GK SIX
Lions Win 84-58; Hot Rod 'Cold'
Arnelle Sets
New Record
In 14th Win
By DICK McDOWELL
Trickster Hod Rod Hundley
left a dent of an impression
on an estimated 6000 Rec Hall
fans last night, but the West
Virginia jester failed to even
turn the heads of coach John
Egli's high-riding Penn State
basketball team.
The flashy Lions waltzed to
their 14th victory of the sea
son, and fifth in succession,
84-58.
The Mountaineer guard, play
ing it straight for most of the con
test, took a back seat to the Lions'
Jesse Arnelle who cut the nets
for 35 points and shattered the
Penn State seasonal scoring rec
ord which he set last year. He
now has collected 531 points and
has six games remaining on the
regular schedule.
Giant Jesse. who stands on the
threshold of the 2000 point mark,
teamed with 6-4 Jim Blocker in
the back court to take virtual
ownership of the backboard while
Egli's front line—particularly stel
lar guard Ron Weidenhammer—
played havoc with the Mountain
eers' passing game, and never al
lowed coach Fred Schaus' club a
taste of the lead.
Lions Take Early Lead
Guard Bob Hoffman got the
Lions off to a quick lead on a
lay-up shot after a steal a mid
court, then added another from
20 feet out. Arnelle lofted one
from the foul line and the Lions
were out in front by a 5-0 count.
Paul Witting pushed in two char
ity tosses for the Mountaineers
and then Blocker hit from six
feet on a jump shot and Arnelle
connected on a hook from the foul
circle s bringing the count to 9-2.
West Virginia bounced back
and stayed with the Lions
throughout the first ten minutes
and at one point narrowed the
gap to 13-12. That was as close
as they could get, however. Wei
denhammer playing a brilliant
floor game, scored after a steal
on a jump shot and seconds later
tallied two charity tosses, mov
ing the score to 17-12. The Lions
moved their margin to 23-16 at
the ten-minute mark. They held
that edge throughout the remain
der of the half and burst ahead
just before the intermission, 41-31.
Mounties Fall Behind
It appeared as though the
Mountaineers were going to hang
on as the teams moved into the
second half. Hundley, who tallied
eight In the first half, began to
hit from around the foul circle
and West Virginia narrowed the
margin to 47-40. Then Arnelle
broke the ice. His layup moved
the count to 49-40 and he added
Six more quick points while Earl
Fields pushed in one field goal,
offsetting two Hundley push
shots. That moved the score to
57-45.
Dave Edwards' set shot and foul
point, two charities from Arnelle,
and another swisher by Edwards
jumped the Nittanies ahead,
64-46. and from then on the out
come was never in doubt. The
Lions led 66-49 at the ten-minute
mark and widened the gap stead
ily right up to the final buzzer.
Penn State made its victory on
the floor where it almost doubled
the West Virginia field goal total,
32-18. Egli's quintet connected on
45.7 per cent of its shots while
the Mountaineers hit on only 27
per cent. The foul shots stood at
20 of 26 for the Lions and 22 of 31
for West Virginia.
Hundley, the controversial kid
who has gained nation-wide pub
licity for his clowning on the floor
this season, led the Mountaineer
scorers with 21 points, refraining
from his crowd-pleaser role
throughout most of the game.
Flo..vever. rA one !mint he got a
laut , h v..!1 . a h 1 1' od-the,
hack pass the length of the court
GUARD DAVE EDWARDS drives under the he was fouled on the atterrr±
outstretched arm of West Virginia's Paul Witting Jim Brennan, (28). former Penn tate freshman
in last night's 84-58 victory over the Moun- ace, and guard Ron Weidenhammer are in the
taineers at Rec Hall. Edwards' shot missed but background.
Edwards' Role as Sub Vital to Lions
It's an old, old story, but it's
always a good one to tell. That's
the story of the basketball
player who is actually good
enough to break into the start
ing lineup, but becomes more
valuable as a reserve because
he can step in and take over
when somebody else is slip
pin.
In Penn State's case, spunky
guard Dave Edwards fits that
picture. The 5-10 playmaicer
and set shot specialist is spend
ing his fourth season on the
Penn State basketball team,
and head coach John Egli is
quick to tell you that's its a
good feeling to know that
somebody like Edwards is
ready to go when his tam gets
in a tight spot.
"I could start Dav in any
one of our ball games," said
Egli, "but the trouble is, I
wouldn't know who to turn to
Lacrosse Candidates
Candidates for varsity la
crosse have been requested by
coach Nick Thiel to report at
7 p.m. Feb. 16 to 14 Rec Hall
for an organizational meeting.
Practice for the spring season
will begin the week following
the meeting.
Sawchuk Is Benched
DETROIT, Feb. 9 (JP)—Goalie
Terry Sawchuk of the Detroit
Red Wings was benched today for
the first time in his brilliant five
year career in the National Hoc
key League.
General Manager Jack Adams
of the Red Wings said Sawchuk,
riddled for 10 goals in the last
two games, will be given a three
game "rest."
PENN STATE I
F Ti.
Herginee 3 6-0 11
: White 4 0-0 8
Witting 0 0-11
liunillyy 0 9-13 21
ISpailittire 1 0-0 2
Mullins 0 0-4 0
Clunstline 0 0-0 0
IClng 0 0.0 0
Brennan 0 2-2 2
Holt 0 0-0 0
Kishbatig,h 4 0-0 8
F Th
W'd'h'er 3 2-2
Hoffman 4 0-0 8
Arhelle 12 11-14 351
Fields 0 0-0 10
Blocker 2 3-1 7
Edwards :1 1-2 7
Marisa 2 0-0 4
Hartnrt o 0-0 0
Rohland 0 1-2 1
Watts 0 0-0 0
Hall 1 0-0 2,
Cooper 0 2-2 2
Totals 32 20-26 84
1101'-C o lo score:
Totals 18 22-81 5
W. VI ilia
Pon 11 Slat,
Off icluLi
THE Deily COI lEGIAN 4TATF COLLEGE RENIKIVAVANIA
when we get into trouble."
What Egli means is that
when one of his regulars is
having a bad night—and even
the best experience them—he
knows that he'll get a sound
performance out of Edwards,
especially when it comes to
ball handling on fast breaks
and in the back court.
Never a particularly heavy
scorer, the Nittany speedster
has accounted for only 56
points in 18 games this season,
but his assist record triples
that total. And Egli says he
can't remember when he made
a serious mistake on the bas
ketball floor.
His best night this year came
against Syracuse at Rec Hall
when he hit for 12 points. How
ever, eight of those came in the
second period and spearheaded
a Lion point s p l u r g e that
cracked the game wide open.
Penn State spurted into the
Handball Deadline- Set
Entries for this year's intra
mural handball tournament are
being accepted at the intramural
office 202 Recreation Hall.
Deadline for the entries has
been set at Feb. 17, although the
actual competition will not begin
until Feb. 23.
Plans call for the tournament
to be conducted on a single elfin
ination basis for fraternity en
tries but a round robin system of
elimination may be employed in
the independent section.
. Fraternities will be able to sub
mit only four entries, each one
eligible for the singles champion
ship. No team scores will be tabu-
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lead and went on to beat the
Orange, 107-85.
That has been the story since
Edwards' sophomore year when
he began to see more extensive
action after a, relatively dor
mant freshman year. Elmer
Gross, then head cOe.ch, used
him extensively last season as
the Lions swept into the Na
tional Collegiate playoffs. How
ever, illness kept him out of
action through most of the
tourney.
The likable guard's clutch
scoring and ever-sound ball
handling has in the past been,
and will probably continua to
be, a big asset for the Lions as
they face the pressure of four
road games before wrapping up
the regular season early in
March. You can bet he'll be
sitting where Egli can reach
him in a hurry, should' the
Lions need a quick boost in a
tight game.
lated; but the fraternity will re
ceive credit for the points if one
of its representatives wins the
championship.
This year's tournament will fea
ture the use of the smaller, hard
er, ball used in official handball
matches rather than the larger
ball formerly used in the tourney.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955
Tigers,Buck!
Have Strong
Track Teams
Missouri and Ohio State
both figure to have strong
entries in Saturday's indoor
track meet at / East Lansing,
Michigan, with Michigan
State and Penn State.
Tom Botts, Missouri track
mentor, has 18 returning letter
men on his 39-man squad. The
Tigers have their main strength
in the 440- and 880-yard runs and
in both the high and low hurdles.
Ohio State appears strong in
the low hurdles and Middle dis
tance events. Larry Snyder's
Buckeyes will be at top condition
if Bob Coldren. who has run the
Mile in 4:12.6 indoors, is fully
recovered from a pulled muscle.
Coldren is also a crack two miler.
Good in Hurdles
Charlie Batch, Bill Constantine,
Bob Puckett, Bill Duncan, and
Leven Gray are Missouri's best
hurdlers. Constantine finished sec
ond in the highs and third in the
lows in last year's Big Seven out
door title meet. The 6-1 Junior
from St. Louis was third in the
NCAA lows and sixth in the
highs. Duncan won the 440-meter
hurdles in the 1954 Missouri Val
ley AAU race with a 54.9 sec.
clocking. Gray was second in the
lows in last season's 'Big Seven
indoor championships and first
in the outdoor highs.
The Tigers are thin in the
sprints, with Jack Davis, Adam
Fischer, and Gray ranking as the
top dash stars. Fischer crossed
the finish line in third place in
the Big Seven 80-yard sprints
and in sixth place in the century
event outdoors,
Ace Quarter Miles
Bob Massengale, Big seven in
door 440 laurel-winner, is Botts'
ace 'in this event. Pete Orr, who
has been clocked at 49.7 sec. for
the 440 outdoors, is also a promis
ing quarter miler. Tom Albert,
a 48.9 sec. harrier. rounds gut the
Missouri trio in the 440. Massen
gale" has been caught at 60.8 sec.
indoors and 49.8 sec. and 48.5 sec.
outdoors.
In the 880-yard run, Botta Will
rely on Harold Beard (1:54), Ken
Hirshey (1:56.3), and Ron Smith
(1:59).
(Continued on page seven)
First Cadet Wins
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 9 (Al—First
Cadet and Smooth Stride, a pair
of swift "babies" from the Dickey
Stables at Ocala, ran one-two in
the .$21,525 Florida Breeders'
Stakes before 21,808 racing fans
at Hialeah Park today. 1
The New York Giants never
relinquished their National Lea
gue lead after taking over first
place on June 15.
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