Late Spurt Gives Panther Five 40-33 Win Over Lions Pittsburgh's basketball quintet literally threw Emily Post to the winds on the Pitt Stadium court Saturday night, as the Panther sharpened its claws on a scrapping Nittany five by a 40-33 score. Disregarding all rules of etiquette, the Smoky City hosts waited until the final ten minutes of play before pouring 20 points through the hoops before the startled eyes of the visitors from Centre County. With the Lawthermen never behind until the early minutes of the last quarter, Nittany hopes of securing a win the first time out were blasted when three of the 1 'ons' starters were fouled out. NORDBLOOM Soon after the inception of the fourth quarter, Carl Nordbloom was waived from the game be cause of fouls. He was quickly followed by Terry Ruhlman and Marty Costa, giant 6-foot, 6-inch State center. The State zone held up bril liantly throughout the first three quarters, yielding only seven field goals from the floor in the entire first half. ‘Little Joe’ Tocci and Costa combined eleven points apiece to notch more than half of their team’s total. Rugged Terry Ruhr man, with six points; Willard Parkhill, with three, and Carl Nordbloom, with two points com pleted the Lawthermen’s scoring. High honors for the evening went to Captain Sammy David, Panther guard, who broke through for 14 points, most of HOLIDAY An Adventure in 4Si 'king which were racked up in the final stanza. Dodo Canterna gave David some scoring assistance with four double-deckers and three fouls for 11 counters. STATE LEADS Also opening its 1948 season, Pitt fell behind during the first quarter when State took a 10-6 lead. Tightening its already-rigid zone, Lawther’s crew built up a 17 -12 advantage at halftime. Tocci’s play during the second quarter accounted mainly for the Lions’ halftime edge. Action bogged down after the resumption of play, both teams limited to only eight points, but the final-quarter scoring splurge supplied the Panthers’ victory margin, giving them a 35-34 lead in the series that began in 1906. The next Penn State tilt will be played at Washington, D. C., against American University on Saturday. The lineups and individual scoring: Penn State FG F Pts Pittsburgh FG F Pts Parkhill, f 1 1 „3j Canterna, f 4 3 11 Tocci, f 4 3 111 Baumbeck, f 0 0 0 Costa, c 3 5 ll|Hromanik, f 2 2 6 Schisler, c 0 0 0 Cecconi, f 10 2 Nordbloom, g 0 2 2 Lerner, c 2 0 4 Ruhlman,, g 3 0 6 Everett, c 0 0 0 McKown, g 0 0 0 McCrossin, g 1 0 2 Weiss, g 0 0 0 David, g 5 4 14 Belich, g Oil Totals 11 11 33| Totals 15 10 40 Halftime score: Penn State 17, Pitt 12. Free throws missed: Penn State —Park- hill, Tocci, Costa, 5, Nordbloom. Pitts burgh—Caterna, 2, Baumbeck, 3, Cecconi, 2 Lerner, 2, Belich. 17 Sports Penn State sponsors 17 inter collegiate varsity sports. They in clude: football, soccer, cross country, basketball, boxing, wrestling, indoor track, outdoor track, fencing, swimming, skiing, | gymnastics, rifle marksmanship, lacrosse, baseball, golf, tennis. Perfect Record Nittany Lion gymnasts have been unbeaten in collegiate com petition for four straight years. Basketball Surprise; Berletic Foursome Outscores Gazelles There is nothing unusual about a 41-12 score especially nowa days when everyone’s mind is still following the grid wars. But this 41-12 score was the re sult of a basketball game. That it's one-sided is one’s first reac tion to such a result, but what’s more outstanding about this score is that it was racked by four bas ketball players competing against five. Last week the Berletics, a top flight team of the independent league in the intramural basket ball tourney, found itself' in a peculiar spot. Only four members of the team showed up for the scheduled game against the Gaz elles. At whistle time their fifth member, Frank Huron, didn’t appear and so the quartet of Ralph Palmero, Hal Wausat, Lou Sulpizio and Paul Norton took on its giant-killing task. Limiting their opponents to two field goals in the first half, the four players tired and allowed the “not-so fleet-footed’’ Gabelles to score eight points the second half. Norton, with 18-points, paved the way for the four “ironmen” as they won walking away by 41-12 count. Rogel on Rice Second Team Penn State’s leading offensive back, Fran Rogel, won national honors this week by capturing a second-team backfield berth on Grantland Rice’s All - America team. Rice, who has been selecting All-America teams since 1925, compiled the votes of 440 foot ball writers throughout the na tion for the Look Magazine team. Also singled out for honors was Elwood Petchel, Nittany tailback, who placed on the third team along with Arnold Galiffa and Robert Stuart of Army, and Jack Cloud of William and Mary. Pennsylvania took state honors in the Look voting as three Key stone athletes secured places on the All-American squad. Tackle Leon Hart, of Notre Dame and Turtle Creek, Back John Rauch of Georgia from Yeadon and Cen ter Chuck Bednarik of Pennsyl vania from Bethlehem placed on Rice’s team. Penn State's Newest and Smoothest Orchestra THE C^ollec^ianS New to Penn State, the “Collegians” have estab lished a fine record of satisfied listening. Featur ing HAL CATHEMAN as the vocalist, this nine piece orchestra can give your dance the melody touch you desire. THE C^oliefyland Call Bill Rogers. 3124 or 2130, for Information 'Ash' Heady Competitor, Says Werner By Pete Kalandiak Little did Coach Chick Wern er suspect as he watched a tall, gaunt, unassuming fellow run through his paces one afternoon three years ago that he had in his midst a fellow destined to be a stellar runner. That modest, lean-looking chap turned out to be Horace Ashen felter, the pride of the Penn State track team. Horace is a genuinely solid, de pendable, fiercely competitive guy who is unaware that the word ‘quit’ ex- be considered an mates, he doesn’t have an unusual diet, and he doesn’t wear a spe cial shoe. But he does possess a quality which marks him as un usual. Chick Werner puts it this way: “The big difference between Ash enfelter, and the team, is in his head. He realizes that the best thing to do is to follow someone’s advice who knows and to go out and get it.” ADVICE Well, ever since the “Flying Dutchman” set foot on Nittany soil, he has been following the ex pert and guiding words of Chick Werner and has been putting those words into practice with reverence. The progress and development of Ashenfelter into a runner ex traordinary is short of amazing. He came from Collegeville, Pa., minus fanfare and minus high school experience. He loved to run. He listened, he absorbed, he worked, and never stopped trying. “Horace has never failed to im prove day after day,” declares Chick Werner. “He has per formed better every time he com petes. He’s a stubborn Dutch fel low. If he is beaten, Ashenfelter never gives up.” Stubbornness and courage characterize Horace Ashenfelter. WIFE One person greatly responsible for his success is his wife, Lillian. She has always insisted on- his living better through rest, diet and sleep. Lillian would never let him alone. She want ed him to im prove she wanted him to be the best. Horace Ashenfelter has come a long way. He has overcome many obstacles. He has the flamboy ant hustle, the indomitable will to-win and courage which typi fies a champion. Chick Werner, who has taught Horace the fun damentals and the finer points in runnning, says, “He is the most courageous guy in the world —he has no respect for anybody.’’ OLD ST. NICK says "There's a Christmas Gift that looks like it came from me" Between Lions By Tom Morgan SPORTS EDITOR Home Again Charles “Jiggs” Beatty, ace center on the ’4B Nittany Lion football squad, will be glad to get home come Christmas vaca tion. He hasn't been home for Christmas in Weisel since 1942. After a long tenure with the Marie Corps. "Jiggs" had his first chance to be home for the holiday season in '46 but he chose to stay in California, Pa.; where he had been a veritable rock on the State Teachers for ward wall of Coach Earl Bruce's '46 eleven. Then came last year nd the Cotton Clash in Dallas. Now “Jiggs” says, “Things are back to normal.” Incidentally, sponsors of the annual post-season Blue-Gray all-star game in Montgomery, Ala., contacted Beatty to play this year, but then withdrew the invitation when they dis covered he is a junior. The Blue-Gray fracas is reserved for senior collegiate stars. Smith Speaks Chet Smith, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press, girded him self for an expected volley of queries and then addressed over a hundred Penn State journalism students Sunday night. The. "Village Smithy" dis cussed everything from the in tricacies of the Michigan foot ball single wing to the biased broadcasting of Pitts burgh's Ros e y Rowswell. And the crowd liked it. Among other things, Smith de clared that Penn State’s ’4B grid iron edition was easily one of the best in the country, and rated ahead of Army in his book. He decried the popular psy chology which makes a "great team" out of one which loses its first game and roars back to win all the rest (example— Oklahoma), and at the same time terms as a "has-been" a team which remains unde feated before dropping one game close to the end of its campaign (example Penn Stale). Morgan Tops Grid Yogis The old crystal, now in moth balls until next football season, worked fairly accurately in the final prediction week for sports editor Tom Morgan and writer Red Roth who both wound up with seven right out on nine. This brought Morgan’s season average up from .711 to .717 and Roth’s from .625 to .654. The composite season results stand: Morgan Vadasz Krane Roth It's attractively wrapped to help save time for you during the Christmas season. Why de lay? Select your gift now at-. JACK HARPER 114 W. College At*. 81-32 .717 80-33 .708 75-38 .663 74-39 .654
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