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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-
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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
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