THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 Between The Lions L- By Torn Morgan SPORTS EDITOR He Can Have It Boxer Chuck Drazenovich was hampered in his routine sparring sessions until this week. It seems that virtually the only opponents Chuck could muster into the Rec Hall ring were assorted mittmen of the light and featherweight variety, which dictated "taking it easy" with his punches. The Draz wanted someone he could hit. This prompted Foot baller Walt Palmer to take up the cudgels against Penn State's Eastern champ. More near 1 y Drazenovich's weight, Palmer offered a more solid target and a better all around sparring par tne r. We quote Walt after a boxing session with the Draz: "He's pretty hard to hit be cause it's so difficult to get to him. Chuck ought to go a long way." About Shoulders Lion Fullback Joe Colone re cently had five small pieces of bone removed from his shoulder and reports that although "it's still a little sore," his shoulder is much improved. Early in the '47 grid season Joe incurred a slight shoulder separation but played the rest of the campaign. Then last sea son, x-rays showed a growing calcium deposit which required the operation at Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. From the Morg(ue) John Rusinko, ex-Nittany Lion cager, has signed with the Bridgeport, Mass., Steelers in the American Pro Basketball loop. In retrospect: Joe Colone was an excellent team captain for the '4B Higginsmen. . . . As leader of the team, he was in- FRIDAY 18 February 1949 Navy Tocci Navy's basketball team spanned its spotless home record to six straight yesterday afternoon as the future admirals dunked Penn State 55 to 47 on the Middies' floor. The Nittany Lions battled the Tars on even terms throughout most of the fray, but the Middies' fast break and foul conversions in the final two periods were the deciding factors. Both Terry Ruhlman and Marty Costa, State's two defensive bul warks, were forced to leave late in the game via the foul route, hurting the Lions' ctiances. Coach John Lal,vther's zone, which effectively smothered Car negie Tech last Saturday, gave the Navy hosts trouble in the first half. The Tars held a slim 25 to 21 half-time advantage. Navy's 6-foot 2-inch center, Willie Wilson, topped the scorers with 20 points. Joe Tocci, State's :perpetual motion guard, led the Centre County collegians with seven field goals for 14 counters. Wilson's one-handed shots kept the Lions' defense on guard most of the game, but of more conse quence was his conversion of 12 free throws. The win gave the Navy war- strumental in salving player differences which, if allowed to fester, might have resulted in outright disruption of au ex cellent gridiron playing unit. The Paleface -1 Wears 'urn Recreation Hall A Semi-Formal Dance $4. 00 per couple 9 - 1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Capers Dunk Lions, 55-47, Shines for Lawther-Men riors their sixth decision against four losses—all defeats coming in away games. Penn State's courtmen, now holding a two and five record, will remain idle until February 2 when they take on West Virginia on the Mountaineers' floor. Warriors Romp To 45-7 Win Blasting out 26 points in his second successive IM cage bat tle, Toni Shumskas led the fero cious Warriors to their fifth straight win, 45-7, over the Coal Crackers at Rec Hall Tuesday night. Shumskas' basket scoring mark, first set two weeks ago and tied last night, is the individual scor ing record in intramural games this season. Sigma Chi climbed into a sec ond place tie with Phi Sigma Delta by edging them, 13-10, in Continued on page four THE SOPH HO THE BIGGEST SATURDAY 19 February 1949 Swimming—Pitt----2:00 P. M. Gymnastics--Army---2:00 P. M. Boxing---Wisconsin---7:00 P. M. Basketball---Pitt---8:30 P. M. JOE TOCCI JACK HARPER TWICE YEARLY $ DOLLAR DAY Friday, January 21 Store Opens 8 a.m. JACK HARPER ALL SALES FINAL NO CHA NO ALTERATIONS 1101;10 House Dances The vices to say lh . WOODR FLORAL GAR 117 E. BEAVER lititioottoloW YEAR
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