FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1949 Nittanylnjun Sign' Put to Test Tomorrow Penn State's court entourage, a bit bedraggled after sustaining four duckings in its first five games, is looking forward with antici pation to the hostilities with Carnegie Tech tomorrow night. Unshaken by their recent ar gate University, the Nittany Lion tussle seeking win number two on the Rec Hall boards. They have dropped three foreign en gagements. Coach John Lawther is hoping that, just in case his cagers' scor ing eyes should falter, the old State Injun sign over the Tartans will continue to work for him. The Plaid cagers have not tasted Lion meat since 1940, when they edged State, 35-33, but with Mike Theodore and his crew deter mined to end the jinx, the hoped for Pittsburgh morsel could turn into a highly unpalatable dish for the Lions. DEFEAT BY W.&J. Tech's 69-47 defeat by Wash ington and Jefferson Wednesday night. has installed the State team as a slight favorite to overcome the Tartans' bid for its fourth win against seven setbacks. The Centre County collegians edged the W.&J. five 40-38 in a pre- Christmas game. About the only heartening fac tor which came out of the Col gate fray was the unveiling of a potential scoring threat in Ken Weiss, a sophomore product of California State Teachers Col lege. In scoring 12 points—most of which came when desperately needed—Weiss has shown Law ther that he intends making a serious bid for a starting berth. Lion forces realize that if they are to cop their second game in six outings they will have to stop the Plaid's high-scoring center, Mike Theodore, who is touted as one of Carnegie's all-time bas ketball greats. TOCCI TOPS LIONS Leading the Lion scoiers against the Tartans will be Little Sigma Nu Paces Fraternities In IM Title Competition Sigma Nu leads all fraternities in the fight for intramural athletic all-year honors. Copping the championship and 225 points in boxing, and adding 35 points for touch football and 40 for swimming for a total of 300 points, the Sigma Nu's are 25 points better than their nearest com petitor, Phi Epsilon Pi. Phi Delta Theta is third with 190 points. The information was released by the intramural department yesterday in its "Report number 1", listing all fraternities and the points each has accumulated in the three sports to date. Sigma Nu is in front for the second year in succession. Last The Flagpoles in Front of Old Main are buried ten feet in the ground, and your friends will think you are too if they don't see you at the NSA's Jam Concert, featur ing the Tru-Blu Sextet, next Wednesday. January 19, at 7:30 p.m., in Schwab. Tickets are half a buck at Student Union. In case of rain, the concert will be held on the golf course. By Ray Koehler istic defeat at the hands of Col courtsters will enter the 8 o'clock JOHN LAWTHER Toe Tocci who has tallied 41 markers in five games. The black thatched junior reached his total via 17 field goals (tops for the Lions) and Seven free throws. Milt Simon with 35 points, Marty Costa with 33, Terry Ruhl man with 27 and Carl Nordblom, 19, round out the top five point producers. Penn State's lineup tomorrow night will find Simon and either Tocci or Weiss alternating at the guards with Costa at the tap position. Ruhlman, who may start the game at center, will switch to forward and have either Lou Lamle or Syl Bozinski as his running mate. season, the house accumulated 1357 points in a total of 17 sports, winning seven championships. Both the number of points and the number of crowns won were new intramural records last year. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Ray Conger, director of rec reational activities, requests that 32 metal duplicate bridge boards be returned to his office, 213 Rec Hall. The boards were loaned to a fraternity last year. Returnees Continued from page four division, Yar Chomicky, will be unable to compete for the Lions since he graduates next month. The ring outlook was further brightened when footballer Al Peluso reported for practice ses sions. Troubled with a bloodclot during football season, Peluso underwent an operation recently and his leg, is now completely healed. He is expected to be a top-gight performer along with Paul Sthith in the light heavy weight class. Track 'Prexie Penn State's track coach, Chick Werner, is president of the Track Coaches Association of America. Three Sets There have been only three sets of co-captains in 62 years of intercollegiate football at Penn State• No Lion Killer Army, Penn State's opponent for the fourth time in 1949, has never defeated the Nittany Lions on the football field. Wants Beards COLLEGE SPORTSWEAR SETS THE PACE IN STYLE - QUALITY - VALUE SALE Men's Quality Suits 35 Suits Reduced to $25.00 THESE REPRESENT OUR "OLD STOCK" AND WE ARE TIRED OF LOOKING AT THEM 175 Suits Reduced 25% FORMERLY $65-NOW . . .$49.00 FORMERLY $6O-NOW . . . $45.00 FORMERLY $55-NOW . . .$4130 There Isn't An Old Suit In The Lot But New Shipments Keep Coining In And We Can't Hang Them On The Ceiling. A small deposit will hold your selection till the Our Special Personalized Fitting Service is available to you at no extra cost if you don't Buy Now For Spring and Save State Varsity, Jayvees Test Cornell Matmen A powerful Cornell varsity wrestling squad furnishes the oppo sition for the Nittany Lion matmen in their second meet of the season tomorrow night. The meet, which will be at Ithaca, N. Y., wilt he the Lions' sternest test thus far. Last week, the Big Red squeezed past Lehigh, defending Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling king, by a 14-13 margin. It was the En gineer's first loss after two vic tories, one against the Southern Conference champion, Washing ton and Lee. TOP HEAVIES The Cornell-Lehigh struggle found Cornell leading by a 12-11 score, when two of the East's top heavyweights Don Berndt and Don Clark of Cornell, took to the mats. Their contest ended in a draw and enabled Cornell to put the first blotch on the Engineers' 1949 record. The Big Red matmen will enter the Lion contest with two wins under their belts. In addition to Lehigh, an exceptionally strong squad from Cortland Teachers College fell before the superior forces of Acting Coach Erie "Jim" Miller. Nittany Coach Charlie Speidel anticipates a close struggle with the Cornellians, for the Ithacans are as strong in the Lions' best weights. LINEUP UNCERTAIN Sixteen wrestlers will leave, for the Bear stronghold at noon to- first of the month mind waiting. By Ed Watson JIM MAUREY day, and while Coach Speidel is sure of the men who will be mak ing the trip, he hesitated to name the varsity starters in a few of the questionable weight classes. A Jayvee meet is scheduled im.- Continued on page six
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