TOWAT, JANUARY 11, 1949 Invading Colgate Cagers Topple Nittany Lions Second Half Bid By Red Raiders TopsStatesB-40 Brett Stores 25 To Paco Visitors Ed Brett, a lithe forward with a gift of gold in his hands, showed 5300 fans why he is considered an All-American potential by lead ing Colgate to a 58-40 win Sat urday night over a game but in adequate' Nittany Lion quintet. The up-state New York univer sity, led by the bomb-sight ac curacy of its co-captain who made a wreck of Rec Hall by ...... , . ri....f.:' * :: . • „ ....., , :.? ...! !:!...;:;:.fs,f . ' l Pi° .- . a ) A. ,. ' • . 1:.;:'..,!:.,: , „V . i .. ..'1 4ti : t oo „ ...• .... .....:, ~ -. i.- -i scoring 19 points in the final 20 minutes of action, roared back fipm a 24-all halftime score to pqat its fifth win against four Brett scored three field goals in the first half and scintillated with nine baskets and one foul shot in the second, which gave him 25 points for the evening. Stung by three consecutive bases and the possibility of an other in the offing as Penn State drew abreast of the Hamilton squad vtrith a dramatic volley in the closing minutes of the first half, Colgate proved unstoppable as they ripped off 34 points after the interim. Penn State was held to only 16 tallies in the final half. ' ZONE DEFENSE State's close-knit zone-defence held the point-happy Colgate dribblers to just 24 points the first half. In fact, the Lions might easily have held an ,ad vantage at the intermission but for jittery ball handling and sev eral vital layup misses. Despite the copping • of scor ing laurels by his teammate, it was Colgate's great center and star All-American attraction Ern ie Vanderweghe who drew the majority of applause and com ment from the crowd. Visibly shaken from harsh treatment ac corded him in the Big Nine, Van deweghe scored only fifteen Continued on page four Between The Lions Dom.;. From the Morg(ue) We're sorry to learn that Penn State has not scheduled an up- and.coming Colgate football team for '5O. • . . Two players on the current Lion cage team were "cagers" in every sense of the word in their freshman year. . . . At California State Teachers Col lege they actually lived for a se mester on a basketball floor with more th an a hundred other students. . . . As a Lion winter sports fan, we look forward to those big two- and three-sport nights in Rec Ha 11.... Wrestling Heavy weight Homer Barr and Track Hurdler Jim Gehrdes loom as • tough foes for top-caliber op position this year. . . Five Lion sports • officials are enroute back from West Coast coaching and other conferences— Football Coach Bob Higgins, End Coach Earle Edwards, Baseball Coach Joe Bedenk, Track Coach Chick Werner and Carl P. Schott, dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. BRETT Fencers Handily Trounce Lehigh Penn State's fencing outlook took on a brighter aspect today as a result of the Nittany Lions' handy victory over Lehigh, 18 1 / 2 - 8 1 h., at Recreation Hall Saturday I afternoon. Dr. Arthur Meyer's squad, bol stered by four lettermen and several experienced newcomers, surprised an already confused crowd of 150 by registering its first victory since the Lions de feated the Engineers last year. Co-captains Pa u 1 Younkin. saber, and Harry McCarty, foil, paced the Lions with clean sweeps in their matches Satur day. Penn Staters who notched two out of three victories against the Engineers were Art Ward and Rolf Wald, epee, John Richards and Dick Dyer, saber. and John Kochalka, foil. Scoring a double touch on the third point with the bout score tied at 2-2, Bill Shunk, a Nittany newcomer on epee, amassed one and one-halt points, and Bill Fairchok picked up one point while losing two on the foil. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA By Tons Morgan SPORTS ROTTOR Chuck Honored Chuck Drasenovich, sterling Penn State blocking back on the football team. yesterday was named to the Chattanooga Times' 12th Annual All-Amer kan blocking team. According to the newspaper, the eleven players selected are the top collegiate blockers in the country. Big Red Grabs Swim Victory Although Cornell completely outclassed Penn State's swimming team 53-22 in the Blue and White's initial season encounter, two Liqns, Bill Schildmacher and Cal rolmsbee, ran off with individual honors Saturday before a capacity crowd at Glennland pool. Schildmacher set a new record for varsity swimmers in the 100- yard free style and Folmsbee was the best crowd pleaser of the day as he won the fancy diving event. The Lion Captain clipped six tenths of a second off the old re cord as he took first place with a 55.8 time. A pool record was also broken by the Cornell 400- yard relay team when they regis tered a 3:43:2 time in the last event of the meet. The previous pool record of 3:47:2 was set in 1942 by another Big Red team. FAST START It seemed as if the boys from Ithaca would make a complete sweep of the meet as they got off to a fast Start by easily winning the 300-yard medley relay, the 200-yard free style, and the 50- yard dash to jump to a 21-2 score. The fancy diving saw a two man duel arise as Cal Folmsbee and Cornell's John Hosie battled evenly for first place. Cal came through with two nearly perfect jemonstrations in his final dives Continued on page four WE'RE HANDING GREATER VALUES HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? HERE'S HOW - Our temporary store on E. College Avenue has been closed and our entire stock has been condensed into our Allen Street store. The opening of our new basement department will surely help to serve you more e•iciently. And with this reduced overhead, incurred by this move, we can benefit you, as the customer in a manner typical of Metz ger's tradition. METZGERS Lion Wrestlers Slam Tigers By virtue of two lightning first-period falls and three decisions, the Lion wrestling team ground out a methodical 19-9 victory over an unbeaten Princeton squad on Saturday night. The meet, the sea son's opener for the Nittanies, was held in Dillon Gym in Tigertown. Homer Barr, sophomore heavyweight, and crafty Jim Maurey, Blue and White 145-pounder, both scored impressive wins by falls. Barr touched Princeton's Red mond Finney's shoulders to the mat in 1:24 of the first period with a double arm-lock and body press, while Maurey threw Tony Orser to 2:15 with a cradle. SEVENTH WIN It was Maurey's seventh win in eight dual meet bouts since he started his varsity career last year. His only loss was via the fall route to John Fletcher, Naval Academy stalwart, who won the "Outstanding Wrestler" trophy at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament for two consecutive years. Newcomer John Reese edged Tad Hall, Orange and Black let terman, 6-4, while veteran Bob Hetrick slapped an 8-1 loss on Richard Evans in the 165-pound class .In the 175-pound division, Bill "Spider" Corman won over Princeton's Harry Friolean by a 3-4 score. DEFEATS The defeats the Lions suffered were by decision. Dave Poor, ex perienced Princeton 128-pound ,, latter's first varsity er, racked up a 12-4 win over Jim bout in Blue and White togs. In other clashes, Princetonians Bob Sellers and Russ Randall de cisioned Al Zalnacht and Grant Dixon. Sellers won by 6-2 over Fasnacht in the 136-pound duel, and Randall, Tiger captain, won an exciting 6-4 tilt over Dixon at 155 pounds. Yesterday, Coach Charlie Spei del sent his charges back to work to prepare for the Cornell en counters on Saturday. A varsity and a Jayvee squad will make the jaunt to Ithaca, N.Y. more than ever, Now You Can Get It At PAGE THREE IM Fives Battle Intramural fraternity court sters, and two independent fives, line up for another night of fast basketball action at the Recrea tion hall tonight. Nine games, the first at 8:45 p.m., are on the schedule. 8:45 p.m.—Runimies IPS. Gazelles. court one; Phi Kappa Psi vs. Kappa Delta It" court two; Alpha Epsilon Pi vs. Phi Kap pa, court three. 9:25 p.m.—Phi Sigma Delta vs. Phi Gamma Delta, court one; Sigma Chi vs. Pi Kappa Alpha, court two; Delta Upsil on vs. Pt Kappa Phi, court three. 10:05 p.m.—Sigma Alpha vs. Tali Phi Delta, court one; Alpha Tau Omega vs. Zeta Beta Tau, court two; Phi Delta Theta re, A]pha Chi Rho, court three. The Death of 21 Men Stains His Wealth! So Remains The Fate of ... 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