THURSDAY. DECEMBER
A Glance
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PENN STATE FANS-
Ace Penn State fa
type? From what we've
we would have to clas'l
to it as possible.
The real fan is the
win or lose. Does this
don't think so.
The fans' actions
weekend only strength
the wishy-washy fans
but are quick to jump
poor in winning. -
Despite a winning
that the fans were di
their disappointment
players, particularly c
Each time Ramsay
let out with a roar, not
criticism for failing to .!
Did they stop to notice that Colgate had three men on Ramsay
each time he took his a i ssigned post? If they did, they didn't show it.
When Ramsay fjnally scored, the . fans yelled again—but the same
critical tone was evident.
Why does this happen? Why do the Lion "fans" continue to
ride their players when they have an off-night? We've been trying
to find the answer for sometime now, but, as yet, haven't been
successful.
Coach John Egli's cage squad doesn't have any "Hot Rod"
Hundleys or Wilt Chamberlains. But, it does have a group of
hustling, spirited basketball players who have a keen desire to
win. They deserve the student-body's support, win, lose, or draw.
Students do not realize the lift a team can get if its fans back it
to the limb. West Virginia and North Carolina State both have strong
student-body support. That could be a big reason why they have
been so successful in recent years. Championship material does not
guarantee a championship team.
To quote one of the Lion cagers, "When •North Carolina State
hits the floor, 12,000 stompin' fans let out with a rebel yell and keep
yelling for the ,rest of the game.; It sure helps to know you have
someone behind you."
Another ceger said "Hundley could throw the ball 17 rows
behind the basket and the lens would still cheer him. They (the
players) can't do anything wrong there (Morgantown)."
Why don't Penn State fans display the same kind of team sup
port? Must they have an undefeated team which makes no mistakes
to back it to the hilt? - Apparently so or they never would have
reacted to the Lions' performance against Colgate as they did.
Until the fans can prove us, wrong, we'll always consider them
to be wishy-washy supporters.. The real test of a fan's calibre comes
when his team loses or has an off night. So far, Penn State fans have
failed the "exam".
A word of advice to the student fans: Let Egli do the coachnig
—that's his' job. From now on, concern yourselves with only sup
porting the team—that's your duty. No matter what the OulCOme,
let the team know you're behind them. Then you'll be real fans.
• • • *
CAGE TID-BITS: •
Kansas, the top-rated cage team in the country, had a tough
time defeating California Tuesday night, despite the presence of
"Wilt the Stilt". The Jayhawks won, 66-56, but had to come from
behind to do it.
Chamberlain was held to a "mere" 23 points, quite a drop from
his 36 point average. However, the Bears had two men guarding him
constantly and at times used as much as three. If nothing else,
the' victory proves that there are four more Jayhawks on the floor
with Chamberlain. For a while, we were wondering about this.
Incidentally, the Berkley rooting section let Chamberlain know
they had respect for his cage prowess. While he was taking his
warmup drills, they yelled this short tribute:
"On the highways,
"In the air, •
"Wilt the Stilt
"Is everywhere! _
Nittany Gridders Tops
In Completion Percentage
Miami of Florida won two de
fensive championships in a col
lege football season of low resis
tance and Villanova took one. But
Georgia Tech captured the minor
title that pays off with champion
ships and bowl games.
Final NCAA Service Bureau
defense statistics today showed
the Tech Engineers on - top of the
"scoreboard defense" column for
the second straight year. Georgia
Tech allowed its opponents only
33 points in ten games, an aver
age of 3.3 per game, as compared
to 5.1 scored against runnerup
.
Oklahoma and 5.3 ag. t Miami.
Miami established new record
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' NCE CAROCCI
I nt Sports Editor
real fans? Or are they the wishy-washy
gathered in our 2% years at the University,
ly them in the latter bracket—or as close
supporter who backs his team at all times,
description apply to Penn State fans? We
t the Lion-Colgate basketball game last
-ned our belief that Penn State fans are
the fans who back a team when it wins
off the bandwagon when it loses, or looks
effort by the cagers, it was clearly evident
¶ ppointed with the Lion showing. To ease
somewhat, they began to ride the Lion
• nier Bob Ramsay.
_robbed a rebound or a pass, the fans would
in praise of the center for his efforts, but in
:0 this more often.
highs in both departments.
The Hurricanes allowed 106.9
yards a game on the ground and
189.4 overall.
• Villanova, 59th in pass defense
a year ago, allowed only 35 of 113
opposition passes to be completed
for a .310 percentage and gave up
only 43.3 yards per game by the
air route. But the Wildcats were
not so successful in ground de
fense and only placed 11th in the
overall standings.
Dartmouth was second in pass
defense with a 45.3 yards per
game yield while Penn State
had the low completion per
centage of .242.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN ST AT
rr't
KDR Takes
First Place
In Bowling
Kappa Delta Rho moved into
first place in the fraternity "A"
Bowling League Tuesday night
by virtue of its 4-0 shutout over
last place Tau Phi Delta.
Blaine Barron rolled a 545 tri
ple to lead KDR to victory. Dave
Steward bowled a 424 series for
the losers. KDR took over top
reins with an up-to-date point
total of 32.
A 2-2 split with fourth place
Theta Xi was .all that second
place Theta Delta Chi could do,
blowing its big chance for the
lead. John Fracalossi scored 479
points in three games for Theta
Delt; Dick Kohler led Theta Xi
with 492_
Lockerman Rolls 593
Delta Upsilon, the third place
house with 30 points, whitewashed
Alpha Tau Omega. 4-0. Varsity
football and baseball player Jim
Lockerman was high man for DU
with a series of 543. A 470 triple
by Lou Gomlick was tops for
ATO.
A 564, point splurge by Sigma
Alpha Mu's Al Rose 'blazed the
trail for Sammy's shutout of Phi
Sigma Delta, 4-0. Harry Yaver
baum led the way for Phi Sig
with a 500 triple including a 223
single game. Rose and Yaver
baum led the scoring for all
league bowlers for the evening in
the triple and high single games
respectively,
Phi Del! Wins
Phi Delta Theta, led by Bob
Waddell's 479 three-game total,
outbowled Phi Gamma Delta, 3-1.
Dale 'Sypherd was the high man
for Phi Gam with 449.
Fifth place Tau Kappa Epsilon,
led by Bob Campbell's 497 series
including a 202 game split
with Alpha Zeta, 2-2. The big gun
for AZ was Jack Paules with an
evening's total of 468.
PENN STATE
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_EGE_ PENNSYLVANIA
inches, Fraternities
Spark Cage Play
Five independent and four scheduled fraternity games
highlighted the intramural basketball card for Tuesday night.
The Newmanites came back from a 14-13 halftime deficit
to defeat the Atherton Men, 34-24. Ted Perry who scored 13
and Tom Serafin with 12 paced the Newmanites. Bob Mc-
Laughlin scored 14 points to lead the losers.
In the closest game of the
night, Pollock 10 defeated the
Drunks 21-18. Tom Wutka with
11 markers led the Pollockmen
from a 13-13 halftime tie to vic
tory. Karl Mazzon scored 10 for
the Drunks.
Lew Chillot was the high scorer
for the evening as he bucketed
17 counters to pace Nittany 31
to a 35-22 thrashing of the Shan
tytown Nine. Hendrik Tillema
was high for Shhntytown with a
total of six points.
Jim Anderson bucketed 11 tal
lies in leading the Ramblers to a
30-16 rout of the Pollock 6 Dinks.
Hart Langer dropped seven coun
ters through the hoop for Pol
lock.
The Twenty-Five Fives threw
the capers from Nittany 43 for a
23-11 loss. Grabosky sent nine
points in the basket for the Five
while Don Davis led his team
with the amazing total of three.
In fraternity action Alpha Sig
ma Phi lashed Zeta Beta Tau,
45-15. Mike Rohrbach and Dick
Ferrari .shared the Alpha Sig
scoring honors with seven buck
ets apiece. Julius Falk was the
leading ZBT point producer with
five.
Sigma Phi Alpha defeated Kap
pa Alpha Psi, 29-21. Gene Snyder
paced SPA with eight points and
teammate Bill Forbes was right
behind him with seven; however,
Kappa Alpha Psi's Herb Hayes
was high man as he bucketed 11)
counters.
Hal Fellow and Stan Goldstein
scored eight points apiece to lead
Phi Kappa Sigma to a 28-17 win
over the basketballers from Sig
ma Nu. Dave Arrowsmith paced
the SN attack with five buckets.
"You can get it at
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Redskin Official
Denies Quote '
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 trl - 1
Norb Hecker of the Washington
Redskins denied today a report
quoting him as saying some Na
tional Football League teams in
the past rewarded the player who
"got" Detroit quarterback Bobby
Layne.
A- Washington newspaper said
Hecker related that while he was
with the Los Angeles Rams a few
years ago the players themselves
"put up the money and it went to
the man who got Layne.",
"'That's not so." Heckeri told a
reporter later. "Any football team
tries to hit the key men hard. But
I never said anything about dirty
football."
The newspaper account quoted
Hecker as saying the "idea was to
see that Bobby got hit, but good!'
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