TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1951 Cagers Meet Storming Pitt Panthers Away Tomorrow Lions Upset W.Va. 76-60 For Sixfh Straight Victory By ERNIE MOORE • Penn State's own "Cinderella Five", which just two weeks ago was struggling to keep its head above water with a hardly im pressive 4 and 5 record, will go after its 11th victory and sev enth straight tomorrow night against the University of Pitts burgh in the Smoky City. The Nittany Lion cagers con tinued in their bid for national recognition Saturday night by scoring a surprisingly easy, 76-60, win over the Mountaineers of West Virginia before a capacity crowd which jammed Rec hall to see the nation's third ranking scorer, Mark Workman, perform. The 6-foot, 9-inch Workman came to Rec hall with over 500 points scored in 20 games and press notices to burn. But to the inspired Nittany Lion cagers he was just another mark named Workman. Lamie Paces Scores Led by Captain Lou Lamie who tossed 17 counters to draw within 29 points of setting a new Penn State three-year scoring mark, (he now has 213), the Lions jumped into a 3-2 lead shortly after the. contest began and from then on it was all Penn State. Workman, wh o eventually fouled out with seven-and-one half minutes to go, picked up four fouls before hardly a quar ter of the game had elapsed and had to sit the rest of the half on the bench. But while he was in the game, the smaller Lions hopped all around him and with Tiny McMahan throwing up the biggest barrier, allowed the giant Mountaineer only four shots and no field goals. ' Workman's Ave. Dips When he did return to the fray in the second half, the West Vir ginia center bucketed 4 field goals and 4 more fouls for a re spectable 15 point total—but still better than 11 points behind his per-game average of 26.6. Workman wasn't the only player to wander to the bench after the fifth personal foul. Tiny McMahan, Herm Sledzik, and, Whitey Makarewicz, the three Lions who did most of the work in holding Workman down, also had to leave the game. From the very beginning the game was one continuous parade W.Va. Tilt Moved Back The return game with West Virginia which was to be played Feb. 28 has been moved back to March .5 at the request of the Mountaineers. The fresh man game between th e two schools will also move to that date, Harold "Ike" Gilbert, graduate manager of Penn State athletics announced. to the foul line as 60 personals were called by the referees. Penn State made good on 24 of 31 while West Virginia converted 24 of 35. • Lamie's scoring twin, Ted Pan oplos remained within hailing distance of State's ace as he tossed in 12 points to raise his season total to 202. The summary: Penn State FG. ST F FT Pts I,umie,f 5 14 7 9 17 Williams,f 3 11 3 4 9 Sledzik 1 7 5 5 7 Piorokowski 0 1 1 1 1 Hauer 0 0 0 0 O. lleMahan,c 3 16 2 5 8 Makarewicz 2 2 1 2 . 5 Bouldin 2 4 0 0 4 Moore, ft' 1 10 2 2 4 Panoplos,g 6 16 0 0 12 'Lynch 1 5 2 2 4 Gibson 1 1 1 1 3 Shuptar 1 1 0 0 2 Totals 26 83 24 31 76 West Virginia FG ST F FT Pts Sottilef 2 15 4 5 Stiendler 4 12 6 S 14 Moore 5 12 3 3 13 Coulter 0 2 0 0 0 Workman,c 4 14 7 11 15 Ryan 0 1 1 3 1 Rodriguez,g 0 0 1 1 1 Alessi,g 0 7 0 0 0 Fcltenberger 1 4 0 2 2' Shockey 2' 7 2 2 G Totals 13 74 24 35 60 Sophomore Don Frey, Newton, N.J., scored falls in his first four starts as a Penn State wrestler. A Sure Sign FOUR HOPEFUL BACKSTOPS await further orders as the first spring practice for catchers and pitchers took place under the Beaver Field stands yesterday. The four are from left to right: Gordie Thomas. Bill Leonard. 'Bill Hirsch, and Gene Harding. Statemen Blitzed ... Cadet Gymnasts Break Lion Streak 55 1 / 2 -40 1/2 Winning four events and tying for a fifth, the West Point gym nastic team made Penn State its fifth victim of the season as the Lions bowed, 55 1 / 2 -40 1 /2, at Rec hall Saturday. The Cadet triumph halted the Lions' winning streak at two. Coach Gene Wettstone's charges could gather enough depth to win only one event, the horizontal bar, as Tom Campbell, Ned Fos ter, and Earl Kerber collaborated to take first, third, and fourth places. Rudy Valentiho 'turned in the best individual score of the meet with his winning tumbling effort. His performance, evaluated at 286 points out of a possible 300 by the judges, was good enough to enable the Lions to tie for the event. Balanced Squad The Cadet squad was too well balanced for the Nittanies as it limited State to six points or less of the possible 16 points in four events. Jack Kleberg earned the top in dividual score for the Army team with a 284 on the rings. Kleberg's performance was so difficult that he needed the assistance of a dozen teammates, most of whom were standing below him with a safety net. Jim Hazen took sec ond in the, event with 268. Dave Benner, Penn State, was nosed out for individual honors on the sidehorse by Bob I,7:heel er of Army. Wheeler scored 274 points to Benner's 270. Army Ist On I"' Bars Cadet Ed Jelen took first on the parallel bars and John Clay brook climbed the rope in 4.0 seconds for first in that event for Army. Dave Schultz's time of 4.2 seconds was .6 seconds better than his previous meet marls and good for second place. 'Gory Gulley' Riddles Nittany Skiers By 808 VOSBURG Lion ski Captain Bud Bankert turned in the best time of his three-year collegiate career this past weekend in leading his team to a second place position in the cross-country race of the EISA meet at St. Lawrence uni versity—but got himself banged up in the process. While turning in a time of 64:18 and finishing I 1 th over the seven and-a-half mile course, Bankert fell in a narrow stretch of land, appropriately named "gory gul ly", which constituted the last half-mile of the trek. In the fall he dropped his glasses, cut his nose, and injured his hand. He finished the race THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Collegian Photo by McNeillie By BUD FENTON Powerful Waa: Mips Frosh, 74-11 Coach Jo e Tocci's spirited freshman basketball squad lost the West Virginia game at Rec hall Saturday, but still scored what could be called a major vic tory by holding the power-laden Mountaineers to a three point win margin of 74-71. The Penn State frosh kept' on an even kell with Quentin Bar nette's hustlers throughout most of the first half, but a rally led by Eddie Becker and Mac Isner gave the West Virginia youngsters a 33-26 halftime lead which they never relinquished. Going into the contest with a remarkable record of scoring an average of about 85 points per game, and having five high school all-staters on the squad, the Mountaineers had proven a menace to every team they faced. Isner led the scoring attack for West Virginia with 22 points, while Ted Jackson, tall Lion cen ter, took Penn State honors with 14 markers. The summary: West Virginia Penn State FG F TPI ' FG F TP Becker,f 8 2 18!Millen,f 2 1 5 Kupchak,f 8 4 201Ennis,f 3 2 8 Isner,f 9 4 221Posea 3 0 6 Ifolines,c 6 1 I3 l Pine,f 5 0 10 Tabit,c 0 1 ll Ross,f 3 0 6 IJackson,c 7 0 14 Carr.c 1 0 2 , Rizzo,c 4 1 9 Siegel,g 3 1 7 Corbinx 2 0 4 Totals 33 5 71 Totals 31 12 74 with his glasses clenched in his teeth and covered with snow, much to the amusement of the spectators. • Wh-o-o-o-ps Ike Weiler, one of Coach Sherm Fogg's most promising men, fin ished 21st in 73:88. Weiler turned two forw a r d somersaults in 'gory gully." John Kirch made three jumps. The first two were for 75 feet. The third, an 82 footer, ended in a series of cartwheels down the outrun, with the resultant loss of one ski in landing from the jump. The final overall standing of the team in the meet has not yet been determined. State chalked f Spr Trackmen Place 2nd In Spartan Tri-Meet Michigan State scored 66 1 / 2 points to beat out Penn State, sec ond with 47 1 / 2 , and Northwestern, with 26 5/6, in a three-way meet Saturday afternoon. But that's not the whole story First there was the matter of a pint-sized halfback on the Mich igan State grid squad, Jesse Thomas, whd decided to play trackman NYU Inflicts Ind State Loss, Tabs 16-11 Sword Win The NYU fencing team made Penn State's debut in the Metro politan city a sour one as they edged a surprisingly strong Lion squad, 16-11, Saturday afternoon. The State swordsmen have yet to register a win, having last their initial match to Lehigh by the same count. The New Yorkers started the ball rolling in the foil duels by taking the event 9-0. However, the Statemen began to retaliate in the epee matches winning four,, while losing five. Pete Raidy compiled a 2-1 record winning 3-0, 3-2, and losing 3-2. Lou Como amassed a .667 aver age, winning 3-2, 3-2, and losing 3-0. Bob Whitman dropped all three of his duels. State hit its stride in the saber events, winning 6, while losing 3. Showing exceptional form and speed, Captain Ed Merek sparked the sabermen by winning three out of three. His scores were 5-4, 5-3, 5-0. Skipper Merek is cur rently sporting a 1.000 average. In the Lehigh duel, he also won his three matches. Another State victory followed as Bob Searles was credited with three wins, 5-3. 5-4, 5-2. Jerry Clauser dropped his three duels. The match was directed by Frank Bavuso, a member of the American Fencing association. Dorm 39 Registers . sth Indie Cage Win Dorm 39, led in the scoring by Ed Brenner and Dick Woodrow who each scored six points, won its fifth independent court con test Friday night by turning back Dorm 8, 20-16. Dorm 8 led at the half, 9-8. In another league A tilt, Dorm 43 forfeited to Dorm 36. . In league J, the Mountaineers rolled to their fourth win by downing the Basketeers, 30-22. In the same circuit, Zone 3 forfeited to McElwain Hall and the Jeeps forfeited to the Skashers. In an overtime contest, the Black Sheep of league K won their first battle by beating the Rebels, 14-11, as Andy Molina garnered 5 points. Jordan Hall lost •to the Sportsmen, 14-13, in another league K game. Th e• Vandals and Sinkers of league L remained in a tie for top spot as the Vandals blasted the Lions, 36-15, and the Sinkers scut tled the Little Five, 43-10. up a score of 88.8 in the cross country race and finished be hind St. LaWrence's score of 100. Cornell was third and RPI was fourth. s' 10 Teams In Meet There were ten teams entered in the meet including St. Law rence the host team, Cornell, RPI, Union, Clarkson and Colgate. Next weekend the Foggmen journey to West Point to tangle in a triangular meet with Army and Hamilton. The skiers have been doing surprisingly well this season but may be handicapped next weekend depending on the extent of Bankert's injuries. The Lion captain has been State's biggest threat all season. By BARRY FEIN for the day. Evidently he catch es on pretty fast, because he took three firsts and a second to spark his team to victory. He ran away with the meet with 18 points. Relay Team Wins On the black ink side of the ledger was Penn State's mile relay team. It seems that the more a group of good performers practice, the better they become. State's eight-furlong baton car riers fit neatly into this category. The quartet of Bill Lockhart, John Lauer, John McCall, and Guy Kay, running in that order, finished first. Moving into the second-best de partment, distance star Warren Dreutzler won the two-mile rim for Michigan State. He was chock ed at 9:30.9. Following him were Bill Ashenfelter of Penn State. Walter of Michigan State, and. Jack Homer of Penn State. Druetzler Cops 1-Mile Warren Druetzler again proved unbeatable as he ran a 4:18.8 mile. Close on his heels were Penn State's Bob Freebairn, and broth ers Don and Bill Ashenfelter. The 440-yard dash was a rath er slow event which Bill Lock hart won in 0:51.2. He was fol lowed by Guy Kay, and Williams and Jones of Michigan State. The Nittany Lions' weakness in the dash events was evident as not one Stateman placed in the 70-yard high or the 75-yard low hurdles. Both events were won by Michigan State as was the 60- yard dash in which Bill Polito finished fourth for Penn State. Penn State came out of the 880-yard run in about the same manner as the mile run. Makiel ski won this event for Michigan State in 1:58.8, but the Blue and White captured the runner-up positions, Freebairn, Don Ash, and Lou Gomlick finishing up the first division. Vic Fritts won the high jump although he scaled only 6-feet-2. State's Jim Herb and Dunn of Northwestern tied for second at 6 feet. McCullans of Michigan State won the pole vault by climbing 12'6". Ron Coder of Penn State was second, followed by -Mich igan State's Smith and Northwest ern's Kurtz. The shot put was another weak event. It was won by Huizinga of Northwestern with a heave of only 43' 5". Bob Krayer of Penn State, just back from student teaching in time for the meet, was third. Lacrosse Candidates Lacrosse Coach Nick Thiel has issued a call to candidates for the lacrosse team. Men wishing to try out, regardless of previous experience, should report to the lacrosse room in Rec hall between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday. State Matmen Win— (Continued from page six) pound match when he took an 11- 3 decision from the Cadets' Thor Sundt. Several times Dreibelbis seemed close to pinning his op ponent, but Sundt always man aged to wriggle out at the last second. Don Maurey, too, apparently was on the verge of pinnincr Dick Wasson in the first period. Maur ey got a quick takedown and then went into a near-fall posi tion, but Wasson pulled an es cape. Maurey came out with a 12-9 decision, putting the Lions ahead for keeps. Bill Santel outlasted Don Swy- Oft for a 6-4 verdict in the 157- pound match. The two were even as the fight ended, but Santel added two points to his four for the win. Swygej•t was a fourth place finished in last year's East ern's in 157 -AGE SEVEN
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