WEbNESpA'T, FEBRUARY 6, 1952
Between the Lions
An important factor in State’s fine court showing has been the
outstanding play of the Lions’ top reserves—Ed Haag, co-captain
Jay McMahan, and Jack Sherry. Utility strength was one of Coach
Elmer Gross’ chief worries at the beginning of the cage season, but
he now has eight or nine dependable performers.
- Haag, a six-three sophomore, caught the attention, of local, fans
witli his scrappiness and versatility in the Cplgate game when he
scored 12 points against the Red Raiders.
McMahan, although overshadowed by freshman Jesse Arnelle,
had proved his mettle many times. Perhaps his top achievement of
the 1 season was his ten point second-half outburst against Pitt in
the second Panther game. The Panthers scored nine straight points
to take a 42-41 lead with three minutes remaining, but Tiny
quickly scored three field goals to keep State's winning streak
intact. „
His teammates mobbed their big skipper in the dressing room
after the contest. McMahan also hit for 14 tallies against American
University, and did some beautiful shooting in the Bucknell contest.
Sherry has,seen only limited action but has tabulated 83 points
to rank sixth in team scoring. He. paced the scoring in the Bucknell
encounter with 13,' and against American U. with 15. The Philadelphia
frosh also made two important field goals in the closing moments
of the Pitt and West Virginia thrillers.
Carl Hughes, Pittsburgh Press basketball writer, mentioned
Niitany coach Gross in his column for coach-of-ihe-year nomina
tion.
Freshman Jesse Arnelle has advanced to fourth place in the dis
trict scoring sweepstakes. West Virginia’s all-American nominee,
Mark Workman, leads with 396 points. Pitt’s forward Mickey Z.ernich
is second with a 17 point average. Arnelle is averaging 16.2 points
a game and' has 227 for the season. He needs only 93 tallies in the
Training ten games to crack Lou Lamie’s one year scoring record
of 319.
After West Virginia played Pitt in Pittsburgh, some of the city
newspapers compared WVU's 6-9 center Workman with undefeated
Duquesne's 6-7 sophomore, Jim Tucker. Workman was given un
favorable publicity for his 17 point showing, and rated below
Tucker. As long as they are making comparisons, why not include
State's Arnelle, who has a better scoring average than Tucker
,and is terrific on rebounds.
The night before State upset West Virginia, Workman scored
24' points in the final quarter and a total of 46 tallies to rally his
team to a 91-66 victory oyer Virginia Military Institute in a Southern
Conference game. He scored only 13 against the Lions.
Sport Flashbacks
FEBRUARY 1947 ... The Nittany Lions had little trouble con
quering the Carnegie Tech basketball team in Rec Hall, 52-32, as
Jack Biery led the way for the victors by scoring eight from the
floor and five from the foul line for 21 tallies.
An underdog State wrestling team upset Army in a hotly-
contested meet in- Rec Hall, 15-
13. The match’s outcome was
not decided until the heavy
weight event when “Red” Moore
decisioned Cadet McDaniels.
- Penn State’s basketball team
scored its second major upset as
the Blue and White completely
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overshadowed Muhlenberg to
win 48-36 at Rec Hall before a
capacity crowd of more than
5000. Seeming to thrive in their
role of .underdogs, the Lawther
men built up an 18-3 lead mid
way through the first period and
maintained the advantage to the
end.
and greater was my thirst
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PiKA Gagers
Trip Phi Tau
For 4th Win
Pi Kappa Alpha moved into
undisputed possession of first
place in League F ' Monday night
by bumping previously unbeaten
Phi Kappa Tau, 18-10, in one of
nine fraternity IM cage games.
The victory was the fourth for
Pi Kappa Alpha against no set
backs. Chi Phi, led by Harold
Prosser’s 12 points, notched its
first triumph by defeating Acacia,
25-18. Alpha Zeta scored its sec
ond consecutive victory after an
early season loss by edging Zeta
Beta Tau by a 23-21 score. James
Grove led the winners with 18
markers.
Phi Delta Theta and Alpha
Sigma Phi tangled in a League
A battle of. unbeatens, but the
Phi Delts ended all hopes for
Alpha Sigma Phi’s fifth win by
scoring an impressive 43-20 vic
tory. The winners were led by
Ronald Miller and : Joseph Gar
rity who scored 18 and 12 points,
respectively. The triumph sets
Phi Delta Theta’s season record
at 5-0.
Alpha Tau Omega moved into
a second place tie with Alpha
Sigma Phi in League , A by
squeezing past Alpha Gamma
Rho, 26-25. John McCall led the
winners to their fourth victory in
five starts by tallying 14 points.
Phi Gamma Delta won a forfeit
victory over Phi Kappa Sigma
and Alpha Phi Alpha forfeited
to Sigma Pi.
Don Greenberct led Phi Sigma
Delta to its'fifth consecutive tri
umph in League B by scoring 10
points in a 47-9 rout of Sigma Phi
Alpha. Kappa Sigma racked up
its third win against two losses by
edging Phi Kappa Psi, 25-24. i
State Nine Cards
19 Game Schedule
Penn State’s baseball team will
play a ‘l9 game schedule this
season, opening at American Uni
versity April. 11.
The schedule, announced by
Harold R. Gilbert, graduate man
ager of athletics, books double
headers with Georgetown and
West Virginia.
The schedule:
April 11, at American Univer
sity; 12, at Georgetown (2); 16,
Western Maryland; 19, Gettys
burg; 22, Bucknell; 26, Lafayette.
May' 2, Rutgers; 3, .West Vir
ginia (2); 5, at Villanova; 6, at
Navy; 9 and 10, at Pittsburgh; 16,-
at Dickinson; 17, at Pennsylvania;
21, Temple; 24, Colgate; 27, at
Bucknell.
Cricket Anyone?
- Cricket, to Britishers what
baseball is to Americans, may
get at a start on Penn State’s
campus if enough persons are in
terested in formmg a Cricket
Club Dr. Deneys Schreiner said.
Tennyson: Holy Grail
The farther you go the more
you need refreshment. That's why
you'll hear folks say, “Let's have
a Coke and get going." It's one
way to get somewhere.
Wettstone Names
Gym Lineup Changes
Coach Gene Wettstone, in an effort to get his Lion gymnastics
squad to its top strength for the Army dual meet Saturday, plans to
make numerous changes in his starting lineup.
A recent addition to the gymn team, Karl Schwenzsfeier, will
made his debut as a Nittany gymnast on the flying rings. There is
also a possibility that the newcomer will replace Tony Procopio as
third man on the high bar. Jean
Cronstedt and Mario Todaro will
remain in the first and second
spots on the h-bar.
Close Meet
In the. rope climbing event
plans to replace Bob
Boudreau, who ranks third, with
Norman Yu. The Lion gym men
tor says that the meet with the
Cadets may be determined by the
outcome in this event,
Since the Lions have an edge
over the Cadets in the h-bar and
the sidehorse and Army is fav
ored to take the tumbling and
rope climb events, the meet is
likely to be close to this point.
Thus, it might well be that the
rings event will provide the mar
gin of victory.
Sidehorse Combo
The parallel bars event will
also be an even affair between
the Cadets and Lions. Coach
Wet'tstone is set on Cronstedt and
A 1 Wick as bis top two entries,
but will have some difficulty
choosing a third man from
Procopio, Bill Sabo, and Dave
Douglass.
The one-two-three combination
on the sidehorse will stay the
same with Bobby Lawrence,
Frank Wick, and Dick Shaffer
showing their wares.
One other change was an
nounced by Wettstone yesterday
when he replaced Howdy Mason
with Owen Wilkinson in the
third position in tumbling. Bob
Kenyon and Bob Kriedler will
perform in the first and second
places on the mats.
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State Blocks
Heavyweight
Return Match
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. s—(/F)5 —(/F)
—The Pennsylvania State Ath
letic Commission, in a brief state
ment full of loopholes and con
tradictions, said today it would not
recognize a contract in which
heavyweight champion Jersey Joe
Walcott guaranteed a return bout
with Ezzard Charles.
The reason? “It (the contract)
has never been filed officially
with the commission” nor with
the National Boxing Association.
But the three athletic commis
sioners, after two hours of wrang
ling, tacked this to the bottom
of their statement:
“We do not deny that there
is a moral obligation on the part
of all.”
What does that mean in simple
English?
Commissioner John (Ox) Dag
rosa, in 10 minutes of expla
nation, summed it up that Walcott
morally should fulfill his half of
the written bargain but noted
that the commission would put no
pressure to make him do it.
Navy Track Assistant
Jim Gehrdes, of Altoona, for
mer Penn State hurdler, is assist
ing the head man in track at the
United States Naval Academy.
This is his first year.
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