'THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1954
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"In The Mood"
By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
There was plenty of eyebrow lifting when Penn State's
unheralded basketball team won its games last weekend.
Although only a few have recuperated from the shock, prac
tically everyone is still asking the $64 question. How did the
Lions do it?
We don't have the answer either. We did, however, come
across the following story.
"I was busy answering questions by sports writers and
told Captain Jack Sherry to put the team through its paces.
until I was free," Coadh Elmer
Gross of Penn State said.
"A few minutes later Sherry
came over and obtained my per
mission for a fast-break workout.
"Then I happened to notice the
team out of the corner of my eye
while talking to the writers. I
became embarrassed. My boys
were tripping over each other in
the fast break.
"I excused myself and walked
over to the team. I told them I
was ashamed of the fast-break
performance."
After the interview the Lion
coach walked into the locker room
where he was greeted by a mes
sage written on a blackboard.
The note read: "To Coach
Gross—You have a damn fine
team. Signed—The Squad."
Gross pondered the message
and then scribbled on the board:-
"To the sq u a d—We'll see.
Signed—The Coach."
The challenge was• accepted and
accomplished.
Now there is another. A report
er questioned Gross as to how he
believed his team w o ul d fare
against LaSalle tomorrow. Gross
replied: "I'll let the boys answer
it—at KansaS City."
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS? It
occurred this year in basketball.
Notre Dame beat Holy Cross.
Holy Cross defeated Duquesne.
Duquesne beat Pitt. Pitt defeated
Penn State. Penn State beat
Notre Dame.
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, FAMOUS LAST WORDS! Of
ficials are too often blamed for
mistakes of players and coaches,"
says Jocko Collins, veteran bas
ketball referee. "If officials made
as many mistakes as players and
coaches during a game, the of
ficials would be hung before half
time."
IT SAYS HERE: It's more than
one month now since Terry Bren
nan •has been named as Notre
Dame's new football coach. It
Was quite an honor for Brennan.
But did you know that his nom
ination started a controversy?
Writers began writing to the ef
fect that he was the youngest
ever to be named for a top job
in that field. He is 25 years old.
Then came the stories. Frank
Carideo was 24 when be became
coach at Missouri. Penn State
record-keepers noted that former
Penn All-American Bill Holien
back took command of Penn State
football in 1909 at the age of 23.
(He produced three unbeaten
teams in four years, and his un
beaten, untied eleven of 1912 was
rated among the best in the na
tion.)
Max Kase, New York sports
scribe. followed that Ted Coy was
only 22 when he took over at
Yale in 1910.
Bridge anyone?
REACTION? It was brought to
our attention that we once went
on record (Jan. 5, 1954) as saying
"There's no justice in polls—bas
ketball, football, or whatever
sport it may be."
Well, what it adds up to simply
is that we still are inclined to be
lieve there's no justice in polls—
barring none.
IT HAPPENED! During the
Lehigh-Penn State dual meet at
Bethlehem, there was some con
fusion following the' Ed Eichel
berger-Jerry Maurey match. Mau
rey was leading 3-0 with less than
one half minute remaining. Eich
elberger escaped, took down Mau
rey and then had the Penn Stater
in a near fall position. The buzzer
rang. The referee did not hear it.
Eichelberger had Maurey prac
tically pinned. But just before
the ref tapped off a fall, Coach
Charlie Speidel slid across the
mat on his stomach to notify the
referee that time had run out.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
12 Score Wins
In intramural
\/-ball Contests
Three independen•z, and nine
fraternity teams posted wins
Tuesday night as intramural vol
leyball action continued at Red
Hall.
The Sixty-Niners overpowered
the Perm State Club, 15-6, 15-11.
The Sexsy Six took a close one
from the Mighty Termites, 15-11,
13-15, 15-9, while the Mcnvain
Men beat Nittany Co-op-B, 15-8,
8-15, 15-11.
Beta Sigma Rho eliminated Phi
Kappa Sigma, 15-4, 15-7. Phi Sig
ma Delta smashed Theta Chi, 15-5,
1541. while Beta Theta Pi
whipped Delta Theta Sigma, 15-8,
15-11. Sigma Nu was too much for
Kappa Delta Rho, 15-10, 15-8. and
Alpha Epsilon Pi walked all over
Pi Kappa Phi, 15-8, 15-3.
Delta Sigma Phi beat Acacia,
6-15, 15-7, 15-13, Kappa Delta Rho
won out over Sigma Chi in a close
one, 15-2,.13-15, 15-8, while Alpha
Sigma Phi defeated Delta Upsi
lon. 15-10. 11-15, 15-4. Zeta Beta
Tau then closed out the night with
a forfeit win over Delta Tau
Delta.
WRY► Results
BADMINTON
Zeta Tau Alpha over Sigma Del
ta Tau
Delta Delta Delta over Alpha Chi
Omega
Kappa Alpha Theta over Alpha
Omicron Pi
Alpha Xi Delta over Thompson
1 & 2
Kappa Kappa Gamma over Kap
pa Delta
Gamma Phi Beta over Atherton
Leonides over Phi Sigma Sigma
Delta Zeta over Alpha Epsilon Phi
BOWLING
TriVi over Beta Sigma Omicron
Phi Mu over Mac Hall
Little Lions' over Alpha G. Delta
Crickets' chirps have surprising
carrying power. One cricket bare
ly an inch long sounds a note
audible for almost a mile.
24-hour service on tennis racket re-stringing
E'es4
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Returning Veterans
Lift Lacrosse Hopes
Penn State lacrosse coach 'Nick' Thiel is looking forward to a
good season in 1954. The Lions won their last game of the '53 season,
and Thiel is planning to continue from there.
This year's more experienced team is getting a lift from three
returning servicemen: middlefielder Al Fulton, who was high scorer
the last season he ,played, attack
er Jim Reed, and goalie Dan
Grove. Grove will probably start
at defense if Don Bell, 1952 goalie,
bests his injuries.
Juniors Dick Klein and Ron
Youtz will round out the attack,
while Lion Captain Dave Arnold
and Grale Bickelhaupt will help
handle middlefield. Here, Thiel
has his biggest problem. He lacks
depth in the middle position.
Defensively, Thiel can rely on
James Hay, the only regular re
turning, Herb Horikawa, and Dub
Weidner.
Noticeable losses to the team
resulted from the graduation of
Butch Hockersmith, a tremen
dous scorer, and Thomas Golds
worthy.
With the fact that so few high
schools have lacrosse teams, the
Lions must start from scratch
each season. Thiel gives the play
ers most of their knowledge of
the game. But even so, a promis
ing group of sophomores are com
peting for this year's positions,
and the outlook for 1955 is very
bright.
The 1954 season opens at home
with Kenyon, the defending Ohio
champions. All the home events
will take place on New Beaver
Field and will begin at 2 p.m
The lacrosse schedule for '54
includes:
April` 10—Kenyon (home)
April 14—Navy (away)
April 15—Loyola (away)
April 24—Penn (away)
April 30—Hobart (away)
May I—Syracuse (away)
May B—Rutgers (home)
May 15—Swarthmore (home)
May 22—Cornell (home)
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Seven Advance
In H-ball Tourney
Seven fraternities advanced en
trants in the intramural handball
singles tournament in action Tues
day night.
Ben Lentz, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
had the easiest game as he de
feated Bob Seibel, Phi Sigma Kap
pa, in two sets 21-0, 21-1.
In other games played, Claude
Profitt, Delta Upsilon, beat Lewis
Landon, Sigma Pi, 21-4, 21-11.
Tony Procopio, Tau Phi Delta,
whipped Marvin Goldberg, Sigma
Alpha Mu, 21-17 and 21-12. Frank
DeSalle, Phi Delta Theta, defeated
John Cooper, Chi Phi, 21-6. 21-10.
Bob Biggs, Kappa Sigma, won
in two sets from Paul Ebert, Alpha
Zeta, 21-6 and 21-14. Herb Hollo
well. Delta Tau Delta, defeated
Claude Boni, Alpha Epsilon Pi,
21-7 and 21-18.
George Canaga, Sigma Chi,
eliminated Claude Glou, Beta Sig
ma Rho, 21-5 and 21-0.
Yanks' Carey infured
As Jinx Continues
ST. PETERSBURG, March 17
(JP)—A player was injured at Al
Lang field for the fifth straight
day today when Andy Ca r esy,
third baseman of the New York
Yankees, was cut on the face in a
freak accident.
Carey was standing behind the
batting cage when a foul tip broke
the netting and hit him on the
cheek. No stitches were required
to close the wound.
William Penn was born on Oct
24, 1644.
from
*WRIGHT & DITSON
*WRALLINGS
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