SATURDAY, JADTU.^...T.... 2 . 8, 1C:59 ange Five Tests Lion Streak A four-game Penn State win ning streak. will be at stake to night at 8:30 when the Lion bas ketbombdrs meet Sytacuse on the Rec Hall boards. Both squads will enter' the battle with identical -eight and four records. Penn State has taken Wa . sh-JefT, American " and Pittsburgh (twice) into 'camp in its last four starts.' The" '•Orange will be out to redeem th2m3elves after dropping four 'of then• nest five games. Those four losses . come from Holy Cross (71-J8), Temple (55-52). Loyola • (71-59), and Cornell (67-56). So• ~ .espectful is Coach Elmer Gross of the high-,powerecl.Orange scoring punch—which ha:S. tallied 807 points in 12 games—that he will consider the duel a 'success if Penn State is within 5' points of'the Syracuse contingent 'at . the end of the game. •- • "That Syracuse team: is awful tough, better than us by •, least 12 points," proi6 'moaned yest'rday, "If we ' •do win it 'will really surprise pie." "' ' Gross is still undecided on. his opening guard pOsitions. Costa. will start at One pOst with 'Other Winless Pantliers Challenge Undefeated Nittany Wrestlers Coach Rex Peery's l . neophyte •Pittsburgh wrestling team' invades .'Rec, Hall at 3 o'clock this after noon and runs smack •into Penn State's undefeated matmen._ For. Penn State Coach Charlie Speidel will use his usual lineup, ,-with - ..the possible exception of last-minute changes in the 128 , ; and • 165-pound classes. At the lighter weight, Speidel will choose between Dean Harbold, the regular thus far, and Eddie Clark, who has seen action in two Jayyee meets. - RISS OR SANTEL giving Jim • Riss has been unbeaten Bill Santel Alen , ty of competition in eliminations this ,week and he may nab the starting assignment at 165 pounds. - The Panthers' strongest men are at those weight classes. Ray Cap pelli, has looked good-this season Pirates Edge Mermeil, 38-37; McGregor Sets Team Record Seton Hall's Pirates, came from .behind to win their first' meet ,With the Lion tankmen, 38-.37, in Glennland pool yesterday after- After winning ibe 300 yard medley, the Pirates then trailed ali the *ay to -the last event, the 400 yard relay. Behind by a 37- 31 count, Seton. Hall stroked to .a,marrow victory in the relay to pull the meet out of the fire: .•-l d tVinnind. six out of the nine. first places, the Pirates set. two pool records. Bob Koslow, who also swam the 'hit - leg' of the relay, set a new pool mark of 54.5 for the 100 yard freestyle, to beat Cas Borowy's 55.3, set last Kurtzman, of Seton Hall, post ed a time of 2:28 to break the former pool record in the 200 yard breaststroke. Harry Nelson and John D'Ardenne took second and third, respectively; .in •:the event. Captain John McGsory 'set ~ a new Penn State team.,recorcl 'for the 220 yard freestyle -by going the distance in 2:24.3. In 'winning, he beat the Pirate's highty touted Al St ei n. Bill Schildniacher placed third. The Nittany mermen 'took first and second in the fancy diving event, as Cal Folmsbee scored a total of 88.8 points to edge his teammate Rudy Valentino. , Lou Benza, Seton Hall. stroked to victory ahead of Rod ,Waters and Ken Conrad in the 1 . 50' yard backstroke event, and also swam in the relay.. • Vic Lynch took first honors in the 50 yard freestyle, - and Cas Borowy placed second in both the 50 and 100 yard freestyle On Top Carnegie Tech's • basketba 11 team of the 1938-'39. season was the champion of the. Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa tion. TUF nA 11,Y COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA lanky Jay McMahan or Hardy JO.Hams at the remaining slot Both juniors have been waging spirited battle for a starting as- (range Captain •• • . STUBBY MILLER at 128 pounds, while Captain Jim Conklin„ foimei. four-time PIAA 'champion, will be at the 165- pound bracket for the Skyscra per U. crew. Conklin has won four straight bouts this season. ', The remainder of the Lion Ine up will include Johnny Reese, 121 pounds; ,Don Maurey. 136 pounds; _Captain Jim Maurey, 145 pounds; Cec Irvin, 155 pounds; Mike Rubino, 175 Pounds, and Homer Barr, heavyweight. Barr will be seeking his eleventh straight dual meet victory when he tangles with Pitt's Bill Ewing in the afternoon's finale The probable lineups Penn State .Wt. Reese 121 Harbold or Clark 125 D.Maurey 136 J.Maurey(e) Irvin z . ' 155 Santel or Riss 165 Rubino 175 Barr Hvy, Gymnasts Host Michigan State Gene Wettstone's Nittany gym nasts start the day's parade of Rec Hall sports this afternoon when they meet the Spartans of Mich igan State at 1:30. It will be the first meet •of five-dual meet season for the mainly-unexperienced Blue and White. AV ettstone will count on Cap tain and all-round star Mike Ku rowski•and tumbler Rudy; Valen tino for most of his heavy work, although Dave Benner on the sidehorse, Lee Perna, climbing :the ::rope, and Cal Folmsbee on ,theAampoline are expected to figure largely in, the scoring. • Michigan State's all-round star, Mel Stout of Philadelphia, is ex pected to cause the Lions most of their trouble. Penn State downed the Spar tans, 61-51, last season, in "the only other meeting of the two state colleges. Miiirose Games :• ' CiVach Chick Werner will take ,ten members of his Penn State tack team into New York's Madi son. Square Garden tonight for ;the ,Allillrose•,games. P , Captairi' Jim Gehrdes and Vic Fritts head the Lion delegation which also includes one and two mile : ielay teams. Gehrdes will be 'seeking his fourth straight irfcttikY. Big League at Carnegie's opponents wes Waynesburg . College; coach ed by Frankie Gustine, •St. Louis Browns' second baseman. 3ignMent ,and Gross has been al ternating between them. MeMa lan has been' a pleasant surprise. '.:coring 84 points in addition giving invaluable aid, uncler the boards. Williams has .impressed with his smooth ball-handling and savoir faire under fire. Lee Schisler will again hold down the tap snot. Schis has cool ad down considerably `after a quick start and he will attzmot to get .back on the beam again tonight. Tocci, whose. 17 points against Pitt last ,time out represented his season high, and Lou Lamie . will open at , the forwards Tocci's splurge , against the Panthers net ted him his •139th point whil6 La mle continues to rank second• to Costa for individual honors with 103. counters.. Costa has tallied 162 times and 'needs only 17 to tie last Year's •hi .eh of 179 noin's set by . Milt Simon. • Penn State Syracisse Tocci—(u6) . . . .F .. Ki l es. -- ( 6 - 1 ) Larnie— : (6-1n) I? .Suprun'lv'z--(5-111.) Schislge—(6-4) .• C:. . Savage—(6-4) Gosta—(6-6) . ' C, Stevelky—( 6-2) McMahan—(6-G) G I,liller—(s-11) orWilliams(6-4) ' or Rosen-15-10)• Gim—Michigan State 11:30 Home Wrestling—Pitt 3:00 Home Boxing—Michigan State . - • 7:00 Home Baiketball—Syracuse 8:30 Home Fencing—Army ' West' Point Track—Millrose Games New York Two 1M Squads Post Wins The Bombers of League D and Edinboro of League F notched their . fifth Straight wins Thursday night enabling both to .take full game leads in their respective leagues. Art Benning'S nine points led the Bombers. to a .31-17 victory over. Dorm 37. while Walt Schram ko paced. Edinboro's 26-21 win over the • Clarkers with Six. Pittsburgh Dan Riehardi Cappelli Clark , Skirpan Leckey Conklin (a) Rizzano Ewing The Q-Quintet grabbed its .sec ond win by downing the Wo.r riors, 22-17, with Jim Kelz -;et ting- eight for the' victors. In an other League. D game, Atherton Hall.posted its initial victory by smashing the Miners, 33-17. An undefeated Booper five took sole possession of first place - in League E, as .it knocked off the Red Flashes, 27-14. Joe Rujak was the big gun for the winners with nine points. Paul , Listiak took scoring hon ors for the evening with 12 pointg as he led• Pie Pugh to a 20-7 trouncing over the Phils. In the other League B contest, the Jun gle Bees, paced by Walt Slee man's 11 points, grabbed their ini tial victory of the -season by edging Dorm 34, 13-10. In League • F, the undefeated Brown Baggers kept -'hot on the heels of Edinboro by,posting their third victory, 26-15, over .the Mc- Ally Cats. Don Sykes tossed. in nine for the Baggers. Also in Lea cue F, Navy nipped the Foresters, 16-15. Take A'Chance On Love? BUY NOW AND SAVE SENIORS, DON'T FORGET YOUR at ALMA MATER PENNSHIRE CLOTHES' • Keep In Touch With Campus Activities And The Success of the Nittany Lions SUITS. • . • SUBSCRIBE TODAY COATS - $2.00 . 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He.was .on the, .19'48 Olympic team. . • In. his third year of varsity fisticuffing, Pat Dougherty at 145 poUnds will long be remem bered by Rec Hall fans for the mysterious punch -he landed on Captain Jackie. Tighe two years ago, 'a:- blow which sent. Tighe reeling, •to the canvass for the count; but- the bell intervened, giving Tighe the fight. 'At 125-pounds, former NCAA champion Ernie Charboneau will represent the visitors. This is his fourth varsity season for the Spartans. Henry Amos, a veteran 130- pounder, who boasted a record of 35 wins, • one draw and one I defeat before enrolling at Michi gan State will don gloves in that Probable starting lineups to night: . Wt. Michigan St Penn State Papachar'otis Albarno Koszarek or Heims 155 Drazenovich .H vy Monday - Tuesday Presented by Internationil Film Co. "GERARD PHILIPPE • is SENSATIONAL 1" —N. Y. TIMES "BOLD and EXCITING.I" —THE NEW YORKER 5411•061/1 • uuu 'WSW IkA t MI. 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