PAGE TEN Soph Battle Lion-Purdue Hoping to bring home their first victory of the 1959 basketball campaign, Penn State’s Niltany Lions meet Purdue in Lafayette, Ind. tonight in what could turn out to be a battle between some green sophomores. I “I really think we can take this one,” said Lion coach John ished second in the Big Ten last year, but if we get help from our do all right " ★ ★ ★ Ihnu State had to tely solely on Mark DuMars and Wally Col tndei m its first game with North Cmolina State Tuesday. The backcourt duo scored 22 and 13 points respectively even though the Lionk lost to Ever ett Case's Atlantic Coast Con ference champ, 65-53. "Our sophomores learned a lot in that game Now they’ll fight back when they’re pushed around undet those boards,” Egli said. "That was one of the main prob lems Tuesday. North Carolina State just took advantage of them " Egli plans lo go with Iwo sophs Gene Harris and Jake Trueblood—tonight. Tiueblood, who tallied ten points in the opener, will be at one forward and senior Paul Sweet land will be at the other. Hams will stait at center and lJuMars and Colender will be in the backcourt Egli will be depending on Sweelland lo help out DuMars and Colender tonight. "Sweets turned into a real tine player at the end ot last season. Bui he's been sick and isn't in top flight shape. Once he does get in good shape he'll be able to help us," Egli said. "lie looked a lot better in prac tice the last few days and I’m Imping to get 100 per cent out of him tonight " Pm due won its opening game against Valpnuso, 70-57, this week and will he looking for victory number two The lug gun m the Boilcrmakei attack is sophomoie Tciry Dis i lunger, a 6-6 leaper fion; Terre Haute, Ind. Dischmgiv ts rated as one of the lop purports to hit Pin due m many a moon Another soph, Dmrcll MeQinttv, also is highly regard! d and w.ill he in the lineup tonight at the other forwaul po sition. The rest of Purdue's starling team will be made up of 6-10 John Kaniman at center, and leliermcn Bob Orrill and Bob Mitchell at guards. The Lions next game will he a Ulcan Spirit High.; Syracuse Favored LOS ANGELES (/P)—Campus spirit was high and stu dents put'on a big noontime tally Friday. But UCLA was still given only famt chance to beat Syracuse, the nation’s top-ranked football team. The two wind up the coll moiial Coliseum—the Bruins what would be remarkable upset, Syracuse shooting for its 10th straight victory. 1 The contest will be nationally televised (NBC) shirting at 4 pin I ES' 1 ’ Coach Ben Schwartzwalder herded his Syracuse squad to the stadium yesterday afternoon for a liqht timber-up session and said the men of Orange are physically sound. Coach Billy Barnes and his Bruin players emerged from se c'usion long enough to hear the elvers at the rally There was good news for the Brum barkers, who have seen their team win five games, lose thieo -md tie one Left halfbacks Bill Kilmer and Bobby Smith, key perform ers in the single wing attack, appear to be belter off physical lv than they h»ve been for the past several games. All concerned, including the players, agreed it will take an ef Berra Arrives in Italy ROME f/P) _ The New York Yankee’s Yogi Berra arrived by plane yesterday with baseball equipment collected bv his club for distribution to Italian teams.j He will visit Italy for two weeks. Expected In Cage Tilt * ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ iweek Saturday when they take son. Dec. 15 with Marc Guley’s dn mighty West Virginia and Syracuse Orangemen, headed by their great All-American, Jerry another All-American, little Ed i West, m Morgantown. die Goldberg. ! The Lions open the home sea-i — SANDY PADWE iege grid season today in Me of UCLA hoping to achieve. [fort even greater than was,need ed whgn they whipped Southern (California, 10-3, ending the Tro jans’ eight-game winning streak. It was noted that Syracuse has n’t played a single wing .team since it tied with lowa State in 1947 and there hasn't been too much time for the Orangemen to perfect a defense. Kilmer and company, it would seem, must emphasize their air attack and they can only pray their defense can contain Syra cuse's famed line, the “Sizeable Seven,” long enough to give the passers protection LAS VEGAS NIGHT SAT. DEC. 12,1959 8-12 P.M. HUB Ballroom Sponsored by T.I.M. - Leonides Tickets Si -- On Sale at HUB Desk New THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Paul Sweetland LATE BASKETBALL SCORES NBA Philadelphia 124. SI. Louis 112 Boston 122, New York 107 Arizona State 79, Kent State 70 Rollins 60, Catawba 59 Hamilton 79, Brooklyn Poly 45 Beihune - Cookman 65, Morris | Brown 62 ' Chattanooga 71, Washington and i Lee 60 Southern Connecticut State 93, Danbury State, 59 Case Tech 77, Bethany 65 iWesl Virginia 98, The Citadel 76 Virginia Slate 67, Shaw 45 Olympic Cage Tryouts MIAMI BEACH, Fla. MP) Fi nal team tryouts for the U.S. men’s ! Olympic basketball squad rvill 'be held March 31-April 2 at Den jver, the lympic Committee an nounced yesterday. Six teams will 'compete. Knieks Buy Palmer NEW YORK m The New York Knickerbockers yesterday bought Jim Palmer from the Cin cinnati Royals for cash and an in disclosed player to be delivered within a couple of weeks. Egli. “I know they tin sophs and big men we’ll ★7 r ★ Collegiate Gymnasts Will Open Jan. 9 at Temple The Nittany Lion gymnastics team, favored to retain its Eastern and National crown, opens its season Jan. 9 at Tem ple The Lions’ chief competition for the is expected to come from Army, which last year, and Navy which always! provides trouble for the Lions.) Other opponents on the roster l are West Virginia, Syracuse and Pitt I Following the dual meet sea son, the gymnasts will return to Temple to compete for East ern honors at the annual EIGL tournament. The team title will Ibe decided on the basis of won iand lost records of the dual meets. ■ The EIGL (Eastern Intercollegiate 'Gymnastics League) competition decides the individual winners. The gymnasis close out the season with Ihe NCAA's which will be held here on March 18- 19. . To insure a successful season, the Lions have some top per formers returning from last year’s squad. Leading the field are co captams Jay Werner and Lee Cunningham. Both men are of championship calibre. Werner, two years ago, won the EIGL all-around title, beat ing out Cunningham by one point Last year, the Nittany duo placed second and third, respectively, be hind Penn State’s outstanding gymnast Armando Vega. In the nationals, “The Gold dust Twins" took the fifth and seventh spots. In addition to this top all around duo. Coach Gene Well stone has sophomore Greg Weiss. The Philadelphia gym nast has had quile a lot of ex perience in international meels. Last summer, Weiss won the side horse competition in the Pan-American games. In Ihe all arounds, he look fourth place. The Lion mentor hopes that these three men can make up for the losses from last year’s squad These include three na tional champions. The G-man who will be hard est to replace is Vega. He took last season’s EIGL individual title and the NCAA crown, setting a new record when he racked up 61 points fc.i the Lion. He con sistantly took blue ribbons in dual meet competition. Wettstone will also have to find someone to take over for champion tumbler Dave Dulaney jand ropc-climber Don Littlewood. Both men won the Eastern and [National titles. State Hosts N.C.A.A. Gymnastics Tournament Penn State will host the 1960 N.C A.A. gymnastics tournament next March 18 and 19 Nearly 30 gymnastic powers will vie for the title in Penn State’s Recreation Hall. Penn State is the defending champion. The Nittany Lions won the 1959 crown by scoring a rec ord-smashing 152 points in the tournament held at Berkeley, Calif. State has won the national title five times. L00K ... THEY'RE BACK AGAIN AT THE'SKELLER! THE DON SMALTZ COMBO FOR A SATURDAY AFTERNOON JAM SESSION TODAY 2 TO 4:30 P.M. The All-American Rathskeller Corner East College and Pugh SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1959 By DICK GOLDBERG 7 Pound Out Wins in IM Slugfests By 808 KILBORN Five fighters pounded out unanimous decisions in intra mural boxing last night and two more bouts had to be stopped as all participants dis played vicious attacks. Bill Booker of Omega Psi Phi completely dominated his bout with Jack Melchior of Delta Upsi lon. Fighting with a southpaw style, Booker carried the fight to his opponent, scored several long shots to the face and head and walked off with an unanimous de cision in the 158-pound class, Bill Barrick, a stvlish 158- pound independent, fought off a strong last round comeback by Bob Foster to pick up a unanimous decision. Dancing and weaving, Barrick punched his way through a strong de fense and effectively avoided getting seriously hit himself. In a losing cause, Carl Moses of Phi Epsilon Pi scored repeat ed blows to the head of Alpha Zeta’s Bob McCown and displayed the most cocky and aggressive style of the evening. McCown, however, came up with the prop er punches when he needed them and waded right into his oppon ent in a toe to tie battle that won him a unanimous victory in an other 158-pound battle. Phi Kappa Psi’s John Huber won over Arthur ShaDiro of Beta Sigma Rho Using flicking left mbs to his ODponent's face and .head, Huber dominated the first |round but Shapiro came right back in the final two rounds. Mix ing his punches well, however, Huber rose to the occasion and scored a unanimous decision in the 135-pound class. Bernard Buhl, 167-pound .in dependent, used a fast-punching attack part of the bout and stayed out of range of Valentine Worona's long left hooks the rest of the time to win by b unanimous decision. Steve Klein of Beta Sigma used a pursuing attack to beat Ronald Bleier of Alpha Chi Rho in a bout |stonped in the second round. Tom Brodrick, in the 150-pound class, was good on the in fighting, but faltered in the third round against Gerald Slagle of Phi Del ta Theta. Slagle picked up the win in the midst of a strong come back. In the final bout Robert Elliott (Continued on page eleven) EIGL title this year carded second place
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