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Mountaineers, Pitt
Next for Cagers
Owners of a .500 winning percentage for the fifth time
this year, Penn State’s basketball Lions already have their
bags packed for their second extended road tour of the season.
Two weekend games will comprise half of the “Touring
Lions’ ” coming road engagements.
Coach John Egli will send his eagers against the Univer
sity of West Virginia tonight at Morgantown, and tomorrow
its the University of Pittsburgh in the Panther’s spacious
field house—a one-tWo punch which should once and for all
settle Penn State’s ability to win
—or lose—on the road
Next Wednesday the Lions
travel to Bucknell and then, fol
lowing a recess for final exams,
visit the Naval Academy before
returning to Rec Hall for a Feb. 4
contest with Boston University
in the first of a three-game home
stand.
Tonight’s encounter will be
number seven on foreign soil for
the Lions. Three of their five
losses have come on the road.
Upset by Tartans
The Lions will leave for Mor
gantown early this morning, and
tonight will face a team which
is still wondering about the 68-66
upset win handed it Wednesday
night by Carnegie Tech—earlier
68-62 victors over the Lions. The
victory, which came on what has
been tabbed the East’s biggest
upset to date in the current bas
ketball season, was only the third
for Carnegie Tech, against seven
losses The setback put the
Mounties at 9-5 for tonight’s
meeting with the Lions.
6000 Fans Expected
More likely than not the Lions
will be playing before a 6000-
plus capacity crowd tonight in
Mountaineer Fieldhouse, and the
drawing card, of course, will be
Rod “Hot Rod” Hundley, the
Clown Prince of collegiate basket
ball who has already been picked
to top Marc Workman as West
Virginia’s all-time cage great.
Hundley, known chiefly for his
Globetrotter-like antics last year
as a sophomore, is said to have
settled down a bit and is now
putting more of an effort into
winning games than in pleasing
crowds. Nevertheless, laughs are
still mighty close to Hundley in
the “what pleases me most” cate
gory.
Smashes Scoring Record
There no longer exists any
realm of doubt as to his ability
to be a big help in winning bas
ketball games as well as do tricks
with a basketball. Last year as a
sophomore Hundley’s 711 points
(23.7 average) broke the all-time
single-season scoring record for
sophomores and he is currently
Frosh Cagers Meet
Altoona Tomorrow
By LOUIE PRATO
Optimism and confidence is
about the best way to explain
Freshman Cage Coach Don Swe
gan’s attitude as his team pre
pares to invade Altoona Center
tomorrow evening. Swegan, now
in his second year at the helm of
the Lion Yearlings, is certain that
the frosh have the depth and abil
ity to sweep past Altoona.
With an average height of 6-3%,
the frosh floormen hope to justi
fy the confidence Swegan has
placed in them by duplicating last
year’s victories over the Moun
taineers. Twice in the 1954-55
season, Penn State sent Altoona
down to defeat. Both times Swe
gan’s forces tallied more than 80
points; winning the first one, 82-
52, and the second by an 87-67
count
. The outcome may be no differ
ent this year. The Nittany fresh
men have rolled up a total of 146
points in two wins over the Penn
State Junior Varsity. However,
both games are not counted on
the official record.
Altoona Owns 3-5 Record
Thus the frosh go into tomor
row’s encounter with a 0-0 rec
ord. Altoona, on the other hand,
has seen action in eight games,
winning three and losing five.
The starting lineup for the fra
cas is still unsettled, but it will
pointing for the all-time two-year
collegiate scoring record. In the
Mountainers’ loss to Carnegie
Tech Wednesday night Hundley
scored 28 points and grabbed 17
rebounds.
Selected All-American
Dell’s 1956 basketball magazine
has this to say about him: (He
was selected on Dell’s All-Ameri
can Dream Team) “A court cut-up
—but his scores count! If you’re
talking about a young basketball
player from WVU, the term “Hot
Rod” no longer means a souped
up car but refers to Hundley and
stands for a razzle-dazzle ball
handler and scorer who can speed
down the court leaving opposition
players open-mouthed in bewil
derment . .
Along with 6-4 Hundley, a for
ward, Mountaineer Coach Fred
Schaus will probably start Willie
Bergines (6-6) at forward, Lloyd
Sharrar (6-10) at center, Joedy
Gardner (6-1) at guard and Don
Vincent (6-1) at the other guard.
Lions Hold 27-20 Edge
The game will mark the 48th
meeting on the basketball court
between the two schools, who
started facing each other in 1906.
West Virginia won the first meet
ing, 16-13, but over the years the
Nittany Lions hold a 27-20 edge.
Following tonight’s game the
Lions will travel to Pittsburgh
where they will remain over
night for tomorrow night’s con
test.
49'ers Name Albert
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 (JP)
—Frankie Albert, 35, who dazzled
the college football world as its
first modern T-formation quar
terback, today was named coach
of the San Francisco 49ers with
whom he starred for seven years.
Card's "Big Two" Sign
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12 (JP)— Stan
Musial and Red Schoendienst, a
$125,000 package of baseball tal
ent, today signed their 1956 con
tracts with the St. Louis Cardi
nals.
be chosen from seven boys. Lead
ing the group is 6-6 Bob Edwards,
one of the sparkplug’s in the vic
tories over the Junior Varsity.
Behind him are Carmen Palmiero,
6-5%; Dick Geesey, 6-7; John
Reim, 6-3; Dick Schwendeman,
5-11; John Myers, 6-1; and Cal
Emery, 6-2.
Although he is the smallest
man among the potential start
ers, Schwendeman is highly rated
by Coach Swegan. It was
Schwendeman’s outside shooting
skill which helped bring the frosh
its second victory over.the JV’s.
Palmiero Top Rebounder
Palmiero, the All State center
from New Jersey, is a big man
under the boards. He teams up
with Edwards to give the Frosh
a one-two rebound punch.
According to Swegan, Myers,
Geesey Reim and Emery are on
par with the aforementioned
quartet, giving the freshman ter
rific reserve strength.
Since only 10 men make up
the traveling squad, the frosh
mentor will pick three more boys
from his talent laden 26-man
squad. Among the boys with the
inside track to these spots are
Vance Brem, 6-6; Joe Fenkel,
5- Jim Patterson, 6-5; Frank
Bartkowski, 6-2; Tom Hancock,
6- Carl Seifert, 6’, and Paul
Bauer 6-1.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Four
THESE FOUR outstanding gymnasts will oppose the Swiss in their specialties tomorrow night at
Rec Hall. The four (left to right) are Don Weissend. Gil Leu—freshman exchange student from
Switzerland—Karl Schwenzfeier, and Armando Vega.
Cline New Gym Captain;
Lions Prep for Swiss
Tony Cline, nee performer on the horizontal bar for the Lion gym team, was named captain of
the squad yesterday after it was learned that former captain, Paul Heim, had dropped from the squad.
The switch comes only one day before the international meet with Switzerland, and forced
Coach Gene Wettstone to replace Heim with junior Walt Heiler in the side horse event. Heiler is re
garded as an able performer on the side horse, and should be a dependable replacement for the
departed Heim.
Wettstone will throw a variety
of experienced and green per
formers against the highly-touted
Swiss team, which arrives in Uni
versity Park at 2 this afternoon.
On the experienced side of the
picture, * Wettstone has Karl
Schwenzfeier and Dion Weissend.
Schvtenzfeier will compete in
every event on the program. The
flashy star is remembered for his
great achievements last year with
the Lions.
He won the Eastern and Na
tional Collegiate all-round hon
ors last spring and will compete
in the Olympic trials to be held
here in April. He is ineligible
for intercollegiate competition
this year.
Weissend, who is one of Wett
stone’s mainstays on this year’s
team and one of the three all
round performers, will compete in
the long-horse jumping, the still
rings, calisthenics, and horizontal
bar. His favorite events are the
horizontal bar and tumbling. The
latter event will not be included
in the program tomorrow night.
Newly-elected captain Cline,
who was. a frequent winner on
the horizontal bar last year, will!
appear in only that event tomor
row.
Probably the most heralded
newcomer in the last few years
is Armando Vega, who hails
from Los Angeles. Vega, a soph
omore. is looking forward to his
first season of college competi- ]
tion and if .pre-season indica
- lions mean anything. He should
have one., of the finest years
ever known for a sophomore
performer at Penn State.
Wettstone calls Vega “poten
tially the equal of Schwenzfeier
and perhaps farther advanced as
a sophomore than either Schwenz
feier or Jean Cronstedt. Cronstedt
was national champion in 1954 for
the Lions.
Like Schwenzfeier. the color
ful Vega will participate in
every event. His best event is
the still rings with the side
horse and parallel bars close,
behind.
Another newcomer, Gil Leu,
who lives in Switzerland and who
will be meeting some old friends
today when the Swiss arrive here,
will perform in the parallel bars,
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side horse, .and horizontal bar
events.
Freshman standout, Lou Sava
dore, will perform in the long
horse jumping event, his best
event.
Wettstone said that the young
gymnast shows a great potential,
and should develop into an excel
lent performer in the near future.
Sophomore Bob Foht will
also perform on the parallel
bars, where he is regarded as
an outstanding prospect. His
excellent style and elegance
should make him a consistent
performer with the Lions during
the next few years.
Another sophomore, Jack Bies
terfeldt, will also be in the open
ing lineup, performing on the side
horse. The Long Island youngster
has impressed Wettstone with his
capable routines and style.
Senior Dave Kennedy will
perform in one event tomorrow
night—calisthenics. He is also
an excellent tumbler who dis
plays good talent and a smooth
style.
A complete rundown of the
events with performers are: par
allel bars, Foht, Leu, Vega, and
Schwenzfeier; side horse, Heiler,
Biesterfeldt, Vega, Leu, and
Schwenzfeier; long horse jumping,
Weissend, Savadore, Schwenzfei
er, and Vega.
Still rings, Weissend, Schwenz
feier, and Vega; calisthenics, Weis
send, Vega, Schwenzfeier, and
! Leu.
The meet will begin at 7:30 to
morrow night with doors opening
at 6:30 p.m. More than 500 stand
ing-room-only tickets will go on
sale at 7 p.m.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1956
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Leonides, DG's,
Frosh Capture
Cage Victories
Leonides B smothered Delta
Zeta 43-7 in the women’s intra
mural basketball league to give
the independents their fifth win.
Carol Greenawalt connected for
18 points, and Louise Needham
sank 13 more to lead the win
ners to victory. Bette Bingman
added geven tallies.
Mary .Elliot scored all’ seven
counters for the losing Delta Zeta
team.
Thompson Baffles Thompson
Thompson I hammered Thomp
son II in the battle of the frosh,
38-15, behind a 20-point perform
ance of Rae Waters. Pat Ulrich
and Lois Colteraro dunked 10 and
six points respectively, for the
victors.
Joan Schmidt was high scorer
for the losers with eight, and Sal
ly McCoy flipped in five more.
DG'« Regain Win Stride
Delta Gamma galloped back in
to the winning column to beat
Alpha Epsilon Phi 32-25.
Martha Patterson scored 14
markers to lead the DG’s, while
Elizabeth Morrill tallied 10 and
Julie Maybury scored eight for
the total 32 points.
Clare Stein once again headed
the high • scorers when ■ she an
chored 13 points for the losers.
Carole Babis scored nine tallies
in the losing cause.