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.
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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.
Wesley Five. 11: Doug McClain.
Sharpshooters, 10: and Charles
Janerette, Rams, 10.
Play-offs and games to brealc
league ties will begin Mondav.
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