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Colgate Upsets Lions,
Late Rally Not Enough;
Arnelle's 19 Tops Scorers
Fired-up Colgate University, an early 110-75 victim of
Penn State, ripped into the Lions with a 54-per cent shooting
game last night, ending the Nittanies six-game winning
streak, 69-59, on the Maroon's home court in Hamilton, N.Y.
Colgate, which won its 11th game of the season, moved
into an early lead and was never headed by the Lions who
had won four straight on the road.
Center Jesse Arnelle, pressing closer to the magic 2000-
point total with 19 points, was high for the Lions. However,
the big fellow wasn't enough last
night as coach Howard Hartman's
quintet scored from every angle
and held the Lions in check with
a tight zone defense.
Tourney Bid Rumored
Despite the loss, authoritative
sources in New York State hinted
that the Nittanies•are tournament
bound. The best report, although
not official, indicated that the
Pennsylvanians have been given
an at-large bid to the National
Collegiate Basketball tournament
for the third time in four years.
These sources said that the Lions
would go to Lexington, Ky. on
March 8, joining Marquette and
two other teams yet to be named.
Sixth Loss at Hamilton
Last night's loss to the New
York team marked the sixth in
succession on the Hamilton court
and was the Lions' sixth of the
season against 15 victories.
The Lions, hitting on 31 per
cent of their shots from the field,
trailed badly through most of the
game and were behind 39-27 at
halftime. Late in the contest coach
John Egli's club came to life but
it wa.. too late. Guard Ron Weid
enkfammer, who collected 12 points
and forwards Earl Fields and Jim
Blocker with 10 apiece joined Ar
nelle and the Lions brought the
count to 49-44 with five minutes
remaining.
Five in Double Figures
Arnelle's 19 points, high for the
game, moved him to within 12
points of the 2000 point mark.
Colgate's Jack Nichols led the
Maroon scoring with 18 points
while all five starters reached
the double figure mark.
The Lions hit for 22 field goals,
seven less than the Maroon, and
went 15 for 20 on the foul line.
Colgate hit on 11 of 20 charity
tosses.
The Lions move over to Syra
cuse's Archbold Gymnasium to
night for the second game of the
weekend set. The Orange, on the
rebound after a slow start, were
also early season victims of the
Lions at Rec Hall.
Led by footballer Jim Brown
and sophomore guard Al Cohen,
the Syracuse club has bumped
Holy cross and Niagara in recent
games.
PENN STATE
FG F Tt l
Weld'h'r 6 0-0 12
Hoffman 2 0-0 4
Arnelle 6 7-10 19
Fields 6 0-1 10
Blocker 1 8-8 10
Marisa 2 0-1 4,
FG F Ttl
Johnson 6 0-0 12
Patterson 3 5-8 11
Graham 5 0-2 10
Kordfsh 2_ 0-0 4
Nichols 7 4-8 18
Willgohs 6 0-0 12
Giordano 0 2-4 2
Totals 29 11-20 69
Totals 22 16-20 59
Halftime score:
Penn State _-
Colgate
2 Army Instructors
Assigned to ROTC
Two instructors recently were
assigned to the Army Reserve
Officer's Training Corps at the
University.
They are Capt. Robert M. Dwin
ell Jr. of the Armor Division and
Capt. James J. Littlejohn of the
Quartermaster Corps.
Captain Dwinell served with
the sth Cavalry Regiment in Ko
rea and Japan from 1951 to 1953
and Worked at the 2nd Army re
cruiting center in Baltimore.
Captain Littlejohn for m e r 1 y
served with the 2nd Armored Di
vision in Europe from 1951 to
1954.
Prof to Speak Tonight
Dr. Vaclav E. Mares, associate
professor of economics, will be the
guest and speaker at a dinner
meeting of the Masaryk Institute
in New York City tonight. Dr.
Mares address is entitled "The
Satellite Economy in West Euro
pean Perspective."
By DICK McDOWELL
RON WEIDENHAMMER scores
one one of his well-known jump
shots against Colgate at Ham
ilton last night. Looking on are
Frank Patterson (15) and Milt
Graham (19). Weidenhamrner
scored 12 points for the Lions,
who lost their, sixth game of the
season, 69-59.
COLGATE
Cyclones Top McKee
In IM Cage Overtime
A double-overtime thriller high
lighted th e all-independent IM
I.....sketball card Thursday night.
The Cyclones, who are in a tor
rid three-way battle for League
D honors, beat the McKee Barfers
27-26 in one of the most exciting
games of the IM season. The Cy
clones came from behind to catch
their opponents at the end of reg
ulation time, 24-24. In the first
overtime, which lasted twn min
utes, Sam Rodgers of the winners
matched baskets with his high
scoring foe, Mark Goldsmith, to
send the game into a sudden-death
overtime. Once again Rodgers
came through by scoring a foul
shot to win the game for the Cy
clones. Rodgers tallied 13 points
and Goldsmith netted 14 count
ers.
At the same time, the Jordan
Hothots, who are tied for second
place with the Cyclones, (17f-aleA
the Four F's, 31-1,9 afh , a v-ry
close first half. Richard McLaugh-
TWF nAity COLLEGIAN cTATE COLLEGE DENNSAVANIA
Wrestlers, Gymnasts
Battle Army Tonight
Six undefeated matmen will risk their un
blemished records tonight when Army and
Penn State clash on the mats for the 14th
time. Match time is 7 p.m.
Each team will have three unbeaten men
represented in its probable starting lindups.
Army's apparent strength will be at the-137-,
157-, and 167-pound slots. Pete Fikaris, 137,
and 167-pounder Jerry Tebben each have
earned 4-0 records while their
157-pound teammate Dale Ward
has notched the best record with
five straight wins. '
Three Lions Risk Streaks
Captain Bob Homan, Larry
Fornicola, and Dave Adams own
win streaks on the eight-man Lion
squad. Adams, 147 pounds, and
Homan, handling the chores at
130 pounds, each have cornered
4-0 records while Fornicola at 137
pounds has wrestled into the vic
tory column with three straight
wins
Although each team will have
three undefeated men represent
ing it tonight, only Fornicola and
Fikaris will match unbroken
streaks. Fornicola lost to Fikaris
last year at Army, 15-8.
Army's Ward will meet the
Lions' Len McNeal at 157 pounds.
Tebben will meet 167-pounder Joe
Humphries who lost nis debut
match last week at Syracuse.
Three Possibilities
In the 147 pound class, Adams
could meet one of three Army
men. Russell Harris has wrestled
the position three times and ' lost
each bout; but Appleton could call
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lin scored 14 points for the win
ners.
The Turks, League B leavers,
whipped one of their better op
ponents handily. Dorm 42 sported
a 4-1 -record before submitting to
a 40-20 onslaught. Jerry Olexa of
the Turks and Jack Frey of the
losers both tallied 11 markers.
The undefeated Toppers had a
surprisingly tough time with the
Nittany Rippers. Led by Do n
Oehlrich, the Rippers kept the
game closeh•ight down to the wire.
The Toppers won, however, 22-19.
Dorm 24 led Jabberwocky at
the end of the first half by the
football-like score of 7-0, but the
latter five got hot as soon as the
second half started and won 18-13.
In other games, Dorm 31 beat
Dorm 27, 28-21; Dorm 12 outlast
ed Dorm 22, 23-21; the Sixty-Nin
ers came from behind to upset
Kingsmen, 14-13; and th e
outscored the 29 Raid
ers. 18-9.
Joe Krufka
By ROY WILLIAMS
Carl / Schwendeier •
Lion Stars in Action Tonight
• Up against their fourth opponent of the
season, and second in the EIGA, Penn State's
gymnasts will face the West Point Cadets
tonight in the finale •of a Rec Hall twin-bill
in what is perhaps their most crucial contest
of the season.
Meet time is set for 8:30 p.m. _ _
The Lions
the Soldiers
Sports
Briefs
University Students Enter
State Ski Championships
Several students from the Uni
versity will take part in the an
nual Pennsylvania State Ski
Championships which are being
held today and tomorrow at the
Laurel Mountain Ski Slopes in
Ligonier.
The meet will get under way
at 11 a.m, with the downhill rase,
and will finish up tomorrow with
the slalom and cross country. The
Penn State Outing Club is assist
ing the Laurel Mciuntain Ski Club,
sponsors of the meet, with the
championship running. The meet
will pit the best skiers in the east
ern United States against each
other.
Villa nova Accepts
NCAA Tourney Bid
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (!P)—Vilerl
lanova University has accepted a
bid to the National Collegiate I.)as
ketball championship tournament,l
the NCAA announced today.
The Philadelphia school wa s
picked as one of the eastern at
large teams by the regional NC
AA tournament committee head
ed by Lew Andreas of Syracuse.
Villanova, with a 13-7 record
so far this season, was the secs
and at-large quintet selected to
date. Marquette was the first.
It will be Villanova's fourth
lapPearance in the tournament.
Virginia Tech Scoring
At 109 Point Pace
NE WYORK, Feb. 18 (R)-I — est
Virginia Tech's phenomenal shoot
ers have clinched the distinction
of being the first team in college
basketball history to average 100
points or better over a full season.
In winning 13 of 17 games,
Coach Neal Baisi's hot shot quin
t( t, paced by George Swyers, has
poured in points at an amazing
average of 109.4 points a game
according to figures released to
day by the NCAA's Service Bur
eau. Team statistics include games
of Feb. 16.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1955
69-59
Bob Homan
By RON GATEHOUSE
are in a first place deadlock with
for Eastern laurels, so a Blue
and White victory tonight would
go a long way in deciding the
East's gymnastic best when March'
rolls around.
The Cadets sport a 4-0, record
with wins over North Carolina
(62-34), 'Georgia Tech' (79-37),
Temple (64-32), and Syracuse
(53 1 / 2 -42 1 / 2 ).
Pre-season forecasts had the
Black Knights from the Hudson
and Navy pegged as Eastern favo
rites, with the Lions playing an
underdog role with the mainstays
of their two-time NCAA cham
pionship team gone.
But Lion coach Gene Wettstone
has come up with a battery of
gymnasts that have thus far fash
ioned a respectable 2--1 record
with wins over West Point and
the highly-regarded Middies.
One of East's Best
Nittany Captain Karl Schwenz
feier, already established as one
of the East's top performers, is
unbeaten on the parallel bars and
flying rings and holds a win on
the side horse and horizontal bar.
The Cadets have shown little on
the parallels, but a close battle
for the ring title should develop
between the Lion performer and
Army. captain Bob Carpenter.
Schwenzfeier's best ring per
forrnance.was a 270 (out of a pos
sible 300 points) against Navy,
while Carpenter has been hover
ing around the 265 mark.
The rest of the meet shapes up
just about the same way—close.
But Wettstone is counting on
the rest of his veteran performers
—Skeets Haag on the rope, Skip
Heim on the horse, and Bill Pax
ton on the mats—to chalk up vic
tories in their respective events.
Good Two-Three Men
"We need those first places,"
the Lion mentor stressed, "be
cause Army has men who can
take lots of second and third place
points that add up pretty fast."
Veteran John Funkhouser is the
Cadets' number one rope climber.
He and Haag have both reached
the 3.7 mark at least once this
year.
The Soldiers will also have
strong two-three entries in the
20-foot verticle climb. Carl Bron
stein and Echo Hayes have done
it in four flat and 4.2.
Paxton's top competitor will be
Dick Kenyon who has passed the
250 mark with his tumbling rou
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