FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950
Nittany Boxers, Basketeers Vie Tonight On Road
Gross' Combine Seeks
12th Win Against Colgate
Fresh from a stimulating last-ditch • win over • Temple, Penn
State's hardwood quintet will open its last weekend stand of the
1949-'5O basketball season tonight against Colgate and then move
on to Syracuse tomorrow.-
Lanky Marty Costa enters tonight's game at Hamilton; N.Y., just
shy of setting a new Penn State individual seasonal scoring mark.
The big guy needed 21 before
Wednesday's fray with the Owls
but fouled out with 10 ,minutes
still to play and thdreby hurt his
chance of toppling Jack' Biery's
mark of 260 points before a home
crowd.
Colgate came out on the short
end of a 50 to 48 score against
Army at West Point its last time
out. In winning the Cadets cli
maxed ail uphill, last-half surge
to win via a tap-in in the last two
seconds. Dave Alton and Curt
Norris garnered 12 points apiece
in a losing cause.
OVERTIME LOSS
Earlier this season the Red
Raiderg gave the Lions a 68 to 67
overtime defeat in Rec Hall—one
of two home court setbacks suf
fered by the State forces this year.
Since that time Colgate has won
4 and lost 4, while the Nittany
Lions have copped 7 and lost 5.
Colgate's season record stands at
9 and 6.
The New York aggregation has
already taken the , measure of
N.Y.U., 83-78; Princeton, 76-68;
Army, 61-53, and Boston U., 64-
45.
TOP-NOTCH SHOOTING
When the Nittany cagers. are
"on" they appear unbeatable, as
Temple found the other nig,ht.
Statistics reveal State shooting
just shy of the .500 mark in the
second-half (dropping 18 out of
39' attempts) while the first half
they clicked on only 7 out of 38
attempts from the • floor for an
18.4 shooting average.
Despite the mericurial tenden
cies of the Lions' Coach Elmer
Gross, in his first year as Nittany
mentor, has 'brought his team a
long until they now stand with
the best cage record for a Penn
State squad since 1943, the last
half of the period known as the
"Golden Era of Penn State basket
ball.", That year the Lions won
15 and lost only four. The previous
year they had won 17, lost' 2 and
placed third in the N.C.A.A. tour
nament. •
However Gross is playing his
'games as they come. He well re
members State's last road trip in
. Which his dribblers were hot on
a five-game winning streak and,
running into Penn;, Gettysburg,
and Navy, were successively iced.
AIM AT 12
The Lions must win only one
more genie to fulfill pre-season
anibitions- which placed the fin
ger on the twelve mark. After
Colgate and Syracuse the Blue
and. White will meet West Virgin
ia. and wind up against George
town 'next Saturday. '
Colgate's starting lineup will
place the high-scoring Curt Nor
ris .and Joe Stratton at forward.
The center post is now complete
ly dominated by 6-foot 5-inch
Alton, who has come along very
fast in the past few weeks. Jim
Mobre and Ted Stacy- will be at
guards.
Gross is still undecided on his
Gilbert Lists Pri
H: R. Gilbert, graduate man
ager of athletics, today an
nounced the ticket prices which
will prevail for the Eastern inter
collegiate gymnastic champion
ships at the College March 11,
and also the National Collegiate
boxing championships, whi c h
also will be held in Rec Hall
March 30 to April 1.
For the gymnastic tournament,
which will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 11, there' will
be no reserved seats. The gen
eral admission ticket, which will
be available to students and the
public alike at the Athletic As
soCiation- office beginning Mon
day, March 6, will sell for 90
cents. Tickets will also be sold
at the door , on the day of the
THE DAll e Y COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
starting five and will probably
wait until tonight before assign
ing either Hardy Williams or Jay
"Tiny" McMahan to a starting
position.
WILLIAMS' SHOOTING
, Williams is .being used primari
ly for his ball-handling accord
ing to Gross but of late the Phila
delphia youth has been scoring
well 'Under pressure and appears
the Most 'likely claimant for a
starting berth.
While .not scoring as well as
Gross had hoped, McMahan has
posted 119 points in 19 games.
His entrance when' Costa fouled
out loomed as one of the deciding'
factors in Wednesday's game. To
gether 'with Williams, the two
sophomores built a wall around
the Lions defensive basket with
their rebounding.
. Lou Lamle, whose sparkling 17
'Point performance netted him
his second best scoring night of
the season,
.and Joe Tocci, back
on the beam with 12 counters,•will
start at forward. ' Lee Schisler
opens at his usual center spot,
with Costa and either Williams
or McMahan at the guards.
Penn State's jayvee's won over
the - local State College Center
team 52 to 35 in the preliminary
game Wednesday night.
Probable starting lineups:
Penn State Colgate
Tocci Norris
Laurie F .Stratton
Schisler C Alton
Costa G Moore
Williams or G Stacy
McMahan
Mat Jayvees
Stay Unbeaten
Only one undefeated team re
mains on campus this season-by
virtue of the win the jayvee mat
men gained in defeating the Lock
Haven jayvees, 19-11.
Three pins by Bill Corman i Bill
Barker and Lock Haven's Dick
Hampson, featured the match,
but Al Fasnacht of State scored
the evening's top triumph when
he decisioned Lock Haven's Hea
cock, former schoolboy champ
who once defeated Don Maurey
in scholastic competition.
The summary:
121 pounds—Johnson, Penn Stateg deci
sioned Rinke!, 4-2.
128 pounds—Canoe. Lock Haven, deci
sioned DeJulius, 8.4.
136 pounds—Hampson. Lock Haven,
pinned Smith, in 8:46 with bar arm and
body press.
146 pounds—Pasnacht, Penn State, deci
sioned Heacock, 8-3.
155 pounds—Midea, Lock Haven, deci
alone& Slabonik, 18-9. . •
165- pounds—Corman, Penn State, pin
ned Croft in 4:00 with bar arm and chan
cery.
176 pounds—Barker, Penn State, pinned
Kittinger in 4:00 with half nelson and
body press.
Unlimited—lllingworth, Penn State, de
visioned Houk, 4-1.
Referee—DiAugustano.
es for Boxing,
Gilbert pointed out that,
whereas the public is barred
from regular seasoh events be
cause of the: limited seating ca
pacity and the necessity of hon
oring student athletic books at
the door, championship tourna
ments are not a part of the regu
lar program and therefore vHII
be open to the public as well
as the student body at prices set
by the organizations sponsoring
both events.
For the four-session boxing
tournament, the entire balcony
will be reserved whereas the
first, or ground, floGr will be
thrown open to general admis
sion. General admission, or un
reserved, seats on the first floor
will sell at 90 cents each for the
first two seSsions, $1.50 'for the
third session, and
~ $2, for
,the
RAIDERS'
Curt Norris, Ted S;
State Boxers To Battle Wisconsin;
Draz„ Parisi Fight To Highlight Bouts
Before an anticipated overflow crowd of 15,000 at "Wisconsin, Penn State's ring forces will sling
leather tonight against a highly rated Badger boxing'unit.
.Sixteen times the Staters have opposed Wisconsin in the ring but only once have the Nittanies
returned to the locker room with a victory under their belts. That was in
_1937 when boxing greats
Billy Soose, Frank Goodman and Izzy Richter campaigned for the State College forces.
Last year the Lions • dropped a 6-2 decision to the Badgers at Rec Hall.
At Wisconsin, tonight, the charges of ACting Coach Ed Sulkowski will be after their second
triumph of the season. A win
would bring their slate up to
two wins, two losses, two draws.
Although the •Lion's record on
paper isn't an impressive •one,
inside the ropes they sport an
aggressive unit. Had a couple of
breaks gone their way, the
,Blue
and White battlers might •have
an unblemished record to-date.
two
opened its season
two weeks ago against Minne
sota—a team that' • was dead
locked 4-4' by State—and after
the smoke had cleated, Minne
sota • came out on top, 4 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 ,.
At home, Wisconsin •has won 51
straight mat ches without the,mar
of, defeat 'or deadlock.
Last week Wisconsin decision
ed Idaho, 5-3, meanwhile the
Lions dropped a close 4 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2
count at West Point, • against
Army,
VITO PARISI
1951 Title Tourney
Penn State will be host to the
Eastern intercollegiate wrestling
championships at State College,
in 1951.
yrn Finals
final session. A series ticket in
this location sell at .$4, a
saving of $1.30.
Reserved seats will sell at $1.20
each for. the first .two sessions
on Thursday afternoon and
evening, March 30, $l.BO for the
Friday evening session, and $2.40
for the final session Saturday
evening. A series ticket* in the
reserved seat location will sell
at $5.50, a saving of $l.lO.
These tickets may be pur
chased, ,at the ticket windows of
the Athletic Association office,
first floor, Old Main, beginning
Wednesday, March 1, during the
hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12 o'clock
noon and again from 1:30 to 4:30
p.m. Mail requests for reser
vations should be accompanied
by check or money order, plus
a 25-cent mailing charge.
.11 oppose the Lions at Colgate tonight: (1. to r.) Dave Alton, Jim Moore, Capt.
•acy, Joe Stratton, and Gene C remins. Coach Howard Hartman is standing.
There'll be one change in the
Penn State lineup. Paul Smith,
the Lion's veteran 165-pounder
replaces Bob Keller. PQ will be
opposed by Dick Murphy, a bat
tling newcomer to the Wisconsin
ranks who two weeks ago de
cisioned Minnesota 's NCAA
kingpin, Cody Connel.
Highlighting tonight's battling
will be the heavyweight slug
duel. Chuck Drazenovich will
seek his fifth win of the year
when he battles Vito Parisi,
1948 National heavyw eight
champion. Two years ago ,the
two battled it out at Wiscon
sin.
This is what a Madison, Wisc.,
sportscribe said about , the bout:
"The Pier 6 brawl came in the
heavyweight scrap, final - bout
on the card. Charles Drazeno
vich won a decision After he
and Vito Parisi had clotted each
other with everything — but the
waterbuckets. They both dished
it out,' and they both showed a
willingness and 'ability to absorb
punishment, that was amazing."
Penn State's representatives
will be, John Hanby, 125; Harry
Papacharalambous, 130; John Al
barano, 135; Frank Gross, 145;
Lou Koszarek, 155; Paul Smith,
165; Jack Bolger, 175; Chuck
Drazenovich, heavy.
First Wisconsiri battler, to step
into the ring will .be cd-captain
Steve Gremban, a ringwise con
testant who has won 12 while
dropping but four in three years
of competition.
Dwaine Dickinson, co-captain,
moved up a weight and will
battle at 155. Last year he was
an NCAA runnerup. He also is
a three-year veteran.
James Sreeran, a boxer who
decisioned last year's Penn State
Pa SMITH
LION LINEUP
LES .PAUL
captain, John Bengli competes
at 130 pounds. •Les,'Paul,. who
was - -decisioned- •two •years • ago
by Jim Cassidy, of Penn State, is
back this year at 135-pounds.
Results of tonight's meet will
be . announced over radio station
WMAJ as , soon as the meet is
concluded.
Open To Public
Unlike Penn State's regular
season events, to which only stu
dents are admitted, the Eastern
championship gymnastic tourney
March 11 and the National cham
pionship boxing tourname n t
March 30-April 1 will be open to
the public. H. R. Gilbert, gradu
ate manager of athletics, explain
ed that championship events are
not part of the regular season
program.
Eyes Pro Ball
Chuck Drazenovich, the Lion's
three-letter athlete, is, eyeing a
professional career when he fin
ishes college.
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