PIIkGE: SIX Floormen <`; ymnasts Lions Battle Rutgers 's' At Rec Hall By DICK McDOWELL The tournament-bound Penn State basketball team meets Rutgers University tonight in the second event of a double feature sports program at Rec Hall. The game will be played following 'the Penn State-Pitt wrestling match. The Lions will be seeking their 12th win in the first of a trio of contests scheduled between now and March 9, the date set for their gaine with Toledo in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs. Georgetown and Temple in vade the Nittanies Wednesday and Saturday to polish off the 19- game schedule. The eleventh hour bid Thurs day from the NCAA committee has probably boosted fan interest in Coach Elmer Gross' quintet as' they turn down the home stretch of the regular season, carrying an' 11-5 record. And from all appear ances the cagers may head for Fort Wayne with a 14-5 mark. ; Sundstrom 4th Rebounder Rutgers should pose no prob lem tonight although the presence of lanky . center Norm Sundstrom and forward Fred Gordon could make the Scarlet a very threaten ing ball club. Sundstrom is ranked fourth among the nation's re bounders by the NCAA and Gor don is 43rd in the individual scor ing column. The. Scarlet, 10-9 over the regu lar season, have beaten three Lion opponents—Gettysburg, Bucknell, and Colgate. Gross said yesterday he is ex pecting Rutgers to be plenty tough on the Lions. Last year Coach Don White's quintet dumped Penn State by 14 points. Arnelle, Sherry Lead Scorers Leading the Nittany attack once again will probably be center Jesse Arnelle and captain Jack Sherry. The pair have been most consistent scorers for Gross this season. Bob Rohland or Earl Fields will probably pair with Sherry at the forwards , and Ed Haag and Ron Weidenhammer will be in the guard positions. On paper the Lions should have no trouble winning their last three games. However, they can, by no means, be considered warm up contests for the coming NCAA challenge against Toledo. Georgetown has been a hot and cold team this season and can be very dangerous on a good night. Temple, billed as one of the best in the east on pre-season dope sheets, has also had its ups and downs. The owls most .outstand ing feat this season was a two point upset of highly-ranked La- Salle. Bowling Tournament LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 26 (P) —The 29th annual Knights of Columbus national bowling tour nament opens tomorrow wit li some 5000 keglers scheduled to roll for nearly $25,000 in prizes by April 11. '''•:t Frosh Host Pitt If Penn State's varsity ma t coach Charlie Speidel and Pitt tactician, Rex Peery, are already looking ahead to next season, no body can blame them. The reason should be obvious to fans at the Lion-Panther freshman wrestling meet today at 3:30 p.m. in Rec Hall. Admission is free. Both coaches, in keeping with their teams' standing as powers of the East, have assembled a lot of talent which is certain to blos som forth in futUre years. Thus the meet. which will end the sea son 'for the Nittanv frosh, should be a cro-::1-:,1?aser. Both tc:l ar.? well-balanced, and both are particularly strong Amelia Given AP Honorable Mention Penn State center Jesse Ar nelle was given honorable men tion yesterday in the Associated Press all-American basketball selections. Arnelle was one of 27 college players selected by 365 sports writers and broad casters. The 6-5 junior, who has smashed just about every exist ing scoring record at the Uni versity, is averaging 21.9 points a game in 16 contests, with a score of 351 points. He has three games left to play in the regu lar season, Arnelle is the o/Aly player ever to score more than 1000 points at Penn State in three seasons. He has already eclipsed the ca reer scoring record set by Lou Lamie in 1949 with a full sea son yet to play. ngrnen Seek , 41 ainst Charlottesville, Va., will be the scene of the Perin State boxing team's fifth season at tempt to obtain a partial salvage of the 1954 season tonight. The Lions will meet an experienced Virginian eight, but they won't be able to bank on a similar edge as five sophomores carry the bulk of Coach Eddie Sulkowski's victory hopes. In the three lightweight divisions, 125, 132, and 139-pounds, Coach Eddie Sulkowskt will be seeking at least one victory. Harry Papacharalambous, a junior with a 1-3 chart, A Names All-American Cage Team NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (W)— Frank Selvy, Don Schlundt, TOrn Gola, Cliff Hagan and Bob Pet .tit -were perhaps the happiest col lege basketball players in th é country today. And these young men from Fur man, Indiana, LaSalle, Kentucky and Louisiana State, respectively, had good reason to be elated. They were picked today to corn. prise the 1954 Associated- Press collegiate All-America basketball team. What about Bevo Francis of little Rio Grande College in Ohio? Well, the controversial 6 foot 9 sophomore topped a second team along with Indiana's Bob Leonard, Kentucky's Frank Rarn.sey, DU quesne's Dick Ricketts and West ern Kentucky's Tom Marshall. Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross; Am-' old Short, Oklahoma City; Bob Mattick, Oklahoma A&M; John ny Kerr, Illinois, and Dickie Hem= ric, Wake Forest, were chosen as a third team. Honorable mention went to 27 additional players topped by Gene Shue, Maryland; Si Green and Jim Tucker, Duquesne; Paul Eb ert, Ohio State, Bud Matheny, California; Larry Costello, Niag ara; Bob Schafer, Villanova; and Jesse Arnelle, Penn State. in the lower weights. Perhaps the In the opening match this after standout match of the day will be noon, Lion George Smith will face in the 130-pound claSs. Bill Rulings in the 123-pound _ . Pitt's Ed Peery, son of the Pan ther varsity mentor and whose brother Hugh is a defending NC AA champ, will square off against the Lion's highly-rated Sid Nod land. Both competed with varsity men in the Wilkes College tour ney in December. Peery walked off with top honors in his divi- sion, while Nodland reached the semi-finals The Lions' only other meet this season resulted in a 23-11 win ov er Lock Haven State Teachers. Pitt numbers among its vici'm • the TL::h;•*h E - -;i1 - !e!?ro. wh-in they defeated 21-10 at Bethlehem. rHe bAltve COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNMMVANiA Seek 11th Victory; May Clinch Crown Hugh Peery Two-Time NCAA Champ e. xperic ' will hold the lightweight slot for the second consecutive week. One of Pappy's losses came at this weight last week. His two pre vious bouts were at the 132-pound class. Fighting his second meet, soph omore Bob McMath looks for win nurnber one. The Lions' two Oppo nents in the first two weight clas ses have seen considerable ex- Probable Starting Lineups PENN STATE Wt. VIRGINIA Papachara- 125 Banerdt lambous IVlcMath 132 Rush Martin 139 Whitely Stokes 147 Unan nounced DeMay, 156 Potter Breidor 165 Nichols Kois 178 Roberts Coleman Hwt. Creech perience. Both were entered in the Easterns last year. Two of Virginia's weakest links may lie at the 137-pound and hea vyweight divisions. Last year, Coach Al York foileited the 137- pound both tothe Lions. And this year, he forfeited the 147-pound slot to Louisiana State University in the season opener. Grice Whitely has been the York's "jumping bean" in the two different classes during the past two years. Whoever is chosen for the 139-pound bout will meet the Lions' Don Martin, a junior with a 0-2-2 record. Larry Stokes, 147-pounder, own ing the best winning card on the Lion soda& 3-1, will be one of Sulkowski's firmest hopefuls for a victory. Stokes, another sopho= more, has shown continual im- (Continued on page seven) class. After the Peery-Nodland tussle, 137-pounder John Pepe of Penn State will tackle Panther Nick Swentowsky. Gene Barone of Pitt will meet Nittany Dave Adams at 147, while Pitt's George Ulassin gets the call in the 157-pound weight against Penn State's Dan Gray. Penn State will send Jim Haz- en against the Panthers' John Bel- las at 167, while Ron Schirf of Pitt and Jay Live.sey of State P - tc - _ , each other at 177. Heavy -1-'0; Sam Markle of State and fl 'n Wisniewski round out the lineup. NCA A Correction Made for Lions Victory Virginians First Indans Bock Yankee Trade To Cardinals CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (R)—.-Allie Reynolds, as well as Vic Raschi, was tabbed by the New York Yankees to go to the St. Louis Cardinals, but the Cleveland In dians blocked the deal, Sports Ed itor John Carmichael of the Daily News reported today. Writing in his "Barber Shop" column from Tampa, Fla., Car michael said Reynolds would have been available to the Cardinals for $lOO,OOO, but the Indians re fused to waive on the Big Chief as they did on Raschi. "It scares you a little," Car michael quoted an American League executive as saying, "to think that a man of George Weiss' Yankee general manager -baseball ability, could, and would have, let men like Reynolds and Raschi go and still think he can win an other flag." Roberts Signs PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26 (IP) —Robin Roberts signed a 1954 contract with th e Philadelphia Phillies today for what is believed to be the highest salary paid a pitcher in National League his tory. Although neither Roberts nor the club would officially disclose the amount involved, it wa s thought to be well in excess of $40,000. A report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association yesterday said that the winner of the Penn State-Toledo game in the NCAA playoffs March 9, will not meet the Big-Ten cham pion as was previously an nounced. The winner will play the Southeastern Conference win ner instead. Both Kentucky and Louisiana Stale are in conten tion for the southern crown. The L..ons battle Toledo at the Fort Wayne Colliseum in the opening round of the elim inations. Should they win at Fort Wayne they will move into the Eastern Regionals.against either Kentucky or LS'. Men, get those dates for the . . . FORESTRY BALL The All-University Dance FRIDAY, MARCH 12 with Johnny Nicolosi and his Band SEMI-FORMAL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 Temple Meet Can Decide East's Best By RON GATEHOUSE If things go as Lion gym nastic mentor Gene Irett stone expects them to ze Penn State-Teinple dr- -it Philadelphia today, th - rq tany Valers will ad? .ne more achievement to 'heir long list of gym honors, and this one will be in bold print —Eastern champs for the second straight year. The Lions will square off with the Philadelphians in the City of Brotherly Love's South Hall. And there's no reason why the Owls shouldn't fly head-first in to their second loss of the year— at least no reason in black and white. Owls 04rn 2-1 Record At present they own a 2-1 rec ord, with narrow-margin wins coming over Jersey City and Syra cuse. The latter victory came in the form of a slim one point mar gin, 48 1 / 2 -47%. Army succeeded in giving the OWls their only loss. On the other side of the fence, the Lions have sent each and every opponent home with the bitter taste of defeat in their mouths, and they did it with ease. The Cadets, the only common op ponent faced by Temple and the Lions, came closest to injecting the Staters with some- of their own poison, that is if a fifteen point spread can be called close. The Nittanies are the only all winning gym team in the East, and tonight will be clawing to make the , Birds their prey for their 14th successive intercol legiate win, four of , them this season. Jengo Standout on H-bar Captain John Jengo is their big man on the horizontal bar, but Nittany ace Jan Cronstedt should keep him wondering what a first in that event against the Lions f eels like. Cronstedt has not failed to take top honors on the H-bar so far. Along with the H-bar on the evening's top billing will be the duel between State's Skeets Haag and the Owl's Gehe Scholl. In last year's State-Temple meet, which the Lions won 65-31, Scholl carried away first place honors with a respectable 3.7. At the present Haag is making the verticle climb with an identi cal 3.7. 114 Results Sigma Pi 38, Chi Phi 25 Tau Phi Delta 19, Phi Mu Del ta 18 Delta Chi 30, .Alpha Chi Rho 29 Phi Kappa Psi 28, Theta Xi 24 Delta Upsilon 52, Delta. Tau Delta 26 Phi Sigma Delta 31, Kappa Del ta Rho 19 Sigma Chi 15, Phi Gamma Del ta 10 Snakes 24, McElwain Men 22 Dancing 9 to 12 REC HALL $2.00 per Couple
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