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Basketball Team Leaves for 2-Game Trip
Attempt To Break Jinx;
Face Hoyas, American U.
Hoping the break its long standing jinx on foreign floors, the
Nittany cagers play their first two away games of the season tonight
and tomorrow night.
The Lion hoopsters will face Georgetown tonight in Washing
ton's 'Armory, then make the short hop to Uline arena tomorrow
night to face American U. The Lions have a ten-game losing
streak on the road.
The Hoyas and the Eagles have
2-0 and 2-1 records respectively.
Georgetown, making a bid for .
big time basketball recognition,
came through with a 68-63 win
over American U last Thursday,
DIXIE CLASSIC
•
Following these two encounters
State will remain idle until Dec.
28-30 when it makes the trek to
Raleigh, N. C. to play the 'Big
Boys' in basketball's Dixie Classic
clash.
Coach Gross is not too confident
of his team's chances in the Capi
tal City. "I still can't tell just
what kind of a team we have.
Sure, we beat Susquehanna by a
big score, but we didn't have too
much opposition.
"If we win both gameS down
there we'll do all right this sea
son, but don't expect too much,"
he said ominously. •"Frankly I
don't expect to beat American U.,
I was quite surprised when A. U.
beat Georgetown the other night;
that's in indication that the Hoyas
have quite a nice little club. •
"As to our losing streak, well,
we'll all be punching."
SCHIS AT CENTER
Gross intends to use his platoon
attack employing Lee Schisler at
center, Marty Costa and Whitey
McKown at guards and Joe Tocci
andLou Lamie in the fast-break
for Ward spots, as his. first team.
Despite the presence , of American
U. scouts in the stands he intends
tis' pull no punches with his ' ..rf
fense, playing each game as it
comes.
Concerning .the • fast break,
Gross thinks that there is still too
much fumbling of the ball when
driving in, and when finally in
scoring range the shots 'are not
dropping. He expressed pleasant
surprise over' the play of Jay Mc-
Mahon who came through with'
eight points in the last quarter of
play, reiterating what he has said
before that the Altoona youth has
all the potentialities of a great.
player.
Gross remembers only too well,
as assistant coach under John
Lawther, what happened last
year when State was tripped up
on two successive evenings by
Georgetown, 49-41, and Ameri
can U., 59-45, its first two '4B-'49
• defeats.
WON 9 LAST YEAR
Playing a 25-game schedule
Georgetown won 9 while dropping
16. Against Penn State the Hoyas
won on their home court but lost
a 61-42 contest at Rec Hall. The
`Caps' hit their high mark against
Fort Belvoir taking a 91-41 runa
way but turned around to be
trounced, 70-59, by N.Y.U.-
Five men who scrimmaged
against State last year have re
turned to Coach Elmer Ripley's
Hoya fold. The returnees are
led by high-scoring Tommy
"Flash" O'Keefe who notched 270
tallies his sophomore year and
294 last season.
Although Captain Ray Corley,
who accounted for 248 points and
was named to State's all-oppon
ent second team, is gone, letter
men John Mazziotta, 6-foot 5-
inch center, Dick Falvey, Dan
Supkis, 6-foot 7-inch reserve,
Raba "Fireball" Ablondi, - Frank
Alagia, Rogers and Biff Brown
will be on hand to reinforce
O'Keefe.
Mazziotta, who scored 126
points last year, will get the call
for center duties while Falvey
and O'Keefe handle the ball from
the guard spots. Probable for
wards are Ablondi and Brown, a
200-point producer last year. Rip
ley's squad will average around
the 6-foot 1-inch mark, a rather
small figure in the days of "goon"
basketball.
When Georgetown meets Penn
State in basketball this season, it
will be a battle of two "Elmer's."
Elmer Ripley will lead the Hoyas
against the Nittany Lions of El-'
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Three IM Cage
Teams Continue
Undefeated
The Portage Terrors, Dorm 41
and Dorm
,6 put their second con
secutive• victory into.' the win
column Monday night as they took
undisputed leads in their respec
tive Independent basltettball
leagues. . •
Dorm -41, of League A, •kept
their record clean as they downed
Dorm 28, 31-12, in a rough ball
game. Joe Wdrlinich,to,ssed -in 12
pbints to pace the`wihners':..With
Dick Dietrick getting ten big
points, Dorm 11 edged Dorm 43,
19-15; and. Joe Franceschina's six
points helped Dorn{ •'22 to. a 19-13
win over Dorm 24 in other Leagup
A contests
In League B, Dorm 6 whipped
Dorm 38; 15-5, to- , go to the top in
the-'league standings. Other
League' B results saw Dan Shoe
maker lead Dorm 2 to a 21-11 vic
tory over Dorm 7, and. Dorm 21
down Dorm 4, 19-10, with Orin
Jaquish netting eight• for , the vic
,
tors.
The Portage Terrors went into
the lead in League K with a 24-12
decision over. Mary's. Muggs. Al
Barano was a big factor in the
Terror's win as he cut the cords
with 12 points.. Torn Strike also
got 12 points as he paced the
Eagles' 20-12 victory over the
Penn State Club: In the other
League . K game, the Reds nipped
the Timber Wolves, .18-16. Wayne
Shearer • was high for the Red
quintet with eight.
Tonights scheduled games will
be the last played in the intral.
mural tournament' until after va
cation. The schedule
B:4s—Alpha Zeta vs Delta Chi;
Zeta Beta Tau vs Alpha Chi Sig
ma; Sigma Pi ,vs Kappa Sigma.
9:2s—Phi Epsilon pi vs. Sigma
Phi Sigma; Tau Phi -Delta vs
Alpha Phi Alpha; Theta Kappa
Phi vs Sigma Phi Alpha.
10:05—Sigma Alpha .Epsilon vs
Beta Sigma Rho; Acacia vs Pi
Lambda Phi; Phi Delta Theta vs
Phi Sigma Kappa. .
3 College Officio
Elected to Posts
Dr. Carl P. Schott, dealt of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, •was elected president
of the Eastern - Intercollegiate
GymnastiC League at the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference
meeting in New. York City' last
Weekend. Dean Schott will' also
continue • to • serve ,on the execu
tive council of the E.C.A.C.
H. R. Gilbert, graduateman
ager of athletics at the College,
was elected president of the East
ern Intercollegiate Golf League,
while Nick Thiel, lacrosse coach,
Was named secretary-treasurer of
the united States Lacrosse
Coaches Association.
The College's bid for the East
ern Intercollegiate Wrestling As
sociation championships in 1951
was accepted by the conference
at the meetings.'
Three members of George
town University's court squad
from last year hit the hoops for
more than 200 points. Ray Cor
ley, Tommy O'Keefe, and Biff
Brown all reached the two-cen
tury mark.
Track Managers
All sophomore men interest
ed in becoming second assist
ant managers in track, please
report to the balcony track in
Rec Hall any evening after 4
p.m.
Gross' Fast-Break Combo
Armory are forwards Joe Tocci (left) and Lem Laurie (right). ,
Tocci, ace•dribbler on the Nittany cage squad, teams up with
Lamie on Gross' fast downcourt breaks . and both put them to
good scoring use. •
Trac,k Coaches hotust Build
Star Runners for Boards
With the cross country season in the record books and the, be
ginning of the indoor invitational track meets still a Month away,
NVouldseem that Penn State track coach Chick Werner and his as
sistant, Norm. Gordon could be sitting back taking things easy.
But that is as far 'from the truth as the Washington Senators
are from the American League
Pennant • - • •
. WORK AHEAD
For the Nittany, coaches realize
that if they hope to receive any
invitations to the winter meets,
they have a terrific amount of
work ahead of them. To be invited
to one of the indoor meets, a per
former or team must really be
good. The average aren't invited.
Outside of Captain Jim Gehrdes
the Lion team is shrouded in mys
tery. Jumpin' Jim is the only Nit
tany thinclad sure of invitations
to the top meets.
Jim one of the best hurdlers in
the nation, will open his campaign
on New Year's Day in New Or
leans at the Sugar.Bowl . Carnival,
held each year as apart of the
New Year's Day celebration. He
won 'the 120 . -yard high hurdles
event at the Carnival last year
and will be out to defend his
title. The former Altoona high
school star has been working out
for the last couple weeks follow
ing a six-weeks practice teaching
session at Johnstown. •
DOUBT
• As foi the rest of the Blue and
White team, things are very much
in' doubt. Coach Werner has said
that be will concentrate on build
ing' good :.one_ mile and, two mile
relay teams.
Leading candidates for the' one
mile team are John McCall, Bill
Lockhart, ,Wil Lancaster, Bob
Giron,' Harrison Feese,. Wally
Schlegel, and newcomers Jimmy
Gibson and JIM' Davis.
Members of the • cross-country
team will •fight .it out for berths
on the two' mile relay team.'The
battle will be between •Bill and
Don •Ashenfelter, Bob 'F'reebairn,
CHRISTMAS VACATION
TAKE A TIP AND MAKE YOUR
TRIP BY GREYHOUND
For the convenience of PENN. STATE STUDENTS,
SPECIAL buses will be provided for the CHRISTMAS
VACATION and will leave from the PARKING LOT,
South •of RECREATION HALL, at 6:00 P.M., Tuesday,
DECEMBER 20th, 1949.
RESERVATIONS for the SPECIAL BUSES will be made
with the purchase of your ticket 'at the GREYHOUND
POST HOUSE. RESERVATIONS will close at 10:00 P.M.
Monday, Dec. 19th, , 1949.
SPECIAL BUSES WILL OPERATE. ON THE State Col
lege-Pittsburgh Division. State College-Scranton Divis
icin. State College-New York Division. State College
lirrisburg-Philadelphia Division.
Make Your Reservations Early and
' Avoid the Rush
For additional information call GREYHOUND POST
HOUSE, 146 North Atherton Street. Phone 4181.
Bob Parsons, Jack St. Clair, may
be McCall and a group of promis
ing sophomores.
Indoor practice began in earnest
last week, or at least as earnestly
as is possible in Rec Hall. The lack
of a fieldhouse seriously handicaps
the Wernermen, not only in the
matter of practice, but also• be
cause it prohibits the scheduling
of dual meets. The Lions must re
ly solely on the invitational meets
the first of which comes in the
middle of January in New York.
OTHER EVENTS
In addition to Gehrdes and the
relay teams, other thinclads are
working out in their specialties—
sprints, middle distances, high
jump, and pole vaults. The Nit
tany coaches hope to be able to
get a full team ready to enter the
IC4rA meet..
. NITTANY NOTES—The indoor
track in Rec Hall is under-going a
face-lifting. The old boards, are
being torn up and replaced. . . .
Three of the nation's top distance
runners, alumni Curt Stone and
Horace Ashenfelter and Illinois
grad, John Twomey will work out
in, Rec Hall during the winter
campaign. . . . The Lion trackmen
are watching with interest the ad
ventures of several of their mem
bers in the IM boxing tournament.
Heading the group are Ron Coder,
Al Porto and Wil Lancaster. Sev
eral others fell by the wayside.
Tommy O'Keefe led the George
town' University Hoyas' basket
ball team in scoring for the 1948-
49 season 'with 294 points in 24
games.
, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, '1949
Lion Tankmen
Open Relations
With Seton Hall
The Nittany swimming squad
has now completed its swimming
schedule with the addition of a
home meet with Seton Hall Jan.
27. This will be the first meeting
between the two schools.
Coach Bill Gutteron pointed
out that this meet will be a
tough one, but expressed his be
lief that the Lions will be trying
hard to get off to a good start
with their new opponent.
SQUAD CUT '
Having cut the squad to 38
men, Coach Gutteron is now
stressing conditioning with an
eye toward the Christmas vaca
tion, which could ruin a lot of
hard work. However, many of the
top competitors will continue to
work out at their respective home
towns. The mermen are taking
their training seriously, and by
hitting a peak before vacation,
expect to be ready for their tough
opening schedule only a (week
'after returning.
The two opening meets, on,
Jan. 13 and 14, with Colgate and
Cornell, respectively, will be two'
of the toughest meets for the
Lions. These two away meets will
pit the tankmen against scime of
the top swimmers in the East.
Cornell, who has a perennially
strong team, is meeting topflight
competition, including Arm y
Penn, Syracuse and Yale. Cornell
and Syracuse were the only two
teams that defeated the Lions
last season, as the locals ended
with a 5-2 record.
NEWCOMERS LEAD
Coach Gutteroir expressed sat
isfaction at the way the newcom
ers to the squad are performing.
He expects help from them this
year, and is maintaining a larger
squad than usual throughout the
season to give them experience
for next year.
Graduation did not seriously
deplete the ranks of the swim
mers for the 1949-50 season, but
will hit harder at the close of this
year.
The site for the Eastern Inter
collegiates has not been .determ
inel. Glennland pool is not equip
ped to handle a crowd such as
would have to be. accommodated
for the meets, although its swim
ming facilities are adequate.
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