JANUArEIY 22, 1947 Between the Lions .Last Saturday saw a strang e thing happen in Rec Hall. A de cision awarding a fight to a Penn State boxer was protested by an audience cornposed of Penn State students. k was becauSe the fan s did not understand. the scoring methods tised in colleg e boxing. that this happened. After. the buds wer e over, Referee Bill GadSby e xplained that the Penn State boxer (Jack Tighe) had received two points for his third round knockdown which gave , him the bound and the .[light. Gadsby also stated that Tighe had landed more clean blows through_ out the fight than his opponent. The round scores in the Tighe fight were 10.40, 1 . 0-9 (W. 1VIld.), and lt)-6 In dual meets in collegiate boxing, the referee is the sole judge in the matter of awarding points to the boxers. Always, this referee is a veteran of the ring. As in offidiating any athletic events, the ref eree will not call every dedision the way the crowd wants it. However, h e is the closest to the two boxers and the most cuialified to make a decision. The referee awards points to eadh boxer for eadh round. Seldom will he give one conlesaant less than four points but instead will stop the Light if it is that one-sided. Ten'points are awlarded tolhe winner of a round, or to each op_ iponent in cas e a round is even. A proportibnate number of points Phi less • than ten is awarded th e con testant Psi,Sigma Nu wiho loses the round. Points are awarded for clean and dffectiv w e blows; for aggressive Gain IM Playoffs action, for .well delivered partial. hits, for blocking and parrying, nnd for making an opponent miss fdllowed by a counter-attack. At the end of the third round, the round scores are totaled and the boxer with the highest number of poinits is declared the winner. In dual meets a draw inlay be awarded KNOCKDOWN 2 POINTS Each knockdown is weighted• as two paints and is added to the score of th e round in which it happens. This must not result in the winner of the round receiving miCire than ten paints fo r the round. Points may be deducted from •a boxer's score for fouls domimitte•d. • Colleg e , boxing has for Its pur pose the development of better boxers rathe r than headier .slug geirs. Thos e who are accustomed to. professional fights .must re member that -t is not always the loxer wfho throws the most blows that Nvii,ns the decision, The Band of The ; ; ;as? - 7 .," ( TONY PASTOR ERTIO AY . NITS RECREATION LL 9 P. M. - I A. M. By BEN FRENCH REFEREE SOLE JUDGE POINTS AWARDED Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Nu topped their opposition_ Monday night to gain their respective League Nos. 3 and 1 6 crowns and the right to represent these loops in the final playoff, for the in tramural championships which be_ gan last evening. In chopping down Phi Kappa Sigma 27-19, Phi Psi was greatly aided' by Joe Bastain' s sterling court work. Accounting far sev en 'of his team's points, !Bastain excelled bath offensively and in back court play. Nip and tuck was the encounter between Sighla Nu and Beta Theta Pi, with Sigma Nu emerging a 1443 victor. The Betas swished into the lead with an early bas ket, 'but Sigma Nu evened the score, forged quickly ahead', and maintained a lead throughout the tussle. Wit just a minute and a halt to plait', Sigma Nu led 'l'94, hut Beta Theta Pi .quickly closed, this (Continued on page four) AND cos ~ORCHIESTRA . OF ', ....-•''..,-.. i A .-SEMRORMAL DAtiff Tickets 9 n , Saes at AA Wiimitw i n . OW v A.' y; ; ' .'.% P An p , n O Pr', • " TILE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STA\E COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Two Opponents Unbeaten As Cagers Win 4th In Row Approaching the mid-point of the basketball season, Coach Law ther's cagers have recovered from a four-game losing streak to com pile four straight wins for six wins out of ten starts against top notch opposition. Two of the teams on the Lion card , are still undefeated, a , trick that less than ten of the nation's big schools have mastered thus tar. Top team on the list is the powerful crew of Mountaineers from West Virginia who have -run their victory string to seven. The Mountaineers haven't met the top opposition in every con test, but they are currently rated among the nation's top ten chiefly on the basis of two very convinc ing wins over Maryland 8,1 , -,13 early in the season and Canisius recently 63-43. W&J too remains-undefeated in eight games. The Presidents have been facing smaller schools, but good ones. Outside Of their de feat df State, however, a 58-38 win over Carnegie Tech is the Presidents' top achievement. Leading the parade of beaten teams the Lions have already met. is Muhleniburg. The Mules boasted, an 8 ao,d .3 record going into their $4.00 Per Couple Swim Captain Clyde Bell, breaststroke ace from the 1942 squad, was elected captain of Penn State's first civilian swimming team since '1943 shortly before the opening meet with Carnegie Tech Saturday. Bell, married Air Force vet eran from Huntingdon, holds the 200.-yard breaststroke title of Egypt which he won while a member of the championship Air Force swimming team in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. He also swam in exhibition meets in England. RATE HIGH MULES WIN 8 Lion Track Stars To Compete At Philadelphia, West Point Penn State will be well repre sented in this weekend's track events with no fewer . than 15 Wernermen competing in three meets th e Inquirer Invitation Track and Field Meet on Friday night and the West Point Relays on Saturday night in Philadelphia, and the Knights of .Colornbus meet on Saturday in Boston. In the Inquirer affair, Coach Chick Werner has chosen Gerry Karver and Don Longenecker for the one and two mile distances, respectively, while Charles Will- game with Temple, last night. Last week the Mublenlburg 'boys stopped Lafayette's two - season streak at 16 with a 47-40 triumph. Other notable conquests were the 57-'5O beating given Penn, , and a 59-44 trouncing of hot and cold LaSalle. Georgetown University comes up to the mid-mark with a 7 and 4 record. The Hoyas were stopped twice last week, losing to St. Louis and George Washington. But on the • credit side of the ledger are wins over Idaho, Ne vada, Boston College, Richmond, and Villanovs. IN THE FUTURE Looking ahead, the Lawthermen still have two very formidable opponents to meet. They are Navy and .Colgate. The Middies have won 6 and lost 1 after a late start. The loss WeS 'to George Washing ton 43-38. But the Navy got going kst week and moved to -three vic tories in four days, scoring over 'Gettysburg '7 , 1-39, Columbia 60-50, and Princeton, currently on top in the Eastern League. 46-45. . Colgate has won 5 of 7 -games so far. The Red Raiders lost a 41=38 decision to Cornell early in the season, and Saturday ran into Army to • lose again, 48-41. T ! H E juNI - The liggest Weekend, of the. Year ' .. February 21-22, 1947 SATURDAY Wrestling—Army .. . . 2:00 P. M. Swimming—Pitt 2:00 P. M. Fencing—Cornell .. . . 2:00 P. M. Boxing—Wisconsin . . . B.sketballW. Va. R usE DANas ing, Milt Stemler, and Emory Brown have gotten the nod for th e pole vault. competition. Den nie Hoggard, of the football squad, has been entered in the broad jump. In the 50 and 300 yard dashes, Convention Hall spectators will see Penn State graduate Barney Ewell who, judging by practice performances this week, may set a new world mark over the longer course in Friday's running. On the following night, Bill Dudek and Dick McCown will be wearing the Blue and White in the 50 yard dash at the West Point Relays, as Charlie Krug and Bill Moyer compete in the shot put event. Representing Penn State in the 3600 yard relay will be Bill Shuman, Jim Stevenson, Mitch Williams, and Gerry Kar ver, who will be running his sec ond race for the weekend. While the rest of the team is competing in the Quaker City, Curt Stone, Penn State's IC4-A cross-country champion, will jour ney to Boston to run in the Knights of Columbus mile being held there on Saturday night. This weekend's events wi 11 mark the opening of the indoor season for the Nittany track squad. Lacrosse Team Meets • For all men interested in going out for the varsity lacrosse team there will. ibe• a meeting at 212 Rec Hall at 3:30, Monday after noon, FebruGry 10, .apcording to team Captain George Locotos. Former lettermen and members of last year's squad should be present at the meeting. Positions are open for assistant managers •in lacrosse. All men interested should sign up at the AA office in Old Main and report to head manager Jerry Trumper at the lacrosse room on the afternoon of the tenth. • PROM 7:00 P. M. .. . 8:30 P. M. PAGE TEE= WEST POINT RELAYS
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