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Lions Turn Back St. Francis
69-63 in Scrimmage Contest
Bag Maurice Stokes of St. Francis College did everything on the
court but blow the referee's whistle Saturday night as he jump -shot
his way to 30 points, but all his scoring was of no avail as the
Red Flashes quintet bowed to the Nittany Lions, 69-63.
The Frankies displayed superb ball handling and passing but
weren't able to connect on their shots until too late in the game.
They only converted on 14 1 / 2 percent of their shots during the first
half and had an over-all percentage of 19.
A near capacity crowd saw the Lions stop a strong last-quarter
surg , ! by the Frankies and avenge an earlier practice tilt setback.
With but five minutes left in the last half, the Frankies had
wiped out an .11-point deficit and had taken the lead for the first
time, 53-51. Ronnie Weidenhammer made it 52 points on a foul shot,
but the Frankies came right back with a free throw by Jim Dugan.
A quick layup by Captain Herm Sledzik tied it up. and three points
by Jesse Arnelle put the Lions ahead.
The Flashes tried again to overtake the Lions as Stokes, the
game's leading scorer, dropped in a beautiful jump shot from near
the foul line.
But the stubborn Lions countered with three more points by
Arnelle and an overhead corner shot, a layup, and a foul by Sledzik
to put the game on ice. And for added insurance, Weidenhammer
and Bob Rohland converted on four free throws.
Arnelle was State's leading scorer with 17, and Sledzik was
second with 16.
Using their sliding zone defense and double teaming, Coach
Elmer Gross's men were able to hold Stokes to a mere six points
the first half and forced the-•Frankies to do most of their scoring
on foul shots. Thirty-five of their points were by the free throw
route.
The Staters were pressed by a man to man defense and took to
outside set shots to loosen it up. Scoring on 27V2 per cent of their
35 Given
Letters at
Grid Dinner
Fourteen seniors, including stu
dent manager Ben Thompson,
numbered among the 35 players
who were voted gold awards for
their services to Penn State foot
ball this year at a banquet held
Monday at Camp Hate-to Leave-
It.
It was announced that Richard
Crafton will be head manager of
the team in 1953. Crafton attended
St. Vincent Prep and is a junior
in pre-law. He will succeed
Thompson, a journalism major
from Ridgeway, who graduates
next spring.
The principal speaker at the af
fair, sponsored by the Titan Metal
Co. of Bellefonte,
wa s Ernest B.
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McCoy, dean of
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the School of ~—.-:;-
Physical Educa
tion
and Ath-.,
letics. Coach Rip :!:;'".
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Engle gave out . .x .:
the letters to his iir.:.
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players. Movies i -:.
of the Penn ' , k''-
St a t e-Pittsburgh
tilt were shown. •,.
Manager-elect Dick Crofton
Crafton's firs t
assistants were named. They are
Jack Greiner, Jim Scott, and Al
Schneirov.
The complete list of monogram
winners is as follows:
SENIORS: Backs Bill Leonard
and Ted Kemmerer, State Col
lege, and Bob Pollard, Berwyn;
linemen Joe Gratson, Leisenring;
Stewart Scheeti, Lansdale; Jim
Dooley, Williamsport; Bob Smith,
Bentleyville; Don Barney, Erie;
Dan Van Sick - el, Corydon; Herb
Ralfsnider, Chambersburg; Carl
Pfirman, Williamsport; Joe Yu
kica, Midland; and Dave Simon,
East Millsboro, and manager Ben
Thompson. Ridgeway.
SOPHOMORES: Backs: Do n
Bailey, Pittsburgh, and Buddy
Rowell, Erie; linemen Don Bal
thaser, Reading; Don Shank, Nor
ristown; Orville Haldeman, Lit
itz: Sam Green, Pottstown;• Gene
Dariser, Mon ess en ; Alfred Bow
de n, Seaford, Del.; Roosevelt
Grier, Roselle, N.J.; Danny De-
Falco, New Castle; Jack Sherry,
Philadelphia; Jim Garrity, Mon
aca: and Jesse Arnelle, New Ro
chelle, N.Y.
JUNIORS: Backs: Don Eyer,
Chambersburg; K cif h Vesling,
Clarendon; Tony Rados, Steelton;
Matt Yanosich, Midland; Pete
Shopa, Blakely; and Dick Jones,
Bellevue: and linemen Pete Scho
de,Thek, D-..0,.".e5ne, and Don Mal
inak, Steelton.
Leading Scorer
Held to 6 Points
Soccermen Cop sth White was
At Hands of Foreigners, - 0
By 808 SCHOELLICOPF
The long layoff the Nittany Lion soccer team has had the past two weeks didn't show
a bit Saturday as the Jeffreymen continued their airtight play in whitewashing a team
composed of foreign students and faculty members, 5-0, at the Beaver Field baseball diamond.
It was the Lion booter squad's
fifth straight decision and its fifth
shutout of the campaign.
And the soggy turf, combined
with near-freezing temperatures,
gave both teams chilblains before
the afternoon had passed.
The Foreigners made a good
battle of it for the first half of
the fray, holding the Nittanies to
a 1-0. lead after 44 minutes. This
was probably due to the fine de
fensive work of Foreigner goalie
and team captain, Rustum Roy.
Roy's brilliant stops around the
general areas of the net entrance
minimumized the Lion score
greatly in the first two periods.
Coach Bill Jeffrey's charges
drew first blood at the opening
a the second period when Jack
Pinezich, the •Lions' high scorer
and new seasonal goal titleholder,
with 23 goals, blasted the ball into
the net to give the Nittanies a
1-0 halftime margin.
Jeffrey cleared the bench dur
ing the course of the game, which
gave him an opportunity to see
the possibilities of some of the
second-stringers, including fresh
man sensation Dick Packer, who
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_hot3 during the first half, the Lions were able to command a 33-24
lead at half-time. State's overall shooting percentage was 25.
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Soon after the start of the second half, the Lions ran Up an
11-point margin on some sets by Haag and Weidenhammer and
several jumps by Jack Sherry. But the Flashes, using their fast
break, began to pick up tempo. "Jocko" Clancy and Stokes were
able to whittle down the score to 49-44 at the end of the third quarter.
Their second half drive started too late as the Lions were able
to score 20 points in the last quarter to take the contest.
Stokes lived up to a comment by Gross that "he (Stokes) was one
of the outstanding players in the country." The 6-6 pivot man scored
mostly on jump shots and tip-ins, and his passing and ballhandling
set up most of the scoring chances. He scored 24 of his points in
the second half. Clancy, a 6-1 senior from Pittsburgh, was the
Frankies' second high scorer with 16.
BASKETBALL FREE THROWS—Gene Phelps, of St. Francis,
left the game in the fourth quarter because of a pulled muscle
. . . Both Sledzik, Arnelle. and Sherry had more than five fouls,
but because it was a practice game they were able to stay in
. . . Stokes is definitely all-America material and is probably one
of the best players Penn State will see this year . . . He grabbed
21 rebounds . . High in rebounding..ibv, k ,State,,,was Arnelle with
12 and Sledzik, Piorkowski, with VaPie'de'".' . *: . St. Francis made
35 cut of 55 foul shots.
Penn State
FG FT Totals
7 2 16
2 -12 Dugan
... 6 • 5 17 Clancy
3 1 7 Stokes
2 2 Sailer
3 3 Phelps
3 11 Farace
1 1 Raybolcl
19 69
Scoring by Quarters
14 19 16 20
12 12 20 19
Sledzik
Haag
Arnelle
Sherry
Piorkowski
Rohland
Weidenhammer
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In the fourth quarter Packer
showed his stuff when he found
the net on two occasions to give
the Lions a final score of 5-0.
Packer went in for Pinezicli at
the center forward slot.
The Foreigners, who played a
top-notch brand of defensive soc
cer in the early stages of the game.
were obviously victims of lack
of condition. As they began to
tire in th e third period, their
guard also fell.
And the Nittany kickers were
quick to take advantage, as wing
man Lynn Thomann, third-high
Lion scorer this year, dealt the
Foreigners a double dose of poison
by registering two goals in the
third period to give the Jeffrey
men a 3-0 lead going into the
Fourth frame.
Penn State's defense was, as
usual, superb. The stone wall of
fullbacks Paul Dierks and Hap
Irvin and the clever trio of half
backs„Captain Kurt Klaus, Frank
Follmer, and Jack Charlton, made
offensive attack a difficult prob
lem for the Foreigners. State's
reserve backfielders 'continued in
fine fashion af t e r the starters
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 195
Court Clinic
Is 'Success'
The Penn State basketball clinic
held Saturday was termed a "suc
cess" yesterday by Lion Coach
Elmer Gross. director of the pro
gram. State played host to some
86 coaches and officials and 200
high school players at the first
clinic since 1941.
The coaches came from as far
away as suburban Philadelphia to
hear a four-hour discussion and
'explanation on basketball fund
amentals, new rule changes for
the season, and common basket
ball injuries. The afternoon's pro
ram was climaxed by the Lion-
St. Francis practice scrimmage in
the evening, which the Lions won,
99-63
The proceedings opened with a
- port demonstration on basketball
fundamentals by Dr. John LOw
ther, former Lion coach and pre
sent assistant dean on the Phys
Ed school. This was followed by
Gross using the Penn State var
sity to demonstrate different
types of zone defenses.
Trainer Chuck Medlar explained
several ways of taping up the an
kle, knee, and hand, and discussed
keeping players in top condition.
Then Freshman Coach John Egli
7howed the fast breaks and other
3flen-:ye patterns using his frosh
t-inm for demonstrations.
An official explained the new
rule changes including the foul
rule that gives a second free throw
if the first one is missed.
Tentative plans are being made
to make the basketball clinic and
other major sport clinics annual
e.,vents at the College.
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