PAr-F E Ball Control Seen Key To Lion Cage Future Good contrcl—that's what Coach John Egli looks :o as the key to future Lion bal:ketbail :,uccesses as ius Nittany eagers went through preparations for the Penn gamc tomorrow night at Recreation Hall. Egli feel:, that if the Lions are to do anything----and by anything he meant winning— in their remaining eight games, they must control the b;iii. He blamed poor ball control as a major factor in previous Lion ICPSEeti, He pointed to the Lions' good ball control u the difference In his team's winning perform ance Saturday night at Gettys burg and its losing efforts against Rutgers. Pittsburgh and Navy. "We weren't throwing it away there (Gettysburg)." he said. "We look good care of that ball. This troisor ball control) hurt us against Rutgers, Pitt and Navy." He called the Lions Gettysburg perform ance their best of the year as far as ball-handling went. With this in mind, Egli sent the callers through their regular routines with the emphasis on ac curate passing. Ne feels that the Llon s have begun 1n imp!o , ,f• greatly in this phase since the r lavoff between semester', Individually. Egli expre- satisfaction with the perform ances of junior Tom Hancock and sophomores Wally Collender and Paul Sweetland. Of Hancock, Egli said: "It looks as though he has really caught on to the tricks of this game." Hancock, who is the Lions' leading rebounder, has shown enough improvement in his offensive game to regain "his starting position. Collender, who has shown' .—Dall. Collegian photo by George ilarricon great potential all season. seems' UP THE MIDDLE ... toe- .;L:r.or Ton: Haricuck during last night's to have solved Egli's problem tif Natany prictii-- at P.E.-cr , -ai:on Hall. The Lions were sharpen finding a playmaker. ing their nth n-ive v. - oik for tomorrow night's contest with Penn. catching on and starting to set _ ----- them up . . . he's looking better' every day," Egli said. If Collender, Is the floor man Egli is looking; cosh Cagers to Meet for, this would leave co-cantairt Ron Rainey open to concentrate; on the best part of his game—t shooting. toono Center Tomorrow Sweetland, on the other hand, . shows his best strength under ' The Penn State basketball yearlings, with a 1-2 record, the boards. He led the Lions will meet the Altoona Center five for the second time this against Gettysburg with 13. Eg li feels that he can definitely year tomorrow night at Recreation Hall. give the Lions a boost in get- The Lion yearlings won their first game with the Altoona ling that ball—and remember center. 87-54. Jan. 24 at Altoona. John Stanford led the romp you need the ball to win. when he made all of his eight shots from the floor. He added All three, plus co-captains , two foul shots to make his total Rainey and Steve Baidy figure to • ' - for the night 18 points. and Musser, the play of Mark be in the Lion opening lineup, tomorrow night It will be the Niliany cubs Dumars, Biff Naylor and Bob DOUBLE DRIBBLES: It seems, first home encounter during Gross has pleased froth coach as though Pitt Coach Bob Tim- clog sessions. In their first Don Swegan. Dumars is a fine mons was complaining over the home test on Jan. 25 they lost ball handler and has been treatment his cagers received in to Pitt. 60-52. In the Pitt game shooting well. Naylor. 6' 4", has their Bee Hall visit. Jan. 25. He the frosts faltered in the second been doing a fine job on de was quoted in a Pittsburgh paper half, after being tied at half- tense. Gross has been one of the as saying, "I didn't know whe- time. i leading rebounders. thee we were in a wrestling Don Wilson led the scoring The Altoona-Penn State froth Match. a football game or a bas- for the losers with 16 points. game will proceed the varsity tilt ketball game. I had all I could do• Wilson will not be in uniform between Penn and the Nittanv to keep my boys playing basket- tomorrow night due to scholas- Lions. ball. It seems as though State tic difficulties. was out to get Hennon and! Last Tuesday. the frosh lost to 17,432 Readers Se. These Ads Pegues." ,Navy, 67-51. at Annapolis. Md. Egli, in fl atly denying the ',Navy was outscored from the validity of the charge, an- ,floor by six baskets but won the swered: "If he didn't know 'game from the foul line. The Mid whether he was in a football die Plebes made 32 out of 45 foul game or a basketball game, it ;shots, whereas the Lions were was because we were just de- only able to score on three out fending ourselves against their . of five fouls. John Musser scored roughhouse tactics. I thought :14 points to lead the cub attack. they were going to push us out! Aside from the scoring com a I the building." binations of Wilson, Stanford THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PE WEST PENN POWER COMPANY CABIN N 11.1.. G111N3111./IG. ►A. THESIS MULTILITHING FAST__ ECONOMICAL MMERCIAL PRINTING E. COI.I.F.GE AD S-6734 Mil ,INSYLVANIIA Vega Withdraws From University Armando Vega, one of the greatest gymnasts- in Penn State's history, has withdrawn from the University, it was learned yesterday. Vega - 's withdrawal was verified by Dean Ernest B. Mc- Coy, dean of the College of Physical Education and Athletics, and Gene Wettstone, varsity gym coach. Vega could not be contacted yesterday for corm:cent. His plans for the future are not known at present. McCoy, in verifying the with •clrawal. emphasized that Vega did .not fail out of school. He said that the action was solely Vega' ,. . that as far as University require ments were concerned. he was stilt academically qualified to in school. McCoy explained that Vega had simply placed himself on prcbation when he failed to make a 1.7 All-University aver age last semester. Any athlete who fails to make a 1.7 average for the semester is ineligible to receive athletic aid or to com pete in varsity tests. Wettstone had no comment to make nn the matter except tol verify Vega's leaving. Vega was not competing in zymnastics this season because he, , wanted to save his last year of ;eligibility for his senior year. He; scheduled to graduate in !June. 1959. He was, however. training at Recreation Hall for; the World Championships to be: held this summer at Moscow. • For Vega to be eligible for competition next season. he , would have to attend summer sessions to overcome his last ; semester's probationary aver acre. Wettstone did not know whether or not Vega planned to do this. Last season, Vega captured both the Eastern and National Gymnastic All-Round titles in post-season competition. That's why American Express Student Tours are expertly planned to include a full measure of individual leisure— ample free time to discover your Europe—as well as the most comprehensive sight-seeing program available anywhere! 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