PAGE SIX
Cagers Seek to Snap Seven-Game N avy W in Streak Today
By SANDY PADWE
ANNAPOLIS, Mil, Feb 11
—One of the hottest teams in
Naval Academy basketball his
tory will be out to preserve a
7-naine winning streak this af
ternoon when it hosts a "fired
up" Penn State five in the
Naval Academy Field House.
The Sportseer
rj McCoy Frowns
W On Alumni
* • w
Repuits concerning the inception of an alumni football game
at the conclusion of this year's spring grid drills have been circulat
ing diound the campus for the past couple of months.
Accoiding to the talks, the alumni tilt would replace the annual
Ilhie-White intiasquad exhibition as a wiap-up to spung practice
and would feature ex-Penn State stars now in the pro ranks.
The possibility of this game is no longer a rumor. It is a fact
which has already entered the planning stages by the sponsoring
organization—the Penn Slate varsity "S" club.
Auoidmg to club officials, the game would be of a charity nature
with the proceeds going to the Levi Lamb fund—the backbone of the
athletic ■-iholaiship system. They estimate the project could increase
the Lamb fund by some sl2,ooo—a tidy sum which would come in
bandy when the Lion gndders embaik on their so-called “big time”
schedule in 1960.
TontJtiso day for the exhibition is set for Saturday, May 2.
This dale would coincide with the University’s last so-called “Big-
Weekend” of the school yeai and would just about insure the suc
cess of the enterprise.
The alumni team would be made up of former Penn State grid
letteimen, including the 8 professionals—Lenny Moore of the Balti
more Colts, Milt Plum of the Cleveland Biowns,
Rosey Gnei ol the New York Giants, Chuck Dra
yenovith and Les Walteis of the Washington Red
skins, Fiank Rogel, lately of the Pittsburgh Steelers,
Mamy Schleicher of the Chicago Cardinals and Al jjyLcVH ;W
Jacks of Saskatchewan. However the nucleus of the
team would come from members of last year’s team
such as Steve Garban, Dave Kaspenan, Chuck .tuV
Rmlinage, Bob Kciabis, etc.
Moore has already indicated his willingness vHmKhV
to p.utieipate and the others are being contacted
However, theie has been a snag in the “S”
Club's endeavoi. They lack the official sanction of mooiie
the Athletic Depaitment and will have to halt further plans until
this approval comes—if it does.
Athletic Diicctor Ernest B. McCoy seems to be against the
iilumm idea and he presents several arguments which back up his
\eto. One argument concerns the NCAA’s view on the alumni
games. This collegiate governing body frowns on the alumni game
piojecN, but it has icfused to legislate against them.
“A pioposal was on the floor at the NCAA’s meeting in Cin
eumatti last month.” McCoy said, "to eliminate the use of profes
sional football players as a pait of a team playing
against the varsity in the spring, but this was de-
PBSyjsrTEfflßß feated. I think the reason was because many large
g£ •*** schools such as Oklahoma have been so successful
with such a program.”
_ (The Oklahoma “0” Club has been sponsor
§ ing an alumni game for several years now and has
I / ‘ been earning approximately $15,000 a year off the
. jpioceeds.)
it v ~' JlSi McCov himself doesn’t think the NCAA should
ft) 'ffvl legislate against the alumni game project, but feels
the decision should be left to the individual schools.
But why is the NCAA against an alumni game?
“I think it is because of the inroads the pros have been making
the past couple of years," McCoy said. "We’re not jealous of the
pro'-', but we do resent many of their remarks. They claim that
collegiate football is inferior to the pro grame and we don't be
lieve this is so.
"No one wants to get money for the Levi Lamb fund more
than I do. but I think there could be a belter way than the com
mercialization of the pros. Even if we would sanction such a
game, are you sure that the Colls would allow such a valuable
piece of property as Moore to play? They have thousands of
dollars invested in him."
McCoy also feels such a game would hurt Penn State’s varsity
program a great deal. “We have a very fine football game out
there in the spring as evidenced by the 3 or 4 thousand people
that turn out to watch it. Besides, when you use outsiders in a
game, that means some of the kids on the varsity won’t be used.
Let’s face it, not everybody who goes out for the team in the spring
will make the team in the fall. But everyone is out there trying
and for some of them their only leward is' playing in the spring
game. The main reason for spring practice is for the boy to im
piove himself.”
But what about the possibilities of two “Blue-White” games?
This was accomplished last year when one game was held for the
benefit of Penn State's annual coaching clinic and another game
held as the final sciintmage. McCoy is silent on this idea, but we
(Continued on page seven)
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
The Lions will put a 3-game
winning streak on the block
against the Middies who stand
11-4 for the season.
Th« Lions' last three wins
have come against Pitt, Tem
ple and Syracuse. The 81-72
win over Syracuse was their
best performance, according to
Game
By Lou Prato
Sports Editor
Penn Slate Coach John Egli.
The Middies, on the other
hand, haven’t lost since Jan. 1
when Butler University turned
the trick. In fact the loss to
Butler was the third Middle
loss in three days. Previously
they were beaten by two top
rated quintets—Kentucky and
Vanderbilt.
After that disastrous South
ern trip, the Middies came back
strong to win their next seven.
Navy has beaten Gettysburg.
Manhattan, Brandeis, Ameri
can University, Columbia,
Temple and Boston College in
its last seven outings.
Earlier in the year, Navy
beat Penn, Dickinson, Rutgers
and Maryland. The only other
Middie loss was to Princeton.
Navy is led by 6-2 Jim Bower
★ ★ ★
MARK DUMARS
ECAC Picks
DuMars On
Weekly Team
Penn State’s Mark DuMars has
been named to the Eastern Col
legiate Athletic Conference’s All-
East team for the week of Feb
1-7.
The 5-10 sophomore was named
to the all-star squad for his out
standing play against Temple and
Syracuse last week.
DuMars is currently leading
the Nitlany Lions in scoring
with 197 points in 12 games for
an average of 16.4 points per
game. He is also the leading
playmaker on the team and lops
the team in assists.
Against Temple last week, Du-
Mars hit for 21 points and had
seven assists as the Lions wal
lopped the Owls, 70-36. A few
nights later against Syracuse, the
“Magician” scored only 13 points
but put on an outstanding ball
handling performance.
Penn State cage Coach John
Egli predicts big things for the
wonder boy from Sharon, Pa.
i“He will be one of the great ones
(before he leaves here,” said Egli,
“I wouldn't be surprised if he
made All-American by his senior
year.”
i 300000000000000000000000
1° o
o Announcing %
g the o
g New Management g
o of the o
g Charter Oak Inn g
g New SYLVAN ROOM g
O O
o Located between Maieer o
o Playhouse & C.E. Camp o
g Call North 7-2912 g
o o
o o
o o
o o
o Wednesday Special g
o _ o
o Complete o
o Spaghetti Dinner o
g Italian Style o
§ $1.50 g
o o
o MODERN HEATED °
g CABINS 6
o by Day or Week o
o , o
000000000000000000000000
of Chester, Pa. Bower averaged
11 points per game last year
but this season he has almost
doubled that average and is
hitting 20 points a game.
Right behind Bower are
Dick Johnson and Jay Meizler.
Both are dangerous scorers
from the inside or outside. The
rest of the starting five is made
up of leading rebounder Dick
Brown and playmaker Frank
Delano.
This five is backed up by a
solid bench which includes let
termen John Mascali and Hen
ry Egan.
The Midshipmen of Coach
Ben Carnevale haven’t lost at
home yet this year in seven
outings. Last year they beat
the Lions at Annapolis in a
Wildcats Top AP Poll,
North Carolina Second
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adolph Rupp’s Kentucky Wildcats held a slippery grip
Wednesday on the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press college
basketball poll.
They were named to the position for the fourth straight
week by the nation’s sports writers and broadcasters, but it
was almost a matter of being,—
saved by the bell. . ■ pn i . ■
The poll was taken, as cus- jdGriOUSIV DSPlfiffid
tomary, through Saturday I * ■
games and thus voters could it*|*AeK fnna Tonm
not be influenced by the Wild- S'' 0 ’" V,,a 9 e
cals' second defeat of the cam- T-i, Emm AA! J
paign—a 66-58 pasting at the ■ ® rGICe IVIICfCIiGS
hands of Mississippi Slate Mon- A revamped freshman basket
day night. ball squad will face the stiffest
Kentucky held an edge over test of its season this afternoon
once-beaten North Carolina in the when it lakes the court against
poll with the following teams an undefeated Navy Plebe team
completing the order: Kansas at Annapolis
State, Auburn, Cincinnati, North The scholastic eligibility re
■ State, Bradley St. Louis, quirement took a heavy toll and
| West Virginia and Mississippi left Coach Bob Swegan’s aggrega-
I ,ion seriously depleted in depth.
; . J h f. Wildcats rated 42 of Ihe Add to this the fact that the Nit
!™ » t£i P I? C 2« TOt ” , and \l n ta "y frosh have not beaten Navy
hasU nMi? w«i P T S on ,? h f as ,on g Swegan can remember
f , lO - P * for first and »t looks like the Blue and
sss-tihe r& h>ve * toueh iob “• »“*
p,S sSi !SMS*S
? h , mu * e ‘ s ™°, v „ e< ? up fr ° m llth forwards. Jim Biesecker P and
jSSrSSwSawasttai
ded from seventh to 12th after
losing 85-81 to Purdue Saturday.
The top 10, with first place
votes and won-lost records in
parenthesis points on 10-9-8 etc.
basis
1. Kentucky (42) 18-2, 855
2. N'rth Carolina (18) 14-1, 762
3. Kansas Slate (10) 17-1, 656
4. Auburn (6) 16-0, 595
5. Cincinnati (3) 16-2, 572
6. N'rth Carolina St. 16-2, 489
7. Bradley (3) 17-2, 275
8. St. Louis (3) 14-2, 259
9. W. Virginia (3) 18-3, 221
10. Mississippi St. (7) 18-1, 214
Do You Need
a Plaque, Trophy,
or Special Award?
See our wide selections today.
We also engrave these awards
at 8c per letter, with a 15%
d i s c o u n t on ail purchased
items engraved.
Also desk and door plates,
key and luggage tags.
PlasTi-Craft
Shop
401 E. Burnside St.
BELLEFONTE
Phone EL 5-4888
L. E. Reese, manager
Hoars Daily
1:30 p>m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday
• :30 a.m, to 9:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1959
thriller, 58-53.
Egli will go along with his
usual starting lineup of Bob
Edwards, Tom Hancock, Paul
Sweetland, Wally Colender
and Mark DuMars.
Sweetland is relatively a
newcomer to the Lion starling
lineup, taking over for the in
jured Ted Kubisia.
Kubista, who was injured in
practice two weeks ago, had
his ankle x-rayed yesterday
and a hairline fracture was re
vealed. Team physician Dr. Al
fred H. Greiss said that Ku
bista would probably be lost
for the season.
The Lions’ next game will
be at Recreation Hall Saturday
night when they meet Rutgers.
The Scarlet beat the Nittames,
69-64, last month.
Varsity Lacrosse Team
To Meet at 7 Tonight
The varsity lacrosse team
will hold an organizational
meeting at 7 p.m, today in 114
Rec Hall.
Candidates for the fro s h
squad will meet at 7 p.m. to
morrow in 114 Rec Hall.
Pitching, Catching Candidates
All varsity baseball pitching
and catching candidates are to
meet this afternoon at 5 in room
240 Recreation Building.