pAGr, ST?( Cagers F:.: 69 2- - Game . Test Meet Eagles In Capital Tomorrow The Penn State basketban team embarks on a rugger pre-holiday road trip tonight which will carry it south tc American University and North Carolina State. The Lions meet the Eagles in Washington, D.C. tomorrow night and then tackle North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, seeking their third and fourth wins of the season. The WolfpaCk promises to he the tougher of the two games, probably the best team the Lions will face all year. However, Amer ican University is always danger ous and could give Coach Elmer Gross' cagers a' real fight. Gross pointed out yesterday that after whipping Penn, his team might ease up against the Eagles, particularly since they must play North Carolina on the following night. "American is a good basketball school, and is al ways tough at home." he said. Finished Second Last season, in finishing sec ond in the Mason-Dixon Confer ence, the Eagles were unbeaten in nine home contests, and haven't tumbled in three games this year in Leonard gymnasium. " Coach Dutch Schulze has seven lettermen back this season from his 1952 team which won 15 and dropped eight, including a 69-53 loss to the Lions at Rec Hall. The Eagles finished the season as the 11th best defensive team among the nation's small colleges. Average 10 Points Three of Schulze's regulars• av eraged over ten points per game last season and have been main taining that pace in five games this year. Forwards John Selby (6-3) and Charles Baer (6-3) were both over that mark last season. Selby averaged 13.8 per game and Baer hit for 12.8 a contest. The third man is guard Bud Daly (5-9) who hit for 11.3 points per contest. Rounding out Schulze's lineup will be center Carl Hav ener (6-3) and guard Jim Williams (5-9), both lettermen. The Eagles have a 4-3 record so far this season. They own wins over Scranton, Catholic Univer sity, Loyola of Baltimore, and Dickinson. and have lost to Man hattan, NYU, and Navy. Ranked Eighth North Carolina, ranked eighth in the nation •this week, lost the Southern Confeernee champion shit, to Wake Forest last year af ter dominating the league for six Seasons. It is a heavy favorite to VtIZIOCICCeetC I CMICOMIC I VetCtetCVCVVCXIMCICW.Mie=t 7 gIVVVVVVVC I e t Ce t gj ✓ lA. ✓ Di V Pi CO Remember Your Friends . ~, . ; L,* with :4 I v ! w CHRISTMAS CARDS ii 1 2 eGibson by 1 °Manville F , ii A 11 A: 5 . : • Rusteraft n A g ira V i It ALSO winter scenes of Old. Main A A V A' ✓ A 14 Great 'selection of boxed Christmas cards 4.1 .144 Pill 3 —variety of styles. Also personalized cards Ad pa lag If A 14 di A ✓ See them at A V i l 1 .V KEELER / s ~_ '7! V V • !1 ' I ✓ I 1.1 If • CATHAUM THEATRE BLDG. W. COLLEGE AVE. li di so A te ri 1 !AND atlaa WO dioara iZa42‘2l2caalikaiitli2tkaad2t.i:LOiliatAlk.,, — G4 t a 4610,42'11 i THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENIVSYLVANL! Jack Sherry He and. Teammates Seek 3rd and 4th win the Atlantic Coast Confer . ence this season. The Wolfpack left the Southern Conference in the fall to join the new Atlantic Coast group. Head Coach Everett Case lost seven of his regulars in June graduation but still leads the team to beat" in the southiands this season. Six sophomores pro vide the bulk of his attack. For wards Lou Dickman, Dave Kelly, and Phil DiNarde, center Ron Shavlik, and guards Vic Molodet and Whitey Nell all towering over six feet—have led the Pack to four wins against one loss, averaging 87 points as a team per game. Its only loss came at the hands of Wake Forest in an 8...-69 upset. Furman, Davidson, Eastern Ken tucky, and The Phillips Oilers have all succumbed to Case's quin tet. Gross will take a ten-man squad on the trip. The Lions will be idle following the two-game set until after the holidays when they meet Syracuse Jan. 6 at Rec Hall. WRA Results PING PONG Gamma Phi Beta over Kappa Al pha Theta Kappa Delta over Alpha Epsilon Phi Zeta Tau Alpha over Phi Sigma Sigma Pi Beta Phi over Delta Delta Delta BASKETBALL Kappa Kappa Gamma 25, Ch i Omega 16 Delta Gamma- over Phi Mu (for feit) Leonides 26, Alpha Omicron Pi 8 Alpha Gamma Delta 34, Tri Vi 27 Frosh Cage Lineup Set For Altoona Five freshman cagers were se lected yesterday by Coach John Egli to start in tomorrow's battle with• the University's center in Altoona. 'Egli said that the • yearlings "looked pretty good"! in Tues day's workout and that they had showed improvement. The fresh, men have displayed a good de fense, Egli said, but added that they are still having difficulty mastering the Penn State style of offense. The five men who will start for the frosh are Bob Benson, Joe Hartnett, Jim Lysek, Sam McKib ben, and Bob Ramsay. , Andy Pytel, 6-1, Ford City; Charley Sitch, a six footer also from Ford City; Hugh Cooper, 6-3, Slippery Rock; Jack Houser, 6-1, Pottsville; and Ed Kramer, 6-1, Westinghouse, will also make the trip. Benson, 6-4, Haverford and Hartnett, 6-2, Johnstown, tied' for the frosh scoring honors in the junior varsity game several weeks ago with three field goals and two fouls each for eight points. Lysek, 5-10, Hellertown, hit for three field goals in the JV en counter. He showed some good ball-handling and a fine one-hand push shot. Six foot three inch Mc- Kibben from Punxsatawney found the range for two buckets and Ramsay, 6-7, of Munhall hit for one two pointer and two fouls. This will be the second game of the sea Son for the freshmen. They were defeated - ay the JVs it a preliminary game to the Washington and Jefferson - Penn State game, 43-42. Grahani Named Winner NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (?P)—Ot to Graham, the Cleveland Browns' great quarterback, was named winner of the November award today in the Hickok pro athlete of the year poll. OVVVCICVMECM I VgjeUMWVCAVVC.M.YIW.Ta t tWitIte "- VVIKAVOCCVWXXVCCAVVtiI i.a Or) if SALE 0,7 I;9' iti Hunting• Boots . . 13.95 25% off " f; 8.95 and up 25% off L;1 1-'4l 100% Wool Shirts . 11.95 25% off 0 , pi -,, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE GREAT BARGAINS, CI P BUT THE SALE ENDS FRIDAY N 1,1 ig „-, SPORTSMEN'S SHACK A k , 14 tfl Pugh on the Alley C.l4X:Sarl>..2l2,M=raa,l•22l.l:Xl:,::::::;:.,,lNXZ*24:SM'2,nm:.----Aznr."dmarmAt=ezt;l4,-.=1.1 We like Mexican Food but What can compare to good old American ham and eggs Sure a tamale is good (and hot), but if its that kind of food you like, why not try some good old fashioned chili or a pepper: burger. PENN STATE DINER Stop at the Sign of the Lion IM Mitt Finals List 11 Fights Tonight After more than two weeks of _sparring, 22 Intramural boxing contestants will stake their claims to the 1953 individual IM mitt titiles tonight at Rec Hall. The first bout is listed for 8:30 p.m. With last night's semi-final fraternity fights, the situation has cleared up somewhat as to who the new fraternity champion will be. The scrap is now between Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Kappa Sig ma for the right to wear the crown relinquished by Delta Upsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma has the lead at the moment with 65 points, fol lowed by Phi Sigma Kappa with 60. Five points is awarded for a win. But in the finals, an addi tional 15 points is awarded a champion, with the runnerup get ting ten, so the issue is still very much in doubt among the top two. Tour n e y-leading Phi Kappa Sigma advanced two men into the finals last night. Defending 128- pound champ Nick McChesney. fak i n g beautifully, outboxed ATO's Bob Chambers to win a 135-pound scrap. Teammate Don Martin, used a "Joe Walcott' style in laying back for his openings, to win out over Sigma Nu battler Walt Hough in the 145-pound di vision. The Phi Sigs saw their .121- pound champ' of last year, Jim McGraw, advance into the deci sive round along with heavy weight Harry Carroll. McGraw turned back his 128-pound oppo nent, Dick Davidson of Phi Gam ma Delta, while Carroll made short work of Phi "Gain Frank Tussey. Oth::rs moving in to the finals are Pinky Friedman, Phi Epsilon Pi, Buzz Pierce of Pi Kappa Phi and John Lawrence of . Chi. Phi, along with Jack Dillon, Phi Kap pa swinger. Friedman dealt, Si g ma Nu's ti tle hopes a crushing blow in 121 class fireworks by defeating Chuck Fry. 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College Ave. Two Way Toss-up McGraw In Finals (Continued on page seven) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953 By 808 DUNN IM Boxing Finalists Fraternity Weight Class 121—Pinky Friedman, Phi Epsilon Pi vs. Hilly Rosen, Phi Sigma Delta 128—Jim McGraw, Phi Sig ma Kappa vs. Don Hoffman, Beta Sigma Rho • 135—Nick McChesney, Phi Kappa Sigma vs. Gary Nugent, Sigma Pi 145—Don Martin, Phi Kappa Sigma vs; Joe Musial, Theta Xi 155—Buzz Pierce, Pi Kappa Phi vs. Jack Dillon, Phi Kappa 165—Steve Haky, Sigma Nu vs. Jack Johnson, Acacia 175—John Lawrence, Chi Phi vs. Bob Jordan, Phi Kappa Psi Unlimited—Roosevelt Grier, Alpha Phi Alpha vs. Harry Carroll, Phi Sigma Kappa Independent 145—L ar r y Fornicola vs. Dick Wetzel 155—80 b McMath vs. Joe Antonacci Unlimited—Phil Caton vs. Frank Della Penna Schoendienst Named Top Defensive 2dl Baseman NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (JP)—AI Schoendienst, who nar r o wly missed out as the Na tio na l League's leading batter, was its top defensive second baseman for the third time in. 1953.
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