PAGE SIX State Cagers Try For 12th Victory Against American In Rec Hall Tonite American university will invade Rec hall tonight to provide the opposition for Penn State's basketball squad which will be playing its next to last home contest of the season. The game is scheduled for 8 o'clock. The Eagles, • whom the Lion cagers number among their victims this year, sport a 12-5 record as compared to State's 11-6 mark. Coached by Stafford Cassell, the Eagles will be out to avenge the 66-63 defeat hung on them by the Lions in Washington, D.C. earlier in the year. Since their loss to Coach Elmer Gross' crew, the American U, cagers have run roughshod through their schedule, losing only to Navy, George town, Loyola of Baltimore, and Randolph Macon. In the American U. five, the Lions will be up against probably the tallest team on their schedule. The Eagles' top scorer, Ish Ish * * * * * who watches Lion trainer Chuck Medlar wrap Hardy Williams' foot as Hardy. in turn, examines Junie's broken thumb. But much to the joy of Cage Coach• timer Gross, both are expected to play against American U. tonight. man, stands 6-feet-4, guard Sherm Webster is 6-feet-5, and center Ron Garshag stands at 6-feet-6. All-American Forward Ishman is the Eagles' candidate for All-American honors. An All- Mason-Dixon conference tourna ment team selection in 1949 and '5O, All-District College team se lection of the Washington Star, and a member of the ATO frater nity All-America team two years running, the rangy guard is aver aging 16 points per game this §eason. The Eagle star is a Pennslvan la product along with three of his team mates, Ed Moffatt, Charles Bear, and Raymond Daly. Mof fatt, a starting forward, was an All-Pennsylvania scholastic choice while playing ball at Bradford high school. Bear was on the second team All-state at Tamaqua high, and Daly was All- Penna. at Kane high. Cassell will probably open against the Lions with Moffatt and Art Morales at forward, Gar shag at center, and Ishman and Webster at forwards. The Nittany Lions, who will be after their eighth win in their last nine starts, will go with Lou Lamie and either Hardy Wil liams or Joe Piorkowski at for ward, Tiny McMahan at center, and Ted Panonlos and Jun i e Moore at guard. 3 Rings Set Up For EIWA Tilts Three mats will be employed to accelerate the opening day program during the Eastern intercollegiate wrestling champ ionships here March 9-10, it was announced t o d a y. Sixty-four matches are booked for the pre liminary round Friday afternoon. H. R. Gilbert, graduate man ager of Penn State athletics and tournament director, said full team entries form the sixteen member institutions will produce a total of 120 bouts, topped by the eight championship matches Sat urday night. The present schedule calls for 64 bouts Friday afternoon, 32 Friday night, 16 Saturday after noon, and 8 Saturday. night. Gil- By ERNIE MOORE W-J Coach Mum On Garden Bid WASHINGTON, Pa., Feb. 20— (JP)—Lawyer-basketball Co ac h Adam Sanders' legal background has taught him that possession is nine-tenths of the law—even on a b - asketball court. So Coach Sanders isn't talk ing about whether he'll accept a bid to take his Washington and Jefferson college team into a New York Madison Square Garden tournament this year until he gets a bid. The W and J Presidents' -cur rent court record, 14-1• with five games to play, puts the team on top of the tri-state heap and marks it as the only club in the Pittsburgh district eligible for a tournament berth. But Sanders points out: "As soon as I start talking over possibilities of going to the Gar den, those last five games will go right out the window. "I've seen it happen before. There is something about play ing in the Garden that electri fies these young fellows—and you never know which way 'they'll go after somebody gives them the idea they have a chance to play there.' "As far as that betting scand al is concerned, it wouldn't have bearing on any decision I might make about playing there. I don't think the Garden piromoters deserve any blame for it." JV Matmen Re-Carded The junior varsity wrestling match between Penn State and Lock Haven State Teachers col lege, which was to be held last night On the Rec hall practice mats, was cancelled and has been re-scheduled for March 6. bert said three mats will be em ployed for the afternoon and eve ning sessions Friday, and two mats for the afternoon session Saturday. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLL.:,.. Syracuse Spoils Pugilistic Debut Of Nittany Cubs After working out for over four months, the Nittany Lion boxing cubs finally got a. chance to strut their stuff at Syracuse last weekend. Like their big lea gue brothers, they lost to the Orangemen by one point, drop ping the meet, 4 1 / 2 -3%. Earl Harried, 135; Tony Flore, 145; and Adam Koyce, 175; won their bouts by decisions, while Jerry Spotts fought to a tlrav‘r in the 155-Ib. battle. . Robbins Drops Opener State's Harvey Robbins lost a close decision to Jerry Tasker in the 125-lb. opener. Joe Musial was also decisioned by his Syra cuse opponent, Henry Xavier, in the 130-lb. contest. Harned and. Fiore tied the score by winning the next two bouts. In the 155-Ib. clash, Hugh Jones threw plerity of leather in winning the first round, 10-9, but slowed down in the second, conk tent to stay near the ropes and hit Vince Rigoglioso as he came toward him. Halfway through the round Jones tripped and catapult ed across the ring, through the ropes, and into the first row of seats. Unhurt, Jones was ready to continue, but the referee awarded Rigoglioso a TKO, amid protests. State was ahead on points at the time. In about as even a bout as one ever sees, Spotts boxed well with Syracuse's Herb Halpern, to earn a draw. Adam Koyce proved his right for a shot at next year's 175-lb. varsity post when he out punched Bill Winney in all three rounds. Dave Yeakle was TKO'd at 55 seconds of the first round by the Orange's Jay Solomon. I C -4A Important' To Freebairn One of the group sure to go to the IC-4A indoor track champion ships at New York's Madison Square garden Saturday is Penn State's miler Bob Freebairn. Freebairn recently turned in a 4:22 mile on the balcony track at Rec hall. The clocking, among the fastest ever turned in on this type of track, is right up there with those Gerry Karver, Curt Stone, and Horace Ashenfelter used to turn in when they were undergraduates. All are no w leading lights in the track world. Like other young men of 20, Bob has to give a thought now and then to the draft. He's IA. lA. Fortunately, however, the world situation doesn't seem to have affected his running. The curly haired senior finished second - to Michigan State's great Warren Dreutzler in a tri-meet Feb. 10th. Dreutzler ran his mile in 4:18.8. "I just like to run," said Bob when we finally got his atten tion. Stopping him from running was like slowing down an express train. "I guess that's all I've ever been doing, and it doesn't leave me much time for hobbies," he said. The secondary Ed biology major was a cross-country runner at Northeast high school in Phila delphia for two years. He holds a victory in the Public High Mile. In 1947 Bob graduated from high school and decided to attend Unpopular Decision By BARRY FEIN Likes To Run Attends Swarthmore EDDIE STA BIG LEAGUERS CLAIM HE CAN'T HIT, CAN'T RUN, CAN'T. THROW= BUT THE 'BRAT ..HAS SUCH A TALENT rOR SILENTLY GOADING THE OPPOSITION AND GET TING ON. BASE THAT HE IS ONE OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUES MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS. AT WIMBLEDON RECENTLY AN AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYER LOST A POINT -THE UMPIRE INTONEWSONE, 30:40: HIS OPPONENT PROTESTED-SAID THE SCORE WAS LCNE-40.THE - AMERICAN AGREED. THE UMP THEN TURNED 10 THE GALLERY.- DO ANY OF YOU KNOW THE SCORErA CHAP IN THE BACK ROW RESPONDED7YOURE ALL WING-ITS DEUCE! . "THANK YOU SO MUCH; SAID THE UMPIRE AND TURNING TO THE CONTESTANTS HE ANNOUNCED AUTHORITATNELY,`SCORE•OO , 4O. PROCEED!" . . . ... . . , . . Pi KA Wins Fifth Straight To Pace 1M Fray Loop A Pi- Kappa Alpha moved one full game ahead t of Sigma Pi in fraternity basketball league A Monday night in 'flee hall. The PiKA's never were headed as they trimmed Sigma Phi Alpha, 28-16, for their fifth successive triumph. Sigma Pi's log reads four and one. In a battle for the cellar of league A, Delta Theta Sigma squeezed out a 10-9 victory over Omega Psi Phi for their first win of the campaign. Jim Chadwick led the winners with five points. In league B, Alpha Zeta and Phi Kappa Tau both took deci sions to stay in the running for the league title. Alpha Zeta, paced by Earl Rumberger's seven points, defeated Lambda Chi Al pha for their third._ win. The Phi Tau's, meanwhile, downed Tau Phi Delta, 20-14, to keep apace with Alpha Zeta. Harry Houston netted six markers for the victors. - - - - - Doha Chi Wins Delta Chi of league C pulled the night's biggest upset when they topped Phi Kappa Sigma, 15-9. It was Delta Chi's second win against three defeats, wnile Phi Kappa Sigma now has the same record. The winners had an 8-7 lead at halftime, and then proceeded to limit their opponents to one field goal during the second half. An other league C tilt saw Phi Gam ma Delta win number four oy beating Triangle (who has yet to * * Penn State. He was .farmed out to Swarthmore center. There he faced the situation of having no track facilities. To keep in shape, he and Bob Parsons, now a team mate, played freshman lacrosse. This kept him in good enough • 0' is s or JOHNNY MIZE, • BORN IN 1913, IS 1 :; . 5.-0 - 4, . \ THE OLDEST PLAYER 0 .; ON THE NEW YORK YANKEE ROSTER— BUT HIS BOOMING BAT" IS SHOWING SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS THE WAY. By LOWELL KELLER win) by a 26-22 count, despite Don Brainerd's 15 points. Phi Delta Theta, led in point production by John Berry, whip ped Alpha Phi Delta, 28-13, to tie with Beta Sigma Rho and Sigma Phi Epsilon, for th e league D leadership. Theta Kappa Phi still remains in the running with three wins and two setbacks following their 34-16 victory over Zeta Beta Tau in the . same league. Here are the fraternity leaders in each league; league A, Pi Kap pa Alpha (5-0); league B, Phi Kap pa (5-0); league C, Tau Kappa Epsilon (5-0); league D, Beta Sig ma Rho (4-1); Sigma Phi Epsilon (4-1), and Phi Delta Theta (4-1); league E, Phi Sigma Delta, (5-0); league F, Sigma Chi (5-0). The Pennsylvania State College possesses eight undergraduate schools ,each administered by a dean. They are divided into de partments and divisions which offer a total of 57 undergraduate curricula. condition to run the mile and the 1000-yard event in an AAU meet. Moving to the College, Bob joined the cross-countffy and the track teams. He was less than spectacular on the hill-and-dale squad, but picked up valuable experience which he applied to his track bouts. He returned to his native Phila delphia and teamed up with Bill and Horace Ashenfelter. and Mitch Williams to win the four mile college relay championship at \ Penn Relays. "That victory in the Penn Relays was the biggest thrill 'in my career," Bob explains. "It was the first time that I won something important." Bob has a good chance to win another pretty important •event when he runs Saturday. Dempsey Released From Hospital BALTIMORE, Feb. 20 (W)— Jack Dempsey was released from Johns Hopkins hospital today af ter .."responding very well" to treatment and removal of an ab ebss. • The formei world's champion heavyweight boxer was operated on at .the hospital Feb. 14 but wasn't knocked out so much that he couldn't watch the senational Robinson-LaMotta fight on tele vision a few hours later. Dempsey \ did not reveal his present plats. He probably will return to the hospital in two months or so for a checkup. ' 1:)31
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