TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1952 The Lion's Lair The story 1 that appeared in the Temple News last week, exposing what the paper calls, “one of the biggest doublecrosses since the day Benedict Arnold sold out his country,” came as no surprise. There had been rumors floating around that a few Temple players were giving Bill Mlkvy the works two weeks before the story broke in Temple’s student publication, The “rumor,” as we heard it, described Mlkvy, an All-Ameri can selection last year, as a fellow ve r y conscientious about his studies. It seems that the six foot four inch ! ‘Owl Without a Vowel,” because of his studies, only got out to practice a couple of times a week A few of his teammates, the story goes, resented the fact that while Mlfcvy. didn't practice a lot he still seem-? ed to gather all the glox When Mlkvy di not gel out i practice a few i the other playei would taunt hf with, "Shoot A, American," ' when he made mistake, "Whal wrong All-Amf ican?" We don’t know how much truth there is to this story, and at first we likened it to the proverbial “mountain out of a molehill.” But now the “rumor” takes on a new lustre. Since the story’ broke we’ve heard various interpretations, some good, some bad. One de scribed Mlkvy as an AH'-American who knew he was an All-Ameri can; in .other words, the spoiled star type. This story is a little hard to believe when you look at the national statistics and find Bill Mlkvy’s name among the leaders in assists. Last season, Mlkvy scored 731 points, established a hew inter collegiate record by averaging 29.2 points per game, and was second in the nation in assists. If Mlkvy was a little big headed, and he had good reason to be, it doesn't seem logical to us that he would pass up as many scoring chances as he has by passing off to a teammate. The Temple News’ story pointed Sport Flashbacks February 1931... Unleashing its best brand of court play that year, a powerful Nittany five flashed to victory over West Virginia 17-26. ’ Superior defensive work in a game which was closely guarded, together with greater shooting accuracy, enabled the Lions to run up a five point lead in the first half, and continue to their second successive victory, * * * An aggressive State wrestling team won a hard-fought match from Syracuse’s grapplers by a 19-11 count, It was their third triumph in as many starts. * * * In one of the closest matches the Lion ringmen had exper ienced for several years, the Nit iany boxers were surprised by Western Maryland and returned from Westminster, Md., with a draw to their credit. The final score was 3 ] / 2 -3>/ 2 . Exchanging blow for blow with the heavy-hitting Tar Heels, the State boxers ended the winning string of the. North Carolina mitt men. winning 4%-2% at Bee Hall. . Victorious .in - five previous matches,- the Southern boxers gave the Nittany mittmen the hardest , fight of that season. Sev eral bouts were exceedingly close with the decision in doubt until the end. , ' * * In a struggle between two giants of the mat,. Captain Ed Pearce, Nittany heavyweight wrestler, succeeded in gaining a iwo minute 37 second time ad vantage over . six foot Bob Rutherford of Princeton in two three minute extra periods bouts to give State a close' 17-15 con quest. * ' * After a valiant .effort to : end the twelve year undefeated . rec ord of the Midshipmen,'Liori box ers'bowed,to a superior Naval Aca demy team, 5-2. ' Captain Julius,. Epstein,, 115- pounder. , was the, only Nittany By ERNIE MOORE Collegian Sports Editor out that Mlkvy had taken only nine shots in the LaSalle game which the Owls lost. 75-59. The odds for making nine out of nine in a regular game are pretty high. But supposing Mlvky had made nine out of nine, it would have given him . only 18 points. (He scored seven in that game). Re member Mlkvy’s average last sea son—29.2. Why isn’t he scoring? He’s not shooting enough. “You can’t score if you don’t shoot,” the basketball axiom goes. Why isn't he shooting? He doesn't want to or he can't. If you averaged 29.2 points last ' season, scored 731, were named the outstanding college basket ball player in the country by a national magazine, and selected All-American would you want to shoot? You'd be a fool not to. Then why can’t he shoot? He’s apparently not getting the ball. Why isn’t he getting the ball? That’s a question that can only be answered by his teammates. I f Mlkvy’s /teammates are freezing him Out, as the Temple News claims, they should be ranked with the boys who ac cepted money to shave the point spread, in the big scandal that swept the basketball world last winter. After all, by freezing-out Mlkvy, they would be shaving down the point total of their big scbrer and. it follows, their own team's score. Just how much truth there is to this story we don’t know yet. But this _we do know. Although a little unkind to Mlkvy, as great a bas ketball player as he is, it would be better for American basketball if this low-scoring mystery could be attributed to an “off-year” for the “Owl Without a Vowel,” a very “off-year.” Basketball can't Island too many black-eyes! mittjnan to win a bout, while Davey Stoop and A 1 Lewis re ceived draws for the rest of the Blue and White score. With a fall ,by Ted Reybitz, Nittany 165-pounder, over Hess ney of Cornell, giving the Lions a two point margin of victory, State’s wrestling squad won a 14-12 decision over the Ithacans in thejr New York stronghold. The first dormitory. Old Mean, housed 111 male students in 1859, Today there are 2854 men living in 3 dormitory areas. Speaking of dorms, here's a swell dorm treat for you and your roommate's many friends. Strick ler's fancy ice cream roll, a combination of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. Just push the ice cream out the tube, slice serves 4 to 6 pint grid a half only 57 cents. Vic's 145 S. ALLEN ST. t- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA nrs A FACT Arnelle Selected Athlete of Week On the basis''of his remark able court play, Jesse Arnelle, six foot five j inch freshman, has been named Athlete of the Week for the second successive time by the Collegian sports staff. The rangy pivot man shared last week’s honors with wrestler Don Frey. The New Rochelle, N.Y., pro duct was a major factor in the Lion’s 61-57 conquest over then once-beaten Syracuse Thursday night. The grid end held high-scoring Ed Miller to a meek seven markers, as he led the scoring parade with 18 points. ] In Saturday night’s 74-56 victory over Carnegie Tech, Arnelle once more paced the Lions with 23 tallies, to boost his season’s scoring total to 123 points in eight games. Arnelle is currently hitting the cords at a 15.4 point per game clip with 44 field goals and 35 fouls to his credit. Ed in boro Drops 53-44 Decision To Lycoming A 19 point splurge in the final quarter gave the Lycoming Avia tion . Corp. basketball team a 53-44 win over Edinboro, last year’s IM independent basketball champs, Saturday night. The game was played as a pre liminary •to the Eastern League pro match between Reading and Williamsport at Williamsport. Entering the final period, Edin boro possessed a 36-34 lead, but then the roof caved in and Ly coming rushed on to win. Edinboro grabbed the lead in the opening minutes and held it until the final, quarter. Its lead, however, Was never more than five points. Lycoming broke the game wide open in the closing minutes when Edinboro came out of its zone defense to stop a freeze employed by Lycoming. Don Gaddess and Ken Bauldin were Edinboro’s top scorers with seven points each. Philly May Get Marciano-Savold Bout Next Month NEW YORK, Jan 14 (A s ) Matchmaker A 1 Weill of the In ternational Boxing Club said a Rocky Marciano-Lee Savold bout for Philadelphia Feb. 13 is being negotiated but has not been closed yet. Weill’s stepson, Marty Weill, is the official manager of Marciano. A 1 Weill said that “Marty will see Herman Taylor (Philadelphia promoter) in Philadelphia tomor row about that match.” He said that if the match is signed the IBC will co-promote the fight with Taylor. At the same time Weill said that if Luther Bawling, top-rank ing lightweight contender from Chicago, makes a good showing against Enrique Bolanos in Chi cago Wednesday, he may. get a title shot at Lightweight Cham pion Jimmy Carter this March. Dawson Selected Grid Coach at Pitt Red New PITTSBURGH, Jan. 14 —( JP ) —A new hand grasped the helm of Pitt’s wavering football fortunes today as Lowell (Red) Dawson got the head coaching job at the Skyscraper University. Dawson, backfield coach of the Michigan State Spartans, camd close to being a unanimous decision. He was the first choice of athletic director Tom Hamilton and of the student body. A veteran of 20 years coaching experience, Dawson gets a three year contract. His salary was not disclosed. A Pitt spokesman said the new coach will pull into Pittsburgh in the near future to look over the scene of his future triumphs—or defeats. Had Chance John Yovicsin Selected Coach At Gettysburg GETTYSBURG, Pa., Jan. 14— (JF) —John M.' Yovicsin, 31-year old backfield coach, today was named to succeed veteran Henry T. (Hen) Bream as head football coach at Gettysburg College. The elevation of Yovicsin was announced at a meeting of the college board of trustees at the Union League in Philadelphia. The new coach’s salary was not dis closed. “It’s going to be a tough job filling the shoes of Hen Bream but with hard work and a bit of luck, my associate—Jack Shainline — and I hope to continue the fine job Hen has been doing here,” Yovicsin told a reporter. Bream stepped down as grid coach in November after 25 years of directing the Bullets’ elevens. He remained as head basketball coach, baseball coach and associ ate athletic director. Yovicsin and Shainline, the line coach under Bream, had been rated at the top of a long list of candidates for the post. Yovicsin indicated that Shainline would continue as line mentor under him. For Best Results Use Collegian Classifieds unsingwear puts new comfort into men’s knit briefs with■ S-T-RE-T-C-H-Y S-E-A-1/ Only Munsingwear brings you construction! Designed with your comfort in mimt. . . Munsingwear Stketchy-Seat Knit Briefs stretch with , you. Conform to every movement you mate ... never bmd. Buy the m ~.try them! You’ll agree there* nothin like them for real comfort! Get yours today. C Announcement of Dawson’s se lection followed a two hour meet ing of the Pitt board of trustees. They acted favorably on a recom mendation of their athletic com mittee that Dawson be given the post. Dawson, who is 44, could have had the job last summer by mere-, ly saying yes. But he turned it down, saying acceptance would mean giving Michigan State a very skimpy notice. The vacancy was created last July 17 when Pitt Coach Len Cas anova suddenly quit to take a coaching job at the University of Oregon. He said his family wanted to live on the coast and illness in the family made the move im perative. After quarterbacking at Tulane for three years, Dawson began his coaching career at Minnesota as backfield mentor. In 1936 he be came Tulane’s head coach. In 1939, his Tulane team was un defeated all year but lost to Texas A. and M. in the Sugar Bowl. Dawson returned to Minnesota in 1942 as assistant to Dr. George Hauser. In 1946 he was named head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the All-American Conference. $*JOO 14tri PAGE SETESf Coached Bills ..,41 *► R'S mo*
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