MARCH 4, 1953
indoor Track Records Set
By dick McDowell
With Its height meet schedule
terminated, Penn State’s track
teani is looking for warm weather
no W,and an opportunity to get
out on- the Beaver Field cinders.
On the surface the winter cam
paign wasn’t'too successful, but
a close look at the individual
meets, shows that the overall in
door record is very deceptive. In
all but one of their indoor trials,
the Nittahies were facing Olympic
competition of one form or an
other, and although they lost to
these performers in most cases,
their records, even while losing,
were outstanding.
Sax Sets Mark
Sensational Ollie Sax, for in
stance, lost four races to Mai
Whitfield. Marvelous Mai, an
Olympic champion last summer,
is regarded as the top middle dis
tance runner in the circuit today.
Five Squads
Score IM
Court Wins
By TOM WERNER
Hopes for an undefeated
season were, turned into -hopes
for an almost undefeated sea
son as Alpha Tau Omega and
the Lous took their first loss
es pf the season in intramural
basketball play at Rec Hall
Monday night.
The Independent league I Lous
went under for .the first time as
Dorm 38; led by Ed Casey with
i 2 points, outscored them, 31-26.
Both teams have,a final record
of six wins against one loss neces
sitating a playoff tilt to determine
the champ in their league.
A Chi Rho. Wins
In a postponed contest, Alpha
Tau Omega lost their first of the
year to Phi Sigma Delta who had
Warren Gittlen scoring 13 tallies
to pace the winning 30-29 attack.
The Phi Sigs finished the ..season'
with a 7-1 slate while ATO, with
one more- to play, has a 6-1
reading in interfraternity league
E. ‘
Alpha Chi Rho was Zeta Beta
Tau’s final humiliation, 32-17. The
winners came out of their final
game with a 3-4 record, the losers,
a disheartening 0-7, in D league.
Thela Xi/ Scores
Further league D action had Tau
Phi'Delta winning by a tooth’s
skin over Alpha Zeta, 39-38. Joe
StrasSer paced the winners with
14 markers to assure his squad of
a respectable 5-2 season slate.
Joe Meckley, with 16 points,
led Theta Xi to a 29-22 win over
Alpha Gamma Rho, also in league
D. Both squads end their seasons
with 2-5 records.
After trailing badly at halftime,
14-6; Phi Epsilon Pi. managed to
overcome Phi Sigma Kappa,. 26-
20. Charles Bell was top scorer
for the victors'with 10 tallies. The
Phi Ep quintet rounded out a re
spectable 6-2 season in league F.
All Stars Victors
Phi Mu Delta came back from
a 12-12 halftime knot to shave
Chi Phi, 26-24. Jack Harmon’s 10
points helped the most in allow
ing the winners to roll up their
final digit for a winning 5-3 year
in league F.
Independent play in' league I
featured the All Stars in a 25-13
wm over the Meyermen. Starring
All Star Was Stan Fink with sev
en points.
In league H the Iron Men flat
tened Hallpck A.C. 28-12. Bruce
Lucas was top scoring man on
court with nine tallies. The win
ners put the final touch to a
decent 5-2 year record.
In the same league the Ather
ton Men dropped one by way of
forfeit to Dorm 44.
Favors Boards
Penn State’s indoor track sen
sation, O.llie Sax, of Kearny, N.J.,
favors - boards over cinders. :
Track Managership
Candidates for assis t a n i
managership of track are asked
t° report to. Chick 'Werner of.
Norm Gordon after A p.m, to
day at Rec HaU. -
[He’s been breaking all sorts of 'off the second place trophy in the
'records on- the indoor boards this They beat such track power-
Season, and nobody has been able houses as Army, Penn, George
to come as close to him as Sax. town, Columbia, and Navy to do
Sax himself set. a record this it.
season. The Kearny, N.J. swiftie
was clocked at 1:10.4 in the IC4As,
good enough for a new intercol
legiate standard, and only .2 sec
ond off the;world mark held by
Whitfield. .
Dan Lorch and Jim Herb, fast
coming field men, earned inter
collegiate championships in their
respective events. Herb hit 6-5%
in the high jump, and Lorch, who
tied for first place, topped the
pole vault bar at 13-4.
Bunnerup Honors
Lorch, in the Washington Star
meet last January, finished third
in the pole vault behind Bob
Richards and Don Laz, the one
two men at Helsinki last summer.
With only ten entrants, and
with nine of them scoring points,
Chick Werner’s proteges carried
tstandi
Lions End Cage Season
Againsf Owls Saturday
The Penn State cagers, owners of a 15-8 record, will
close out, their 24-game schedule this Saturday with the Tem
ple Owls in Philadelphia. ’The Lions have been coming on
strong the past .three weeks, taking six out of the last seven
games. In the last three wins they have averaged 76 points
a game and have beaten Syracuse, West Virginia, and Pitt.
The Lions need only 38 more
points to set a new scoring rec
ord. They how have 1559 points
in 23 contests. The old record, set
last year in 24 games, stands at
1596. Team average over .-thte
course has been 67.7 a game while
the opponents have been hitting
on a 60.8 average for a 1399 total.
-Leading the Staters in scoring
for the second straight year is
sophomore . Jesse Arnelle. At a
16.9 average he has put in 390
points, with eleven more to go
to top . 400, points for the second
successive year. He hit for 492
points last season.
Holding down, second place is
the only 'senior on the team —
Captain Herm Sledzik. He scored
15. points' against F.itt to .boost his
total output to34.6—rth'e highest
he’s been in three: years ' 6f; var
sity competition. His average is
15 a game' on 107 field goals and
132 'free throws: His threeryear
total-is 687. y\,-. -y
’ .Hitting on an avei'age of T,(L4
a.gamh- is dependable:Jack.Sher-
BAH# COLLEGIAjJ, §TATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Shot put artist, Rosey Grier,
and the one and two mile relay
teams, all set Penn State records
during the season. Grier tossed the
16 pound weight 51 Vs against
Army to top Chuck Drazenovich’s
51 foot mark set in 1950. Grier'
also finished third in the intercol
legiates.
In the same meet, Werner’s one
mile foursome turned in a 3:21.5
time for a new standard. The
baton bearers, along with the
Army victory, won the event in
the Millrose Games and the New
York Athletic Club games.
The two mile quartet set its
record, ironically finishing sec
ond. The foursome was nipped by
Penn in the NYACs but were
clocked at 7:46.5. (a second finish
isn’t an official record.)
Lion Courtman
ry with 240 points, 81 tallies over
last year’s output. He has put in
81 field goals and 78 out of 118
free throws.
Ed Haag has 161 points to date
—almost doubling last year’s out
put of 83 tallies. On an average
of 7.3 for 22 games (missed one
because of illness), the only jun
ior on the team has put in 55
buckets and 51 out of 66‘ free
throws.
Ronnie Weidenhammer, who'
played- one of his best games to
date against the Panthers, now
has amassed 149 points for ah
average of 6.5 a game. He has 55
buckets and 39 out of 54 free
throw attempts.
"BEALS"
BEAUTIFUL
DRY, CLEANING
129 S. Pugh Sf.
Three Penn State Boxers
Boast Undefeated Marks
Although the Lion boxing team hasn’t -won a team match yet
this season its three outstanding pugilists—Sam Marino, Adam Kois
and Tony Flore—can boast of undefeated records in Eastern com
petition.
Marino, trading punches at 125 pounds, tripped his Syracuse
opponent and then in Saturday’s battle with Virginia University
missed victory because of two penalty points. His match with Cava
lier Bill Banerdt ended in a 29-29 draw. Marino’s overall card reads
—two wins, one loss and two draws.
The Nittany 176 pound representative, Adam Kois, has not only
disposed of Eastern foes at Syracuse and Virginia, but has also
slapped defeats on entries from Maryland and Wisconsin. In the
Michigan State match he could do no better than draw.
Butler, Reynolds Winless
Tony Flore’s case is somewhat’ unusual. He has not swapped
punches with an Eastern foe yet this year. At the time of the Syra
cuse contest he .was declared ineligible and on Saturday he was
awarded the decision by forfeit. Tony is the Nittany 139 pound
regular.
In the 132 pound slot Sam Butler and Joe Reynolds both are
without a win. Butler started the season by dropping his bout with
Maryland. His next two efforts resulted in setbacks by leathermen
from Wisconsin and Virginia. Reynolds has dropped decisions in the
Michigan State and Syracuse slug-fests.
Stan Engle has dropped battles with Maryland, Michigan State
and Syracuse. He fought in the 147 pound class.
Steve Melmeck has lost his three bouts, two in the 147 pound
class and ohe while boxing at 156 pounds. Hank Arnold, 156 pounder,
got off to a good start by halting his Maryland adversary. He has
dropped his three assignments since then.
Boxing among the 165 pounders, Dick Cameron has lost four
bouts, and Dick Ahern lost the only time, he climbed through the
ropes.
As a team the Lions have dropped their five matches without
a win, but there still is Army Saturday, and the Lions will be
gunning for an upset over the CadetsT
Sports Briefs
Nardico, Maxim To Fight Tonight
MIAMI, Fla. (A*) —Danny Nardico, hard-punching Tampa fighter
who bolted into prominence last New Year’s Eve on a technical
knockout over Jake Lamotta, predicted yesterday Ije also will stop
Joey Maxim in their 10-round battle tonight at Miami Stadium.
“Maxim’s the buy I want,” said
the usually quiet, modest former
Marine. “I’ll take him like I took
Lamotta, and that ought to get me
a crack at Archie Moore’s light
heavyweight title.”
The fight will be televised na
tionally over CBS Starting at
10 p.m. EST. The Miami Weather
Bureau forecast fair, warm wea
ther for the outdoor event.
Dark Signs for $31,500
PHOENIX, Ariz. (/P) —Alvin
Dark, shortstop and captain of the
New York Giants, signed a two
year contract yesterday, reputedly
for $31,500 yearly.
Dark agreed to terms in a tele
phone conversation with Giant
President Horace Stoneham after
Vice President Charles Feeney
had. ' made two calls to Dark’s
home at Lake Charles, La., to
complete the negotiations. The.ac
tual contract-signing will take
place as- soon as Dark reaches the
Giant camp here.
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