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.
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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.
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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.
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