TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1925 Beta Theta Pi, Natators Win IM Swimming Finals Beta Theta Pi and the Natators reign as the Intramural swimming champions for 1955. Beta copped its fifth straight fraternity title with a 22-19 win over Tau Kappa Epsilon, while the Natators beat the Penguins, 27-14, for the independent crown last Tuesday night at Glennland Pool. The Beta's, with a veteran swim team, looked as if the men from TKE would be the new kingpins of the waterways. TKE won three out of the pos sible five first-place events, but it was the dominance of the run ner-up spots that brought victory to the Beta's Actually, the match wasn't de cided until the final event-- diving. At this point the score was 18-14 in favor of TKE. Either a first or second place for TKE would have given it the win. But Chuck Fegley and Karl Schwenzfeier ruined TKE's title hopes. Fegley and Schwenzfeier finished one-two in the diving contest, just a shade ahead of Al Rossi, TKE's outstanding swim mer. Rout, who according to Dutch Sykes, assistant Im'director, "is almost a one-man team," was not at his best for the diving event. He swam in two events, and had little stamina left for the divin j g. Meanwhile, his op ponents, Fegley and Schwen:- feier, were getting• their first taste of action for the evening. The match was a nip-and-tuck affair from the beginning. Rossi, along with Karl Snyder and Sil Patellis, gave TKE an early' 18-9 lead. Rossi took first place in the 60-yard back stroke and second, behind Patellis t in the 60-yard breast stroke. His teammate, Sny der, had captured the 60-yard free-style. But the four-time champions came roaring back in the 120- yard relay, with Ron Lynch. Frits Paige, Du, d ,Potter, and Terry Hunter toming through with the win. Earlier, Lynch had finished 'sand in the. free style: Paige second .in the back , stroke: and Potter third in the. breast stroke. Thus the stage was set for the thrilling climax, and the final Beta win. The NatatOrs had an easier time in " beating the Penguins, 27-14. The Penguins could man age to win only one first place Coed. Hoop League Opens The women's intramural 'basket ball league opened in White Hall last night as Thompson 3 beat Thompson 4, 35-23, and Mac Hall edged Leonides 16-14. Pat Reno sank five field goals to take scoring honors •for the Thompson winners. Mary Herbien and Linda 'Walrath were close be hind with seven and six tallies, re spectively. • / The big gun for the night was Doris 'Beane, who -scored 17 points' for Thompson -4 in a losing cause. Pat • O'Neill and Betty McKenzie starred on defense. After ending, the first quarter in a scoreless tie and finishing the first half 4-4, Mac Hall "Pulled ahead to stay in the third quarter with the sharpshooting of Margie Mac Coll, who sank • eight timely counters on six big field goals. Betsy Buchout pitched in with four markers. Leonides' .high scorer was Ma ny Ball with eight points. Gail Lundgren played a good game on By LOUIE PRATO had a rugged struggle on its hands, and for a while it * * * Karl Snyder In losing cause event, that by Jim Laffer in the diving contest. Meanwhile, the Nat's were sweeping four first places, and setting a. record on the side.. The 120-yard relay ' team of Mike Stollmeyer, Terry Funk houses, Bob Schiffner, and Jim Hepler. posted a new relay mark in 0:59.6 to clip 0:00.3 off the -old mark held jointly by the Penguins and. Beta. Stollmeyer, Schiffner, and Hep ler also came through with first place wins for the Natators— Stollmeyer in th e free-style, Schiffner in the back stroke, and Hepler in the breast stroke. defense for the first half, bu t switching to forward in the last quarter, entered the scoring col umn, with five tallies. Co-op and Atherton won forfeits over Little Lions and Woman's Building; respectively, in the two other scheduled games. Weather permitting, Atherton will' battle Thompson for the hoc key . league championship tonight on Holmes Field. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Lion Goalie Fled From Red Curtain By JOHN LAWRENCE A few hours may seem a mi nute portion of time to the aver age individual, but to Penn State's crack goalie, George - Geczy, they spelled the reason the blond sen ior was guarding the nets for the undefeated booters this year, and not struggling in Communist-op pressed Hungary. In 1945, shortly after the Ger mans were defeated. Geczy and his parents slipped across the Hungarian border only hours before the Russians were to arrive and assume control of the country. After making their way to the United States and spending time in a displaced persons area, the family settled in Avenel, N.J., where Geczy , attended high school and continued his native game of soccer. In 1952, along with Dick Pack er, Ihor Stelnyk, and Dick Ma tacia, Geczy entered Penn State to form what was to develop into one of the strongest soccer re gimes to walk on a college field. However, during his sophomore year, he was destined to a bench role under the steady performance of Lion goalie "Red" Harris. In his junior year (1954) the lanky blond was' ready, and with fullbacks Paul Dierks and Galen Robbins, the trio formed the defense that netted Coach Ken Hosterman's eleven the na tional championship. Geczy patrolled the nets so well that opposing teams were limited to a paltry eight goals in nine games. The highlight of the cam paign occurred when the booters snapped Temple's 19-game streak at Philadelphia, 2-0. "Long George" not only shut them out, but did so after recovering from a severe case of grippe the day before. The real story of Gemy's sen sational play last season lies not in the fact that he was con sistent in his defensive work, but that he was the only goalie Hosterman carried. Perhaps the secret behind the 6'2" seniors success is his amaz ing reflexes. Special lot of LP al bums-20% oft at Ben gus Music Center; 111 E. Beaver Ave. (oppo site the Post Office). Stop in today while there's still a large se lection. Lion Conches Finish Ist; Williams, Gatehouse Tie The Nittany Lion f o o tb a 11 coaches representated in last week's selections by Earl Bruce— won the Weekly Daily Collegian Grid Poll by picking seven of 10 picks correctly. The coaches, after grabbing an early lead only to lose it and flounder around second and third places during mid-season, staged a late-season rally to finish in first place with a 94-51 record, good for a .648 percentage. Sports Editor Roy Williams and Assistant Sports Editor Ron Gate house wound up in a tie for sec ond, one game behind the coaches. Sports reporter Fran Fanucci ESSO Student Service Center - • i Accept our invitation for competent and courteous service by matriculated students of P.S.U. + WE ARE BY THE DUCK POND + Open 7:30 a.m.- 7 -7:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat. F4 , (l' I S COLLIER'S 66TH ALL-AMERICA I_P r i . FOOTBALL TEAM! Who made it? Who is the player of the year? How many of your favorites earned mention? You'll get the answers in the new Collier's and meet the finest of All-Americas—selected by the American Football Coaches Association. Don't miss tliis authoritative last word on a great gridiron season. 10 Pages of Spectacular Action Photos in Full Color —who picked the only 15-0 day of the poll—came in trailing the leaders by two games. Fanucci had held the lead for one week of the poll. Boston College's 26-7 victory over Holy Cross was the game that turned the tide in the coaches' favor. Both Williams and Gatehouse picked Holy Cross. Williams had held the lead throughout the greater part of the poll, only to lose it to Gate house with two weeks remaining. In the last scheduled week of the poll, the coaches,' Williams, and Gatehouse finished in a tie for first, necessitating an extra week of selections. yr ist _ --~ Collier's on sale now PAGE SEVEN :21.1L1g.10 Vt
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