TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1954
State's Rebound
TWO LION CAGERS, Bob Leisher (12), and Rudy Maris a (behind
Leisher), vie for rebound in first half of last night's basketball
contest at Rec Hall. Other Penn Staters are Ron Rainey (3), Bobby
Hoffman (4), and Bob Ramsey (14). The Lions downed Lehigh
88-64 to eveta their season's record at 8-8.
Cagers Score 88-64
Victory Over Lehigh
For 3rd in a Row
The Nittany Lion cagers combined two 44-point halves
to defeat the Lehigh Engineers, 88-64, in Recreation Hall
last night and once again brought their season record to the
.500 mark and extended their winning streak io three
in a row.
The Lions were paced by forward Rudy Marisa’s 15 point
effort in the first half and Norm Hall’s 10 point second half.
Another bright spot in the evening was sophomore Ron Rain
ey’s performance in his first starting role as he collected 12
points, all in the opening half.
Rainey replaced co-captain Earl
Fields who will be lost to the team
for the remainder of the season
because of scholastic ineligibility.
Shoddy Play in Second Half
The game was marked by shod
dy play as both teams substituted
frequently. This was true espe
cially in the second half which
was marked by a rash of per
sonals. Both teams shot a total of
-55 personals in the final half, Le
high attempting the most with 33
and Penn State with 22
Lehigh quickly jumped off to a
three point lead as Gene Seigel,
substitute center for the also in
eligible Tom Rayfield, tossed in a
layup which was followed by Tom
Healy’s foul throw. State then
rolled back with 10 straight points
as Rainey connected for two foul
shots and a rebound, as did Mar
isa, while Bob Ramsey dumped in
a hook.
. Seigel hit on another foul while
Marisa and Hoffman pushed it
up to 15-4. State continued to
lengthen its lead until at the nine
minute mark the score stood at
29-9. Sparking the drive was Mar
isa’s eight consecutive points for
the Blue and White. Hoffman
tossed in two fielders while Ram
sey and Rainey each contributed
two.
Rainey then hit for three two-
By ROG BEIDLER
pointers which, along with Ram
sey’s free throw matched Lehigh’s
effort to set the score at 38-18.
Hall then tossed in two field goals
and Jini Jordy’s jump ended the
first half scoring for the Lions.
Halftime score stood at 44-26.
Marisa opened the second half
with as torrid a pace as he dis
played in the initial frame. After
guard Bob Leisher’s driving layup,
Marisa connected, for a jump shot
and two free throws which ended
his scoring for the evening. His
first half performance was a re
spectable 45 per cent, five goals
in 11 tries.
. Subs Take Over
In the second half, the second
and third teams took over as
Coach John Egli cleared his bench.
The whistles sounded frequently
as over-anxiousness attracted the
attention of the officials. Seigel
led the losers in this department
aS he toed the line six times, mak
ing five successful. He also col
lected two fielders.
Tom Healy also hit on five of
six free throws and bettered Sie
gel’s field effort with, three jump
shots.
Although he missed his only
free throw in the second half,
Norm Hall led the Nittanies with
five field goals—three rebounds
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Lion Gymnasts Prep
For Orange Saturday
Varsity gymnastic coach Gene Wettstone is putting his
Lion squad—-fresh from two smashing victories over West
Virginia and Temple—through preliminary preparations for
its Saturday night encounter with Syracuse at Recreation
Hall.
The Lion gymnasts, attempting to retain their title as
the top gymnastic squad in the
eastern section of the country,
opened their 1956 card with an
easy 64-31 victory over the Moun
taineers of West Virginia, Satur
day, Jan. 28.
Despite the loss of his all-round
star Karl Schwenzfier, the likable
mentor developed a formidable
squad, the nucleus of which was
built around the dexterity of Cap-j
tain Tony Cline, Dion Weissend 1
and Armando Vega. j
Weissend Sparks Lions
Weissend spearheaded the Lion 1
attack in its victory over the
Mountaineers, winning the hori
zontal bar event, finishing second
in the tumbling competition, and
capturing the third spot in the
listings in the parallel bars—good]
for a total of 13 points.
Cline scored eight of the Nit
tanies’ points by garnering a third
in the horizontal bars and rings
and a fourth in the side Jiorse.
Sophomore Phil Mullen was
very impressive as he won the
I rope climb in :3.9 which accord
ing to Wettstone, “was a very
good time for this early in the
season.”
Frosh Five
Top Altoona,
Bow to Navy
Penn State’s freshman cage five,
aggravated by the' beating ad
ministered to them by Navy’s
Plebes last week, took their spite
out on Altoona Center Saturday
night, thumping the Blair County
men, 66-32.
The win, coupled with the Navy
loss and a victory over Bucknell
in late January, brought the
Frosh’s record to a 3-1 mark.
Only one more game remains
on the five-game schedule of
Coach Don Swegan’s quintet.
That’s a return engagement with
Bucknell Feb. 15 on the Recrea
tion Hall hardwood.
It was a good shooting percent
age and fine defensive play which
accounted for the Lions’ win over
Altoona. The Lion Cubs made
44% of their shots, and contin
ually high-pressured the losers
with stylish defensive tactics.
According to Swegan, “It was
the best game of the year for the
Frosh. Our defense looked very
good and our shooting was up to
par. If only we could have been
“on" the night we faced Navy.”
The "on” that Swegan refers to
is the dismal shooting percentage
recorded by the Little Lions in
the Navy fracas. The frosh man
aged to hit on only 18% of their
field goal attempts, while the Mid
dies were ripping the cords for a
46% average.
Carmen Palmiero was the big
man behind the Altoona win. The
6-5% ’forward from Brooklawn,
N.J., who according to his coach
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Foht Impressive
Another sophomore, Bob Foht,
also came in for praises from
Wettstone by winning the paral
lel bars competition with a score
of 271 out of a possible 300 points.
West Virginia’s Ted Gluck was
the meet's high scorer with 21
points on the basis of a first in
the side horse event, a second in
the horizontal bar, the rings and
parallel bars, and a third in the
rope climb.
Bill Paxton and Ed Sidwell cop
ped the other two Lion firsts, win
ning the tumbling and the rings
events ■ respectively.
The ' Lions followed the West
Virginia victory up with another
resounding win, defeating the
Temple gymnastic team last Sat
urday, 62-34 to advance another
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PEN ,
STATE'S OWN
FRED
WARING
THE BIG NEW MUSICAL SHOW
A Joyful Evening of Song and Fun with
THE PENNSYLVANIANS
, all In person
Room 249 Recreation Hall
Bob Leisher
Team player
Leisher Emerges
As Cage Hopeful
For *56 Lions
Bob Leisher, 25-year-old family
man, is slowly emerging as a
steadying influence on Penn
State’s 1956 basketball scene.
The Chambersburg youth began
his college career on the bench
but in recent weeks has developed
into a starter for Coach John Egli.
Leischer is a transfer from the
University of Hawaii where he
enrolled at the completion of his
Pacific service.
He looks back on a year of bas
ketball in the Islands with a Fili
pino, Japanese, Chinese, and Ko
rean as teammates.
Quiet and unassuming, Leisher
made an impression on his teach
ers even before his emergence as
a basketball influence.
A junior in recreational educa
tion, he’s an honor student with
a two-year average of 3.48 on the
four-point basis.
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