WEDNE'3DAY, F=UARY 1 The Lion's Tail By ED. WATSON Ass'i Sports Editor Track Meet Many opinions have been ex pressed about Saturday's wres tling meet in Rec Hall between Penn State and Syracuse, which the visiting Orangemen won by 18-8. It was the Lions' first loss of the season. In fact, it was the Nittanies' first setback after six straight triumphs—two from last year. Though defeat was a. bitter pill to swallow, it wouldn't have been half so difficult if the tac tics employed by Syracuse were for the benefit of good wres tling. But, needless to say, those tactics weren't. Fans attending the meet were thoroughly disappointed by' the showing of several of the visitors on the mat. And rightly so, for in three specific bouts, it looked more like a 100-yard dash or a game of "ring around the rosey." • In the 121-pound battle be tween Slate's John Reese and Bob Gerbino, Referee John Engle was forced to warn Ger bino about stalling. Gerbino finally won, 3-2. Again in the 128-pound class, Referee Engle gave a warning to the. Orange's Bob Valle. .But it didn't stop there. Jack Waters, the Nittany rep resentative at that weight class, was awarded a point for Valle's stalling in the second frame. Then, shortly before the end of the match,. Waters was given an au tomatic takedown because Valle had succeeded in keeping free by dashing around the mat. By far the fastest man on the Syracuse team was 145- pound John Haas, who lost to Captain Jim Maurey by a 9-1 score. Haas, who seemed to like - the edge of the mat far better than the center, forced the bout to last almost twenty minutes. Maurey was awarded a total of three (count 'en') automatic takedowns because Haas was failing, in his attempt to , wres tle. . Nothing, however, can be taken from Syracuse's famed "Murder er's Row", of Ken Hunte, Pas Per ri and George Gebhardt. This trio out the meet on ice for the You'll Vote For T ash As The Show of the Year! The PENN STATE CLUB'S ALL-COLLEGE .TALENT SHOW FRIDAY 8 P. M. SCHWAB •AUDITORIUM r ßeserved Seats On Sale At - STUDENT • \ UNION WED., THURS., FRI. Admission $l.OO Tax Incl. • ..IZea 4Y.for 73 . - , , • iffi4 ICE CREAN Cherry alai 2 for 29; (15e EACH) New! Different! Contains NO CAKEI Just Breyer: Vanilla Ice Cream and crushed cherries—decorated, with whipped cream rosettes. Your friendly Breyer dealer also has Chocolate Fudge Ice Cream Tarts ready for you. For Information, write or phone Breyer Ice Cream Co., Williamsport. Wmspt. 2-0773 Bedenk Starts 20th Season On Diamond The first practice session of the 1949 baseball season was held yesterday by diamond coach Joe Bedenk, who is starting his twentieth season at the helm of the Nittany nine. Some of last years' veterans and new battery candidates made up the bulk of the squad that initia ted this year's attempt at "spring training." Gone' from Bedenk's diamond 'crew that finished second to St. John's of Brooklyn in the Dis trict Two' National Collegiate Athletic Association tourney are Hal Hackman,- shortstop and cap tain of last year's tram that had an 19-5-1 record, now flaying with Sunbury of the Interstate League; Cy Miller, ace of last year's mound staff, who is with the Memphis chicks of the South ern Association; Bill Benysh, Pitcher and third baseman Bill Tegtmeyer, ineligible this season. VETERANS Some of the veterans that Be denk is counting on this year are first baseman and captain Dick Wertz, one of the leading hitters on the team last year and catch er Jack Kurty, acclaimed the best major league• prospect in the last two games of the NCAA District 2 finals. Stan Lagonosky. grid captain 'Owen Dougherty and Hen Albright, al varsity outfielders last season, will again be wearing State uniforms for the coming season as will pitchers Bill Bair and Al Tkac„ infielders Joe Tocci, present co-captain of the. Nittany cage squad and Gene Solomon. Coach Bedenk expects a large turnout for the squad as usual and stated that all candidates must see him before taking their physicals. The schedule this year opens with Western Maryland on April 12 at home. The 21-game card closes on June 10 when the Quantico Marines come to State College. The schedule: , 'April 12—Western Maryland 15—Rutgers 18—Temple • 22—nt Bucknell 26—Washington and Jefferson 28. 29—at Georgetowia May ...3—Gettysburg 4—Lafayette 6—West • Virginia (two games) B—Bucknell 13—Syracuse • (two games) 17—Dickinson ,20—at Pitt . • 23—Annapolis 24—at Villanova 27—at Colgate June 10—Quantico Marines • visitors, who will defend their EIWA team championship next month at Princeton. , But, as one observer said after the meet was over, "Syra cuse won going away." Our-Leo In the February issue of SPORT magazine, the professional rec ords of several' heavyweight box ing champions , are listed. Under the name of Gene Tunney, a fa miliar appeared. Tunney fought two no deceision bouts with one Leo Houck in 1920. The first bout was a 'six round affair, while the second went ten rounds. This is the same Leo that 'be came the dean of collegiate boxing coaches, and who in re sponsible for the start of the ring sport at the College. Inci dentally, Tunney -went on to become the heavyweight cham pion of the world from 1926 to 1928, retiring unbeaten in the latter year. • THF. D Y COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA BasketbaHers In Crucial Part Of IM Runoffs Like big-time basketball, the intramural basketball tournament is now in the make or break stage for teams fighting to grab a berth in the post season playoffs.,‘ And like the major college squads, the list of undefeated is slowly but surely shrinking. Of the 49 fraternity squads playing in the league, only eight still rank among,the elite. Only nine of the 37 independent teams can still boast a clean slate. A new champion will definitely be crowned in the fraternity half of the tournament. Last year's Winner, Pi Kappa 'Alpha, owns a 2-3 record. and is out of the run ning. • • In the independent half of the tournament, it's a different story. Last years champion, Section 10, has run up a string of 15 victories over a two season span and ap pears wejl on its way to copping the crown again. BUt in basketball, anything can happen—and it usually does, es pecially the IM's. Take the high scoring Royals for instance. That is the same Royal squad that rolled up 54 points in one game with only four players and seemed shoo-ins for a spot in the playoffs. But what happens when the new semester begins? It seems that a few of the Royals have to do a little student teaching and consequently the end of a good ball team. A few other teams have probably run into a similar situation. In the independent half, the squads expected to give Section 10 a run for its money are the Bombers, 5-0; the Boppers, 3-0; the Comets, 5-0, Edinboro, 5-0; and Windcrest, 5-0. The leading contenders for the fraternity crown include Alpha Phi Alpha, 4-0; Beta Sigma Rho, 4-0; Delta Upsilon, 5-0; Tau Kappa Epsillon, 5-0; and Theta Chi, 4-0. Beta Theta Pi, 4-0, and Sigma Pi, 4-1, fit into the role of the dark horses. But as we said bef6e, anything can happen in basketball, and it usually does especially In the TM's. r -- 1 By ERNIE MOORE 1927 television=an ex perimental G-E broadcast of Maugham's play, "The Queen's Messenger." • ‘,., `Go,ahead,with television,' he was told ...in 1927 Looking back over an engineering career that has brought him 313 patents in 46 years, Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson tried to sum up recently what had been the requisites for this kind of inventive fertility—what makes up a climate conducive to crea tive thinking? One thing essential to the scientist and inventor, he felt sure, is the steady backing of his employer—particularly when projects offer no prospect of immediate returns. 7 4' 6 01 It had taken foresight on the part of his employer, Dr. Alexanderson thought, to endorse his experiments in radio as far back as 1906 and his 'eve C.V.ve7d)/49/4 C497/Uktee ?4,- GENERAL et ELECTRIC Lion Cagers Tangle , With W.Va. Tonight Annually one of the star attractions on Penn State's basketball card, the University of West Virginia will tote some heavy artillery when it faces the Lions in a Rec . Hall engagement at 8 o'clock tonight. Coach Elmer Gross' quintet will attempt to shake off the effects 3f three consecutive defeats and pick up their tenth win against seven defeats. West Virginia conies to State College with a ledger listing ten wins against eight setbacks. One of these losses was sustained to the Lions earlier this season 'at the Dixie Classic site in Raleigh, N. Carolina. -At 'that time the surprising Lions beat the Mountaineers, 46 to 41, to enter the finals against North Carolina State, the eventual winners. Last year the Morgantown out fit won 18 of 24' engagements, most of which were, however, played on their home court. Both 1948-'49 contests between the two teams, resulted in losses to the Lions by 52 to 28 and 49 to 47 counts. TKE Collars Lead In IM Hoop League Tau Kanpa Epsilon pulled ahead of Beta Theta Pi Fra ternity League F Monday night by racking up its fifth 'straight win at the expense of Omega Psi Phi, 28-11. Kappa Delta Rho ended its rec ord at 2 and 2 by bouncing win less Alpha Phi Delta, 24-13. Alpha Tau Omega registered its second win by downing Delta Theta Sigma, 27-11. In independent League J, the Shrimps and Nittany Co-op took forfeit wins from the Royals and Jordan Hall, respectively. The other League J contest saw both the Whiz Kids and the Bullets suffer loses when neither team put in an appearance. The Timberwolves continued to set the pace in League. K as they put number four in the win c9l - with a 24-17 victory ever Mary's Muggs. The Eagles and the Penn State Club stayed close behind the leaders by registering win number three. The Eagles defeated the Poftage Terrors, 28- 15, while the Penn Staters whip ped Penn Haven, 18-9. So far this year West Virginia has lost to Kansas State, 49 to 44; Penn State, 46 to 41; Georgia Tech, 63 - to 48; Niagara, 70 to 63; C.C.N.Y., 80 to 55, (their worst setback since 1945); Cincinatti, twice, 69 to 59, and a double-over time defeat at Morgantown, and Wash-Jeff, 62 to 55. Coach Lee Patton, W. Va. coach, has a veteran squad which in cludes 6-foot 6-inch Ed Beach and Ed Sterling, who in the '4B-'49 campaign ad - Counted for 5.3 0 points, and his outstanding sopho more find Mark Workman, aver aging about 15 tallies per game. Workman stands 6-feet 8-inches and will no doubt give Marty Costa and Co. plenty of trouble from his spot in the key. Coach Gross saw the big guy perform at Raleigh and reports that he. is a "humdinger" off the boards. The Nittany mentor is expected to start his tallest possible lineup in order to offset the opposition's height. Costa, who was tabbed 221 points in 16 games, and'either Jay McMahan or Hardy Williams will open at the guards. Lee Schisler, whose 21-points against Gettysburg Friday. night top ^ ped all scoring, will again take center with diminutive Joe Tocci and Lou Lamie at forward. • A Message to Alt Vets!. BE SMART—Don't Spend It All I BUY • "Mutual Fundi and Government Bonds" and obtain a safe, and assured return on your money of 4%. WRITE FOR DETAILS TO: • R. H.. JOHNSON & Co. P. 0. Box 576 STATE COLLEGE, PA. attempts to develop transoceanic tele phone equipment. It had taken still greater foresight to encourage televi sion research when radio was still new. But on each occasion his employer, General Electric, had said "Go ahead." "Encouragement and financial back ing were extended to me," he recalls, "through long years of experimenta tion." With this kind of support, he thought, "creative thinking will flourish." * * * Dr. Alexanderson's views illustrate again how General Electric emphasizes creative thinking, encourages fertile minds to follow their imaginative bent, and so stays in the forefront of scientific and engineering development. PAGE THREE
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