FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1956
Cagers Face Syracuse, Colgate in Weekend Series
The Penn State cagers face their
second tough weekend road trip
al row as they travel to New
York to meet Syracuse tonight
and Colgate tomorrow evening.
A win both nights would push
the Lions' season record back up
to the .500 mark, but the Nittanies
will have to be at top strength
to perform such a feat. Syracuse
owns a previous victory over the
Blue and White, defeating them
in Recreation Hall 71-64. Colgate,
on the other hand, met the Lions
on one of their "red hot" nights
when they shot a percentage of
.525 to defeat the Red Raiders,
83-75.
If the Lions can match their
performance against Bucknell in
Indoor Trackman Hold
Time Trials for IC4-A's
The Nittany Lion indoor track'team has begun running
through preliminary time trials in preparation for the IC4A
meet at Madison Square Garden Saturday, Feb. 25.
Coach Chick Werner plans to hold another time trial to
morrow afternoon, and possibly another some time next week.
The Nittanies' hopes suffered a stiff blow with the injury
of star sprinter and Captain Art
Pollard at the New York Athletic
Club games at the Garden last
Saturday night.
Pollard was spiked in the left
foot while participating in the
mile relay.
Seven stitches were required
to close the wound.
Hurdler Dick Winston and dis
tance runner Don Woodrow are
also on the injured list. Winston
is still recuperating from a pulled
muscle suffered earlier in the
season while Woodrow is suffer
ing from a bruised tendon in his
left foot.
Werner expressed some doubt
as to whether any of the three
will be ready to participate in
the meet.
Austin Tops in 600
Bruce Austin turned in the
most impressive performance of
the day when he ran the 600-yard,
trial in 1:16 .
Freshman Ed Moran was also
impressive as he posted a time
of 2:16,6 to finish ahead of vet
eran Doug Moorhead who ran the
course in 2:18.7.
Moran—a standout on last sea
son's star-studded cross country
team—is a leading contender for
the mile entry on the freshman
medley team.
Clem Schoenebeck, of State
College High School—ran away
from the field in the half-mile
race open only to freshmen
Olympic Emphasis Urged
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (.41 =-
Avery Brundage, president of the
International Olympic Commit
tee, warned today that America
must gain a new concept of ama
teur sports if it is to meet the
growing challenge of the Rus
sians.
"As you know, I am opposed to
this idea of throwing one nation
against another in the Olympic
Games," he said. "It is not the
Olympic idea. But we cannot ig
nore the fact that Russia is put
ting tremendous emphasis on de
velopment of its sports teams."
"We hear stories of subsidiza
tion of athletes in Russia, of train
ing camps, state-supported pro
gram and so forth," Brundage
said. "Maybe this is so. Every
thing in a Communist country is
subservient to the state and
there's not much we can do about
it.
"Understand, I don't attempt to
defend the system. But I do know
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this weekend's encounters, they
could supply some pretty still
competition for the New Yorkers.
The Nittanies combined a stone
wall defense and" a sharp pass.
and-cut offense to down the Bi-
sons Wednesday night 79-67, foi
one of their best games of Oil
year.
Coach John Egli said he wai
"very pleased" with the Lions'
showing against Bucknell and said
he was going to stick to the win
ning combination in the weekend
series. His "winning combination"
is composed of Rudy Marisa and
Ron Rainey at the forwards, soph
omore Jim Jordy at center. ani
Earl Fields and Bob Leisher at thi
guard positions.
He conceded that the lineup
lacked height, but said it made
vieing for berths on the medley
team.
Kerr. Thomrson
Schoenebeck finished ahead of I
teammate Fred Kerr with a time
of 2:01. Kerr ran the course in
24)2.5. Bob Thompson and Char
lie King followed the two leaders
across the wire in that order.
Jim Norton turned in a credi
table performance by winning
the quarter-mile race in :53.3.
Veteran Bob Matz and Paul Ro
berts both finished with identical
times of :54.
Werner said that Roberts was
also making a spirited bid for the
mile relay team.
Rossi Ist in 220
'Sophomore Dean Rossi finished
first in the 220-yard dash in :25.1
followed by Gary Seybert in :25.5.
Frosh Bob Manning, bidding for
the 220 spot on the medley team,
was third %in :25.7.
The Lion coach emphasized
that because of its square corners,
the indoor track at Recreation
Hall is three seconds slower than
the Garden track.
Although he had not made any
definite decisions Werner named
high jumper Bob Findley, pole
vaulter Ogier Norris, broad jump
er Herb Hollowell, and weight
men Charlie Blockson, John Tul
lar ,and Fred Urban as the lead
ing contenders for the field entry
berths.
that Russia puts amateur sport
on a far higher level than we do
in the United States.
"Over here we glorify our suc
cessful business men. We make
heroes of our professional ath
letes, but not our amateurs. In
Russia, the athlete is put on a
pedestal beside top party men.
He's a national hero.
"So in making comparisons we
must remember these three
things. First, sport is a bigger
thing in Russia than in America;
two, the athletes over there
haven't the distractions which
confront our boys and girls; third,
they train constantly."
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Freshman Lacrosse
All candidates for the fresh
man lacrosse team are asked
to report to the water tower
between 4 and 5 p.m. Friday.
Monday. and Tues d a y, by
freshman lacrosse Coach John
McHugh. Experience is no t
necessary, McHugh said.
Gymnasts Risk
Perfect Record
Against Army
The Nittany Lion gymnastic
team will attempt another step
up the ladder to defending its
Eastern title when it meets Ar
my's presently unbeaten gymnasts
tomorrow afternoon at West
Point.
The Lions—who have defeated
West Virginia, Temple. and Syra
cuse on the road to retaining
their crown—look for their stif
fest test of the season against the
Cadets.
According to reports which
Coach Gene Wettstone has re
ceived, the Cadets are not too
strong in tumbling but possess a
fairly well-balanced lineup in
the five other events—especially
the side horse.
Wettstone said that he may
make one or two changes in his
starting lineup in hopes of in
creasing his team's strength in,
some of its weaker events.
The Lion coach said that he
i
may start Mario Todaro in place!
of John Coller on the horizontal
bar. Todaro—who will be making,
his first start of the season—may'
also replace Captain Tony Cline
on the swinging rings.
"Armando Vega will again en
ter the side horse competition,
even though it is probably his
poorest event," Wettstone said.
Vega mustered a third place
against Syracuse in the side horse
last Saturday night.
After the Army meet, the Lions
will test Navy at Recreation Hall
next Saturday night.
Mat, Volleyball Entry
Deadline Is Thursday
Intramural volleyball and wres
tling entries must be turned in at
202 Recreation Hall by 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dutch Sykes, intra
mural assistant director, has an
nounced.
Each organization. may enter
one volleyball team. Entry fee is
$1 per_ team. Matches will b•
scheduled between 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Some matches will be scheduled
on Friday nights. Play will start
about March 15.
Bob Leisher
Starts again tonight
up for it with speed and hustle.
He supported his confidence in
the five cagers when se usel only
one substitute in the Bucknell en
counter. Bob Ramsey replaced
Jim Jordy midway in the secend
half while Marisa, Rainey, Fields
and Leisher played th?. entire 40
minutes.
The Lions will :main have to
stop several "big men' to earn
themselves a victory over the Or
ange. The biggest threat will be'
Vince Cohen who led the Orange
men in scoring as a .5 phom ore
last year and racked up 20 points
in the first game with the Lions.
Cohen, 6'l" is also a valuable man
on the backboards.
Another hurdle which the Nit
tani`es will have to get wee is
Jim Brown, remembered most for
Phi Tau Cagers Lead
Loop E; Phi Sig 2d
Phi Kappa Tau held onto its led the evening's scorers with a
half-game lead in League E of 19 point outburst. Pete Cano was
!the big gun for the losing Lions—
the fraternity IM basketball lea-1 .
Iscoring 13.
gue by beating Alpha Chi Sigma Also in League D, the Mounties
20-13 Tuesday night at Rec Hall.;defeated the Jokers 23-14. Valdi-
Howie Thompson threw in 10,mir Karba and Bob Kropcheck
markers to account for half thelscored seven apiece to pace the
Phi Tau scoring in the game. , winners. The defeat was the sixth
Second place Phi Kappa Sigma straight for the Jokers.
kept hot on the leaders by romp-' Hamilton Rallies to Win
ing to an easy 40-18 over Phi Hamilton Six won its fourth
Kappa. Six of the winner's team successive League E win, a 29-20
members broke into the scoring."come from behind" thriller. The
column. They were led by Guy iSixers trailed 14-10 at halftime,
Tirabassi, Lou Schneider, and but rallied in the stretch to win.
Jake Shook who scored eight, George Vin c e contributed 10
points each. points to the winners' cause, and
In one other fraternity game r i wound up as the game's top paint
in League D, Pi Kappa Phi won produce ..
its second game of the year byt In another League E game the
getting a forfeit over winless Chi i Eight Angels, paced by Dave Mar-
Phi.nti ez's 12 points, dropped the Top
1. _ _ _ _
Four independent games were' pers, 28-14. The Angels were al,O
played—two each in Leagues E forced to come from behind to
and D.. , I win.
Iron Men Win Ist I The Angels are now knotted
In League D, the Iron Men won with Hawks for third place in the
their first game of the campaign.; loop , each sporting 4-2 records.
a 29-27 thriller over the Maraud-
ing Lions. The winners had lost Horace Ashenfelter, erstwh;le
five in succession before last Penn State great, was named to
night's win, the National AM., all-America
John Grundon, of the Ironmen, track team again in 1953.
his outstanding performance with
the Orange gridders oa Bearer
Field last fall. Brown has speed,
and also tough in the rebounding
department. The remainder of the
Syracuse lineup will include Gary
Clark, who hit for 18 against the
Lions in the previous game, Ron
Gillespie, and Jim Snyder.
Colgate. an inexperienced team
when the Lions defeated them ut
December. have lost their green
ness and wilt have the edge on
their home boards. Jack Nichols.
16'4" forward, tallied 29 points in
the first encounter and couples
with 6'6" center Milt Graham to
.control the rebounds for the Red
!Raiders. The remainder of the
squad lacks height but is fast and
has several better than average
outside shots.
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