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Lion lagers Drop
But Hope to Continue Streak
Grossmen• Play
RI State Five
Away Friday
Penn State fans are wondering
what their team has to do to get
recognition in the weekly cage
polls of top collegiate quintets.
Yesterday's United Press list
ings had Coach Elmer Gross' bas
keteers in 24th position while the
Associated Press ranked State
only 17th.
The Lions' 17th place was a
three position drop from last
week despite impressive victor
ies over Rutgers and Georgetown.
West Virginia, a one-point victim
of Gross' dribblers, was rated
14th.
Play Rams Friday
The Lions will hit the road this
weekend in an attempt to im
prove their 15-1 record and break
some more records.
The Nittanies will play Rhode
Island State in Kingston Friday
night, then travel to West Point
to meet the Cadets Saturday af
ternoon.
In compiling their fine record
and 13 game win streak the Lions
have snapped three school rec
ords and two individual marks.
Their 13 consecutive triumphs
bettered the former mark by one;
83 points against Georgetown was
a Rec Hall high, and the 155
points scored by the Lions and
Gettysburg in State's 85-70 win
was a game record.
Zone vs. Fast Break
Jesse Arnelle, six-five fresh
man, also set two individual
scoring marks. His 28 points at
Dickinson was tops for Lion
cagers away from home, and his
great 40 point outburst against
Georgetown smashed the all-time
standard.
Friday's night contest with
Rhode Island State will be a con
test which pits State's zone de
fense against another high-scor
ing team. The Rams were ranked
eighth in the nation in offense
after their first 11 contests with a
76.3 average. The Blue and White
are 14th in defense with a 51.3
average.
High Scoring Team
The Rhode Islanders also have
a player among the country's in
dividual scoring leaders. Bill
Baird, five-eleven guard, tallied
186 points in the first 11 contests
to rank 44th with a 16.9 average.
The Rams are the team which
made the fast break famous, and
are well known for prodigious
scoring. They have scored over
100 points twice this season, and
did it six times during the 1944-
45 campaign.
Ram Starfers
This year Coach Robert "Red"
Haire's aggregation has won five
and lost seven games. They wal
loped Vermont, 105-73, and -New
Hampshire, 112-86. Their losses
were to St. Josephs, Boston Col
lege, twice, H oly Cross, St.
Johns, Springfield, and Bucknell.
Other starters besides Baird are
Chuck Stewart (5-9), Fred Con
gleton (6-3), Ed Hole (6-1), and
Hellwig (6-7). Stewart and Hole
are three year veterans, while
Congleton is the top reboundef.
Turf Conference
Opens Monday
Reports of experiments on con
trol of insects, disease and weeds
in turf will highlight the 21st an
nual Turf Conference at the Col
lege.
The conference,. which attracts
more than a hundred gre e n
keepers and golf course superin
tendents, will be held Monday to
Thursday, Professor H. B. Musser,
general chairman, said.
Lacrosse Managers
Candidates' for the second
assistant managership of Penn
State's varsity lacrosse team
are asked to report to the Wa
ter Tower after 3 p.m. today.
THE DAILY cou,karArr. sTATz COLLEGE.. PEItMS'MVANTA
Kutztown Freshman
Sparkles For Lions
Before the present basketball season opened, Lion coach Elmer
Grois scanned his roster and said, "we've got a good first team, but
are weak in reserves."
For Gross, much to his pleasure, underestimated the ability of
Freshmen to crack the starting lineup so soon, and prove such a value
to his winning quintet.
One of the many freshmen on the coach's list was a long, hard
to-pronounce name spelled WEIDENHAMMER. This bespectacled
frosh came to State with a great high school record but skeptics
wondered if he could fare as well in big-time collegiate competition.
Ron, a six-one guard, played four seasons of varsity basketball
at Kutztown High, perennially one of the best Class B teams in the
State. His final two seasons he was the offensive star for the squad
which won the PIAA• championship.
Both his junior and senior seasons he was named All-State for
his outstanding play. His best shots were a , one hander from the
foul line and an amazing set
shot. Against Avalon, Pittsburgh,
in the state finals he clicked for
18 important markers,
This season Ron returned to
Pittsburgh to once again haunt
the Smoky City's cage team. But
no longer was it as a schoolboy
performer, but as a first string
hustler for the Nittany Lions. In
the Steel Bowl tournament he
scored 21 points in two games.
Made All-Tourney Team
In the final against Pitt he
made six of 12 shoes to spark the
Lions to a rout of the favored
Panthers. Everytime Pitt started
to rally, Weidenhammer would
pop a set to demoralize his op
ponents. Rabid fans remembered
the crew cut blond from his Kutz
town days, and roared approval
ability.
Weidenhammer's poised ball handling and team play were
not overlooked as Pittsburgh papers named him to the first string
all-tournament team. The Pittsburgh press also selected him the
district player of the week after his tournament showing.
The 170 pound frosh got his break in the second game of the
season against Bucknell. Hardy Williams, Lion co-captain was unable
to play because of illness, so Weidenhammer started at guard. He
played a fine floor game and scored six points.
Since then he has been prominent in the Lions' meteoric rise to
the top among Eastern court powers. He has scored 108 points in
the first 16 games for an average slightly under seven per contest.
This doesn't compare to his high school scoring figures, but belies
his worth to the team. A 13 game winning streak will attest to his—
and his teammates' play.
Speedy
Wanted
"Wanted: speedy rope-clinibers for Penn State's gymnastics
team."
That was Coach Gene Wettstone's wish after the Lion gym
meet with Army in which the Cadets defeated the Nittanies, 58-38,
at West Point.
Instrumental in the Cadet win was a poor showing in the rope
event by the Lions. Dave Shultz,
State's ace rope-climber, failed
to record any time, while two
other ropemen finished fourth
and fifth.
Wettstone was w ell pleased
with the showings of Jean Cron
stedt on the high and parallel
bars, and Bobby Lawrence on
the sidehorse. The gym mentor
was especially pleased with Bill
Sabo's performance on the paral
lel bars. Sabo's 233 points gave
him a fourth place in this event.
Meet Navy Next
Cronstedt and Lawrence regis
tered the Lions' only first in the
meet in their specialties, while
the former also came in second
in the p-bars event.
The Lion gym men swing into
action again Saturday afternoon
at Rec Hall when they engage
another top flight team in Navy.
in Polls
By DAVE COLTON
Named All-State
V •
of his remarkable set-shooting
Scored 108 Points
Rope-Climbers
for Gym Team
After the meet with Chet Phil
lips' Middies, the Lions wind up
their home season with Syracuse
Feb. 23.
The Army meet proved to be a
real test for the Nittany gym
nasts in that it showed weak-.
nesses in tumbling and the rope
climb. Wettstone plans to give
these two events more attention
this week in an effort to find
a winning combination and im
prove the team balance for the
meet with Navy.
' The• Lions will be pitted against
a team coached by another for
mer Olympic standout in Phillips.
He participated in gymnastics in
the 1936 Olympic games and is
now in his sixteenth year as gym
coach at the Naval Academy.
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Olympic Standout
Syracuse Boasts 3
Undefeated Matmen
Syracuse, Nittany wrestling opponent Saturday, will bring to
Rec Hall a trio of top-flight EIWA matmen on a par with the big
three Army threw at State last weekend.
The difference will be that Army was loaded in the upper weight
brackets whereas Syracuse is stacked in the lower weight classes.
Syracuse's "Murderer's Bow" lineup will be Lou Tschirhart, 123;
Bob Gerbino, 130; and Bo b
Bury, 137.
Now captain Of the Orange,
Tschirhart, last year while wrest
ling at 130 potlnds had an unbeat
en (6-0-1) dual meet record and
wound up second in the Easterns
to Lehigh's terrific George Feuer
bach.
Boxers 'Up'
For Tough
Syracuse
As much as their hopes may be
heightened by appearing for the
first time this year in the friendly
confines of Rec Hall, Penn State's
boxers are going to have to be
more than spirited for Satur
day's match with Syracuse.
The Nittany Lions rebounding
from a tie with Catholic II and
a loss to Army, are sure to be
"up" for the Orange, but Eastern
champion Syracuse is loaded
again and out to repeat.
Familiar Names
Syracuse Coach Roy Sim
mone ran into a stroke of luck in
the freshman eligibility ruling
and has come up with four frosh
in his starting lineup.
In Syracuse's first two matches
this season, Artie Nelson, 132
pourids, Johnny Granger, 139-
pounds, Gus Fiacco, 147 pounds,
and Vince Rigoloso, 165 pounds,
all freshmen, have been starting
boxers.
Familiar names in the Syracuse
lineup are Tommy Coulter at
125, Bill "Hooksie" Miller, East
ern 156 pound champ, and Cap
tain George Kartaliao. at 178
pounds.
Beat Catholic U.
Syracuse beat the Lions in a
5-3 thriller last year and then
went on to score 22 points' to the
Lions' 16 to thwart State's bid for
the Eastern title.
So far this season the Orange
has defeated Army, 6A-14-, 'and
Catholic U., 7-1. The Lions tied
C. U., 4-4, and dropped a 41-3/
decision to the Cadets.
4 Sororities
Take League
leads in IM's
Alpha Xi Delta, Simmons, and
Kappa Alpha Theta netted their
second volleyball wins last night
to remain undefeated and leaders
in their leagues in the WRA tour
nament.
By topping the Alpha Epsilon
Phi keglers, Phi Mu moved into
the lead in their bowling league.
Alpha Xi Delta was the master
Of the V-ball court as it soundly
trounced Delta Gamma 50-19.
Simmons overpowered Women's
Building 45-26 while Kappa Delta
took Zeta Tau Alpha 40-32. Ath
erton bowed to Alpha Omicron
Pi in a fast 44-24 game. The eve
ning's scoring honors went to Dee
Heins of AOPi who accounted for
13 points.
Kappa Alpha Theta retained
their league lead when McElwain
forfeited. The Co-op received a
win by an automatic default since
it was scheduled to meet the Cot
tages, a team which has not been
organized.
The Phi Mu keglers took com
mand of the alleys as they rolled
515 to Alpha Epsilon Phi's 481.
High for the winners and the
evening was Betty 'Zimmerman
with 138. Alpha Chi Omega gave
Gamma Phi Beta their first win
by bowing out 444-345. In the
other scheduled game, Thompson
B fOrfeited to Kappa Kappa Gam
ma.
Penn State Product
Ken Loeffler, LaSalle College
basketball coach, played basket
ball and baseball as a Penn State
undergraduate.
Tennis Candidates ,
Candidates for the varsity
tennis team are asked to at
tend a meeting Thursday at
7:30 p.m. at 208 Willard Hall.
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IPSDN2SDAY, , FEBETTARy 13, 1952
Bury Finished Fourth
Gerbino, Eastern titlist in 1950
and fourth last year at 123
pounds, owned a 4-1 dual season
record last winter. Gerbino and
Tschirhart " are thus switching
each other's wrestling weights.
Bury, third top :notcher in the
Orange lineup, finished fourth in
the EIWA's and had a dual rec
ord of 5-1 last year.
To meet these challengers un
beaten in four starts so far,
State's lineup may hive three un
beaten grapplers also.
Parents Watch Homan
At 123 frosh Bob Homan con
tinues to astound each time out.
He has already defeated Pitt's
Hugh Peery and Army's Bob
Karns, two of the• East's best, in
his string of five straight wins.
At West Point Saturday, Bob's
parents were present and had to
listen to the Cadets crow that
Karns would kill "that under
nourished kid," until 8:45 of the
third period when Bob stopped
the crowing and started his par
ents' pride swelling.
Bob checked and countered
EIWA runnerup Karn's every
move and displayed beautiful
balance and leg wrestling to lead
8-5 before . getting his second
straight pin.
Maurey or Maurey
Against Gerbino, Nifty Nittany
Dick Lemyre is five times winner
in as many varsity starts.
At 137 either Gerry, or Don
Maurey will start for State
against Bury. Gerry successfully
opened his varsity career with a
1:44 pin Saturday so would make
this Saturday's first three bouts
entirely duals between undefeat
ed men if he starts. Bury licked
Don 8-3 in regular season but
Maurey beat Bury to win the 137
EIWA title.
Winter Games
Ready to Open
In Norway
OSLO, Feb. 12 (R)—Perspiring
Norwegian soldiers put the Olym
pic ski courses into fair shape to
day and the winter gaines will
open on schedule Thursday des
pite the lack of good snow.
One slight change was made
in the program because of dan
gerous conditions. The downhill
ski race for women was post
poned from Saturday to Sunday
to . give more - time to fix the
slope.
Operation Snow Shovel
As a precautionary measure,
the United Sattes Army brought
a helicopter here from Germany
to fly any injured skiers from
Norefjell 70 miles to Oslo. There
have been some hard spills be
cause of rocks sticking up
through the thin snow cover.
,Reinforcements were called in
to speed the work of bringing in
snow. Two hundred infantrymen
will be added tomorrow to the
crew of 300 working on "opera
tion snow shovel."
Committee Convenes
Am eri c an bobsledders just
about gave up hope that any
major changes will be made in
the run, which they consider dan
gerous for four-man sledi. The
No. 3 curve has been modified
slightly but the Americans -be
lieve this change is not enough.
Even Dick Button, the world and
Olympic figure skating champion,
joined the anvil chorus with a
complaint about the rough out
door ice.
While frantic last minute work
went ahead, the International
Olympic committee was formally
convened by Crown Prince Olav
in solemn ceremonies in Oslo's
sparkling marble city halt - •