WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1050
The
Lion's- Tail
By ED. WATSON
Ass't Sports Editor
Maurey's Loss
Wrestling fans were really sur
prised when they heard that
Captain Jim Maurey had lost his
first bout in two years to Lehigh's
John.Mahoney Saturday night
and te shock was even greater
when they discovered that he
was the loser by a fall„
"From this reporter's vantage
point in the press box, Cap
' tain,Jim d:d not appear to be
pinned, but here is the Lion
captain's• version:
"It didn't seem to me that my
shoulders were touchin*, but I
may be wrong," Jim said. "One
shoulder was down, but I bridged
off the mat." '
"We both got up and started
walking toward the center of
the mat," Jim continued, "When
the referee (Murl Thrush) sud
denly raised Mahoney's hand."
"What did he say to mer Well,
he said that I had been pinned
a little while ago and he hadn't
called it." •
Captain Jim, incidentally.
took his so-called loss like a
man. He held the advantage
on Mahoney for over two min
utes of the first period, but the
fall win called by - Thrush stood.
"Maybe if I would have won,
the team would have lost, and I
wanted to beat Lehigh," he said.
"Because," he added "If one of
us had to lose I'm glad it was me,
because I was really glad to see
Don beat Kelsey."
It was a hard defeat to take,
but Captain Jim took it with
a smile. It's very seldom that
you find a man that can do that.
Penn State should be proud to
have him as its. wrestling lead
er.'
District 6-9 Makes Good
Exactly ten of the sixteen
grapplers making the Lehigh trip
learned their high school wres
tling in central Pennsylvania's
District 6-9.
6-9 representatives on the
victorious Jayvee squad were
Lee Smith, 136 pounds. and Don
Hess,. 145 pounds, from Belle.
fontet Jim Riss, 165-pounder
from Dußois, and Ray Johnson,
121 pounds, ' 175-pound Bill
Barker and heaVyweight Lytm
, Illingworth, all of State College.
This same district boasted Cec
Irvin, State College's 155-pound
er and the Maurey brothers and
heavyweight Homer' Barr, all
from Clearfield, on the varsity
squad.
Packed House
Lehigh's Grace Hall was over
flowing for the meet Saturday ,
night. ' ln fact, more people were
'present for the dual meet 'than •
were at the gIWA tourney held '
there in 1948.
Seats were taken early and
late-corners crowded three and
four deep around the mat and
in front of the Nittany, bench.
Penn State need not be
ashamed of its , following at the
meet, either. Although scatter
ed among the partisan crowd,
the Lion rooters gave out In
force , when necessary.
Here ,
and There
One of the tight battles the
fans were looking for • never
came about. Eric Erikson, regu
lar 165.. pounder, dropped down
a weight. Erikson and Santel
tied, 6-6, last year . . , Coach
Charlie Speidel was so excited
when the team left Friday noon
that he left his 'suitcase at the
Corner' Room. He had to wire
Ridge Riley, executive secretary
of the Alumni Association, to
bring, it down the following day
. . . Santel has a toughie coming
up this week with Pitt. He meets
Jim Conklin, four-time PIAA
state champion from Waynes
burg .
Lion Pica Jayvees
Will Meet Dußois
The Cub matmen will journey
to Dubois Center tonight in quest
of their;. third straight win of
the season, '
Coati' Choilie Sirlairimr
Tin DAtLY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE,
Programme
Basketball
By RAY KOEHLER, Colldgian Drama Critic
What looms as the final run of the current season's "Bas
ketball Burlesque of 1950," a two-act skit acted and produced
by Doc Carlson and Elmer Gross and including a cast of ten;
will come off tonight on the basketball floor of the U. of Pitts
burgh.
Cast of Characters
Coach Doc Carlson Villain
Cott& Elmer Gross Hero
(Santa Claus) Carlson's straight man
Penn State Minor Characters
Yoe Tocci--A heady dribbler Forward
Lou Laurie—'Hesitation' shot expert Forward
Lee" Schisler—l-hand shot speclitlist ' (- Center
Marty Costa—Left-hand pivot Guard
Jay McMahan-6-foot. 6-inch , 50ph..... ..... Guard
Pittsburgh Minor Characters
Lou (Bananas) Cecconi
A transplanted football player.. Forward
Bill Yurko—Unknown quintity. . • Forward
George Radosevich—He just runs around... Center
George McCrossin—Pitt Nigh-scorer.....'....Guard
John Kendrick—Defensive star Guard
Costumes... Penn State, Pitt' Alumni Associations
, Lightingand Effects... • Pitt athletic plant
Prompters Two referees
Crowd Scene Dummies c/o Sears-Roebuck
The plot revolves around the mad court machinations of
one Falstaffian-witted Doc Carlson, whose greatest enemy in
life is the zone defense, and his obsession that only by revert
ing to the style of play and techniques of the 'Hoss' Haggerty
and original Celtic's era can he overcome this difficulty.
Carison's verbose antagonist will be bortiayed by Elmer -
Gross, Penn State cage promotor, who has won three out of
his last four games and is out to repeat Saturday's, 34 to 21
flogging of the villainous Pitt ruffians. •
By virtue of that defeat the Ringle Cats now own a rec
ord of two wins against six losses.
Publicity for the on-coming 40-minute parody reached its
climax yesterday in, of all places, the sports section of a Pitts
burgh newspaper. The two leading characters , exchanged a
bit of repartee on the fast-break versus "deep freeze" issue
which, spectators, IF ANY, may be in for.
TIGHT-FISTED OFFENSE ' •
Defending his close-to-the-vest actions, whicli itroduced
only five points during the first-half of Saturday's game, Pitt's
impetuous, devil-may-care cage tutor explained, "I'm a ;amb
ler at heart. Originally my aim-was to play a 0-0, game in the
first-half beCause we couldn't equal Penn, State's manpower or
height. '
"Because State was unwilling to co-operate, the half-time
score was 5-0. We had the IV, We did our part."
The audience was 'so enchanted with Carlson's masterful
'portrayal of the villain that they showered him with bouquets
of peanuts and worn-out, pennies.
An AT. critique quoted Gross as, saYing, ,"They made one
mistake. That was in hot realizing we have been exposed to
this tactic before. The only thing wrong with their strategy
was that we refused' to fall for it,"
' BrtAVO, MARTY
•
Among the • minor characters, Penn State's Marty Costa
far outshone his rival, scoring ace, George McCrossin, in 'the •
first settee. The 6-foot 6-inch Costa played a demon-back
board game and racked up 15 points, while the Panther captain
was held to two tallies.
Another friendly court duel which will be ebacted tonight
involves, Lou (Bimbo) Cecconi and State's Joe Tocci. Both -
performers played a "cute:floor game ancl_showed' a complete
mastery of their parts.
nounced the following lineup:
' 121—Ray Johnson .
128 Ed Clark
136—Lee Smith
146—Al Fasnacht
•
155—8i1l Slabonik
186—Jim Riss
176—8i1l Barker
Unlimited—Lvnn Illtnaworth
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NCAA Rules To Govern
Gym Meet With Spartans
National (NCAA) rules will govern competition when the gym
nastic teams of Michigan State and Penn State open their bags of
tricks at Rec Hall Saturday afternoon.
Lion•gym fans will notice two big changes from Eastern Inter
collegiate rules. A seventh event, the trampoline, will be added to
the program; a gymnast may compete in any number of events
rather than . Just three as he is
limited in the Eastern league.
SWIMNAST
Lion Coach Gene Wettstone is
preparing Cal Folmsbee, varsity
diver with the swimming team,
for work on the trampoline.
Folmsbee has been practicing his
twists and turns off the springed•
canvas for a couple of weeks now
and Wettstone is pleased with
his improvement. The coach
feels that Folmsbee migh be able
to place high and prevent the
Spartans from slamming this
event unfamiliar to the Lions ,
The other change in rule will
probably work to the Spartans'
advantage also. Michigan State
Coach George Szpula has a sen
ior, Mel Stout from Philadelphia,
who is an all-round flash.
STOUT TOPS
In the Lion SpEirtan meet at
East Lansing last year, Stout
finished first in the parallel-bar
event and first on the'rings, sec
ond 'on' the horizontal bar, third
on the sidehorse, and fourth• in
tumbling. That against a Nittany
team th a featured , Olympic
Gymnast Bill Bonsall, ' and Bill
Meade. Stout was high scorer of
the meet although the Lions won,
61 to 61'.
Stout was also NCAA champ
ion on the P-Ears, and won sec
ond place in the Nationals for all
round performance.
The East ern Intercollegiate
Athletic Association threw out
the •NCAA rule in an attempt to
make gymnastics more of a team
sport. In other words, a gym
coach in the East must have a
team of accomplished gymnastics
rather than just a couple of good
hien.
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PAGE THREE
Royals, Co-op
Pace IM League
With 3rd Wins
The independent half of the
intramural basketball tourna
ment passed the quarter mark
as 18 games went into the book
Friday and Monday nights.
On Monday, the Royals and
Nittany Co-op continued to pace
League J, each posting its third
victory. The Royals topped the
Bullets, 19-12, while the Co-op
quintet edged the Shrimps, 15-14.
The other League J game saw
(Continued on page four)
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