PAGE SIX Improving Harris Become Another By SANDY PADWE The more Gene Harris im pinVes in every game, the more Penn State fans feel he will become one of the best "big men" to play for the Lions since Jesse Arnelle. Arnelle, you will remember, broke every Penn State scoring recoul in the books when he Idaved Cot the Lions between .1952 and '55. The 6.7 star was the chief rea son Penn State made it to the NCA A tournament two years running, one time all the way to the semi-finals. Lion coach John Egli who eottehed here when Arnelle was one of the nation's best, feels that Haws, a 6-5 sophomore, has the D otermal to become a real fine perfot mcr ''tie's still got a long way to go but he' s teen improving in every game and should get better," said Harris got off to a slow start 111 P year but then "found him self" in the Duquesne game dur ing the Keystone Classic in-lfar- Il\hurg over the Christmas Hol idays J unipM-Gene, who bounces around the floor like a human pogo-stick, collected 16 points and 15 rebounds to set the fans and opposing teams buzzing. He continued his tine play against Carnegie Tech last week and against West Virginia Sat urday he notched 12 points and 12 rebounds, one rebound less than All-American Jerry West. Then Tuesday against Bucknell, Harris really came into his own 11e pulled clown 14 rebounds, scored 10 points and was a sight to ice on defense, blocking shots and scoring on tip-ins as the Lions won, 71-56. "Gene still has a lot to work on," said Egli. "lie's a little hesi tant on shooting and he needs to di ive more with the ball." Harris wasn't the only one to draw praise after the Bucknell game. "I think Paul (Sweetland) did a real fine job," Egli said. Penn State's indoor Thinciads Prepare to Defend IC4A Title By JIM KARL men will include Don Davies,; Moran, IN ho is now doing grad- 1 Penn State's indoor trackl Bob Brown, Dick Hambright,luate work at the University, ran! team, winner of the IC4A Blaine O'Connor, Bob Szeyller, a 4.08.6 mile during time trials, IGeorge Metzgar and John Fa- on the board , . at Rec Hall last championship last year, win,leira. 'Saturday to set an unofficial bal open regular season competi-' In the middle distance events cony record. Moran will compete! tion by participating in a tri:Werner will also have plenty of'm an invitational meet, the BosH italent with which to wotk, in- ton Knig angular meet with Navy anu !cluding Engelbi ink, George Jones, Saturdayhts of Columbus Games! . Pitt at Annapolis February 13.!Dave LaHoff, Bill Schwab, Steve' The Lions will be represented The Lion thinclad' will also l Moorehead and Mike Miller. !in at least five invitational meets meet Army and Michigan before Denny Johnson. Heim Weber, including the Washington Eve defending their IC4A crown on and Engelbrink are the top d's - ming Star Meet Jan 23, the Mill-1 March 5 at New York. lance men. rose Games at New York Jan. 30. A thud place judge's reversal Seniors Dick Gross and Bob The Boston AA. Meet Feb. 6, of a decisio l ,u hours after the Waldo and juniors Ron Beard ,The Philadelphia Inquirer Meet! end of last y n lears I and Dale Peters head a talented Feb 13 and the Chicago Daily tra IC4 vag A traanza ck gave t ex- crew of pole vaulters. News Meet March 11, Manhattan a 21- 20 17/36 victory f)Ver the Nit t tines. But near ] two weeks Liter, the IC4A's Executive Com m t ee, headed by A , .a Bushnell, ieversed the de -I',lo n aa d a warded the emu o to Penn State • • Although Ed Moran, one of ) America's greatest milers and . the mainstay of last year's team, and such talented run• ners as Chick King and Fred Kerr have graduated. Coach Chick Werner has a top flight I squad in the making. Led by Captain and middle-1 distance runner Dick Engclbrinko the Lions have a formidable array of talent in nearly every event. Sprinters and short distance Catherman's BARBER SIIOP basement of The Corner Room Daily 8-5:30 Sat. 8.12 PENN STATE COACH John Egli gets together with backcourt stars Wally Colender (middle) and Matk DuMars to discuss Tuesday's 71-56 win over Bucknell. Colender had 23 and DuMars 22. * * * * * * "Three or four times he was - . 1 , Trueblood, who didn't make the responsible for Mark's (Du- trip to Bucknell Tuesday due Mars) buckets. He worked our ; to a virus attack, was released pickoff plays real well. ( from the hospital yesterday .. "There's not much more I can Gene Harris came up with a say about DuMars and Colender,. torn cartilage in his chest Tues they're just terrific. Besides their { day but the medical department scoring, they played real well de-; says it isn't too serious ... They fensively." say he'll be ready by the start of Colender upped his average to j next week and should be in good 158 with a 23 point perfoimance. shape for Pitt at Rec Hall Jan. DuMars, the tenth leading scor- 23 .. . William & Mary's bask er in the nation, had 22. etball team has the new thing SET SHOTS Jesse Arnelle, in warm-up drills ... Instead of who played with the Fort going through the regular drills Wayne Pistons after graduation, j prior to .a game, they play an is now with the Allentown Jets inter-squad game at their end of of the Eastern Lee - ue .. . Jake the courf .. . Enge!brink 1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA * * * Could Arnelle * * State, Cornell Lead Eastern Mat Teams Penn State and Cornell have moved quickly to the fore front as the powers in eastern collegiate wrestling this year. Both the Lions and the Bears have perfect 4-0 records as they approach the heart of the EIWA schedule. Eastern Intercollegiate champion Dave Auble and fourth place finisher Al Marion have spearheaded the Cornell club to four straight victories. The Bears beat Colgate in their first meet, 29-6, then nipped Lehigh in a down-to-the-wire battle, 17-14. Tz zumphs over Yale, 15-12, and Harvard, 33-7, followed. Auble and Marion, along with 177-pounder Phil Oberlander. are undefeated among the boys from Cayuga shores. Auble was 123-pound EIWA champ last spring and is wrestling in the 130 division this winter. Cornell and State have met two common opponents—Colgate and Lehigh. The Nittanies shut out the Red Raiders, 33-0, and turned back the Engineers, 19-11. They also hold a 31-0 verdict over Ar my and a 19-12 intersectional win over Michigan. In spite of their records, Le high (1-3) and Syracuse (1-2) ap pear to be the second echelon in EIWA competition this year. Lehigh has lost to both Cornell. and Penn State, plus suffering an. Intel sectional setback at the hands; of Oklahoma. The Engineers beat Syracuse in a 16-14 hair-raiser. The Orangemen also dropped an 18-6 meet to Michigan, the night after the Wolverines had been stopped by State. Syra cuse's only win came over Ar my, 21-11. Les Austin, who lost to State's Guy Guccione in the eastern 137- pound consolation round last year, has been Syracuse's most consist ent winner. The Orange were, re cently strengthened with the re turn of football star and EIWA heavyweight champ, Art Baker. Two other teams are emerg ing as threats in the ElWA—Navy and Rutgers. Navy has not yet met any EIWA opponents but has looked mighty impressive in swamping Gettys burg. 29-5, and Duke, 34-0. Against Gettysburg the Middies scored falls within two minutes in every match from 130 to 157 and gainst Duke they registered pins in the 130. 137, 147 and 167- pound bouts. Rutgers has beaten Princeton, 20-10, and Penn, 22-9. The Scar let grapplers have lost only to Oklahoma. 29-6. and in that. meet 137-pounder Tom Grifa. second place Eastern finisher THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1960 LES AUSTIN . . . leads Orange grappters last year, beat former national champ Stan Abel, 19-10. Pitt also cannot be counted out. The Panthers ldoked sharp beating Maryland, 24-7, in their only meet to date. Temple has won three straight against minor eastern opponents. Records of other teams in the EDNA are F&M, 1-0, Columbia, 1-1, Princeton and Army, 1-2, Harvard, 0-1, and Yale, 0-2. "Coach of the Year" Penn States Rip Engle was named football "Coach of the Year" by the Notre Dame Schol astic Review. State's Richie Lu cas was named to the publica tion's All-American team. Repairs Car Radios Television Phonographs Radios television service center s • at State College TV 232 S. Allen St.
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