TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1949
KA, Section 10 Win IM Cage Titles
Scoring Lapse in Mid-Game
Costs Warriors 33-24 Loss
Two middle-periods in which they could account for a total of
only six points, tomahawlced the Warriors last night, as Section 10
floored a high - stepping quintet to cop the independent cage
crown, 33-24
Blocking shots and intercepting passes, Section 10 spread a wet
blanket over a usually-effective Warrior offensive in the second
and third quarters
STRAND
But Dick Strand of the victors
was having little trouble. Strand's
under-the-basket peep - shooting
spelled 12 big tallies, and with
sharp passing and rebound grab
bing that kept possession of the
sphere, Section 10 raced ahead
all the way to the independent
title.
After lagging at the one-quar
ter mark, 10-7, the Warriors
found an iron-curtain around the
Sectioners' hoop. John Benglian,
Larry Sloan and Tony Shumskas
upped shot after shot toward the
nets, the ball caroming off the
rim.
RALLY
• The score stood at 25-13, the
Warriors behind, at the three
quarter post. Th en Benglian,
Sloan and Shumskas began hit
ting with a brilliant rally that
left the final result in doubt
until the last two minutes.
That sharp passing of Section
10 clicked into the limelight
again, however, and with Strand
charging through for a few last
moment buck et s, Section 10
pocketed the win and the title.
Section 10 G F TlWarriers G F T
Haney 1 0 21 - Sloan 2 1 5
Vought 1 2 4illagler 1 0 2
Strand 6 0 12IKlein 0 0 0
Heilman 0 0 o!Eloward 1 1 1
f.orenee 3 1 7!Disque 0 0 0
Bard 2 0 413humskas 3 1 7
Bensinger 1 2 4lßenglian 3 1 7
Reesman 0 0 OlMusrey 0 0 0
'eland 0 0 0
Totals 14 5 331 Totals 10 4 24
Score by 'quarters;
Section 10 10 6 9 8-33
Warriors 7 1 6 11-24
Oricials: Ted Kowal and Robert Braver.
Swimmers End With 5-2 Mark,
Outclass Weak Cavaliers, 42-29
Bill Gutieron's swimming team closed its dual meet season
Saturday with a 42-29 victory over Virginia. The win was the Lions'
fourth straight and fifth of the season, against two losses.
As usual, the Blue and Whi
take scoring honors for the day.
early lead by winning the 300-
Then the Cavaliers had to con
tent themselves by watching
State's swimmers show their
stuff. It wasn't until the 200-yard
breaststroke event, . which was
won by Bill Wheeler, of Virginia,
that the Cavaliers again gained a
first place. An unusual feature
of this race was the d!squalifica
tion of all swimmers except the
winner.
John McGrory took a first in
the 200 freestyle to continue his
winning ways and give State its
first points of the meet. Speed
merchant Vic Lynch finished at
the head of the field to win the
50-yard dash in 25 seconds flat
and give the visiting Lions a lead
which was never relinquished.
Cal Folmsbee copped first place
laurels in the fancy diving for his
sixth triumph of the year. Cal
scored 86.6 points to win with a
lower score than he has been reg
istering all season. In winning he
showed the same outstanding
form which earned him second
place in last year's Intercolleg
iates.
Captain Bill Schildmacher won
the 100-yard dash to beat out his
teammate and present Penn State
record holder Cass Borowy with
:55.9 time. Borowy's mark is :55.3.
At that point Rod Waters won the
backstroke to give State a 35-20
lead. Virginia picked up its re
maining nine points by copping
the breaststroke and the 440-
yard freestyle.
The Gutteronmen scored the
last of their 42 points by winning
the 400-yard relay with the ever
dependable unit of Vic Lynch,
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THE DAITiY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Lions Win Finale for Lawther
Penn State's doughty band of basketeers climaxed one of the weirdest court seasons in the
history of the cage game at the College Saturday night by trouncing Georgetown U., 61-42, to
send resigning Coach John Lawther off on a victorious note.
State's going-away present to its renowned 49-year-old sliding zone master gave the Nit
tany Collegians a final log of seven wins against ten losses for the current season.
Also ending on a happy note was State's home-court mastery which was increased to four
'Golden Year'
Continued from page four
In a consolation game, the Lions vented their fury on Illinois
lead, defeated the Lions and then went on to capture the Eastern
by trouncing the Illini, 41-34,
Holding to the theory that the opponent can't score when he
doesn't have the ball, the 1942 cage edition held its 19 opponents to
30.4 points per game. Only one opponent, West Virginia, was able
to score more than 36 points against the famous sliding zone during
the regular season.
Two opponents, Susquehanna and Carnegie Tech, were held to
18 and 19 points, and five teams were held to less than 30 points.
An early-season 28-25 loss to Cornell and an unheard of 58-33
disaster on the West Virginia court were the only losses suffered
in the Nittany Lions' "Golden Year" of basketball. The record:
Penn State 47—Susquehanna 18 Penn State 59—Carnegie Tech 26
Penn State 33—W. & J. 31 Penn State 46—Temple 33
Penn State 48—Bucknell 32 Penn State 37—Syracuse 36
Penn State 25—Cornell 28 Penn State 58—Colgate 35
Penn State 37—Syracuse 29 Penn State 33—Pittsburgh 28
Penn State 53—American U. 26 Penn State 44—West Virginia 30
Penn State 33—West Virginia 58 Penn State 43—New York U. 35
Penn State 34—Pittsburgh 30 Penn State 42—Carnegie Tech 19
Penn State 34—Army 26 Post-Season Tournament
Penn State 41—Temple 33 Penn State 39—Dartmouth 44
Penn State 29—Navy 25 Penn State 41—Illinois 34
e mermen came from behind to
The Cavaliers jumped off to an
and medley relay in 3:19.5.
Jack Senior, Cass Borowy and
Captain Schildmacher swimming
anchor.
The seven-meet schedule this
year was marred only by early
season losses to Cornell and Syra
cuse, who both boast two of the
strongest squads in Eastern swim
ming circles. Numbered among
the Nittany victims were Temple,
Dickinson, Franklin and Marshall
and Pittsburgh.
Virginia summary:
50—yard freestyle—Won by Lynch, Penn
State; second. Borowy . Penn State; third,
Scott, Virginia. Time-0:25.
100-yard freestyle—Won by Scbildmacher
Penn State; second, Borowy, Penn State
third, Crawford, Virginia. Thm_--0:55.9.
150-yard backstroke--Wen by Waters,
Penn State; second, Wachenteld, Virginia;
third, Conrad, Penn State. Time-1:48.5.
200-yard breaststroke--Won by Wheeler,
Virginia. Other entries disqualified. Time—
:sB.s.
220-yard freestyle- -Won by McCrory
Penn State: second, Crawford, Virginia
third, Grinnell, Virginia. Time--2:28.6
440-yard freestyle—Won by Grinnell
Virginia; se.ond. Met; ru ry, Penn State
third, Halloek, Virginia. Time-5 :26.9.
Diving—Won by Folmsbee, Penn State
eeond, Phillips, Virginia; third, Daniel
irginia. Points-86.6.
300-yard medley relay—Won by Virginb
Wachenfeld, Wheeler, HaHoek.) second
'enn State. Time-3:19.5.
400-yard relay—Won by Penn State
Lynch, Senior, Burowy, Schildniacherl
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Football Candidates
Football Coach Bob Higgins Rahn Leads Counter-Attack
urged all candidates for the foot
ball team, regardless of experi
ence, to take physical exams now '
s PiKa's Slam Sigma Nu
in the dispensary.
All candidates should go to the' , By 808 KOTZBAUER
water tower and receive uniforms'
and equipment after taking physi- 'I Flaring with white-hot second-half vengeance, Pi Kappa Alpha
cal exams, he said. Deadline for; rocked the smooth-sailing Sigma Nu boat, 33-24, at Rcc Hall last
undergoing exams and drawing `night and grabbed the intramural fraternity cage championship.
equipment .is March 14, when' Towering Hal Rahn, under an effective Sigma Nu defensive
spring practice opens.
iiamilii.!litilictivalli;ll'imai ninimilmimow screen through the first half, broke loose at the second-half gun to
By RAY KOEHLER
Fencers—
Continued from page four
chine, furnished by Cornell, was
used for the epee event. This in
strument is connected by tubes to
each duelist and clearly shows by
means of lights which man scores
first.
Summary:
Foil—Stu Paltrow, Cornell, defeated
Harry McCarty, 5-0, Ralph Meier, 5-3, and
John Kochalka, 5-1. McCarty, Penn State,
defeated Dick Dudley, 5-4, and John Gal
lagher, 5-1. Dudley, Cornell, defeated
Kochalka, 5-4, and Meier, 5-3. Meier. Penn
State defeated Gallagher. 5-2. Kochalka,
Penn State, defeated Gallagher, 5-4.
Sabre—Paul Younkin, Penn State, de
feated Dick Smith, 5-2, Iry Fund, 6-3, and
Pete Ma!math 5-4. Rex Dyer, Penn State,
defeated Fund, 5-1. Mulnati, 5-4, and
Smith, 5-3. John Richards, Penn State,
defeated Fand, 5-4. Smith, Cornell, de
feated Richards, 5-3. Malnati, Cornell, de
feated Richards, 5-2.
Epee -Jim Jackson. Cornell. defeated
Rolf Wald, 3-2, Art Ward. 3-0, and Bill
Fairchok, 3-2. Dick Grimaldi, Cornell. de
feated Fairchok, 3-1. Wald, 3-0, and Ward
3-1. Jim Chase, Cornell, defeated Fairchok.
3-1. Wald, Penn State, defeated Chase,
3-1. Ward, Penn State, defeated Chase,
3-0.
Boxing Pace-Setters
Penn State, Syracuse and Vir
ginia, of the Intercollegiate Box
ing Association, each have pro
duced fiv e NCAA individual
titlists.
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straight games
BEST GAME
The Lions rounded out the
schedule with their best exhibi
tion of the season, shooting and
passing superbly to toy with the
highly-regarded Hoyas. Rocket
ing to a 28-15 lead at halftime,
State continued in high gear un
til the final gun.
Georgetown was woefully weak
in its field goal attempts and pre
sented an altogether different
team from the one which had pre
viously defeated Penn State, 49-
41, on the capital courts.
Joe Tocci again had the small
crowd in an uproar with his drib
bling and passing antics, and com
bined with sophomore Lou Lamie
to give the Hoyas an offensive
lesson.
A certainty to clinch a starting
berth next year, Lamie had an
other good night, coming through
with 14 points to pace both clubs
in scoring. Tocci stayed right be
hind the lanky Arnold athlete by
tallying four twin-pointers and
four foul conversions to rack up
12 counters.
179 POINTS
Milt Simon, captain of the Lion
team, closed his four-year col
legiate campaign by scoring eight
poirits. The blond guard paced
Penn State's offense this year
with a total of 179 markers. Ter
ry Ruhlman and Syl Bozinski, al
so performing in their last court
game for State, came through
with five and two points respec
tively.
The Nittany marksmen early
took the game into hand and at
the end of the first period led,
12-6. With Tocci and Marty Costa
taking over, the State five bal
looned the readings to a run-a
way 28-15 bulge at intermission.
The Hoyas were held to only
four field goals the first-half by
the Lions' airtight zone.
Tocci, Lamie and Costa domi
nated play in the third quarter as
Lawther began wholesale substi
tutions. Outscoring the tall Wash
ington visitors, 33-27, the final
half, all but one of Lawther's
hoopsters broke into the scoring
column.
- - .
Georgetown C F TlPenn State G F T
O'Keefe, f 2 3 7lTocci„ f 4 4 10
Brown, f 0 5 slSimon, f 2__4 f
Mazziotta, c 4 2 10ICostu. c 3 4 1(
Leddy, g 0 1 1 IlLamie, g 5 4 14
Corley. g 2 2 6lStorer. g 0 1 1
Culhane 0 0 OlSchesler 0 1 1
Fuluey 2 1 5I Weiss 3 0 6
Alogiu 2 2 6lAmprim 1 0 2
Ablondi 0 1 11Lowther 0 0 0
Supkis 0 1 1I Bozinski 1 0 2
Rogers 0 0 01Ruhlmon 2 1 5
Totals 12 18 421 Totals 21 19 61
Score by Periods—
Georgetown 6 9 13 14-42
Penn State 12 16 15 18 -61
boost his mates to the champion
ship. The big center snared nine
counters in the final two stanzas,
13 all-told, to lead both teams in
scoring.
AWOKE
Behind, 16-9, at the mid-game
rest, the PiKA's awoke to bring
more than half a hundred of their
fans to their feet, while an equal
number of Sigma Nu rooters sat
mystified. The winners banged
out six counters in quick order,
then settled down with a tight
defense and a ripping peep-shot
offense that grabbed the advant
age and kept it.
John Steimer and Dick Ondick,
scoring eight and six points re
spectively in the first half, started
Sigma Nu off on the right foot
while John Smidansky was
sweeping the boards and pulling
down rebounds. The Sigma Nu
propellers were churning. The
stock was going up.
They even snared the tip-off at
the three-quarter whistle, but
that was the end of the road.
SURGE
Guarding close and putting the
crimp in the Sigma Nu offensive
machine, Pi Kappa Alpha began
to surge. After the winners racked
six points, Trioni of the losers
dunked a foul, but Elwood Petch
el came back with a looping right
hander from outside the foul-zone
to knot the count. Rahn put PiKA
ahead, the count tied again, then
the victors went in front to stay.
With two minutes to go, Sigma
Nu desperately started down
court man-to-man checking, but
fast breaks and sharp shooting
kept PiKA in front in the hottest
battle on the Rec Hall boards this
season.
The victory was Pi Kappa Al
pha's 14th in a row, after losing
its first contest of the season. The
string was accumulated in the reg
ular season and in exhibition
games.
Box scores:
Sigma Nu C F ?!P it Alpha II F T
Wolfkiel 0 1 11Platt 3 6
Steimer 3 2 8 Rahn 4 13
Smidansky 0 3 31Catnach 0 0
Ondick 2 2 6lLloyd 0 0
Engle 1 1 31Preston 2 4
Trioni 1 1 3lPetchel 3 8
Ralston 00 0l Hannah 0 0
Uillero 0 0 01Karolcik 1 2
Totals 7 10 241 Totals 13 33
Score by quarters:
Sigma Nu 18 6 S 5-24
Pi Kappa Alpha 6 3 13 11-33
Officials: Lou Sulpizio and Hal Wausat.
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