THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1946 Between The Lions .Selection ol' team captain Johnny Hamilton as tlhe outstanding Lion scccer player this season .brings ’a talc that tinds the assistant executive secretary o'f the Alumni Association, Ridge Riley, a peren nial guest' at the lannual soccer toanquet.. The' award provides for the inscription of the top performer's name on a trophy provided by former Lion All-American hooter Ed Mandel. Mandel picked^up the trophy in Italy following the invasion. Jose Lomitoano received 'the first (presentation in '1943 and asked to take it to Bogota, CoTomlb'ia to "show to his folks. The trophy was for gotten 'about until it came time do make 'the (award dn 11944. Jess Haft man goVthe nod then, tout 'it cam e wittaobt (benefit of 'the trophy which had failed' to 'arrive from 'South America. Lombano finally did gel the award in the mails, and it arrived in Philadelphia last year. Jeffrey asked'Riley to pick it up on his next trip to the Quaker Cijty, and it so happened' that Ridge was on jiis way to the Army-Navy game in Phiily'and agreed to perform the detail. So [Ridge—in Lou (Bell’s Car—went to the address Jeffrey 'gave him and found it 'to toe the (Customs House. A permit wjas necessary before th e package Could toe (had, (and this meant another trip across town. The (breakdown of Lou’s Car followed, and la taxi ride 'and the cost of the permit totaled to about *l-7 'before Ridge Could retrieve the trophy. Riley insists that Bill kept pushing off payment of -the debt-until one day a local jeweler called Ridge and offered to give him the same trophy for $3,50. It seems that Jeffrey turned in the trophy for a proper inscription, and it. bore th e title of the Penn State Alumni As sociation. Naturally Riley got the bill! " Ridge Anally cornered the IScotsman on 'the deal, and Jeffrey offered 'to have Riley 'ait each of. the scccer 'banquets (for the next ,14 years or so until the 'deibt could lb e repaid. 'However, Ridge thought it over 'and decided he couldn’t Wait that long 'anid (brought along Lou Bel'l&s a guest to the affair-—making the debt drop twice as fa^t." With a guest each year, Riley's still got 6 free meals coming; and if he wants to| sweat it out himself he can come around for ih 6 next 12 yfears! ■ . : • .The ibanguet, which dropped the curtain on a successful soccer season, 'als'o (brought 'tihe title of te'am captain for if 94.7 to Dean Kart m'an. Hartman succeeds Hamilton who made his toowing-ou't appear ance'as team'commander.' J ' ' ■■ • Incidentally, Hamilton's selection as topi performer made hi™ the outstanding choice for ihe .past two'seasons. He also copped' the award in 1945. ‘ . . Paul Bender, Timmy Petroff 'and Dean Hartman 'also made 'a fight, ing ibid-ifior fe'p honors:. Bender makes jtois ; todW from soocer cpmpeti tionj-tout ,P#roff lan'd Harttn'an wiW toe .'around next year to ’lba-ttle it out.again, ' ; :■ ■ •> ■Coach-Jeffrey is gradually completing his Middle Atlantic all-slai aggregation roster for the "dream" game in New York, December 1 14, Dean Hartman and Hamilton will represent the Lion with'~g good possibility that Gene Graebner and Pelroff will also make lhe trip. • They say the Scot’s are reluctant to .give things away, -but Jeffrey expressed his sincere thanks for the car heia'ter the soccer team pre sented him at the (banquet. Swimmers Hold Time Trials Penn State’s swimming picture was made clearer last week when Coach Denny. Diehl held the stop watch otn the Nittany natators as they underwent :time trials at the Glennland Pool. , Although '.the' war .veteran swimming candidates are round ing' slowly into shape, Coaeji piehi believes they will he sufficiently trained for the open ing .meet \vi|& ! Carnegie Tech at 'Pittsburgh, January 18. Diejh'l, now conducting nightly drills at the pool, expects to select his-scarfing team by Christmas. This" year marks the first season sin'c'p, l'£H43 that. Penn ‘State has THESPIANS PRESENT ...... By STEPHEN SINICHAK TAKEN TO'COLOMBIA $l7 GONE DEAL MADE entered into varsity swimming and diving competition. Twelve lettermen from pre-war squads will bolster the Lioos’ 1'947 hopes. Honorable Mention As more All-American teams are being chosen and published,' five Nittany Lion gridders re ceived honorable mention on the Associated Press' 1946 football team which was issued yesterday. They are guard’’Steve''’Suhey,- center Bronco Kosanovich, full back Joe Colone, and tailbacks Elwood Petchel and Bobby Wil liams. ... NO KICK COMING" so«r y,no miEiPWcmiE reservations taken for tickets Monday morning THE DAILY. COLLEGIAiN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA •n -r , TICKETS GO gjj ?#LE MOJIDIY, DECEMBER 9 STUDENT UNION December 11, 14 FflipAY NIGHT TICKETS SATUfIOAY NIGHT TICKETS Cagers To Meet Georgetown > Hoyas Exceptionally Strong Opponents fo Battle For Nineteenth Time In the nineteenth game of a series started in. T 92-4 and the sec ond game of the season for the Nittany Lion cagers, Coach John Lawther’s basketball varsity will face a potent Georgetown quintet in Washington Saturday night. In the last meeting of the t.wo teams in 1943, Penn State pulled off a major upset by dumping the Hoyas by the largest score ever registered in the series—o&-37, after being beaten by the Hoyas' earlier in the year 51-3 s. The same Washingtonians went on that year to capture the Eastern division title in the NCAA championships and lose a close one to a strong Wyoming aggre gation 46-34 for the national crown. Moreover, Coach Elmer Ripley has three starters from his 1943 quintet returning—i Danny Kraus, Andy Kostecka and Miggs Reilly. The trio will be joined by Ed Brembs and Ray Corley to com pose a lightning-fast Hoya five that has been rated as one of the standout teams of .the East. Kraus' (Played under Coach Ripley when the Hoya coach put in last season) as mentor of Notre Dame’s cagers, and according .to basketball ex pert Clair Be.e will be one of the top performers" of the coming season. 'Georgetown opened its season last night against Idaho as the Lawthermen faced Susquehanna .at Seilinsgrove. They previously savamped Cedarville 67-3(8 in a practice tilt.' Nittany Ski Squad In Invitational Meet Penn State’s ski team will par ticipate in an invitational meet at the Lake Placid Ski Cluib De cember 29 through January 1. Coached iby Sherman Fogg and assisted "by Max Peters, the .squad will then return to prepare for a schedule which will include meets on Jan. (Ill—Colgate, (away); Jan. I