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Defeat Phi Sigma Kappa,
105-90, in IM Ring Finals
By ROY WILLIAMS and 808 DUNN
Phi Kappa Sigma won the fraternity intramural boxing
championship last night at Rec Hall when it added twenty
points to its tally sheet for a total of 105 points. Phi Sigma
Kappa was second with 90 points, and Sigma Nu occupied
the third place slot with 75-points.
The champs had a slim five-point lead of 85-80 over their
closest rival, Phi Sigma Kappa, as the lights dimmed in Rec
Hall before eleven pairs of men faced each other for the
individual weight championships.
Jim McGraw won the 128-pound
championship, and added five
points to the loser's total. Mc-
Graw won the split decision
against Don Hoffman, Beta Sigma
Rho.
Lion Frosh
Face Altoona
Tonight
John Egli's freshman cagers
leave for Altoona today in quest
of their first victory of the sea
son. The yearlings dropped their
only previous game of the year
to the junior varsity, 43-42.
The ten-man squad will leave
at 5 p.m. today from Rec Hall.
The Lions' starting lineup av
erages almost 6-3 and should give
Egli's team an advantage under
the boards. Bob Ramsay is the
tallest man on the squad at 6-7.
He paced the yearlings in grab
bing rebounds in the. JV battle
by taking nine off the glass back
boards.
Lysek Good Ball Handler
Five-foot ten Jim Lysek makes
up for his lack of height with
good ball handling. Lysek showed
a good one-hand push shot from
around the key in the JV game.
Joe Hartnett, 6-2, tied for fresh
man scoring honors by hitting for
three field goals and two fouls.
He displayed a spark that helped
ignite the frosh. Bon Benson, 6-4,
tied Hartnett with three two
pointers and four fouls for eight
points.
Egli said he would not employ
the full court press against Al
toona. He explained that it is too
difficult to teach in the short time
the freshmen have to practicb.
The yearlings have set up a good
defense and are now trying to
perfect the offensive style of their
game, Egli pointed out.
Showed Rebounding Skill
Despite their height advantage
the freshmen had a little trouble
with their rebounding in the JV
encounter. On offense the Nit
tanies picked off 18 rebounds and
on defense they got only eight.
In the Penn State style of bas
ketball possession in one of the
most vital factors and rebounding
leads to possession. This is why
Egli has been emphasizing this
part of the game.
F—Jim Lysek
F—Jack Houser
C—Bob Ramsay
C--Bob Benson
G—Joe Hartnett
Engle Likes New Game
Rip Engle, Penn State coach
went on record today as favoring
continuation of one platoon foot
ball. The Lion mentor said his
team suffered fewer injuries in
1953, played the best football of
his four Penn State teams, and
definitely approved the new
game.
Although Hoffman had an ef
fective right hook, McGraw forced
him to the ropes briefly in the
first round. McGraw, a possible
candidate for tryouts with the
varsity boxing squad, missed sev
eral deadly swings, but tired his
opponent in the third with left
uppercuts.
McChesney, Martin Win
Nick McChesney and Don Mar
tin, however, combined their wins
to give Phi Kappa Sigma the un
disputable crown. Gary Nugent,
Sigma Pi, lost the 135-pound
crown to McChesney who con
tinually danced and Feinted his
way around the ring. Nugent used
r a solid left to get McChesney on
the ropes briefly in the third
round, after a slow second round.
Martin's win was in the 145-
pound class over Theta Xi's Joe
Musial. The lefty boxer combined
his shiftiness and speed to defeat
Musial despite a third round
comeback as Musial moved in
with a gweeping right hook.
Pinky Friedman, Phi Epsilon
Pi, won a unanimous decision over
Hilly Rosen, Phi Sigma Delta, in
the 121-pound championship bout.
Despite Friedman's display of
ring finesse, Rosen had him on
the ropes ,in the first round.
Friedman moved in on RoSen in
the second round with jabs to the
head, although Rosen's aggressive
ness and left jab enabled him to
land several head blows.
Fornicola Tallies
In the independent bouts, Larry
Fornicola and Bob McMath won
championship berths. Fornicola,
145-pounder, defeated lanky Dick
Wetzel when he moved inside and
punished Wetzel with the familiar
one-two punch. Fornicola stag
gered Wetzel in the first round,
but Wetzel came back with left
jabs to Fornicola's head. McMath
defeated Joe AntonacCi in a slug
fest. Antonacci moved in with lefts
both to the body and head of Mc-
Math, but couldn't beat the win
ner's persistent aggressiveness.
Fight to Grier
•
The crowd was waiting in - anti
cipation all night for the bout be
tween Harry Carroll of Phi Sigma
Kappa and heavyweight Rosey
Grier, Alpha Phi Alpha slugger,
and it wasn't disappointed. Grier
survived a knockdown after only
':en seconds of the first round to
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Grid Season
Shows Changes
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 ('P)—Col
lege football turned conservative
in 1953,
swinging away from a
forward passing game to running
and old-fashioned, do w n-the
middle power football and put
ting more emphasis on defense.
That.was the season's principle .
trend reflected by the sports
writers and broadcasters in the
Associated Press season-end poll.
To a certain extent, this followed
the trend noted in the 1952 sea
son when the experts took special
note of the increased effective
ness of tough, well-conceived de
fensive play.
This year, there was closer than
usual agreement among the ex
perts as to what constituted the
main trend. Although they word
ed their replies in various ways,
no fewer than 89 of about 300
writers and broadcasters return
ing questionnaires observed th e
swing toward tighter, more con
secutive play. A good many oth
ers listed trends which might be
associated with the main one.
The swing toward the running
game and away • from wide-open
ball-throwing football was listed
by 58 experts.
Elmer Gross
Basketball Coach
IM Boxing Champions
. Fraternity
121 Pound Class
PINKY FRIEDMAN
Phi Epsilon Pi
128 Pound Class
JIM McGRAW
Phi Sigma Kappa
• 135 Pound Class
NICK McCHESNEY
Phi Kappa Sigma
145 Pound Cass
DON MARTIN
Phi Kappa Sigma
155 Pound Class
JACK DILLON
Phi Kappa
Cagers
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165 Pound Class
STEVE HAKY
Sigma Nu
175 Pound Class
808 JORDAN
•Phi Kappa Psi
Unlimited lei:Jight Class
ROOSEVELT GRIER
Alpha Phi Alpha
• Independent
145 Pound Class
LARRY FORNICOLA
155 Pound Clasg
808 McMATH
Unlimited _ Weight Class
FRANK DELLA PENNA
WRA Results
TABLE TENNIS
Chi Omega over sigma Delta Tau
Tri Vi over Alpha Chi Omega
BASKETBALL -
Tri Delts 39, Alpha Xi Delta 14
McElwain-Simmons over Phi Sig
ma Sigma . by forfeit
Alpha Chi Omega over Philotes
Pi Beta Phi 22, Delta Zeta 15
Phys Ed Group Elects
Stoddart President
Charles W. Stoddart Jr., direc
tor and professor of physical ed
ucation extension has been elect
ed president of the Pennsylvania
State Association for Heal t h.
Physical Education, and Recrea
tion.
Fred M. Coombs, professor of
physical education, has been
named vice president of recrea
tion for-1954.
The elections were held at th
annual • convention last week it
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FRIDAY,- DECEMBER 18, 1953
Away
Face Rugged
Two-Game
Court Test
By DICK IvIcDOWELL
Seeking its third • win of the
season, the Nittany Lion basket
ball team will clash with Ameri
can University tonight in Wash
ington, D.C. in the first game of
a two game road trip which- will
carry it on to Raleigh, N.C., to
morrow night to meet highly
rated North Carolina State.
The Lions arrived in the na
tion's capital last night and will
go through a light workout at
Leonard Gymnasium this after
noon before engaging , the, Eagles
tonight.
American Coach )utch Schulze's
cagers are expected to give the
Lions a tough battle tonight 'as
they seek their 13th straight win
on their home court. The Eagles
sport a 4-3 seasonal record.
Blocker at Forward
Lion Coach Elmer Gross said
yesterday that he may make one
change in the Nittany starting
lineup for tonight's, contest. 'Jim
Blocker may replace sophomore
Rudy, Marisa in one of the for
ward positions. The rest of the
lineup will remain the same. Cap
tain Jack Sherry and Ron Wei
denhammer will be at the guard
posts and high -scoring Jesse Ar
nelle will be at center. Ed Haag
will fill the other forward slot.
The Eagles, one of the best de
fensive teams in the country, will
meet the Lions with five letter
men, three of which are averag
ing over ten points per game.
The Lions go into the contest
with successive wins over Wash
ington and Jefferson, 66-41, and
Penn, 72-67.
North Carolina State presentS
the biggest problem for the Gross!.
men on this trip. The • Wolfpack,
ranked eighth in the nation, has
one of the best offensive teams
in the south and is favored to
win the• Atlantic Coast Confer:-
ence championship.
Pack Averages 87 Points
With an 87-point team average
the Pack holds a 4-1 record going
into tomorrow night's battle.
Coach Everett Case has six soph
omores leading his attack and
holds win's over Eastern Ken
tucky, Furman, the Phillips Oil
ers, and Davidson.
Gross will travel southward
carrying a squad of only ten men.
Dave Edwards, Chuck Christian
son, Bob Rohland, and Jim Brew
er round out the squad.
.Once again the bulk of the
scoring power will probably come
from Arnelle who leads the Nit
tanies with 44 points in two
games. The giant pivot man
dumped - in 26 in the Lions' win
against Penn.
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