TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1948 Owls Overcome Lions 5 5 -44 As Bobb Scores 23 Points Although the Penn State cagers z~ ———— battled up to the last whistle, R? ni * st ? ,le destiny ran its course and as pre- Bierly, f dieted, the Temple Owl overpow- ‘^ lrn . 0 , n ;,/ sred the Lawthermen 55-44 Satur. Parkhill, c day night on the Convention Hall Batmck court. Costa With Nelson Bobto, the man the Nordbloom, g Penn State team had to stop, hit- Ruhlman ting the basket with impressive Rulp, g accuracy for 23 points, Temple McKown overcame a small Nittany lead at Totals the beginning of the second half Temple to win the first game of the home- Lerner, f 3 2 2 8 and-home series. « ob \ f Z 2 — 2 'l . Trying to out Cast-break the Haugh 2 0— 0 4 speedy Temple quintet, Coach Borsauage, c 3 2 2 8 Lawfher had to sacrifice some of fox, g 1 5 9 7 the unity of his sliding-zone de- McLaughlin, g 0 0— 0 0 tense. Time after time Bobb slip- Totals 18 19—26 56 ped through the Nittany defense Halftime score: Penn State 24, to drop iield gloals through the Temple 24. hoop. In the closing minutes, the fouls against the Lions piled up and be fore the end of the battle, both Sparkplug Milt Simon and de pendable guard John Kulp were ejected from the fray Gymnasts Top Cadets, 55-41 Sweeping firsts and seconds in four events with the precision of a metronome, Penn State’s top notch gym team advanced a step nearer the 1948 Eastern diadem by conquering Army, 55-41, Saturday at West Point. It was the Cadets’ initial loss this season after five victories and kept the Lion .win skein intact at three streight. Joe Linn, Bill Meade, Ray Sor ensen and Steve Greene garnered first places in the rope climb, tumbling, parallel bars and side horse, respectively. Nittanjr runners-up were Mike Kurowski, horizontal bar; Nor wood Lawfer, rope climb; Bill Bonsall, tumbling and flying rings; Sorensen, side horse, and- Greene, parallel bars. Splashers Lose 53-22 Decision lo Panthers Meeting a star - studded Pitt swimming team, the Lion splash ers lost their third meet in four starts, by a 53-22 margin. Only two Lion representatives were able to garner first place berths. Don Peck won top honors in the 220-yard freestyle,' while Cal Folmsbee copped the fancy diving event. Bill Schildmacher placed second in the 100-yard freestyle and third in the 50-yard freestyle. Fencers Drop Fourth Nittany Lion fencers received their fourth consecutive defeat when they dropped a 22-5 match to the Philadelphia Fencers Club Saturday in Rec Hall. Rolf Wald was the high scorer for the Lions, taking two out of his three epee bouts. Dave Ozarow accounted for the single foil tally, as did Paul Younkin with sabre. The fifth point was made in epee by Arthur Ward. [wanted DESK J | SALESMAN ) ) Looking for one live- / \ wire student to sell our I ) student desks to room- / ( ing houses, fraternities. ) ( individuals in State Col- / j lege. j j List your qualifications j ; in a letter and enclose a / ) letter of reference from > ( a faculty member. Send 1 FREEDMAN i i Ailcraft Engineering \ Corp. J j CHARLEVOIX, MICH. { THE ..DAILY COLLEQIAN, STATE COLLEGE, Maurey Loses First; Lion Grdpplers Bow Navy’s Captain Johnny Fletch er pinned Penn State’s previously undefeated Jim Maurey in 1:06 of the first period to spark the Middy mat team to its 44th straight dual meet win on Sat urday at Annapolis. The- score of the match was 28-6. Fletcher’s fall was the quickest of the afternoon, but another Lion, A 1 Vigilante, suffered his first loss by the fall route also. Vigilante was thrown by Bill Chandler, Navy 128-pounder, in 6:41. State’s winners were 121- pounder Georgie Schautz and Earl Long, wrestling in the 175-pound class. Both Lions won by ident ical 2-0 scores. The summaries: 12i pounds G. Schautz (PS) decisioned Stokes, 2-0. 128 pounds—Chadler (N) pin ned Vigilante in 6:41. 136 pounds—Smith (N) pinned Arbuckle in 2:18. 145 pounds Captain Fletcher (N) pinned Maurey in 1:06. 155 pounds—Downes (N) pin ned Dixon in 6:56. 165 pound's—Wisherd (N) pin ned Corman in 1:53. 175 pounls—Long (PS) decis ioned Settle, 2-0. Unlimited—Smith (N) decis ioned Chambers. 6-0. Court Coach John Lawther thinks larger basketball courts wopld eliminate excessive whis tle-blowing. “Ten men,” the Lion coach points out, “must now ma neuver at high speed in a half court area 50x45 feet.” Curt Slone, former Penn Stale trackman, successfully defended his National AAU three mile title Saturday night at Madison Square Garden as he completely outclassed his opposition to finish the run in 14:23.6, 80 yards ahead of his nearest opponent. F—FT Pis. 4—4 14 o—l 4 1— 1 9 o—o 0 o—o 0 I—2 7 1— 3 2 6 1— 1 1 10—13 44 Last Minute Shift Gives Runners Win By shifting two' runners from one event to another at a crucial point in the meet, Coach Chick Werner pulled the College track team through to a 58i to 52J point win over a powerful Notre Dame squad Saturday afternoon before 2500 fans at South Bend, Indiana. With the score tied at 404-401, Coach Werner did some fast cal culating and decided to sacrifice the strength of the mile relay team to assure the team of a first and second place in the 880-yard run. Bill Shuman, Jerry Karver and Paul Koch finished the half mile in 1-2-3 order to give the team its margin of victory. Jim Gehrdes accounted for 15 of the Nittany points when he captured the 60-yard low hurdles in,7.1 seconds, the 60-yard high hurdles in 7.4 and the 60-yard dash in 6.4 seconds. Another ten points were added to the Lions’ score when Horace Ashenfelter ran the fastest mile of his career, 4:17.7, to cop that event and then came up from last place to capture the two-mile run in 9:31.5. The only sour note of the meet was the injury of Wilbert Lancas ter. utility sprinter and jumper of the team. Wil hurt his heel in the broad jump and was ineffective in the running events. Heavy Entries Greet IM Winter Program A record number of entries have been submitted for intra mural volleyball competition, Eu. gene C. Bischoif, director of IM sports, reported yesterday. Seventy fraternities and ten in dependent organizations have sub mitted teams for the volleyball tourney which gets underway March 8. Ninety-three fraternity men and nine independents have registered foT the handball events. Volleyball teams have been separated into 14 fraternity and two independent leagues of five teams each. A round robin tour nament will be played to deter mine champions in each of the respective lea "ues. Curt Repeats ..VANIA Badgers Bell Boxers in Madison Bowls Benglian did it again! Johnny, TKO’d Howard, 56 see. of the tee after 48 seconds of the second on f 75 ro ” n u d nds _ Vernon (W) Om rund, tagged his Badger oppo- cisioncd p. Smith, 29-26. nent with a tremendous right Unlimited Drazenovkh hook; the resulting knockout, his decisioned Parisi, 29-27 second of the season, brought him his fourth victory as the Lion boxers dropped a 5V4-2V£ meet to the mighty Wisconsin sluggers. In a hot slugfest, the much im proved Chuck Drazenovich trad ed Wisconsin’s Parisi blow for blow, with the heavier Drazeno vich gaining an edge in the final minutes when his hard punches hit their mark effectively, LOSER BY TKO Curt Crook’s contest was stop ped early in the second period when Crook’s glove connected with his opponent’s eye, cutting a slight gash in it. Since Apperson was ahead in points, after the first round, the decision was his, according to NCAA boxing rules. The summaries: 125 pounds—Gremban (W) de cisionel F. Smith, 29-27. 130 pounds Benglian (PS) TKO’d Kotrodirnos, 48 sec. of the second round. 135 pounds—Apperson (W) de •cisioned Crooks, 10-8 (b:«it stop ped in second round). 145 pounds Dickinson (W) decisioned Sheehe, 30-27. 155 pounds Tighe (PS) drew with Dwaine Dickinson. 165 pounds Lendenski (W> FROTH IS NOW ON SALE PAG* ROMS SOPHOMORE MEM Interested la BASEBALL MANAGERSHIP! Sign Up In 107 Old Mala AT PENN STATC FRANK ROSE smokes CHESTERFIELDS Frank says: “Besides being always milder, better tasting, and cooler smoking they are just a plain swell smoke.” A nation-wide survey shows Chesteriields are TOPS with College Students irosn coast io-coast.
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