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Syracuse Downs Lions, 71-64
Orange Trails at Half, 36-31;
Hoffman High With 20 Points
Playing for all they were worth and proving more than
ever that hustle and spirit can often overshadow ability, the
never-say-die Lion cagers came within eight points of beat
ing Syracuse last night at Recreation Hall before a spirited
crowd estimated at 3000. The 71-69 loss was Penn Stale's
fifth of the season.
Co-captain Bobby Hoffman, smallest member of the Lion
squad but owner of the most accurate shooting eye, shined
once again on defense and led Penn State in the scoring
column for the fifth time this sea
son—this time with 20 points.
Vinnie Cohen, still in the minds
of Lion cage fans for the sparkling
performance last year when the
Lions topped the Orange, 107-85,
shared the game’s scoring honors
with Hoffman by scoring 20 of the
Orange’s winning total.
Although Penn State led at the
intermission, 36-31, and at that
point it appeared as though a ma
jor Eastern upset could well be
in the making. Even before the
opening tip-off, things began to
go wrong for the Lions.
Probably as much as injury
to their victory hopes as Syra
cuse's 40-point second half
splurge was the fact that Bob
Leisure, an up-and-cogiing jun
ior who Egli had selected to
start in place of regular and
Co-captain Earl Fields, entered
the Infirmary this afternoon
with a 102 degree temperature.
A quick scan at the bench left
only Fields to take Leisure’s place.
He started and played all but two
minutes, but his five points and
nine rebounds weren’t enough to
supplement Hoffman's effort, and
earn the Lions a win. Fields
played with four stitches in his
right hand.
Rudy Marisa grabbed 11 ca
roms, and led the Lions under
the boards. He also connected on
two field goals and nine of 11
fouls for 15 points—second high
for Penn State.
As a team- the Lions outre
bounded the winners. 39-27. and
percentage-wise looked belter
from the floor. They made 22 of
64 attempts for a 34 per cent
sholing average, while the Or
ange hit on 33 per cent, making
good on 24 of 73 attempts.
Syracuse was 23 of 31 at the
foul line and the Lions connected
successfully on 20 of 29 free
throws.
Following the game, Lion Coach
John Egli commented: ‘‘They
(Penn State) played their best
game of the year, including Col
gate and Toledo, but man for man
we just weren’t good enough. I
couldn’t expect them to do any
better against a team like Syra
cuse.”
Trojans, 8
Others Win
Cage Tilts
Tuesday night’s Intramural bas
ketball at Recreation Hall saw six
fraternities and three independent
quintets advance in league play
In the first attraction of the
evening the Chiggers were set
back by the Yum Yums, 33-21.
Chuck Welsh, Yum Yums, was the
leading scorer of the fracas, hit
ting for 14 points. Francis Soroko
topped the losers with six.
The Trojans gained command
of the League II lead, stopping
the Rocks, 32-26. Before the game
both teams were unbeaten. Bill
McDude tallied eight points for
the winners. His output was
equalled by two of the Rocks’
dribblers, Joe Joyce and Bill Wal
ters.
Another independent encounter
never got underway the Gems
forfeited to Dorm 23.
Myers Nets 6
In a fraternity loop F skirmish,
Phi Epsilon Pi defeated Triangle,
21-17. Sid Grinberg’s five markers
were high for the victors, but Tri
angle’s Joe Myers led all the scor
ers with six.
Another League F match ended
in a Theta Kappa Phi conquest
over Tau Phi Delta, 30-22. Bob
Oleski was the Theta Kap scoring
bombardment in tallying 19 points.
Chuck Ruppert scored eight for
Tau Phi Delt.
Rodgers Makes Nine
Sigma Chi threw Acacia for a
23-15 loss in the third League F
contest. Sam Rodgers pushed in
nine points to lead the winners,
while Wavren Saunders’ six were
tops for Acacia.
Paced by the sharp shooting of
Milt Linial and Fred Trust, Phi
Sigma Delta, roared over Beta
Theta Pi, 30-17. Linial scored 11,
and Trust accounted for nine of
the Phi Sigma Deit’s points.
George Ebert and Ron Lynch split
10 points to top the Beta’s.
Beta Sigma Rho, winning by
only 6-3 at halftime, scored a 25-21
victory over Alpha Rho Chi. Lee
Maimon topped the victors with
six points but John Booser of Al
pha Rho Chi was high man for
the game, registering eight.
Phi Tau Wins
Phi Kappa Tau stopped Phi
Kappa Sigma 37-29 in one of the
best games of the night. Phi Tau
led by seven points at halftime.
With four minutes remaining,
Phi Kappa Sig narrowed the Phi
Tau lead down to two points.
However, the Phi Tau's weren’t to
fContinued on page seven)
Miami Hits NCAA
MIAMI. Fla., Jan. 11 (fP) —Dr. for still another year.
James M. Godard, executive vice Dr. Godard declined to elabor
president of the University of Mi- a t e on his remark about consis
ami, said today the NCAA, which tency, but ojher Miami officials
has decided to keep Miami in the have complained that the NCAA
doghouse for another year, ought has let other schools accused of
to be “consistent” in dealing out recruiting violations off with mild
punishment to colleges. j reprimands while dealing out ex-
The NCAA placed Miami onjeessive and unfair punishment to
probation for one year starting. Miami.
in October, 1954, on grounds that Walter Byers, executive direc
it paid transportation_costs to theitor of the NCAA, said in Los
campus of prospective athletes 1 Angeles that rules had been vio
and gave excessive grants in aid.|] a t e d by the Eaton Foundation,
When the year expired, the. 3 loan fund for Miami students,
probation was continued, an ac-! He said the fund was not admini
tion that kept the fine Miami'stered by the school as NCAA
football team of 1954 from getting j rules require.
a certain major bowl bid. Yester
day, in Los Angeles, the NCAA
council extended the probation
By RON GATEHOUSE
The loss evened the Lions*
record at 5-5. Syracuse is now .
7-3. To date it has topped such
Eastern powers as Niagara,
Fordham. Cornell, and Navy.
All but the Navy win came by
13 or more poinis.
Eight of Hoffman’s 20 points
came in 7:43 of the first half and
,he contributed 14 of his total in
the opening period. At no time
in the first stanza were the Lions
headed, and Syracuse didn't take
the lead until 9:50 of the second
half had elapsed.
At that point the scoreboard
read 50-48 with the Orange in
tfront, and the Lions —tiring badly
| from their fine first-half defensive
I play when they stopped several
Dr. Godard said Byers was mis
taken, that the fund is under uni
versity control.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
ivar photo
BOBBY HOFFMAN, Penn Stale co-captain and high scorer for the Nittanies in their 71-64 loss to
Syracuse at Rec Hall last night, attempts to shake loose two Orange cagers, Larry Loudis. left,
and Jim Snyder, center. Rudy Marisa (20). Nittany forward, is in the middle of the fray, and Syra
cuse's Gary Clark (45) is at the right. Hoffman scored 20 points for Penn State.
1 st of 5 Away Meets
Wrestlers Will Visit Lehigh Saturday
Penn State’s wrestling team—scheduled for eight matches ibis year—will make its
first appearance away from home Saturday when it visits Lehigh. Saturday’s trip will
be one of five the Lions will make during the ’56 campaign. They also meet Navy, Ohio
State, Illinois, and Maryland on foreign mats.
The Engineers and Penn State have long been wrestling rivals, and although Lehigh
'Sam' Green ,
Former Gridder,
Drafted by Colts
BALTIMORE, Jan. 11 (JP)—
The Baltimore Colls oi the Na
tional Football League an
nounced signing today Paul
''Sam'' Green, a free agent for
merly of Penn Slate and now
with the Army in Germany.
Green was a 220-p ou n d
guard and linebacker at Penn
State before being drafted. He
is from Pottstown.
The Colts already have draft
ed his former teammate, half
back Lenny Moore.
3000 Meter Skating Mark
LONDON, Jan. 11 (JP) —Moscow
radio reported that Yuri Ivashkin
bettered the world skating record
for 3000 meters in an Alma Ata
warmup for the coming Winter
Olympics. His time was 4 min
utes, 37.8 seconds.
of the Oranges’ sharp passes—
couldn’t catch up.
PENN STATE SVRACUSE
F* F Tl. F* F Tl.
Fields 2 1-55 Cohen 7 6- 9 20
Hoffman 7 6- 6 20 Loudis 0 1-3 1
Ramsay 4 3- 611 Clark 6 6-6 18
Marisa 3 9-10 15 Gillespie 5 0- 110
Baidy 4 0- 0 8 Snyder 3 6- 6 12
Hartnett 0 0- 0 0 Brown 32-38
Hall 2 1-35 Cegala 0 0* 1 0
Albanese 0 2-22
Totals 22 20-29 64 Totals 24 23-31 71
Syracuse 31 40—71
. Penn State 36 28—64
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has come up with better teams:
in the last decade, the Lions still!
hold a decided edge in the over-]
all records covering 39 meets.
Since their first meeting in 1911,1
Penn State and Lehigh have bat
tled to a 27-10-2 mark with the:
Blue and White commanding the
17-game spread.
With thi'ee meets already com
pleted this year, Lehigh is un
defeated with wins over Cornell,
26-7, Penn, and most recently,
Franklin and Marshall, 19-9.
Lehigh has material returning
from the team that was upset by
the Lions last year, 15-13, in a
Recreation Hall thriller.
Lineup changes, however, for
the Lehigh-Penn State duel are
expected to be made by both
Coach Charlie Speidel and Le
high’s mentor, Gerald Leeman-.
Leeman’s five returning letter
men are Ed Eichelberger, Eastern
and National 147-pound cham
pion; Tom Deppe (123); Dave
Bates (137); Dick Whited (167),
and Dave Gallher, heavyweight.
A lineup change at 147 pounds
against Franklin and Marshall af
fected nearly the entire Lehigh
lineup. Dave Bates, 147-pound
veteran, injured his leg during
the pre-season Wilkes-Barre tour
nament, and was forced to sit out
the F and*M meet.
If Bates is not ready to work
against the Lions, Leeman may
have to revert to similar tactics
THURSDAY. JANUARY 12. 1956
against Speidel on Saturday. If
so he’ll have two sophs working.
One will be Bob Myers at 123
pounds who made his debut
against F and M, with veteran
Deppe moving to 130. Deppe lost
to Lion 123-pounder Sid Nodland
last year by a pin.
If Deppe moves up one weight,
then Leeman could use Franklin
Eck at 137, sophomore Joe Gratto
at 147, and Eichelberger at 157.
Gratto, an undefeated sophomore,
is the brother of Cornell’s veteran
matman, Chuck Gratto.
The middleweights, however,
are expected to be the weights
where both coaches will do the
most drastic pre-match juggling
in order to gain needed strength.
The balance of Lehigh’s lineup
will be Whited at 167, Dave Wal
ton at 177, and Dave Gallaher at
heavyweight.
As far as his own lineup is con
cerned, Speidel said that he wasn’t
sure who would start where, but
that Nodland (123), John Pepe
(137), Johnny Johnston (130),
Dave Adams (147), Joe Krufka
(177), and Bill Oberly, heavy
weight, will definitely see action.
This leaves Speidel with two
positions open. Hal Byers and Joe
Humphreys completed the Lions
team against Cornell last Satur
day when Penn State opened with
a 20-6 win.