The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 14, 1954, Image 6

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ArneS leV 24
Points Pace
74-66 Win
By dick McDowell
Spurting ahead late in the
fourth quarter, the Penn State
basketball team won it’s sixth
game of the season last night,
whipping a tough West Virginia
quintet, 74-66 at Morgantown.
The Lions, led by center Jesse
Arnelle, .who poured 24 points
through the hoops and did most
of the rebounding, had a hard
time containing the Mountaineers
fast-breaking offense and never
once held a commanding lead.
Although outscored by 20 points
from the floor, the southerners
were able to stay within striking
distance throughout the contest as
their tight pressing man-for-man
defense held the Lion shooting to
a minimum. However, the Nit
tanies hit on big percentage of
their shots, and after gaining a
17-16 lead late in the first period
were never headed after that.
Arnelle Ton Scorer
Once again Arnelle was the big
gun for the Lions, scoring from al
most every angle and .grabbing a
big share of the rebounds, both oh
offense and defense.
The Nittany defense was able to
hold Mountie ace Eddie Becker to
only 11 points but found trouble
in captain Red Holmes who drop
ped 20 points and kept the Wes:
Virginians in the running right
up to the final whistle.
Clinch Win in 4th
With the score tied at 62-62 mid
way in the final period, Arnelle’s
jump shot, from 10 feet out put
the Nittanies ahead for good, and
Jim Brewer’s driving lay-up in
creased the lead to four points,
Willie Bergines added one point
from the foul line and then Earl
Fields’ foul point, Jim Brewer’s
jump shot, and Dave Edwards
free toss, put the Lions ahead,
70-63. However, three quick
Mountie foul points narrowed
the gap to four points again with
less than a minute to go. The
Lions held the'ball, though, and
then Edwards hit on a one-hand
ed push shot and Ron Weiden
hainmer cut the nets with a 20
foot set just before the buzzer
to make the final score 74-66.
West Virginia made it known
early in the first quarter that they
were not a team to take lightly,
although they had not been too
impressive all season, winning
only four games against f i v.e
losses.
Lions Open Scoring
The Lions opened the scoring
with Weidenhammer’s foul point
but didn’t hold the lead long
when Becker hit on a jump 'shot.
Jack Sherry’s foul point and Ar
nelle’s layup put the Nittanies
back in front and then West Vir
ginia scored eight straight points
to take a 10-4 lead. However, with
Arnelle hitting for 13 markers in
the quarter, Coach Elmer Gross’
quintet was able to overhaul the
Mounties and led 21-20 at the end
of the period.
(Continued on page seven)
Newman Blub
Basketball
Team Practice
8:15 P.M. L.S.A.
Jesse Arnelle
Lion’s High Scorer
NCAA Backs
One-Platoon
Football Rules
SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 13 (A 3 ) —
College football’s one-platoon sys
tem is here to stay.
The NCAA Football Rules Com
mittee, after hearing some 40 pro
l isals to liberalize the limited sub
stitution rule, turned them all
down in today’s final session.
“One-platooi football found in
creasing favor among the public,
the coaches, the players and ev
erybody during the 1953 season,”
said committee secretary E. E.
Wieman, from the University of
Denver.
“We were not willing to make
any changes until we have had
another year of experience with
it.”
The committee strongly con
demned the faking of injuries to
stop the clock and the “sucker
shift” which is intended to pull
the opposition offside.
No rules changes were made
but the committee pleaded with
the country’s college coaches to
eliminate “this unethical practice
from the great American game
for which they have a primary re
sponsibility.”
In a resolution on the faked in
jury problem, the committee de
clared that “feigning injuries for
the purpose of gaining additional,
undeserved time is dishonest, un
sportsmanlike and contrary to the
rules.”
If these practices are not stopped
voluntarily, the committee indi
cated, the rule book will be re
written next year to take care of
them.
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Nighthawks,
Idiots Break
Cage Tie
Only, two of the seven indepen
dent intramural basketball games
played Tuesday night at Rec Hall
had any real significance attached
to them. A victory for the Night
hawks coupled with a defeat for
the Idiots broke a firstplace tie in
league G.
Although leading at halftime
11-9, the Idiots failed to cop their,
fifth straight game as the Five
Roses came out on top, 22-19.
John Miller of the winners led all
scoring with 11 points collected
on five field goals and a single
free throw. The victory enabled
the Five Roses to enter a second
place tie with the Idiots. The
Nighthawks had little trouble dei
feating the Radads, 38-14, as they
held a 19-4 halftime edge. It was
the fifth straight loss for the Ra
dads whose team total of 14 points
was equalled by Ronald Kutz of
the victorious Nighthawks.
EMR gained possession of sec
ond place in league C by hand
ing the Irvineers theii fourth loss
in five games. 28-20. EMR held
a commanding 21-5 lead at half
time. Martin Kauffman tallied
four field goals for 8 points to
’ead the scoring for EMR, while
teammate John Hex s h had 7
ooints. .
In another league C game, the
Schmoes were outscored in the
second half 13-4, but still man
aged to get past the Charlie Watts,
25-23, thanks to a comfortable
halftime advantage. .Ronald Pur
die did the best he could with 13
points, but the Charlies went
down to defeat for the sixth con
secutive time. It was the Schmoe’s
second win in six tries.
Second place in league B was
thrown into a tie oetween Irvin
Hall and the Meteors when the
latter knocked off the Beta Watts,
43-22. Donald Krider with 14 and
Paul Wolfe with 12 led the scor
ing for the Meteors. The loss was
Beta Watts’ fourth against two
wins! In a not-so-important league
B game, the Iso Gang crushed the
Plungers, 33-18, to even,its won
lost record at 3 and 3.. Iso Gang’s
Don Bostock gathered 13 markers
on five fielders and three charity
tosses. Douglas Houck and Charles
Coyle had 9 and 8 points respec
tively for the winners, also.
The Forty-Niners, by virtue of
a 32-26 decision over the Snakes,
moved into second place in league
D with a 5-1 record. Richard
Goldbeck collected 14 points for
the Snakes, who suffered their
first loss.
JACK HARPER
TOMORROW
JANUARY 14
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Swedes Will Give
Lions First Test
Gene Wettstone’s gymnastic squad, in copping the NCAA col
legiate crown at Syracuse to wind up last year’s undefeated season,
proved it was the number one gymnastic team in the country.
However, when it meets the visiting Swedish team Saturday at
Recreation Hall, it’ll be stepping into a new field, international
competition. :
Although this year’s Blue and
White aggregation is a veteran
outfit, composed of many NCAA
standouts, it is sure to find tough
opposition in the Swedes. In fact,
as it seeks its first win of. the
current campaign, it will be fac
ing a team that ranks near the
top -on the list of world-wide gym
nastic powers.
Team Has 13 Members
. The European team will con
sist of 13 gymnasts. Eight of them
will be 1952 Swedish Olympic
team members and five addi
tional stars were chosen from test
competition and an international
meet with Denmark Dec. 10th.
William Thoresson, 1952 Olym
pic champion in free exercise,
will lead the visitors in their
quest of. defeating the Lions. He
is the Swedish national champ in
four events: floor-exercises, paral
lel bars, horizontal bar and long
horse.
List Many Champions
Other stars for the visitors are
Anders Lindh, sixth in Olympic
floor-exercises and Swedish cham
pion nine times, and Borje Stat
tin, Swedish and Scandinavian
champion in four events. The lat
ter is considered the Swedes’ best
all-around competitor. Stattin was
also an individual winner in the
international match against Den
mark.
Thoresson is a tumbling expert,
Lindh stands out in tumbling and
the high-horse vault, and Stattin
excels, on the horizontal bar.
Lennart Lundgren, a member
of the Swedish National team,
will participate! on the side horse
and horizontal bar. A member of
the 1952 Olympic team, his best
events are free exercises and the
H-bgr,
Olympic Performer
Arne Carlson, Swedish cham
pion in 1946 arid 1947, is expected
to perform in calisthenics and on
the parallel bars. He too was a
member of the 1952 Olympic
team.
Kurt Wigartz will furnish the
Boston!;
GENUINE SHELL
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1954
By RON GATEHOUSE
Lions’ opposition on the side
horse. He was Sweden’s junior,
champion in 1951. A member of
both the National and Olympic
teams, his outstanding events are
free exercises, long-horse and
tumbling.
Staffan Karlsson, Swedish jun
ior champion of the past year,
excells in tumbling. At 18 he is
the youngest member of the team.
Most of the Swedes are between
20 and 28 years of'age.
.The remaining, Swedish com
petitors are Hellmut Rohnisch,
1945 Swedish champion, member
of the '■ Swedish National team
since 1946, and a champion on the
horizontal bar; Rune Ericksson,
excelling on the long-horse; Nils
Sjoberg, member of the National
and Olympic teams, and perform
ing best on the H-bar and in
tumbling; Lennart Malmlin,
standing out in free exercises and
tumbling; Ake Jansson, aspirant
to the world-championship in
1954 and best in free exercises;
and Arne Lind, - excellent all
around gymnast, a reserve in the
1952 Olympics, and excelling in
free exercises and the long-horse.
Phillies Trade 4
For Dickson
PHILADELPHIA,. Jan. 13 (£>)—
The Philadelphia Phillies today
purchased pitcher Murry Dickson
from the Pittsburgh Pirates for
infielder Jack Lohrke, pitcher An
dy Hansen and $BO,OOO in cash.
Bob Carpenter, president of the
Phillies, announced the acquisi
tion of the 37-year-old righthand
er at a press conference in the
club office. Carpenter long has
coveted the Pirate pitcher, but
previously had been unsuccessful
in prying him loose from Pitts
burgh General Manager Branch
Rickey.
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