fIA(F S. 1 X • 0 r 7 nom 8 5 Ai r ; t • •, ' " 4 l i ..• 4 • .„ . . t • ••• d •••. 7 :1 , ' • • ' • . " *- • . .ter. •v4:411111.11r-:::.„r.:1, • ?nd Half Bid Not Enough; A rnelle-38 By DICE McDOWELL inspired Syracuse Univer sity made a strong second half bid to catch fast moving Penn State, but folded late in. the game to become the ninth Lion victim of the season, 107-85, last night at Rec Hall. The visiting Orangemen closed a 55-32 half-time deficit to as little as 11 points mid:- way in the second half but couldn't muster enough to reach the roaring Nittanies, who drove over the century mark for the third time this year. Five Lions in Double Figures Jesse Arnelle's 38-lioint barrage and another 20 markers by guard Bobby Hoffman led the Penn State scoring as five Lions reached the double figures in the Lions 41st consecutive Rec Hall victory. Rudy Marisa with 15, Dave Ed wards, 12, and Ron Weidenham rner, 10, rounded out the Nittanies' heavy scoring. For the first 10 minutes of the first half, however, it looked as though the New York club, a sur prise victor over Pitt Tuesday, was going to stay with the Nittanies the whole way. After Weidenharn mer put the Lions ahead, 2-0, the lead changed hands nine times and the score stood deadlocked on seven occasions before John Eg li's team moved ahead to stay near the ten' minute mark. Arnelle's PENH STATE IPG F Ttl. Ird'h'itter 4 2-2 10 Hoffman 8 4-4 201 Arnelle 10 18-22 38 Fields llarlas 7 14 15 Edwards 4 4-6 12 Hartnett 1 2-2 2 Blocker 1 2-4 4 Ramsey 0 0-0 0 Watts 0 2-2 2 Lan 1 Insek 0 0 04 2 -0 0 eceser 0 0.4 0 Months 8i 35-4 I 107 PG F Breland 3 0-0 6 Gillespie 2 3-4 7 Snyder 5 4-5 14 Coben 3 10-11 16 Brown 4 6-8 14 Lamed 2 0-0 4 Stark 1 0-1 2 Caste Mai 0 - 0-0 0 Clark 4 0-0 8 Gegala 4 24 10 lAlbaneae 2 0.0 4 Roper 0 • 0-0 0 Tablas SI 135 Score 113. periods-- Penn Stare 29 29 19 33-101 Syracuse ___ . 22 19 24 29 85 Officials—Millbalieta, Conrad. sweeping hook from the foul line gave Penn State a 20-18 lead here and from that point on the Nit tanies were never headed. Orange Come to Life But •the speedy Syracuse pass el's, using a firehouse fast break to elude a Penn State defense that stythied them in' the first half, came to life after the intermission and stormed back into contention. With guards Jim Brown and Vince Cohen, and center Jim Sny der, leading the Orange attack, they gained steadily on the Lions while both teams scored heavily. Penn State still led by 16, 74-58, at the ten-minute mark, when the Orange began to hit. Snyder and 5-8 guard Lou Gegala dumped two quick baskets on fast breaks, and each accounted for two more Syracuse field goals, while Hoff man scored twice for the . Lions and Joe Hartnett connected from the foul line. That brought the score to 80-69 and the Orange was threatening. However, that's as close as the (Continued on page seven) —Photo by Shaw PENN STATE'S Jim Blocker goes high into the air amid a host of players to score two points at Rec Hall last night. The Lions passed the century mark for the third time this season in register ing their ninth win, defeating Syracuse, 107-85. SYRACUSE THE DA II Y COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Still time... Frosh Five Extend Win Streak, :2- 52 Demonstrating a tremendous scoring punch, Penn State's fresh men basketball team swept to their fifth straight victory of the season as they routed Altoona Center, 82-52, in the preliminary game at Rec Hall last night. Led by Steve Baidy and Don Chapman the Lion quintet took a commanding 54-31 lead at half time. The frosh fell behind in the first few minutes of play as Al toona hit on three goals and a foul to take a 7-0 lead, 'but the Lion yearlings fought back and tied the score at 11 all. From then on the frosh were never headed as they tallied six con secutive points to pull ahead of the Altoona five Baidy and Chapman tallied 32 points between them with Chap man hitting on five set shots to mark up 14 points. Baidy con sistently hit from the outside with a one handed push to score 18 points. The top point-getter for coach Steve Adler's boys was Dick ...• ;......;..i.::: , - , .. :.•:,.....,.,„:„...„. , ..........,„„, ..•._ „,,,. 4, ........*,..,:,, to remember her THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 By FRAN FANUCCI Sheridan, who swished the cords for 20 points, to take high-scoring honors for the evening. The frosh kept their 65 point per-game average intact as thpy scored their highest number of points this year. Altoona, who en tered the game with a 4-7 record, showed good speed and , a fine, shooting club, but was handi capped by its lack of height. Sid Grinberg, the Lions' center, com pletely dominated the backboards as he utilized his height to .great advantage. Defensive star for the frosh five was Don Davis, who blocked at tempted field goal tries through out the night. Davis also scored 11 points. With TELEGRAMS! If you've been remiss with the miss don't despair! There's always time to make amends with telegrams. 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