FPB.PTIT 1 4, 1 Between the Lions ,The success of. State's basketball team this season has people all;Over the campus buzzing about a possible post-season tournament bid for the Lions. But despite an impressive 15-1 record, hopes for a tourney invitation aren't too high as yet. 'The NCAA divides the nation's collegiate court teams into sec tions and the sectional winners enter the NCAA's eliminations in New York's Madison Square Garden. Kentucky, number one team in - the ,country, clinched a place in the tournament this week by winning the Southeastern Conference title. State is in the same district with such court powers as Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, and West Virginia. The Dukes' 69-63 win over the Bonnies Monday gives them the best chance to represent this section. Duquesne is now the only major undefeated team in the country. The other worthwhile' national cage tourney is the National In vitation Tournament. But it opens this season March 8 with a triple header. Th'e Lions will still be playing out their regular season then with a contest with Buck nell. O( course, it could probably be arranged to cancel that game if the Nittanies could play in the NIT. The NIT committee usually nominates teams with some out standing distinction, or a famous basketball reputation. Because Coach Elmer Gross uses the zone defense, which some sections of the country are trying to ban, State might not appeal to the crowd so - much as more colorful teams. The'Lions don't play in New York, and that's another hindrance. West Virginia went to the Garden early in the season and put on a great display by knocking New York University from the ranks of the unbeaten. Because of their 100-75 victory, .and billing as "hill billies" the Mountaineers will_receive a lot of consideration , when it comes time to . pass out NIT invitations. But before they go to any tournaments, the Lions will have to keep winning and Coach Gross knows that's going to be a tough job. His quintet has . five successive road games in the next two weeks. Next week's journey to Penn, Colgate and Syracuse will be extremely dangerous to Lion hopes. All three opponents are capable of downing the Nittanies. When State does return home it has to face West Virginia and Pitt, who aren't exactly slackers. The Mountaineers are still ranked above State in the national polls. Doc Carlson and his Panthers would like nothing better than to up'set their ancient rivals. Then another contest with a sleeper Bucknell team remains. Chuck U. S. Charles "Chuck" Medlar, Penn State's head trainer and assistant baseball coach, has been named to the U.S. Olympic training staff, according to an announcement by T. Nelson Metcalf of Chicago University. Metcalf is the chairman of the U.S. Olympic committee on doctors, nurses and trainers. The Lion trainer, will work under the supervision of chief Olympic doctor, Harry K. Mc- Phee of Pr inc et on University. Since 12 or more trainers are chosen, Medlar doesn't know to which sport he will be assigned. This is the second honor bestowed upon Medlar in the past fe w months. He was also trainer in the annual Blue-Grey grid clas sic, The thirty-two-year old Phys Ed major took over as head trainer in 1946 when the late Jack Hulme died. Prior to that, Chuck was at State from 1938-41 when he played tackle for Bob Higgins, pitched for Joe Bedenk, and even played a little freshman basket ball. Medlar was a top-notch athlete in high , school, prep school, col lege, and a professional baseball player. ,He spent three years in the. Navy and just when it seemed he, was ready for the .majors, his pitching arm began to an him. ...• Fall Finishes Career Prior to the time that his "old flipper" went on the blink, Med lar started in AA ball with Beau mont in the Texas League; a De troit Tiger farm club. Then he moved, up to. Buffalo in the triple- A International League until:Un cle Sam beckoned him. The accident that , put an end to Medlar's diamond career hap pened aboard a ship. Chuck fell on his arm and afterwards discov ered -that he couldn't throw well. The torn ligament never healed correctly: Even though he gave it another try. at Buffalo after the war, theattempt was ;to no avail. Played With Stars , Besides the work Medlar did under , Hulme, he spent six months in '-New York learning how to trdieithletic injuries. • By DAVE COLTON Assistant Sports Editor Medlar Olympic By JOHN SHEPPARD iympic Trainer While at Buffalo, Chuck played with many of the Detroit Tiger's recent standouts; among them were Fred Hutchinson, Jimmy Outlaw, Vic Wertz, and Art Hout teman. When Chuck left State and signed for a substantial sum from the Detroit treasury, it was on the verge of the baseball season on campus. At that time he was 22-years-old, and the whole inci dent wasn't given much publicty. In fact, it wa s so hush-hush, though not intentionally, that Chuck's teammates elected him captain for the coming diamond season the day before he left. DAILY sT4TF COLLEGE. PENNSYLV2TA arced Coach Chuck Medlar Orange Matmen Regain 1949, '5O Winning Ways Undefeated Lion Lynn Illingworth Giant Slalom Will Open '52 Winter Games OSLO, Feb. 13 (R)—The sixth winter Olympic games open to morrow in snow-starved Norway with the running of the women's giant slalom at Norefjell and the first two heats of the two-man bobsled in the Frogner ste r en Hills over Oslo. Contrary to custom, the formal opening ceremoies will take place Friday. But there will be bugle blowing and flag raising at Nor•- efjell, 70 miles northeast of here, and at the bobsled run to start the games going. Course in Shape In all, 1178 athletes from 30 nations, including Germany and Japan, are competing in this big gest of all the winter Olympics, with a total attendance expected of 750,000. More than 300 soldiers working day and night have brought the giant slalom course into good shape by shoveling in snow from every nearby gully. The bobsled course is icy and—the Americans contend—dangerous for the four- Inan sleds. The Oslo weather man, who has predicted snow before only to' be disappointed, timidly suggested there may .be some tomorrow. A low pressure area is enroute here from the North Atlantic. Strong Contenders There is a good' chance the first gold medal of these games may go to an American. Mrs. Andrea Mead Lawrence, the 19-year-old star from Rutland, Vt., is favored in the giant (slalom. Her chief competitor is her friend, Trudy Jochum Beiser, 23, of Austria. Other strong contenders with the two young married women are Dagmar Rom of Austria, Rho da Wurtele Eaves of Canada, An dree Bermond of France, Mrs. Annemarie Buchner-Fischer of Germany, and Jannette Burr of Seattle; Wash. The slalom race starts at noon, GMT., (7 a.m.• EST) and is de termined on a time basis. The bobsled ;heats get under way at 10 a.m.,- GMT (5 a.m. EST). Here's Looking at You! (THROUGH A KEYCHAIN PHOTOSCOPE) Looking at the world thru rose colored glasses is only half as beautiful as looking at your girl thru a Key chain Photoscope. Her picture in full color for only $0.75 is unbeatable. Novel but nice, they're wonderful for that late Valentine. ONLYC 75 Sittings Saturday 1-5 p. m. PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP By JAKE HIGHTON After two prosperous seasons as Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling champions in 1949 and '5O, Syracuse ran into a depression last year and suffered its first losing season since Orange mat Coach Joe McDaniel took charge six years ago But the Piety Hill grapplers are again on the upswing after their 3-4 deficit record last winter. Already with three straight wins, including a 22-12 victory over Army, Syracuse will present the strongest challenge of the season to the unbeaten Penn State squad when the two clash in Rec Hall Saturday night. Aside from the win over Army, comparatively equal to State's 22-13 defeat of the Cadets, Syra cuse has licked Rutgers and Cort land in three matches. May Switch Weights Principal reason for the re newed strength of the Orange wrestlers lies in the outstanding array of power in the first three weights which is bolstered by three talented freshman who will go to the mats in' the middle weights. Bob Gerbino, Lott Tschirhart and Bob Bury will handle the star ti n g assignments for the Orange from 123 through 127 with EIWA places as past recommenda tions. Gerbino, normally a 123 pounder and Tschirhart, usually a 130 wrestler, can be put down as possible starters interchang ably at 123 and 130. Rooney Pinned Karns The middleweight freshman trio for Syracuse is Ed Rooney, Lee Martin and Tom McDougal. Both McDougal and. Martin are fresh frOm Tulsa, Okla. high school where McDaniel's brother Paul coached them. Rooney, from the Met ham, Long Island high school whiCh has turned out top notch wrest lers like State's Joe and Dick Dirks Top Dorm 25, Take League H Lead The Dinks not only took a half game lead in IM cage League H Tuesday night, but virtually eliminated ,an early season sensation, Dorm 25, from the league race. Dorm 25 was defeated by the Dinks, 28-22, for its second straight loss after winning its first four games. The Dinks posted their fifth win as against one set- position for the Terrapins' final back and moved half a game game March 3. ahead of second place Dorm 14, Hammonds Scores IS which was idle. Tom Brasher led Pete Cherish 1e d the Globe the Dinks with 'l4 points. trotters to their third win. a 26-20 Nittany Co-op, the Dinks' last conquest, of the Bagoonies, by opponent on the schedule, lost its scoring 12 points. sixth consecutive game as Ather- The Has Beens won their sec ton Hall scored a 20-12 victory. and consecutive game in League Terrapins Win 6th I after four early season setbacks, The Foresters, leaders in League by squeezing by the Woodchop- F, downed Dorm 27 by a 24-16 Pers, 25-23. Baird Hammonds be margin for their sixth win in came the evening's high scorer succession. Fred Dorrell led the as he scored 15 points. The Pri rampaging victors with 12 mark- vateers notched their first tri ers. The Foresters need only to umph by taking a forfeit over trip their last opponent, Dorm 34, the Koal Kats. with a 1-5 slate, to take the league honors. Dorm 34 won its first game Tuesday by edging the win less Samettes, 17-15. In League G, the unbeaten Ter rapins bumped Penn Haven, 26- 19, to post their sixth victory also. Sam Beigel's 11 points were high for the winners. The win moved the Terrapins into a one-half game lead over the Wildcats, who have won five straight games without a defeat. ,The Wildcats were idle Tuesday, but will provide the, op- Lemyre, scored a second period pin over Army's Jim Karns in his first varsity 147 pound start. The Lions' - unbeaten Don Frey de cisioned Karns 6-2 last week. Drew With Paulekas Freshman Martin at 157 was decisioned by Army Captain Don Swygert who pinned Nittany Doug Frey last week. A normal 147 pounder, Mc- Dougal moved up to the 167 pound class last week and beat out regular Hank Gobetz for the starting job. He made his first start a winning one in Syracuse's 33-0 rout of Cortland. At Okla homa McDougal won 9 out of 10 matches in 3 varsity seasons. Going at 177 pounds for Syra cuse is Enzo Marinelli. With an unattractive mark of 1-6 last year, Marinelli must have come a long way since he held Army's rough Al Paulekas to a draw two weeks ago. Paulekas pinned State's Hud Samson last Satur day. At heavyweight, Syracuse will line up Dick Beyer, five-ten jun ior, against Nittany Lynn BEng worth. The Lion senior has not lost in five straight matches in taking over for the great Homer Barr. Illingworth has two pin vic tories and 9-4, 7-0, 8-1 decisive wins. Beyer, after making the var sity toward the close of last sea son, won one and lost one. By JIM PETERS JUNE DUPREZ C. AUBREY SMITH ARTHUR KENNEDY PEGGY DOW "BRIGHT VICTORY" • OPEN AT 6:00 GENE KELLY "AN AMERICAN. IN PARIS" PAGE M/Cr 1-1 Record "FOUR FEATHERS"
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