THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 Classy Red Raiders Test Nittany Cagers Big-time basketball will make its '49 debut at Rec Hall on Sat urday, as followers of the Nittany Lion court fortunes are accorded the opportunity to judge the wares of one of the nation's big-name teams, the top-flight Red. Raiders of Colgate University. Entering the contest with the reputation of being one of the finest Colgate cage aggregations ever assembled, Coach Karl Law- Between The z g • Lions ',. By Tom Morgan SPORTS EDITOR Feed for the Fans Western Pennsylvanians trans planted to the Nittany Vale may have a closer interest in this, but we thought we'd pass it on to anyone who thrives on a crumb of scuttlebutt, as we do. We glean the following from Doak (not Walker) Rutkowski, sports editor of the Valley Daily News in Tarentum: "It looks like Penn State for Willie Thrower, New Kensington high school's ace football half back, according to his coach, Don Fletcher." We'll add here that Thrower is the Negro star who paced his Ken Hi mates to a Western Pennsylvania championship in '47 and a near-miss in '4B. In flipping the pigskin he lives up to his name and possesses a pair of the largest hands we ever saw on a high school passer. Switching to Fletcher Continuing Rutkowski's dis course: "The time was propitious to clarify Fletcher's future. `Heard you were quitting to sell insurance?' we asked. `Naw!' guffawed Fletcher. 'lt took me 16 years to learn a little about coaching. No use giving that up and starting all over at some thing else.' 'Well, then, will it be Michi gan State or Penn State?' we continued, since Don has been rumored going to either of the two institutions of learning to teach football and how she is played. 'Not going anyplace,' said Don quite emphatically. 'Of course, if anything is offered me, that's dif ferent.' " Any rumor of a Fletcher-Penn State connection probably had its roots in something as in nocuous as Lion Coach Bob Hig gins' stay at Fletcher's home when the Hig spoke at a recent Ken Hi banquet. PRINTING Multilithing Addressograph Service COMMERCIAL PRINTING Glennland Bldg. Phone 6662 AT YOUR WARNER THEATER THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Fence's crew was aiming at nothing less than the National Championship levels earlier this year. In a sport universally recog nized for the cautiousness and re ticence in its coaches, Lawrence has shucked the covers off his feelings and at the beginning of the 1948-49 season bubbled over in enthusiasm about his team des cribing them as "the best squad I've ever coached. Inch for inch and pound for pound they are one of the best teams in the country." RECORD TARNISHED Lawrence's prophesy has been slightly tarnished in recent games, but the Red Raider out fit from Hamilton, N. Y., may be rated as probably the finest court machine that will perform here this year. With just three men gone from the 1947-48 outfit which was the fifteenth highest scoring team in the country with a game average of 64.8, and six battle-hardened veterans ready to start this year, one can realize the reason for the Raider Boss' confidence. In addition to the Red Raider's deep reserve strength, the thing that has Lion Coach John Law ther muttering in his sleep is Colgate's phenomenal, record smashing center, all-American Ernie Vandeweghe. LEADS NATION The 6-foot 3-inch senior, who goes up for rebounds like a high jumper, leads the nation's big colleges in scoring with 56 field goals and 18 gratis heaves Ifor 130 points. The Flying Dutchman from Oceanside, N.Y., sports an average of 26 counters per contest. Holder of virtually every scor ing record in Colgate history, Vandeweghe is second in point ,production in one game, canning 32 markers against Western Re serve. He is tour points off Vince Boryla's pace. The Denver col legiate ba-keteer ripped off 36 points against St. John's, of Brooklyn. A great advocate of precision basketball, Coach Lawrence fea tures a fast-breaking, short-pass ing attack, in direct contrast with LaArther's set-play type of game. Lion fans have good cause to Continued on page four CARL NORDBLOM Lion Forward To Miss Tilt Gloom cast a shadow over the Nittany Lion practice sessions as John Lawther, Penn State's head basketball coach, glumly released the news that Carl Nordblom. veteran forward, would not be able to participate in Saturday's tilt against the powerful Red Raiders of Colgate. The taciturn Pittsburgh athlete is confined to a Pittsburgh hos pital because of a sinus infection in one eye. Lawther admitted that the loss of the 6-foot, 2-inch defensive whiz will put a con siderable crimp in the Lion's plans and stated that "with Nordblom in uniform and'able t play we would have at least a even chance against the Hamil ton, N. Y. outfit." The blow came just as LaWthe felt that he had his hoopme' straightened out after droppin Continued on page four as easy as pee 40e . ::;r;w 4 re ow, Put your laundry in one of our many washers, leave it, return after class and it's done—it's as easy as that! MARSHALL'S Automatic Laundry 454 East College Ave. Rear NO PLACE CAN COMPARE WITH THE NEW Paradise Cafe 114 SOUTH SPRING ST. BELLEFONTE, PA. Every Friday and Saturday Tru-Blu Sextet • WILD DAVE' BRINER • 'STASH' COLLINS • 'G-STRING' HENRY • 'SHOELESS LOU' LEVI • THE OLD PROFESSOR • 'DOC' SAVIGE P-L-U-S VARIETY MOVIES E-v-e-r-y MONDAY. WEDNESDAY No Cover No Minimum EXCELLENT SERVICE Intramural Cage Lions Need Varsity Cats' Scoring Skill One John Lawther, coach of the varsity basketball squad, WO be mighty happy if his Lions don't take after the intramural c team that goes by the same moniker. At Recreation hall Tuesday night, the IM jungle oats hit the skids. Unable to find their attack, the Lions could count only one field goal in the second half of their contest with Murgas and sof- fered a 39-7 shellacking But Bill West, Sigma Chi, served notice he knows what the game's about. Banging out 19 counters, West led his mates to a 27-12 victory over Phi Kappa in another contest. The first night of action after vacation also saw the Berletics trounce Nittanv Co-op, 31-5; Sec tion 10 whip A.R.0., 26-10, and the Architects bounce Ceramics, Alpha Epsilon Pi socked Tri angle with its fourth loss, 19-11; Phi Sigma Delta overcame Kappa Delta Rho, 19-12; and Pi kappa Alpha outlasted Phi Gamma Del ta, 17-12. Cody Manor won by forfeit over Ath. Hall Men. Tonight's schedule is: 8:45 p.m.—Gazelles vs. Drewlers. court one; Dorm 30 vs. Dorm 27, court two; Foresters vs. Interrogatives, court three. 9 :25 p.m.--Dorm 28 vs. Dorm 24, court one; Dorm 3 vs. Dorm 2, e'airt two: Indians vs. Warriors, court three. 10:05 p.m.—Watts Stars v.. Century Boys, court one; Golden Fogies vs. Goal Gm - miters, court two; Team X vs. Ramb lers. court three. They have what it takes rrELEPHONE LINEMEN have the traditional Bell 1 System spirit of service that aims to "get the message through." They also have what it takes in the way of equipment and supplies. Their wires, cables, poles, tools and countless other things are provided by Western Electric-- maker or supplier of practically everything used in your telephone service. 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