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Lions Overcome Bisons, 59-56
Ron Rainey,
Bob Ramsay
Lead Cagers
It's Army and Penn State once again as the Eastern
By vince carocci Intercollegiate Gvmnastic League heads into the home
Rallying to overcome a stretch this Saturday,
seven-point deficit midway j The Nittanv Lions invade Syracuse in a meet that will
through the final period, Penn mark t h e mid-point of the campaign.
State went on to score a tight , Going into Saturday’s meet the ; ;
59-56 victorv over Bucknell Lions boast a perfect 2-0 slate. Wettstone explains his actions
in a basketball thriller last jthe same as Army’s. Army has de-thusly:
TT_n feated Pitt and Syracuse, while lam trying to build up Ar-
Itignt at rtecreat.on rial.. , the Nittanies have beat Temple mando’s all-around ability and
Down 40-33 with 13 minutes re- 'and Navv. Penn State’s score we’re hoping that he can take the
Tnaming m the game, the cagers, against Syracuse mav serve as a N.C.A.A. all-round title this
led by Ron Rainey’s two quick tape measure for the Feb. 23 meet-’March.”
jump shots and Steve Baidy s j n g between the Cadets and the| Elsewhere, Wettstone is stick
baskyC cut the Bison iead to one, 'Lions at University Park. iing with his original line-up: Dave
ri JpJh p!m U 4v Who <-r Syracuse is 1-1 in League com-!pulaney. Adie Stevens and cap
'petition with a triumph over Pitt ‘? ln °i° n T Weissend,. tumbling;
h , a ‘£: PJlJnv 1 Gene Wettstone plans onlv one: Ve S a -Gd Leu and Weissend hori-
Lions m the lead iemporar;l> change for the meet with the! zontal 0&T ' Ve § a . Leu, and Bob
4MO ' S ° ne m:n .Orange. The maneuver will shift!Foht, parallel bars; Vega, Ed Sid-
A jump by Bucknell's Norm Armando Vega back to the a "d Ja Donahue flying
Vnoriie« and a lamu hr Baidv zontal bar from the side horse| lln t, s , rnii iviuiien, uick Kehm
JL“ I t/. 4342. and brin § Walt Heller into the and dobn Hidinger, rope climb;
action hme-light again on thei andHeiler - Jack Beisterfeldt and
Liip aK tZ horse. G con
save the Lions their biggest . Wettstone has been experiment- ce eth f ore ign field house
lead of the night. 46-42. with „ , ... „ . . .. .. .... . _. , , ,„. mg with Vega ever since the out- commenUng that fhe team wili
7:30 left in the game. Bucknell s Norm Voorhees (partially hidden by Edwards) and Hal standing performer returned from «viabrtter-than
Another Voorhees goal and a Danzig for a rebound during the Lions' 59-56 victory at Rec Hall the Olympic games at Melbourne, performance if thev are to win
jump by sophomore Dick Knif- last night. The Lions' Ron Rainey (5) and Bison Mike Beatty (36) Vega, who holds the nationali an( j keep Dace with Armv
fin tied the score at 46-46 with took on parallel bars title, has been piling! p p U 1 — my '
5:30 to go. From then on it was ‘ jup the first place points in his i
touch and go all the wav with the ...... , , specialty, plus first places in the'
two clubs trading baskets until tbeir starting posts for the first: offensive game, .ook an early.flying rings competition that was
the score read 54-54 with 2:30 j ln }- e .I s season last night, werehead only to have the Lions come more or less a last minute de-,
left. definitely the two key figures back to take a 23-22 edge on cision. Vega's other event was the 1
A foul by Baidv gave the Lions ln the Nittany ’ victorj ’- IRainey’s goal with 1:50 left in.horizontal bar. Then, just this ;
a 55-54 advantage oniv to have' Rainey, looking like his old the period. past Saturday the Nittany tutor
Jack Flanegan push the Bisons self again, scored 11 points in the! Two Bison fouls by Kniffin and'P u , 1 Vega on the side horse, now
into their final lead of the nichi. second half, seven of them comingia lavuD bv Beattv. were answered:back on the horizontal bar.
56-55. in the Lions' mid-period rally, by Edwards’ jump at the buzzer, 1 ~
Bob Edwards’ two fouls with Ramsay, never a major Lion'giving Bucknell a 26-25 hklftime I n •
left gave the Lions a 57-56 scoring threat, came through with advantage. hfACh lAn IK ICAMf A./L K K
lead with Bucknell driving des-.two timely baskets and two fouls! Shooting percentages read:! l it/01l lUU UldUllb, O
peratelv for a score. Voorhees to keep the cagers m the game.; Bucknell—4s 7 ner cent M 2li m „ a , ' ■ *
missed the shot and the Lions' He "'as also a bulwark on de-| poals . f 46 ,'ttpmnts- Penn State' Colender tallied 26 points minutes gone in the second stanza,
went into a freeze. tense, holding high-scoring Halif™ Der cent 0 _ ~ oals , of 65 l ° spark the Lion freshman cagers Matz connected for nine of his 19
Wiih 24 seconds left Kniffin Danzig to one basket in the sec- “7 P !f cent on goalS 01 65 to a 64-55 victory over the Bisons - nine oi his 19
fouled Rainey, who converted half. I state bitckxell of Bucknell. points during this period. Team
the two single-tally clinchers "They wan the game for us/* I fg ftp rc ftp, Colender, assuming the role of ma * e Sylvester swished a
for the victory. Ramsay blocked Coach John Egli said happily ;H“cock u o-o o 4 2-3 loathe team’s “take charge guy, n set* shot.and a layup to knot the
foe game. tdwni. 7U w £ 1 f-*io \l sparkled offensively with a series count at 40-40, and Matz and
scoring eitori. Harney grabbing The first half was compara-i Lriaher z i-z s EUcrrUi • 2 m iof drives and layups and teamed Tony Constantino added another
the loose ball, lo shoot the Bi- tivelv dull considering the tight ScWmTn 3 «-o < o-o * with Paul Sweetland to give the pair of fielders to vault Bucknell
Tsi’Jv 4“ 9 p Und - , , foments at the game’s ■* STo 5 Lions control of the boards Fnto aS
name\ and Kamsay. who lost Bucknell. playmg a conservative Totals 25 °-i3 59 Totals 21 u-it s<>; throughout the game. edge of the night
i Trailing 5-4 after three minutes, With five minutes of play, Col*
k A * I • . the Lion cubs moved ahead, 10-9, ender again showed the way as
lki| i with Frank Magalski clicking on Penn State rebounded from a
f VIIW 111 UU II \ hook and Colender pushing 52-50 deficit to win going away.
J through a jump shot and a drive. He fired in a jump shot to dead-
Football halfback Jimmy Pace. '.™® Pen ? State five increased the .lock the contest then registered
who took second in the 60-yard!*? ad 21-9 midway through the a three-point play to hand the
dash in the Big Ten‘lndoor half, pouring through 11 Lions a lead which they held the
pionships last year, will be the;P° m^s without an answer. rest of the way.
Wolverines top entry in the! At intermission, the Lions held i
sprints. a 32-23 advantage. Colender pro-
Bob Rudesill. Dick Flodin. vi ded the bulk of Penn States
Laird Sloan and Robin Varian, scoring load, netting 13 of his
who took third places in the 300., c0un ters in the first half.
440, 600 and iOOO-vard runs in the| The Bisons. led by scrappy for-
Big Ten indoor championships,;ward Pete Matz, roared back to
(Continued on page eight) grab the lead with less than 10
Lion Sprinters Visit
All- American shotputter
Dave Owen will lead Mich
igan's powerful track squad
against the Nittanv Lions to
morrow night at Ann Arbor.
Owen, a two-time Big Ten shot
put champion, heaved the 16-
pound ball 59 feet last Saturdav
at the Michigan Amaleur Athletic
Association Relays at Ana Arbor.
The Wolverine coach, Don
Canham, and many experts be
lieve that Owen will become the
fourth person m the world to put
the.shot better than 60 feet.
World’s record-holder Parrv O’-’
Bnen. BUI Nieder of Kansas' and'
Ken Bantum of Manhattan are!
the present members of the 60-
foot club-
Brendan O'Reilly, an Irish!
champion who has been flirting!
just under the seven foot mark,
and Stan Menees will give the
Wolverines a powerful one-two
punch in the high jump. !
All-American steeple chaser
Geert Kielstrup from Denmark!
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Dave Owen
Wolverine Shotputter
and sophomore Cam Gray from
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in the distance events. Kielstrup
has run the mile in less than 4.:20.
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