, MARCH 5 ,, 1952 rikoroptcy Big ..-:FaVoiite . Refitat in IM Race By JIM PETERS Lf While the sports spotlight is focused on intercollegiate cornpe-, P i tition in basketball, boxing, and wrestling, Penn State's intramurall - t heroes are getting set for the finals of their marathon basketball totirnathent. Some of the teams which turned in unblemished records for the regular league play will soon just he remembering'that they too Were once undefeated. Others may es cape elitnination for s.e ver al games, 'but in the end some un • , lucky independent' outfit is going to have to contend With the de ' fending champion, EdinbOro. Edinboro - hasn't been beaten hi intramural competition since the Season of 1949-50. The following two campaigns foUnd the tallier log court monarchs taking hbme the independent championship. Just Warming Up This season has proven iio dif ferent, With no team giving Edin c boro so much as- ari uneasy mo . ment, The League I entry hasl bowled over six consecutiVe Op ponents in such easy fashion that none of •the teams has been closer than 29 points to Edinboro at the final whist le, In a 24-minute game, that ,is phenomenal in it self. 1 The defending champs opened )4 wltheir schedule Oct. 31 by thump ng the WoOdehOPpers, 42-13, as ick Beynon Sparked the hot-yet ot *inners With 16 points. Next `e. 'Fame the Hot Shots. They were clipped, too, with Bill Mihalich .‘roco - ring 14, markers in a 49-11 I omp. .. Another Record Falls With these two warm-ups un tfler their belts, the high-flying >' fcagers had set the stage for their *ecord-breaking performance Nov. c 29 in which they 'made the help ess Has Beens . the victims of a 0 41 .01-14 slaughter. It was the high -oest score ever recorded by an I,' , ZIM• cage team. . il, After the Kool Kats fell, 54-14, still another record Was broken. Ken Bouldin, tall Edinboro pivot man, poured in 32 points in a 69-21 massacre of the Privateers to break the previous one-game record of 30 set the year before by teammate Mihalich. One Game Remains In its last outing, Edinboro smashed previously unbeaten Joe's Boys, 60-25, as Mihalich re turned to the line-up after a- three i game. absence to score 19 points. i One - game remains i on Edi n boro's regular schedule, that with the , Basketeers (3-3) tonight. In six games,' the defending champs 'g- have come up with some high, scoring individuals. Bouldin has ' tallied 85 points in five games for a .17 point, per game average, ' Glenn Brown has 82 in six games for an average of 13.7 points per , game. Beynon, Fred Mueller, and ..: Mihalich round out the top five scorers with 64, 43, and 39 points, respectively. Beynon might well be acclaimed the best foul-shooter. i• He has made good 10 shots from ? the foul line in the same number iof tries. § Marked Team h As a team, Edinboro has At' aver aged 62.5 points per game against oq 16.3 •for the - opposition. 4 In the finals, there are going fig to be some fine teams, all ea -I,lpable of an upSet. Teams such as .),). Dorin 4, Dorm 11, Trace A.C., ,;IForesters, Wildcats, Dorm . 36, ; Dorm 23„ Dinks, Dorm 14, and .;the Sinkers are all rough, aggres sive' outfits. But when it comes to playing Edinboro, they'll have to be that and more. Edinboro is a marked team in every game, but still appears to •be . the best of a classy lot 'of intramural basketball league champions • Covers Scuff Marks! • Gives Shoes Richer Color! Shoe Polish-. (H•e•Wee) SLACK • TAN • lIROWN • ITLUE‘: DARK TAN • Mte.TAN OIXtUDOID • MAHOGANY • CORDOVAN • NEUTRAL LaMotta May Quit If He Loses DETROIT March 4 ((P)--Btirly Jake LaMotta Was so sure of hiih self today he said he .would quit the ring if he "decisively" loses his bout here Wednesday night with Eugene (Silent) 1-lairston. "I'll retire definitely —if he beats" me decisively," said the bull-shouldered boy from the Brohx. "But that's barring acci dents," he warned. "Like a butt or an eye cut." Teel Good' 13Ut the swarthy, 30-year-sold battler made it clear he's enter taining no thoughts of losing. "I feel go o d," he said. "I'm strong, I've had lots of work. I feel real good and I got no ex 6 ettses." In fact, La Motta, in the un usual-role of an underdog at 9 to 5, planned a decisive win, him self, for his 99th fight. The scrap Will be broadcast and telecast on the ABC network, 10 pan, EST. Maybe Even Maxim "The IBC (International Box ing Club) promised me TUrpin if I win this one," he d e Clare d 3 lounging in his hotel suite await ing the bout. Randy Turpin, the rugged Britisher, won and lost the 160-pound title last year from Sugar Ray Robinson, conqueror of La Motta in five of •six match es. Given a win over , Hairston, La Motta was prepared to look even further ahead. • "A couple more .f ight s," he mused, "and be ready for Maxim (Job Maxim, light-heavy weight champion)." Eight Contests Feature PIAA, Cage Playoffs HARRISBURG, March. 4—{/P) —Eight games, including two in Class A, will be played tot - nor - row night as the Pennsylvania pub lic school basketball playoffs move into high gear. Unbeaten Washington, one of two' Class A quintets with spot less season records, gets its first taste of tourney competition_ to morrow 'night in a District 7 qUarter-final against tested Mid land, The Little Presidents raced through their 12 league games in Isection 4 of the WPIAL and added nine exhibition triumphs. Mid land, which had a tough fight winning Section 8 honors, doVirried McKees Rocks, 49-31, in the WPIAL preliminaries. Red Lion and Ephrata have a District 3 preliminary_ game to morrow night at LancaSter, post poned from Monday night. • 'i -- r: ' Ask cry I_ts ., , . s/e'7rA;-I--C--e,.,7.m 7Oin r .. ti , ,:,\7,,.:„,,,,,,t :, ,,, v „ .i..,--- „ -_ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE! COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Scholastic Mat Finals Pennsylvania's 44 top school boy wrestlers will vie for indi vidual titles-in the annual PIAA championships here March 15. The finalists will be determined in regional tournaments March 8 at Clearfield. Lancaster, Wilkes- P.arre and Washington. All-Around Man Penn State's ,The Bedenk, who'll field. his 22d baseball team this spring, previously coached th e diamond spbrt at ttice -Institute and the University - of Florida. He also doubled in football at these three institutions. HOW MANY TIMES A DAY 50? IF YOU'RE AN AVERAGE SMOKER THE RIGHT ANSWER IS OVER 200! EXTRA I . ATTENTION AIL COLLEGE STUDENTS Every Sunday Evening over CBS THE PHILIP MORRIS PLAYHOUSE Presents an Outstanding College Student } • Featured with Famous Hollywood Stars in the PHILIP MORRIS Intercollegiate Acting Competition C A " PHILIP M 5 Men Enter Rifle Tourney Five men from the College, making up the Nittatiy Lion, Rifle Club, will enter the National In tercollegiate Rifle championships at Buffalo University March 22, These men, P i ked Wessman, Nelson I3enard, Don Plaster, Bob Hess ; Dick White, and Walt Beers ; are not representing Penn State, but have entered as an indepen dent team. Most of the men were members of the no* defunct varsity rifle team of last year. Benard was captain-elect of the team, and is captaining the independent team, The team is affiliated with the National Rifle Association, and through the cooperation of Capt. 0. J. Morel USMC, has been us ing .the facilities of the Navy ROTC for practice. 100? Yes, 200 times every day your nose and throat are exposed, to irritation .. r 200 GOOD REASONS WHY YOU'RE BETTER OFF SMOKING PHILIP MORRIS! PROVED defini definitely less leading brand Moore Gets New Coaching Contract PITTSBURGH, March 4-0:1-- Dudey Moore, coach of the poiv erful Duquesne University bas ketball team, got his reward to day—a new three-year contract with a salary hike. 'Moore still had two years to go oh a five-year contract. He said he was well pleased with the new paper bUt would not say horn much he will make. The Dukes finished their sea son last night with a record breaking 95-51 victory over Bald win Wallace. It gave them a 21-1 mark, their only loss having been a 04-62 overtime defeat by Villa nova. The 42-year-old Moore, a for mer high school coach and ex- Duquesne star, began coaching for the Dukes in 1948. Since then his teams have won 76 and lost 20. 200? :1y mi Cr . PROVED ritating than any other . PROVED by outstanding throat specialists. nose an PAGE SEVEN
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