TUESDAY. DECE; BER 15. 1959 aers Lose 3rd; y Home Tonight Ca Pla Jerry West just edged Mark DuMars in the battle •of the All-Americans Satui’day : night but his West Virginia teammates had it a lot easier, beating Penn State, 104-74. ■ It was the fifth straight win for the top ranked Mountaineers and it was Penn State's third loss in as many outings. ★ ★ West, a two-year All American, led all scorers with 34 points while Penn State’s DuMars had 31. A capacity crowd of 6800 peo ple jammed Mountaineer Field House to see the personal duel between one of the nation’s best big men and one of ihe nation's top littlemen. And they weren’t disappointed. West hit fast and often right from the outset and helped the Moun taineers build up a lead which gradually increased to 18 points /A' at halftime. JBk DuMars, on the other hand, had a slow start and didn’t tally until BBSS 12 minutes were gone in the half, and by then Mounties were way out in front. In the second half DuMars got Into the swing of things and scored 10 points within six min utes to cut the West Virginia lead to 12 points. Both teams battled bucket for bucket for the nexl few min utes and the Lions crept lo within 11, 62-51 with 10 min utes left. Then the Mounties went into high gear with West and reserve center Bob Miller doing most of the damage. The Lions’ fate was sealed at 6:47 when West scored three straight to give West Virginia an 80-62 lead. From there the Mountaineers just ran through the weary Lions and wound up with a 30-point bulge at the final whistle. DuMars, who now has 76 points in three games, connected on 13 of 25 field goal attempts and five fouls for his 31 points. "DuMars was terrific," said Mountie coach Fred Schaus, a former pro star. "He Bnd Col ender are the best shooting guards I’ve come up against in my six years at West Virginia. “The publicity out of State Col lege says they’re the best hack court combination in the East and! 1 won’t argue that.” Asked to compare DuMars with Hot Rod Hundley, West Virginia’s great All-American guard of a few years ago, Schaus hesitated then said: “They’re both so great it just wouldn’t be fair to make a (Continued on page ten) The Sweetest Way to Say Merry Christmas %46£^SteWO ASSORTED CHOCOLATES 1 lb. box *1.40 2 lb. box 2.70 3 lb. box 4.00 6 lb. box 6.75 txcluihtly twrt Griggs Pharmacy 120 E. College Ave. STATE COLLEGE. Pa, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By SANDY PADWE Penn State basketball fans will get theii first look at Mark “The Magician" DuMars tonight when the Lion cagers open their home season against undefeated Syracuse at 8 p.m. in Rec Hall. The Nittanies come into tonight's ball ★ game, three down in the lost column, and a big goose egg in the win column. Despite three sensational per formances by DuMars, Coach John Egli’s boys lost to NoTih Carolina State, 65-53; Purdue, 63-54; and West Virginia, 104-74. DuMars ripped the nets apart for 22, 23, and 31 points in those three games. That’s a total of 76 points for a 25.1 average. Captain Wallv Colender, who along with DuMars, gives Penn State one of the best backcourt combinations in the East, seemed to hit his stride against West Vir ginia with 20 points. But after that Egli runs into inexperience and height prob lems. DuMars is only 5-10 and Colender 6-1, yet they led the team in rebounds with eight and seven respectively against West Virginia. The Lions must get some more help from 6-5 Paul Sweet land, 6-4 Gene Harris and 6-5 Jake Trueblood (both sophs) if they hope to end up on the win ning side of the ledger. Marc Guley’s Syracuse Orange men have won three straight over Clarkson, Cornell and Alfred. Little Eddie Goldberg, just re covering from a virus attack, is an All-East performer and is Syracuse’s top scorer. However he might not start to night unless he feels better. Pete Chudy at 6-5 is the other Syra cuse scoring threat and has a deadly one hand push shot from anywhere on the floor. If Goldbeig doesn’t start. Guley will go with Sandy Sal*. The other starters will be cap tain Dick Conover as guard and Steve Berkenfeld at forward. THE LINEUPS PENN STATE SYRACUSE Mark DuMars Late Basketball Scores Maryland 59; Georgetown 48 West Virginia 91; VMI 78 Indiana 67; Kansas State 58 Carnegie Tech 74; Waynesburg 57 St. Bona venture 69; Siena 42' Marshall 85; VPI 80 DuMars <,10; Colender (24) Sweetland (44) Harris (22) Trueblood (50) PENN STATE RESERVES—Bradshaw (20); Dibert (40); Eiaele (34); Phillips (42); Shea (14); Ramev (12); SYRACUSE RESERVES—QuigIey (10). Kollath (20); Machenier (30); Mustlon (45); Dodge (32). McGuires U. N. C. Cagers Spurt 'Ahead of Schedule CHAPEL HILL, N. C. (/P) Frank McGuire’s University of North Carolina basketball team that’s not supposed to reach peak strength until February has start ed with a rush that has it “ahead 3f schedule,” the New York Irish man admitted yesterday. The Tar Heels, without the services of certain starters Doug Moe and Dick Kepley, have run iway from South Carolina, Kan sas and Kansas State in their first three test. Kansas State has three starters back from last season's team that was No. 1 nationally. Moe, a brilliant scorer and re bounder last season, has had aca demic trouble and won’t be eli gible until Feb 1. Kepley, 6-8 sen ior center, severely twisted his right ankle on the first day of practice two months ago. He like wise won’t be back until Feb. 1. In addition, McGuire has a 6-6, 230- pound White Plains, N.Y., sopho Goldberg (11) or Salz (ID Conover (35) Mogaey (40) Berkenfeld (31» Chudy (44) Christmas Dinner will be served at Nittany Lion 12:30 - 2:30 in the afternoon 6.00 - 8:00 in the evening For the man who can't press after every meal These DICKIES Continental and dr y slacks take minimum care because they’re real Wash and Wear. Your exact size assured with the exclusive Dickies “no sew” waistband let-out. FREE PARKING While Shopping At Rear of Store 229 S. Allen St. more, Ken McComb, who’il be eli gible on that date. Seniors Lee Shaffer and Harvey Salz and junior York Larese ara McGuire’s solid citizens. They have proved their worth in pre vious campaigns. Ray Stanley, a Brooklyn, N.Y., senior who has known brief mo ments of glory before, has stepped into a starting role and delivered handsomely. ‘’Our zone defense has been the major factor in our success so far," McGuire said. “We’ve been scrimmaging against Moe and that has helped prepare us for game conditions. Moe is such a fine basketball player that playing against him has sharpened our game considerably." McGuire won’t have to wait long to learn how good his team really is. The Tar Heels ara paired with Kentucky Friday in Lexington in the first round of the Kentucky Invitational Tour nament Inn "to fha Center of Ptnnsylvani#* PAGE NINE