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—Photos by Schroeder
PENN STATE'S LARRY FORNICOLA prepkres PHIL HARVEY of Cornell attempts to free himself from heavy- ED HAAG, Penn State guard; drives in for an
to drop his 137-pound Cornell opponent, Arno weight Bob Oberly's figure four hold. The latter hold is rarely easy basket in Saturday night's basketball game
Nieman, to the mat with a legal body slam. The Colgate. Haag scored the two-pointer on a
accomplished by heavyweights. Oberly scored his 7-0 win by a
Bellefonte grappler scored the only pin of the fast break.' Looking on is Ron Weidenhammer
dual meet when he put Nieman flush to the mat take down, reverse, predicament, and one minute time advantage, and an unidentified Colgate player. The Lions
with a cradle hold in 6:52. Penn State won the dual meet from Cornell, 20-6. won the game, 78-58.
Mature Extend Stresk
Lagers i,* orate,
Fornicola Registers Pin
As Grapplers Win, 20-6
Usually not much enthusiasm is exhibited by townspeople
or students when their team is crowding the second division
or having a mediocre season. It doesn't take much, however,
to stir anyone when an elite appears in a certain game. Ana
that was about it. An elite—Penn State's wrestling champion-
Ship team—was responsible for the 5505 fans who crowded
Rec Hall last Saturday, the largest indoor attendance this sea
son.
It was apparent that the Lions did not look like the cham
pions of old, but they still mas
tered the Big Red of Cornell, 20-6,
copping their 30th straight dual
meet win,
It was also apparent that the
Lions looked slow because the Big
Red grapplers made themselves
hard to handle by not mixing.
Whenever a team wrestles in a
shell, it prevents the opponent
from making any contest of the
match.
Despite this, once Larry Forni
cola, junior made his 137-pound
foe, Arno Nieman, observe the
Rec Hall lighting system with a
cradlehold in 6:52' of his match,
Penn State never relinquished its
lead. In scoring the only pin of
the meet, the Bellefonte grapper
won his fifth consecutive match
over a three year span.
As usual, 123-pounder Bob Ho
man started Coach Charlie Spei
del's matmen off on the right
foot, giving the Lions a 3-0 lead
when he decisioned a fine com
petitor in Rex Boda, 6-4. The first
period was even-steven with Ho
man taking down Boda and the
latter obtaining a reversal. After
falling behind in the scoring in
the second period, State's 1952
EIWA champion, made a reversal
attempt good and then rode Boda
for two minutes time advantage.
New talent was featured in
State's 130-pound class. He was
Hal Byers. Byers handled Cor
nell's co-captain fairly well but
was edged out by his more ex
perienced foe in the final period.
Behind 2-1 at the time, Blackman
was able to grab one of Byers'
legs, wrestling from the neutral
position. He lifted it into the air
and after several attempts, Black
man successfully tripped Byers to
the canvas for a take down and
handed State's sophomore his
first defeat.
(Continued on page seven)
Kois Boxing Captain
Major hold-overs in boxing at
Penn State are 132-pound Sam
Butler, and 178-pound Adam Kois.
Kois is captain-elect a the team.
By SAM PROCOPIO
Grid League
Possibilities
re Sought
Athletic directors at the Univer
sities
of Pitt and Penn State, Tom
Hamilton and Dean Ernest B. Mc-
Coy, have been exploring all the
possibilities of football confer
ences, according to a report by
the Pittsburgh Press.
Their number one goal, the
Press said, was to interest Army
and Navy in such a conference. As
a result of the Ivy League move
the outlook has improved.
The Ivy League announced it
planned to withdraw from most
outside football competition. This
makes it even more imperative
for the Eastern independents to
get together.
There would be no trouble get
ting together enough eastern
schools to make up a league, but
Pitt and Penn State have too
many considerations involved to
be hasty, the Press said.
The Panthers and Lions don't
intend to jump into any league
though, the Press continued, un
til they learn if Army and Navy
are available.
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Hogan Wins Belt
As Professional
Athlete of Year
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 11 (JP)
—Ben Hogan, Texas golfer who
swept the U.S. and Bi'itish Open
championships and the Augusta
Masters in 1953 today won the
Ray Hickok $lO,OOO belt as "Pro
fessional Athlete of the Year."
. Hogan's decisive triumph in the
voting of spor t s writers and
sports casters was announced at
tonight's annual Rochester Press-
Radio Club dinner for the infantile
paralysis fund. Hogan was not
present to accept the award.
The 41-year-old golf wizard wan
three monthly ballots in '53, April,
June and July to coincide with his
important triumphs. He received
51 first place votes among the 93
ballots.and a total of 201 points on
a 3-2-1 point basis.
Roy Campanella, Brooklyn
catcher who was voted most valu
able player in the National Lea
gue for the second time in three
years, finished second to Hogan
with 21 firsts and 102 points.
Ted Williams' brilliant perform
ance for the Boston Red Sox after
his return from Korea won third
place with seven firsts and 53
points. Kid Gavilan, the welter
champ who was voted "Fighter of
the Year" by the Boxing Writers
Association was fourth with one
first and 47 points. Then came
Billy Martin, Yankee World Series
star, with 2 firsts and 36 points.
Willie Shoemaker, the record
breaking jockey had two firsts
and 30 points.
Maiden Season
Ken Hosterman, protege of for
mer coach Bill Jeffrey, won 5 and
lost 2 in his first season at the
Penn State soccer helm.
Polio Victim
Penn State's Eastern side horse
titlist, Bob Lawrence of Wynne
wood was crippled as a youth by
a polio attack.
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Seek Sixth Tomorrow
Against West Virginia
Back on the road after two straight home games, the Nit
tany Lion basketball team meets West Virginia University
tomorrow night at Morgantown, W. Va., seeking a follow-up
win of their 78-58 triumph over Colgate Saturday night.
The Nittany victory over the Raiders boosted their season
total to 5-1 as they won their third straight home game of the
year before a capacity crowd at Rec Hall.
The Raiders came to town with a poor 1-3 record, claiming
only a victory over weak St. Lawrence. But for the first quar
ter, the Hamilton, N.Y. quintet
alin o s t booby-trapped Elmer
Gross' high-flying Lions behind
the floormanship and dead-eye
shooting of guard Frank Patter
son
Lead 19-16 at Quarter
However, after leading by only
three points, 19-16, at the end of
the period, the Nittanies coolly
and deftly pulled away from' the
Raiders to turn the contest into
an eventual rout.
With Captain Jack Sherry and
Jesse Arnelle fir in g 18 points
apiece into the nets to lead the
Nittany scoring, State effectively
combined a fast-breaking offense
with their pressing zone-defense
to win the game with ease in the
second half.
Arnelle consistently split the
nets with his pivot shots from
around the key-hole and did a
masterful job under the basket,
while Sherry provided the Lions
with an extra scoring punch
through his jet-propelled driving
lay-up shots.
Haag Scores 14
And when these two weren't
scoring Ed Haag took over the
reins with an expert bit of set
shot artistry from the corners
which netted him 14 points.
Once again, however, 'it was
Ron Weidenhamp.er who pro
vided the Nittanies with the spark
that kept their fast break game
TUESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1954
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By DICK McDOWELL
alive. The 6-1 guard, although he
scored only five points himself,
was the key man in the many
of the Penn State scoring plays
with his sparkling floor play.
The Raiders found early in, the
game that they were going to
have trouble penetrating the ag
gressive Lion defense and em
ployed a snappy passing game.
However, the scoring had to be
done, for the most part, from the
outside. and Patterson, who was
high man for the night with 22
points, began scoring from the
back court with his accurate two
hand set shots.
The 6-3 senior demonstrated
early in the game that he was
going to be a tough man to reckon
with when he split the cords with
four straight sets. His passing, and
ball handling proved to be. the
backbone of the Colgate offense
before the night was over.
The Raiders opened the scoring
when guard Don Ronnie and cen
ter Milt Graham each scored foul
points, and the first 1 / 4 -mile was
on. The lead changed hands sev
en .times before the Lions could
gain a 13-12 margin late in the
period. And it wasn't until they
increased the margin to 26-23 in
the second period that they began
to move away from the Raiders.
(Continued on page seven)
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