TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1950
elay ,Team Breaks Nittany In • oor Mark
Quartet Tops Own 3-Week-Old Record
In New York Knights of Columbus Meet
The Penn State track team's mile relay team seems to have
adopted as its slogan the sports adage that records are made to be
broken.
For on Saturdaynight the Nittari . y quartet broke the Penn State
indoor record in the event for the second time during the current
board season. Speeding over the' course in 3 minutes 21.2 seconds,
the team of Captain Tim Gehrdes,
Guy Kay, Bill Lockhart and Wil
Lancaster clipped eight-tenths of
a second off the record set three
weeks ago in the New York A.C.
meet.
The feat was noteworthy for
more than the fact that a record.
was set, however. It marked the
competitive debut of Gehrdes as
a quarter-miler and represented
the best performances of every
member of the quartet. .
McCALL OUT
And only one short week ago it
looked as if the mile team had
done its last running for the in
door season due to 'the loss of
John McCall through ineligibil
ity. It was a serious blow to the
team, and was responsible for
keeping .it at home during last
week'.4 IC4-A• meet.
As for the race itself, Gehrdes
ran his lap in 50.9 seconds and
handed the baton to Kay in sec
ond place. The latter matched'
Jumpin' Jim's performance in
both time and position.
But after he passed the baton
to Lockhart it was another story.
Lockie soon caught the leader and
handed over' a five yard lead to
Lancaster, • who not only main
tained it but increased it to fiff
teen yards at the finish line.
Lockie did the best time, 49.5,
while Lane ran his quarter in
49.7. •
TOP VILLANOVA
The Lions were followed over
the line by Villanova, Princeton
and Georgetown in that order. It
was the , first. victory over Villa
nova this. season for Coach" Chick
Werner's men. The Wildcats are
considered one of the best teams
in' tbe East.
A mishap at the first hurdle
.cost Gehrdes a victory over his
arch rival, Harrison Dillard, in
the 60-yard high hurdles. As was
the case last week, Jim was slow
ed almost to a walk and had 'to
practically start all over again. He
missed catching Dillard at the
wire by only a few inches. As it
was he forced the, Olympic ace
to tie the meet record of 7.2 sec
onds.
High jumper Vic Fritts showed
none of the form' which won him
thelC4-Achampionship.He
jumped only 6 feet 2 inches and
finished in fifth place.
Former IsTittnyman Curt Stone
won the two mile run in 9:04 while
Horace Ashenfelter, another grad,
finished fifth in the mile. The
mile was won, by Ireland's John
Joe Barry who upset the great
Fred Wilt. Wilt was fourth with
John Twomey second and Penn's
Tom icierwin third. ' - .
IM. Entrants Set
Handball Mark
Fraternity, intramural handball
singles will begin tomorrow night
at Rec Hall. The independent sec
iicn will open its campaign on
Tuesday, March 14. ,
A 'record 'number of a 125 en
tries have been filed for fraternity,
handball intramurals, breaking
the previous high of 107 set in
1949. Eight entries have been sub
mitted by the independent men
headed by the defending .charn
pion, Milt Silberman. •
Because of the record number
of entries in the fraternity sec
tion the contestants have been
divided into 16 flights. There will
be 15 eight man flights and one
five man flight.
In the independent league two
defeats will eliminate a contes
tant from further competition
while in the fraternity section
one defeat is all that is necessary.
Lee Henry, Phi Gamma Delta,
last years champion graduated,
leaving the race wide open in the
fraternity field. Art Oeberg, Pi
Kappa Alpha, who was defeated
by. Henry in the championship
match leads the list of aspirants
for the throw",
By JOE BREU
Passers Win
Against Hoyas
In Anal GaMes
By RAY KOEHLER
Holy Cross, St. John's and La-
Salle all did it, and not to be out
done, Penn State's passers called
it quits for the 1949-'59 season
Saturday night by defeating
Georgetown 65 to 56 at Rec Hall
thus joining the select group
which has beaten the Hoya quin
tet.
And so, before an overflow
crowd of more than 5,300. the
Nittany Lions brought to an
auspicious end Coach Elmer
Gross' first year as head basket
ball mentor with a final mark of
13 wins against 10 losses. -
It would be silly to call Gross
a 'Rembrandt' but he certainly
did paint a pretty picture, for
Lion court fans the past season.
For during that span he accom
plished what six previous Nittany
teams failed at—winning over
ten games in one season.
BEST SINCE '43
State's record points out the
best cage year since 1943 when it
won 15 while losing only 4.
One of the prominent factors
behind the Nittanies' fine showing
was their better-than-average rec
ord on the road. In 14 away games
the Lions managed to win 6, just
one shy of the .500 mark. Stand
those figures beside last year's
totals, when Penn State failed to
win a single foreign tilt, and the
improvement makes itself evi
dent.
As usual the Lions were well
nigh unbeatable on the Rec Hull
boards finishing up with 7 wins
against 2 losses. One of those de
feats was an overtime thriller to
Colgate which State later over
came at Hamilton, N.Y.
COSTA DEVELOPS FAST
From a purely individual view
point the development of Marty
Costa from a mere potential into
a steady—not great—but always
dependable performer deserves
mention.
Natural athletes like Joe Tocci,
Lou Lamie and Jack Storer had
"IT" all along, but there was
something downright heart-warm
,ing in the steady improvement
which marked the advance of the
once awkward Costa year• after
year, game after game. This past
year Gross applied- the lacquer
on a pet project begun by lawtlier.
COSTA & TOCCI
It was 'only proper that Costa
and Tocci—State's co-captains--
should lead the way against
Georgetowii:which plays perhaps
the roughest road schedule in the
East.
Marty padded 18 points onto his
season's total to` bring him .to the
299 mark. This was 37 counters
above the former all-time Penn
State high of 260 set by Jack Biery
in 1947.
"Little Joe" the Lions' vest
pocket watch-charm guard put on
one of his own patented
handling shows, in addition to
scoring 13 points, to highlight
Penn State's second-half victory
rush.
Holding a seven-point • advan
tage at halftime-30 to 23—State
piled up 35 counters the second
time around to post its 65 to 56
win.
To Defend Title
Only gymnasts slated to de
fend*their 1949 titles in the 1950
Eastern championships at Penn
State March 11, are Gene Rah.,
bitt and Leo • Minotti, both of
Syracuse University. Rabbitt's
specialty is the side horse, while
Minotti recently achieved 'a 3.5-
secbnd timing in the 20-foot rope
cilinb. •
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Lion Riflemen
Trim Lehigh
Penn State's varsity rifle squad
won its opening match of the
shoulder-to-shoulder season Sat
urday at Lehigh by a 1379 to 1344
score.•
Captain Gerold Prange and
John Stoudt led the riflers with
scores of 282. Jack Hepfer's •278,
Nelson Bevard's 269, and Clarke
Young's 268 completed State's
scoring.
The rifle team will travel to
Maryland Mar. 18 for its final
shoulder-to-shoulder dual match.
With last week's results not
yet known, the record of the
rifle squad in telegraphic match
es stands at 13 wins and 9 losses.
The riflers defeated Brown and
Harvard• and . lost to Wyoming
the week of Feb. 25 with a score
of 1393.
Telegraphic matches this week
are with San Francisco, Minne
sota, Northwestern and Denver.
The National Collegiate sectional
rifle competition will be held
Apr. 1.
Swimmers---
(Continued from page four)
the Seton Hall meet earlier in
the season in Glennland pool,
when the Lions led, 37-31, going
into the relay. The Pirates
stroked to a narrow win, and
dropped the Lions, 38-37.
The State swimmers closed the
season with a record of three
wins, five losses, and one tie.
The summaries follow:
300-yard' medley. relay— Won by Penn
State (Waters, Nelson, Wilson.) : second,
Virginia. Time-3 :14.9.
220 _yard freestyle—Won by Williams,
irginia ; second, McCrory, Penn State;
third, Hallock, Virginia.• Time-2 :19.8.
50-yard freestyle—Won by Scott, Vir
ginia; second, Borowy, Penn State; third,
Lynch, Penn. Stnte. Time-0;24.4.
Fancy diving—Won by Phillips, Vir
ginia: second, Wise, Virginia; third, Cum
mings, Penn State. Winner's points—'7l.6l.
100-yard freestyle—Won by Bor9wv.
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Edinboro Sets IM Mark
With 64-11 Victory
Edinboro of independent League F smashed the intramural bas•
ketball single game scoring record by ten points Friday night, annihi•
lat 3 ng the Twenty-Niners, 64-11. The previous record of 54 point
was held by the Royals of League J.
Bill Mihalich shredded the cords with 18 points in leading Edirk
boro to its sixth straight vic
tory
The other two •League F con
tests were a • little tighter as the
Clarkers edged the Foresters, 19-
17, and Navy eked out a 18-16
win over the McAlley Cats.
BOMBERS CLOSE
In League D, the Bombers
closed out their season with a
22-11 victory over the Q-Quintet.
The win was their sixth against
one defeat. Atherton Hall smash
ed Dorm 37, 25-13, and the Tri
pods won a forfeit game from
the Miners in the same league.
The Red Flashes crept to with
in a half game of the Boppers
in League E by winning their
fifth game, 16-7, over the Jungle
Bees. Also in that league, Pie
Pugh edged Dorm 34, 12-11, and
the Phils took a forfeit game from
Alpha Chi Grey.
On Thursday night, Tau Kap
pa Epsilon won its eighth
straight game, 21-11, over Alpha
Tau Omega and cinched the title
in League F.
BETA'S FIFTH
Beta. Theta Pi squeeked by
Penn State; second, Ferrell, Virginia;
third, Broyles, Virginia. Time-0 :55.7.
150-yard backstroke—Won by Conrad,
Penn State; second, Waters, Penn State;
third, Wachenfeld, Virginia. Time-1:45.8.
200-yard breaststroke—Won by McCas
larid, V - irginia; second, Wheeler, Virginia ;
third, Nelson, Penn State. Time-2 :47.2.
440-yard freestyle-,Won by Williams,
Virginiia ; second, McGrory, Penn State;
third, Kolber, Penn State. Time-5:14.8.
400-yard relay—Won by Penn State
seconl,, Virginia (disqualified, false start.)
Looking
Lion's
By ERNIE MOORE
Kappa Delta Rho, 23-21, for it
fifth win and Omega Psi Ph
whipped Phi Kappa Sigma, 13-I
in the same league.
League B went back into a tis
when Alpha Phi Alpha won it
fifth game, 21-20, over Phi Ep
silon Pi to deadlock undefeate
Phi Kappa Psi for the lead po
sition. Other League B contest
saw Sigma Phi Sigma edge Sigmi
Phi Alpha, 16-15, and Theta Kap
pa Phi win by forfeit from Ta;
Phi Delta.
Theta Chi closed out its sea
'son by whipping Alpha Chi Rha
18-13, and was assured of a
least a tie for the lead spot
League D.
Alpha Gamma Rho staye
close, behind Theta Chi b
winning a protest game from
Sigma Phi Epsilon. SPE won the
game, 23-21, but used an in
eligible player and the game wa
given to AGR. Sigma Nu wen
,on a scoring spree in the othe
League B contest, whalloping P
Kappa Phi, 38-5, for its fourtl
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