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This article is purely fictitious and any similarity to persons
living or (lead is purely intentional
Scene Coach Mournful Jones' dressing room a week before
the biz; basketball game between State's Limping Lions and its
up-state rival. the Belching Bromos of Hotshot U.
Reporter Well, 'coach, what are your impressions concerning
the game Saturday?
Coach (Between sobs) Game! What game? D'ya mean that
massacree what's gonna take place in Wreck hall?
Reporter Yes. That is the battle to which I allude and refer.
Coach Dey'll murder us. We ain't gotta chance. We shouldn't
even be on the same floor with-them.
Reporter But, coach, Hick Bunkel has State favored by 29
points.
Coach Twenty-nine points! Ha! Doesn't he know that the
Bromos have won three out of their 13 games the last two in a
row over Bellefonte Academy for the Blind and the Snowshoe
Aces? And on their home floors, too.
Reporter It's being circulated via the grape-vine that String
bean Stokoshewicz, Hotshot's 11-foot center, has flunked his basket
weaving final and has been ejected from the University premises.
Coach Premises, shemises. That's just Hotshot propwash.
They're trying to build up over-confidence in us. You mark my foul
line, that Stokoshewicz will he in the starting lineup Saturday even
if the President of Hotshot U. has to finish weaving that basket him
self. No school's gonna let its high scorer with 23 points in his last
six games flunk out. Not in the middle of the season, anyway.
Reporter What is the general spirit of the team regarding the
coming clash?
Coach Terrible! Me poisonnell is shot! After our last win over
Myopia 1., they were so downhearted that trainer Hedlar had to give
'em an extra shot of ephedrine after it was all over. Just think of it.
Only 83 to 23. An' you wonder why a coach gets ulcers.
Reporter What is the physical condition of our young cagers?
Coach You mean you haven't heard yet? What do you
sports writers on the Daily Collusion do all day? Attend classes?
Don't you know that "Two-Plus-Two-Equals-Five" McGuire
has been committed to the infirmary over a bad case of athlete's
hand from scratching his skull during his last bluebook in fly .
casting, and as a result faces only limited action?
Reporter But the team will still average 6-foot-9 even without
McGuire.
Coach Don't gimme that stuff. I guess you haven't heard what
hopen' to Weak-Eyes Gafas, our set-shot expert, yesterday.
Reporter No. Public Information hasn't sent us our daily
bulletin yet.
Gymnasts Oppose Army;
Squads Risk Win Streaks
An undefeated streak is bound to be broken this afternoon when
the Army gymnastic team victorious in 4 straight meets en
counters the Nittany Lion squad in its home opener.
The West Point group brings to State College the co-ownership
of the 1950 Eastern Intercollegiate
title. The other co-holder is Syra
cuse, which meets Penn State in
two weeks.
The meet will be held immed
iately after the wrestling match
es in Rec hall
The Cadets repr °sent the
strongest-competition that Coach
Gene Wettstone's group has yet
encountered this season, but a
well-drilled, spirited State team
could be the cause of cutting the
visitors' string.
Underdogs
On paper the Lions rate as
underdogs but Wettstone reports
a spirit that is expected to lift
the capabilities of the team to the
necessary level.
The two Nittany victories have
come over North Carolina and
Maryland. Both were by wide
margins.
Maryland. the only common
foe, was swamped by Penn Si Ce.
but was shut out by the West
Pointers.
Wettstone said that the final
outcome will hinge on the per
formance of the second and third
men in each event for his charges.
The State first man in each event
can hold his own in each of the
six events but the reserve power
will determine the result of the
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(Continued on page eight)
'On The Ball'
By RAY KOERLER
Sports Editor
Coach Airs Views,
Mourns Da Blues
(Continued on page seven)
By BUD FENTON
Matmen To
fresh lemyre, Maurey
Will Show Holds, Rules
By GEORGE GLAZER
Before this afternoon's Army-
Penn State wrestling match at
2 o'clock in Rec hall, two fresh
man matmen, Jerry Maurey and
Dick Lemyre, will put on a
wrestling demonstration. It will
start at 1:30 p.m.
Freshman coach Charlie Rid
enour said the two men will
demonstrate holds, methods of
scoring, and examples of rules
interpretations.
As an aid to the novice wrest
ling fan, this article will attempt
to include most of the basic
knowledge a fan should have
when he goes to see a wrestling
match.
The double system of scoring
used in wrestling is similar to
the system used in tennis, where
points must be scored in a game
toward taking the set.
It goes something like this:
noints are awarded to a wrestler
for a reverse, a takedown, an es-
TODAY'S SPORTS
• Rec Hall
2:00 p.m. ARMY, wrestling
4:00 p.m. ARMY, gymnastics
5:30 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA (fresh),
basketball
7:00 p.m. ARMY, boxing
8:30 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA
basketball
• Away
At Newark, Dcl, DELAWARE,
swimming
At New York City, N.Y.U., fencing
At St. Lawrence, N.Y., "B" W. Div.
EISA. skiing
Lion Boxers Seek
2nd Win Against
West Point Tonite
By ART BENNING
Facing their toughest task of
the season thus far, the Nittany
Lion boxers meet Army tonight
at 7 o'clock in Rec hall. The ring
men 'are also faced with the task
of trying to climb above the .500
mark at which they now stand,
with a 1-1-1 record.
'Army, with only one returning
Ted to see action
against the Blue
and White, nev
ertheless has
come up with
another tr adi
tion a 11 y strong
mit aggregation.
The Cadets have
turned back
Michigan State,
4 1 / 2 - 3 1 / 2 and
Western M a r y-
land, 7IA -
while losing to
Syracuse last weekend, 4 1 / 2 - 3 1 / 2 .
The Lions opened with a 5 1 / 2 -
2 1 / 2 loss at Minnesota; tied ,Catho
lice University, 4-4; and last
weekend trounced Western
Maryland, 7-1.
Coach Eddie Sulkowski may
make one change in his lineup
of last weekend. Bob Potter, who
has not fought this season, may
replace veteran Lou Koszarek in
the 165-Ib. class.
The Probable Lineup:
Penn State Weight
Marino 125
Albarano
Kosarek or Potter 165
The only returnee scheduled to
see action for the Cadets•is Tom
Morin, 165-pounder who TKO'd
the Lion's Bob Keller last year
in the third round. Cadet veter
ans, Ken Herring, and Captain
Stan Scott, probably will not see
action.
Heavyweight Herb Kurtz, who
has a record of a draw and a
loss, will square off against Ar
my's Jerry Hart, wh o was
knocked out last week by Marty
Crandell, Syracuse's nati o n a l
champ in 1949.
(Continued on page seven)
Give Fans Point Exhibit
Jerry Maurey
One Of Stellar Mat Duo
cape, a near fall and a fall. Pen
alty points may be awarded for
stalling or illegal holds.
When the captains meet prior
to the start of action, they de
termine who shall take the posi
tion of advantage (the one on
top) in which of the three three
minute periods. The first period
Foe's Workman ` Doubtful
Starter In Rec Hall Contest
Penn State's revived basketball team will go after its
sixth consecutive win tonight when Coach Elmer Gross'
cagers play host to a high-scoring, fast-breaking team from
West Virginia university in Rec hall
The game is scheduled or 8:30 o'clock.
West Virginia comes to the Nittany Vale with a hand- .
some 14 and 6 record. The Moun
taineers also bring with them the
nation's third ranking scorer in
Mark Workman, 6 feet 9 inches
tall—and all basketball player.
Court Appearance Doubtful
Whether Workman will play
against the Nittanies tonight is
still a question. The big junior
sprained his ankle in a game with
Richmond earlier in the week and
reports indicate he won't be able
to play for two weeks.
Almost a cinch for All-Amer
ican honors already, Workman
has smashed almost every exist
ing West Virginia scoring mark
this year. With six games remain
ing on the schedule, he is expect
ed to hit the 650 mark in total
points before the season ends.
.(For those readers who aren't im
pressed with this figure, the Penn
State one year high is 299). Work
man now has well over 500 points.
Against Salem college, Work
man hit for 85 per cent of his
shots for an almost unbelievable
total of 50 points—high in the
country this year for a major col
lege player.
Steady Floor Man
Junie Moore
Del., Cavaliers
Host Tankmen
In case Lion swimmers, who
have lost four straight dual meets,
are wondering where a swimming
victory can be found, one answer
may be Newark, Delaware, their
first stopping point this after
noon on a five-day absence from
State College.
Following the Delaware en
counter, the Nittany tankmen will
wind up the road trip on Monday
against Virginia.
Today, a keen duel should de
velop in the backstroke when
State's fast-coming George Ham
ilton opposes the Delaware swim
ming pride, Art Mayer.
2:24 Backstroke Time
Army
Shine
,Mclnerney
The Blue Hen ace blasted a
school and pool record in the 200-
yard backstroke with a 2:24 flat
clocking against Lehigh. Al
though this mark is two full sec
onds better than Hamilton's Penn
State record, George has done
better.
Against Seton Hall last week,
Hamilton in the 200-yard back
event, finished second but turned
in a swift, time of 2:24.9 which
isn't far from Mayer's best.
Mentioning backstrokers, Lion
Coach Bill Butteron lost a good
To Aid Wrestling Novice
In Understanding Match
begins with the two men stand
ing in a neutral position—that is,
neither one being in a position
of advantage.
If one of the grapplers takes
the other down to the mat and
assumes a position of clear-cut
advantage, he receives tw o
points for a takedown. If the man
taken down breaks the hold of
his opponent and comes up into
a neutral position, he receives
one point for an escape. If he not
only breaks the hold of the op
position, but assumes a position
of advantage, he is given two
points for a reverse.
If either opponent goes off the
mats, the two men return to the
center circle and assume the
same positions they were in
when they left the mat in re
gards to advantage and dis
advantage.
A wrestler can receive two
(Continued on page seven)
By ERNIE MOORE
Lamie Closing In
Speaking of scoring records,
Captain Lou Lamie needs only 45
points to set a new Penn State
three year high. Lamie has scored
196 points to date.
If Workman should put in an
appearance, Penn State fans will
see a new version of "Mutt and
Jeff" in the persons of the 6-foot
-9 Workman and his favorite play
maker, 5-foot-7 Ken Alessi. Gross
scouted the West Virginia-Salem
contest and had almost as much
praise for Alessi as for Work
man.
Gross will probably start the
same lineup against the Moun
taineers that opened again st
Georgetown and Navy earlier in
the week. Lamie and Hardy "VU
hams will fill the ofrward roles.
Tiny McMahan at center, and
Junie Moore and Ted Panoplos
at guards.
Game Tonite A 'Must'
Using Penn State's "new look"
—the fast break—the Grossmen
seem to have found themselves.
running up five straight victor
ies to give them a respectable 9
and 5 record. But the West Vir
ainia game is a must for the Lions
if they expect to reach or better
last year's mark of 13 and 10.
West Virginia will probably
line up with Alessi and Jim Coal
ter or Harry (Moo) Moore at for
wards, George Davis or Work
man at center, and Frank Rodri
guez and Jack Shockey at guards.
Little Receiv - es
Soccer Trophy
For the second year in a row,
Penn State's All-America. boot
er, Harry Little, of Dover, has
been named the College's most
valuable soccer player.
The York county senior, a Navy
veteran, was voted the Edward
Mandel trophy for outstanding
play during the 1950 season, a
distinction he first won in 1949.
Only Little and Johnny Hamil
ton, of Rochester Mills, have
earned this distinction two years
in a row. Hamilton won the award
in 1945 and 1946. It was founded
in 1943.
The Mandel trophy, gift of a
former Lion great, first went to
Jose Lombana, of South Ameri
ca. It has been won since by
Jesse Hartman, Hegins; Hamil
ton; Dean Hartman, State Col
lege; Ralph Hosterman, also of
State College; and Little.
The first place kick in football
history is credited to C. M. Ather
ton of Penn State. This occurred
during the season of 1894 in a
contest between Penn State and
Oberlin.
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