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.
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Top Notch. Heavyweight .. • .
CHUCK DRAZENOVICH
Undefeated! Lion Boxers
Face Powerful Spartans
A power-ladden Michigan State boxing team meets Penn
State'i undefeated ring-warriors in 'a
Rec Hall dual at 7 o'clock
.to
night.
The Spartans, NCAA'runners-up for the past two seasons, have
their sights set on a championship team this year. According .to
'Coach George Makris, "this is the season." '
Headliners on the Michigan State team are Heavyweight Gabby
Marek'and 'Lightheavy Chuck Spieser. Marek, last season sported
three TKO, one KO win and one decision before he was eliminated
in the XCAA semi-finals. I ,
Spieser, a rugged 175-pounder,
is ,rated one of the best amateurs
in the U.S. today. 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
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Carnegie Tech's victory over
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for scoring. The Tartans won,
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