FRIpAY• NOVEMBER 12. 1954 Pitt, Are By HERM WEISKOPF Although the Nittany cross-country team lost four of five meets this season, it was de feated by some of the best squads in the East. Pitt, Manhattan, and Cornell three of the top threats to capture this year's Inter collegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America crown all defeated Penn State in regular-season competition. Carl Olson's Panthers appear to have the balance, experience, depth, and ability to win Monday's 46th running of the IC4A championship race at Van Cortlandt Park, N.Y. Should Pitt win the title it would be its first victory since the IC4A run for the roses was begun in 1908. "Arnie Sowell, sensational soph omore speedster, led the Panthers to their second undefeated cam paign in a row. Pitt has run up a string of 17 victories in a row in regular-season meets. The Pan thers finished second in last year's IC4A title run. Behind Sowell Olson has four other top-notch hill-and-dalers. Jim Moore, Captain Alan Gunder son, Jack Schubert, and Thorn ton Smith are the quartet of har riers that Pitt will be counting on to back up Sowell. Jaspers Won Met Title Manhattan has come back with a kick since losing its opening meet to Providence. George East ment's -harriers tripped Penn State in the Lions' final meet of the season, 25-31. On Tuesday the Jaspers won the Metropolitan In tercollegiate varsity cross-country meet for the seventh time in eight years. Manhattan copped the crown with just 32 points and showed good balance in its lineup: Bob Sbarra, one of the East's top dis tance runners, finished second with a sensational 24:47 clocking 9 Teams Advance 1 In INI Court Play Eight independent and one fra ternity game highlighted IM bas ketball in action at Rec Hall Wed nesday night. The Ag Hill Diners swept by the Wenshobees in the opening contest, 29-23; the State Club roll ed over SKF 27-18, as Jack Nich ols led the winners with 20 points. The Spar tans defeated the House of David, 35-31, after trail ing at halftime 18-15. The Vikings edged out the Cougars 31-30, with the winning toss coming in the last second of play. The Geeche Birds fought back to beat the En gineering Colts 31-22. They were losing at halftime 1342. Nittany Co-Op overwhelmed the Engineers 36-13, the Epars routed Cody Manor 34-7, with the latter team scorin g ; only 2 goals in the second half. Wesley 5 beat the Crusaders in a low scoring af fair, 17-13, and in the final game Theta Kappa Phi defeated Tri angle -3644. . • ... ;NIL • --•- - PROUD OF '- YOUR HAIM You should be because it may not be with you long. Keep it trim and looking sharp. Get your hair cut at Smith's HOWARD T. SMITH BARBER SHOP 210 S. ALLEN ACROSS.. FROM THE POST OFFICE (Next to Hartman Electric) Manhattan, Cornell Top IC4A Threats for the five-mile Van Cortlandt Park layout. This time is better than that turned in by Johnny Kelly of Rhode Island when he won the" IC4A individual crown last year on the same course. Kelly's winning time was 24:51. Deßraggio Fifth Jim Deßraggio paced a string of Manhattan runners to the fin ish line, covering the course in 25:44 for fifth place, just one sec ond out of fourth. Rounding out the Jaspers', scoring were Bill St. Clair, seventh;. Gerry Malloy, eighth; and Phil Rios, ninth. John Rosenbaum of Cornell successfully defended his Hepta gonal Games title last Friday and led his team to victory over nine other squads. Lou Montgomery's harriers won the race without the services of Charley Trayford, one of the top runners on the team. Don Farley finished fourth for the Big Red and Paul Loberg came in seventh. Mike Brown, who placed 13th, and Howard Shearer, who was 23rd, were Cornell's other scorers. Cornell won the Heptagonal Games crown with 48 points, fin ishing well in front of Army, who had 60. We Serve SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN Choice of 2 Vegetables and Salad Hot' Rolls and Coffee or Specially Prepared Combination Salad Crispy Hot French Fries & Rolls CAMPUS RESTAURANT 142 E. College (Opp. Old Main) THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Jones Favored To Beat Constance . NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (JP) Ralph (Tiger) Jones, the ever ready Yonkers, N.Y., middle weight, puts Trinidad's ambitious Hector Constance to the test to morrow night in Madison Square Garden. Constance wants to move, and he - may •be the guy to restore a little lustre to the fading, welter weight division. The 26-year-old West Indian Negro -drew with Johnny Brown and upset Chico Varona, - then the No. 6 welter weight contender, in his two American starts. The long-armed invader says. he's just getting ac customed to the more rugged American style of • boxing. He's done most of his pro scrapping in England. Although the Tiger has lost three in a row, he has been es tablished an' 8-5 favorite to hand Hector his first U.S. defeat in their 10-rounder which will be broadcast and telecast, NBC radio and TV, 10 p.m., (EST). Four Cop Grid Wins; Enter Finals Tonight The Fireballs of the independent intramural football league will be gunning for their fourth straight independent title when they meet Nittany'Dorm 27 at 7 tonight on Beaver Field. The Fireballs gained the finals by trouncing the Mc- Kee Barfers, 32-6 last night in semi-final play. It was the Fireballs' 22nd victory in a row: Nittany 27 nipped Pollock 4,' 2-0, on a safety in the waning moments of the game. Phi Delta Theta will meet Del to .Sigma. Phi in the fraternity championship game following the independent contest. The Phi Delts clicked on several four-man pass plays to blank Phi Kappa, 6-0, while the Delta Sigs defeated Sigma Pi, 9-0. The Fireballs could not form an - attack in the first half against the McKee Barfers as penalties proved costly. In the second half, however, they came alive to score 26 points and turn the game into a rout. The Barfers drew first blood early in the firSt half when Mac MacKenzie lOoped a long pass to Mark Goldsmith on a touch down play that covered 64 yards. Minutes later, Walt Laska threw a scoring pass to sleeper John Pepe to bring the half-time score to• 6-6. • The Fireballs began their sec ond half barrage when Bob Wil liams intercepted on the McKee 20 and lobbed an easy shot to Joe Besecker to give the Fire balls a 12-6 lead. With Laska fir ing, Don Egan, Pepe, and Wil liams grabbed TD passes as the Fireballs salted away number 22 in a row. In an interception-dizzy second EXCLUSIVE AT NUR'S Heusen Shirts Van litteo rtes the blue and green freshma "He's cute," said one coed to another. "Umm, hxnm, but he's crazy," replied Coed Two. "Crazy how?" asked the first. "Well, for one thing, look how he dresses. He has a whale wardrobe of those perfectly stunning Van Heuser Vanahue shirts . . . you know the beautiful colored ones with the wonderful collar styles, those short ones and button-downs and spreads and everything?" "He must be loaded," commented No. 1. cute." "Silly. You don't have to be rich to own Vanahue Shire. They may look like custom shirts, but they only cost $3.95. 1 0 "So what's so crazy?" "Look at him," replied No. 2. He's got on that kmety green Vanahue with a blue suit." "1 don't care. He's cute." "But he could wear almost any of his others . .. the pink, the yellow, the blue, or even the vintage. It's only because he's nuts." Shortly thereafter, our No. 1 girl met the freshman its question at the drug store. With astonishing tact, she said• "My girl friend thinks you're nuts." "So does my room-mate," he replied sadly. "Why?" "Just because I like pancakes." "I hive pancakes," she answered. "You do? Well, gee, come over to the fraternity hotarna I've got trunks of 'em." "You're cute," she said. MORAL: Women are nuts By EARL KOHNFELDER half, Nittany 27 finally capitalized to edge Pollock 4. Action:stepped up midway in the final half when Dorm 27's Dick .Montgomery squirmed up the middle for 40 yards, . placing the ball- on Pol lock 4's 40. Following Bob Grefe's intercep tion on his own fiVe, Nittany 27's Jack Tritt broke through to tag Charlie Hoffman in the endzone, giving the Nittany Dorm its 2-0. victory. Once again it was Frank De-. Salle who led Phi Delta Theta to its win. Sure-fire passing and pass-receiving plus some timely defensive maneuvers by DeSalle put the Phi Delis in tonight's final:' The winners began their 75-yard scoring drive when De- Salle , lateralled to Dave Hubert who started the ball on its way. Bill Kutz took his toss and : threw to DeSalle who had cut down the middle. The play carried to Phi Kap's 35.. Then, on- a similar play, De- Salle pitched to Kutz, took a re turn throw, and whipped a , long pass to 'Tad Potter on the right. Potter was caught on the three, and on the ,next play , Kutz hit DeSalle with a bullet and Phi Delt had its winning margin. OPPOSITE OW MAIN (and the pancakes) PAGE -,4‘irpt "He's pray
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