MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1948
Nittany Lion Rules the East as . . .
Gymnasts Subdue Owls for Title
Blue and White gymnasts topp
led Temple, 52 1 / 2 -43 1 / 2 , Saturday
and, with the royal air of a cham
pion, the Nittany Lion readjusted
squarely . his Eastern gymnastics
crown, previously cocked at an
uncertain angle.
It was the third straight time
that Coach Gene Wettstone's
gymnastic squads have copped
the Eastern Intercollegiate title
and the fifth year the toga has
come to Nittany Valley since
Wettstone took command in 1938.
Commenting on his team's suc
cess, Wettstone said, "The entire
team performed creditably. I was
surprised that they worked ex
ceptionally well under terrific
pressure in a foreign gym."
Drazenovich Triumph Earns Boxers
4-4 Deadlock With Virginia Crew
Moral victories don't Day off.
but a good showing against a de
cidedly stronger team never 'hurts
the morale of a group of hard
forking boys. That is how Coach
Leo Houck's boxers feel after
holding Virginia's Cavaliers to a
4-4 tie at Rec Hall Saturday night.
to complete the Lions' most suc
cessful fistic season since the
Lilly Richard's captained a.c.g.e-
Ration turned in an identical three
won. three lost and one tie record
:n 1943.
Again it was up to the rugge I
Drazenovich to "pull the chestnuts
Football Call
Swing football practice will
begin Monday, according to
Coach Bob Higgins. Candidates,
experienced or otherwise, are
asked to take physical exa.ns
this week at the dispensa:.y and
then report to the water tower
for equipment.
Sophomores interested in try
ing out for football manager
should turn in name, address
Phone number to 101 Old
Main this week.
Cornell Tops
Mermen
Sweeping firsts in every event
but one, a highly-favored Cornell
swimming team defeated Penn
State 52-23 in the Lion's final
dual meet of the season at Ithaca,
N. Y. Saturday.
MicCriory scared State's lone
win when he splashed across the
finish line first in the 100 yard
freestyle. Schlindmacher finished
second in that event for the Blue
and White. Schildmacher placed
second in the 50-yard freestyle
event.
Cal Folmsbee, diving star of
Coach Gutteron's aggregation,
was defeated by .78 of a point
in quest of his fifth consecutive
triumph.
Weakness in the backstroke
and breaststroge competition,
which has plagued the team all
season, was once more prominent.
A surprisingly good perform
ance by Dave Hughes of Penn
State in the 440 yard freestyle,
enabled him to take a second
place in that race.
Cornell has lost only one deci
sion this season, a one point de
feat administered by Navy, and is
rated one of the top tank teams
in the East.
IM Volleyball Slate
Tonight's schedule for the In
tramural Volleyball League:
7:00 Anonymous ti—Dorm 9 '1).
Dcrm 25-A Penn H a veil 2).
Steelers Dorm 25-B (3). 1:00
Dorm 35—Dorm 14 (1 ) Aloha P:ti
Delta—Pi Kauua Alohu (2) Sigma
Phi Epsilon -- Phi Kappa Tau-L
(3/. 9:00 Aloha Chi Sigma •A—
Phi Sigma Delta-A (1). Delta Tau
ilelta--K a op a Sigma (2). Phi
Ca truna Delta-A —Sigma Chi-A
3).
By defeating Temple, the Lions
inflicted the initial loss of the
season upon the Owls and sewed
up the Eastern team champion
ship which was in doubt prior to
Saturday's meet in Philadelphia.
Steve Greene, annexed 12 1 /2
points to lead State's individual
scorers. He gained first place on
the side horse, second on the par
allel bars and finished in a tie for
third in the rope climb with a
time of 4.6 seconds.
In a surprising exhibition, Lion
Bill Bonsall bested three highly
touted Temple stars who were
acclaimed his superior on the fly
ing rings. He also racked up
points in the horizontal bar and
tumbling event to amass a total of
11. Dick Klotz, number two Nit-
out of the fire." The Lions trailed
by one point when the }own',
shouldered heavyweight stepped
into the ring. but Chuck went to
work on his opponent quickly and
cagily annexed his fourth straight
victory.
A trialhorse, Bob Keller. upset
the odds when he won a cleurcut
decision over the veteran Bolling
Izard in the hotly contested 165-
Pound contest. Making his Rec
Hall debut, the game Keller
gained the crowd's fancy LAr his
clean fighting and hard punching.
Continuing his unbeaten paths.
Lion 130-pounder John Bengitan
annexed his sixth victory of the
season when he garnered a close
28-27 decision over the hitherto
unbeaten Virginia boxing sensa
tion. Grover Masterson. It was a
battle royal. but the more experi
enced Benglian Droved master of
,he situation.
Diminutive Freddie S mit h
suffered an elbow separation
when he blocked a blow in the
first round of his 125-pound
scrap with Al Hollingsworgh.
Coach Houck was undoci led
yesterday whether Smith would
be able to compete in this
week's EIBA tourney.
After three successive setbacks.
Jack Sheehe. Lion 145-po.mder.
hit the winning ways again. Vic
torious by a wide-margin decision
over Virginia's Charles H01r..-xml).
Sheehe started out slowly, but '.:is
attack picked up momentum ..rs
the scrap went into the closing
econds.
Both teams were without the
services of their veteran captains.
CavaliA ringleader. Jimmy Mirag-
Itatto. two time Eastern 135-
pound champ. was absent from
the ring because of an ear injury.
while Coach Leo Houck's or_negt..
.Tackia Tighe. was recuperatimg
from a head injury.
The .sunna - n ari es:
125 pounds— Hollingsy, , ort
'.') deeisioned F. Smith. 30-24.
130 pounds—Benglian (PS) de
;•isioned Masterson, 27-26.
135 pounds—B. Miragliatto tV,
decisioneci Crooks. 30-28.
145 pounds —Sheehe (Ps) de
cisioned Holcomb. 29-26.
155 pounds—J. Miragliatto (V)
decisiuxied Alex. 30-23.
165 pounds--K eller (PS) ae
cisioned hard. 30-77.
175 19 o d s Shoat (V) de
cisioned P. Smith, 30-22.
Unlimited Drazenovich (PS)
decisioned Hamblen. 30-25.
Referee—Billy Taylo r. U. S.
Coast Guard Academy.
Nittany Fencers Drop
Season's Finale, 18-9
The Nittany Lion fencing squad
was outpointed .8-9, by a fast
Cornell University team Saturday
at Ithaca. It was the last dual
meet of the season for the Blue
and White.
Harry McCarty led the Blue
and white scorers for the foil
team, taking two of his three
matches. Dave Ozarow left the
mats with one point to his credit.
Art Ward and Floyd Eberts
each took two of their three epee
bouts, with Rolf Wald scoring
one. Paul Younkin scored the
only sabre win.
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tanyman on the rings, also topped
the Owls by capturing second
place. Results on the rings were
instrumental in assuring a Lion
victory.
Another high scorer, Ray Sor
ensen, triumphed on the horizon
tal bar and picked up points on
the side horse and parallel bars
to add ten to the Lion total.
Rope climber Joe Linn regist
ered his second time of 3.9 se
conds to win that event. He was
followed by Norwood Lawfer at
4.1.
Nittany tumbler Bill Meade
finished second to Temple's Bob
Stout, in a close tumbling match.
With 16 points, Stout led all scor
ers in the meet.
Karver Third
InNY Games
Jerry Karver's fastest race of
the indoor season, a 4:13.9 miles,
was not quite fast enough to beat
John Twomey and Tom Quinn asl
the Nittany speedster lost his first
major indoor race of the season
Saturday night at the New York
Knights of Columbus Games.
Two other Penn State runners,
Horace Ashenfelter and Jim
Gehrdes, turned in the fastest
times of their lives in the two
mile and 60-yard high hurdles as
they finished second behind the
defending champions in their
' events.
In the final lap, Karver found
that he had allowed the leaders
get too far ahead of him and, al
though he closed the gap to five
yards, he couldn't use his famous
last second spurt to carry him
across the tape ahead of his op
ponents.
Two former teammates, Curt
Stone and Horace Ashenfelter,
broke away from the pack in the
two mile event with Stone taking
the lead.
Forest Efaw, of Oklahoma,
passed the State College duo at
the half way mark, but with two
laps to go Stone passed him and
in the last 50 yards Ashenfelter
made a bid fors the lead, caught
Efaw and passed him in the last
two yards of the race.
Stone's time was 9:13.4 and
Ashenfelter's time, was 9:14.5.
In his first heat, Gehrdes plac
ed second by inches to Ed Dugger
of the Dayton A. C. and in the
semi-finals missed first by a scant
foot as Harrison Dillard of Bald
win Wallace placed first.
Slicing over the hurdles in :7.3,
Gehrdes took second place for the
third time as Dillard, national in
door and outdoor champ, won his
48th consecutive race by clearing
the timbers in :7.2.
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Lions Upset Temple, 64-62
In Final Game of Season
The Nittany Lion basketball team concluded its season with a
petlect tribute to Coach John Lawther's deliberate system as the
Lions added Temple to its long list of upsets, by a 64-62 count.
Temple, by virtue of its upset loss, will share the crying towel
with West Virginia, Syracuse, Georgetown and Colgate, all victims
of the Penn State style.
Flaying his best game of the season, Milt Simon, led the team to
its ninth victory in twenty games.
Milt leaped high in the air time
after time to steal the ball from
the towering Temple centers.
Nelson. Robb, record-breaking
ace on the Owl
squad, calmly
stood in the r igp i
hand corner of
the c our t and
plunked in long,
arched field
goals. Toward
the end of the
game, Bobb
started to inter
cept t h e Penn
State passes, but Lawther
after missing the
ball and fouling an opponent for
the fifth times, was ejected from
the game.
With the score tied at 62-62,
Wil Parkhill cut dow n the center
of the court„ took a pass right
under the basket and sank the de
ciding two points.
Simon put on a one-man freeze
in the last minute by dribbling
up and down the court as the
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time ran out.
Scoring 14 points each, Carl
Nordblom and Terry Faxhirnan
also gave their all in this final
game. Nordblcom sank eight ow'
of nine foul shots while Rultlman
dropped five field goals and four
Souls for his total.
Box score:
Temple FG F—FT Pts.
Lerner. f 5 2 2 12
Ballots, f 1 0— 0 2
Borsavage. c 5 0— 1 10
Bobb.g 5 4-5 14
Pox. e 2 5 8 9
tlartello 1 3 4 5
Haught 5 0— 1 10
Totals 24 14-2 1 1 62
Penn Slate
aier:v. f 4 2 3 10
Simon. f • 8 5 9 21
luhlrnan. c 5 4 6 14
Tordbloom, g 3 8— 3 14
g 0 1-3 1
Costa 0 0— 0 0
'arkhill 2 0— 0 4
'atnick 0 0— 1 0
Totals 22 20-31 64