SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. 1957
Grueling Week Ahead
lagers Seek
At Carnegie
The Nittany Lion cagers
are off and runnir on the
first of a grueling four-game
basketball week When they
play Carnegie Tech tonight
at Pittsburgh. It is the second
time the teams will meet, the
Lions winning the first contest,
flO-51, at Recreation Hatt.
Following the Tartan contest,
the Lions will play Gettysburg
Monday night, Temple Wednes
day night—both games at' Rec
Hall—and Pittsburgh Saturday
night at. Pitt.
Coach John Egli plans to open
with Bob Edwards and Mon
Rainey at forward. Bob Ram
say at center and Steve Baidy
and Captain Bob Leisher at
guard.
Senior Rod Perry, and soppe
mores Torn Hancock.lParil Bauer,
Ted Kubista and Greg Schwen- 1
deman complete the Lion travel
ing roster.
The Lions leave for Tech in
good physical shape as 'possible.
Rainey was suffering with a
bruised right hand, liancrilek a
bruised elbow, and Leisher a bad
knee, but all three are ready for
full-time duty.
AGR, PKPhi
First Place
By LES POWELL
Alpha Gamma Rho and Pi Kappa Phi won first place in fraternity "C" and "D" intra
mural bowling leagues when first semester competition came to a close Thursday night at
Recreation Hail.
AGR, needing one win to clinch the "C" title, climaxed its first-half play by shutting
out Chi Phi. Runnertip Beta Theta Pi copped a 3-1 decision from Sigma Nu.
Pi Kappa Phi edged ahead of Delta Tau Delta for "D" laurels by whitewashing Alpha
Phi Delta to record 34 of a ,
pos
sible 40 points. DTD garnered a
lone win from Beaver House to
fall into a second-place tie with
the victors. Each quintet chalked
up 32 points.
Guy Rhodes, with a 179 game,
'and Martin Sedlak, who scored a
179 single and a 476 series, led
the way as AGR piled up 37 of
44 possible points. Sam Moyer
(195 game) and Ed Lyon (528 to
tal) led a fruitless last-ditch effort
for Beta Theta Pi, who tallied 33
markers.
Harry Holm and Gordon Pol
lard teamed up to push Pi Kap
pa Phi past the DTD keglers.
, Holm took individual singles
honors with a 196 effort and
Pollard felled an even 500 pins
for the match.
Fourth-place Pi Kappa Alpha
(28 points) divided four tilts with
Theta Kappa Phi (6th-22 points). l
PiKA's Ron Rice notched the top
series (499), while Bob Olseski
copped single game honors with
a 228 for Theta Kappa Phi.
Acacia, seventh in the stand
ings with 21 points, topped
ninth-place Zeta Beta Tau (18
points). 3-L Bob Shaw (225-480)
paced the winners.
Lowly Sigma Phi Alpha (10th
-14 points) grabbed three of four
games from Delta Sigma Phi,
holding the losers to 20 points
and an eighth-place finish. SPA's
Don Sutherland rolled the top in
dividual series with a 484 ePfort,
and Don Benner (189-477) led the
losing five.
"D" results: Sigma Phi Epsilon
land Phi Sigma Kappa remained
a fourth-place tie with 23
points as the two clubs split their
match. Ken Fasick of SPE rolled
la 452 triple, and Phi Sigma Kap
pa's Jim Schuyler took single
game honors with 192.
John Marshall (196-511)
sparked Sigma Tau Gamma to
a 3-1 'victory over Beta Sigma
Rho. The win placed Sigma Tau
Gamma one point behind idle
Phi Kappa Tau (6th-21 points).
Sigma Alpha Epsilon moved in
to an eight-place tie with Beta
Sig (11 points) by splitting with
Alpha Rho Chi (10th-7 points)
Phi Gam's Win
Features Action
In IM Basketball
A 47-10 runaway featured
Thursday night's intramural has=
ketball action, with five fraternity
and four indie quintets recording
victories.
George Welke r, tallying 17
points, led the way as Phi. Gamma
Delta completely outclassed Al-.
pha Gamma Rho by a lopsided
47-10 count. Charles Rine account
ed for six of AGR's 10 markers.
Phi Kappa scored a 34-19 vic
tory over Delta Theta Sigma.
Dennis Uhrin dunked 15 counters,
and Jack Frey paced the losers
with six.
Sigma Phi Epsilon notched a
comfortable 20-9 win over Alpha
Epsilon Pi. Dick Meredith took
scoring honors for the winners
with seven points.
Phi Delta Theta • edged Tau
Kappa Epsilon. 25-19. with Bill
Schwab netting 13 points. Bill
Troutman, Mike Znachko, and
Joe Eberly combined for 12 of
TKE's 19 counters.
The' lone forfeit on the fratern
ity schedule saw Alpha Phi Alpha
get the nod over Chi Phi.
In independent action, th e
Clowns nosed out the Lazy Five,
26-24; Penn Haven heat the 1.1.'5,
26-18; the Titus defeated the Gun
ners, and the Cougars won from
the Hotshots by forfeit.
Logan paced • the Clowns' tri
umph with eight points. and My
ers tallied seven for the Lazy
Five.
Hart's 11 markers sparked Penn
Haven's win over the L 1.% 'Sarin
ger led the losing quintet with
seven.
Fire Guts Home
Of Ex-Lion Boxer
SCRANTON, Pa. qP)—The 15-
room showplace home of Billy ,
Soose, retired middleweight
champion and former Penn .State
champ, situated on the shores of
Lake Wallenpaupaek at Talton.
Pike County. was .destroyed by
tire early today.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVAr
Carnegie Tech will be trying to
break a four-game losing streak
tonight. Pitt, Geneva, Westmin
ster and Duquesne have beaten
the Tartans in their last four out
ings, and, according to a report
from Pittsburgh, Tech would like
nothing better than to start the
new year with a win over the
Lions.
Coach Mel Cratsley's hopes
were brightened by the return
of letterman John Tucci. a 5-11
guard who was sidelined by a
broken wrist during football
season, but has been practicing
with the team since December.
However, Cratsley will go with
the same five who opened against
the Lions at Rec Hall: Frank So
bolewski and Charles Goetz at
forward, Captain Alan Frank at
center and Mike Flynn and Ken
Ficery at guard. Goetz topped the
Tartan scorers in the first Lion
tilt with 13 points, while Frank
scored 11 and Sobolewski 10.
Egli said the team will use his
usual style of screen-and-cut of
fense against the Tartans, unless
Cratsley comes up with a zone
defense. The cagers have used
the screen-and-cut offense in all
games when the opposition has
Clinch
in Bowling
Penn State's pass defense, tra
ditionally tough, yielded only 48.2
T..rds per game during the 1956
football season. This record placed
it fourth is the nation.
6th
Tech
played a man-to-man defense.
The Lion mentor did not say
what offense he would use should
the Tartans stick to the zone de
fense. Egli will use his standard
3-2 sliding zone defense tonight.
While the Lions were
com
peting in the Christmas Tour
ney at Richmond, Va., Egli said
it seemed as though the team
had "suddenly matured." After
watching the club in practice
this past week, his belief was
fully confirmed.
He said that the team was
finally grasping the things he had
been telling them all season. "Nov
they are trying the things I tell
them and have been showing
steady success. The West Virginia
defeat was a good example of not
doing what they were told," he
said.
According to Egli, the Lions
have been improving on their
biggest offensive problem to date:
ball control. The team was not
throwing the ball away at Rich
mond—something it had been
doing all year—and showed still
more improvement in practice.
"We're looking very well ... real
good in ball control now," he
said.
'Plum Selected
To Captain
North Defense
Penn State quarterback Milt
Plum was selected as the defen
sive captain of the North squad
for today's Senior Bowl game at
Mobile, Ala., according to the As
sociated Press. Brad Bomba, In
diana end, was chosen as the of
fensive captain.
The South stars were estab
lished as one touchdown favo
rites.
Oddsmakers accorded the favo
rites role to the Rebels on the
basis of a power-laden backfield
headed by Texas Christian quar
terback Charley Curtis and a hef
ty defensive line anchored by
All-
America guard Bill Glass of Bay
lor.
There was considerable disa
greement over the choice, now
ever. .
Railbirds who watched the
North practice sessions were im
pressed with the accurate passing
of Purdue quarterback Len Daw
son and the running of Colorado
fullback John (The Beast) Bayuk.
Dawson led the Big Ten in pass
ing and total offense the past
three seasons.
The forecast was for cloudy
and windy weather with the pos
sibility of a few showers around
gametime. This was expected to
hold the crowd under the ex
pected 36,000 capacity.
Coed Finals—
(Continued from page one)
Tuesday with Alpha Xi Delta,.;-0,
meeting Chi Omega, 6-0.
If both Alpha Epsilon Phi and
Gamma Phi Beta win their games
on Tuesday they will meet each
other at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to
decide the Thursday night cham
pionship.
At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the win
ner of the Alpha Xi Delta-Chi
Omega tilt wilt battle the winner
of the Alpha Epsilon Phi-Gamma
Phi Beta fray.
It was exactly 50 years ago
1906—that W. T. "Mother" Dunn
first brought all-America football
honors to Penn State.
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EAST-WEST RUMBLINGS!
It is hardly an ethical practice to express "sour grapes" after
losing a game or thinking that certain players were given a raw deal
in certain post-season games. But a letter I received yesterday, from
a non-Penn State fan, instigated the writing of this column.
Dear Sir:
As I'm sure most of the students at Penn State must be quite
disappointed that quarterback Milt Plum wasn't used more often
in the East-West Shrine game, I'd like to say that I. too, was quite
put out that this fine player wasn't given more of a chance!
I read in the papers that Plum showed up far better than
Hornung in East Squad practice sessions, yet in the game I was
beginning to wonder if they'd EVER use Plum, until they finally
inserted him in a couple of "spots" in the late stages of the game.
Hornung missed a field goal, fumbled away a 'scoring chance
on the one-yard line, and missed the crucial point after touchdown
that would have at least tied the score. The television announcers.
of course, mentioned that Plum was good—that he could punt, kick
extra points, etc., but the implication was that he COULDN'T be as
good as "super-duper" Hornung! Yet I think that if Plum had been
in there for the extra point, field goal attempt, and the crucial goal
line play at the end of the first half,_the East might well have won..
I'm not a Penn State rooter, but I definiteFr think Mr. Plum
got a raw deal, and I am very much fed up with all the favoritism
dished out to "01' Notre Dame players" all the time. I hope you
agree!
As the reader can see Mr. Ball's assumptions as to Plum's poten
tial, or what he would have accomplished if he were in the game,
are just opinion. An opinion that I and many more fans, and non
fans, I talked to after the game feel is justified.
PLUM RAN TEAM WELL
The controversy was not over the fact that Hornung was star‘-
ing before Plum, but the fact that after Hornung played most of the
game and failed to move his team he was still allowed to play almost
every minute on offense. Plum in his only try on offense moved
the team down the field, completing four or five passes en route to
West territory. The drive was halted on the 14 and Plum was
replaced, never to be at the QB spot for the remainder of the game..
I am not condemning East Coach Terry Brennan. of Notre
Dame, but I do not condone his actions in relation to playing
certain men throughout a game, especially when Plum was draw
ing rave notices for one week for his outstanding work in practice
sessions.
Throughout the game Hornung's signal-calling left much to he
desired. Lion halfback and East fullback Ray Alberigi was used the
entire game, except for two plays, strictly in a blocking capacity.
On the one-yard line, when Hornung fumbled, it seemed natural
for one of the halfbacks or the fullback to take the ball over, since
the guards were playing in tight and the linebackers were over.the
middle of the line. Hornung had no running momentum because
he had no start, a factor that would have been in favor of another
back carrying the balL
Criticism of Hornung and Brennan could be elaborated on for
hours.. As for Brennan. he was handicapped by lack of time. Only
simple running and passing plays are issued to players and these
are worked op during one week's time. The T-formation is the
standard system used, but players from single-wing clubs or var
ious other formations find it almost impossible to learn a new
system in one week, so Brennan had to use the simplest of plays.
Without a doubt Brennan lost many fans after the East-West
game, especially in Pennsylvania,.and I say now that I hope this
year's game will not be indicative of future Shrine games. Bad
publicity would definitely hurt this cla ss ic of football
Waner Improving
SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 4 01—,
Paul Waner, hospitalized with;
pneumonia since Sunday, was re-'
ported out of danger today.
Waner. 53. had been on the
critical list and in an oxygen tent
much of the time.
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