SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1949 Mittmen Meet Orange Boxers The biggest boulder blocking the tracks of the Lion boxing ex press will be encountered in up state New York tonight when the twice-victorious varsity mittmen tangle with the top Eastern box ing contender, Syracuse. Syracuse sports a 1-1-1 record. MeetLng the University of Miami. the New Yorkers battled to a 4-4 draw with the Hurricanes, Two weeks ago the Orange bat tled Army's Cadets. Coach Sim mons' men won handily, 5 1 / 2 -2 1 / 2 . Last weekend the Orange trav eled to the nation's capital only to absorb a 4 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 setback at the hands of Catholic University, one of East's better boxing com binations. Making their irhtial, and also final, appearance of the current mitt campaign, the Lion junior boxers engage the Orange jun iors preliminary to the varsity tussle at Syracuse tonight. The Nittany Jayvees last year dropped a 6-2 c:ocounter to the Orangemen. The two Lion lineups follow: Varsity Wt Jayvee Dave Evans _____ 126 Fred Smith John Benglian 136 John Deck Lou Guthrie 136 ____ 011ie Wallace Jack Sheehe 145 Frank Gross Jim Maloney 155 ____ Bill Curtin Paul Smith 165 Pat Helms Jack Bolger 175 _- __ Bob Keller C. Drazenovith __ Charles Wilson or Al Peluso Cagers Engage Owl Quintet Probably the largest crowd to witness a Nittany Lion basket ball contest this season will be on hand tonight at Convention Hall as Coach John Lawther leads his hungry Lion pack into battle against the high-flying Owls of Temple University. With the Lawthermen noted for their late-season spurts, the Lions' one-sided victory over Syracuse indicates that the time may be ripe to halt Temple's Con Iliffany The International Film Club presents Mon. & Tues. Eves. A Delightful English Comedy "QUIET WEEK-END" Derek Fare Frank Collier Marjorie Fielding From the Record- Breaking Play by Esther McCracken THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA vention Hall domination, a streak which .has reached four straight. In seeking their fourth win of the campaign, State's cagers will concentrate their efforts on stop- Continued on page four 7 ' 7 .~ ~ y ~~~ o w ,: w „to Ls/Axil' -tom solos "feast" Kt*. rohaalt West's Goal Tops Phi Psi The count was knotted 6-6 at the half, 17-17 at the end of reg ulation time, then Bill West of Sigma Chi turned the stalemate into a Sigma Chi triumph, 20-19, over Phi Kappa Psi in IM bas ketball at Rec Hall Thursday night. West, who accounted for 11 points, broke loose for a quick fielder and added a well-calcu lated frank toss to turn the tide in the tightest battle on the boards in a week. His work was outshone by the combined scoring of Pi Kappa Alpha however. Showing off their own version of the Iron Curtain, the PiKA's b 1 a n k e d Triangle, 34-0, to rack up the only shut out contest this season. Harold Rahn was the big gun offensively for the victors, Sigma Pi and Phi Delta Theta drummed out their sixth straight wins in leagues "C" and "B" re spectively to stay ahead of the packs. Sigma Pi beat Alpha Gamma Rho, 26-16, and the Phi Delts thumped Alpha Tau Omega, 26-12. In other games, Sigina Phi •mSmaie XIICXY too& LEVEL deem/ Today's Slate 2 p.m. Fencing Philadelphia Fencing Club ....Rec Hall 3 p.m. Jayvee Wrestling—Le- high Rec Hall 7 p.m. Varsity Wrestling—Le- high Rec Hall Varsity Basketball, Temple Jayvee Basketball, Navy-- away Gymnastics, Syracuse... . away Varsity Boxing, Syracuse Jayvee Boxing, Syracuse— away Skiing, I.S.U. Meet away Track, N.Y.A.C. Meet....away Sigma battered Delta Theta Sig ma, 23-15; Alpha Chi Rho wal loped Sigma Alpha, 24-6; Sigma Alpha Epsilon won by forfeit ove r Alpha Phi Delta; Delta Sig ma Phi edged Theta Chi, 15-14; Alpha Epsilon Pi defeated Phi Sigma Delta, 18-16, but the game is now under protest. Monday's schedule: -• 8:45 pm.—Phi Kappa vs. Pi Kappa Al pha ; Dorm 39 va. Dorm 37 ; Dorm 40 vq. Dorm 33. 9:2.5 p.m.—X.M. Boys vs. Dorm 25 Dorm 41 vs. Dorm 43: Interrogatives vs Dorm 21. 10 :05 p.m.—Dorm 27 vs. Dorm 3 ; Twen ty Nin!rs vs. Dorm 28: Dorm 30 vs. Foresters. PAGE THREE Gymnasts Seek 14th Straight In quest of their 14th consecu tive victory in dual competition. Coach Gene Wettstone's Nittany Lion gymnasts will meet the Uni versity of Syracuse gymnastic contingent, coached by Paul Ro meo, in Archbold gymnasium at Syracuse, 8 o'clock tonight. In addition to stretching their victory skein another notch, the Lions will be seeking to reestab lish their hold on the Eastern In tercollegiate gym diadem they won last year. The Orangemen are the first of four Eastern Intercollegiate foes to be faced this season. Limn Mentor Wettstone has es tablished his squad as very slight favorites in tonight's encounter, but looks for an extremely close meet that might go eithe r way. The Nittanyites were 71-25 con querors of the Syracusans in their meeting last year. Road Games Last Penn State will play four of its first six football games at home next season, then play the last three games on the road. mwo. . T_t /411E611C11111 *OSACCO CH:llM,tibillf
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