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State Courtmen Top Bucknell
Ronnie Weidenhammer Stars
As Lions Win 2d Game, 73-63
Penn State's improving basketball team mingled moments of
brilliancy with some sporadic playing as they stormed their way
to a comparatively easy 73-63 win over the Bucknell Bisons in Rec
Hall last night.
A large enthusiastic crowd watched the Lion cagers win their
second victory of this young season. It was the first loss for Coach
Jack Guy's Lewisburg quintet.
The final score was not an in
dication of the game since the
Lions led 36-27 at halftime, and
moved to a 24 point margin early
in the final quarter. But Coach
Elmer Gross inserted an all
freshman lineup into the game
in the final quarter and Bucknell
narrowed the score.
Frosh Stars
Ivy League
Coach Backs
Athletes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—(4P)—
College sports—and the boys who
play them—were staunchly de
fended today by Lloyd P. Jordan,
football coach at Harvard.
Jordan, who is president of the
National Football Coaches As
sociation, was here to testify be
fore the college presidents named
by the American Council on Edu
cation to find out what is wrong
with sports.
The meeting was closed, but
Jordan met with reporters later.
When asked if college sports
needed "cleaning up," Jord an
said:"
"Not necessarily. The r e are
some corrections need e d, of
course. I don't think it's as bad
as it's made out to be."
• Fine Boys
As for the boys who play the
sports, Jordan said:
"There are a lot of good ath
letes who are fine boys. I don't
mean fine athletes; I mean fine
boys. It's a shame to have the
criticisms heaped on these fine
boys because of a few."
Jordan's views on what should
be done on college sports:
Bowl games—a - matter for in
dividual schools to decide, the
coaches think. (Speaking for him
self, though, he's against them.)
Spring practice—controlled but
not abolished altogether.
Take Same Courses
Recruiting—coaches feel there's
no reason why they can't sell
their institution to a youngster
in the same way that any other
teacher can. "I think each insti
tution must work out its own sal
vation," Jordan said.
Athletes—they should be treat
ed like any other students; they
should take the same courses,
and keep up with their classes.
And how do coaches feel about
coaches? Jordan said coaches
should be members of the faculty,
subject to rules and regulations
laid down by the president rather
than being responsible to some
thing like an alumni group.
'False'
The college presidents ha v e
been interested in complaints that
athletes concentrate on sn a p
courses in physical education.
True or false? .
False, said Thomas E. McDon
ough of Emory University in
Georgia.
McDonough is president of the
College Physical Education As
sociation. He told reporters that
generally speaking football play
ers aren't physical education ma
jors because the course is too
tough.
"You have to take biology,
chemistry and physics," he said.
"These not only take up a lot
of time with laboratory periods,
but they're also very difficult."
DiNlaggio' No. 5
Will Be Retired
NEW YORK, Dec. 12 VP)
Joe DiMaggio's famous "5", the
number he carried on the back of
his New York Yankee uniform
for 13 brilliant playing seasons,
will be retired, Club Publicity
Director Arthur E. Patterson an
nounced today.
In a special ceremony on open
ing day next April, DiMaggio's
uniform along with his glove and
the bat with which he hit his
last home run will be presented
to baseball's Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, N.Y.
By DAVE COLTON
Gross used all 11 players and
no one scored less than two points.
Freshman Jack Sherry topped
the Lions with 13 points, and
Herm Sledzik followed with 11.
But the encouraging note is that
four players scored in the double
figures, an indication of the team
balance.
Another freshman, Ron Wei
denhammer, was outstanding for
the victors. Subbing for Co-cap
tain Hardy Williams, who missed
the game because of illness, Wei
denhammer set up many Lion
scores with his adept ball-han
dling. But some great 'shooting
by Co-captain "Tiny" McMahan
and Joe Piorkowski in the early
stages of the game sent the Lions
on their victory-march.
The Nittanies used their fast
break to good advantage through
out the contest, with Weidenham
mer and Piorkowski handling the
ball. Jesse Arnelle, freshman
gridder, once again was a demon
under the boards. Arnelle also
contributed 8 points, but still
looked off, on his shooting.
PENN STATE
FG F P.
Sledzik 4 3 11
Makarewicz . 2 0 4
McMahan 5 0 10
Piorkowski 5 0 10
Weid'ham'er 3 Al 6
Arnelle 4 0 8
Sherry 4 5 13
Han' 2 0 4
Blocker 1 1 3
Hill 1 0 2
DeSalle 0 2 2
Totals 31 11 73
A six-five center, Jim Poff, and
Don Strassner paced the Bisons
with 15 points 'each. Strassner
sparked Bucknell's fourth period
rally with 11 points in the final
ten minutes. Captain Connie De-
Loca scored 12 on five field goals
and two fouls, and was rough
under the boards.
Tiny Gets Hot
DeLoca opened the scoring with
a field goal, and Poff followed
with a foul to give Bucknell a
3-0 lead. Whitey Makarewicz
scored a one-hander for the Lions
to make it 3-2 in favor of Buck
nell. The visitors jumped ahead
7-3 on field goals by Gallagher
and DeLoca. Piorkowski and Mc-
Mahan scored two pointers for
the Lions to knot the count at 7-7.
McMahan got "hot" and sank a
one-hander and a beautiful hook
shot to lift the Lions to a 11-8
lead. The Bisons retaliated with
three points to tie the score at
11-11. The score see-sawed back
and forth and two-pointers by
Weidenhammer and Piorkowski
gave the Blue and White a narrow
19-18 first quarter lead. Piorkow
ski's fielder was a long set shot
just at the end of the period.
Quick Goals
After three minutes of the sec
ond period the Lions only led 23-22
but Arnelle and Sherry began to
hit and Gross' cagers slowly
pulled ahead to a 36-27 halftime
lead.
At the beginning of the second
half Makarewicz, Weidenhammer
and Sledzik scored quick goals,
and the Lions zoomed to an 18
point third quarter margin.
High School Gridder
In Critical Condition
NEW YORK, - Dec. 12 - (IP)
Johnny Yuha, crippled in a high
school football game in Pennsyl
vania, was operated on today.
"He came through the operation
very _well," said New York Uni
versity-Bellevue Medical Center.
"However, he is still on the criti
cal list."
THE tA ' n,cr COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Zucker Bests Cameron;
DU Advances 4 : oxers
A powerful portsider from Phi Sigma Delta, Dick Zucker, upset last year's 165-
pound, fraternity king, Dick Cameron, Beta Theta Pi, in a 175-pound battle in yester
day's semi-final IM boxing action.
BUCKNELL
FG F P.
Poff 4 6 14
Gallagher 2 2 6
DeLoca 5 2 12
Webber 2 0 4
Strella 5 1 11
Strassner 6 3 15
Reichman 0 1 1
McKibbin 0 0 0
Schloeder 0 0 0
The fight was all even going into the third and fina
the first, and Cameron, the second. Cameron, dead-game, co
superior stamina in the last round. Zucker added a devast
Acacia Cagers
Rally to Top I
Totals 24 15 63
ZBT Five, 23-21
Acacia didn't know the meaning
of the word "quit" on Tuesday
night as it rallied from an 11-point
halftime deficit to edge Zeta
Beta Tail, 23-21, in a thrilling IM
basketball game.
The win for Acacia was its sec
ond without a loss in League F.
Acacia, however, still, is in a
three-way tie for first place with
Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Kappa
Tau who also won their cage
games Tuesday night.
' Independents Plan
Pi Kappa Alpha romped over
Alpha Chi Sigma, 23-12, while
Phi Kappa Tau increased its two
point halftime lead in the second
half to whip Theta Kappa Phi,
20-11. •
'Six independent games were
also played, making it the first
night of the season for a combi
nation of fraternity and indepen
dent basketball.
The Foresters of League F won
their fourth consecutive game at
the expense of the previously un
beaten Stars, 31-9, as Bill Buck
tallied 14 points.
Ed Parrish scored 13 points to
lead Altoona to a close 27-24 vic
tory over, the winless Samettes.
Dorm 27 won its third game by
trouncing the Lords, 26-19. Dorm
34 lost its fourth game in a row
by forfeiting to G.F.O.
The one game played in League
G was perhaps the best of the
night' as Penn Haven scored two
points in a "sudden death" per
iod to edge the Helots, 17-15. The
losers led 5-0 at halftime, but
Penn Haven rallied in the second
half to tie it at 13-13. Each team
scored a basket in the overtime
period.
The Eroonies moved to within
one game of league-leading Trace
A.C. and the Junior Rovers of
League E by thuthping the Clip
pers, 38-14.
Tiny Taps One In
LION CO-CAPTAIN Tiny McMahan (12) leaps' gher (11) of . the Bisons move in to block Tins
upward to tap ball through the basket in the attempt. Jim Poff (7) stands ready in the back
first quarter of last night's game with Bucknell court. Penn State topped the Bisons 73-63. •
in Rec Hall. Connie DeLoca (22) and Joe Galla-
'Sudden Death'
By GEORGE BAIREY
advantage to ge t the decision.
Delt. Upsil. , co-defending
champs, took four victories out
of the 13-game card. John-Haifa,
Dean Harbold, and Warren Haff
ner all scored decisions, while
heavyweight Lynn Illingworth
copped a two-round decision from
Gene Wile, Pi Kappa Phi. Wille's
right eye was badly swollen af
ter th e 'second round and the
fight was stopped.
Quick KO
Baffa utilized short right up
percuts in his decision over Bill
Polito, Theta Kappa Phi, in a
121-pound scrap, and Harbold
outscored Bart Fields, Kappa Al
pha Psi, 128 pounds. The preci
sion-like Haffner picked his shots
to near perfection in his win over
Ed Forney, Sigma Nu, in a 165-
pound go.
Sam Hatnilton, Beta Theta Pi's
128-pound champ, struck once
for the quickest KO time of the
year• as the front end of a one
two landed squarely on the head
of Doug Schoerke, Pi Kappa Al
pha. The time was nine seconds
of the first round in the 135-
pound bout. Other 135-pound pro
ceedings found independents Jim
Coffin and Glenn Freshcron mov
ing up. Coffin, a loose, perpetual
motion fighter, decisioned
Charles Kochanowski, while
Freshcron ousted an aggressive,
smaller Dick Cassel on a split
verdict.
Brown Wins
Alpha Tau Omega's John Mc-
Call brought overhand and side
arm rights consistently to the
head of George Watson, Sigma
Phi Sigma, for his 145-pound de
cision. The unorthodox McCall
punches and toe-to-toe give and
take slugging decided the wild
match.
Fred Brown, Delta Tau Delta,
advanced another notch by fight
ing his opponent's, Joe Bonchon
sky, Phi Kappa Sigma, type of
fight to get the nod in their
155-pound match. Brown; al
though tired, finished stronger
than the armed-weary Bonchon
sky.
. Two 165-pound battles were
waged, one fraternity and one
independent. Frank Rich, Sigma
hi, advanced, as did indepen-
THURSDAY; DECEMBER! 13, 19
1 round, with Zucker' taking
uldn't match the winner's
ating left cross to his weight
Yank Netmen
Big Favorites
Over Swedes
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec.
13—(JP)—America's Ted Schroeder
and Tony Trabert were heavily
favored today to rout Sweden's
Sven Davidson and Lennart Ber
gelin in today's opening singles
matches of the interzone final of
the Davis Cup competition.
The winner of the - best of five
series will oppose the cup de
fending Australian team in the
challenge round at Sydney, Dec.
26-28.
Captain Frank Shields' sur
prising selection of , the veteran
Schroeder and the 20-year old
Trabert over Big Dick Savitt and
Vic Seixas didn't cause too much
of a stir among the fans of this
tennis-loving country.
The Aussies believe any. com
bination of the four could blast
the Swedes off the court. Despite
this feeling, the Kooyong Sta
dium, which seats 7,500, has been
completely sold out for days.
Trabert, on leave from the
Navy, figures to beat Davidson
in straight sets in the opening
match. Schroeder, of La Crescen
ta, Calif., has been playing ex
ceedingly well of late and is confi
dent he can take care of Bergelin,
the No. 1 Swedish player.
Bergelin has been bothered by
a shoulder injury but even if he
were physically sound a victory
for him would be considered a
mighty upset.
Schroeder and Trabert undoubt
edly will be called on to play
doubles on Friday
dent Jack Hoy. Rich reeled off
deadly shots throughout the fight
and staggered Ed Kocjanic,. Tau
Phi Delta, late in the initial
round to get the three-round ver
dict. Hoy took a. full two rounds
to figure ou t the left-handed
dealings of Sid Frankle, but got
to his smaller opponent in the
final frame for the win.