/TUESDAY, TEBfeDARY 3,. lotz Lion Passers HardyWilliams'ShotWins With 15 SecondsfbPlay Although the ..toughest part of the. schedule is still .to be played, basketball coach Elrrier Grpss.can.be. alniost certain that his. worst moments of the current season are behind hini. '; ■ Gross' expelienced;.thenidn the 'final; seconds of the Lions’ nerve-racking '6l-60 ' victory over .a top-ranking Univer sity. pf West: yirgiiiia team; in 'JVTorgahtpwn .Saturday'night '. In -, a ding-dong battle; which rievpc .saw. the'.point' spread , in' the. .second; l ,half ■go beyond four, Gross' saw .his charges.' .drop be hind .59-55 with 1> minute 28 sec onds • remaining in - the-' contest. Then >.wheh'the.;game -.appeared to be', lost, alert -play,, a • miscalcula tion,; in .-West- Virginia strategy, and a: perfect.set.,shot were ,co.ni-.j bined in--a- miraculous" fashion to | give. State, the ripd, f ;; .' Workman Scores .. j Herb of:, ’ the '. victory.was ; co captain ."Hardy Williams, .whose set shot with. 15 seconds remain ing .provided the margin. But the veteran; guard :had assistance in the, last-second vburst. that .won for 1 the Lions-ffbm- freshman Jack Sherry, whose ; tWo ; field goals within .31 seconds enabled State to knot the ,count at 59-59. ‘ . Ahead 55-54 with less than-four minutes.,; left' to., play; •: the! Lions saw-, the precarious , 1 e a.d' slip through. their hahds when Harry Moore’s sef -shot from the corner connected.,-Moore made, the count 57-55 with’-j a . fOub-shot. seconds’ latervand ’big Mark Workman ap parently .sewed ;,up the,-decision for -the - -Mountaineers -when.; .he connected from the_pivot with 2 rhinutes'left.', , -" ’ There was only. 1:28 left .when Sherry's; one-handed stab from within the. foul circle.found, the mark. ■ Bu; t West Virginia - con trolled;-; the; 1 bail j and' '''moved-,up court. Williams, .however,.; moved lit;; anddeflected; the ball. Sherry picked -, it ' up, 1 ; at; midcourt; and scored on a layup to tie the count at.59?59 with'-57 seconds .'remain ing. Williams' Clincher : -'West -. VirgiriiaVJEeldonto the bail, hoping to get/the last shot. With 25 seconds- left, .W or k ma n took; over -in. the 1 pivot arid, euvering with ' the cagi'ness l ;be .homirig an All'-Americaii, drew a foulfroniHerm Sledzik. He con verted. and‘the!Lions trailed 60-59 with 22 seconds-left. . ; /That, set; the stage for Williams, who moVed the ball'.upcourt. .His shot from five;:.feet'; beyond- the four circle with l 5 seconds .left was-perfect.' The . Perm'.- State victory, 'over the Mountaineers came under the toughest kirid. of pressure arid: on the road-. It Was the product' of a game "that cwas tied. ten -tilries, seven duririg 'the sebbrid .half;-and saw the"; lead change hands. 12 times;'eight. iri r the final ten min utes, of action; - ‘ - ' High scorer was, Jesse Arnelle, 'Who gathered : 14 points on!-, six- -field; goals ’ arid two fouls. Ten of; Arnelle’s points came -in the first half.' Williams and'Sled zik hit Tor five arid l brie" to gather lljpoints apiece." -.- , • Workman Held.. Down ".High man.' l for. -.West Virginia and iri the-game was; Mack Tsner with' . seven:, floor shots rind one ffee throw.'Moore had "eleven. But the surprise; in:the scoring columri was. the.. lack ,of it 'by Workman, the; 6-9 center of the Mountaineers.; Averaging ■ better, than >25 pdints per; game,. Work-, man' was; held ip: three: field goals and.'.s ev .e n.. ■ fouls for ..thirteen points. He. Had, scored '46 the. pre vious 'riight against-'Virginia/Mili tary. Institute. ,as , .the .Mountain eers rangup.their twelfth, straight arid, fourteenth" victory in-. 15 starts... • . ’' • Penn State’s edge ■ was ..from the, floor, -s- The 'Lions made. field, goals to West -Virginia’s “21, but ,were 'outscordd from the foul line, 18-11. „ ' - • SledsUc Shines . -'After losing; a seven-point first period, lead, Lions walked off the:.c'o ur.t .at, Kalftinje trailing 33-3,1. Moore’s set irom the,comer fan, it ; to,. 35-31, but ! quick, goals by" Joe Pibrkowski and v Axnelle knotted the co'unt :at 35. Moore, gohiig'Hot-ahdtcarrying’West Vir ginia with Workman on:tKe bench '■ {XCaiitinUiMi’oui.pageten) Wrestler Homon, Runner Roessler 'Athletes of Week' Bob Homan,' Penn State’s 123- pound, wrestler,, and Bob Roessler, one of-Coach Chick Werner’s out standing runriers, have* been named “Atnletes of the Week” by the-Collegian sports staff,' V- Homan won the award, for his 4-2 decision. over • Hugh - Peery, Pitt, .who, up till that .time, had npt • lost.' In fact, the "last, time Peery. saw defeat was in his sopho more year, ir. high school. Peery, who ! -is the son of the Pitt wres tling coach, was also 114-poiind ohampipn - at the " Pan-American games held in'Buenos Aires, Ar gentina, last year. • v Roessler,. a junior from' Phila delphia, receives" the award this week by. .virtue, of his record breaking < 1000-yard. ; run against Army. Roessler traveled the dis tance in 2:14.9, one-tenth of a sec ond'better .than the. previous West Point record Roessler had to go ‘all out-to • win as he was hard pressed all the way. - • ..Roessler also was lead man on the‘-State two-mile relay team which beat Army, The Lions took the event 1 in' 8:03. Don-Austin, Dave Pierson,- and Bill Ashenfel ter also:ran for State in this event, with "Ash running anchor’ Coed Badrh inton, Bowling Tourneys Get Underway By NORMA ZEHNER Coed, competition iii bowling and. badminton- began, last night in White 'Hall. .Volleyball begins tonight- with, more bowling games scheduled. The Chi Omega,, bowling team recorded a 525 score to defeat Phi Sigma ; Sigma.. Peggy Dogget was high' for the. winners ■ with 131. For the losers, .Audrey Lip sky took'tieam and evening honors when she .rolled. 156.'1n-the other bowling; contests Atherton West downed Delta Zeta, 466-412, and Theta Phi Alpha .took Kappa Del ta,. 455-444. Last year’s champs, Alpha. Xi. Delta,-.will not roll until Thursday night. , In badminton only three of the six scheduled matches were played: In those, Beta-Sigma Omi eron defeated. Delta Gamma, Sim mons . lost to the. Co-op,' and- Al pha Gamma Delta bettered. Kappa Alpha Theta. Ath East, Thomp son,..and .’McAllister won .by de faults. Leonides; last,year’s title holder,. will. begindefending ; :its crown tomorrow. In volleyball,.. Kappa Kappa Gamma will- defend its title. Vol leyball activity begins tonight and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday night. Bowling is sche duled Monday, through Thursday, while Badminton is played-Mon day 'and "Wednesday .evenings. : ;■ -The tournaments will continue until the first week in. April. In each of the; three tournaments 28 teams represent approximately 400 . independent and sorority wo men. . . Bobby Thomson Sighs For Reported $35,000 - NEW YORK, Feb., 4 — (JP)— Bobby--Thomson received another rich, reward- today for, his pen nant. : winning playoff . homer aglainst ‘Brooklyn. The 28-year old third baseman signed- his ’52 contract - calling for a reported $35,000, about $12,500: more than his- salary of last year. Charles (Chub) Feeney, Giants vice-president, said Thomson, got “a. substantial increase.” The, beaming Thomson -added he; was “completely, satisfied.” , - 'TOB&AmX. caiiluiSGlAN.: ’STATE' COLLEGE.PENNSYLVANIA. Cdgers Sport Smiles After Road Trip Coach Elmer .Gross, and his ten man travelling orkowski, Ron Weidenhammer, Chet Makare baskelball team relax after their all-victorious wicz, Jesse Arnelle, Gross, Herm Sledzik, Tiny road . trip. The Lion cagers downed Pitt, Navy, McMahan, Jack sherry, Hardy Williams, and American U. and West Virginia to gain national Bob Rohland. prominence. Left to right are Ed Haag, Joe Pi- State Hoopmen Can Set New Win Streak Record . Penn. State’s, aipazing basketball.team will attempt to break the school’s all-time one season winning streak when it hosts Rutgers and .Georgetown in Rec Hall this week. _• Coach Elmer . Gross’ dribblers, .who how have an 11-game victory skein anda 13-1 seasonal mark; meet Rutgers at 8 p.m. tomorrow and the dangerous Hoy as Saturday. Only two home contests remain after this .week’s .encounters. I : ■ The' single season continuous Nittany win streak. is. ■ 12, estab lished by: the 1941-42 -courtmen. Gross " was co-baptain of that team,, which finished with a 17-2 mark 1 and -played in. the NCAA tournament. ’ The-Lions Improved their-sea son .mark with between semesters wins .over. Pitt, Navy, American University,, and West Virginia. The'Mi'ddie and Mountaineer, wins were the most-significant, as Navy has one- of its best- teams in years, Lions Ranked 14th . PennSiaie was ranked 14th in the nation according to the weekly Associated Press P 611 released yesterday. It marked a-jump: of ten places for the Lion;' cagers who were, ranked 24th last, week. West Virginia dropped -. f r-o m tenth, to - 12th. - Kentucky retained its first place position.- and-' West -Virginia was. ,-rariked tenth: in -the?'country.' ,/.;■•. /V night the place-..- : .,their .-streak ' oh . the line against.-a . team which ; has been both good and bad. At times.'the Scarlet'has flashed-brilliancy* but generally has been mediocre.-Rut gers will behnderdogs against the hot,home*'team.. • " One of .Rutger’s, most notable wins;' whs? a. .75-72 - ’success' over Army at West Point,'‘Hal Corizzi aiidJiarry-iGordori, each; scored. IS? points- , and 'have, been"-the Scar let’s’i .took t° .consistent.';. scorers throughout; the season; Gross' said Rutgers : .has. : a : big,' rough; team.," He will ..scout' the. Queensrften when they -playvßuckhell'; in Lewisburg tonight..-' - Pitt--alihost-; upset theXions in Pittsburgh,'' but. outstanding; play in therfiiial.,quartef; by/Co-Captain Tiny; McMahan and Jack Sherry enabled State--to rally-to,- a ,52-45 win. •„ Hardy 1 Williams paced the scoring- r with.l3"points. -. v'. Against - Navy, freshman center Jesse; Amelle - tallied ; 18 -markers, five „during-;the closing mlhutesrof the:,contest -to. give 1 State an im portant," 53-49.' decision over the top-ranked- Middies. Joe' Piorkow ski was runherup with 12 points. The-Nittanies followed the next night .with; a. 7-7-52 '- walloping of American University which had only lost.,two .games; Sherry and- McMahan • w§ re tops .in -.-. scoring. .-. (Continued- on . Jort W.Va, 61-60 By DAVE COLTON A Unique Request ■ A lacrosse stick', is on its way to Switzerland with the. compli ments of Penn State’s coach, Nick Thiel. The unique request came from a sports museum at 'Basel. PAGE.NINS
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