TUESDAY. JANUARY 10. 195 C Cagers To 39 By RON GATEHOUSE Although it was by their lowest winning scoring effort of the season, jumped above the .500 mark for the second time Saturday at Bethlehem, victory over Lehigh! University. Twice this season have the Lions scored ■—both times in a losing cause With 17 games' still ren record. The loss put the Engineers, at 1-3 Saturday’s contest brought the Penn State-Lehigh series, which had its origin in 1902, to 12-8 with Penn State out front. Lehigh has scored six of its eight wins on its home court. Co-captain Bob Hoffman, far ahead in the Penn State individ ual scoring parade, and Rudy Mar isa split 24 points for Saturday’s individual Nittany laurels. Lions Shine on Defense The Lions, with one eye on the much-talked-about Syracuse quin tet which comes io Rjec Hall to morrow night, and the other on the Engineers, displayed their best defensive performance of the season. In addition to jholding the losers to 38 points, the Nittanies permitted a meager eight Engi neer field goals—one in the first half. A look at how the scoring went makes it the same old story for the Lions—outscore the opponents from the floor but drop behind from the foul lane. Penn State connected on 23 field goals, compared to Lehigh’s eight. But in free throws the fi gures were exactly reversed. The Lions made 8 of 15—Lehigh took advantage of 23 of its 30 chances. The Engineers* Dick Healy equalled Hoffman and Marisa’s 12-point output. Single-handedly he accounted for half of Lehigh’s field goal total, in addition to making good on four of four free throws. Hold 17-Point Lead As-the score indicates, the Engi ners were knocked off their of fensive balance. They added six foul shots to their lone first half field goal, and at the intermis sion the score read: Penn State 25 —Lehigh 8. Lehigh took an early 5-0 lead on five consecutive foul shots. Hoffman then began hitting from the outside and the Lions quickly took the lead and were never headed. The Engineer’s first field goal came with three minutes re maining in the first period. Mean while the Nittanies were piling up Ihcir commanding 17-point half time margin. With four Lion reg ulars on the bench, the losers won second-half scoring honors, 31-29. Coach John Egli singled out Hoffman .for his fine defensive play out front and Norm Hall, Bob Ramsay, and Marisa for their defensive and rebounding support under the boards. MAAAAAAAAAA 'Smith’s tarter stop Boy, here it is the last full week of classes already. Then, finals. I can always tell when final season starts. Practically every guy on campus gets a crew cut. I guess they do that as pro tection against pull- I ing it out. LIOSAM Hold Engineers in sth Victory Laming in the 1955-56 campaign, the Nittanies have a 5-4 Frosh Mafmen Defeat Cornell; Seltzer, Gray Pin Opponents Penn State’s frosh mat team showed strength in the middle weights against Cornell’s frosh Saturday night, to win, 16-14. Two freshman wins came by pins. The Lion Cubs, however, trailing 8-11 with three bouts to go, won two of the final three. Cornell’s George Willis, after stacking up a 14-3 lead, pinned 123-pounder John Logue at 8:17. At 130 pounds Lion Don Peters lost a squeaker to Paul Seybold 3-2 with all the scoring coming in ithe first two periods. | Dean Seltzer, 137 pounds, and Johnny Evans, 147 pounds, quick ly tied Cornell's 8-0 lead with Seltzer’s pin and Evans taking a decision Seltzer, after taking a two point lead on a takedown over AI Wadsworth, had his 137- pound opponent in a pinning position when the buzzer sound ed. At 2:08 of the second period Seltzer copped the pin. Evans evened the score at 8-8 with his 5-0 shutout over Cliff Cool. Evans picked up two in the first period and two on a reverse in the second stanza plus a final point for riding time. With an action-packed first per iod, Steve Friedman, Cornell, got the takedown over the Lions' 157- pounder Bill Labone in the first period. Midway in the second per iod Friedman escaped, gained the takedown, and added one more point for riding for the 6-0 win. Penn State's George Gray put the Lions ahead. 13-11, when he dove for an ankle of Ted Hodge, got the takedown, and then' pinned Hodge at 2:53. Bruce Gillmore and Cornell’s John Gardner put on a scoring spree with Gillmore finally get ting a 9-7 win. •Gillmore and Gardner traded reverses in the first two periods with Gillmore finally leading 7-6 at the start of the final period, after making a three-point last ditch stand in the final seconds of the second period. Gillmore gained his 9-7 victory margin on a reverse in the final period. Dave Dunlop, Cornell, deci isioned the Lions’ heavy Henry [Norwood, but was unable to pin I the Lion which would have tied [the meet 16-IG. Hope you all had a ball dur ing Xmas recess . . . it’s 1 back to the grindstone now. "Just in case you still have some cash around, here’s the ideal present for you—the original FLIP-IT cap. Wear it come-rain or shine —water can't penetrate it . . . sun can't bleach it. Sleep in it and it'll still look good! In black watch plaids and brown plaids, the original FLIP-IT cap is only $2.98. LOOKIE! LOOKIE! WATCH THIS PAGE TNURS. FOR BIG EVENT Danks & Co. Men's Shop Entrance on W. Bearer Ave. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA IM Cage— (Continued from page six ) ga’s Loop D first place spot with a 26-11 triumph over Phi Mu Delta. It was the undefeated Phi Gam’s fourth win. Chuck Chris tiansen pushed eight points thru the hoop for the victors. ATO kept their winning streak intact by defeating Chi Phi, 18-12. ATO. led by only one point at the halfway mark but outlasted the cellar-dwelling Chi Phi’s in the second period. Bill Baver’s five was high for the league lead ers but the losers Bobby Allen led all scorers with nine. Pi Kappa Phi dropped its third game in four Outings in a 24-16 loss to Delta Theta Sigma. It was Delta Theta Sig’s first win after four defeats. Jack Frey, scored eight points, high for the game. The final game of the evening saw Delta Chi stop Beaver House, 26-13. Eight Delta Chi’s were in on the scoring march with Frank Ulrich's six the highest. MEN’S SHOP Hit a a i Welcome Home, Staters the Lion c&gers scoring a 59-34 below 59 points Mur’s Opposite Old Main V ’■3M Swiss Performance Hailed in New York The Swiss gymnastic team’s exhibition Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City was considered the “greatest performance ever given between the halves of a basketball game in the history of the garden” by the Garden Manager. The Swiss, led by Olympic champion Jack Gunthard, put on the greatest display of synchro nized routines and flawless skill ever witnessed in the Big City. Gunthard's performance on the horizontal bar, which was tele vised, was said to be nothing short of sensational. Penn State Gym- About 3SO $1 unreserved tickets remain for the Swiss - Penn Stale gymnastic meet on Saturday, according to ticket manager, Ed Czekaj. Czekaj said also that about SO reserved seats remain. Students should buy their tickets as soon as possible if they wish to see the meet. nasties Coach, Gene Wettstone, who was in New York to see the exhibition, said that Gunthard’s performances “convince me more and more that he is the greatest in the world on the horizontal bar.” Besides his outstanding feat on the horizontal bar, Gunthard, with the aid of three of his teammates, did a comedy act which satirized “Gymnastics in the Good Old Days." The comedy act will be a part of the program which will take place Saturday in Rec Hall. After their outstanding per formances in New York the Swiss gymnasts performed before the largest crowd ever to witness a gym meet in Union, N.J. Spon sored by the Union Swiss Gym nastic Society, the Swiss were lauded for their great feats and This is a REAL Clearance Sale, with pieces slashed on all popular items. Don’t miss this ones-a-year chance to improve your wardrobe—at near cost prices. Many other items going, including Raincoats, Hals, Belts, and Dress Shirts, at rock bottom prices! SUITS it $55.00 REDUCED TO REDUCED TO $45.00 1 OTHERS~ $35.00 to $65.00 REDUCED TO $24.95 reduced to . . . Others ' . , $19.95 Reduced SWEATERS $8.95 REDUCED , TO «pO.' OTHERS $4.95 N to O to $19.95 W By FRAN FANUCCI $42.88 $34.88 $24.88 $49.88 $65.00 to $49.88 SPORT COATS SPORT SHIRTS $3.95 REDUCED OTHERS —. $2.95 N $1.98 to O *o $l4 95 w $9.98 were asked for a return date. 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