f'OE S’iJUft Nittany Basketball Squad Prepares For Opener With Ithaca, Wednesday Like a new moon, basketball is still out of sight but rapidly approaching the waxing phase with less than a week before the sport makes its" initial appearance on the Penn State sport scene. With almost two months o; basketball team is shaping uj on the Rec hall court. With only four lettermen re-' turning from last year’s squad, which won 13 and lost 10, Gross and his assistant John Egli have been working hard trying to find replacements for such stars as Marty Costa, Joe Tocci, and Lee Schisler who were lost through graduation. 4 Lettermen Captain Lou Lamie, Jay “Tiny” McMahan, Hardy Williams, and Ted Panoplos are the returning lettermen upon whom Gross must depend in his sophomore year as head coach of the Lion cagers. “The lack of height is going to hurt us. It helped us to win a lot of games last year, and I don’t know whether we ean make it up in speed and aggressiveness,” said Gross. The Lions have been in prac tice scrimmages against St. Fran cis of Lorretto, Lock Haven, Ju niata, Hazleton center, and Bloomsburg State Teachers col- The Old College Try This guy Herm Sledzik real ly wants to play basketball for Penn' Stale! In a recent scrimmage Sled uk injured his wrist and it caused him considerable pain. But he kept practicing with the wrist taped. An X-ray did not disclose a thing. But when the pain did hot stop another X-ray was taken this lime from a diff erent angle. It was then Herm quit scrimmaging. The X-ray showed the wrist was broken! lege If weather conditions per mit, the Lions will travel to Bloomsburg tonight for a return scrimmage. Offensive Punch Slow "We can’t get our offensive moving we don’t score like we should. But we’re faster and more aggressive than last year,” Gross commented. In the scrimmage, the Lion coach has been running a first five composed of Lamie, McMahan, Williams, _ Panoplos, and Frank Moore, with Joe Piorkowski also seeing a lot of action. Moore played on the JVs last season and has impressed Gross with his aggressive play, while Piorkowski. a 6-foot 3-inch jun ior, is a transfer student who was ineligible last year. Lamie, who averaged 10 points per game last year, and McMahan, 6-foot 7-inch center, will be look ed on to carry much of the offens ive punch what with the high scoring Costa missing from the lineup. Panoplos Carries Speed Panoplos, probably the .fastest man on the-squad, will try to fill the shoes of Tocci, now freshman coach and last year’s “Mr. Set ter-Upper.” Williams, who played a fine brand of ball for the Lions last season, is having trouble finding the range in pre-season sessions but Gross expects him to come around soon. (Continued on vage eight) Ready for Military Ball? BUY or RENT your TUX at HUR'S Don’t delay in preparing for the big dance. Let us settle your tux problem. Whether you intend buy ing a tux or renting one, stop in and see us now and avoid the last minute rush. Hur’s Men’s Shop E. College Avenue, State College THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By ERNIE MOORE practice by th e boards, Coach Elmer Gross’. Nittany Lion for the season opener with Ithaca college next Wednesday Penn State Cage Tutor Elmer Gross Panther Aerial Attack Will Test Lion Defense Unless the weather man tries to get into the act once again, the 50th annual Penn State-Pitt football clash could very easily resolve itself into a test of the Panthers’ passing game and the Lions’ aerial defense. Having successfully coped with the passing attack of West Vir ginia and Rutgers in recent weeks, - the Lions can expect to have their tough aerial screen given a final probing from Pan ther quarterbacks Bob Bestwick and Bob Osterhout. Between them, Coach Len Casanova’s T operatives have completed 75 pas ses for 893 yards. Against Notre Dame Bestwick completed 19 of 24 passers for 252 yards. Pitt End Nears Record Pittsburgh also has an out standing receiver in senior end Nick De Rosa, who is nearing two Pitt pass catching marks. De Rosa has caught 22 passes for 299 yards (Continued on page five) Smidansky On AP All-State 2nd Team End John Smidansky, leading pass receiver for the Nittany Li ons, was the only Penn State foot ball player to receive recognition higher than honorable mention in the 1950 all-state selections of the Associated Press. Smidansky was named to the second team. Four Penn State gridders re ceived honorable mention. They were Stew Scheetz, tackle; Ken Bunn, center; Capt. Owen Dough erty, wingback; and Tony Orsini, h alfback. Five Fra! Boxers Slug Way To IM Wins; Nine Forfeit Five more fraternity boxers slugged themselves into the win column last night, on an intra mural card that was marred by nine forfeits. John Dinsmore, of Phi Kappa, opened the evening’s festivities by outpointing Bob Lansberry, of Theta Kappa Phi. It was a 135- pound match, in which Dinsmore overcame his opponent’s superior height to win. In a 165-pound battle, Craig Rupp, of Theta Chi, topped Kap pa Sigma’s Guy Pietz, in a good tight fight. Both boys were evenly matched, with Rupp gaining a squeaky nod from the judges. Theta Chi scored another vic tory in the third bout of the eve ning. In a 145-pound go, rugged Bill Hanley ground out a hard fought verdict from Freeman Singer, boxing for Phi Sigma Delta. It was a gruelling clash, in which both boys found them selves badly tired in the final round. Bob Morton, of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a husky lad, who looked at home in the ring, outclassed Russ Taptich, of Theta Xi, in a good 175-pound match. Morton JOIN THE ROUNDUP! Yes . . . for the best dance of the year, join the Roundup—come to the HARVEST BALL This Saturday night at Ree Ha//, the STATESMEN will provide music from 9-12 for your dancing pleasure. Tickets can be pur chased at Student Union for only $2.00 per couple. Free refreshments will be served in order to save you added expense. The dance is semi-formal, but there will be no cor- sages. HARVEST BALL For The House -' : '„' ~ * \ —s*' *.. „ ' v* . . '~~*' : "Try io lasi one more round. Killer—remember, it's Tor The House'." fought a steady, waiting fight, forcing Taptieh to come to him, where he greeted him with pow er-filled socks from both fists. In the nightcap, a 155-pounder, soccerman Joe Lane, wielding the gloves for Delta Upsilon, battered and banged his way to a win over Howard Guest, of Phi Kappa Sig ma. Lane had his 'victim in hot water from the outset, and though wild and unpolished at times, he landed several, stinging haymak ers that brought blood from Guest’s nose. FRIDAY DECEMBER T. .IDSO It was the best bout of the eve ning, and though Guest was game all the way, the better-con ditioned Lane was just too tough. The nine men who won.by for feit were Fred Sheridan .of Pi Kappa Psi; A 1 McChesney, of Phi Kappa Psi; Bob Decker, of Delta Upsilon; Wall, fighting independ enfy; Gordon Stroup, Beta Theta Pi; George Yuscavage, of Pi Kap pa Alpha; Mike Rubino,.of Alpha Phi Delta; Bob Eichenlaub, of Alpha Sigma Phi; and Lemyre, of Sigma Chi.
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