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.
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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.
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—who picked the only 15-0 day
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