linn Cagers Working
On Offensive Punch
For Opening Contest
With but four short days left until the season opener
with Ithaca college, Coach Elmer Gross has his Nittany Lion
basketball squad working on their offensive plays in an at
tempt to acquire more scoring punch which has been miss
ing in the pre-season drills.
The Nittanies concluded their tune-up games last night
when they played, a return en
gagement with Bloomsburg State
Teachers on the Bloomsburg
court.
The Lions fared pretty well in
the first six scrimmage games,
coming off with four wins and
two loses. Gross’ charges scrim
maged St. Francis of Loretto
twice and Hazleton center, Jun
iata, Lock Haven and Bloomsburg
once each. This does not include
last night’s game.
Lose Three
Having lost three of last year’s
first five men, Gross is faced with
the task of moulding a squad
which can successfully work Penn
State’s shifting zone defense.
With six sophomores on the
squad, Gross has been having
trouble indoctrinating them into
the tricky defense and the Lion
offensive plays.
Ted Panoples, Frank Moore,
and Hardy Williams will work the
outside line for the Lions while
Captain Lou Lamie and Tiny Mc-
Mahan will work the inside on the
first five.
Gross’ big worry, is the lack of
Lio
VARSITY RIFLE COACH. Fdlipe Vlas, helps Betty Champlin,
prospective 'Annie Oakley,' train her sights. The crack feminine
dead-eye is making a unique bid for the men's rifle team.
FeminineS liarpshooter
Aims For Rifle Varsity
■ Heralding the return of the days of Annie Oakley is the sight
of a female at the try-out practice sessions of the men’s varsity
rifle team,
This sharpshooter is Betty Champlin. a slim, 5-foot 4%-inch
brunette who prefers a man’s
model gun, the heavy barrel Win
chester 52.
Betty began shooting when she
was 13 years old and has already
required distinction in the field.
In 1949 she took second place in
the girls’ national matches Vion
she was a high school senior. She
cc.mo in first in a match between
Pittsburgh and Detroit.
Betty fires in the more difficult
off-hand and kneeling positions,
as well as in the ordinary prone
position. (The girls’ team here
uses only the prone position.)
Shoots V/ith Men
Whether or not Betty shoots
with the men’s varsity, she will
definitely be with the girls’ rifle
team and will shoot in the men’s
i."' r amurals.
Betty like: to hunt, but she has
nn favorite game. She says. “I
am just an old woodchuck hunt
er 'vcm way back.”
Beth’ mf)r t of her spare
Cm a. when she isn’t shooting, in
height on the first team. Although
the whole squad averages a com
paratively small team average, 6
feet 2 inches, the first five barely
averages 6 feet. Lamie at 6 feet 2
inches and McMahon at 6 feet 7
inches are the only 6 footers on
the starting team. Whether the
lack of height can be made up in
speed and aggressiveness remains
to be seen. In any event, the Lion
will be at a disadvantage more
times than not.
After taking on the Bombers
of Ithaca Wednesday night, the
Lion cagers will entertain one of
the best teams in the East Satur
day when Syracuse invades the
Lion’s lair.
The Orange five will, probably
be the best team to display their
wares in Rec hall this ' season.
Quarter-finalists in t h e National
Invitation tournament last year,
the Orange team is loaded with
talent this season their big gun be
ing Jack Kiley who is being
boomed for all-American honors
already.
O <~kl
By CLARICE LUNCH
intramurals, and playing ping
pong or canasta. She’s an avid
canasta fan.
Not confining all her target
practice to rifles, although she
prefers them. Betty sometimes
uses pistols. She likes 22’s and
15’s best. •
In spectator sports, Betty likes
ice hockey, but baseball runs a
close second. In spite of their poor
shewing, she’s still a Pirate fan
since she hails from Pittsburgh.
“I’m crazy about Rosey Ros
well,” she said. “His home is near
mine, so I know him. He’s a nice,
down-to-earth guy.”
Betty’s father, who at one time
shot with the Binghamton. N.Y.,
police rifle team, taught her to
shoot. Her brother, a sophomore
in hi?h school, 'is following in the
tradition of expert marksman
ship.
A sophomore majoring in psy
■'hclopv. Bettv hopes to work in
•linical psychology when she
completes her formal education.
daily collegian. .state college. Pennsylvania
Syracuse Next
SLIGHTLY TIRED, but happy, these cross- ] Manhattan: and Warren Dreutder,. Michigan
country runners catch a breath after galloping i Stale. Niitany Lion Bob Freebairn, not shown,
over the five-mile Van Courilandi IC-4A course fook fifth. Werner’s harriers won this meet and
on Nov. 20. In order of finish, 1." to r., Dick Shea, the national championships the following week
Army; Penn State's Bill Ashenfeller; Bill Lucas, | to finish an unbeaten season.
Lion Soccermesi Show Impressive.
Scoring Record for Nine Contests
The soccermen of Penn State, acclaimed as thc top team in the .East in 1950, tallied an impres
sive totai of 36 goals in the nine games played this season.
The four-per-game average eclipses the all-time average of 3.5 points a contest.
Eight men contributed to the attack that submerged all but West Chester State Teachers. Leading
the team in the all-important column was Joe Lane, center forward, who holds the individual scor
ing record for Penn State players by virtue of a seven-goal outburst against Bucknell in the first
game, of the year. Lane ended the
year with 11 goals.
Buss Runner-Up
Clarence Buss, one of the fast
est wingmen to perform for Coach
Bill Jeffrey in many years, was
runner-up in the scoring division
with eight tallies. Buss was es
pecially valuable since his tallies
often came in the clutch against
strong opponents
Captain Harry Little rolled up
five counters in his final season
with the Lions. His play-making
ability was responsible for many
more scores during the year, and
by far he led the team in assists.
'5l Spearheads
Ron Coleman, a junior, and Ed
Smith, a sophomore, were credit
ed with four each. These men will
be the spearheads of the 1951 as
sault.
Gus Bigott, who spread out his
playing career from 1933 to 1950,
scored twice. Two more sopho
mores, Kurt Klaus and Gary Nu
gent, got one tally apiece.
Klaus was the only halfback to
hit the opponents nets all season,
and promises to become a threat
"rom that position in future years.
Nugent will see action on the for
ward line next season.
There will be no bowling in
the AIM bowling league Mon
day night because of registra
tion. Action will begin again
the following Monday. •
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Jordan Hall, Sinkers Post High
Scoring Wins In
The Sinkers and Jordan Hall
hit highs of 36 points this week in
the intramural independent loop,
as they whipped the Architects
and the Black Sheep, 36-9 . and
36-6, respectively. Ted Shattuck
banked 11 points and Ross Keith
8 for the Sinkers, while Redmorid
garnered 12 and Smoot and Rob-;
erts 8 apiece for Jordan Hall. ' :
In deague J, the Olympians
topped the Skashers, 22-18. as
Gordon hit for 10 markers/ while
Dave Colton’s 12 tallies werehigh
for the losers. The Jeeps edged
the Zone 3 men in a low-scoring
affair, 13-11; McElwain Hall-.lost,
an 8-6 halftime lead 'to How- to^
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