PAGF FIGHT Cagers Defeat Colgate, 71-58 Egli Says Lions Have 'Potential' By VINCE CARGCCI Sports Editor The:' ,, Arf<ArtYaillet• May I:;,•. 'e lacked all the desired polish, but it did the job Saturday night when the Penn State basketball team scored a 71-58 victory over Colgate LT:liver :thy at Recreation Hall. The Lion; although lacking in finesc and coordination of a ttandout squad, showed to Coach John Egli at /east they have the potential to be a winning baliclub as they took an early lead, re linquished it for a ft w Fhoit mo ments in the first ha:f, regained it to win going over the speedy, but inexper ienced Red Raiders. Reviewing his team's effort. Egli said: "We looked pretty good in some basic phases. Our defensive fundamentals we r • excellent in some points. "I think we . r:e guing to Le pet ty tough/They (the player:l have the potential to he a 101101 CV , —if we can iron out our errc. -, between games," he said. s But, to prove he was not over optimistic. Egh said emphatically. ''We still need to do a lot of work." He mentioned. in parucu lar, that he still needs 1.. find a Boor leader to set the so iring pat terns in motion. — We're still not alert enough."' he said. "We're not moving quick enough ... we nee•l more of it." He added that he, him self. profited by the Lion per formance because he spotted more weaknesses which need to be corrected. On the debit side of the Lion picture, these three things stood Out: The performance, chiefly on offense, of junior veteran Bob Edwards. Edwards, who finished second to co-captain Ron Rainey in the Lion individual scoring race last season, was high man for the game with 27 points—lo field goals and seven fouls. Faking deceptively from his pi vot post. Edwards scored almost at will with a repitoire of hooks jumps. drive-ins and one-handed push shots. It was his second straight night as the game's high scorer--he led all scorers with 24 points in the West Virginia con test. 2. The Lion rebounding. Cap italizing to the fullest on their slight height-advantage. Ih e Lions completely dominated both backboards throughout the game. Team totals showed the Lions with 61 rebounds to their credit compared to 36 for Col gate. Junior Tom Hancock. always bulwark on defence. led the Lion mbounders with 14. followed very closely by "Jumpin" Ted Kubista and Edwards with 10 each. Soph omore Paul Sweetland was next with eight. 3. The impressive first- start performance by Sweetland. The 6-5 soph showed plenty of poten tial as he scored 12 points and played an aggressive defensive game. Of Sare•iland. Egli said: "I visinctriciciesexser‘ ry, very w Yearif Morrelii carry cub --courtesy of The Penn State Photo Shop WHO'S GOT IT? . .. Lion carers Bob Edwards, Torn Hancock and Paul Sweetland (l-r) engulf Colgate's Charlie Hagenhah while ieaching for a rebound under the Nittany basket. Edwards finally came down with the ball. was well-pleased with his per .y, Termed • formance since he was starting IN , his first game in front of a 1 1 home crowd. He's got a lot to l o Pen Terr i tory learn but he showed me that he wants to play. I hope he con tinues to improve." The Lions now enter a three-t ßy Ford Frick week ieopite period. Their next NEW YO. Dee. 15 ftP) Jan. game is 4 against Rutgers at Res Hall 1 13 aseb a 1 1 RK Commissioner Fordt !Frick, reiterated today that New •York.. vacated by the Giants and Thy Box Score ... Brooklyn Dodgers, still was open , Iterritory. t.r.o. ` , TATI. COI CATE , • 11. F Tr I . I, F Tr, In a meeting with members of 118 " 6"3 :-4 '' 1.16 ' *II " 2 4S' S the four-man committee appoint %wort! nd 4 a -5 12 lirrnd.Fn 1 1-1 3 Fdoards 10 - -7 :7 Itrummer 7 1-2 lb' ed recently b.% Mayo Robert Wag a..,,t, 2 1-1 5 I/orl.er a 5-5 iilner to bring a National League, '''''"' l " . 1 "' 2 "' I I 6 r• -7 17 team to New York, Frick gave' Ramey 5 2-1 12 MSuler 0 0-0 al Is.olo.ta 2 1-2 5 Heathen 0 0-U 01 his assurance that he would not, schwa n 0 0.0 ofim 1 Auk. 2 0-0 4 oppose any sincere attempt to put' "'""r " 0 0° ""'"h 0 "-° ' another major league team in Total. 27 17.24 71 Total. 21 16-25 50 , New York. Frick advised the committee, Walters in Senior Bowl ,howexer, that the more imme- Les Walters, Penn State's q\ 1- diate and most important objec ish end, will go from the East-:lives were to get a team. a fi an -IWest Shrine game at San Fran-schise and a suitable stadium. ciseo. Dec. 28. to the Senior Bowl The major league club owners at Mobile. Ala.. Jan. 11. Walters•are scheduled to meet earl• in has already been drafted by the February to discuss the New Baltimore Colts of the pro league.'York territorial problem. stmas, 41 E HOME ‘,l 4 I {IS A A A A A 84 A 3Bl g THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION NOTICE: In order to be assured of a seat Dec. 19th and 20th to Lewistown, make reservations by purchase of ticket 8 hours in advance of intended departure. Purchase tickets at Hotel State College desk. Buses leave - 11:20 a.m. 5:10 p.m. O a " Special 12:10 p.m. Thurs. & Fri. Boalsburg Auto Bus Line Veteran Performers Return for Gymnasts Two experienced perform-' ers in each of the rope climb, parallel bars and flying rings' events should give gym coach Gene Wettstone enough point; men to have strong Lion threats there, Heading the list is senior Phil Mullen. a two-time letterman. The ace climber holds the Lion Rec Hail record of 3.5 seconds in the rope climb and is out to regain the Eastern and National champion ship which he lost last year. Although Mullen will not compete in the opening meet Jan. 11 at Temple, Wettstone will have another experienced climber in junior John Hidinger. Hidinger has improved con siderably in practices this year. according to Wettstone, with one clocking under the four-sec ond mark to his credit. Fighting for the third spot will be junior Don Littlewood, soph mores Vince IsTeuhauser and Bill Fosnocht an d second-semester fre , :hman Frank Donatelli. Dona telli will be eligible to compete under NCAA rules at the begin ning of the spring semester. Captain Bob Foht leads the con tingent on the parallel bars. His third place finish in the Easterns last year rates him as one of the top in the East this season. s Backing him up will be junior Lou Savadove and the "Gold- ART STUDENTS Earn Extra Money Part-time emplOyment available with an advertising agency for students interested in commercial art. If you can do mechanicals and neat detail work, call HOme stead 6-6296. Ask for Mr. Fleming SENIORS LaVie Portrait Schedule MINERAL INDUSTRIES and • PHYSICAL EDUCATION Pictures Taken at The Penn State Photo Shop DECEMBER 16-DECEMBER 20 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1957 dust Twins" sophomores Lee Cunningham and Jay Werner. Werner easily won both p-bar events in his freshman compe tition and will probably be the third Lion competitor there in the opening meet. Savadove is also on& of the three athletes expected to com pete on the high bar. Against West Virginia last year, the versa tile little junior finished third, while returning senior John Col; ler finished fourth in the same meet_ On the flying rings, Wettstone has two returnees in se.aior Eddie Sidwell and junior Jack Donahue —again backed up by one of the "twins." Wettstone will probably chose Werner, who also won this event for the fresh. PENN STATE DINER Fine Foods OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY "Tradition Demands Quality" ''
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