PAGf SIX
Syracuse Freezes Bail 11 Minutes in Win, 45-31
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Ron Rainey
. . . iu'jh scorer u’ iih 12
Gymnasts Host Navy at 8
Cuningham, Werner Set
To Extend Win Streaks
By MATT MATHEWS
An unbeaten Navy squad that beasts a big 53-43 win over
powerful Pitt (next week's opponents for the Lions) battles
the Lions at 8 tonight in Recreation Hall Lion Coach Gene
Wetistone plans only one change from the line-up that opened
a month-long home stand last Saturday with a 67M>-28%
romp over Syracuse. .
Navy also holds a win over performers that slammed the
the Orangemen this season. * ! event against Pitt Sheppard.
Wetistone is still undecided on! .McFarland. Shep
iising regular Adie Stevens in; jtg. I=olo9 score was a
the tumbling event or going with! Morgan is the Middies’ big gun
Ins versatile sophomore star, Lee, on the hi h bar His
Cunningham. Stevens injured his wi)l Cunningham, Jay Werner
left leg two weeks ago and al-'and Lm, Savadove. Werner de
,though toe competed against Ar- |fcated Cunningham for the first
iny. he was out of the Syracuse time on the bar against Svracuse
l™"?- Cunningham pulled a; But Cunningham may be" strong
?°V rt K P acc n fi am st the Orange er f or the third event on the pro
behind teammates Dave Dulaney, gram if he does not tumb! p
Graeme Cowan and Syracuse s. _■ „- _ .
defending cliampion tumbler.; J L 1n 9 r ?& e -i
Lowell Meier. clunbers. headed by ace Phil
i , „ ... . Mullen, are expecting trouble
Dulaney and Cowan will con-, from Middies Bill Davidson,
trnue their friendly duel for first, Wheatley, and Ryan. Davison
ilace on the mats against Navy si p u iied a 4-second flat clockinr
jfred Sparks and Ivan Midgart-; i n his last meet Mullen has i Ernie Lofgreen is rated by
ner. Dulaney is currently winning | been consistently under four! r ' -Baits Colour. Photo by Bob Lloyd tWettstone to be the number one
the race with three firsts and a! seconds while sophomore Vince ’ Jay Werner •• • swinging for his fifth straight win itnan on the side horse. He will
Second ‘ W ° iT’K tnay use Savadovc UsNational and AAU champion fly- is the
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Sharpshooters 7
Highlights IM
The Sharpshooters overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to
defeat Ntttanj 39, 21-18, in intramural basketball at Recreation Hall
Thursday night.
The schedule u-as marred tvhen four of the scheduled nine
games were fonexted. Three independent squads and one fraternity,yesterday morning for Columbus,
team failed to play their games. (Ohio, where they will meet the
Nittany 41 heat the Panthers,. jOhio State Buckeyes in their final
Wally’s Boys won over Foriinsky _ . . , (dual meet of the season. The Li-
Lions, Nittany 31 defeated the/ iVIQiCnGS LOU FlCrl ons officially end the season next
Freed Angels and Alpha Chi Sig-* .. .. . .weekend when they travel to
ms won over Delta Theta Sigma,/|na|g» # Hnnrlnnil ’New York for the IC4-A’s.
2-0 by for Ht. ; , ” aie nanaoaii i Viclims of two dual meet de _
Assistant intramural director 1 , 1n * r a mura, independent feats so far this year, the Lions
Dutch Sykes said. “The transfer handball singles tourney got un-ihave performed better in the indi
ct 500 men to Thompson Hall at'der way Thursday night with tbe‘ V * dual events at invitational
mid-year has played havoc withlniaving of seven matches (meets.
the rosters of the teams and that; nr;..-,, in , m , I The high points of the Lions'
is a big reason for so many for - n;p k r^n ? A S ay ere success here cotnes from the
fcits among the indies." ,E^ eu e BLw U^ htt f ( *«»« T feam and their
In other independent games. B 9 reore S : freshman sprint sensation Bob
Stan’s Men defeated N.ttany and Dave Baldock; andj Brown, who won“bTmiudni
25-23. and Nittany 28 beat today because he is a freshmam
Bull Shifters. 25-10. ! 5 ” ue c _, The 2-mile relay quartet of
In the Greek loop. Alpha Epsi-! Tom Ogden downed Marsh Wer-, George Jones, Dick Hambright,
lon ?i won over Phi Kappa Tau,;Q, ei i M* a L«BEue D match and 1 . Jim Norton and Ed Moran opened
29-22. and Phi Kappa defeated P> Carmen defeated Don up the season with a fourth place
Lambda Phi, 14-10, for its firstj Plan m League E. (finish in the Philadelphia In
win of the year. ! The fourth flight of the frat- .quirer games the last week in
Wally Graham led the individ-.ermty league saw wins by John’January',
ual scoring as he scored 14 points |Maher, Delta Upsilon, and Bill! In the Washington Star games,
for his Nittany 34 teammates. Al;Nichols. Delta Sigma Phi. jthe team of Jones, Hambright,
Orfritz. Alpha Epsilon Pi. was I Fred Kerr and Moran placed
runner-up in the scoring parade i Nebraska, Boston Univereityjthird in the 2-mile event.
with 12 points and Wayne Daven-iand Furman represent the newj The squad hit its peak in the only won the event but at the,
port. Sharpshooters, scored 10 faces on Penn State’s 1958 foot-iMillrose games. Hambright, Bill same time also set a new Penn
points for third place honors. 'hall schedule. Jones and Moran not State indoor record of 7:43.0 in'
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
By VINCE CAfIOCCI
Sports Editor
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Tak-' shot but the tight Syracuse de- ■ covery.
ing a 16-5 lead m the early tense did not crack as the half The second half saw the action
minu’es of the first half Sva- wUh Wally Colender try- jopen up—in comparison to the
inenrsinair.by.a-, ing lo work c i eaT . . j“cold” first period-but the re
cuse went into one of collegiate Ttie act ; o n—if you car. call it’ sult was stlll the Syracuse,
basketball’s deepest freezes to;that—was so slow that both teams hoW . in e “ ntil a 111311l 11311 Wa ? open ;
dawn Penn Slate, 45-31, here just stood around while Ed Gold--, r^^ H-pomt margin most
last night at the War Memor-! 1 * 3 * ba ' ! . 35 Syiacusej" way
■ i rrUwrr orep band playt.a on ! Penn State had the chances to
<u l j £ ven a re f eree go t j n to the acticlose the gap, but could not make
In winning, the Orange re- by callin/r time to tie his shoelace.!the shot. At one point, and this
iained it* record of Having lost Big John Cmcebox, the Orange’s) was the deciding point—the Lions
only one game to Peon State brightest performer, took a briefimissed "three consecutive fast
here al Syracuse in the 5$ game rest on the floor as did the Lion’s'break attempts,
series between Jbe two schools. 'Tommy Hancock—both :n The Lions' shooting was not
Taking advantage of the worst;, rg positions ! 100 improved over the Buck-
Per.n State shooting of the season; With the score 14-0 Colender nell game.’ They hit on only 14
-—the Lions did not score a pointjhit for the first tally on a jump' of 32 atlempis.ll of 30 coming
in the first seven and a half min-j shot with 12:22 left in the period > in the last period,
utes of play—the Orange jumped! Steve Baidv followed with al Syracuse on the other hand,
to a 16-5 lead at the 11:48 mark.!foul before Cincebox drove for, was not missing when it shot. The
Then Orange coach Marc Guley!the final two Syracuse points of ■ Orange finished with 17 of 38
put his club in an incubator. The,'the half. Hancock hit on a layup! for a strong 44.7 percentage.
Orange, refusing to work against and then came the big freeze. ! Individually. Cincebox was the
the Perm State zone, held the ball! For Ihe nexi II and 3 .\ min- outstanding player of the game,
until Hal Noyes fumblec a pass' ules. the ball stood still in lhe . (Continued on page seven)
Win
Cage
and Ron Rainey recovered. Syracuse front court until
The Lions held for the last i Noyes’ tumSe and Rainey’s re-
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leet Defending Bi
Lion Thindads Invade Ohio State
In Final Dual Meet of Indoor Season
Ten Champs
★ ★ ★
George Jones
. . . Lion quarter-miler
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1958
★ ★ ★
lly Calender
. runner-up with 9
Gym
Frosh
Team
Navy
Tests
Plebes
! The Nittany Lion freshman
,gymnastic team will open its
(Short 2-match season at Anna
polis today with a 2:30 p.m. tilt
(with the Navy Plebes.
! The Lions, coached by a former
Lion gymnastic star, Jack Bjes
.terfeldt, will make their lone
ihome appearance of the year next
{Saturday when they host the Pitt
: freshmen at Recreation Hall.
I All of the entries in today’s
'contest against the unbeaten Na
;vy plebes will be engaging in
j their first actual competition, as
.none have had high school or
;prep school experience. Nearly
jail of the entrants were discov
jered by varsity coach Gene Wett
stone in his physical education
classes.
I A State College product, Harry
|Falk, will lead the Nittanies in
stumbling, and Bill Vogt will be
i the top performer on the flying
jrings and parallel bars. Phil
'Smith is expected to be a high
iscorer in the high and parallel
{bar competition.
the event.
All four runners turned in par
ticularly impressive times for the
race.
Hambright led off with a
2:00.5 half. Bill - Schwab, who
was boxed in when he received
lhe baton from Hambright, did
well In 1:54.9. George Jones,
lhe third man, ran a 1:55.0 half
mile and Ed Moran brought the
baton home in 1:51.6.
Coach Werner will use basical
ly the same lineup as he did
against Navy and Army.
Ed Moran and Fred Kerr will
go in the mile; Ted Lopushinsky
and John Fareira in the high hur
dles. Dick Hambright and Jim
Norton in the 600; Bill Schwab
and Moran in the 1000; Dick En
gelbrink and Kerr in the 2-mile;
Ogle Norris in the pole vault;
Dick Campbell and Bob Parker
in the high jump; Dick Nyce in
the shot put; and Lopushinsky
and Fariera in the broad jump.
Bill Fiedler Jr., Penn State
.sophomore booter, is the son of
i the veteran Philadelphia Olympic
isoccer star;