FI ITPAY , 1?-PCP_W.FA 12, 1952
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The Lion's
BT JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
Although gambler's and crooks have successfully rigged the ap
proximate outcome of basketball games, none has come up with the
age-long dream—knowing the outcome of a game before it is played.
So, no one can safely predict the result of Penn State's season-opener
with Alfred.
However, there is a sure-fire winning bet possible in tonight's
game—it's almost certain to last longer than Rec Hall basketball
games in the past. The new and controversial foul-throw rulings
will lengthen the game by anywhere from eight to fifteen minutes.
The "stretcher" ruling to be in effect for the first time here is
what the refs call "one and one." Any player personally fouled in a
situation calling for one shot in the past, now gets a second try if he
misses his first. This will hold in the first 37 minutes. But in the last
three minutes, any foul whether a one or two shot personal will be
good for two shots. However, the privilege of waiving a foul—taking
possession at side court rather than shooting—has gone the way of
the .center jump after each basket.
All of which comes by way of the desire on the part of NCAA
coaches—Yale Coach Howard Hobson ,in particular—to increase
the value of tae foul shot. The way the severity of a foul is in
creased is evident through a bit of slide-rulish figuring by Nittany
Coach Elmer Gross:
First Gross explains that the average number of successful foul
shots is 60 per cent. This makes every foul attempt worth .6 of a point.
Still working on a percentage basis, Gross figures possession of the
ball tc be worth .5 of a point since the average of field goals made
from the floor is one in four shots. Thus the old one-shot foul was
only worth .1 of a point by the subtraction of possession value, .5
from foul shot worth, .6. Now with two chances to make a one-shot
foul, the worth of a foul is figured to be .9 since one out of two fouls
is going to be made nearly every time.
Lost? Well, casting aside the slide rule, look at a cold, easy to
understand fact seen in the St. Francis-Lion scrimmage last Satur
day. The Frankies did over half of their scoring from the 10-foot
line with 35 foul shots in 55 attempts. A great Many of the 35
charity tosses came on the second throw of the "one and one" foul.
The rule definitely is a booster of foul Prices.
The controversy in the matter of the "one and one" rule is mainly
the increased inaction and resulting "funeral dirge to the free throw
line" as Kansas Coach Phog Allen called it. This aspect is certain
to be "given a chance" as many coaches are now advocating.
However, it is the second part of the rule that has aroused the
ire of many among the hardwood set. Although Gross likes the rid
dance of the waiving rule, Allen on the other hand prefers possession
of the ball rather than the point which must be shot
,for under new
rules .
, The biggest disturbance of all has been raised over the auto
matic Iwo-foul rule to be in effect for the last three minutes.
CCNY's Dave Polansky has gone so far as to clam that the game
has now been made one of 37 minutes rather than 40. It is his
contention that a team trailing in the last three minutes finds it
virtually impossible to win.
Designed to eliminate the deliberate fouling in the final three
minutes, the two automatic two-foul rule in the closing minutes will
probably do just that. But the "chance" which the new rules must
be given still has to show whether or not the game has been short
ened to 37 minutes.
The one certain thing—that the game will be slightly longer—
is not sufficient cause for coeds to bring their knitting tonight.
Pitt Coach Doc Carlson and his zone-protestors aren't due in town
until February 28.
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3 Fraternity Boxing Teams . Advance
A trio of coming fraternity box
ing clubs closed the gap in total
team points -between them and
the leading crew from Delta Up
silon yesterday in the IM boxing
tournament as they cut down
the DU's margin of difference to
three wins.
DU, with five men left and a
total of 11 wins, still lead the pack
by three. Theta Kappa Phi, after
losing a man and moving up one
more in yesterday's proceedings,
have- a total of eight wins, with
three "men left, while Phi Sigma
Kappa have four men left with
eight wins. Sigma Nu picked up
a pair of forfeit wins yesterday
to fall into the three-way tie for
second place. They have four men
left.
Polito Gains Semis
Jim McGraw, Phi Sigma Kappa,
ousted DU's Howie Warren, to
move into the semi-finals of the
121-Ib, class. McGraw picked up
the split-verdict through pure ag
gressiveness and anything but
boxing tactics to continually keep
Warren off balance.
In the other half'of the 121-lb.
draw, Theta Kappa Phi's Bob Po
lito took a unanimous decision
from Howie Guenther, Sigma Chi,
to advance into the semis.
3 Independents Advance
Chuck Myers, Delta Sigma Phi's
135-pounder, eliminated Johnny
Puhala, Theta Kappa Phi. Myers
opened up in the final round to
clinch the unanimous verdict from
the tired Theta Kap.
Three independents came up
with impressive wins. Walt Stan
nish,lss, John Pipa, 135, and Bob
McMath, 145, all moved into the
semifinals of their respective
weight classes. Stannish, in cop
ping his second fight, split-decis
ioned Charlie Rife. Pipa put away
Jim Widman at :45 of round one,
while McMath stunned Jack Scho
field in. both the first and third
rounds to pick up the unanimous
decision.
Other fraternity winners in
cluded: 145 lbs., Tom Hand, Lamb
da Chi Alpha, over Jake Highton,
Pi Kappa Phi, :35 of round two;
Joe Musial, Theta Xi, over Paul
Scheaffer, Kappa Delta Rho, un
animous decision; 155 lbs., Bill
Matthews, Alpha Phi Alpha, over
John Basista, Sigma Pi, unani
mous decision; Bob Myers, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, over Bob McFad
den, Phi Kappa Tau, unanimous
decision; 165 lbs., Bob Thomas,
Kappa Delta Rho, over Bob Kay
tes, over Phi Sigma Delta, un
animous decision; and, heavy
weight, Joe Gratson, Phi Kappa
Psi, over Dave Norris, Theta Xi, l
unanimous decision.
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In IM Basketball Contests
A lop-sided walkaway and a
low-scoring, hard-fought battle
provided the outstanding thrills in
fraternity intramural basketball
action Wednesday night at Rec
Hall.
At one extreme was the Sigma
Chi-Sigma Alpha Mu game. John
Hawk scored 20 points and Dick
Christensen 16 as the Sigs trounc
ed hapless SAM 64-13. At • the
other extreme was Kappa Delta
Rho's 16-15 edging of Acacia. Bob
Bethea netted eight markers to
pace the victors.
Phi Kappa Si gm a, on the
strength of Bill Bauer's 11 point
performance, beat Lambda Chi
Alpha, 23-13.
Seven men shared in the scor
ing as Sigma Phi Sigma downed
Triangle, 41-20. The Engineers'
Jim Babb was high man •for both
teams with 13 points.
Tight defense marked play in
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over Alpha Sigma Phi and the
Theta Kappa Phi 19-15 conquest
of Delta Theta Sigma. Bill Bonner
hit for nine to top Phi Kappa
scoring, while Bill Dorsey's 12
took top honors for Alpha' Sig.
Gabe Lensack was high man for
Theta Kappa with 7 tallies.
Bill Warner was almost a one
man team for Alpha Chi Sigma,
racking up 18 points. Warner's
heroics did not stop Sigma Pi from
beating his team 30-26.
Alpha Phi Delta fought back
gamely, but was finally outclassed
by a smooth Beta Theta Pi five,
35-20. Dick Cameron hooped 13
points and turned in a steady floor
game to spark the Beta's.
Rounding out the evening's play
was the Pi Kappa Phi win over
Sigma Phi Alpha, 31-17.
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