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Lions Seek to End
Colgate Cage Jinx
Penn State sets its sights on Colgate University Friday night and the Lions, who have
fashioned themselves a six-game Winning streak, will be hoping to crack a Jinx that has held
a grip on Nittany basketball teams for five years.
It has been that long since a Pon team whipped the Maroon on their own court, while
the Lions, who already hold one leg in this year's home-and-home series have turned
back the New York school in six consecutive outings at Rec Hall.
Coach John Egli's quintet, frequently mentioned as contenders for post-season tourn
ament play, will be attempting to follow-up an earlier 110-75 win against the Maroon when
they embark on the two-game trip. They'll travel south to Syracuse for a Saturday night game
another contest that traditionally has been a tough one for Lion teams.
And, as is the case in the Col
gate game, the Nittanies will be
looking for a repeat victory in
the second half of a two-game
match. The Orange bowed in Rec
Hall early this season, 107-75.
Colgate, plugging along at a
mediocre pace against tough op
position, boasts a 9-9 record in
cluding a recent victory over
Syracuse, 77-74. And that one
only serves as a confuser when
Syracuse is considered.
Although both teams showed
plenty particularly in the first
half—during their visits here, the
Orange appeared to be shaping
into the more outstanding of the
two. They hit rough, sledding
against heavy opposition early in
the season and then came on fast
to become one of the most dan
gerous teams in the northeastern
section of the nation. Nationally
ranked Holy Cross, 1954 NIT
champion, and Niagara both fell
to Mark Guley's quintet last
week, before Colgate stepped in
to change the picture.
Both Teams Tough
It all points to one thing. Both
of the New York clubs will be
tough customers 'for the Lions
this weekend. Both teams have
height, speed, and shooting
ability, plus the advantage of their
home courts.
And its a good bet that they
will be eager to avenge severe
defeats handed them on their
visit to Rec Hall. The Lions' 110
points scored here against Col
gate were the most ever tallied
against any Colgate club, and
Syracuse's 107-85 loss here was
its worst of the season. LaSalle
earlier had topped the century
mark against them, 103-54.
However, Egli couldn't be tak
ing the Lions north at a better
time. Playing, probably their best
brand of ball at the moment, the
Lions will be out to continue a
winning streak that has found
the bulk of its success on the road.
Earlier in the season, the Nittany
passers had lost five in succession
on foreign courts, but since hay
matched that with five victor...
away from home.
Eight IM Basketball Teams Advance
Five independent and three fra
ternity intramural bask et b a 11
games were played Monday night
at Rec Hall.
The G.eensmokers, in d e p e n
dent League leaders, won their
sixth consecutive contest on the
strength of a 30-point second half.
The winners led Dorm 34, 12-9, at'
the half. But when the Green
smokers' John Wagner and Larry
Berk got hot in the second portion
and netted 14 and 13 points, the
game turned into a 42-15 walk
away.
Dorm 3 displayed the most pow
erful offensive attack of the night,
however. Led by John Olsen and
John Cacciola, the team held a
commanding 26-10 halftime mar
gin over the Asps. The loser's
Chuck Craft salvaged 11 points in
his team's 46-19 defeat. Although
3Y THE TIME Jesse Arnefle returns from this weekend's games
a3ainst Colgate and Syracuse he should be among the select group
college basketball players who have scored 2000-points. Arnelle
needs just 31 points to hit the magic circle.
Olsen .scored 16 for the winners,
it was the capability of every
Dorm 3 player to "cut the cords'
that producea the most decisive
blow. Cacciola aided Olsen by
adding 10 points of his own. Not
one of the winners' starting five
scored less than five points
• On the fraternity side, Phi Sig
ma Delta took over sole posses
sion of seconc. place in League E
and now trails Theta )C by one
half game. Delta Theta Sigma was
Phi Sig's sixth victim, 43-20. Bob
Kaytes led the defending .cham
pions' scoring with 11 points and
Milt Linial added nine counters.
Phi Kappa Tau defeated Alpha
Gamma Rho, 22-20, but had to
hold on to win it. Phi Kappa Tau
led 16-10 at the half, but AGR
started rolling soon after the sec
ohd half jump was taken by the
tHE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
winners. Ken S nit:a swished the
nets for 15 AGRitnarkers, but the
losers began moving too late to
pull the game out of the fire.
In other games, Dorin 38 beat
Balok's Bombers, 22-12; Dorm 44
won a 29-23 count from Dorm 11;
the Punchy Five slapped back
Dorm 40, '4-16; Phi Kappa earned
a close 24-20 decision over Alpha
Phi Delta; and both the Whiz Kids
and 36 Vets received losses by de
fault for not turning up for their
scheduled game.
WE DELIVERAD 7-2373
THE PERFECT PIZZA .
SALLY'S
Matmen Host
To Continue
A wrestling series that has been in the record books for 33
years will have its 14th chapter penned in this weekend
when Army visits Penn State.
The Lions have held a decided edge over the Cadets in
the past in that they have clipped them in 11 of the 13 en
counters. Army owns just one win against Nittany competi
tion; one tilt ended in a tie.
Coach Charlie Speidel's matmen last defeated Army in
the 1954 campaign when they extended their phenomenal
victory streak to 32 by slashing
the Army defenses, 21-9.
To date, the Cadets have a less
than mediocre 2-3 record against
less than mediocre opposition.
Following is a breakdown . of Ar
my's 23 record with scores: Spring
field 20, Army 13; Army 23, VIM
13; Cornell 19, Army 15; Yale 21,
Army 13; Army 15, Columbia 11
Beat Columbia, VMI
Army's two wins have come
against Columbia, which owns a
1-4-1 record and VMI which also
holds an unimpressive 0-2 record.
Springfield, Yale, and Cornell
gained their present, and only
wins against the - Cadets.
However, Speidel looks to Array
with a cautious eye. Speidel said
yesterday that he felt Army had
several men who could beat some
of the East's best matmen, out
that Army failed to have enough
grapplers of such caliber to Justify
calling the Cadets a powerhouse.
Most of the, Nittany coach's at
tention was•centered about an, Ar
my triumverate including Pete
Fikaris (137), Dale Ward (157),
and Jerry Tebben (167).
Three Worries
Three things point to the fact
that Speidel has cause for con
cern. First, all three of the Ca
dets are undefeated. Fikharis and
Ward are 4-0 and Tebben has a
5-0 record. Second, the 157-pound
and 167-pound classes for the
Lions have been headadhes . for
Speidel during the past four
meets. Tebben and Ward will
probably start for Army at these
weights.
The third reason for Speidel's
concern about Army's three un
defeated grapplers revolves about
their performance last year when
they were the only Cadets to score
wins against Penn State.
Fikaris Beat Fornicola
Fikaris scored his win against
137-pound Larry Fornicola, 15-8,
in a duel that saw both men ex
changing points with machine gun
rapidity. These two men• will
probably meet for the second time
Saturday because they have been
the consistant choices of their re
spective coaches this season for
the 137-pound slot.
Ward and Tebben both chalked
up wins last year against the
Lions by comfortable point-mar
gins. Ward clipped Lion co-cap
tain Doug Frey, 5-1, after earning
two takedowns and compiling two
minutes of riding time.
Tebben, at 167 pounds, defeated
Bill Krebs 8-1. Krebs, whose reg
ular weight class was 157 pounds,
however, was wrestling out of his
usual weight for the third straight
time when he was dropped by
T'ebben.
Varsity Basketball
All candidates for' outfield
and infield positions on the var
sity baseball team are to report
to 241 Rec Hall 4 p.m. Thurs
day, Coach Joe Bedenk has
announced.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1955
Army
Series
Marciano Set
For Title Bout
With Cockell
GROSSINGER, N. Y., Feb. 15
(W)—Rocky Marciano is ready to
defend his heavyweight boxing
title against Britain's Don Cockell
in May probably in San Fran
cisco'sKezar Stadium.
The ch i amp's celebrated nose
passed a three-round test today
without springing a leak, so Man
ager Al Weill promptly pro
nounced him fit for duty.
Actually it wasn't much of a
test for the beak, sliced by Ezzard
Charles last Sept. 17 before Mar
ciano scored an eighth round
knockout in a title fight at Yankee
Stadium. The champion wore a
protective head guard as he has
since his nose was injured at Hol
land, Mich., in 1953 when he was
training for the rematch with Jer
sey Joe Walcott.
The special mask has two pro
tective prongs that fit over the
cheeks and leave only a narrow
gap at the nose.
Although British promoter Jack
Solomons is prepared to offer Mar
ciano a $300,000 guarantee to fight
Cockell in London, Weill is ex
pected to sign with promoter Jim
my Murray of San Francisco, as
co-promoter with the Internation
al Boxing Club.
"Nothing will be done until
Feb. 24," Weill said with emphasis.
"Solomons, Cockell .and his man
ager will be in New York then
to meet with Jim Norris (IBC pres
ident). Then it will be up to Norris
to decide what to do. After all, we
have a contract with Norris."
St. Francis in NIT
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 OP)—St.
Francis of Loretto, Pa., whose star
basketball player, Maurice Stokes,
captured the crowd at last. year's
National Invitation Basketball
Tournament, today accepted a bid
to return for the 1955 NIT, March
12-19.
Coach Since '27
Except for the war years, when
he served in the U.S. Naval Re
serve, Charlie Speidel has aeen
Penn State wrestling coach since
1927.
12 Unbeaten Teams
In its first 46 years of inter
collegiate wrestling, Penn State
produced unbeaten teams an even
dozen times.