pt‘r•:c; c,rse Cagers Swift To Fast Break r-Icectrid of Play Penn State basketball fans who followed the Lion ca gers into the National Collegiate semi-finals last season will prob ably see a new type of Penn State basketball Saturday night when the Nittanies open their 25-game campaign against Dickinson at Rec Hall. Under their new head coach John Egli, the Lions, who posted a 14-5 record last year arid a 4-1 tournament mark, have switched from the deliberate style of offensive play to a fast breaking, pass-and-go team.' Egli took over the coaching job last spring after Elmer Gross re signed and inherited seven letter men for this year's edition. How ever, three of last' year's main stays are absent this season. Ed Haag and. Jim Brewer, two key men in the Lions late rise last year have graduated, and the recent loss of last year's captain Jack Sherry, have hurt pre-sea son prospects. But the Lions still have three of the 1953-54 strong hold back, plus a corps of Gross' reserve strength, and several promising sophomores Arnelle Top Scorer • Leading the field is 6-5 Jesse Arnelle, the able center who has shattered just about every exist ing individual Penn State scor ing . record. The big pivot man, voted to the all-tournament team last season, and recognized on sev eral all-American selection s, scored 507 points for a 21.1 aVer age. He'll be the main scoring threat for the Nittanies. Along with Arnelle in the "big man" category is veteran Jim Blocker, 6-4 forward who proved his worth in the National playoffs. Egli's other returning regular is sharp-shooting Ron Weidenham mer, a ball hawking guard who will be playing his fourth season. Two Positions Open The other two positions appear to be wide open at the moment with five or six men .in line for the jobs. Four returnees from, last year—Earl Fields, Rudy Marisa, Bob Rohland and Dave Edwards could break into the lineup for the Saturday inaugural. Two rangy sophomores, 6-7 Bob Ramsey and Joe Hartnett 6-3, are also in hot contention for starting berths and Egli has indicated that both men are in line for plenty, of action. Both players moved up from the 1953 freshman squad. Egli began work with the squad Nov. 1 and immediately installed the fast-breaking offense,. a meas ure he feels will be more suitable to the type players available. However, he will use the Lions famous sliding zone defense that has been vastly successful in past years. The Lion coach feels now that his biggest job is in developing a strong reserve corps. "Once Arnelle and Rohland are ready, our team should be able to give a good account of itself," Egli said, "but in the meantime, my major job will be in the de velopment of an adequate bench." Both players, along . with Bob Hoffman—another veteran who figures to be a lot of help—joined the team late because of football duties. The trio was unable to be gin practice until this week. Egli has a man sized job on his hands this year because he fol lows directly behind a team that became the talk of the nation last season in its cinderella rise in the NCAA tourney. And he is missing three of the key perforin ers. EC UT STUDIO 212 S. Allen Street (above Kay's Corner) FOREIGN LANGUAGE RECORDS Study foreign languages the modern and easy way. Now is the time to start preparing for your trip abroad. We in vite you to listen to our rec ords in French, Spanish, Ger man, Russian, etc. Open this week from 7 p.m. until '2 p.m. ' •-• y( ' „ , Jesse Arnelle Top Lion Scorer One of a series of original Christmas drawings by Paul Brown ,famous Amer ican artist. This Christmas Give Him A Gift Not Generally Available Elsewhere Make this a remembered Christmas by giving him unusual and personal gifts from our distinctive selection custom made ready to wear shirts and neckwear ... Jaeger "made in England" lap robes . . . Forstmann cashmere sweaters . . . McGregor sportswear . . . Mark Cro'ss gloves and leather goods and our own designed sport coats. Every item from the smallest and most moderately priced reflects quality and taste ... ardthoughtfulness of the giver. .'etAatl)MWl3oll2i'kl2t2i.Diaa42/tZaar74.7t2q2M'dc7c4DiDi2.''oal=St74:AD'l2:it THE' DAILY COLI EGI /NNI 4T6TP cou . mF DPMI I / 4 1.SN1VAV A Although Penn State has com pleted- its grid schedule for the season, Nittany fans will get a chance to see the Lions' 'fabled Lenny Moore in action once more. Football forecaster Norman Sper has selected Moore as one of the 16 top football players in the na tion and will show films of each player in action. Local viewers will be able to see Moore in full stride at 10:30 p.m. tomorrow on WFBG-TV (Al toona) and at 1:30 p.m. Saturday over WJAC-TV (Johnstown). Sper's show, which will be his final program of the year, will be seen throughout the nation at various times during the week. "Norman Sper and his Football Forecasts" is carried by 142 tele vision stations. Oklahoma placed three men in Sper's catagory of stars to pace the parade of 1954 players. Max Boydston, Kurt Burris, and Bud dy Leake are the three Sooners selected by Sper. Colorado, Wisconsin, and Notre Dame placed two performers on the list. Carroll Hardy and Frank Bernardi represent Colorado and Alan Ameche and Jim Miller flash Wisconsin's colors. Two backfield stars for Notre Dame during re cent campaigns Joe Heap and Ralph Guglielimi —were also picked. Others listed by Sper are Dickie Moegle of Rice; Elwood Kittler of Texas A&M; Gene Lamore of West Virginia: George Shaw of Oregon; Frank Eidom of South ern Methodist; and Tom Tracy of Tennessee. ,':', :: ';': • A in A Pt A jai ... A B•d FG ~ ~i t 4 P E 14 CUSTOM SHOP W. College Ave.. State College Lion Grid Fans Can See Moore In Action on TV ' Kneidinger, Moore On AP's All-East Tackle Otto Kneidinger and halfback Lenny Moore were Selected to the Associated Press' all-East football team. End Jim Garrity, who was on the first, squad last season, was hit hard by injuries this year and was dropped to the . second team. Kneidinger and Moore are both juniors .. Garritywas a co captain this season along with center Don Balthaser. Kxieid inger, a 6-3, 205-pound defensive stalwart for the Lions, was ,paired with Frank Morze of Boston College at the tackle posts. Moore, first in the East and sep ond in the nation in rushing, shared • backfield duties with Ar my's Pete Vann, Royce Flippin - of Princeton. and Sam Pino of Bos-. ton University. In nine games this season Moore ripped through the opposition for 1082 yards a new Penn 'State rushing record. Moore scored 13 touchdowns, equaling another Nittany mark. He averaged an even eight yards per carry this season. Ron Beagle of Navy and Don Holleder of Army filled the ends for the all-East squad. Another Cadet, Ralph dhesnauskas, was named to one of the guard posts. Harvard's William Meigs filled the other guard slot. Charles Beemus of Colgate was named as the top center. Garrity was the Lions' top extra point booter again this year, and was a standout on defense. Lait year Garrity was Penn State's No. 1 pass receiver. However, a. foot injury slowed him down this season. Three of the players named to the second team competed against the Lions this. season. End Lou G R EYH-0 WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1454 Palatella and back Corny Salva terra represented Pitt on the sec ond squad. Another back„ Ray Perkins of Syracuse, rounded out the list of opponents who were named. Penn State defeated - both Pitt and Syracuse by scores of 13-0 in road contests. WRA Results VOLLEYBALL 33.elta Gamma 43, Alpha Theta 35 Kappa Delta 39, Sigina Sigma Sigma 29 Chi Oinega 31, Alpha Onlicron Pi 30 Kappa Kappa Gamma 32 Gam ma Phi Beta 24 / Alpha Kappa Alpha 36, Little Lions 30 Robinson Given Suspension DETROIT, Nov. 30 (R)—Sugar Ray Robinson, for in e r World's welterweight and middleweight champion, was suspended indef initely today by the Michigan Board of Athletic Control for re fusing to go through with a Dec. 8 fight here.
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