PACE SIX
Basketball Practice Begins
The 'stop-over" sport— bas
ketball—that was invented 60
years ago is back again, and
State joined in its welcome
Monday night by opening
Practices for the coming bas
ketball season.
Some 20 candidates and ten
members of last year's squ z, d
showed "for the initial practices
as head Coach Elmer Gross began
the difficult job of molding 'a
team into the caliber of last year's
squad. The '5l-'52 season was one
of the most successful in State's
basketball history with the team
winning 20 games and dropping
sik.)
With fewer men to work with,
more time can be spent on getting
the team in shape. Last year's
turnout of basketball hopefuls
numbered over the hundred mark,
and Gross and his assistant, John
Egli spent considerable time re
ducing the squad to a working
unit.
Gross will be driving his men
hard this week in preparation for
their first scrimmage game Fri
day against Lock Haven. This will
be the first of five such practice
tilts before the regular season
begins. Other practice tilts in
clude Juniata, Nov. 12; St. Fran
cis, Nov. 14 and Dec. 6; and Lock
Haven, Nov. 21.
If the Lions show poor defen
sive work this year it won't be
the fault of the coaches, for com
ing back to help out in the teach
ing is the past master of the de
fense, John Lawther. He will be
assisting with the varsity-coaching
while John Egli, the regular as
sistant coach, is teaching the frosh.
Famous for his sliding zone
techniques, Lawther, wh o was
once the coach of Gross, will put
the team through the "stopping"
actions while on the "scoring" end
will be the head coach.
Jasper Harriers
To Compete Here
When Manhattan's cross-country runners invade the liar of the
Nittany, Lions Saturday, they'll race against one of the best harrier
teams in the East in Penn State.
Victorious over Cornell, Army, and NYU, Coach Chick Werner's
distance charges will get their last opportunity to display their
scoring prowess in dual rrieets
before they defend their IC4A
title Nov. 17. And, if their show
ing against NYU last weekend
can be used as a time criterion.
the Nittany hill-and-dalers should
turn in their lowest times of the
season
In Manhattan the Lion thin
clads will encounter a squad
which is in the same class as
last week's foe, NYU.
Coach Georg Eastman's squad
has been weakened by the loss
of virtually his entire 1951 corps
via the graduation route.
Only 3 Veterans
The loss of such cross-country
stars as Bill Lucas,Pat Duffy,
and Bob McNeill has been evi
dent in the Green and White's
showing to date.
Captain Frank Egan, Bob Ku
bic and Charlie Sanaga are the
nucleus of this year's team. Up
from last fall's frosh squad are
John Brennan, Walt Burke, and
Bob Goodwin. Other Kelly Green
thinclads are Jim Enright, J a c k
Boitano and Bill Baker, all of
whom competed with the junior
varsity last season.
Led by Captain Egan; Manhat
tan successfully opened its '52
campaign by defeating lona, 26-
29. It was a close race until the
Jaspers captured sixth, seventh,
and eighth -place to clinch the
victory.
Egan led throughout and fin
ished some 100-yards in front of
lona's Jim Mahoney. His time was
27:12.5.
The next weekend the Jaspers
suffered their first defeat of the
fall season.
In a quadrangular meet at Van
Cortlandt Park, the men of East
man finished fourth behind Syra
cuse, St. Johns, and Navy.
Lose to Army (
The tall, slim, dark-haired Jas
per captain ran second to Ray
Osterhout of Syracuse. Osterhout's
time was 25:25.6, the fastest clock
ing posted over the VCP course
this season. Evan's t•:ne wal 26:18,
much faster than the 26:40 time
Five of last year's starters will
•e back,. but because of the foot
ball season two of them, - Jesse
Arnelle and Jack Sherry, won't
be available for practice until
after their sport is over. Joe Pior
kowski, who is eligible for one
more semester of play, will also
miss the first few days of prac
tice because of student teaching.
Heading the group of veterans
is big /Herm Sledzik, captain of
the team, whose 6-4 was a big
factor in last year's wins. Out
front Gross will have two capable
players in Ed Haag, a 6-2 junior,
and Ronnie Weidenhammer, 6-1.
Ron broke his ankle during the
summer but by all indications it
shouldn i t handicap his playing
ability.
Other members of last year's
squad out for practice include
Jim Blocker, 6-3, Jim Hill., 6-6,
Andy Phillips, 6-2, and Frank De-
Salle, 6-1. Another` promising re
turnee who played freshman ball
two years ago is Ted Jackson, a
6-4 junior from Huntingdon.
State will play a 21 game sched
ule, with an All-College tourna
ment during the Christmas holi
days. The schedule includes 11
home games and ten away con
tests.
The Schedule: Dec. 12—Al
fred (H); Dec. 13—W&J (H);
Dec. 19—Colgate (H); Dec. 29-
31—All-C ollege Tournament.
Oklahoma City; Jan. 7—Syra
cuse (H); Jan. 9—C arne g i e
Tech. (A); Jan. 10—Pittsburgh
(A); Jan. 14—W es t Virginia
(A); Jan. 15—Gettysburg (H);
Jan. 17—Ithaca (H); Jan. 31—
Pennsylvania (A); Feb. 3
Georgetown (A); Feb. 4—Navy
(A): Feb. 7—Rutgers (A); Feb.
11— American U. (H); Feb. 14—
Bucknell (H); Feb. 16—Dickin
son (H); Feb. 20—Colgate (A);
Feb. 21—Syracuse (A); Feb. 25
—West Virginia (H): Feb. 29
Pittsburgh (H): and March 7
Temple (A).
Sports
Briefs
:arrier's Defend Title
Penn State's two-time cham
pions will defend against the field
in the 44th renewal of the IC4A
cross - country championships in
New York Nov. 17. Lion ace is
sophomore Lamont Smith of Le
highton.
Brother Act
Dick Tamburo, Michigan State's
all-America candidate, is a bro
ther of Sam Tamburo, who won
this distinction at Penn State in
1943.
posted by the Nittany runners
over the same course last week
end.
Against Army the next week
end, they were at the tail end of
a 19-44 score. State beat the Ca
dets, 21-35, earlier thiS fall.
The Black Knights completely
overwhelmed the Jasper harriers,
permitting only one Manbattanite
to finish in the lower scoring
ranks. The lone Jasper among the
military aggregation was "Flin'
Frank." He finished second to
West Point's Bob Day in 26:06.
Day was clocked in 25:56.
Defeats Villanova
From all report s, Egan will
have his hands full When he runs
against State's Lamont Smith,
who won individual honors in
the Army dual meet.
Last weekend Villanova won
its third straight dual meet by
beating Manhattan, 18-37, in a
five-mile race at Villanova.
The Wildcat's Fred Dwyer set
the pace most of the way, but
came across the finish line tied
with teammate John Joe Barry in
27:17 seconds. Egan fiv , ished 75
yards behind for third place.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Yanosich,
Jones Lead
In Rushing
As the Nitany griddeis got
down to serious work yester
day for Saturday's , engage
ment with dangerous Syra
cuse, only once - beaten col
legiately, two of State's pony
backs, juniors Dick Jones and
Matt Yanosich, still led the team
in average rushing yards.
Jones, who weighs about 165,
has picked up an average of 3.9
yards per carry en route to gain
ing the highest team total yard
age, 245. Yanosich, a far cry from
former day 200-pound fullbacks
at 168 pounds, has averaged 3.6
yards per crack.
(Matty pulled a ligament in his
leg Saturday, but trainer Chuck
Medlar reports that he and Pete
Schoderbek, who got a s I,i gh t
shoulder separation, should be
ready by Friday. This leaves the
Lions at full strength for Syra
cuse with the exception of ' end
Joe Yukica who still will be side
lined by his torn knee ligament
Nittany Career Record
However, Bob Pollard is corn
:ng along rapidly to challenge
IYanosich and Jonesy. Aided by a
50-yard run in the Penn triumph,
Pollard is now second in total
yards with 233, 21 more than Mat- I
ty for a 3.3 average.
In passing, Tony Rados contin
ues -to show the way. Rados has
68 completions in 128 throws and
has already eclipsed the Penn
State career record of 92 set by
Bill Smaltz between 1939-41. With
.93 Completions overall in two sea
sons, Rados, a junior, also holds
the individual season rec or d
which he breaks wtih every sub
sequent completion.
Although Jess Arnelle official
ly caught no passes against Penn,
he still leads the team in recep
tions with 21, good for two touch
downs and 187 yards. Playing in
two less games, Yukica is second
with 15 catches good for 163 yards
and one TD.
Among the Nittany secondary
defenders who picked off five
Penn aerials, safetyman Jack
Sherry and halfback Don Eyer
lead the team with four intercep
tions each. Sherry has lugged his
loot back 46 yards and Eyer 39
yards.
In the kicking department, Eyer
retains his average-yards lead by
a slim margin over specialist Ted
Kemmerer. Eyer has kicked 17
times for a 35.4 mark and Kem
merer has booted 27 times for a
35.0 average per kick.
Jones and Pollard each tallied
a touchdown against Penn to re
main tied for scoring honors with
24 points apiece. Bill Leonard
kicked his 13th and 14th consecu
tive extra points to bring his point
total to 20• with 17 PAT's and one
field goal.
3 Fraternities
Enter Finals
Phi pelta Theta, Theta Xi, and
Phi Epsilon Pi moved into the
quarter-final round in intramural
swimming last night at Glennland
Pool.
The Phi Delts edged Sigma Chi,
21-20, and Theta' Xi trounced' Del
ta Tau Delta, 28-13. Phi Epsilon
Pi advanced as a result of a for
feit by Alpha Chi Rho.
Phi Delta Theta notched its win
in the final event when Ron Mil
ler clinched matters with a sec
ond in the diving. Bob Vanner
almost saved the day for the losers
with firsts in the freestyle and
breaststroke events.
Mike Meckley's first-place in
the diving, along with a third in
the breaststroke, paced the Theta
Xi's, who captured a first in each
event.
Dick Robinson, Don Orcutt, and
Frank Trapani took top honors for
the winners in the freestyle, back
stroke
. and breaststroke events,
respectively.
Eyer Leads Punting
Soccermen to Meet
Tarheels Saturday
The Nittany Lion and North Carolina soccer teams will
place almost identical season records on the line when they
clash at Chapel Hill in p. 9 a.m. engagement Saturday.
The Lions and Tarheels both have won three matches
and dropped only one decision. The Nittanies have an addi
tional tie game tacked on their log by virtue of a 1-1 deadlock
*** * * *
Jeru6. put - Jay zw...
last Saturday's soccer tilt on Beaver Field befween the Lions. and
Army. Jack scored the lone goal in the 1-1; double overtime tie.
(Notice the mud cakes under the Army players' eyes to ease the
sun glare.)
with Army last Saturday. ..
• The Tarheels' lone loss came at
the hand s of North Carolina
State by a 3-2 score.
Lion soccer mentor LBill Jef
frey, commenting on the relative
strength of th e Tarheel team,
said, "North Carolina is a good
team but is in a class of a team
like Colgate, whom we beat, 2-0.
They don't score too many points
in a game and rely a lot on their
defense,"
6-0 Whitewash
Tarheel booter Coach Alan
Moore, 'a soccer star at Spring
field College, is comparatively
new to the soccer-coaching indus
try. Moore is in his second year
as booter boss at North Carolina.
Jeffrey can well remember
last year's match with the Tar
heels, for it marked the return
to action of the Lions' ace scorer,
Jack Pinezich. Starting at left,
Pinezich showed that his
back injury, which sidelined him
most of last year, was healed by
scoring two goals and displaying
brilliant ball handling in leading
the booters to a 6-0 whitewash
over the• Tarheels.
Shirk Scored Goal
Ironically, the Nittanies entered
last year's North Carolina match
with the same record they have
at present, 3-1-1, and handed the
Tarheels their second setback of
the 1951 season. i -
In addition to Pinezich's two
pointers, Don Shirk blasted a
goal into the net to share some
of the scoring honors.
This year's contest will also
feature the same halfback trio
which spun a web around the
North Carolinians last year in
Jack Chariton, Captain Kurt
Klaus, and second- team All-
American Frank Follmer.
The powerful Lion offense,
however, will have to do some
high shooting to better the exhi
bition put on against the Tar
heels last year when the Nittanies
recorded 62 ' total shots for their
six goals and held the Carolinians
to a mere seven.
'Rough Play'
Coach Jeffrey was calm about
the Lions' tie ghme with the Ca
dets Saturday. He said that the
"lucky" goal the Cadets scored
which enabled the West Pointers
to walk off with a 1-1 deadlock
was "just one of those ',things
that happens every now and then,
and. a situation you can't do any
thing about."
Commenting on the rough tac
tics employed by the Cadets in
Saturday's match, Jeffrey said,
"The Cadets, have always played
a rough type game, but some of
their tactics were dirty and un
called
for. On one occasion an
Army booter, kicking his foot too
high, almost hit a Nittany soc
carman in .the face. which .is
outright dangerous play."
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1952
Beaver House
Wins In IM
Basketball Play
The Beaver House, the Eagles,
and the Nittanies chalked up wins
Monday night in the first three
games of IM basketball compe
tition. The Beaver House edged
by the Huskies, 37-34; the Eagles
retained their half time lead of
22-16 to cop the victory over the
Cats, 40-35; and the Nittanies
romped over the Panthers, 32-16.
A set of lopsided scores in the
second set of games attributed to
the dominating wins by Dorm 33,
the Ramblers, and the CapitalS.
Dorm 33 defeated Wilkinsburg,
30-18. The Capitals nearly dupli
cated that score with a 31-17 vic- •
tory over the Mustangs, And the
Rariablers humbled the Cubs by an
overwhelming score of 32-9.
Jim Garrity led the Sinkers,
last year's champs, to a 48-32 win
over the 21 Club. Garrity racked
up 12 points.
Jim's Gang put on a second half
drive to overpower the Turtles,
47-31, after the first half ended
in a 14-14 stalemate.
A 20 point scoring spree by War
ren Grant enabled the Explorers
to ctUsh the Mustangs, 34-8.
' Tonight's Schedule:
8:45-29'ers vs Dorm -35, Cru
saders vs Hamilton Fours, Epars
vs Dorm 12.
9:2s—Penn Haven vs Dorm
5, Phi Sigma Delta vs Alpha
Tau Omega, Sigma_ Phi Epsilon
vs Delta Chi.
10:05 Delta Sigma Phi vs
Alpha Epsilon Pi. Phi Gamma
Delta vs Delta Tan Delta, Delta
Upsilon vs Phi Epsilbn Pi.-,