SPIE Paces
■jp Bowling
'Despite a 6-2 loss to Alpha Chi
Sigma, Sigma Phi Epsilon con
tinued in the number one spot in
the interfraiternity bowling touma-
Jnsnt.
'Three fraternities are tied for
second place and three other teams
are together in the number three
position.
Jin other games, Phi Sigma Delta
downed Beta Sigma iEtho, 6-2, af
-lor forfeiting to Theta Chi; Theta
dii, meanwhile, strengthened its
position by defeating the Pi 'Lamb
da-Phi bowlersj 6-2; Pi Lambda
Phi shut out‘Alpha Chi Sigma, 3-0.
League-leading Sigma Phi Ep
filon whitewashed Tau Kappa Ep
silon, 8-0; Tau Kappa Epsilon won
•ever-(Pi Kappa Phi. 6-2; and Pi
J.laippa Phi defeated ■ Beta Sigma
•Rho, 6-2.
The standings follow:
Team Won Lost
•Sigma Phi Epsilon .. 28' 20
Alpha Chi Sigma 26 22
Pi Kappa Phi 2© 22
Theta Chi' 26 22
Phi Sigma Delta 24 24 •"
Pi Lambda Phi 24 24
Tau'Kappa-Epsilon .. 24 • 24
Beta .Sigma.Bho .... 16 32
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:ed the Nittany passers to their
itering for 17 points. Simon’s
Ik Box Score
PENN STATE FG F-FT
Light, f 2 2-4
Simon, f 7 3-3
Currie, c 2 2-4
Rusinko, c 4 1-1
Halkevich, g 2 2-6
Nugent, g 2 0-2
Funk, g 0 0-1
Totals.. 19 10-21
PITT • FG F-FT
Apple, f 1 2-2
Consenlmo, I .... 3 1-1
Williams, f ...
Zellers, c ...
Malarkey. g .
Maruzewski,' g
Medich. g
Stewart, g
Totals ..
Woodchoppers Take Game
To Shorten Snafu Lead'
The bowling race in the X-G-I
league tightened with games play
ed last Thursday night as the
Woodchoppers sliced a game from
Snafu’s lead toy copping a 6-2
match. The last-place Fizz Dupes
also flared up and topped the
Command9.es, . garnering all 8
points,' to vault into third place.
High scores in last week’s
games were posted by Cohee, 19il;
Patrick, 178; and Dobie, 173.
Patrick was high for a three game
set, splitting the pins for 'a 502
score.
Any X-G-I interested in form
ing or joining a team is asked to
contact “Perry” at the Dux Club,
or call Tease at 2938.
; W (L- Pet.
Snafu’s 10 6 .625
Woodchopp&rs .. ' 9 7< .562
Fizz Dupes
Commandoes . 5 11 .313
Sharpshooters Head
Independent Bowlers
The Sharpshooters continued ,to
lead in the Independent Bowling
league by defeating the Hustlers
6-2, last week. The Nittany Den
bowlers secured their third place
spot .by trouncing Fletchers, 6-2,
while Nittany Co-op and Penn'
Haven teams tied, 4-4.
High singles scores were made
by Bertran who rolled a 169 and
Bernhard with, a 185. Other high
singles were Shilling 183 and Far
ver 179.
W L Pet.
Sharpshooters . 20 4 .833
Penn Haven .. 14 10 .583
Hustlers 12 12 ~ .500
Nittany Den ... 12 12 .500
Fletchers
Nittany Co-op -. 6 18 .250
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Quebec’s major winter ‘attrac
tions.
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The Standings
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The Standings
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PHJON&«2r- •<
THE COLLEGIAN-
; End ;
Home Season;
21-11 Victory
Making their final home ap
pearaitce of the season, the Nit
tany Lion matmen, before a
crowd of 1500 in Recreation Hall
Saturday afternoon, defeated the
Big Red wrestlers of Cornell, 21-
11.
Dick Gray, newcomer to the
Nittany team, outpointed, his 121 -
pound opponent, Phineas Kuhl, to
"win the opener of the afternoon.
Gray broke into the State lineup
as Dave Faloon is out for the sea
son because of a wrenched
shoulder suffered in earlier com
petition. Gray had to bring his
weight down 11 pounds to com
pete in the 121-pound class.
Captain Jim Miller, Cornell’s
14'5-pounder, remained undefeat
ed for the' season by winning a
decision over Hal Greene in a
very close bout. The match wasn’t
decided until the final round
when. Miller took the advantage
and held the time throughout the
•period.
In the first fall of the lafternoon
Joe Steel pinned Bob Kenerson
in the. 136-pound division with a
bar arm and foody press. Steel
was behind in points as the se
cond round began but he quickly
'overcame this by pinning bis
opponent in 1.20 minutes of the
second round.. '
iSam Harry, State’s captain, re
mained undefeated in the 128-
pound class by winning a decision
over Dave Huntington.
Extending his season’s winning
streak to six, Grant Dixon pinned
his Cornell opponent Jim Green
in the 155-pound class with a
double bar-arm lock. The first'
round was just underway as he
pinned his man in 1.31 minutes
for the victory. i
In the 175-pound class Don!
MdKeeby topled Don Cambell'
from the undefeated ranks as he
pinned him in 4.29 minutes with
a body press.
121-pound class—Gray OPS) de
cision over Kuhl, 11-5
128-pound class Harry (PS)
decision over Huntington, 9-3
136-pound class Steel (PS)
pinned Kenerson, 4.20 (bar-arm
and body press)
•145-pound class Miller (C)
decision over Greene, 10-7"
155-pound class Dixon (PS)
pinned Green, 1.31 (double ban
lock)
165-pound elass La Rock (C)
decision over'Chdrtilbers';’ 4-0 1 '
175-pound class McKeefoy
(PS) pinned Cambell, 4.29 (body
press).
Unlimited class Brown (C)
pinned France, 6:45 (arm lock)
The Corner
11 II ll 111
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Benglian Wins Opening Test
'Showing more experience and
poise, an. undefeated West Point
boxing team copped six of seven
'bouts as they outfought the Nit
tany Lions, 7-1, in Recreation
Hall Saturday night. >
Only John Benglian, former
Golden Glover ' making Ijtifc first
start, was able to cope with the
Army style, the straight-arm left
jab and cocked right. Relaxed, and
determined in the ring, Benglian
oubpointed by a comfortable mar
gin the veteran Salvador Felices
in the. featherweight class.
(Hard-hitting Stan Lachowski,
pitted with Intercollegiate champ
Amos Jordan in the 155-pound
class, .slugged it out with the
Cadet the full three rounds but
the more experienced Jordan,
keeping his' left jabbing, held the
advantage and earned a close
cision.
A stalking, determined Steph
en Conner, 145-pound champ,
outclassed Jim Cassidy, who had
been; moved up a weight to meet
him," .while 'middleweight John-
Slusarczyk hooked yp with -th.e'
Cadet light heavy, losing' the de
cision. : •
Captain Paul Smith returned, to
his lightweight: post' and faced ;a*
promising unbeaten Cadet, ■ Bill
Hiestand.
120-pound class—Barnett (A)
decisioned Polansky, 28-27.
127-pound class—Benglian (PS)
decisioned Felices, 30-23.
135-pound class Hiestand (A)
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decisioned Smith, 30-26. - -
145-pound ' class— Conner '(A)-
decisioned Cassidy, 30-24. .
155-pound class—Jordan (A)
decisioned Lachowski, 30-27. . !
165-pound class Pence (A)
won; TKO over Christmas, second:
round.
175-pound class Ball (A)' de
cisioned Slusarczyk, 30-25. -
Unlimited State forfeited. '
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