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Lions Romp Over W&. J, 66-41
JVs Nip Freshman Courtmen, 43-42
Amelia's 18
Leads State
In Opener
By dick mcdowell
An air-tight pressing zone
defense and a fast moving of
fense, gave Elmer Gross’ cag
ers. their first win of the 1953-
54 basketball season Saturday
night when they whipped
Washington and Jefferson, 66-
41, on the Rec Hall boards.
Led by towering Jesse Arnelle,
Captain Jack Sherry, Ed Haag,
and Ron Weidenhammer, the
Lions easily captured their open
ing contest against the Presidents.
Arnelle, displaying a variety of
hook, jump, and driving lay-up
shots, tallied 18 points, Haag
scored 11, and Weidenhammer and
Sherry each recorded 10 markers.
But the biggest factor was the
Lions’ superb defensive play. The
Presidents, who had scored 81
points against St. Vincent earlier
in the week, could collect only
nine field goals, against the im
penetrable Lion screen. However,
they picked up 23 points from the
foul line in 39 free throw at
tempts.
Take Early Control
From the beginning the Lions
scored almost at will although
their offense did seem a little
rough at times, .a normal expec
tancy in 'any opening contest.
With !Haag and Weidenhammer
providing superior floor work and
Sherry and Arnelle controlling
the bankboards, State, took the
lead early in the game.
The Lions opened the scoring
with Rudy Marisa’s foul point and
steadily widened the gap, as
everybody took turns at the bas
ket. The Presidents scored their
first five points from the foul
line and tallied their only field
goal of the first period when for
ward George Kushner cut the nets
with a one-hand push shot. How
ever, with Arnelle hitting from
the pivot and Weidenhammer
from outside State had piled up
a 10 point lead, 20-10, at the end
of the quarter.
Widen Gap
They widened the gap to 42-22
in the second frame when Sherry
and Haag took over the scoring
chores. Both men kept the W and
J nets hot with accurate jump
shots from around the key-hole.
The scoring tempo died tempor
arily in the third-period, and again
Gross’ aggressive sliding zone de
fense, held the visitors to only one
field goal. The Nittanies tallied
*l2 more themselves and held a
54-27 lead at the three-quarter
mark.
Gross substituted freely
throughout the contest and used,
his reserves almost completely in
the final quarter. Dave Edwards
and sophomores Chuck Christian
son, Bob Hoffman, and Earl Fields
kept the Lions’ relentless attack
on the move. The Presidents had
their best quarter here, scoring
14 points. Speedy guard Tony De
Celleo and Kushner paced the
Presidents but they- could narrow
the gap by only two points.
Kushner was the top scorer for
the W and J quintet, hitting on
three field goal attempts and six
charity shots for 12 points.
In winning their first game, the
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Nine Ring Decisions
Highlight IM Boxing
There was nothing sneaky last night, a night commemorating the
Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, ’4l, as nine boxers punched their
way further along into Intramural competition. Seven other pugilists
advanced by way of forfeits.
The ninth bout. of- the evening, and by far the closest, found
Mike Cramer, Zeta Beta Tau,
take a hard-earned, split-decision
from Bill Frengel, Lambda Chi
Alpha. The match was fought in
the 155-pound class.
Both boys opened up, swinging
hard and accurately, early in the
first round. Frengel, who packs
a thunderous wallop for a man
his weight, had the better of sec
ond stanza, scoring with hard
rights to the head. Cramer came
on strongly in the finale and took
the decision. This was Cramer’s
second win in the tournament.
In the only independent match,
two 145-pounders, Ron Smith and
James Sponsler, fought three ac
tion-packed rounds before Smith
was awarded the decision. Both
were sharp punchers but lacked
the power to put the other “away.”
Smith’s footwork gave him an ad
vantage as he evaded many of
Sponsler’s punches.
Ed Suley, Sigma Pi, played the
reverse roll of a Goliath, as he
struck repeatedly and accurately
at Tom Falkie, Sigma Phi Sigma.
Falkie kept charging in but
couldn’t deflect Suley jabs. Suley
coasted the final stanza and took
the decision.
The third bout of the evening,
a heavyweight match, was a well
ejirned decision for Glenn “Moose”
Gross, Lambda Chi Alpha, over
Rus Miller, Delta Upsilon.
Gross had Miller staggered
against the ropes in. the second
session but the DU refused to go
down. Miller fought back in the
final round but couldn’t overtake
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Frank Tussey, Phi Gamma Delta,
decisioned Ray Graham, Phi Kap
pa Sigma. Tussey landed a few
solid right punches, otherwise the
bout was fairly even. Both figh
ers tired as the fight came to an
end.
Willard Snell, Sigma Nu, had
a hard time with Bill Druschel,
Chi Phi, before winning the
match. Sophomore Snell, the
smaller of the two . boxers, scored
most of his points in the in-fight
ing. A few seconds before the
final bell, Snell landed a smash
ing right to the head of Druschel.
In a 175 pound bout, Bob Jor
dan, Phi Kappa Psi, won the de
cision from John Sieber, Delta
Sigma Phi. Both men. were of
near-equal caliber.
Joe Musial, Theta Xi, won his
second tournament' bout when he
unanimously beat Tom Pyle,
KDR. Pyle fought toe-to-toe with
Musial but lacked a punch.
In a match that -lasted 30 sec
onds, Ralph Hofmann, Sigma Pi,
TKO’d Alex Bogoly, Lambda Chi
Alpha. A bad leg forced Bogoly
to drop out.
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Frosh Game Halted; Lang's
Field Goal Decides Contest
Penn State’s junior varsity nipped John Egli’s freshman
oagers 43-42 Saturday night in. Rec Hall in a game that “ended
with five minutes to go.” -
According to the scoreboard, there was almost half a per
iod left in the game when the final horn sounded. Six foot
seven Bob Ramsay was on the foul line for two shots for the
frosh when officials were informed that the time had arrived
for the varsity players to take the floor.
Without knowing of the unfor
tunate turn of events, Ramsay
missed on both tries.
Joe Piorkowski, former Lion
eager, coached the junior varsity
and saw his quintet get off to a
5-0 lead. Clarence Watts dropped
in a two-pointer to open the scor
ing for the JVs. Ramsay hit on a
foul shot for the first tally for
the frosh. Jim Lysek dropped in
three buckets in this period and
paced the freshmen with his one
hand push shots in a late drive
that narrowed the score to 13-9
in favor of the JVs.
In the second period the junior
varsity outscored the frosh 12-8
to bring the half-time margin to
25-17. Joe Malone and Watts
dumped in two field goals each
for the JVs, with Malone and
Watts collaborating on a fine play
that went almost the length of
the court. After Watts had taken
a rebound and' dribbled down
court he passed to Malone, who
broke for the basket and then
flipped the ball behind' his back
to Watts who racked up two
points.
Joe Hartnett opened up for the
frosh during the third period and
hit for seven points on three field
goals and one foul. Hartnett
sparked the offense for the year
lings with his driving • play.
The JVs led after three quar
ters, 39-35.
Pete Lang, hitting with, his
“soft” hook, operated mostly
from the keyhole during the third
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1953
By HERM WEISKOPF
Brofkowsks
Wins Punting
Championship
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (JP)— Zeke
Bratkowski, the tall T-quartef
back. from Danville, 111., whose
passing couldn’t save Georgia
from its worst football season,
provided some solace by winning
the major college punting cham
pionships for -himself and his
team.
NCAA Service Bureau statistics
showed today that Bratkowski
kicked the ball 50 times for 2132
yards, an average of 42.6 yards
per try. Georgia, with other play
ers kicking 11 more times, aver
aged 41.2 yards.
Des Koch of Southern Califor
nia actually had the highest punt
ing average and the unusual ex
perience of being a defending
champion who neither kept his
crown, nor was dethroned, nor
retired. NCAA punting statistics
are based on a minimum of 30
kicks for championship rating.
Kock had only 22 opportunities
and averaged 44.6 yards.
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