SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948
Lions Invade Pitt Stadium
For Opening Cage Tilt
Penp State will open its 52nd year of collegiate basketball
against the University of Pittsburgh tonight, when the Nittany
cagfrs tyckle Pitt’s powerful court quintet in an 8:15 scheduled
eon test
Coach John LaWther will lead his band of Lions into the Smoky
City in search of their 40th win over the topflight Western Pennsyl
vania combine. The game repre-1
sent* the list tp be played be-'
tween the two arch rivals.
revenge
Still stinging from the unex
pected reversal on the gridiron
at the hands on the Panthers, the
Lion courtmftp Will he seeking
aome measure o| revenge on me
boards. The Lawthermen will go
all out in their effort to gamer
win numfcr one as ? triumph ov
er the highly-regarded Allegheny
Countiana wouid bi it the stock
OOfiSV -~
»lpa W* White consider-
afftjws
quintet will be in the starting
lineup Saturday. He is 5-foot-7-
inch Joe Tocci, a first year man at
the College, who has impressed to
such an extent tfist Lawther has
nqjmed him to stfirt at ope of the
’°SS,S^&yort erwm,e
plqoe Ifilt Simon, runperup m
Scoring last year, who will be out
of action uptil January because
of g painful charleyhorse. Simon,
blond 5 foot-9 inch pepperpot,
heretofore had claimed the dis
tinction of being the smallest man
oh the Nittany Lion team.
OTHERS
Other starters against Pitt will
be Wizard Parkhfll, sharpshoot
er from Yeadon, at forward; Carl
Nordbloom, of Pittsburgh, and
Terry Ruhlman, of Warren, at
the ball handling spots; and Mar
tin Costa, of Fredaricfctown, or
Lee Scbisler, of Northhampton, at
the cfenter slot. ,
Copta and Schisler, the giants
of the squad, standing 6 feet 6
inches ahd 6 feet 5 inches, re
spectively, will be called upon to
snare most of the defensive du
ties.
Boxers Battle
Continued from Page Six
and Michael Kurowski, Sigma
Chi, kept the crowd at fever pitch
early in the card. Lee slam
banged a decision Win with hard
right crosses.
Another ATO, Emil Suda, in
the 128-pound class, danced
throdgh three rounds, and furi
ous counter-punching of John
Hanby, Alpha Garomg Rho > to win
the first decision.
In the 175-pound division, Wil
liam Davidowjtz, Phi Sigma
Delta, succumbed to hatchet-like
lefts thrown by Joseph Jasko
wiak, Theta Chi.
A wildcat brawl between Clyde
Wilson, Alpha Gamma Rho, and
(Continued on page eight) i
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Matilda Chi Edges Privateers
In Longest IM Court Fray
The longest intramural basketball game on record, complet'
With four overtime periods before Matilda Chi finally dumped the
Privateers, 14-12, went into the books at Recreation Hall Thurs
day night.
Eight other IM court battles rounded out another exciting night
of the cage schedule. The schedule moves into another big week
Monday when nine other games
take, the floor,
Concerning drawn - out cage
play, intramural basketball rules
state: . .
“An extra two-minute period
will be played to decide games
ending in a tie score. A second
two-minute period will be played
if necessary. Games remaining
tied at the end of the second ex
tra period will be decided by
starting a third period and de
claring the winner to be that
team scoring the first point.”
Matilda Chi and the Privateers,
knotted after the regulation time,
battered to successive deadlocks
through the first two overtimes.
The first sudden death failed to
produce a point and nobody
could squeeze through a tally un
til midway in the fourth over
time when Matilda Chi eked out
its 14th point to snare the victory.
Meanwhile, the Smooth
Schmoos had no difficulty taking
Ward 2. Scoring 22 points in the
first period and 18 in the second,
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the Schinops bumped their oppo
nents, 40-10.
In other games, Sigma Chi als
went into overtime to upset A 1
pha Epsilop jPi, 12-10; Q. Quinte
battered Jordan Hall, 28-11; Bea
ver House thoroughly trounced
the Speedsters, 23-7; Section 1C
bounced Ath Hall Men, 14-8:
Womers Roamers wiped up the
court with Ceramics, 89-7; Archi
tects defeated Cody Manor, 15-11 •
Murgas ran over A.R.0., 30-15.
Monday's tchedue follows:
8:45 p.m.—Golden Eagles, vs. Indians,
court one: Team X yd. Scrimps, court
two; Bapiblen vs. Warriors, court three.
9:25 t>.m. —Coal Crackers, vs. Centur-
Boys, court one: Dorm 28, vs. Dorm 80.
court tyro; Dorm 8 vs. Twenty Miner?
court three.
10:05 p.m.—Dorm 21, vs. Dorm 27
court one; Dorm 24, vs. Interrogative
court two; Phi Gamma Delta, vs. Triangle,
court three.
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