THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1957
Navy Tops Cagers 53-48 j- io " Fr “ h Bow *°
Playing a conservative offensive game to bolster an almost flawless defense, Navy’s ■ N/p0ll8r» / l*“ i"C/
Midshipmen edged the Lion cage contingent,s3-48, yesterday afternoon at Annapolis, Aid. Coach Don Swegan's freshman basketball club suffered a 74-43
A?fu the A VaS thei . S ' xth , loss ml 7 S ame s; Navy now sports a 10-6 record. defeat at the hands of the Navy frosh in the belated opener of it*
Although the Nittanies of Coach John Egli played a stout defensive' game, their 1957 season. The Lion cubs were outclassed bv the taller Middia
shooting was at its worst—they hit on only 15 of 64 attempts, good for a poor 23.5 percentage, unit, which got off to a 32-20 edge in the first half
Navy, who usually plays a fast-
breaking, speedy offensive game,
took only 46 shots—a credit to
the Lion defense. However, the
Middies converted on 19 attempts
for an accurate 41.3 percentage.
Navy jumped io a 8-4 lead
after the first six minutes, only
to have Sieve Baidy push the
Lions into their lone lead of
the day, 12-8, with a six-point
scoring effort. It was all Baidy
scored for the remainder of the
game.
Dave Smalley and Dick John
son retaliated with two straight!
Navy goals to tie the score 12-121
with 13 minutes gone in the first
half.
Lead by junior George Bouvet,
6-4 forward, the Middies regained
the lead 22-20 with 17 minutes
gone. Bouvet scored six points in
the Navy drive. The teams traded
baskets, with the Midshipmen
adding an additional foul, leaving
the floor with a 25-22 Navy half
time lead on the score board.
During the first Ihalf, the Lions
scored on 32 perl cent of their
shots, the Middies lon 36.
The Lion defensive game col
lapsed slightly the second half
when Navy scored five points to
Penn State’s two jfor a 30-22 ad
vantage with 15 minutes left in
.the game. Frank* Petinos and
Smaley scored a goal apiece and
Bouvet converted” a foul for the
eight-point margin.
After a see-saw battle for the
next four minutes, Ben Carne
vale's sailors scored seven
straight points to grab a 43-32
lead with nine minutes remain
ing. Johnson's two baskets were
instrumental in the drive.
The Navy club then moved to a
49-36 lead with 17 minutes gone
when Captain Bob Leisher spark
ed a fruitless Nittany scoring
drive by scoring six of his seven
points on two goals and two fouls
in the last three minutes. How
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ever, the Navy defense contained
the Lion effort as time ran out.
Sophomore Bob Edwards, a
heavy threat since joining the
starting unit at Christmas, again
topped the Nittany scorers with
15 points. Ron Rainey, the team’s
leading scorer according to, the
latest statistics, was held to six
points for the second straight
game.
Petinos and Johnson, playing
his first year of varsity ball, led
the Middies with 15 and 13 points.
Egli, although disappointed
over the loss, said idler the
game: "Even though we lost,
we played a better game here
than up at Army. Our shooting
was ierrible."
PENN STATE NAVY
EG FTP FG F TP
Rainey 5 0-0 6 Smalley 3 2-1 7,
Edwards 5 6-5 15 Johnson 5 6-3 13
Ramsay 2 0-0 4 Hisrscins 1 3-2 % 4|
Baidy l 8-4 8 Albertson 1 0-0 2
Leisher 2 4-1 7 Petinos 6 8-3 15
Hancock 0 7-4 4 Mascali 0 1-0 0
Schwend'n 2 5-2 6 Dulik 1 2-2 4
Bouvet 2 7-4 8
Totals 15 28-13 48 Totals 19 29-15 53
Baer , Fogg
Seek Players
Lacrosse coach Ernie Baer and
tennis coach Sherm Fogg issued
first calls for varsity candidates
yesterday. Fogg is also interested
in freshman competitors.
Baer said the first meeting of
candidates for the varsity lacrosse
team will be hel'd at 7 p.m. today
in 114 Recreation Hall.
He emphasized that all candi
dates will have an equal oppor
tunity to make the squad, regard
less of previous experience.
Fogg requests all candidates,
whether freshman or varsity can
didates, to report to him today in
234 Rec Hall.
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Bosox Option
Bonus Hurler
BOSTON, Feb. 6 I.P) Frank
Baumann, a young southpaw,
signed by the Boston Red Sox for
a $lOO,OOO bonus in 1952, today I
was optioned on a 24-hour recall
basis to Oklahoma City in the
Texas League. j
Baumann, whose signed con-;
tract was received by the Red Sox
Tuesday, nursed a sore arm at his
hom>: most of last season. He
appeared in seven games for Bos
jton and then one for Albany in
[the Eastern League before quit
; ting for the year.
Lion Pitchers, Catchers
i Varsity baseball coach Joe Be
denk issued a call for candidates
for the pitching and catching
staffs yesterday.
Those interested in trying out
should report to Bedenk Monday
at 5 p.m. in 241 Recreation Hall.
Billy (The Kid) Kane, Penn
State’s star halfback, has his eye
on a flying career in the Air Force
after graduation in June.
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Center Paul Sweetland, the lions’ biggest starter at 6-5, and
guard Wally Colender paced thej - —
losing effort with 13 points apiece.: held scoreless.
Colender tallied nine of his mark-1 Commenting on the Lion per
ers in the first half, while Sweet-iformance, Swegan said. "The boys
land counted seven. j looked good over-all, and excep-
The Middies were sparked by tionally good in the first half,
,6-6 Jay Metzler. who led his Done-' taking into consideration Navy’s
[gal Joint five to the Class B state* experience.”
[finals in 1955. Metzler fired in 19
tallies, 13 of them in the first
'half.
Teammates Henry Egan, 6-2,
and Frank Delano, 5-11, were next
in the Navy scoring column with
16 each. All but two of Delano’s
points came in the first half. Dick
Brown also hit double figures for
the Middies, adding 11 markers.
For Penn State, Larry Beighey,'
Mel Ramey, and Larry DiGiacinto
teamed with Sweetland to ac
count for 22 of the Lions’ 28
counters in the second half.
[Sweetland and. Beighey contrib
uted six apiece, while Ramey and
[DiGiacinto chipped in with five
each. The latter three had been
held scoreless in the first half. •
Rounding out the Penn State
scoring were John Moon (4), Larry
[Freedman (2), and Lou Meyers
j(l). All of the 10-man traveling
'squad saw action, with Frank
iMegalski and Bob Arner being
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