PACT' SIX
EIGA Title at Stake
In Lion-Cadet Meet
The IN ittany gymnasts will
be going for everything in the
book at 2 p.m. tomorrow in
Rec Hall when they meet the
ever-dangerous Ca de t s of
Army in the final Eastern dual
meet of the 1953 season.
A victory .over the defending
champions from West Point will
earn Coach Gene Wettstone’s
swashbuckling crew: (1 the 1953
EIGA crown; (2 its ninth consecu
tive dual meet win without loss
over two seasons; (3 a .perfect
season, (its first since 1948 and;
(4 a welcome break in Army’s
five-year domination over the
Nittany gymnasts.
The last Eastern gym title to
make its w r ay into Ree Hall came
in 1948.
Bordo '4B Olympian
Besides being the top Eastern
dual meet of the campaign, to
morrow’s meeting carries the
added lustre of the presence of
three of the best judges in the
game. The trio, all former Olym
pians, are Frank Cumiskiey, of
Union City, N.J.; Frank Haubold,
also Union City, N.J.; and Louis
Bordo, Philadelphia.
Bordo, a ’43 grad of the Col
lege, was a member of the 1948
Olympic gym team.
Three first-line Lion gymnasts
will be closing out their intercol
legiate careers tomorrow. They
are Captain Bob Kenyon, Jim
Hazen, and Dave Shultz. Kenyon
will work the tumbling, Hazen,
the flying rings, and Shultz, the
rope climb.
Army Ropemen Tops
Kenyon will be performing in
one of the Cadets strongest events
—tumbling, led by Captain
George Haas. Haas took third in
the Eastern tumbling last season.
The Army ropemen will pre
sent the biggest major problem
for the Lions and for Shultz.
Shultz’s best time is a 3.B—re
corded last week against Temple.
The week before that .Shultz
clocked a 3.9—which also set an
individual record for him.
“Shultz is still improving,” says
Wettstone, “Army will be the big
test,”
John Ballantyne, the number
one Army man on the rope, has a
3.6 timing to his credit—that com
ing in the Eastern championships
last season at Syracuse. The oth
er two Cadet ropemen, Funk
houser and Renner, both are ca
pable of 4.0 down.
The Lions wrapped up their
last practice session of the week
yesterday with a light workout.
Today will be a complete offday.
WRA Results
VOLLEYBALL
Gamma Phi Beta over Sigma Del
ta Tau
Tri-Delts over Thompson
Theta Phi Alpha over Little Lions
McAllister over Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma over Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega over Alpha Ep
silon Phi
Kappa Kappa Gamma over Alpha
Gamma Delta
Delta Zeta over McElwain-Sim
mons
BOWLING
Co-op. over Aye Sees
Alpha Xi Delta over Delta Gamma
Zeta Tau Alpha over Women’s
Bldg.
, - jpe in trial run in preparation for tomor
rows all-or-nothing" meet with Army at Rec Hall. Shultz and
Baffa have the unenviable job of trying to crack the toughest rope
climb trio in intercollegiate competition. Shultz will work number
one. Match time is 2 p.m.
Lous, Crusaders Capture
IM League Championships
Championships in three independent and two fraternity basket
ball leagues were put on the line Wednesday night at Rec Hall.
The Lous, in league I of the independent circuit, and the Crusaders,
league J, took over undisputed first places in those leagues. All
games were playoffs, the results of dead heats for the top spots
The Lous showed up in top form
as they trampled Dotm 38, 40-27.
Le Maimon contributed most to
the winning 'cause with seven
from the boards and three from
the free throw line for 17 mark
ers in all.
The Crusaders came home with
their shields, the 29’ers won theirs
to an 18-13 tune. This win put
the Crusaders into the playoffs
which will start tonight.
Tau Kappa Epsilon outlasted
Kappa Sigma, 24-23, in a contest
that went to the ■ wire. Neither
team had an advantage at the
half, the score at that time stand
ing at a knotty 13-13.
Alpha Tau Omega had little
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trouble overpowering a weak Al
pha Phi Alpha attack, 43-28. Fred
Dorrell paced the winners with 18
points. This game eliminated one
of the teams in the three way
deadlock for the crown in inter
fraternity league F. The winner
will play Phi Sigma Delta to de
termine the final outcome of lea
gue supremacy.
Gallant gesture of the year
should be awarded to the DlR’s
who, after being soundly trounced,
40-21, by the Irvineers and find
ing that the winners had used an
ineligible man on court, consent
ed to replay the game last night.
The game decided who occupies
the championship’ of league C.
Lions to
In Final
The Nittany Lions will face the on-and-off Temple Owls
in Philadelphia tomorrow in the final basketball game of the
season. Both , teams will be after their 16th win of the year,
with the Lions having eight losses and the Templars drop
ping their tenth Wednesday night to LaSalle, 65-45
The Owls lost a previous game | ★ ★ ★
to the NIT champions 57-42
margin. Included in their string
of wins have been upset victories
over DePaul University, which
gave LaSalle its only two defeats
in 26 games, and Manhattan. Uni
versity, which is seeded fourth in
the National Invitation Tourna
ment
Lose to Hoyas
In. games with four Penn State
foes, the Templars managed a .500
percentage. They lost a tight con
test to the Midshipmen from Navy
by seven points, 59-52, and then
were walloped by the George
town' Hoyas, 72-45. The Owls
trailed by only three points at
half-time.
Kane Tallest Man, 6-5
Swinging north, the Owls did
something no Lion squad has yet
accomplished—beat both Colgate
1 and Syracuse on their home
courts. The closest the Lions came
was this year when they lost to
Colgate, 60-62, and then beat
Syracuse, 78-74. (Both teams were
defeated by the Lions.at Rec Hall).
The Owls beat Colgate, 75-62.
and Syracuse, 74-66.
For the Lions it was the other
way around. They managed to
squeeze by the powerful Hoyas,
73-70, but then walked into their
biggest loss of the season when
the Midshipmen captured a 77-53
victory. This was the largest point
spread—24—that the Lions have
suffered since Kentucky beat
'them by 26 points in the NCAA
tourney last year.
A probable starting lineup for
the Owls will be Harry Silcox,
who scored 26 points against De-
Paul; Albert Didriksen; Conrad
Miller; John Kane, tallest man on
the squad at 6-5; and Samuel Syl
vester.
Since most of the seniors grad
uated last year, Coach Harry Lit
wack has had to rely on all soph
omores and juniors for his start
ing five. This is his first, year as
basketball coach for _the Owls.
Last season the Templars lost
15 out of 24 in spite of the pres
ence of the great scorer Bill Mlk
vy.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1953
Play Owls
Gage Tilt
By TED SOENS
Phillips Closes
Career As Gross'
Leading Reserve
.When Elmer Gross’ cagers make
their appearance on the Palestra
hardwoods in Philadelphia tomor
row, two Lion . seniors—Herm
Sledzik and Dick Phillips—will
plav their last collegiate game.
The. Sledzjk story is a well
known one. A regular for two
years, - captain this season, and
currently second man in the scor
ing department, Sledzik has a
well-established basketball name
at Pehn State.
But for Phillips, known as Stu
by everybody, its been a different
tale. Stu has been playing ball
for Gross for two seasons but has
never received a starting role.
Two years of hard work have
paid their reward though, because
the 6-1 senior has played a lot of
ball for the Lions this year, even
though it has been as a( reserve.
The lanky forward is a hard
working, steady- ball player and
has been one of Gross’ front-line
reserves all season.
Stu played his high school ball
for Stevens Trade in. Lancaster
and was captain of the squad in
his senior year.
The 22-year-old senior says he
loves to play the game but claims
there is one outside- interest that ''
supercedes the sport. That’s his
wife -Lee and their 10-month-old
daughter, Sharon. The twq young
ladies claim quite a bit of his '
attention.
ON THE CUFF: Stu’s the Only
married man on the squad ... He ,
was married almost tiJiro .years ’
ago . . . he’s a member of Sigina -
Phi Alpha.
Two-Platoon Outlook
Penn State’s Rip Engle, dis
pleased at first, now looks at the .
two-platoon ban more philosophi
cally. “Saturday, afternoons will
be a lot easier,” the Lion football
coach predicts. “There’ll •be loss <
traffic direction, more coaching.”