PAGE st: Two IM Champs McGraw, Fornicola Tally Wins Two of last year’s IM boxing champions got off to impressive starts in their efforts to gain new laurels this year as the mitt tour ney finished its fourth day yester day at Rec Hall. Jim McGraw, Phi Sigma Kap pa’s 121-pound king last year and Larry Fornicola, independent wearer of the 135-pound, diadem in 1952 scored wins. McGraw, though hard-pressed by crafty Bob Polito of Theta Kappa Phi, came back with a third round flurry when he badly needed it to gain the decision. Fornicola showed his class by outpointing scrappy A 1 Deamer. Elsewhere, one of defending team champion Delta Upsilon’s entries fell by the wayside. DU Archie Kinder dropped a close decision to Ed Kittka. Theta Kap pa Phi swinged in a 165-pound scrap. It was the champs’ first loss to the tournament so far, this year. Darkhorse Phi Kappa Sigma saw two of its men advance into the second round. One hundred forty five pound Don Martin eked out a close decision over John Val entine, Pi Kappa Phi, in a corker. Jack Cleland followed suit with a win against Johnny Johnson, Chi Phi. Delta Chi also boasted two winners for the afternoon’s ac tion. Wes Wood turned back 155- pounder Jack Tihansky, Phi Kap pa Tau, and Joe Stefanelli came out victorious over A 1 Coune, Beta Theta Pi contestant in a 165-pound match. John Hamill, Chi Phi, won by default over Theta Chi’s Chuck Leech when the latter injured his left shoulder in the first round and could not continue. The ac tion took place in the 135-pound class. Beta Theta Pi puncher Bruce Wagner and Jack Dillon, Phi Kappa, survived the opening round. Wagner outfought Jack Hanish of Theta Kappa Phi in a 145-pound bout, while Dillon scored a 155 win against Tom Beilin of Alpha Chi Rho. The shifty McGraw had to call On all his savvy against Polito, but came back well to force a halt to the bout in the third round. Both set a fast pace during the first two rounds, but Polito tired fast in the last stanza. Fornicola, who' looks like he’ll be tough again, showed a quick as-lightning one-two punch to gain the verdict in the first inde pendent match of the tourney. Notre Dame Seeks Bth Against SMU Once-tied Notre Dame, the na tion’s No. 2 team, tries to wrap up its first unbeaten season since 1949 against four-times defeated Southern Methodist in a national ly televised football finale tomor row. Cold, cloudy weather is in pros pect for the intersectional clash starting at 2 p.m., EST before a near capacity 55,000 in Notre Dame Stadium. Following a 14-14 tie with two beat-the-clock touchdowns against lowa two weeks ago, Notre Dame was tumbled from the No. 1 posi tion in the Associated Press na tional poll. , Boxing T riumph BRUCE WAGNER. Beta Theta Pi boxer scores with a left hook to the head of his opponent. Jack Hanish, Theta Kappa Phi in one of 12 IM bouts yesterday afternoon at Rec Hall. Wagner copped the decision in the 145-pound division. Wallace Will Speak At Grid Banquet The 1953 varsity and freshman football players will hold then annual grid banquet at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at the “Hate-To-Leave-lt” camp, Frances Wallace, noted sportswriter, will be guest speaker. The camp, located deep in the woods about 20 miles from cam pus, was the site the gridders inhabited before home games through out the season. It was there they found peace and quiet during Homecoming Weekend. The team’s trip through the snow from the camp caused the team’s delay in arriving on time for the Ford ham game. The awarding of the ’53 varsity letters, election of co-captains for the 1954 season, and the election of a successor to this year’s head manager, Dick CrUfton, will high light the program. Mr. Wallace has served as mas ter of ceremonies at various sports banquets throughout the country. He is currently contributing edi tor of Collier’s magazine, an d author of “Football Preview,” a yearly feature' in the magazine. He was formerly a college sports publicist and sports writer for four New York newspapers. Wallace was sports publicity di rector for Notre Dame at the time the feats of Irish’s famed Four Horsemen and Knute Rockne were recorded. He is the author of 14 books, four of which have been made into motion pictures. Pension Fund, Radio-TV Rule Baseball Talk ATLANTA, Dec. 4 {A s )—The ma jor league player pension fund and the minors’ radio-television problems dominated baseball talk today as the minor league conven tion ended and the big leaguers headed for New York and next week’s important meetings. By far the most startling news at the annual winter gathering was the player-commissioner has sle that threatened the existence of the pension fund. When the player representatives walked out on Commissioner Ford Frick be cause their lawyer couldn’t at tend, and Frick countered with the news that the majors were considering junking the pension plan, a bitter controversy flared. Frick, taken ill at the meetings, is back in New York preparing for vote meetings for ending the pension plan. Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees and Ralph Kiner -of the Chicago Cubs, the two league player representatives, returned to their homes with no apparent plans for any further meetings with Frick. In fact, Reynolds, originally invited to attend the American League meeting in New York, was informed by League President Will Harridge he no longer was welcome. THE DAILY COLLEGTAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Latfner on Spot !n SMU Contest SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 3 (A 3 )—Seldom has a college foot ball player been spotlighted— and "on the spot—as halfback Johnny Lattner of Notre Dame will be against Southern Meth odist in Saturday's nationally State Meets WarsdJ Cagers (Continued, from page one) The two big men, scoring-wise, will probably be Sherry and Arnelle, although both Haag and Weidenhammer are constant scoring threats. Arnelle, who holds numerous scoring records at Penn State, averaged 17 points per game last yeai] and Sherry tossed in 10.3 per contest. Weidenhammer has been the Lions’ floorman and playmaker for the past two seasons and will probably do most of the ball handling in the back court, where his deadly set shots make him a definite offensive threat Haag, termed by Gross a “great” defensive player, is important in the Lion fast break offense. Both Marisa and Blocker are good re bound men and will be in the Lion back line of defense. The game will be the Nittanies’ only home contest until after the Christmas holidays. The Lions travel to Philadelphia--Dec. 12 to meet Penn and move on to Ameri can ' University and North Caro lina State during the vacation. They return home Jan. 6 when they play Syracuse at Rec Hall. Tonight’s contest climaxes an all-day basketball clinic sched uled to get under way at 1 p.m. in Rec Hall. Gross, ‘Assistant Coach John Egli, and John Law ther, assistant, dean of the School of Physical Education and Ath letics, will conduct exhibitions on offensive and defensive variations, fundamentals, and jump ball for mations. Basketball . Tilt to Top Coed Sports A men-versus-women basket ball game will climax the co-ed ucational recreation program from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. tomorrow in Rec reation Hall. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will take on the Nittany Moun taineers on one of the basketball courts reserved for the recreation program. Badminton, handball, pin g pong, table soccer, volleyball, and basketball facilities will be avail able for men and women students. Admission is free. Originated last year, the pro gram was termed a success by Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the Physical Education school. Ray mond M. Conger, associate pro fessor of physical education m charge of the program, announced that similar recreation , periods will be held every Sunday night. Street clothes are satisfactory apparel for the evening, Conger said, but students should remem ber to wear shoes suitable to the Rec Hall floor surface. Members of the physical edu cation faculty will direct the ac tivities. Assisting them will be two graduate ahdtwo undergrad uate students. televised game here. Laitner today was named by The Associated Press to the 1953 All-America team after earlier in the week winning the coveted Heisman and Max well Awards. Thus the millions watching TV and the 55,000 on hand per sonally wil lexpect quite a per-: formance from Lattner. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1953 Frosh-JV Coy rf men To Meet Freshman Coach John Egli will pit his yearlings against head basketball Coach Elmer Gross’ junior'varsity at 6:30 tonight in Rec Hall in a preliminary attrac tion to the Washington and Jef ferson-Penn State game. This will be the first contest of the campaign for the freshmen. They will travel to the Univer sity’s center in Altoona for a game Dec. 18. Frosh Have Height Egli’s squad is packed with height and potential. Bob Ram say of Munhall, 6-7, is the tallest man on the team. The “midget” on the quintet is 5-10 Jim Lysek of Hellertown. Starting lineups have not been released for either team. Ed Rud lejr, Joe Malone, Clarence Watts, and Bob Wainscott will probably be among the starting five for the junior varsity. Good rebounding will be one of the strongholds for the fresh men and is an important factor in the sliding zone used by Penn State. Possession is one of the main goals in this type of game and good rebounding leads to pos session, Egli pointed out. Egli Pleased “I have no idea how good the boys are because I have not seen them against actual competition,” Egli said several days ago. He reported he was well pleased with the hustle displayed by the fresh men. Egl'i listed 13 men on his roster and said he planned to use them all in an effort to get a "starting five for the game in Altoona. Besides Ramsay and Lysek Egli listed Clif Gleason, 6-5; Bob Ben son and Jim Holmes, 6-4; Hugh Cooper and Sam McKibben, 6-3; and Joe Hartnett, 6-2. Also on the list were Jack Houser, Ed Kra mer, and Andy .Pytel, 6-1, and Charles Sitch and Bill Stoddart, both an even six feet. GrcappsSers Win NCAA's Penn State’s 1953 wrestling team was the first to .win the NCAA championship in the school’s history. Hoffman is Smallest Bob Hoffman, at 5-10, is the smallest man on Penn State’s bas ketball team this year. Alan Ladd- James Mason "BOTANY BAY" A Great Film For Our Times! "martin luthe^" Rod Cameron 1 Cathy Downs "P^HH^HDLE rr
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