FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1940
Virginia's 4 EIBA Titlists Who Host Lions ----
HOLLINGSWORTH
Title-Holding Virginia
Opposes Lion Boxers
Virginia, a team which last season equalled an all-time EIBA
record by copping six individual championships, will be the Lions'
opposition in the ring at Charlottesville, Va., tomorrow night.
Four of the six titlists will be in Coach Al York's lineup when
the Cavaliers square off against the Houck sluggers. Competing are
Allen Hollingsworth, formerly 125 pounds, now 130; Grover Master
ght from 130 to 135; and the two
son who also has moved up a we
remaining Miragliotta brothers
Basil at 145 pounds and Joe at
155 pounds.
Missing from the field will be
Virginia's three-time champ, 135
pound Jimmy Miragliotta and
Ralph Shoaf, 175 pound titlist.
Miragliotta finished his four years
of eligibility in 1948, while Shoaf,
this season's captain-elect. is
shelved by a football injury.
SEASON RECORDS
Both the Nittanymen and the
Virginians sport a 2-3 record for
the current mitt campaign and
both will be out to end their re
spective campaigns with at least
a .500 battling mark.
The Lions, victorious over West
ern . Maryland, 6-2; and Army,
si-2i, dropped their last three
ring encounters to Syracuse, 41-
34-; Wisconsin, 6-2; and Michigan
State, 5-3.
Cavalier boxers copped de
cisions from South Carolina, 4i
3i; and Army, 5-3. They lost con
tests to Miami, 4i-3i; Louisiana
State, 6-2, and then a 5-3 bout at
Syracuse last weekend.
None of the Virginians is in
vincible as was proven when 130-
pound Allen Hollingsworth and
145-pound Basil Miragliotta were
held to draws by Louisian State
sluggers. Grover Masterson, con
queror of Lion captain John Ben
glian in the Easterns last year,
dropped his first of the year
against LSU.
BROTHER CHAMPS
The Cavaliers' two brother
champions, 145-pound Basil Mira
gliotta and 155-pound Joe Mira
gliotta are both three-year ring
veterans and around them the
whole team is nucleused.
Drawing top billing on tomor
row night's fight agenda will be
the contests between 1948-champ
at 130 pounds, Allen Hollings
worth, and 1946-champ at 127
pounds, John Benglian. Both have
moved up a weight and will battle
in the 130 pound go.
New addition to the Virginia
squad, Leonard Coiner, will battle
Fred Smith in the 125 division
contest. The Lions' Smith, side
lined for the past two weeks, is
back and will replace John Deck
in the leadoff position.
Pat Heims, 155 pounder, who
drew at Michigan State last week
will again represent the Lions.
Heims, an explosive batler, led
the fighting against his Spartan
opponent but after receiving a
cut above the eye in the first
round the contest was stopppd.
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Virginia's Allen Smith, a junior
letterman who figured in one win
ning and two losing bouts last
year, will be Chuck Drazenovich's
opponent. After capturing the
EIBA heavyweight toga last
season, Chuck has found compe
tition rough this year. He sports
two draws and one defeat in
EIBA competition.
Lou Guthrie will enter the ring
in the 135 contest His assign
ment will be a tough one. He
meets Virginia's "Bat" Masterson.
Basil Miragliotta will be no soft
touch for Lion 145-pounder Jack
Sheehe.
Altoona's gift to Leo Houck,
battling Jack Bolger, will meet
Virginia's replacement for Ralph
Shoaf, Lamont Atwell while the
highly improved Paul Smith,
Lion 165-pounder should have
little trouble in adding another
win to his record when he squares
off against ring neophyte John
Marks.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
MASTERSON
Story of Two Erie Cage Stars
Hastily glancing at the boxscore of the recent Penn State-Temple basketball encounter, one can't
fail to notice that Milt Simon, of the Lions, scored 24 markers while Wally Hatkevich led the Owls
with 16.
It seems ironic that these two boys, both natives of Erie, Pa., were playing against each other on
the Rec Hall boards. Usually, in their boyhood, they were on the same team.
Starting on the courts when they were ten, their 90-to-120-pound team won the city champion
ship. But when Milt found out that he could not make the high school team he signed to play with an
Independents
Win Thrillers
The Warriors and Foresters
won first round independent cage
victories and moved into semi
final playoffs in down-to-the
wire, drag-em-out battles at Rec
Hall last night.
A desperation one-hand stab
by Howard Hagler, with less
than 30 seconds to go, handed
the Warriors a 25-23 edge over
the Q. Quintet. Larry Sloan car
ried most of the load•for the vic
tors as he dunked 11 counters
and pulled down rebounds from
his center slot. Art Benning of
the Q'ers notched eight markers
in the losing cause.
The Foresters beat Dorm 25 in
a low score encounter on court
one, racking up a one-point ad
vantage in the first frame and
turning on more steam in the
second stanza to win, 16-11. But
Frank Conte of the losers won
personal laurels with a perfect
five-for-five foul average and a
fielder that totalled to seven
counters and high score.
Tonight the Warriors meet the
Berletics, and the Foresters
tangle with Section 10 in semi
finals at 9:25, immediately after
the fraternity semi-final teams
clear the floor. Berletics, with a
seven-and-one record for the
season, figure to keep the War
riors stepping, but Sloan and
Hagler will be back to have a
final word in the outcome.
Section 10 brings a string of
eight straight victories to pit
against the floorwork of the For
esters in another semi-final clash
at the same time.
B. MIRAGLIOTTA
Attention, IM Teams
Any fraternity or independ
ent organization which signed
for wrestling, volleyball, or
handball singles and has not
yet received a copy of the
mimeographed schedule for
any of the three, should con
tact the intramural office, Ex
tension 95, immediately.
Copies of the three sched
ules were sent out this week,
announced Eugene C. Bischoff,
IM director, and should be in
the hands of team managers.
Erie city league team that cap
tured the championship in 1942.
Hatkevich went on to star for
East High. His superb floor play
was rewarded when he was nam
ed to the AP's all-state schoolboy
five in 1943.
But the 102-pound Simon, too
short to make the East High cage
team, finally did earn a letter—
for being the manager of the bas
ketball team.
After a vacation, for which
Uncle Sam footed all the bills,
Milt enrolled at the College. When
his running mats, Hatkevich, was
discharged, the dimunitive Simon
persuaded the "Hacker" (Hatke
vich) to come to State College.
Both Milt and Wally made
Coach John Lawther's varsity in
their frosh year. Both played top
flight basketball throughout the
1946 season and caught the op
position's eye, although their team
succeeded in winning only seven
out of 16 engagements.
The sharpshooting Hatkevich
moved into the college picture
.without too much trouble and in
16 games scored 216 points for
an average of 13.5 per game.
He was the first Lion player to
top the 200 mark during the war
and immediate post-war era. Si
mon was runner-up in scoring
with 108 points in 13 games, or an
average of a little better than
eight points per tussle.
The following winter, Temple
lured Hatkevich to the Quaker
City while Milt stayed with
Coach John Lawther to score 146
points.
Last week the ex-sailor caught
fire. The dynamic 5-foot 6-inch
Simon exploded against Ameri
can U. tossing in 23 markers to
equal the Rec Hall record for a
Penn State player.
Last year's captain, Jack Biery,
once before the war and once
last year, scored the same total.
23, Ed Brett, of Colgate, holds the
all-time Rec Hall record, 25
points. Brett scored his 25 tal
lies this year when the Red Raid
ers downed Penn State.
HOT
In Penn State's upset victory,
52-41, over Temple, Simon was
hot. The scorebook showed 22
points for Milt, the clock showed
50 seconds left before the final
gun. A last minute desperation
heave by Simon and the stage
was set for a dramatic finish as
the ball swished through the
cords. A great little floorman add
ed a new record to Penn State
basketball history.
Hatkevich also had his eyesight
focused, tallying 16 points for
Temple's best effort of the eve
ning.
That in short sums up the bas
ketball fortunes of two home
town kids. Both Simon and Hat
kevich graduate this Spring.
J 4 MIRAGLIOTTA
By George Vedas:
STARS
FIRST
Owl Gymnasts
Duel Nittanymen
By Red Roth
Gym fins are in for a rare treat when the Lions play host to
Temple University's powerful gymnastic squad at 7 p.m. in Rec Hall
tomorrow.
For the Owls can boast of one of the top gym aggregations in the
East, if not in the entire nation.
The visitors come to State College with an impressive record of
six consecutive victories, three of them over Eastern Intercollgiate
foes. Syracuse, Navy and Army,
all conquerors of the Lions, have
bowed to Coach Max Younger's
gymnasts.
Last Saturday's win over the
Military Academy, 56-40, assur
ed the Cherry and White gym
nasts of at least at tie for the
1949 Eastern Intercollegiate title.
Only stumbling block in their
path to undisputed possession of
the crown is Coach Gene Wett
stone's team.
FAVORITE
On paper the Templars look
like odds on favorites to vanquish
the Nittanies and tack the East
ern crown to their string of
Pi KA's Upset
Phi Delt Cart
Chalk it up in your book that
records mean nothing when the
all-fraternity championship is at
stake.
Phi Delta Theta found it out.
Wearing their seven and nothing
season-record like a chip on the
shoulder, the Phi Delts came to
swift destruction at the hands of
Pi Kappa Alpha on the Rec Hall
boards last night. The Pi Ka cap
ers slapped them down, 24-12, in
one of those contests the experts
figured to be tight.
Jack Platt of Pi Kappa Alpha,
pounding the hoops for a full doz
en of tallies, was the man who
made the difference. Platt helped
his mates to a 9-8 first half mar
gin, then really caught fire as the
superior floor-work of the vic
tors wilted Phi Delta Theta.
Pi Kappa Alpha will have to do
it all over again tonight, with the
exception that Sigma Pi will be
the opposition, this time with a
record of seven and nothing. The
semi-final contest is listed for
8:45.
Tau Kappa Epsilon earned it
self a berth in the victory train
with a 33-14 rip-roaring triumph
'over Theta Kappa Phi. They
whistled to a 13-3 first half ad
vantage and as Bob Pee kept up
the tune to snag 12 points, easily
snared the plum. TKE'S tangle
with Sigma Nu, in a court-one
semi-final encounter tonight at
8:45, and Pee and company will
have to stop the shots of John
qmidansky, and the Sigma Nu
er's, who won seven and lost one
during the season.
achievements. Their lineup is
studded with high school cham
pions from the freshman squad in
addition to such standout hold
overs as Wally Hayes, Eastern
and National flying rings cham
pion; Bob Stout, Eastern Inter
collegiate all-around, parallel
bars, and horizontal bar title
holder, and Joe Bernardo, whom
Lion Coach Gene Wettstone des
cribed as "another Steve Greene"
on the sidehorse.
But Lion hopes of upsetting the
highly-favored Philadelphians are
not as remote as some fans might
believe, in the opinion of Wett
stone.
The Blue and White gymnasts
have been Temple's "jinx" team
since 1943. Not since a winter
day six years ago have Coach
Younger's men emerged victori
ous over a Wettstone-coached
gym team.
FACTORS
In addition to the hoax they
seem to have over the visitors the
Penn Staters will have at least
two other factors in their favor.
One is that the meet will be held
in Rec Hall or equipment fa
miliar to the home team. The sec
ond is the pressure the Owls will
have on them. The Lions, who as
a team are not going anywhere
this year, have everything to gain
and nothing to lose tomorrow.
On the other hand Temple
needs tomorrow's meet badly. A
loss to the Lions would send
Army, heavy favorites to swamp
Navy tomorrow, into a tie for the
Eastern crown. Such a setup is
psychologically favorable to the
Nittany Lion gymnasts.
"If we have a good day and
they have a bad one. there is an
excellent chance we may pull a
surprising upset," Wettstone said.
"Still there's no sense in hiding
the fact they have a much better
balanced team than we have," he
added.
BONSALL
"Our hopes of beating the Owls
will rest chiefly on Bill Bonsall,
who must take first in at least two
of his three events,' the bespec
tacled Lion mentor went on.
A big break for the Nittanies is
the fact that Temple is weak in
the event that has given them
more trouble than any other this
year—the rope climb. The Owl's
best man in that event is Stan
Robinson. His best time on the
hemp was 4.4 seconds against
Army last week.
Salvester Postich, chief Lion
threat in the same event, record
ed a 4.5 second time against the
dame team. Thus there is a good
chance the home team may place
higher than third in the rope com
petition for the first time this
year.
Probably the closest event in
the meet will be tumbling, where
five top-notchers will compete. In
addition to Staters Rudy Valen
tino and the constantly-improv
ing Bill Meade, the Owls have
three outstanding tumblers in Bill
McKinney, Bob Stout and Mar
ells.
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