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Cagers Whip Colgate, 83-75
Nittanies Prepare for Tourney;
Meet Detroit in First Game
It may or* may not have realized it, but the throng of
some 5000 fans which turned out Saturday night to see the
Penn State basketball team in its second Recreation Hall ap
pearance viewed John Egli’s cagers in their best performance
of the still young season.
The Lions brought supporting cheers from the bleachers
and smiles from the bench as they, for the second consecu-
Pl»y*r
Bob Hoffman
Steve Baidy
Earl Field ..
Bob Ramsay
Norman Hall
Rudy Marisa
Others
Team
Opponents
live game, set a blistering shoot
ing pace to down a fast-moving
Colgate quintet, 83-75.
Although they were closely
pressed from nearly start to fin
ish, the Nittany cagers cleared
all existing doubts that they in
tend to present a strong challenge
to any and all comers on the Rec
Hall boards by clicking for a red
hot 52.5 shooting percentage from
the floor. Further stressing the
point, the Lions outrebounded
the Red Raiders, 49-41.
Will Enter Tourney
The Lions will spend most of
the early days of the Christmas
vacation practicing for the Motor
City Tournament in Detroit,
Mich., Dec. 27-28. The Nittanies
pair off with Detroit in the open
ing night action, with Brigham
Young and Toledo rounding out
the entries. The first-night win
ners will play for the champion
ship the following night, with the
two losers going for the consola
tion title.
The Nittanies were invited to
the tournament for the first time
last year. They lost to Wayne
University, 66-71, in the opening
round, and then bounced back to
top Toledo, 71-53, for the tour
ney’s third honors.
Picked as Favorite*
Early reports have Brigham
Young rated the favorite for this
year’s title. Among the Mormons’
more impressive victories this
year is a twin killing of UCLA,
75-58 and 67-65.
Following the Detroit tourna
ment, the Lions return to Univer
sity Park for a Jan. 3 engage
ment with Carnegie Tech. They
visit Lehigh Jan. 7, return to Rec
Hall to host Syracuse Jan. 11, and
then make a four-game'road tour
which will find them playing
West Virginia, Pitt, Bucknell, and
Navy.
Saturday’s win over Colgate
pushed Penn State into the posi
tive side of the ledger for the
first time this year. It now sports
a 3-2 record. Colgate has split
six games.
Baidy Paces Lions
For the third time this year,
sophomore Steve Baidy, who be
f;an the season as a substitute,
ed the Lions in the scoring col
umn with 21 points—his highest
single-game output of the year.
Co-Captain Bobby Hoffman’s 24
points in the Lions’ 102-78 win
over Rutgers last Wednesday re
mains Penn State’s individual
high for the season.
Saturday’s half-time score read
42-41 with the Lions in front.
Twice in the second half the Red
Raiders took the lead, and at no
time did the Lions move ahead
APPEARING
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max ROIICH -
Clifford BROUIR QUINTET
“A NEW YORK HOLIDAY
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By RON GATEHOUSE
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Foul Foul Fouls
Goals Att. Made
34 12 11
28 28 20
22 24 14
23 16
16 24
12 12
9 13
145 130
130 168
by more than the winning margin
—eight points.
The Lions made 32 of 61 shots
from the floor and the Raiders
hit on 27 of 62. At the foul line
the losers picked up 21 points on
28 free throws while the Nittanies
could connect on only 19 of 33
attempts.
Lanky Jack Nichols, Raider
senior, won approval from the
Lion fans and led all scorers with
29 points.
PENN STATE I
F«r F Tl.l
Fields 2 2-4 6
Hoffman 6 3-5 15
Ramsay 8 4-7 20
Hall 3 1-4 7
Baidy 7 7-10 7
Marisa 8 2-3 14
Rain-ey 0 0-0 0
Totals 82 19-33 83
Score by Periods—
PENN STATE
COLGATE
Bowling Alleys Provide
Recreation, Employment
Looking for some place
to spend your spare time?
Why not try the 12 new
University bowling alleys
in the basement of the
south wing of Recreation
Hall.
The alleys, which were op
end for use Oct. 3, are avau
aole for open bowling on Tues
day and Thursday from 1-6:30
p.m. and on Saturday and Sun
day afternoons and evenings.
- The alleys are also used as
part of the required physical
educatiou program, serving the
physical' education classes 27
hours a week.
Ten leagues—six student and
four outs'.de—take over the
hardwoods during weekday
nights. Approximately 28.000
games have been bowled on thr
alleys since opening day
leagues and open bowling ac
counting for 17.000. and physi
cal education classes the re
maining 11.000.
"The new alleys have beei
going over very well recrea
tional wise,” Nick Thiel, heac
of the required physical educa
tion program said. “They hav<
been in continual use sinci
they opened.” Thiel added.
The alleys also provide mail
students with the opportunity
*o earn some extra money by
working as pinboys during thi
league and open bowling timer
BASIN STREET
51st ST. off B'WAV • PL. 7-3728-9
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COLGATE
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Nichols 10 9 29
B rummer 0 0 0
Graham 6 6 16
Davidson 7 2 16
Bisselle 0 0 0
Stratton 3 2 8
Giordano 12 4
Tassi 0 0 0
Allen 10 2
27 21 75
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—Ron jr Photo
STEVE BAIDY. Lion sophomore forward, connects for two of the
21 points which gave him top Penn State scoring honors in the
Lions' 83-75 conquest of Colgate at Rec Hall Saturday night. Red
Raider Captain, Milt Graham, fails in an attempt to block Baidy's
shot. The win brought the Lions' record to 3-2.
"A coy can earn at much at
$6.10 setting - pint during one
night of league bowling." Thiel
said.
Approximately 60 or 70 boys
have earned money setting pins
thus far and there is still a need
for more pin boys.
“All a boy has to do to be
hired is to set a definite night
of league activity that he will
work for either two or four
hours,” Thiel commented.
League bowling lasts, from 7-9
and 9-11 p.m.
During the open bowling per- ,
:od, a boy can set the day and
the time during which he would
care to work.
Each pinboy earns 10c per
game set. He is pul on the Uni
versity payroll as a put-time
trance to-the alleys.
“We do expect organizations
to reserve at least four alleys
foi a minimum of two hours,”
Thiel commented. “Individuals
are noi allowed to reserve the
alleys.’ he added.
The new alleys are equipped
with semi-automatic pinsetters.
electric eye loul lines, and Tel
e-Score scoring units which
project the scores on a screen
in front of the bowlers. The
use of finger chalk is pro
hibited.
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1955
Frosh Beat
JV's for 2d
Win, 73-62
The Nittany Lion freshman
basketball team won its second
game of the season Saturday
night at Recreation Hall, defeat
ing the JV cagers, 73-62.
Both teams fought to a stand
still during most of the first half,
matching points while the lead
changed hands five times.
However) with three minutes
remaining in the initial period,
the frosh—led by 6-6. Bob Ed
wards and 5-11 Greg Schwende
man—staged a scoring spurt
which pushed them into a 10-
point half time lead, 40-30.
Edwards Hits from Inside
During the spurt, Edwards ac
counted for six of his 11-point
first half total, scoring mostly
from the inside with a variety of
hooks and jump shots. Schwende
man stayed on the outside, hitting
on five of seven set shots.
The JV’s came back with a
boom in the early minutes of the
second half, cutting the frosh
lead to four points, 46-42. At this
point, guard Vern Ross took per
sonal command and scored seven
of his team’s next 14 points to
push the JV’s into a 56-54 lead.
Myers Sparks Rally
The frosh refused to play dead
at this unexpected, lightening
like attack of the JV’s. Led by
the capable ball-handling and the
scoring of 6-1 guard John Myers,
who tallied all of his six points
during the rally, the frosh quick
ly regained the, driver’s seat—this
time for good—62-58.
The losers made a futile at
tempt to regain the lead as 6-5
Carmen Palmiero teamed with
Edwards to clear both boards of
most rebounds. Palmiero also
scored his six points to increase
the frosh lead, -70-60.
Erratic passing and poor de
fensive ball was often displayed
by both clubs as one scoring op
portunity 1 after another went by
the boards due to careless mis
takes.
Edwards, with 15 points, and
Schwendeman, with 12 points,
sparked the frosh attack while
Don Davis—a bulwark on both
-offense and defense for the losers
—and Raos each scored 14 points
for the JV’s. JV forward Don
Stickler scored 11 points in a los
ing cause.
Bill Oberly, who won National
Collegiate 191-pound honors last
year, will cO-captain Penn State’s
1956 wrestling team.
Opposite Old Main