PAGE SIX airone's avenge Is His Steal Gives WVa. 75-73 Win By SANDY PADWE Sports Editor st Vuonia's Lee Patrone couldn't have picked a better time fur revenge. Outplayed eat lier this sea- Yoe in Morgantown by Mark DoMar,, Patrone again found the Lion ~ tar too hot to handle Satur day in Rue Hall and with 13 min ute- emai mg West Virginia gave up on its man-for-man de fen,ne ovd itched to a 3-2 zone. Twenty ,econds were left and the Mountie's were up by two wh n Pair one , tole the ball from DuAtio-,at nudcourt and made a [hiving lavtip to clinch We't Vtr- Kuucr' , : 75-73 win His clutch steal thus de prived the Niiiany Lions of pulling the biggest upset of the collegiate basketball season. Playing like the NCAA cham pmwslup cli pcndcd upon the out come, the I iore, battled the third tanked Mountaineers on even tei nn for the whole ball game and led by three with only 1.58 re maining With the largest crowd ever to see a Penn State basketball game on hand--1;000--1 he Lions gave he Mounties fits all night as Du- Mai s and Wally Colender com bined for 49 point , Colender had 25 while Du- Mars, The tenth leading scorer in the country had 24 for the hustling Lions. Bit it was West Virginia's Brea, All-American Jerry Wct t who led all the scoters with 2(i points, mo-t of them in the clutch when the '-cote was tied. West showed just why he is an All-American by leading the re bounders with 13, setting up suoling plays, and playing a strong game on defense. The score was tied tone times Saturday and seven of those times, West either tied it or threw in the points that broke the tie. Ilrs two flee throws with about, 30 , econds lett and the score knotted at 71 put the Mounties in front and set the stage for Pa-. trone's dramatic steal After West made his two free throws, DuMars took the ball up court by himself and Pe trone met him at the midcourt line. Suddenly Patrone lunged for, DuMars and came up with the! ball DuMa's took off after the Wet Virginia star but it was too. late and Fled Etsele's bucket at' the buizer a , ; meaningle ss . Allei Pali one took the ball liNlaV from him. DuMars couldn't', have been more surprised tf hei had cutten fast service at the Cor- 1 ner Room "Ho tint outsmarted me, that's id DuMars when asked what happened. "I just didn't ex pect him to do a thing like that. I.Nually if a team has a two point lead they won't take chances. "When he came at me he might have fouled me and I would have had a chance to tie the game. That's why I didn't think he'd try it." The loss was the sixth for State rieinn , t three wins. It was West LaVie Group Pictures Tuesday, January 12 PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP 6:45 SGA Assembly 6:55 WSGA House of Reperesentatives 7:05 SGA Judicial Committee 7:15 Don Fough 7:25 Men's Varsity Quartet 7:35 Women's Chorus Exec. Board 7:45 Individual pictures as scheduled THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA —Collegian Photo by Marty Levin ALL-AMERICAN IN ACTION—The greatest of them all, Jerry West, (44) shows why he is an Ail-American. Not only does he lead the Mounties in scoring, rebounding, and assists, but West also makes key defensive plays. Here he leaps high to block shot by Gene Harris (22) during Saturday"thriller which the Mounties won, 75-73. Virginia's 12th win in thirteen [ outings. In addition to his last second steal, Patrone thrilled the huge throng when he threw in a mid court set shot as the first half ended. Colender's showing was some what overshadowed by Patrone, West and DuMars, but the Lion captain played his finest game this year :.‘nd along with DuMars kept the Blue and White in the ball game. "Those two sure wore us out," said a relieved Freddie Schaus after the game. "I said down in Morgantown that they are the best backcourt combination in the East and naer tonight I surely have no cause to change my opinion." THE BOX SCORE PENN STATE 113) W. VIRGINIA (75) FG FTP FG FTP Titieblund 11 2- 4 2 We't 11 S-10 211 Ilarri, 5 2- f, 12 Ritchie 8 0- 1 Sae, tland '1 0- f; AlcCln 0 1- 2 11 D011,,1. 111 4- 424 Warren 2 0- 0 4 Coleraler 9 7- 725 Pattone kI 1- 4 19 14011ip8 1 0- 0 7 Miller 3 3- 6 9 1 0. 0 2 Wind (I 11- 0 0 Pooch 0 0- 0 0 Total, 29 15-23 73 Totals 30 15-23 75 Half tun. Score: Wp9t. Virginia _ l'clut State (if fi; Zt'l Football Banquet The Penn State football team will hold its banquet 6 p. m. Thursday at the State College Elks Club For CLASSIFIEDS Call UN 5-2531 Basketball Scores COLLEGE Ohio State 109, Delau are 39 Indiana 77, Michigan 72 Miami of Ohio 82 Lis ler 72 St. Michaels 95, 11Lddlehuay 63 Youngstown 79, Stetibem Hie 69 Kentucky 6h, Tulane 42 Carnegie. Tech 77, Grove City 60 lima 1 12, Michigan Slate 79 Valnaraoin 94, WeAtei n Michigan 68 Illinois 1 , 1, Purdue 75 Tennessee Mt, LSIJ 79 West Vu pinta 91, William & Mary 74 St. Vincent 86, Waynesburg 54 Juniata 79, Susquehanna 02 Georgia Tech 91. Mis , ,is•-ippi 60 Phiflies Trade Ashburn; Get Dark, Buzhardt PHILADELPHIA (AP) Fleetl center fielder Ritchie Ashburn, two-time National League batting champion with the Philadelphia Phillies, yesterday was traded to ; the Chicago Cubs for veteran in fielder Alvin Dark and two other iplayers. The Philhes also got John Buz thardt, 23-year-old right-handed 'pitcher who was 4-5 with the Cubs last season, and 20-year-old Jim Woods, who played third base for Lancaster in the class A Eastern League last season. '35 2. lACHIIARPERGUYKRESGEJACKHARPERGUYKRESGEJACKHARPERGUYKRESGE R W 6 ;t: ca L 2 rq .: ca ce, PENN STATE JACKETS W . . .„ 4 . Vll DI 0 X 1-) 20 /0 .4. r, W 14 . 0 Reduction in 1/2 P 7 X 1:4 9 . i. 0 W - For a limited time only A., W our entire I l i t . stock of reversible wool ft, , itc Penn State Jackets e l I.> Pt I it 1;3 in (a 1 -6N , D . t Bostoman 0.1 ,>. n .7 at ;.: RAN STAllc . P g 0. 14 re la X so ,111t l Guy Kresge Jack Harper el ...e u cl, • Around the corner from the Jack Harper Custom Silop e. .0., ...e . .-5 C JACKRAIIPERGUTHRESGEJACKHARPERGUYKRESGEJACKLIARPERGUYKRESGS * * * * * * * * Lucas, Stynchula Star in Bowl Tilts Penn State's All-America quar terback Richie Lucas was voted the outstanding player in the 14th annual Hula Bowl game in Hono-' lulu, Hawaii, Sunday after lead ing the East All-Stars to a 34-8 rout of the West. Lucas tossed two touchdown passes and ran for 52 yards, set ting up the final East score with a 33-yard jaunt on keeper play. Andy Stynchula, All-East Lion tackle, had a busy day Saturday., He signed a pro contract with the 'Washington Redskins then played ',in the Senior Bowl game at Mobile, Ala. His blocking and re iception of a deflected pass spear- Iheaded a TD drive in the North's 26-7 win. FRATERNITY NEWS LEVIERS Letterpress 0 Offset Commercial Prix►ling 152 B. COLLEGE AD 5-4794 TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1960 Sweet Lions Play Bucknell 's' Tonight Penn State may be without one of its starters tonight when the Lions take on an improving Bucknell basketball team in Lewisburg. Jake Trueblood. who has been averaging eight points a game, came down with a heavy cold after the Lions lost to West Virginia, 75-73 Saturday night. Trueblood had a high fever yesterday and remained in the University Hospital over night. His condition this morning will determine whether he plays or not. If Trueblood does not make the trip, John Phillips will take his place in the starting lineup. The rest of the starting five remains the same with Mark DuMars and Wally Colender out front. Gene Harris at center and Paul Sweet land and Phillips up front. Bucknell has been rebuilding this year after losing All-East per formers Hal Danzig and Ellis Har ley. They've broken even in ten con tests, and beat Delaware in their last outing. 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