FRIEAYf FEBRUARY "zl, 1917 Penn Stote. : :,einderdog as . Lions Play West Virginia The pressure will be on the once-beaten West Virginia basket ball team when it invades Rec Hall tomorrow night to repay the Lion visit:to Morgantown in December. West: Virginia—currently rated one of the top teams in the nation—will be out after its 16th win in 17 starts, having added un lucky Temple to its string of 14 victories in a row only last week. Wednesday night the Mountaineers rang up their 27th consecutive win on the home floor by running wild in the second half to snow under Temple 80-60. • But. the .closest call Coach Lee Patton's boys have had all season outside of the Navy game was the first tilt with the Nittany Lions..lt was only in the dying minutes that West Virginia could pull the game out of the fire by virtue of two left-handed pivot shots from the corner by Captain. Leland Byrd. The score was 40- 37. Gymnasts Seek Fourth Victory Journey To Syracuse To 'Med 'Green' Squad Comb Gene Wettstone's gym nasts will ler.ve for Syracuse at noon today in search of their fourth' ,straight victory. • The Orange, in its first year of gymnastic comtpet'ition, is not a tough, opponent for the Lion squad which so far has swept aside MinneSota, Navy and Army. Coached by Paul Mimeo, the Syracuse acrobats are vibtorless to date although the team is coin posed of 90 per cent PIAIA champs. Charles Warrington and Gerald Eddy Will replace Stephen Greene in the side horse and rope events. Gi eene will stay behind to con centrate on studies, TITLIST BACK Warrington was eastern inter collegiate side horse titlist in 1942. This is his first appearance with the Blue and White this year. Captain Ray Sorensen will again compete ,in three events. Besides the horizontal bar com petition; in which he is unde feated to date, Sorensen will per form on the parallel bars and rings. Billy . Bonsall, is slated for ring competition, . and the tumbling and high ,bar matches. Bonsall has taken first place on the rings in Penn State's three meets so Joe Ttoisi,, who tied the , world's rope, elimlbing record against Army last urday, will team up •with sehaTter and- Eddy . agairist the Orfarigemen. Meade, Pet roff and Bon- s a 11, who fin ished 1-2-3 last Wirtschalter week, will again form the tum bling trio. Emery and Billy Meade ma. aid Sorensen in the parallel bar match. _ , The ;meet be held tomor rdw night in . :C emtr al High s chop l's gymnasium-auditorium . since SyTacuse's gym bill. ne d douin Over a month ago. The ;Lions will return to Rec Hall next • . Saturday to play host to a ipoivetiful.- Temple squad, in a ;contest ;:that will decide the ea s intercollegiate league oblarnpionship. • • • {,LIONS-OWLS WIN ;Penn Spite : -and Temple . both have defeated the Cadets and Navy this'lrear'; rand the Temple . scinad is favored to repeat its Win over the West Pointers in a 're 'turn matell — tOmOrrow in New York. On ;March .T the . Wettstonemen journey tto Amiapolis to partici pate in the intercollegiate cham pionship play!;offs.••:•• Originally , ' scheduled for West Point, th e title matches have been 'shifted ,to the 1111iddie .carnpup, as the Army Cadets have already played 'heat toMidshipmen this season. • • . This Space Burchased by • Woodrings . _ . . A 4 1 4PMFi de • tr s '; 9144'31 ' ••• 7K . 44C'f,-71 THE DAILY COMEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA It will take more than , in spiration, how 724`.evor, to beat the rangy Mountain- Pers. While Penn State will be handicapped by • , the loss of Cap : :•„..,0 taro Dave Horn . stein at the pivot spot and by lack , of depth in re -1 serves, West Vit.- ' ginia will pre sent a team that Rusinko • has improved steadily with ex perience and boasts a wealth of reserve talent. One of the highest scoring teams in. the country, the West Virgin ians have tallied a total of 1117. points this season—or an average per game of 76. Of this total, Fred Schaus, stand-out freshman pro tege of Coach Patton has account ed for 259. Schaus rang up 26 points to' lead the scoring Wed nesday against Tem'.sle. Byrd, nemesis of the Lions in the first game between the two clubs, placed second in the scoring against the Owls with 16 • Close scores seem to be a spe cialty in. the Penn State-West Virginia court rivalry. In addi- tion to the 40-37 victory at Mor gantown this s'eason, the Mountaineers the Nittany Lions last season both of them by close margins. The first con- Lawther test went to the boys from Morgantown 42-41, the second 48-45. The last victory for the Lawthermen was in 1945 when Penn State came out on top 53- 27. Tomorrow's battle will mark the 30th game in a series started in 1906. Penn State's cagers hold a 16-13 advantage over the Moun taineer teams over that span. Coach. John Lawther—charac teristically declining any predic tion as to the outcome of the game—will count on his usual starting five to forestall any temptation toward faSt-break ball. Bruce Dietterick, will occupy the Hornstein vacancy _at the center post. 'Jack Biery, high scorer for the Lawthermen, and diminutive Milt Simon will start at forwards. Johnny.Rusinko.and Jim Lawther, balance wheel in the Lion court machine, will start at guards. Talk Of The Town Crossroads Restaurant - 9-2721 .'i • A i , 1,1 Weekend. Sports Here's a round-up of the weekend's activities on the home sports front: SATURDAY WRESTLING Penn State vs Army .... 2 p.m SWIMMING Penn State vs Pitt Penn State vs Cornell .. 2 p.nl Penn State vs Wisconsin 7 p.m BASKETBALL • Penn State vs W. •Viminia 8:30 p.m SUNDAY SKIING Max Derwin. Trophy Meet 1:a0 p.m Weatherman Frowns On Hockeymen Again The, Nittany Lion six is sched uled to meet the Red Raiders o•f Colgate in the rink under • the East stands Saturday. It •is very doubtful that there will be a game though, said Coach O'Hora. The fall of snow yesterday makes it unlikely that the rink will be prepared. If it is possible to play, the probable starting line-up will be Fast at goalie, Bernbaum and Kaufmann at the worward spots and Egan at center. Black and Goodwin will make up the de fense line. Dercum Ski Meet Sunday As Snow Covers Trail The Max Dercum Trophy Ski Meet, which had been postponed from January 18, will be held at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, Bob Dun lap said in commenting today on the latest snow fall. Dunlisp said there will be a meeting of the Hank Thurston Ski School at the ski lodge all day Sunday. Snow conditions will be re corded on a bulletin board in the window of the Athletic Store. Food and .music will be provided Sunday afternoon. There will be dancing and movies in the eve ning. THOSE DELICIOUS T-BONE, & SIRLOIN STEAKS SERVED AT ,Boalsburg., 44...• .1 .1 1 t` In Garden Meet CURT STONE FENCING BOXING Four Nittuny Runners Compete In New York National A.A.U. Running against the nation's top track stars, four Penn Statero will be competing in the National A.A.U. Track Championships be ing held in New York City's Madison Square Garden Saturday night. For what will probably be the toughest.competition they'll meet this year, Chick Werner has chosen top distance-men Curt Stone for the 3-mile run, Gerry Karver for the mile, and Bill Shuman and. Mitch Williams for the 1000-yard event. Among Stone's competitors in the 3-mile trek will be Rhode Island's Black, Illinois' Twomey, and distance ace Forest Efaw, winner of five out of the six in door events he entered this sea son Gerry Karver will find among his running companions in the classic mile-distance, board-artists Rafferty, Quinn. Mack. Drake, Brelsford, and Boston's famous "Flying Parson," Gil Dodds. Dodds, a bona-fide Minister, turned in his spikes several years ago in favor of the pulpit, after establishing himself as one of the top distance runners in competi tion. After much urging by coaches and friends, the bespectacled Par son, decided to return to the board circuit this season and di vide his time between his two loves—preaching and' running. His entry in Saturday's run in- 2 p.m FREE lus SERVICE To SKYTI:": Leave from Corner Room - 8:30 - 9:30 at Corner Leave from Skytoo— , 11 :30 - 12:30 at Skytwo • • ,0 4. IZ4 E • 1- re *. 41 , '1!;. • sKyTop lu m 7stNe-entnine Perhaps you saw this girl in VOGUE ntagazine • Many women asked "Can that Le true ... Can I have hair like that?" The fact is that this sensational =am shampoo leaves hair obedient, pliable, gleaming anti so fresh and clean. And a jar lasts a long, long KAY VAUMIT'S time. Only $lO 0 UMW sures a fast race. During his tem porary, premature retirement, the mile was being won in times like 4:16, 4:15, 4:l7—Dodd's hasn't run a race slower than 4:10 this year and several weeks ago rail Boston's fastest indoor mile; al•- though he complained that tong layoff had greatly affected his timing. Shuman and. Williams won't have it much easier in the 1000- yard event, as Fordham's Nowicki, N.Y.U.'s CaDander, and Leslie Mac Mitchell, winner of the In quirer Mile last month, are listed among those on the starting roster. Jacki e Tighe, 165-pound .boxes and George Sch.autz, 121-poun wrestler, both 61: Scranton, an athletic heroes at Penn State, ar room mates and fraternit brothers. SHE USED ply a bnish comb PAGE FIVE ElEfiEl
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