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Lion Gnus Meet Susquehanna U.
In First Test of 1949-'5O Season
By RAY KOEHLER
Two' months of court• .prepara
tion will• reach its climax atB .
o'clock: tonight when. Coach Elmer
Gross
. sendi his two - platoons into
'salon against Susquehanna Uni
versity on the •Rec boards.: •
Students will be allowed to the
game only by presentation "of
their AA Books. '
Per n •State is favored over.the
graduation-riddled •Crusiaders , in
the season' opener and expect : lit
tle difficulty in making the debut
of its new 'head coach a success:
FAST BREAK ,
Coach 'Gross will mark the• oc
casion, by Springing his •darkly
veiled platoon system into action.
Another, innovation and one
which will probably .send ex
mentor John Lawther into a
double-take—will see the - State
quintet setting up a - fast break.
Previoutly- .the trademark of
Penn 'State teams had been the
deliberite, set-play type; Gross
still plans 'to use his 'plays, with
or without a pivot-man, .should
his fireball- methods wear out.
Notwithstanding the attraction
of the two squads upon the floor,
,the tactics and mannerisms of the
new coach will also be spotlight
ed. In comparison to State's form
er leader, Gross is almost drab.
SPIRIT
During previous seasons the fire
and vehemence of Lawther stood
out as vividly as did his learns.
Gross is still as..outwardly un
emotional as when he captained
State's greatest team.
Announcing his starting team
late yesterday afternoon, Gross
revealed an all-senior selection.
Joe Tocci and Marty Costa, named
co-captains, will both appear in.
the opening lineup.
Tocci and Lou 'Lamle will start
at tl-..2 forward spots with Lee
Schisler, 6-foot 5-inch marksman,
taking the center slot. Costa, who
began almost every game last
year as the tap man, has been
switched to guard with Bob
'Whitey' McKown, his running
mate.
Schisler and McKown have
been promoted• from the reserve
ranks where they served for the
past several years, under Lawther.
In point of service- they, and
Costa, are the real veterans of the
outfit.
SECOND PLATOON
For his second squad Gross in--
tends to use Frank'. Moore and
Ted Panopolis at forward, Jay
MacMahon at center, and Lloyd
Aroprim and Zeke Seidell at the
guards. Mel Kates and - Jack
Storer will also be used as the
occasion atises.
MacMahon, • 6-foot 7-inch pivot
MoOre 'and Pariopolis were
all
.principal faCtors in Altoona
winning. the- state junior college
basketball championship in 1945-
'49: gross will uniform 17 men
for tonight'a•game.
Last year. Susquehanna won 6
while dropping 11. : Sole survivors
from that team are Dick Wester
velt, of Bloomfield, N: J., and Jack
Thorp;*Athens. The remainder of
the squad will be made up of
Norm Fleisher,' 6-foot 5-inch
Lewistown freshman, Charlie
Zlock, junior varsity high scorer,
Bruce. Wagner, Ed Wollaston, Ned
Condon, and Jim Hazlett 'who al
so double as varsity football cen
ter.
:Head Coach Alonzo Stagg, Jr.;
has lost his top, point producer,
Evan Zlock,• who carried the team
practically single-handed last
year.
' Starting lineups—
Penn State •Susquehanna
Tocci F Westervelt •
Launie F Zlock
Schisler C Fleisher
Costa G Hallett
McKown G Condon
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, Tom Lucas, Sigma Nu, (right) drives home a left jab to the
head of Dick Brown. Chi Pi. in a 121-:lound intramural boxing
match in Rec Hall last night. Lucas won a decision.
10-Bout IM
Featured by
Harry Papacharalambous and Charley . Wilson•scored technical
knockouts to highlight' a' fast-moving 10-bout intramural boxing pro
gram before 750 in Rec Hall last night.'
Other winners were Vince Sakovitch, Kappa Delta Rho; Bob
Gower, Alpha Tau Omega, Bob •Briselli, Theta Xi; Milt Nemroff,
Phi Sigma Delta; Tom Lucas, Sig
ma Nu; Al Porto, Phi Kappa;
Charles Rodgers, 'Phi Gamma
Delta, and Warren Cooper, inde
pendent
IMPRESSIVE
Papacharalambous, Delta Upsi
lon, put on an impressive show
in outboxing and outslugging
Bob Winslow, Kappa Delta Rho,
before referee Eddie Sulkowski
stopped the bout at one.minute of
the second round. Wilson, Alpha
Gamma Rho, a hard-hitting light
heavyweight, made it even quick
er over Delta Chi's Justus Baum,
referee Glenn Hawthorne call
ing a halt to the festivities after
30 seconds of the middle cantor
Papacharalambous boxed nice
ly through the first round and
shook Winslow with lefts' and
rights to the body and several
hard rights to the head. Little
Harry staggered Winslow, with a
hard right uppercut at the start
of the second, stalked him across
the ring. and was pummeling
away to the body when Sulkow
ski threw in the towel.
• WILSON JABS
' Wilson took control in the sec
ond, opened up his man with a
thumping series of left jabs and
was scoring with a sharp one-two
combination when Hawthorne
stopped the contest•
Sakovitch and Gower, cam
paigning in• the 165-pound divis
ion, registered impressive victor
ies. Sakovitch gained a close de
cision over Sigma Chi's Mike
Kurowski, while • ,Gowers out
slugged Sigma Alpha Epsilon's
Chuck Myers.
After a dull first round, Sake
vitch opened up with a one-two
string to Kurowski's head. Sako
vitch drove Kurowski across the
ring with a hard left, but Mike
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fought back with a stinging right
to the jaw. Kurowski got the
better of it, scoring with a left
and right to the head after they
had socked each other with long
range lefts and rights to the head
in the ;third.
Gower was. on top all way
as he banged to the head after
weathering Myers' body attack
midway through the second
round.
Briselli, runner-up in the 155-
pound independent class last year,
outslugged Bill Nichol, Alpha
Gamma Rho, in a rip -shorter.
They" started fast and were
swinging from the heels when the
final bell sounded. The shorter
Briselli was the harder puncher,
but he had to weather a storm of
blows to get In close enough to
work. "
Runner-up, in the 121-pound
class last year, Lucas scored heav
ily with a thundering looping
right hand in scoring a decision
victory over Dick • Brown, Chi
Phi. After an even first round,
Lucas took over with hiS right.
After a slow start, Nemcroff
banged out a close deciSion vic
tory over Rudy Reid, Omega Psi
Phi, in a 145-pound battle. Reid
opened with three hard lefts to
the' jaw - in the first, abut . Nemcoff
began working his right hand in
the second and third rounds and
scored with three right uppercuts
to ther head that shook Reid in
the last round. •
Porto was too fast with his feet
and his left hand for Alpha Chi
Rho's Bill Hogg. The cross-coun
try star opened fast and was go
ing at full blast when the final
bell went off.
Rodgers dominated Phi Epsi-
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Freebairn Rated with ; Best
By Nittany Hariler Coach
One of the reasons for Penn'StOte's:irery successful cross coun
try -season - .this fall•was a‘tult lanky junior from Philadelphia,' Bob
Freebairn. •
Bob was one of •the most consistent' and best runners of the
Nittany squad this rem:. and Accdtclhig Id:Conch...Chick Werner im
proved, faster than , any''othei' Man-hn the 'teeth. And considering
the fact that the entire squad made tiemendous• progress during
the recently .completed season, it. is apparent that Bob is really
heading places. In fact, Bob. has ;dyne so, far that, he is rated by
his coaches as. one oC the
r t.op„.,tenlin..ospects brt collegiate Tanks-in
the mile and two mile'divuticizis.' , '. l .. ,
Bob made his''first appearance on the track' scene as a member
of the track and" cross-courftg.tearsis at Northeast:High School in
Philadelphia. As.a'senior'he wonvtfieg fittibig ent of his career•:by
capturing the Public High'Scheol Mile •Championship of Philadel
phia. • •
adum, in 1947,r:8O1x..decided to attend Penn State'
end . all' freshman at .the :time was ,farmad out to an under
graduate center, which in his-case was SWarthmore, near Philadel'
phia. SwailliMore.had.no, cross-country , or track teams so in order
to'keep in shaPe and • anotheemember, of ,This year's Nittany
harriers, • Capt. Bob Parionk.turned.to
::•80l
, i.,Ceine; to ,the campus last
*ar and, ! , as a sophomore, made
Ptah' the. cross country and the
stack teams. He did nothing
;pectacular in, the cross-country
leld' but gained valuable experi
!née - and 'knowledge which paid
off this . 'year: Track, , however,
`was anOther
_story. In his first
-ear *the: squad he returned to
pis • native' Philadelphia as a
member,,of the winning four-mile
relay team at the . - Penn Relays;
the third qtraight year that the
'Nittany, ions, have that .
went. " • . .
Michigan State meet was :always
among the first to finish. In the strong IC4-A and NCAA ‘ fields..he.
finished 'l3th and 14th respectively,. being-the first Nittany harrier
to finish in the IC. He is now rated at the top,.along with Don,Ash
enfelter, on the Perin State cross country team and distance•runners,
And this year's harrier team is one which the, coaches call the best
that Penn State has ever had.
Bob is in the School of Education, majoring in secondarY edu
cation, and is a member of the Delta Tau Delta •Fratereity:- He
stands at an even six feet and weighs 145 pounds. Very Iriendly,
Bob is popular with his teammates and always has a. quick smile
and, warm welcome for everyone. , ' • '
"Just running for Penn State is a big thrill' in itself," Bob. elaitns.
"It makes me feel good to be able to, make the team." ' • •
• •
• • It also makes the coaches 'and Lion fans feel:good to havev
such a runner: around and no one" is shedding, any team that he
will be back next. year, unless it:is Penn State's opponents. 'lint'.
Bob's activities, this year_ are far frpm being. over.' It is quite
sible that he. will.compete in , a few•of theindoor invitational meets ••
to be held.this-.Winter member of a ,relay team, aided•by
eral of his teammates on the harrier team.-,And When . Spring
pears:on the horiron., and brings with it the Outdoor track season;.
' Bob will beta man to reckon with in the:distance rune ?
•
lon Pi's Norm Ery,rnan to regis
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skirmish,• while • CliOper..'
slugged Ronald Eagle in a 135-
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WEDNESbAY. DECEMBER 7; 1949
By JOE: spEv
PUBLIC' MILE CHAMP
BIGGEST. THRILL
"That ~victory in the 'Penn.
Relays was the biggest of,
my career," ,the 19-year-Olk
'junior explains. "It was, . . the, ..
first time that I had ever..wpn„,
'anything really , big." .
This
. year. Bob was one
.of t : the,
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