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
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--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.
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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-
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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.
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