The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 14, 1958, Image 6

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Rainey Sprains Finger
But Will Play Tomorrow
v h ,'h ri t prove d t o Le a sa . tisfy. hand- The injury Goes not figi t : I th -.. - .D e ring hard for the game . . -
re getting themselves ready."
i ng victo r y ove r Syracuse -t o decrease hls efficiency in
Because West Virginia plays a,
department. However, he may).
Wednesday night 42 t Recrea- • • _ . • .• ~......ke runn i ng game, Egli said;
• have to change ins foul -stioonngv.L J.'
tiozi Hall almost had a discs - , 1 .1 ,
-, 1 c• ithat the Lions must slow down :
trous outcome for Coach Johnl He normally shoots hi s f ou l s :the Mountaineer attack if they ,
were to have any hopes of an
Egli anti his Penn State bas-: underhandL Last right he prat
keteers. !iced on a one-banded foul shot. 1 , wed virginia uses a free-
The
The disaster—a near broken Other than Rainey's - injury, the; l ance fast break with 1.10 can. '.
Lions escaped the Orange game; ter Lloyd Shiers - cc clearing the
finger- The viat i m— ace scorer ~
good straits_ TOM ilanoack' rebound a n d pa ss i ng ow to an ,
and co- he Ron Rain - e y. bruised
.. his elbow on the hack- O p en t eamma t e . o no , the m aim _
Rainey InSured the thi r d fin g e ' board in a rebound attempt but tion, start the break. the O mani !
ori his left hand in a fall early the bump - is of very minor pro- is to get the score in the fastest I
in the second half Wednesday rip° ions. cleanest way possible. It has
night. He played the remainder of
, And with West Virginia, the been most successful in the
the game, however.
~._ number two team in the nation att past.
Alll- RA T bad / ,'"it
_,_,_•"" present , here tomorrow night, the l The Mounties have what is con-,
ger n _, L , „TIM Lions must be in top physical:sidered the best well-balanced I
learn ' 4 ''''' w " l " shape to have any hopes for anlscoring punch in the collegiate.
diagnosed the injury as a se- upset
,game today. Anyone of the Mcrun
vire sprain. Medlar said that Egli called West Virginia the ,tie starters—Sharrar, Jerry West.
injury would not keep Rainey : bed Seam. and the fastest- on 'Joey Gardner, Don Vincent or ,
inns p la y in g' but that he ' mid ; the Lion schedule. No one re- :Bob Smith—is capable of break
have to have the finger taped .. lutes the Mountaineers that ing the 20-point mark on a given
tightly- ' honor. However. he refused to night Therein lies the key to the
Rainey practiced last night , concede West Virginia anything !West Virginia success.
with his third and little finger a l oe . • i Should the Mounties hit an off
taped together and showed no no Although he admits that the night, Penn State upset hopes will
ticeable evidence of a severe: Lions will be decided underdogs he enhanced. Another sharp per
handicap because of it. He did ad- 'come game time, Egli said that:formance by the Mounties would
mit to a lack of full ball control they were going all out for the:lay upset hopes on the improb
with the hand, however. :upset. - They (the Lion players)'ability level. But the round ball
Fortunately. Rainey does most,would like nothing more than to takes some funny-bounces—it
of his shooting with his right upset them," he said. "They're happened last year.
Experienced Syracuse Matmen
Not Living up to Expectations
Experience may be the best
teacher, but don't bet on it. Just
ask Syracuse's dynamic wrestling
mentor Joe Scandura what we
mean.
Scandura has about all the "ex
perience" be could want at Syra
cuse this year—what with seven
two-year veterans composing
most of his team. And yet the
Orange grapplers have managed
to compile only a 2-3 record.
Because of all their veterans,
EIWA observers expected a lot
of the Syracuse matmen this
season. But thus far they have
been very disappointing.
The New York school's only
victories have come against ra
ther weak opposition—lthaca Col
kge (26-10) and Army (23-5).
However. its defeats have been
to the three strongest teams in
the ElWA—Lehigh (25-12), Pitt
(20-5) and Cornell (17-10).
The win over Army last Sat
urday night may be an indica
tion that the Orange are on theißill White. White, the third place
Upgrade. !167-pound finisher in last year's
There's only one unbeatenE
IWA tournament, has lost only
man on the Syracuse squad '
and., odd as it may seem, he is ;one match in three appearances.
!And that was to the defending
a newcomer. Les Austin, who :NCAA 177-pound champ, Tom
wrestles a! 137. has a 4-0 rec-
Alberts of Pitt, 3-2.
ord to his credit. including
three falls. The only man he Two other vets have lost only
has been unable to flatten was ;one match but each has a draw
Pitt's terror. Vic DeFelice. !on his ledger. Ed Carlin's lone
whom he decisioned. 8-7. Aus- !defeat at IM was to Cornell's
tin has never been beaten ; unbeaten sophomore, Dave Au
while wearing the Orange col- ;ble. 9-4. His stalemate was against
ors. having whipped through !another unscathed grappler, Paul
an unbeaten season last winter ;Powell of Pitt, 64-
as a freshman. Gordon Carberry's non-win-
The next best record belongs) ning efforts also came against
to that able letterman. 177-pound top-flight competition. He was
Alpha Sig Paces Bowling
Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Epsi
lon Pi scored 3-1 victories over
Phi Kappa and Delta Chi, respec
tively Wednesday night, to re
main tied for the top spot in in
tramural bowling Fraternity
League B.
Alpha Gamma Rho scored the
only shutout for the night by de
feating Sigma Chi, 4-0. AGR was
led to its win by Charlie Rine's
high series for the evening of 566.
PENN STATE
DINER
File Fogs
OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY
"Tradition Demands
Quality"
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
* *
Gordon Carberry
. . . among Syracuse's
Dick Grob, Alpha Sigma Phi,
wiped his team stay in first place
ly bowling the high singles of
922 .
The 3-1 defeat of Delta Tau
Delta by Tau Kappa Epsilon, and
two matches ending in deadlocks
zompleted the action at Recrea
tion Hall. The Delta Theta Sigma
iklpha Epsilon Pi and Theta Chi-
Phi Kappa Psi matches both re
milted in 2-2 scores.
ATTENTION INDEPENDENTS
All groups except fraternities and respective sorori
ties interested in participating in Spring Week (Carni
vaL Float Parade. and He-Man) should send representa
tives to HUB Desk on FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17 and 18
to pick up initial application post cards.
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Bill Waples
Two-Year Regulars
beaten by Cornell's undefeated
captain Dick Vincent. 6-I. and
held Lehigh's Bob Gunst to a
2-2 lie.
Two other Syracuse "old men"
and their records are: 130-pound
George Creason, 2-2; 147-pound
Bill Waples, 2-2; 167-pound Bill
Murphy, 2-2; and utility man
Marty Lavanhar, 1-2-1.
Heavyweight Al Benecik is the
•nly other yearling outside of
Austin. He has an G-3
_record.
iKeg Entries Due
Monday at Rec Hall
Entries for the second ann '-
University handicap bowling tour
nament will close Monday. The
tournament will be held from Feb.
24 through March 2 at the Rec
reation Hall alleys.
The event, according to tourna
ment director Jordan Love, is
open to all University personnel
active in local bowling leagues.
The team fee is- $7.50 and the
doubles fee is $3.00.
Ken Hostermart's soccer team
set a new scoring high at Penn
State in 1957-56 goals in 10
games. The previous high was 46.
Terrence Patrick Brennan, that 29-year-old elder states
man of Notre Dame football, is one of the most impressive
persons I have ever met. I talked to the astute Mr.-Brennan
Wednesiiay night at a high school football banquet in West
ern Pennsylvania and I must confess to my instant liking
for the gentleman from South Bend, hid.
He was the guest speaker at
the festivities which included
among other illuminaries, Penn
State's own J. T. White, Steve
'Garban and Richie Lucas; Pitt's
Vie Fusia and Bill Kaliden; and
Joe L. Brown of the Fixates.
I first gained high regard for
Brennan during his after-dinner
speech, but after the affair I
;caught him relaxing at the local
country club.
"I read where you spoke against
the new two-point conversion
,rule instituted in college foot
ball," I said quite auspiciously.
"Why do you feel that way?"
don't think there was any
reason to change the rule."
Brennan replied. "If they have
a problem, they should modify
a rule or throw it out alto
gether. But there was no prob
lem in this case. The change
was so fast it was made before
we knew it. I think they could
Ihave moved the goal posts tip
to the goal line. That would
have been just as good and it
would have kept kicking in the
game.
"I t h ink they're getting the
game all mixed up now, with
high schools, colleges and profes
sional teams playing under dif
ferent rules. Almost every coach
I've talked to feels the same way
I do, including Art Parseghian, of
Northwestern, Jack Mollenkopf
of Purdue and the Pitt coaches?"
"Well, Terry." I said, "now
that I know your opinion on the
new rule, I'd like to know how;
you felt .about the past season.
How did you feel after beating
Oklahoma?"
"That was one of my great
est thrills." the cooperative gen- ,
tleman answered. "Tba2 was a
prestige win, but I don't think
it was the best game we played.
Our best games were the last
two—against SMU and South
ern Cal. It was in those two
that we played outstanding
football both defensive and of
fensive. In the Oklahoma game
we did a good job on offense
but not defense.
"Actually," Brennan continued
without_ any interruption from
tthis corner, "our key game was
ithe opener against Purdue. We
!had to get the confidence that we
tcould win; and we did. Army
made us. We proved then that
lwe had a team that could come
back with the odds against us."
"How do you think you'll do
this year?" . 1 queried.
`I have a lot of veterans back,"
Brennan said very calmly, "but
we'll - have to be very fortunate
,to do as well as last year. Last
;year we had to go out and prove
that the 1956 season was just a
'mistake. Everyone was mad in
cluding the coaches. After all, we
t had been highly criticized after
that losing season.
"But this year, the people
will expect us to win. However,
to be a great team, you need
speed: and we don't bays it.
Banquet Dales Still Available
But They Are Being Filled
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1958
The Sportseer
By LOII PRATO
Asst. Sports Editor
Just like Pitt last year, well
have the strength and man
power but not the speed. And
we have basically the same
schedule (Le. a suicide ene. X
must add) tkludiaria. SMU.
Army, Duke. Forth Carolina.
Navy. lowa. BSC. Pitt and.
Purdue. But all r worrying
about now is spring wadi:47
"W b a t about sophombresr, I
said, "the one's who are fresher-,
men now."
"We had a good crop of fresh
men and we're expecting a lot
out of them, including . three
Pennsylvania boys,_ Myron Pot
tios, Torn Pantz and Red Mack.
However, you can't put much
faith in a freshman. They have
to learn too much in too little
time before the.season starts. But
I will say this:" we feel that, be
ore they graduate, Potties, Pant;
and Mack will be three of the
greatest football players in No
re Dame history if they play the
way we feel they can:'
"This brings up a subject," I
said, "How do you compare Penn
sylvania High School football
with the rest of the country?"
"High school football runs in
cycles." Brennan replied. "But
the high school football played
around hese is a good as any
where in the country and ihai
includes such strongholds as
Ohio, New England and Texas.
Pennsylvania is s o ad' fp
none."
"Who do you think is or was
ithe best player you've ever
rcoached either in high school or
Eat Notre Dame?"
"I've been coaching for 14
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