FRIDAY. MARCH 6, 1959 2 Seniors Tomorrow Two Lion basketball players will be playing their last game for Penn State Saturday night when the cagers close out the season against the Bucknell Bisons at Lewisburg. Seniors Tom Hancock and Bob Edwards are the seniors who will be performing for the last time in Penn State uniforms. Another senior, Ted Kubista, broke Ms ankle the Bucknell game in January * * and has been idle ever since Hancock has developed into John Egli's top rebounder this season, leading the team with an average of 11 per game. Edwards is currently the third leading scorer on the Lion five, right behind Mark DuMars and Wally tolender. He is averaging 12 points per game. Last year Edwards averaged 12 points a game while finishing second to Ron Rainey in the indi vidual scoring column. Edwards' sophomore year was probably his best as he scored 356 points for a 14-point average. When he broke his ankle in January, Kubista had 124 points In 10 games and was the second leading rebounder. In the Richmond Invitational Tournament last December, the 6-5 senior received the Most Valuable Player award for his outstanding work. The Lions will be shooting for their best won-lost record in four years tomorrow night as they take an 11-8 record into the game. One of those eight losses came at the hands of the Bisons earlier this season when they topped the Lions 80-67 at Recreation Hall. In that game, the Lions led at halftime but blew the lead as Bucknell began to hit from all over the floor. Tomorrow's game will also be the last of the season for the Bisons, who have a WS record. _ CAGE CHATTER Two of Penn State's former opponents will see action Tuesday night as the NC AA regionals get underway at Madison Square Garden . . . Navy will meet the Atlantic Coast Con ference Champion, who has yet to be determined, while West Vir ginia is slated to meet the Ivy League Champion . . . North Car olina State is ineligible for the NCAA. tourney because they are still on the NCAA's probation list Sports Dope ... Valentine All-Star Center Sam Valentine. former Penn State football guard, has been named to the 1958 Armed Forces Football All-Star first team. Val entine played center for the Quantico Marine eleven. Gymnasts Olympic-Bound Three Penn State gymnasts— Armando Vega, Jay Werner, and Lee Cunningham—impress - coach Gene Wettstone as Op prospects for the U.S. Olympic team in 1960. C--] Six Unbeaten Seasons Charlie Speidel, veteran Penn State wrestling coach, has direct ed the Nittany Lions to six un beaten seasons, including three in a row in 1951, 1952, and 1953. Ills one-defeat campaigns num ber nine. LSA PRESENTS A SERIES CONCERNING : THE IDEA OF GOD March B—lir. Luther Harshbarger, University chaplain and , • professor of religion March 15—Dr. Henry A. Finch, Professor of philosophy March 22—Dr. John A. Mourant, Professor of philosophy THIS SUNDAY: Defining God Contemporaneously, Dr. Harshbarger Lutheran Student Center 412 W. College Avenue 6:30 End Careers at Bucknell Tom Hancock . . . in last game . . . Jerry West of West Virginia and Lou Pucillo of N. C. State made the UPI All-American team along with Pitt's Don Hermon • . . Pucillo was on the third team while Henn on and West were first team choices . . . Five Froth Compete in For the second year in a row, Penn State will send its out standing frosh matmen to the annual tournament for fresh man wrestlers held at West Point. This year's event starts tonight at 8. Charlie Speidel, has entered five men in the tourney Heading the list is Ron Pifer. State's 157-pound co n testant. Pifer has won all three of his matches this year by pins, his last two coming in the first period. While in high school at nearby Bellefonte Pifer won two PIAA championships, His scholastic record was a dazzling 60-2. both losses coming when he was a sophomore. State also will enter Jere Seipel (1-0-1) at 123; Art Ravitz, who has a 3-0 record—two wins by falls, at 130; Ray Connell (1-2) at 137; and Phil Myer (1-1-1) at 177. In this tourney, schools other than EIWA members will be rep- Second Semester Frosh RUSHING SMOKER Phi Mu Delta 500 S. Allen Street MOWN -• Refrishments 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March 6 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Jasper-Lion Duel Stirs Interest In Kof C 2-Mile Relay Event As the roar and the dust settle from last week's IC4-A "inci dent," interest is skyrocketing in the two-mile relay contest which grants a return match to the IC4-A title "contenders" Man hattan and Penn State —at the Knights of Columbus Games in Madison Square Garden Saturday night. The Jaspers and the Lions come to grips in a famed relay event that practically obliterates the rest of the K of C's outstanding card. Familiar names like Ron De lany, Charlie Jenkins, Bob Sea man and Arnie Sowell have taken a back seat to the two teams, Jaspers and Lions, as they com pete in a race that might well be titled the "David Levy Me morial Run." right after * 'The fire is fanned by the fact that in last week's relay, a collision occurred between Manhattan's Bob McKay and the Lions' Ed Moran that literally "knocked" State out of competition for first place in the event. Both Manhattan Coach George Eastment and Nittany Coach. Chick Werner will load their teams with the best talent avail able, unhampered by the usual obstruction of having their indi vidual stars priming for other events. For the first time this year Werner will be able to utilize his "Big 3" Moran, Dick Engel brink, and Fred Kerr—together By DICK GOLDBERG resented and no formal team champion will be crowned. Last year, State freshmen did well in the tournament. Jerry Settler won the 157-pound class, Bob Gilmour was runner up in , the heavyweight class, being pinned by. Bob Smith of Penn in the finals, and Neil Turner reached the quarter final round. During their stay at the Aca demy, the boys will live in the cadets' quarters and will follow the same living routine that the cadets do. Matmen Tourney Don Davies . ... earns berth in "big race" in the relay. • R e g u lar quarter-miler Don Davies earned the fourth spot on the Nittany entry with a sparkling showing in time trials this week. A determined Da vies laid his claim to a half mile leg in the "big race" by outrunning his contemporaries The Penn State Thespians Present on Stage 'ANNIE GET YOUR GUN' Book by Dorothy and Herbert Fields Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AT SCHWAB AUDITORIUM Thursday $1.25; Friday, Saturday, and Saturday matinee $1.50 Tickets on sale at Helsel Union Building Beginning Monday. March. 9, at 1:30 p.m. of the Lion depth chart. Eastment's combination prob ably will include speedsters Art Evans, Kye Courtney, Ed McAl lister and McKay. Courtney and McKay ran on the Jaspers' quartet that won the IC4-A relay in 7:46.9. McAllister came in third in the 1000-yard run behind record-breaker Mor an and Frank Finnerty of Alfred. Eyans captured a third in the 600. With the addition of Evans and McAllister. estimates of the po tential time for the Manhattan foursome have gone as low as 7:36. Of course, most track en thusiasts have overlooked the fact that this "duel" may not necessarily be a duel for first place, for crack baton-passing quartets also will be entered from George town, Syracuse, St. John's and Holy Cross. Sprinter Bobby Brown will be the only Lion to compete in an individual event. Brown will op pose Paul Winder of Morgan State, Mel Barnwell of Pitt, Ed Coll y more of Villanova and George Sydnor and Ken Kave—. both unattached—in the, 60-yard dash. Brown is the only man in the field who has not tied the world indoor mark of 6.1 sec onds. The Broadway Musical MARCH 12, 13, 14 Eyenings at 7:30 Saturday Matinee at 2:00 PAGE NINE
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