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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
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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.
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