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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
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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!"
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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.
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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
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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
•
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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.
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