The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 29, 1951, Image 6

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    iute, s4Ai 9 ers Select
,pposition All-Stars
Jack Riley, Andy Mestrovic, Mark Workman, and Ernie'
Beck dominated the voting for the All-Opponent - basketball
team selected by Penn State's passers.
Dave Alton, of Colgate, and Don Scanlon, Penn, round out
the first six.
Seven of the nine Penn S
the voting. Captain Lou Lamie
and Chet "Whitey" Makarewicz
were unable to attend the basket
bail banquet when the selections
were made.
Kiley Top Man
Of a possible 35 points, Kiley,
Mestrovic, Workman, and Beck
received that number to tie for
the top spot as far as the first
string positions were concerned.
It was fancy Jack Kiley, though,
who received the top choice on
five of th e seven ballots cast.
W&J's Mestrovic and American
U.'s Sherman Webster garnered
the other two first-place votes.
It marks the second year in a
row that Kiley has been named
to the Nittanies's All-Opponent
team, having placed fifth in last
year's' voting.
Alton, who tied for the fifth
spot this season, was named to
the Lions' All-Opponent second
squad last year.
Rounding out the first ten
men are Bill Dodd, of Colgate,
Bill Wilson, of Navy, Mike Be
lich, Pitt, and Webster, of Ameri
can U.
Hot Against Lions
Kiley, captain of the Syracuse
court team, led his team to two
wins over the Lions, scoring 18
and 17 points in the two contests.
An accurate set shot and a good
floorman, the Orange captain was
instrumental in breaking up Penn
State zone defense in the two
games.
Mestrovic, jump -shot artist
from W&J, garnered votes from
each of the seven voting letter
men, although he played in only
one game against the Lions. In
t hat game, the Prexie forward
dropped in 26 points to lead the
W&J squad to victory over the
Nittanies.
Beck, lik e Mestrovic, played
only one game against State but
his scoring and backboard work
so impressed the Lions that he
too was a unanimous choice.
One Of Nation's Best
Workman, 6-foot 9-inch West
Virginia center, proved to be one
of the top scorers in the country
and against the Lions he tossed
in 40 points in two games.
Alton's board and floor work
earned him a tie with Scanlon
for the fifth position. Scanlon
played only on e game against
State, scoring 17 points to help
Penn down the Lions.
Handball Doubles
To Begin Tuesday
The intramural doubles hand
ball tournament will start Tues
day, director Clarence "Dutch"
Sykes has announced.
Separate competition will be
provided for both fraternity and
independent entries as in the
singles tournament.
This year's entries of 68 fra
ternity teams and 6 independent
teams is nearly double that of last
year's.
McMahan, Williams Selected
Co-Captains Of '5l-'52 Lion Five
Jay "Tiny" McMahan and Hardy Williarhs have been elected
co-captains for the 1951-52 basketball season. The announcement of
the selection was made at the banquet honoring the basketball team
just before the Easter vacation.
The nine letterman of the- past
season made the selection.
Both McMahan and Williams
are juniors and. have two years
of varsity competition behind
them.
The nine men receiving varsity
letters for the 1950-51 season are
Captain Lou Laurie, Ted Panop
los, Junie Moore, McMahan, Wil
liams, Tom Shuptar, Chet Mak
arewicz, Joe Piorkowski, Herm
Sledzik.
Lamle, Panoplos, Moore and
Shuptar will graduate this June.
Bernie Cooper was named head
manager for the coming season.
Jay Lavin. Nat Hamilton, and
Tom Isisgsla n d were named first
manager.
ate lettermen participated on
4 Lion Boxers
Stepup Workouts
For NCAA Meet
Four Nittany Lion boxers are
going into their final week of
preparation today for the NCAA
tournament to be held April 5-7,
in East Lansing, Michigan. Penn
State's version of the Big Four
are Sam Marino, 125-lb. sopho
more; Frank Gross, 135-lb. senior;
John Albarano, 145-Ib. j4nior;
and Lou Koszarek, 165-Ib. junior.
Albarano and Koszarek are
Penn State's two Eastern cham
pions, while Gross is the current
runnerup. The four have been
working out since the close of the
IBA's in Charlottesville, Va. early
this month.. The IBA's marked
the close of the boxing season for
the rest of the squad.
For Albarano and Gross the
tournament will be the second
quest for national titles, the two
having taken part in last year's
tourney held in Rec hall.
Lost To Champ
Boxing at 135-lbs. last year,
Albarano byed into the semi
finals, and then was decisioned
by Pacific coast champ, Everett
Conley. Conley went on to win
the title by decisioning Paul Kos
topoulos of Maryland.
Gross, last year's 145-er, lost
out in the quarter-finals when
Washington State's Eldon Long
decisioned him. Long eventually
lost to Idaho's champion, Leon
ard Walker.
Koszarek, last year's regular at
155-lbs., was replaced in the tour
nament by this year's captain,
Pat Heims, who upset the do
pesters and went on to finish
runnerup behind Eli Thomas of
Gonzaga university.
Forced To Quit
Bent on revenge in the IBA's
early this month, Marino was
forced to bow out of the running
when his left eyelid was cut in
the second round of his quarter
final bout with Virginia's Len
Coiner. Coiner went on to win
the title from Syracuse's Jim
Hub a.
Marino's dual-meet record was
3-3-1. His opposition for the com
ing tourney looks especially
tough. Am on g other bantam
weights around for the NCAA's
will be Minnesota's Neil Ofsthun,
who holds a decision over Ma
rino.
The Lion ringmen leave for
East Lansing by train from Al
toona Tuesday night and expect
to arrive at the tournament site
in time for a light workout on
Wednesday. The bouts are sched
uled for Thursday afternoon and
night, and Friday and Saturday
nights.
Committee Approves
Antlerless Deer Bill
HARRISBURG, March 28=-(/P)
—A bill drastically changing the
method for holding antlerless deer
seasons in Pennsylvania was ap
proved by a Hotise committee to
day.
The bill would establish special
licenses at $l.lO each for antler
less deer seasons. It would be up
to the State Game Commission to
decide how many licenses it would
issue in each county opened for
antlerless deer hunting.
Nittany Matmen
Barr, Rubino, Frey Upset
Coach Charlie Speidel's grapplers concluded one of the most successful seasons in
Penn State wrestling history when they finished third in the -NCAA tournament at
Bethlehem last weekend.
HERE ARE THE members of the Edinboro basketball squad that
won the independent championship in the 1950-51 intramural
basketball league: Bottom, left to right: plenn Brown, Fred
Mueller, and Bill Mihalich. Top, Frank Praniuk (manager), Dick
Beynon, Abe Herr, and Dick Thompson.
ABOVE APPEAR THE members of Tau Rappa Epsilon's newly
crowned intramural fraternity basketball chainpions. They are:
Bottom row, (left to right) Don McCormick, Ed Gruber, Dick
Levan, Bob Goodell, and Charles Brouse. Top row, Lou Langley,
Bob Lambert, Carl Trautmann, Jim Carter, and John Miller.
ladle Champs Repeat As .. .
Edinboro, Tekes Capture
Intramural Cage Crowns
Tau Kappa Epsilon withstoOd a last ditch rally by Phi Kappa to
capture the fraternity basketball championship last week by a score
of 32-30. The fast-stepping Edinboro five won the independent title
by crushing the Ridge Runners,
49-19,
The fraternity contest proved
to be one of the tightest intra
mural court battles ever wit
nessed in Rec hall. The score was
deadlocked tat the end of the first
eight-minute quarter, 6-6, at half
time, 13-13, and Phi Kappa held
a 21-20 margin at the three-quar
ter mark.
From this point TKE rallied to
a 29-25 lead, then held on as Phi
Kappa's Paul Wren, and Vic
Straub netted free throws. Bob
Goodell's one-hander from six
feet out sewed up the game for
the Tekes. Goodell bucketed five
field goals and two charity tosses
for 12 markers to pace the win
ners, while Vic Straub hit for
three from the floor combined
with 10 out of 18 foul shots (a
new record) for 16 points to lead
Phi Kappa.
Sigma Pi Dethroned
Tau Kappa Epsilon thus re
places Sigma Pi as the fraternity
basketball champion. The win
ners reached the semi-finals of
last year's playoffs but were
eliminated by Alpha Phi Alpha.
The Ridge Runners were never
in the game as the Edinboro
squad used the fast-break •a n d
long-court pass offense to com
pletely overwhelm their smaller
opponents. The victors led at
halftime, 22-10.
Dick Beynon was the point
producing star for Edinboro as
he sunk five field goals and
three free tosses for a 13-point
total.
This was easily the best year
for the Edinboro team that has
played as a unit since its fresh-
Place 3rd
Fans Cheer
Lion Booters—
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the Iranian Athletic association
prompted the State department to
send the Penn State team as the
United States representative.
The team left New York by
plane on March 21. The 17-man
group including Jeffrey and stu
dent manager Neil See arrived in
Shannon, Eire, early on the 23rd
with "only two of the boys get
ting sick from the long air trip"
according to a message received
by Mrs. Jeffrey.
Martial Law'
Although Iran is now under
martial law, State department
officials said that the general
holiday feeling plus the Iranians'
good will toward Americans
would insure an enjoyable trip.
The playing squad was com
posed of Captain Harry Little,
Clarence Buss, Frank Follmer,
Gus Biggott, Jay Simmons, Klaus,
Coder, Jack Charlton, Ron Cole
man, Harold Irvin, Ellis Kocher,
George Emig, Jack Kurty, John
Pinezich, and Bill Yerkes.
Irvin and Pinezich are fresh
men.
man days at the state teachers
school. They set numerous rec
ords this season, including the
high total for one team in a sin
gle contest (80 points), and a 31
point One game total by their cap
tain, Bill Mihalich.
In Natis;
Finals
Although the Nittany matmen
didn't have any individual cham
pions they did place three men
in the finals and garnered 15
points to finish behind Oklahoma
with 24 points, and Oklahoma
A&M, which had 23.
Homer Barr, Mike Rubino, and
Don Frey advanced to the finals
to give Penn State as many final
ists as the top two teams. The
Nittanies also scored what is be
lieved to be the highest total
ever scored by an Eastern team
in the NCAA's.
Maurey . Loses On Ref's Call
Don Maurey, State's 137 pound
er, lost a semi-final• bout by ref
eree's decision to Oklahoma's
Tom Evans. If Maurey had won,
the' Nittanies w, ou 1 d have ad
vanced four men into the finals.
Frey took the rubber match
from Frank Bettucci, Cornell, by
defeating the 147-Ib. Eastern
champ, 3-0, in the semi-finals,
but he was defeated in the finals
,by Keith Young, lowa State
Teachers. In gaining his third
NCAA crown, Young won a 5-3
decision but scored three of his
points on penalties. Frey was
twice penalized for stalling.
Rubino was also deprived of
the 177-Ib. title by a penalty
point. Rubino started the last per
iod with a. 1-0 lead, but -was
caught using a disputed illegal
hold which helped Oklahoma
A&M's Grover Rains score a 3-1
decision.
Glass Reverses Barr
Princeton's Glass repeated his
Eastern stunt by winning a ref
eree's decision over Barr in the
heavyweight finals. At the end
of the first period Barr tried for
a takedown. but Glass escaped in
less than a minute of the second
period. Glass rode Barr the entire
third period and scored time ad
vantage to tie the score, 2-2. Both
judges and the referee voted
unanimously for Glass who kept
Barr on his stomach during the
final three minutes.
Two of State's other grapplers
were eliminated in the opening
round of the tournament. Dean
Harbold, 130 pounder, lost a ref
eree's decision to Dick Pickard,
Illinois, and Emil Perona, Rut
gers, decisioned Bill Santel,
State's 157-Ib. entrant, 12-3.
Reese A Surprise
Johnny Reese, 123 lbs., wa s
one of the surprises of the tourn
ament as he upset Joe Kimura,
of San Francisco State college,
7-6. Reese lost his second match
to Lehigh's Mike Filipos, 10-3.
Joe Lemrye, pinned Bill Firtsche,
Kent State, in 7:55 with a bar
arm and chancery, l?ut was deci
sioned by Navy's Don Thomas,
11-7.
.• Champions of the 21st tourna
ment are: Tony Gizoni, Waynes
burg, 123; Walt Romanowski, Cor
nell of lowa, 130; George Layman,
Oklahoma A&M, 137; Young, lowa
State Teachers, 147; Phil Smith,
Oklahoma, •157; Gehe Gibbons,
Michigan State, 167; Rains, Okla
homa A&M, 177; and Glass,
Princeton, heavy weight. Roman
owski was voted outstanding
wrestler in the tournament.
Three IM Mat
Champs Return
John Allison, of Phi Kappa Psi,
Don Amig, of Tau Phi Delta, and
Chuck Myers, of SAE, will be the
three most hard-pressed IM mat
men as all are.defending champ
ions in the IM wrestling tourney
which starts lepril 2.
Allison, who last year wrestled
in the 121-Ib. class, will be back
this year at 128. Amig wrestled
in the 145-Ib. division, while My
ers grappled at 175 pounds. Both
Amig and Myers have moved up
to 155 and the heavyweight class
es, respectively, in this year's
tournament.
In the independent section, only
the 128, 145, and 165 classes were
run off last year. Joe Hess, Will
Kraybill, and Chuck Hazen, who
were victorious in these divisions
last year, have failed to reenter.
This means that seven new chain.
pions will be crowned.