Ti-rpßO4y, MARCH 13, 1952 Between the Lions Once again it's time to select all types of mythical basketball teams so we glanced over the seasonal records and came up with an All-Opponent squad. Since we didn't see every game we had' to base some of our selections on scoring totals and scuttlebutt from the players: Because of the speed of modern basketball which forces most coaches to use nine or ten players we named ten men to- our first team. Here goes: Pos. - Player . School g. Bucky Roche Syracuse g. Harry Mooie West Virginia g. Kent Poore - Army • c. John Chine _ Na•siy c. Ernie Beck Penn c. Ed Miller . Syracuse 6-8 f: Ed Becker West Virginia 6-0 f. Fred Congleton Rhode Island ' , 6.3 f. Dick Osborne Colgate 6-2 f. , Milt Mead . . Mich!gan 6-7 HONORABLE Tom Craig, Carnegie Tech; Dick Hely miin, Penn; Fred Meyers; Army; and Hal Corizzi, Rutgers. We based our selections strictly on what these opponents' did againSt Penn - State so had to exclude such stal warts as Mark Workman of West Virginia, Mickey • •••„ Zernich of Pitt, and Dick Hannon of Army. Work- . man made just about everyone's All-American f:4; this year, but only scored 14 points against the 4*. Lions in two contests. Zernich, an All-District' choice, and Hannon, All-East performer, didn't " , 'Ci•?:iciv?: : •4t eXcel against the Nittanies. Our mythical starting five would probably be Roche and Moore, guards: Clune, center, and - Congleton and Becker, forwards. Roche and Moore were both ex ceptional ball-h a ndlers and scorers. ~ R oche tallied 18 points in Rec Hall, and' gave the Lions many anxious moments. Moore was the sparkplug of the Mountaineers' good outfit. Clune gets the nod at center over All-East performer Beck. Navy's great second year man hit for 19 against State to outscore freshman Jesse Arnelle. Beck sparked the Quakers to their streak breaking upset with 13 points in the first half, but cooled- after intermission. Becker was one of the best sharpshooters to appear in ReC Hall all season. He used an accurate corner setshot to rack up 22 points. The Rams' Congleton had 24 point's, the most scored against the Nittanies all year. Poore, the Cadets diminutive guard, displayed excellent set shooting ability. Miller, Syracuse's giant center, -failed to fulfill pre season expectations. The Lions held him to nine points in Rec Hall but he broke loose with 19 at Syracuse. Osborne was included be cause of his play in the Red Raiders'-thrilling upset of the Lions. He made a tap-in to tie the game, and a layup to win the contest in overtime. Mead, the Wolverine's gangling forward, was a top notch rebounder and scored 18 points against State in the Steel Bowl opener. Meadville, Avalon Seek District PIRA Crowns HARRISBURG, March 12 (IP) —Meadville's scrappy Bulldogs and unbeaten Avalon go after district titles tomorow night as the other PIAA basketball contenders take a breather. Meadville opposes Erie Tech at Erie for the District 10 Class A title while Avalon meets Arnold at Pittsburgh in the District 7 Class B finals. Thirty-four other contenders in three classes are idle. The remaining 20 quintets en,. gible for the Class A champion ship' wait until Friday night when a jam-packed schedule of fe r s '4 five district title clashes. .- Bulldogs Surprise 'Meadville, .with a 15-7 record, pulled the upset of the month -- long eliminations Monday night by upsetting defending champion • Sharpsville, 51-49. The Bulldogs will have to pull more surprises out of their bag to turn back ''Tech, a team •that has ' beaten them twice this season in close games. Previous. scores were 1 44-.42 and 64-60. Avalon has won 23 'straight games to rack up the only ,un blemished record in C 1 a s's B. Paced by All-State Ronnie Mayer, the suburban Pittsburgh school is expected to match its achieve , ment of last year in winning the western title. Arnold has downed three sectional champions in reaching the' finals but is not .ex pected to be able to keep up with Coach Harry Dennison's well balanced attack. Title Games .“ Friday night's Glass A schedule includes . , these title games: District I—Chester vs Coates , ville at Philadelphia's Penn Pal- District • 2 Swoyersville, the defending champion, vs Old Forge at Scranton. as District 3—Hanover,. the-South Penn winner, vs Reading's Cen tral Penn Champs at. Hershey. , District 6—Westmont, Tri tountY Leagije winner, vs Holli- By DAVE COLTON Assistant Sports Editor Eight Matmen In Illingworth's (6-1) hea v y weight division, Eastern and na tional champion Brad Glass is the big man with Columbia's Hank Littlefield, Lehigh's Joe Comly and Syracuse's pick Beyer strong contenders. Braves Top Reds Bradenton, Fla., March 12—(W) —Backing three. Milwaukee pitch ing graduates with a 15-hit at tack, the Boston Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7 to 5 today before a turnout of 1319. It's New Record No Penn State basketball team ever won more than 18 games in one season until the current year. daysburg, Mountain League Champion at Altoona. District 7—Unbeaten Washing ton vs once-beaten Farrell, the de fending champion, at the Pitt field house. In addition, unbeaten Punxsu taVvney meets Brookville at Du- Bois and Bradford goes against Kane at Olean, N.Y., in District 9 semi-finals. The title game is set for next Tuesday. Dark horse Catasauqua meets favored Bethlehem in the District 11 finals at .the Penn Palestra in Philadelphia. • All ready for the start of inter district play' next Tuesday are Williamsport. District 4; Somer set, District 5, and Westinghouse, District 8. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Robinson Will Defend Ring Title SAN FRANCISCO, March 12— (p)— Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, fighting for the first time since he regained the crown last September, de fends his title here tomorrow night in a 15-round , go with Carl (Bobo) Olson of Honolulu. The tap dancing boxing master actually boxed only fifteen rounds while training for this bout but he will go into the ring a pro hibitive favorite. Price makers shrugged off speculation as to the outcome with "name your own odds." Tigt. 5-10 6-2 . 5-9 6-3 6-4 A crowd of possibly 7,000 is expected to account for gate re ceipts approaching $75,000 at the Civic Auditorium. The match will start at 8:30 p.m., (PST), (11:30 EST). It will not be televised or broadcast. Net proceeds "will go to the Da mon Runyan Cancer Fund. Robin son is donating his share of the purse, less one dollar, to the fund. Promoter William P. Kyne also is contributing his profits. Although Sugar Ray's prepara tions for the title defense have been as light as a butterfly's kiss, neither he nor his handlers seemed concerned. The champ ion's extracurricular a c ti v it i e s have included luncheons, tele vision and radio appearances. In between, he worked out briefly. Art Houttemen Back to Bolster Detroit Staff LAKELAND, Fla., March 12— (IP)—Young Art Houtteman, re turning to• baseball after a year in the army, hopes to pick up where he left off in 1950. When Houtteman marched off to service, he was rated one of the best pitchers in the game. A 19-game winner for Detroit, he helped keep the Tigers in the race until the final days of •the season. Without Houtteman, the Tigers collapsed last season. Nobody hit. Nobody pitched. Nobody made the double play. The club stag gered 'home a well-beaten .fifth, 25 games behind the Yankees. Manager Red Rolfe counts on the exhibition games to scrape off any rust that might have •de veloped on the 24-year-old right hander's . arm. "Artie could be our best pitch er," said Rolfe. "He's the slump breaking type, a guy Who can throw a shutout once in a while." Houtteman worked out at home in Detroit with pitcher Ted Gray during the winter. Since Jan. 15 he has been in Lakeland with Dizzy Trout, Virgil Trucks, Joe Ginsberg and Gray. Wki BARBARA KEATING 'RICHARD DERR "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE" JAMES STEWART JULIA ADAMS "BEND OF THE RIVER" OPEN AT 6:20 JUNE ALLYSON "TOO 'YOUNG TO KISS►► Dayton, Duquesne Impress NIT Crowd NEW YORK, March 12—(W)—There's every indication that the National Invitation Basketball Tournament is going to the D's— which doesn't mean dogs—when top-seede'd Duquesne plays La Salle and third-ranked St. Bonaventure clashes with Dayton in to morrow's semi-final games. Off their performances so far, the Dukes, beaten only once this season, and the unheraled Dayton Flyers are the most impressive teams in the tournament. But nobody is conceding them certain victories, especially since steady going Al Bailey of Duquesne hurt his right knee in Tuesday's game against rugged Holy Cross. D Teams Look Best Bailey was' treated today, after keeping ice packs on his knee all night to reduce the swelling. He wasn't able to work out this after noon, but is expected to play tomorrow though his efficienay may be impaired. Jim Tucker, the tall center, also limped a bit after the game but suffered nothing worse than a bruised shin. Although the "D" teams have looked best so far, Coach Eddie Melvin, of St. Bonaventure sum med up the general feeling when he remarked: "The nice thing about this tournament is that the teams are so even. In past years there usually has been one stand out, like Kentucky, to take the edge off it." • Rather Play Warriors Coach Dudey Moor e didn't think Duquesrie looked like a top ranking team when it had to come from behind to beat Holy Cross, 78-68. "The boys were a little ner vous," he explained. "It was one of their poorer performances and Von Heusen Products exclusive with ;"'" itr.s MEN'S SHOP Opposite Old Main you'll see more and more and more of this shin. =iN - • they'll probably be a little bet ter." La Salle, which beat Seton Hall and St. John's on the way to the semi-finals, lost to Duquesne dur ing the regular season—a beating which prompted coach Ken Loef fler to moan: "I'd rather play any team, than Duquesne—even the pro Philadelphia Warriors." Unseeded Dayton, a dark-horse finalist in last year's tournament, has turned in a couple of impres sive victories over New York University and second-seeded St. Louis. St. Bonaventure, a tired looking team toward the end of the season, barely pulled out a 70-69 decision over Western Ken tucky after leading by as much as 17 points. • Melvin points to that in justi fication of his anyone-can-win theory. "We had one good quart e r against Western," he argues. "If we can put four of them together —as we were doing early in the season—we can win. We haven't given up hope." The Bonnie s, who won 16 straight bef or e losing to Du quesne, lost four of their next seven regular-season games. 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