FRIDAY. MARCH 6. 1959 Matrnen Eastern It's been all quiet on th tling front the past coup as Coach Charlie Speidel PIS his matmen for the 55th Eastern Intercollegiate Association tournament weekend at Cornell Uni There hasn't been mu about the Lions' 15-9 los last Saturday, but most del's boys feel they can that setback at the EIW,i val. The Nittanies also have score to settle—this one Cage A Nittany (Editor's Note: Th• McCullough, assistant fr is working on his Inctste years of varsity basketbi lege. The contents of th• his own.) The 1958-59 Penn State basketball team rates with the best in the East! The current discussion concerning the status of the ball team affects each student and faculty member University. This is true because each time a team participatesl while wearing the colors of Penn l State, it represents you. The dis cussion also implies that a deci sion must be made philosophi-1 cally by each of us in regard to whether intercollegiate athletics) belong to the students for their; participation, or whether this as-I pect of our college program be longs to an outside group. Thal latter would lead to the complete subsidization and recruitment of professional athletes. I believe there are only two sound justifications for the exis tence of an intercollegiate pro gram 1. The great student interest In regard to participation. 2. The contribution to the de velopment of individual person ality by providing experiences which are personally satisfying and contribute to good living and happiness. While i maintain that the dis-1 cussion of basketball at Pen ni State implies philosophical con cepts and principles in regard to I the total intercollegiate program, I do not wish to concede any points in regard to the calibre of basketball I have witnessed this current season at Recrea tion Hall. In fact, I believe that of the teams in the East, Penn State ranks with the better. The present team has engaged in 19 games and has compiled a record of 11 victories - and eight defeats. Of these defeats, threes have come at the hands of two teams rated in the top 10 na tionally. In one of these three de feats Penn State played excellent basketball, only to lose in over time. This is commendable bas ketball both in defeat and vic tory. While our team may strive for perfection, perfection cannot actually be achieved by them or even professional teams. This is our team, our Uni versity and our program which seeks to select the best of the students attending this Univer sity. We should not look outside the institution for people to represent it solely because of their proficiency in athletics. Athletics at this institution or any other was never created for that purpose. Scholarship aid should be awarded to those students who ottalify because of their academic ability, and athletic ability should be secondary. If, however, you feel that we should have a group of , perfec tionists on the athletic field for the purpose of' providing enter tainment for the spectators rather than for the interests of the par ticipants, I would like to submit a plan which I consider the only positive and logical course of ac tion to follow. First, the' institution should discontinue intercollegiate ath letics for the students and re cruit the best possible perform ers for the expressed purpose Prep for Wrestling defending Eastern champion 1 Cor nell. Coach Jimmy Miller's Big Red grapplers, unbeaten in loop l competition this year, edged the Lions, 15-13, a month ago. Both Pitt and Cornell are listed among the pre-tourney favorites of the 16-team loop, but Pitt is expected to be the "team to beat." That's because the best balancedi squad generally wins the Easterni title—and Pitt seems to fit this category this year, And just'in ease you have for gotten, the official EIWA team twres -1 e days rk reparesl annual) estlingi next ersity. 1 h said to Pitt ' , :f Spoi -1 avenge carni- another against Supports Lion Varsity following article was written by Gordon "shoran basketball coach. McCullough, who is degree in physical education, played four II as an undergraduate of Springfield Col article and opinions expressed are strictly of winning and entertaining. The institution would pay these athletes in accordance with their ability, as is practiced by professional teams. I believe this plan to be feasible because perfectionists are developed on ly by work and practice in their particular phase of athletics. The students and fa c ult y should be proud of the fact that Penn State has managed to stay within the ethical codes and poli cies of the NCAA and that, by comparison, athletics at this insti tution exist because of the stu dents and for the students. That is why collegiate athletics was founded and that is why it should exist. Grantland Rice stated, "It is not important as to who won or lost but how you played the game." Robertson, West. Head AP All-American Five By TED METER AP Basketball Editor NEW YORK (EP)—Oscar Rob- 1 crtson, the "Big 0" of the Uni versity of Cincinnati Bearcats, dominates the 1959 collegiate bas ketball All - America selected Thursday by The Associated' Press. Named to the first team, along with the nation's leading scorer, are Jerry West of West Virginia, Bob Boozer of Kansas State, Bally Howell of Missis sippi State and Johnny Cox of Kentucky. The team was picked by 319 sportswriters an d broadcasters throughout the country. On the basis of five points for a first 'team vote and two for a second team nod, Robertson was far in font with 1288 points. West polled 1 1029, Boozer 1007, Howell 1003 and Cox 978. Robertson, a junior and an all-America for the second straight year, got 256 first-team votes to 177 for runner-up West. Don Herman, Pitt's 5-BY , bundle of energy who made the first team last year as a junior, missed out this season. Nevertheless he polled 145 first-team votes 'and 891 total points to top the second team. Johnny Green of Michigan Repairs Car Radios Television Phonographs Radios television service / center • - - A at State College TV 232 S. Allen St. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Next Week's Tournament championship is decided at the tournament and not on the won lost record of the regular season. State is included among the other top threats for the Eastern throne along with Lehigh— only conqueror of Pitt this win- ter, Rutgers and Yale. - Four of last year's individual champions will be back to de- fend their titles, including Co r- nell's Dave Au- ble (123) an d Dave Dunlop (heavyweight), Lehigh's D i.c k Santoro (147) and Rutgers' Chuck Crosby (167). Ed Hamer of Lehigh who won the 157-pound crown as sopho more two years ago is also back— this time at 177. There will also be a defend ing national champ and an ex- NCAA titlist among the en tries. They are, of course, Pitt's Paul Powell—last year's 123- pound NCAA kingpin and Tom Alberts who copped the 167-pound national crown in 1957. Powell missed the Easterns last year because of illness, but he more than made up for his EIWA absence at the nationals. Albert? case was similar. An injury kept the Panther ace out of the EIWA tourney two years ago but he won the NCAAs that year. Eleven other place winners from last year's EIWA circus are back, including two finalists— Penn State's Guy Guccione at 137' and Cornell's Steve Fried man at 157. The Lions'- George Gray (167) finished third in 1958 as did Lehigh's John Driscoll (157) and Yale's - Andy Fitch (123). The fourth-place returnees are Army's Gerry Weisinsell (123), Pitt's Sherm Moyer (130), Syra cuse's Les Austin (137), Princeton's Billy MacAleer (147), Harvard's ,Bob Foster (167) and Franklin and Marshall's Chuck Pfrommer I (heavyweight). basket of this State made the second team with 577 points. Others are Tom Hawkins of Notre Dame. Leo Byrd of Marshall. W. Va. and Lou Pucillo of North Carolina State. Hawkins received 256 points, Byrd 239 and Pucillo 219. The third'•team has Jim Hagan of Tennessee Tech, Bob Ferry of St. Louis, Ron Johnson of Minne sota, Joe Ruklick of Northwest-, ern and York Larese of North Carolina. Going Abroad! Buy your Foreign Car from us . at low European prices (lower for military personnel) - and, have it -waiting on the conti-: neat when you arrive. Order 2 months in advance. '57 Skoda (new valves) '57 Black Renault Dauphine '56 Metropolitan '56 Hillman Deluxe Minx '55 Volkswagen (very clean with new timing gear) '53 Ford V-8 Victoria '53 Plymouth 4 Dr. Coronet '5l Dodge Coronet '5l Dodge Diplomat '5l Ford Custom V-8 '5l MG-TD, completely recon ditioned with supercharger —the finest MG-TD we have seen. '49 Buick Super Weiser IMPORTED CARS North of State College on Rt. 322 Phone ADams 7-4171 Delta Chi's Relay Win Ties IM Swimming Mark Delta Chi, led by its record-breaking relay team, swept four out of five events to beat Beta Theta Pi, 25-16, in intra mural swimming action last night. - The relay team—Mike Stollmeyer, Bob Schiffner, Jim Hepler and Ron Nutter—tied its own record of 58 seconds for the second time. The freestyle was won by Stoll- meyer with a time of 32.5 sec-j onds, just 1.4 seconds short of the record. Second was Fred Pagel of Beta. In the backstroke, Schiffner of Delta Chi won in 38.7 sec onds, one second off the mark. The breaststroke was won by Jim Hepler of Delta Chi with a lime of 39,4. Second was Nut ter of Delta CM and third was taken by Tom Kulp of Beta. Beta swept first and second in diving as Armando Vega and Fred Kochey won with scores of 27.4 and 21.0 respectively. In other fraternity action, Tau Kappa Epsilon edged Alpha Tau Omega, 24-17. ATO started off strong. with firsts in the three individual speed events. In the freestyle, Bill Stout. of ATO took first with a time on 35 1. Second was Jim Cober of TKE. The backstroke was won by Bob McCoy in 44.4. The breast stroke was taken by Carl Ton . berg with a 39.2, just 1.7 seconds off the record. However, the turning point for TKE was the diving event. as Gerry Jackson and Charles Gas ton took first and second with scores of 22.2 and 15.6. TKE's relay team—Egolf, Co ber, Bob Remey and Jim Durham —then went on to win in a time of 1:05.3 to clinch the meet. In the only independent meet of the night, the Doubtful Dol phins, led by Craig Guthrie, swept all five events to beat the Bird Dogs, 32-8. Guthrie won two events as he took the backstroke in 43.4 and the diving with a score of 13.8. Second in the backstroke was Dick Potter of the Bird Dogs. Second in diving was Mike Johnson of the Dolphins with a score of 11.6. Third was Weis of the Bird Dogs with 4.4. In the freestyle, John Butcher of the Dolphins won first in 35,5 seconds. Second was Dick Potter of the Bird Dogs. The breaststroke was won .by Sam MacMullan of the Dolphins in a time of 45 seconds flat. Steve Sulzbacher of the Dolphins grab aed second. The Dolphins relay team— Butcher, Tony Reeder, Bob Curtis and Whitfield—won in a time of I :07.9. 1M Volleyball Entries Due Tuesday, March 10 All entries for intramural volleyball must be turned into the intramural office on or be fore Tuesday, March 10. The fee is $l.OO per team. PAGE ELEVEN Flick Gets Shutout In IM Handball By BRUCE HENDERSON Tau Kappa Epsilon's Gene Flick recorded the first clean sweep of this year's intramural handball tourney as he upended Pete Pol lack of Alpha Epsilon Pi with back-to-back 21-0 scores. Flick, one of the top seeded players of the tourney, lost out to fraternity brother Don Hart nett in the semi-finals of last year's compeittion. The win was the fifth straight for TKE. Bob Faris and John Urban each took wins to give Beta Theta Pi a 7-1 record. Faris beat Tau Phi Delta's Walt Knapp, 21-8, 21-17, and Urban clipped Delta Sig's Joe Washko, 21-12, 21-7. In other fraternity action. Sig ma Nu's Ron Griffith easily got by Theta Chi's Don Landenber ger with 21-12. 21-3 scores. Jim Allan of Pi Kappa Phi edged Phi Gamma Delta's Tom Ball ing, 21-16, 21-17. The independents also got in their licks. Al Whitehill took a close one from Howard Schim mel, 21-19, 13-21, 21-19, for his second win in League F. Bob Bie sterfeldt had an easy time getting victory number ,two in League E as he whipped Earl Wolfe, 21-1, 21-3. Billikens, Bonnies Draw Byes in NIT NEW YORK (iP) -- St. Louis, Oklahoma City and St. Bonaven ture have drawn first-round byes in the National Invitation Basket ball Tournament opening .March 12 in Madison Square Garden. ' This • was revealed Thursday with the release of the early round pairings and the announce ment that Denver of the Skyline Conference had accepted a bid to play in the 12-team competition. Denver, which has a 14-7 season's record, has a chance to tie Utah for the conference title. for Expert Tailoring • See C. W. HARDY, Tailor 222 W. 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