THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1048 Lions Hand Mountaineers Second Defeat of Season By Elliot Kran« Rising to spectacular heights as they passed and shot circles around the powerful Wegt Vir ginia team, the Penn State basket ball team outclassed the Moun taineers 50-46 last night in Rec Hail before 3600 screaming fans. Scrappy Milt Simon, Jack Biery and Irv Bainiek hit the basket from all angles as they completely outshone the potential All-Ameri cans on the tall West Virginia squad. On the defense Terry Ruhl man and John Kulp. seeming to have springs in their legs.’snatch ed rebound after rebound from Coach Patton’s bewildered be hemoths. Carefully planning the attack minute by minute. Coach John Lawther sent in suilistitutes when he saiw a Dion courtman tiring and skillfully kept the opponents, the fifth best team in the coun try. from running amiock with their famous fast break. With ten minutes to go. and the Lions leading 40-31, Dave Wilson sank a foul which .Simon coun tered with another free throw. Then the Paittonmen started to ex change foul shots for field goals and crept up to within six points of the Nittany team. Terry Ruhi man sank a two-pointer at this point and gave State a fairly com fortable eight point margin. With three and a half minutes left in the game. Coach Lawther sent Biery. Batnick and Ruhlman. whom he had been saving for the crucial moment, back into the game and the dismay that showed on the visitors’ faces soon was re flected in their playing. FREEZE Penn State took possession of the -bali and against the tight man-toyman defense of the Moun taineers. froze the action. Simon led the passing-without-score at Dorm 33 Gains IM Victory Dorm 33 trounced Dorm 37. 20-12, in a clash of unbeaten case auintets to record its fourth straight triumph and take undis puted possession of first plaice in independent league “A”. Led by Wilheim and Denniston, the Dorm 33 boys jumped off to a 9-3 lead at halftime, and from there coasted to the triumph. Wil heim with 8 points and Denniston with 6 were high scorers for the victors. In independent league “B”. Dorm 28 held Dorm 38 scorsless for the first half and went on to crush their opponents 30-2. Only Cherri’s final period score saved the losers from a shutout as Dorm 28 racked up its fifth straight win. Dorm 30 stayed on the heels of Dorm 28 by roaring back in the second half to overcome o 4-5 s For The Punch That Winning food i s the key to good eating . . . and for food you can’t beat . . . you won’t go wrong when you choose THE ALLEJSICREST reft rpom tack with Batnick and Biery do ing some fancy dribbling to work the ball around the opponents. A peep shot by Simon wan blocked with one minute and 40 seconds to go. and Fred Schaus. 6-4 forward, took the ball. In a desperate ef fort. the small Simon lunged al the ball. Schaus to avoid him stepped out of bounds, and the Blue and White again took con trol of the game. During this play Schaus turned his ankle and had to leave the game. FINAL SCORING Leading by a score of 48-44. the locals garnered their last basket when Will Parkhill dropped in a set shot. Bob Carroll couni ered with his own markers to bring the final count to 50-46 with the once-defeated We9t Virginia on the short end. Scoring honors for the most outstanding upset in national bas ketball this season were divided between Jack Biery with 13. and Milt Simon and Irv Batnick with 12. For the visitors. Ed Beach and Bob Carroll with 11 markers and Leland Byrd. 6-3 center with nine markers, led the attack. BOX SCORE Penn State FG F—FT Pis. Biery 6 I—2 13 Simon 5 2 3 12 Batnick 4 4 6 12 Ruhlman 2 1— 4 5 Kulp 1 d— 1 2 Parkhill 3 o—3 fi Nordblom 0 0— 0 0 Totals 21 B—l 9 50 West Virginia FG F—FT Pis. Beach 5 1 — 1 11 Schaus 1 2—4 4 Green 0 0— 1 0 Duff 2 2—3 6 Byrd 4 I—2 9 Carroll 4 3 5 11 Wilson 0 1— 1 1 Sidaras 1 2 2 4 Totals 17 12—19 46 deficit, and defeat Dorm 36. 16-8. The win placed Dorm 30 in sec ond Diace in league “B” with a reco.rd of 4 victories and 1 defeat. Other ccores were: Dorm 25. 13 —Dorm 40. 8; Dorm 35. 15—Dorm 24. 13: Dorm 39. 12—Dorm 29. 2: Dorm 27. 18—Dorm 41. 10; Mur eas. 20—Dorm 6. 3; Comets, 29 Dorm 5. 13. Tonight's schedule: B:4s—Phi Sigma Kappa-Alpha Gamma Rho. court 1; Kappa Sig ma-Sigma Nu, court 2; Tau Phi Delta-Phi Sigma Delta, dourt 3. 9:J?s—Beta Sigma Rho-Triangle, court 1; Acacia-Alpha Zela, court 2; Phi Kappa Psi -Theta Xi, court 3. 10:05—Alpha Chi Sigma-Theta Chi, court 1: Pi Lambda Phi-Beta Theta Pi. court 2; Sigma Phi Ep silon-Della Upsilon, court 3. ■> M COUNTS AT I THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Sigma Nu fraternity is cur rently leading the race for intra mural sports honors with a *x>tdl of 310 points, according to the initial point report released by the intramural sports department of the College. 1 Phi Della Theta with 290 points and Phi Epsilon Pi with 220. rank second and , third respectively. Each of the leaders has captured one IM crown thi« season. Sigma Nu took top boxing honors. Phi Delta Theta annexed the swim ming trophy, and Phi Epsilon Pi ended on top in touch football competition. All three fraternities now boast of outstanding basketball quin tets. The list ranked the 4)5 fra ternities on the basis of total points scored. Points are awarded for team entrance in each IM sport, for number of victories scored, and for any champion ships won. The current point totals do not include tennis /singles results. John Ole-wine of Delta Upsilon, and Ralph Peter c of Lambda Chi Alpha will play for the singles championship in the spring. Grapplers Prep For West Point Coach Charlie Speidel’s Nittany Lion matmen are busy this week preparing for their engagement with the United States Military Academy at West Point on Satur day. Double eliminations are taking place thic week on the Rec I-Tall mats, for the .iayvee wrestlers will be making their first appear ance at the same time that the varsity is meeting Army. The Lion Cubs oppose the Bucknell varsity squad at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rec Hall. Bucknell came from behind to tie Lafayette. 18-18, last week. The Army graPPlers trounced the Coast Guard Academy, 21-8, last Saturday, with Captain Stan Thevenet. Eastern Intercollegiate champion in 1947. spearheading the Cade'.s’ victory. Sigma Nu Leads 44 Fraternities In IM Cup Race HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED YET? HETZEL “The Man SPONSORED BY ALL-COLLEGE CABINET FOR A MEMORIAL LIBRARY. SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO HETZEL MEMORIAL FUND, c/o STUDENT UNION OR PUT IN ANY ONE OF THE BOXES CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN TOWN OR ON CAMPUS. STUDENT - FACULTY GOAL—S2SOO.OO Boxers Speed Up Sessions; Coach Houck Optimistic Speeding up sparring sessions to three two - minute rounds. Coach Leo Houck’s charges are quickly shaping into what loan's to be one of the Blue and White’s most successful boxing uruts in recent years. Although the veteran Lion men tor rarely expresses himself on the future outlook of his team, he states: “This should be a good sea son. This is an Olympic year and that should give the boys an added incentive.” Captain Jack Tighe. his noise still on the mend, remains a doubtful starter in the 155 weight class when Houck unveils this year’s boxing edition of the “Fighting Lions" against Bucknell at Rec Hall this Saturday at 7 o’clock. Filling Glenn Hawthorne’s mitts in the 130 pound class will be John Benglian. an EISA champ in 1946 who swings from the port side. Houck in undecided who wijl get the starting nod in the other weight classes. In the lightweight division the battle of the midgets is raging with Fred Smith and John Turcaso being the standouts. “Gentleman Jim” Cassidy has practically assured himself a starting berth in the 135 pound class. Competition is exceptionally HEARTS Filled with CHERRY CORDIALS Dark, Milk and White Chocolates —Today’s Special— ALMOND SCOTCH 35c and 65c Bags —Deliveries—Mail — MEMORIAL FUND RALH D. HETZEL That Made Penn State” keen in the 145 pound division with Walter Wheelock and Jack Sheehe being the top contendere. Hal Howard is the strongest con tender for Tighe’s starting berth in case the veteran Lion boxer is unable to step into the ring Sat urday. Veterans John Slusser and “Buzz” Fahringer are the main competitors in the 1'65 bracket while the two top contenders in the 175 pound division are Nick Ranieri and Pat Conlon. Both of these boxers graduate in Fetoru ary. Sam Tamburo. star end on the Lion’s '47 grid machine, may also get the starting nod in thia weight class. Another footballer. Chuck Dra zenovich. a 210 pounder, and Nick Restaine. a newcomer to the State boxing ring, are struggling for starting berths in the unlim ited weight division along with veteran Jerry “Humphrey” Sitkin. Second round IM bowling league matches, scheduled for Thursday nights, will begin ' the second week of next semester. Any team unable to compete should notify Frank Sitoner. chairman, before Friday. January 16. by calling 4255 or contacting him personally at Penn Haven. 315 S. Allen street. brandy cane// —— STATt TMLAIfU UI.DG. —— ST AT rOILfCT ■ Y 3§||i| PAGE THREE
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