PAGE SIX Cagers Play Rutgers Tonight Lions Will Resume Home Schedule Next Wednesday After a much needed stopover at State College the past two days, a rested Lion cage squad will resume their east ern tour tonight when they play Rutgers University at New Brunswick, N.J. This will be the last away game until Feb. 20 when the Lions play at Colgate. ;ing to make it their 10th win ★ ★ ★ The Lions will be attempi tonight as against six losses and “even-up” the past week’s win and loss record, which reads two losses and one victory. Last year the Lions swept over the Queensmen, 66-52. Rutgers is currently sporting a 3-7 record with a total of 759 points. (Doesn’t include Johns Hopkins game). Most impressive of their wins was a 83-68 defeat of Princeton, Ivy league titlists last year. ' Other wins have been over Haverford and Montclair State— the latter victory broke an old single game scoring r v ecord set in 1911. Final score was 98 points for the Scarlet and 72 for Mont clair. Losses have been to Delaware, Columbia, Connecticut, CCNY, Lehigh, Army and Navy. Pacing the Queensmen is their tall forward Larry Gordon- who is averaging better than 19 points a game. His biggest night of the season was a "29 point outburst against Montclair. Playing along side Gordon at the other forward position will be Don Villani with an average of 9.9 a game. The rest of the team will have Sv/ede Sunds trom at center, and Beindorf and Porter at guards. Still leading the Lions in scor ing is Captain Herm Sledzik who is maintaining a 17.2 average for 258 points in 15 games. Close on his heels is Jesse Arnelle with 248 Bobbin’ Along 808 SCHOELLKOPF i ■Ass't. Sports Editor- “Wha’ hoppenedto the soccer team ’n all that talk about going to a soccer bowl last New Year?” This question has been tickling the tympanum of members of the booter fraternity ever since the “long wait” started way back on Nov. 22, 1952, when Bill Jeffreys eleven slushed to a 1-0 victory over a mud-soaked Penn team. This victory, as Nittany booter fans will recognize, closed out a splendid 7-1-1 season for the .1952 soccermen and earned them a shot at the Soccer Bowl bid, which was to be held in St. Louis Dec. 27. Ever since this Perm victory the Lion booters have been sitting through their own “cold war” waiting for a word from the Missouri Soccer Commission which was extending the bids. The commission was reported to have extended a bid to the booter delegation from the University of San Francisco. Then came the snag. The commission ran into trouble when it tried to rent Sportsman Park, ballyard and delinquent home of Fred Saigh, who got a “pattin’ on the po-po” from a judge recently for income tax evasion. 'Tis said that the commission couldn’t' put the thumb on Fingers Freddie for a rental of the park, # and the proposed Soccer Bowl fell through. * This comes as quite a shock to this comer. Jeffrey s booters, who are very conscientious about their sport; and practically live the game, grew thin from "overwait." State was generally accepted as the best soccer combine east of the Mississippi, since it dealt the hand of defeat to its two arch-rivals. Temple and Penn. Over the past semester vacation, the Intercollegiate Soccer-Foot ball Association, of which Coach Jeffrey is a member, held its post season confab. One of the main issues on the docket was the selection of the annual coaches’ All-America soccer team, and also the picking of the nation’s top soccer team. , . Again, there was some hope of salvaging some much-deserved post-season honor for the Lion soccermen. But, again Lady Luck dealt the Nittanies a deuce. Headed by the Nittanies star center forward, Jack Pinezich, the Lions certainly had good reason to place at least one booter on the dream team. Pinezich drew praise from all over the East with his polished style of play that enabled him to average 2.6 points per match the past campaign; and set a new Nittany seasonal scoring record of 23 goals. The ICSFA picked only one All-America team, with an accom panying list of honorable mentions. Two of the Lion booters—Frank Follmer and Captain Kurt Klaus —received honorable mention, which seems to be a small reward indeed for the excellent performances both seniors turned in the past season. ■ The booter coaches named Franklin and Marshall's soccer team tops in the nation. From our viewpoint, at least three eastern teams deserved the honor ahead of F&M—Penn, Temple, or Penn State. Not that the F&M booters weren't good—they must have been to go undefeated in the Mid-Atlantic Conference last season. How ever, it's like comparing a triple-A baseball team to a major league club the Diplomats just aren't in the same class as Penn. Temple. and Stale. _ - Just before Coach Jeffrey ascended his flymg carpet for Puerto Rico to teach engineering and soccer, we cornered the sage Scot and asked him, “Why all the injustice?” The congenial mentor didn’t exactly know. He figured maybe it was a good thing that a small school like F&M should get the honor as having the top soccer team. Perhaps that’s the answer, although it doesnt seem to satisfy all the sweat and toil the Lion kickers exerted to create their fine ’52 record. Such selections tend to reduce the value of All-America teams, if they are based on “kindness” and not a'ctual worth. Oh well, there’s always next season. THT* r»ATLV COT.LEGTAN STATE COLLEGE °ENNSYLVATv£A !' ' - • A Ron Weidenhammer Set Shot Artist points for a 16.5 average. He needs 200 more points in the remain ing nine games to equal last sea son’s regular game mark of 448. After .the Rutgers > game, the Nittanies have eight more tilts to play—five at home and three on the road. Included in the Rec Hall games are two teams that have beaten State earlier this year— West Virginia and Pittsburgh. Post-War Lions sth in Eastern Gridiron Rating Roger B. Saylor, a Penn State economist, has placed the Lions fifth in his rankings of Eastern football in the postwar platoon period from 1946 to. 1952, inclu sive. ’ . Saylor has rated football teams as a hobby ever since his days in the Coast Guard in World War 11. He asks two questions in rat ing grid teams. “Who did you play? How did you fare against them?” Thus, a team with a better won-loss record may rank below a team with a stronger schedule. Saylor considers Army as the best team of post war Eastern football.’ The 'Black Knights ‘"of the Hudson had a won-loss mark of 45-14. for that period. Following Army, in order, are Pennsylvania' (37-19), Princeton (44-16), and Cornell (40-22), Penn State. (44-16). Villanova (42-19), Yale (36-23), Columbia (30-31), Dartmouth (28-31), ahd\ Pitts burgh (26-37). Syracuse, Lambert Trophy winner in 1952 is not in cluded in the top ten. Saylor awards Notre Dame No. 1 ranking for the whole coun try in the last six years. Frank Leahy’s teams in the period have won 54, lost eight, and tied five, including a 39 game undefeated streak. The only eastern teams in Say lor’s top 25 are Army, ninth; Penn, 20th; and Princeton, 23rd. Prospective Champ . Penn State’s light-heavyweight boxer, Adam Kois of Uniontown, is rated a prospective, intercol legiate champion. Matmen Seek 23d Win On Midshipmens Mats With' each successive victory adding an other notch in the record books, a success ful attempt by the Nittany Lion grapplers for their 23d consecutive win today will keep pace with one of the nation’s, other winningest wrestling college—Oklahoma. The Sooners have recently posted their 21st straight win, Penn State will wrestle the Middies on their home mats at 4:15 this afternoon. Unbeaten Since 1950 Both the Midshipmen and the Nittany Lions will be their fihal dual meet win this season. Unlike Pehn State, Navy has one defeat. Mary land, which has recently been added to Penn State’s '53 schedule, edged a strong Navy team, 13-11. Coach Charlie Speidel’s crack team, which has not been'defeated since Syracuse pinned the Lions in 1950, has scored impressive victories against Virginia, 30-0, and Lehigh, 18-8. .Although Penn State sports an outstanding rec ord in wrestling, the matmen from Annapolis should not go overlooked. In.-fact, the Middies pro fess wrestling as their “major sport.” ! Regardless of the dual meet’s result, one Penn State record will go untouched. That is Dick Lem- Lion Boxers Face Tough Spartan Foe There is nothing but trouble in store for Penn State’s boxers when they square off with Michi gan State in an- East Lansing, Mich., ring today. The Spartan mittmen are un beaten in two starts this season in strict accordance with their 1952 form which found them sec ond best in the nation. Against this stiff opposition, the Nittany leather-slingers will be trying for victory number one after dropping their opener to Maryland last week. Lion Coach Eddie Sulkowski will make only one change in the lineup Joe Reynolds replaces Sam Butler at 132 pounds. , Lineups: Penn State Michigan State Sam Marino 125 Tom Watson Joe Keynolds 132 Tony Flore 139 Bob Hoffman Stan Engle .147 Herb Odom Hank Arnold 156 ■ Bill Greenway Dick Cameron 165 Tom Hickey Adam Kols 176 Alex Tsakiras Bill Andreserie Hwt. Wayne Keller Sax, Relay Teams Enter NYAC Meet Chick Werner’s practice-lacking indoor track team, will-travel in part to . New York City today to participate in the New* York’ Athletic Club Games at Madison Square Garden. N Garden fans will see Werner’s one and two mile, relay , teams in action, and the Lion’s fast coming middle distance DUie Sax. Sax will be gunning for a repeat victory in the Buermeyer' 500 yard run. The speedster captured the event in last year’s games,_ turning in a fast 57.2. This will be the fourth top ranking invitational meet'in which the Nittany thinclads have competed this season. Wemef-'esntered:- men in the Washington Star meet, Philadelphia Inquirer; Games, and, the Millrose Games. The team a&o lost to Army in its lone dual meet. As usual, the perfectionist Werner will have to take With him, a team which has been unable to practice to any great .extent, and in some cases not at all. However, practice or not, the Lions will probably not be taken lightly, especially the phenomenal Sax, Who’ has made a lot of headlines in the last month, pushing Olympian, Mai Whitfield to gain second place in the 600 yard runs in the Inquirer and Millrose games.. .. In those two events, Sax beat such track greats as Herb Mc- Kenley, George Rohden, and Morris Curotta, all Olympic performers. The one mile relay, team, with Sax at the anchor position, and Bill Kilmer, Dave Leathern, arid Skip Slocum running with him, should also be in top contention. The quartet won . the event iri the Millrose Games, and was nosed out at the tape in the Inquirer classic by Morgan State. The foursome set a new school record iri the Army meet, turning in a 3:21.5 time. Werner will have Bob Roessler, Roy BrunjeS, Dick Austin, arid Bob Gehman running on his two mile relay squad. The double-mile baton bearers have not fared as well as their one mile counterparts, but are an essentially soundi foursome and could come through for the Lions. ' - 9 Win in IM Hoop Play League C was tied into a neat three-way knot for top spot in IM basketball play Thursday night at Rec Hall. Wil Hauer, chalking up 12 points, led his DIR squad to a 23-18 triumph over the formerly-undefeated Irvin eers. This game gave three teams in the league similar 5-1 records, the two mentioned and West 25, who had won the night before. The Hoopsters squeezed past the Radads. 16-15, in league D action. The same league saw the Aces romp over the Nightmares, 34-18. Bob Donohue led the win ners with 14 markers for . the night. In league E, the Bonecrushers lost to the Nittanies, 32-12. Lead ing the charge for the Nittanies was Bruce McPherson with 11 tal lies. Also, in league E, the Cats won by way of forfeit from Dorm 41. The Cubs undid the Beaver House. quintet, 25-19. Head un doer was Jim Wyatt who put 10 through the hoop by himself. Fur ther .action in the F .circuit saw Dorm 33 forfeit ■to the Hustlers. , The Sinkers, champions of , the court realm last year, took one Julie Bass SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1953 By dick McDowell Sax Rated High Two Mile Foursome yre’s 11 successive dual meet wins. The 130-pouiid EIWA champion will remain home on doctor’s or ders. - EIWA champion, Bob Homan, will once again open for the Lions in the 123-pound class. Homan, who has registered decisions in his first two mat ches, will face Bill Holtz. Following the opening encounter will be Spei del’s newcomer, Larry Fomicola. He will meet Coach Ray Swartz’s rugged 130-pounder, Art Jesser. - . .... ■ ' Frey Brothers, 147, 157 A potential starter.at 137 will be Ed Crane who will endeavor to halt Jerry Maurey’s six dual meet victory string. Penn State’s only 'brother act, Don and Doug Frey, for this meet -will .. oppose Ed Miller and Navy’s captain, John Godek, in the 147 and 157- pound divisions, respectively. Joe Gattuso will go against Penn State’s George Dvorozniak at 167, who will be in search of his first win. as a Nittany Lion, While Pete Blair, 177- pouhder, will wrestle Co-Captain Joe Lemyre, EIWA and NCAA champion. Blair defeated Hud Samson twice last year in the 177 class—at Navy and the Intercollegiates. ' In the heavyweight spot Samson Will try to better his 1-1 record against Ed Biffel. the easy way, by forfeit, from a; Mustang team that Wasn’t there. The Sinkers are unchallenged at the top of league G, with a clean) 6-0 slate. Beneath the Sinkers* further down the line, the. Tur tles won by forfeit from Dorm: 32; Good Meals) at ■- Reasonable Rates Inquire: ' ' 329 E. Beavef Ave. Or ( Phone: 7851 Beaver Waiise
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