SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1954 Pitt Tests Floormen Tonight Lions Are 6-Point Underdogs To Capture Eleventh Victory The Penn State basketball team tackles The University of Pitts burgh tonight at the Pitt Memorial Field House ,in what promises to be one of the Nittanies’ toughest encounters of the season. . Coach Elmer Gross’ floormen invade the Panthers carrying a four-game win streak and a 10-2 record. The Lions have lost only to North Carolina State and Navy. However, it was Pitt who gave the Lions their toughest scrap of the year when the two teams bat tled for three overtime periods before Penn State finally won the jame, 91-85. Pitt Favored Despite a poor, 5-11 record, the odds-makers have put Bob Tim mons’ quartet in the favorites role tonight, giving them a six point edge. The fact that Pitt is playing on its home court and has improved its play considerably in the past few weeks, probably ex plains the move. The Lions will once again pin most of their hopes on center Jes se Arnelle. The 6-5 junior has to taled 260 points this season for a 21.7 average and has been the top rebounder. In the first meeting between the two clubs he hit his season high when he scored 31 points. Sherry Second Rounding out the Lion five, Gross will use Captain Jack Sher ry, the Lions’- number two score man, and Jim Blocker at the for ward positions. Ron Weidenham mer, and Ed Haag will be. at the guards. The Nittanies lost the game played in Pittsburgh last year, 58-56. in the last five seconds of the game, but came back in the return contest at Rec Hall to win by 20 points. The hair-raising win in the first game this season has undoubtedly instilled a revenge motive at Pitts burgh. and everything points to a close game tonight. The Panthers RALPH FLANAGAN \ and By dick mcdowell found in the first game that they are more successful against the Penn. State zone defense when they forget their “deep-freeze tac tics,” and concentrate on scoring. Led by guard Dutch Burch, they showed Gross’ cagers a flashy fast break attack that was almost enough to bring them a victory. Although the Lions will probably have the edge in heigh + . Pitt’s Dick Deitrick, who has been used in reserve this season, is big enough and rugged enough under the boards to balance the rebound ing strengths to some degree. The game marks the first of three straight road games sched uled for Penn State. Following Pitt,, they meet Syracuse and Colgate returning home Feb. 24 when they meet Gettysburg at Rec Hall. They will wind up the season at' home with successive games with Rutgers, Georgetown, and Temple. Schoendienst Signs ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. (£>)—Red Schoendienst and pitcher Harvey Haddix, both unhappy over early St. Louis Cardinal offers, signed today for substantial pay raises with the Redbirds. Keen Meat Due! Pitt’s unbeaten status points to a keen duel Feb. 27 When Rex Peery’s ever-improving Panthers take on Penn State’s National Col legiate champions ‘in an intra state wrestling meet on the Nit tany Lion mats. Get Your Date Now! Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils His Orchestra "The Best Dance of the Year" FRIDAY, APRIL 2 1.F.C.-Panhel Ball Semi-Formal - Bee Hail - 9 to I Admission $4.00 per couple Thespian Show Dance Tickets on Sale at Student Union Friday, April 2 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA State Authority Approves Two Mew Additions Preliminary approval of the new wing of Buckhout Labora tory and the new unit of the Min eral Sciences Building has been granted by General State Author ity, Walter H. Wiegand, director of the physical plant, has an nounced. Final approval is pending com pletion of minor changes to be made by the contractors, Wiegand said. The buildings are partially oc cupied and are being used for classes this semester. They are projects of the GSA’s $lO million building and improvement pro gram at the University. Work on alterations and addi tions to the equipment in the pow er plant and utility lines is mak ing “normal” progress, Wiegand said. Electrical ducts and lines are being replaced and facilities for additional equipment are being expanded. Work on the project is being done on Shortlidge road near the Temporary Union Build ing. This, too, is a GSA project. The GSA is an organization set up to enable the state to do con struction work beyond the consti tutional debt limit. These projects are generally constructed for in stitutions such as the University, then turned over to the institu tions. Lacrosse Meeting The lacrosse team will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in 110 Electri cal Engineering. Freshman candi dates may also report. Only 1956 football opponent thus far announced by Penn State is Ohio State, to be played at Columbus, 0., Oct. 20. Proudly Present Lions to Renew Relay Rivalry Penn State’s record-busting mile relay squad resumes its due! with ace quartets from Manhattan and Morgan State tonight irf the New York Athletic Club meet in Madison Square Garden, N.Y. Chick Werner’s crack foursome set a hew Nittany mark of 3:19.7 last Saturday in the Garden to wipe out the former record of 3:21.2 established in 1950. The old mark was also set in the Garden by Jim Gehrdes, Guy Kay, Bill Lotkhart, and Wilbur Lancaster. Gehrdes is now both cross-country and track coach at Navy and Lancaster pom petes for the New York AC in the 50-yard dash during the in door campaign, Art Pollard will run in-the lead off slot for the baton-passers. The “Coatesville Comet” will pass the baton to Skip Slocum of Wyncote. Running the third leg for the Lions will be Roy Brunjes of St. Albans, N.Y., and Ollie Sax will run the anchor position. The Blue and White thinclads have won two of their four meets this season. Manhattan and Mor gan State each captured the mile relay victory once. These three foursomes have been hailed as the fastest in the annuals of in door track. Werner has entered performers in two other events —Pollard in the hurdles and Sax in the 500- yard run. Both will be up against the cream of the crop in their respective fields. This will be Sax’s initial at tempt at the 500 this year. He competed twicte in *the 600-yard event, finishing fourth both times. Pollard will be battling most of the nation’s top hurdlers once again. His best showing was a second place finish behind Olym pic 200-meter titlist Andy Stan field. Next Saturday the Lions will SATURDAY, APRIL 3 Fraternity Dances Thespian Show By HERM WEISKOPF engage in the battle of the year— the IC4A championship meet in N.Y. Last season the Lions placed second behind Manhattan in the tussle for team honors. 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