THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1955
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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
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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.
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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 <ff)
—The Philadelphia Eagles today
announced the signing of three
more players, including their fifth
draft choice, West Virginia guard
Gene Lamone.
Also signed are William Bu
ford, former Morgan State tackle,
and Don Green, a Miami, Fla.,
tackle. Buford was waived by the
Green Bay Packers last season
before the season opened. Green
played with the Los Angeles
Rgms and the Chicago Cardinals
in 1953.
Walsh to Aid Irish
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 23 </P)
—Athletic Director Ed (Moose)
Krause today announced the sign
ing of Bill Walsh of the Pittsburgh
Steelers as Notre Dame football
line coach.
Sports
Briefs
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SPOUTS POTPOURRI
Penn State’s basketball fight with Pitt, climaxing the biggest
sports day of the winter season Saturday, promises to be a real
thriller if past performances mean anything. Can’t help thinking
that a guy could live a couple of life times before he might see as
hectic and thrilling an ending as the Lions’ 91-85 triple overtime stint
against the Panthers at Rec Hall
last season.
The ho>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.
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