SATURDAY. MARCI H 8. 1958 THE LAST LOOK AT LION BASKETBALL FOR THE YEAR Before tying the Penn State basketball season up in a neat little package and putting it away for the year, we have the usual odds and ends to clear up first So here we go. Here is the result of the poll we took to determine the Lions’ all-opponent team for the year. Voting were Coach John Egli, trainer Chuck Medlar, and players Ron Rainey, Steve Baidy, Wally Colen der, Bob Edwards, Tom Hancock, Ted Kubista and Paul Sweetland. Guy Rodgeip—Temple Jon Cincebox—Syracuse Jerry West—West Virginia Don Hennon—Pittsburgh Hal Danzig—Bucknell Before you ask-the obvious, we’ll say this: voting was not re stricted to position. The voters picked the five men they thought to be the toughest among the opposition. ' Rodgers, Cincebox and West were unanimous selections. That’s right, Doriny Hennon wasn’t But he made it on eight 'of the nine ballots. Only Egli said nix to him on the first five. Danzig, as you might suspect, had the closest competition in the voting. The Bison center received only three votes—but that was one more than his two nearest competitors, Jack Saxenmeyer and Dick Csentsitz, both of Penn. They are the substitutes. However, this poll was taken the night before the Bucknell game. After Danzig scored 32 points in that contest, we think an-: other poll would have him named more often. He’s a big boy and a: bull off the boards. THE SEASON AS A WHOLE: Before the year began, this desk predicted a 12-7 season for Penn State. Well, we were wrong—the Lions finished with an 8-11 record. However, and we expect arguments here, we feel that record was not indicative of the Lions’ play. Our reasoning is this: Penn State lost six games—Rutgers, Nayy, Pitt, West Virginia and Bucknell twice—by seven points or less. A break here or there and we would’ve hit our prediction almost squarely on the head. But that's the way the round ball bounces—this time it went in the other direction. And, as Egli pointed out, the opposition was so much tougher this year. Of the opponents the Lions played. Temple and Pitt are already set for the NCAA tourney. West Virginia, the number two team in the country, is the favorite to win its conference playoff and go to the NCAA's. North Carolina State is playing in its conference elimination games for an NCAA berth. Bucknell has a 15-8 record—better than some of the clubs already in the NIT games. Penn, a one-point loser to the Nittanies, was not out of con tention for the Ivy League title—and a'NCAA berth—until its loss to Dartmouth a week ago. And Syracuse, although posting only a mediocre record, finished the season strongly, winning seven of its last eight games. The opposition was tough. These foes comprised 11 of the Lions’ 19 games. No, we're no.i frying to say that the Lions were a great club— or 'even an exceptionally good one. They weren't. However, and we'll say it again, they were better than their record indicates. It was a disappointing season for the cagers, we admit. They had the material—or the potential—to' post a better card. However, they made plenty of mistakes. Most of these hurt. But again, that’s basketball. Phi Kappa Sig, Sigma Nu Win.. In IM H-Ball The fraternity handball singles tourney saw the fourth shutout of the year turned in Thursday night by Jim MacLaughlin, Sigma Nu, as he trounsed Walt Barnes, Delta Sigma Phi, ?l-0, 21-7. Hal. Pellow. Phi Kappa Sig . ma, took second place scoring honors for the night by drown; in Lee GemmilL Lambda Chi Alpha, 21-1. 21-10. “Consistency” seemed to be. the _ word of the night for Fred. Och roch, Zeta Beta Tau,-Bob Schif fner, Delta Chi, and. Marty Meer Phi Sigma Delta. Ochroch de f eat#d . Dare Beary, Phi Gamma Della/21-11. 21-11; Schiffner. topped Bill Cunningham, Phi Sigma Dpsi lon, 21-14, and Meer fol lowed suit with a 21-18. 21-18, victory over Jack Michel. Sig iha Phi Epsilon. In the remaining matches on the card George Gray, Beta Theta "'Pi, won a forfeit victory over Pat • Capots, Kappa Delta Rho; John Krall, Phi Mu Delta slammed out a 21-20, 21-7, win to top Bill Feid ler, Sigma Nu; and Del Hoover, Theta Delta Chi, stopped Harty Klapper, Alpha Epsilon Pi, 21-7,' 21-11. ■ Don Stickler, captain and catch er of Penn State’s 1958 baseball team, is a State College product. A Glance at... SPORTS By VINCE CAHOCCT. Sports Editor Rainey High With 34 Ron Rainey, of Johnstown,' in 1958 posted Penn State’s single game basketball high of 34 points against Colgate. His 33 points against Gettysburg was the sec ond best effort of the year. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 'Good Lively Wrestling/ Cited By Sykes for 283 IM Bouts By BEN BRONSTEIN Sigma Nu. will have one major, weight to 155 for this season'* “You’ll see some good wrestling advantage in their attempt for a competition, iin this tournament, some real second straight title in the person <- , r . {lively bouts." said “Dutch" Sykes, of Rox Cart Cart individual win-i lists the*; Mwrnt {assistant director of intramural, ner at 165-pounds last winter, is wrestlers as outstand sports, when asked about the IM; rated as the top contender for thei mg and consequently should mat tourney which will start atS 1"5-pound title this year. (IM ! “ ear watching by the fans. 7:30 Wednesday evening at Rec- wrestling rules state that an indi-: 121—Don Gordon. Sigma Pi; reation Hall. jvidual champ must advance at, Chuck Zendt. Lambda Chi Alpha: T-hp end m, least one weight in order to com-128—Marlin Troutman. Lambda nighf tfte s“ « d they ** *«”). :Chi Alpha: 135-Fred Simeon, held on a Friday night, March! Two other individual fraternity I Lihi Phi, and Dave Jones, Theta 28th this year. {winners from last year are listed Chi; 1-15—Jim MacLaughlin. run also offered these rather ! for action again this year. Dick ner-up last from Sigma Nu; h i chcH h-- at Ota 1 n tM7 en I Lambda Chi Alpha. top Dan Dol«rki. Sigma Chi. and Ro tiies wilf en-aV ta 283 ta.u£ S ra PP ler in *»* 128-pound land Wilkinson. Kappa Sigma; an av<™ of°2B houts ner S’! 10 last y ear ' s tourney. is a con- Bums. Phi Delta The- Two mafches will take P Dlac<f ati tender for the 135-pound crown.; 16a—Gene Hildty, Lambda Chi two ?»Mn.?! iLas t year’s 135-pound king. Delta 'Alpha; 175—Sam Griffiths, run the same tune on two separate Sisjna . s Tommy Williams, ner-up from Sigma Nu and xr ~~' .... ! moves up to 145. : George Campbell. Delta Tau Del- There are eight weight divisions Terry Snyder, independent, ta . and heavies Gene Elder, run ??L np flL tlo jlchamp at 145 last year, is entered, ner-up from DU and Jack Cal -135, 145, 155, 165, 175 and|j n the 155 class this year, but! <^erone . Lambda Chi Alpha, unlimited. Independent weights. mis time in fraternity coropeti-; Defending champion. Sigma Nu. are s 2 ™ 6 except there will be tion wearing the colors of Delta with three contenders. Lambda no 121 and no heavj-weight divi-; UpsUon . jchi A!pha wilh four and j*,,* sion because of lack of sufficient i Only one other Indie titlist; Upsilon with two loom as the top number ot entries. ifrom last year is returning. He’s teams in the fight for the frat- Last year’s fraternity champs,iFred Bridge who jumped one'emitv team crown. Alpha chi Rho, Sharpshooters Cop'B'Title Amrifl Intramural basketball's regular ! season came to a close Thursday " night as the Sharpshooters won A |X\A/Ir%«r the In<ie Pendent League B Title “"V IvCU VV 1115 and League H was thrown into a ‘ tie when the Red Raiders upset ;the Tribe, 44-35. The Sharpshoot ers won. 34-16. over Wally’s Boys., ! The Red Raiders overcame a i- 20-19 halftime deficit to gain their tie with the Tribe. A 1 Si- ; mon led the attack with 19 ' points, ten of these coining con secutively at the opening of the second' half. His point total was the evening's high for all scorers. Simon was assisted by... Fred. Wagner, who had It count ers. The Red Raiders and Tribe : each have 7-1 slates now. The Skeller Rats. League I champions, lost their first game of the half to the JiO’s, 28-17. The Skeller Rats now have a 7-1 rec ord. In other tilts, the Spaniels defeated the College Co-op, 23- 19; the Hub Boys topped the Wesley Five, 38-22; and the Rams beat the Zips, 39-16. The Ogontz- Vets beat the K- Boys, the All Stars topped the Hounds, and the Yellow Jackets defeated Nittany 39 by the for feit route. John Logan, Tribe, was the J Acacia and Alpha Chi Rho both; jrecorded 3-1 victories over their' irespective opponents. Pi Kappa: Alpha and Pi Kappa Phi, Thurs-; day night to keep the hot race for! first place on the coals in the Intramural Bowling League C. Acacia has a 15-1 record and Al pha Chi Rljo a 14-2 mark. Steve Nitzberg, Sigma Alpha Mu, bowled the high single of 202 in leading his team to a 3-1 victory over Lambda Chi Alpha. Two games ended in 2-2 ties, those between Alpha Phi Delta and Phi. Kappa Sigma and Tri angle and Alpha Chi Sigma. Chi Phi recorded a forfeit win over Theta Kappa Phi. In League D Phi Sigma Kappa blanked Beta Sigma Rho, 4-0, to retain its lead in another torrid try for the second half flag. Sigma Phi Epsilon beat Sigma Tau Gamma and Beta Theta Pi downed Tau Phi Delta by 3-1 scores to remain tied for second place with 13-3 records. Phi Sig ma Kappa has a 14-2 mark. Two other shutouts were reg istered with Delta Sigma Phi beating Zeta Beta Tau and Bea ver House defeating Phi Kappa Tau. In the final game" Phi Sigma Delta downed Phi Gamma Delta, 3-1. Bob Miller, Sigma Tau Gamma, bowled both the high single of 235 and the high series of 538. Only two Penn State wrestlers —Johnny Johnston and Earl Poust—won more often than they lost in 1958. Johnston was un beaten. Penn State and University of California at Los Angeles will en gage in football combat for the first time in. 1963 and 1964. -GULF OIL CORPORATION Representatives will be at The Pennsylvania State University MARCH 10 and 11, 1953 to'lnterview candidates for positions in EXPLORATION - PRODUCTION - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS RESEARCH-MANUFACTURE - DEVELOPMENT •Chemists •Physicists v. • Geophysicists •Mathematicians •Civil Engineers •Chemical Engineers , •Petroleum Engineers . •Mechanical Engineers •Electrical Engineers •Business Administration Majors Locations: Pittsburgh and Philadelphia,. Pa. and Fort Worth, Texas 4 For additional information and to apply far an interview, please see Mr. George N. P. Leetch. Director, University Placement Service. PAGE SEVEN second high scorer of the eve ning. with 13 points. Bill Mars den. Spaniels, and Andy Mey ers. Hub Boys, were tied ior third place with 12 points apiece. Other double figure scorers were Larry Snodgrass. 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