THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1955 werner As No. Boston University, which finished second in last season’s IC4A indoor track title scrap, is'rated by Lion coach Chick Werner as the team to beat in Saturday’s championship meet. Last year the Terriers were edged by Yale in the scramble for the team crown, 19-18%. Boston University’s main strength is in the field events and the distance races. Two individual defending titlists top the Terriers’ lineup for the meet at Madison Square Garden. Bruce Heseock, who won the pole vault championship, and broad jump king Bernard Bruce will be back to defend their crowns. IM Entries Today is the deadline for en tries in the intramural volleyball competition for both fraternity and independent teams. All volleyball entries must be filed by 4:30 p.m. at the IM office in Rec Hall. March 1 is the deadline for reg istering contestants in IM wres tling. Wrestling action will begin March 15, with matches scheduled to be held between 7 and 8:30 p.m. DU Captures IM League B Cage Crown Now that IM basketball season is only two weeks from its com pletion, alihost every game looms as crucial. In Tuesday night’s nine-game program, Chi Phi’s up set win over Tau Kappa Epsilon handed idle Delta Upsilon the League B title. The Du’s are the second fraternity five to clinch their league crown. TKE could never overcome their 10-4 halftime deficit and dropped the decision to Chi Phi, 15-12. Previously win 1 e s s Triangle stopped unbeaten Alpha Sigma Phi, 19-18, in a game that dropped the latter squad out of a tie for fi r st and into a deadlock for sec ond. Kappa Delta Rho, by virtue of its 30-17 victory over Phi Gamma Delta, has taken over the League A lead. Billy Kane led the KDR’s victory march with 13 markers. In independent action, two un defeated fives—the Geeche Birds and the Nittany Co-op—met to battle for the League J lead, The birds emerged victorious, 34-25, with Jim Erb leading the winners with nine points. The Ag Hill Diners made it six in a row by beating SKF, 23-16. The Hoyt brothers. Bob and Gil, combined their skills to pace the Diners’ win. The pair netted 16 points together. The Engineering Colts came from behind, 14-6 at the half, and tied th eSnooks, 21-all, at the end of regulation time. In the over time, Andrew Pytel and Fred Fitch cut the cords for the Colts to give them a 25-23 win. In other games, Delta Tau Del ta beat. Bela Sigma Rho, 23-13: Kappa Sigma upset Sigma Phi Alpha, 21-13; and the Vets defeat ed the Wenshobees, 24-13. Dentist to Speak Dr, William Harkins, Osceola Mills dentist, will speak on “The Role of Dentistry in Cleft Palate Rehabilitation” at 7:30 tonight in 1 Sparks. Interested persons may attend. Rates Terriers 1 IC4A Threat A 14’ 2” leap earned Hescock the 'IC4A pole vault honors last year. Billy Smith is the Terriers’ No. 1 threat in the mile run, and team mate George Terry is a standout in the two-mile event. Other Threats But Boston University is not the only team which is expected to be in the thick of the battle for team laurels. Yale, Villanova, Manhattan, and Penn State are also given a good chance of cop ping the throne. Manhattan had won the title three consecutive yesirs until the Eli’s tripped them last season. Yale is expected to pick up a lot of points in the field events. On Tuesday the Eli’s won their third straight Big Three indoor crown, nipping Harvard, 56 3/5- 53 2-5. Stewart Thompson of Yale will be on 6 of the top competitors in the shot put. His 52’ 1” heave took first place in the Big Three title scramble. Dick Goss, who registered a leap 6f 23’ 5” in Tues day’s meet, is one of the outstand ing broad jumpers in the East. Runners Race Villanova Villanova will be relying mostly on its one and two-mile relay squads, sophomore pole vaulter Don Bragg, and runners Charlie Jenkins and Alex Breckenridge for points. Jenkins will compete in the 600-yard run and Brecken ridge in the two-mile grind. George Eastment, Manhattan mentor, will center his hopes on Bob Sbarra in the two-mile, Bill St. Clair and Jim Doulin in the mile, and Charlie Pratt in the hur dles in an effort to regain the championship. Werner said he felt the-Lions ranked right behind the Terriers in the fight for team honors. More than 650 athletes will be taking part in the 34th running of the IC4A championship meet— a meet where Or Man Upset is bo,und to pop up and where this “unexpected is expected.” Gymnasts (Continued from page six) season, but Nittany Leroy Fritch capably stepped into his shoes and toured the 20-foot hemp in 4.2 seconds for top honors. At this point the Lions had to do no more than appear in the final event—rings—to score their fourth win of the season. They led the Panthers, 48-32. Although Schwenzfeier suffer ed his first setback on the rings, his 265 was good for a second be hind Ray’s standout 273 perform ance—high for the night. Kline took a fourth, but Shima and Randy Cronau coupled with Ray to give the Panthers a 10-6 edge in the meet’s final event. The Lions return to Rec Hall Saturday for an afternoon duel with Temple. Going on a trip? we daily collegian, state college, Pennsylvania Groat Signs Contract With Pittsburgh Pirates PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23 VP )— Shortstop Dick Groat, recently discharged from the Army after a two-year stint, today signed his 1955 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Groat, one-time basketball star at Duke University, was a stand out in his rookie year with the Pirates in 1952, batting .284 and fielding in stellar fashion. The 24-year-old Swissvale, Pa., resident came to terms after a brief conference with Branch Rickey Jr., a vice president of the club. Salary was not 'disclosed. _ Only two Pirates now are un signed-outfielder Frank Thomas and pitcher Vernon Law. Santee Withdraws From Pan-Am Games NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (fP)—Wes Santee, America’s fastest miler, ran out of time and won’t com pete in the Pan-American games m Mexico City next month. The lean cowboy was with drawn today from the track and field squad because the Univer sity of Kansas wouldn’t permit him to leave school for tne re quired two weeks, said Jim Kel ly, 'chairman of the U.S. Track and Field Committee. He Was replaced in the 1500 event by Bob McMillen of the Armed Forces who will run in the metric mile with Fred Dwyer, another fleet serviceman. Eagles Sign Lamone PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23 me winning streak (now at 43 straight) was probably nev er in such serious jeopardy as it was that night. The Lions came from behind three times before finally pulling away in the final five-minute period. Unfortunate ly most Penn State fans didn’t see the game, held in the middle of the semester vacation. One historic affair with the Pitts, however, will register in the minds of most of the cur rent student body. That was the famous 24-9 game of the 1951-52 season when former Pitt coach Doc Carlson had his team freese the ball against the Lions. While organist George Ceiga played "A-Tiskei-A-Tas ket" and rival players chatted on the playing floor, Penn State fans howled in indignation. One irate coed even brought a plate of doughnuts onto the floor for relaxing, and sometimes re clining players. However, the Nittanies prob ably won’t run into those tactics Saturday when s they meet the Panthers. Coach Bob Timmons’ team has beaten the Lions once this season and want nothing more than to knock off their NCAA-bound neighbors for the second time. * • • SPEAKING OF the coming Rec Hall sports show, Penn state fans will certainly get their share of action when the four-event day gets underway. The freshman team gets the program started with its game against Pitt, fol lowed by a top-notch gymnastics meet with eastern power, Temple. Everybody takes a short break for dinner and then a slam-bang double header will get under way at 7 p.m. Lehigh University promises to show probably the strongest lineup of wrestling power Rec Hall fans have seen on a single team is a good many years. The Engineers and Charlie Speidel's maimen square off at 7 p.m. The second half of the big twin bill will, of course, feature the Lion basketball VETS Have discharge papers and other records for the V.A. photostatted in less than a day at Centre County Film Lab 122 W. Beaver Ave. By DICK McDOWELL Collegian Sport* Editor team against the unpredictable Panthers. THE BIG EVENT of the week* end, however, will be taking place in New York’s sports ca thedral, Madison Square Gar den, where Penn State will be competing in the annual Inter collegiate indoor track champion ships. Chick Werner’s Lions, win ners of the IC4-A outdoor meet last spring, will be making one of their strongest bids in recent years. Penn State’s only victory in the 34-year-old meet came in 1942. The Lions have come close many times since but have nev er quite been able to repeat on the victory rung. They lied for fourth place last year and two seasons ago finished third. This year it looks like a toss-up be t w e e.n Werner's star-spangled team and ever-strong Boston University. Werner will be placing most of his hopes in weight men Rosey Grier and Chuck Blockson, hurd ler Rod Perry, sprint king Art Pollard, and a fast improving mile-relay team. Frosh Grapplers Search for Heavy With the final meet of the sea son just nine days off, freshman wrestling coach Don Watkins has come up with a problem that will mark the Lions as a distant un derdog in their final struggle un less solved and soon! Scheduled to meet the Pitts burgh freshmen on March 5 at Pittsburgh, Watkins has found himself without the services of a heavyweight. Call has gone out to all available freshmen interest ed in the mat game and who can meet the qualifications of a heavy. Although the curtain is about to be dropped on the 1955 season, Watkins said the experience gained would be invaluable to as pirants for the 1956 varsity. Those interested should contact Watkins immediately in Recreation Hall. Use^ WESTERN UNION Hotel Reservation Service! Next-timeyou have to travel—let Western Union find you a place to sleep. It’s so easy. A call to Western Union’s Hotel Reservation Service. Then the facts: where you're bound, how long and how much you want to pay. 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