The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 18, 1956, Image 9
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18. 1956 Lions Visit Bisons Tonight Coach John Egli’s Penn State basketball quintet, hoping to snap a three-game losing streak, visits Bucknell University tonight in a game which will mark the close of the first half of the 1955-56 Lion cage season. Egli’s “Touring Lions” will be appearing on a for eign court for the seventh time this year, and still have 10 away contests remaining after tonight’s game. The Lions, 5-7 for the season, will be hoping to gain ground on the .500 mark once again. At no time this year has their record been more than one notch heavier in the win Frosh Five Look for 2d At Bucknell By LOUIE PRATO With a revamped starting line up in the offing, Coach Don Swe gan will send his freshman floor men against Bucknell’s frosh quintet tonight at Lewisburg. The game, slated to start at 6:30, will precede the Lion-Bucknell varsity attraction. The Little Lions, who will face a more experienced foe in the Little Bisons, will be seeking their second win of the season. Last Saturday the frosh inaugurated the 1955-56 campaign with a 85- 62 conquest over Altoona Center. Swegan is planning two changes in the lineup that opened against Altoona. Because of their spark ling performances against the Mountaineers, 6-5 Tom Hancock and 5-10 Joe Fenkel have been elevated to first string berths. Hancock will replace Dick Geesy at a forward position, and Fenkel will move into John Myers’ guard spot. It was Hancock and Fenkel who led the second half drive that squelched' Altoona’s hopes. Al though he didn’t get into the game until the last 10 minutes of the first half, Hancock was the game’s high scorer with 22 points. . Fenkel, a second semester fresh man, contributed 12 markers to the cause, and was outstanding on defensive. Another starting slot, that of 5-11 Greg Schwendeman, is also in doubt. The Little Lion guard injured a shoulder in the Altoona contest, and may not be ready at game time. If not, his place will be taken by Myers. Forward Carmen Palmiero, 6- 5%, and center Bob Edwards, 6-6, will fill out the starting five. (Continued on page eleven) Philadelphia Residents February and June Graduates Apply for the MANAGEMENT TRAINEE EXAMINATION Start $3423 per year City of Philo. Room 127 City Hall Before February 6, 1956 during exams come to THE COOKIE SALE Time ... 10-11 (Jan. 19-26) Place ... Women’s dorm lounges Cookies ... Creamy chocolate fudge or crunchy vanilla gouchor You’ll be hungry while you study. Come to the Cookie Sale column than in the losing cate gory. Egli will take the usual 10-man traveling squad to Lewisburg, with Co-captains Bobby Hoffman and Earl Fields and Bob Ramsay listed as sure starters. Four candi dates are listed as possible open ers at the guard posts—Rudy Mar isa, Norm Hall, Bob Leisher, and Steve Baidy. Also making the trip will be Joe Hartnett, Ron Rainey, and Ed Ritter. Several Tough Foes Remain With several better-than-aver age opponents still remaining on the Nittanies’ schedule, a win over the Bisons is almost a must if the Lions are to finish the sea son with a better than .500 win ning percentage. In last year’s meeting between the two schools, Penn State walked away with a resounding 94-45 win at Rec Hall. In that game, all-time Lion basketball great Jesse Arnelle set the Rec Hall individual game high scoring record with 44 points. The Lion- Bison cage series began way back in 1896, and since then Penn State has defeated the Bisons 41 times in 52 meetings. Thirty-four of the Lion wins have come at home. Bucknell Coach Ben Kribbs and most Lewisburg observers gave out with a pre-season forecast that the Bisons would have a better THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA record this year than their 1954-55 3-18 slate. Kribbs, in his fourth year at Bucknell, has been blessed with a fine sophomore crop up from last year’s freshman team, which won at a 13-2 pace. The sophs have provided Kribbs with both depth and height. Last year’s team lacked three prime ingredients—height, depth, and experience. Only two men on this year’s squad 6-4 centers John Beatty and A 1 Kenzie —could rate in or near the “big man” category. No other member is above the 6-2 mark. The fact that five sophomores comprised the starting line-up during most of the 1954-55 campaign was evi dence of the dire lack of .exper ience. Depth No Longer Problem With 15 members now listed on the Bison roster, depth should be much less of a problem. This year’s quintet is built around the five juniors who made up Kribbs’ starting five as sopho mores—Beatty, 6-0 Joe Baccelli, 6-1 Norm Voorhees, 6-0 Marty Tannenbaum, and 6-2 Mike Corri gan. Penn State and Bucknell have had three common foes—Lehigh, Colgate, and Carnegie Tech. The Lions lost to the Tartans, and the Bisons were beaten by Colgate. '.pTAa —<*v~* V See Your Chevrolet Dealer 9 Indie' Register Nine Intramural Cage teams, representing Independent Leagues A, B, C, D, and E, scored triumphs Monday evening on the Recrea tion Hall basketball courts. All of the “Indie” five’s saw action in their fifth game of the season. One of the wins came on a forfeit. The forfeiture occurred in a loop A encounter when the Western Boys failed to appear for a sched uled contest with the Fighting Eight. The win was the first for the Fighting Eight after four losses. Czekaj's Wish : Eliminate 'Bowl' Post-Mortems If Ed Czekaj had one wish it would probably be to eliminate bowl game post-mortems from college football. His reasons are simple and plain: It was Ed who missed the sec ond of two extra points to bring the 13-13 tie in the 1948 Cotton Bowl between Penn State and Southern Methodist. Now ticket manager for all Penn State sports, Ed is always introduced to alumni groups as “the player who missed the extra point in the Cotton Bowl." Ed complains that nobody ever introduces him as “a member of the unbeaten 1947 team or as the player who matched Doak Walk er’s extra point in the Cotton Bowl.” He still shares with Pete Mauthe the Nittany Lion record for extra points in one game, eight, and is sole owner of the record for extra points in one season, 32. Penn State will play its first two football games in 1956 on the road, against Pennsylvania and Army. without wings ’56 Chevrolet! Ever level off a mountain with your foot? Nothing to it. Just point this new '56 Chevy uphill and ease down on the gas. Up you go with a quiet (hy draulic-hushed valve lifters now in aU engines—VB or 6) rush of power. This is the car, you know, that broke the Pikes Peak record. The car that conquered towering grades and vicious switchback turns to prove its superior performance, handling ease and cornering ability. These are built-in qualities that mean more driving pleasure and safety for you. Chevrolet also offers such safety features as seat belts, with or without shoulder harness, and instrument panel padding as extra-cost options. Quintets IM Wins In two League B matches, Col lege Co-op defeated the Erieites, 27-17, and the Nice Guys trounced the Bill Towners, 39-24. The Co op win was the fourth in five games; the Nice Guys’ record now stands at 3-2. Lenn Clark ripped the cords for 17 points in the Co-op con quest, giving him the top scoring mark of the night. Bob Thomas and Rich McMillan split 20 to lead the Nice Guys. The Geecho Birds brought its slate over the .500 mark in Lea gue C by squeezing past the Mc- Elwain Men, 16-12. Jim Erb and Jim Beatty each tallied six for the victors, but McElwain’s Joe Matos topped all scorers with eight. Another Loop C fracas saw the Engineering Colts upset the pre viously undefeated Barters, 31-23. The loss, first in four games, dropped the Barfers from a first place deadlock with 8.M.0.C. Andy Pyetl, 10, and Fred Fitch, nine, were the big men for the Colts. Marshall, of the Barfers, also scored 10. The Phantoms edged the Jok ers, 20-18, and the Mo unties (■Continued on page ten) Nothing climbs like a There are 19 new Chevrolets— all with Body by Fisher. Drop in and drive one. PAGE NINE