WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1958 ' A Glance at... HAVE TO GET TOUGH REFEHEES WILL that ended the Penn State-Colgate basketball !ht at Hamilton, N.Y., further emphasized a point The near-riot game Saturday nil that we have held all season long: when referees handle a game that they see is going to be extraordinarily rough, they must get tough if they want to prevent any such outbreaks. Saturday night it became evident early in the contest that it was going to be a rough-and-tumble scramble. There were at least two near scraps in the first halt The play under the boards was ex ceptionally rough. Yet no steps were taken by the referees to keep things under control. Outbreaks such as that at Colgate axe a disgrace to collegiate basketball. Yet. the players are not to be blamed. After alb if one team gets rough and is getting away with it you can only expect the other club to retaliate in a similar fashion. This was the case at Colgate. It was a "defend-yourself-or-be-pushed-out-of-the gym" contest all the way. Penn State figured the game would be a rugged one. It was. This made the third consecutive time that the Lions had gone to Colgate and found themselves in a brawl. And the referees showed no ability to keep the game under control. Their inability to handle the situation was further exemplified when, after out-of-bounds play against Colgate, one ref eree was hit in the chest with a wad of wax paper. The fan who threw the paper was no more than five feet away from the ret It looked to us as though he saw who threw it. Yet, all he did was stand there and smile harmlessly. Outbreaks such as the Colgate affair are ;«o good for colle giate basketball. There is only one solution when an outbreak is a strong probability—to squelch it early. If the only way a referee can get tough in order to squelch the roughness early is to throw men out of the ballgame, then let’s have it. Basketball is a game where you throw a ball through a hoop —not a game where you throw punches at your opponents. We feel that the fight at the end of the ballgame would have been avoided if the refs had bounced the guilty culprit—or culprits—in the earlier tussles. But, a more reasonable solution would be to call a technical foul —on both clubs if necessary. If the technical doesn't work, then give the bounce when needed. P We realize that basketball is not the pretty-boy sport most people deem it to be. There is a great deal of body contact in Iho ipjjri—and that's to be expected. But there is no room in collegiate basketball for fisticuffs. The professional cagers had this trouble. The problem was sue-: cessfully coped with when NBA president Maurice Podoloff told his referees to get tough in rugged games. They did and fights were! greatly decreased in the NBA. Let’s not let the situation get out of hand in the collegiate circles. @Mshke to get a better shave! PRE-ILECTRIC SHAVE LOTION SPORTS By VINCE CAROCCI Sports Editor use THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA P *e-EIECTWC SHAVE IOTIO* Quicker... closer ... smoother... no matter what machine you use. 1.00 SHULTON NewToA • Toronto Speidel Maintains Humor Vein Despite Matmen's Poor Record By LOU PHATO (fourth defeat of the year in a 4-I ! shoulders and quickly snaps him Charlie Speidel, the crafty loss to Nick Biondi, the Terp’jjdown on his back—usually catch wrestling wizard hasn’t lost any senior standout. jing his opponent ofl guard ! of his humor despite the poor “It was a very even match,”. Speidel had little to say about showing of his matmen this sea-(the Lion mentor commented, “Guy tha upcoming meet with power son Speidel came up with an-! ma£ te one mistake when Biondi ful Pitt Saturday night at Rec other of his offbeat quips Monday!threw a pancake on him and that: Hall but ha is undoubtedly when asked if he was surprised' wa s the match. (A pancake is a thinking about it especially over the Lions’ 14-14 draw with'takedown hold where one man after the Panther’s 14-14 stale favored Maryland last Saturday catches his foe by the arms and male with Lehigh at the Pitt night. ’ Field House over the weekend. “Surprised?” the whimsical tu- Th* Lions were trounced by tor blurted, “the whole season’s the Engineers, 23-8, earlier in been full of surprises. That match the year, was no different than the rest.” "Maryland had a pretty good learn," Speidel said, taking up his serious role, "but we might'Te beaten them it we would have had a little more experience." Speidel praised Captain Johnny Johnston, Dan Johnston, Sam Mi nor- and George Gray for their winning performances against the Terps but he was especially ap preciative of the undefeated Lion national champion. “Johnston wrestled a good match,” Speidel said, “even ; though the (8-6) score doesn’t in dicate it. He could have won by a 7-1 score. But he was out there trying to get back the five points we lost in the first match and in doing so had to give away points. He made their man look good.” "Danny and Sam both wrest- t led good bouts," Speidel con- i tinued, "but George's match j was the deciding factor. It's a ! good thing he threw his man." Gary flattened Dick Besiner with an outside cradle at the 4:07. Speidel also had a few words; to say about sophomore Guy Guc cione. Guccione went down to his Baseball Candidates Varsity baseball infield and outfield candidates should re port to Coach Joe Bedenk any time this week.in 237 Recrea tion Hall. RADIO Strvic* anti Supptiti •Cor Radios •Portable Radios vSv. •Phonographs /fr •Batteries & State College TV 232 S. Allan St. Johnny Johnston . . . could've won by 7-2 MUST WE GO TO BE CH You've probably heard people com ment at times on the fact that their Catholic neighbors go to church so often. Perhaps you have wondered yourself...is all this necessary? 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