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Phillips Surprises Egli
With Steady S howings
By SANDY PADWE
Call it fate if you like, but
Jake Trueblood's bad luck'
turned into good luck for John'
Phillips.
The Lion for ward, you will re
metribei, got his first starting as
signment at Buchriell last month'
when Trueblood was hospitalized ,
with a virus attack, and he's been
starting ever since.
Nicknamed "George Jr." be.
causeof his close resemblance
to George Yardley of the Syra
cuse Nationals, the balding
Phillips has come through with
some real fine ball games for
Penn State.
- His best game against Rutgers
last Saturday (14 points) is an in
dication of his steady improve
ment and, coach John Egli will be
depending on the 6-2 coph when
the Lions (9-7) play at Colgate to
mm tow and Syracuse Saturday. .-0•.4..<,
" 1
didn't think he'd come along
JOHN PHILLIPS
as well as he has," said Egli last,
soph, surprise
night before practice in Rec
"However, we knew he had the va ballplayer. Right now he's still
ability from his freshman perfor- battling inexperience."
mantes Phillips is only averaging 4.4
"When John gets the knack of points a game, but many of his
driving, he's going to be a hellu- baskets have come in the clutch.
Curtain Goes Up
On Winter Olympics
By TED SMITS
Associated Press Sports Editor
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. (in—The VIII Winter Olympics
open today with sparkling ceremonies and the usual acrimon
ious wrangling.
Vice President Richard M
prescribed words that set in
di awn 850 athletes from 30 na
tions to this 6000-foot high \ alley
in the Sierra Mountains
lie comes 3000 mites from
Washington to make a 15-word
speceh.
The weather is sharp and
clear. Deep snow mantles the
peaks.
Opening ceremonies for the 20- /
million-dollar g a es, following;
tradition, include a choir of 2645,
and the lighting of the big Olym-I
plc torch that burns throughout
the games,
Beneath the ceremony. there
seethes the inevitable Olympic
squabbles.
The Fast Germans and the
West Gel mans aren't getting
along Nobody likes the main
hockey t ink with bits of debris
frozen into the ice and an exposed
end that gets mushy in bright
Fanlight. Thu athletes don't want
to he quartered four to a room
One man Olympic teams from In
dia and National's China have
been shouldered out of the games.
The Hockey Federation wants II
days of competition but has set
tled far 10
Competition begins Frida y.
Opening events tue the men's 30-
kilometer (Toss country ski MCC.
the men's downhill. pairs figure
skating and me hockey.
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. (Al--
Carol Reiss, the woi Id figure
skating queen. will recite th e
Olympic oat on behalf of the ath
letes of all nations at the open
ing ceremony of the eighth win
ter games today.
Schoendienst Signs
MILWAUKEE tIP)
_—Red
Schoendienst, ready to fight a
comeback battle for his old job
at second base, yesterday agreed
to terms with the Milwaukee
Braves.
No terms were announced by
the Braves' office after officials
talked with Schoendienst on the
telephone from his St. Louis home.
It was reported he agreed to ac
cept less than $O,OOO, at least a
$5,000 slash from his salary for
1958, his last full season.
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Nixon Ivill speak the simple,
motion the games that have
Lion Trackmen
To Face Army
In Final Tune-up
Penn State's indoor track team
will meet the Cadets of Army ink
a dual meet Saturday at West!
Point as the indoor track seaso n !
approaches its final stages.
Army is undefeated in four
outings so far this season, hold
ing wins over Manhattan, St
Johns, Harvard and Princeton.
The Lions, in their only other]
regular season competition this ,
year, placed second to Navy
'a triangular affair at Annapolis.
The Nittany thinclads won six,
of the eight running events but',
could place only two men in the
five field events in the Navy!
fieldhouse Pitt was third in the'
meet.
This will be State's final tune- Nu Epsilon Pi 27. Acacia 22
Tau Phi Delta 14, Delta Theta Sigma 16
up before the IC4A Champion- Alpha Phi Alpha 22, Phi Kappa Pal 19
ships in New York March 5. coodnist House 17, Lucerne House 4
Rip Cords 2a, Quintets 22
I.iimooil House Pi, Red Raiders 17
Bonnies Beat Villanova; i Philadelphia lloie 31, Lackavianna
House la
GW Upsets Mounties Barks Hones IS, Delaware House 17
PHILADELPHIA UP) St. Dauphin litne i e lo t, Ll C<:4!ti e House 19
Bonaventure won its 11th in a row League A
by upset ti n g Villanova 72-70" it(l.ioh"TTh'tl t ti a o i ntega 4 . . Delia Theta Sigma V
Rho
Dgta l l
last night on sub Bill Connery . s' slams Chi 11 '
driving layup with nine seconds Delta Tau Delta 3, Phi Mu Delta 1
Lambda Chi Alpha 3, Alpha Phi Delta 1
left in the battle between two' Delta Phi 4, Alpha Chi Sigma 0
NIT-bound teams. ,
The Bonnies now are 14-3 and •
ninth-ranked Villanova 17-3.
St. Bonaventure's Tom Stith i FRIENDLy
was the leading scorer with 30!
points. 1
In another stunning upset.;
George Washington handed West'
Virginia its fourth loss, 97-93. i
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He's got a deadly one hand push
shot from the corner and is plen
ty accurate with his jumper.
His field goal average of 47 per!
cent tops the Lions and he leads!
in foul shooting, too, with 17 for
20, a mark of 85 per cent.
The silent type off the court,
Phillips changes moods once the
action starts. He's been a demon on
defense all year long, grabbing up
loose balls, blocking shots and
clearing the boards.
But he'll 'have his work cut
out for him this weekend as the
Lions take to the road after stop
ping Rutgers and Bucknell this
past week at home.
Colgate, State's foe at Hamil
ton, N.Y., tomoirow, beat the
'Lions, 69-87. in an upset at Flee
Hall Dec. 19 and will be looking
for their first season's sweep over
the Lions in many years.
Saturday the Lions run into an
improving• Syracuse team which
'lost 80-75 at Roc Hall early in De
cember.
Orange star Eddie Goldberg is
reported healthy again after an
early season virus and that spells
'trouble for anyone, especially
,arch-rival Penn State.
SET SHOTS—The Collegiate
basketball world has been
shocked by numerous brawls
and arguments during the past
week ... The latest came Tues
day in an important game be
tween Western Kentucky and
arch rival Eastern Kentucky
. Eastern Kentucky forfeited
after leaving the floor on a dis
puted fou! call ... At Washing
ton and New York full scale
brawls broke out in ball games
between Georgetown and La
fayette and NYU and Manhat
tan ... The Georgetown-Lafay-
ette game wound up in another
forfeit when Lafayette refused
to return to the court with 30
seconds left . . . And in Phila-
delphia recently
some weird incidents during
the St. Peters - St. Joes game in
the Palestra . . . Seemed some
one had a fish he didn't want
so he lopped it right out on the
court ... A beer bottle followed
.It must have been fish and
chips day . . .
Basketball Scores
NBA
St Lotus 131. Mfivirspolis 127
COLLEGE
Army 50. Lehigh 45
St. 13onatenture 72, V illanova 70
NM'S' 70, Gemeetottn AR
Anihero, 66. Weßtti N in 07
Derail] 70. Da.tton 66
Pitt 83, Miami Ohin 79
Lafayette 70, Miihlenburg '74
Nort Carolina 66, North Carolina State
62
George Washington 97, Went Virginia P 3
Bowling Green S. Kent State 71
Wake Forest 106, Virginia 66
St. Josephs ncr. Delanare 66
Vermont 71 Middleburg 63
Syracuse 74. Canasitas 71
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In Boalsburg, 4 miles east of
I State College on Route 322
(turn right at the Texaco Station)
to
Charlie Speidel*s undefeated grapplers, who have ripped
through seven opponents with comparative ease this year,
have caused rabid mat fans to recall the "golden era" of Penn
State wrestling— 1950-54 and to formulate visions of a
new era.
If the undefeated Lions can get past Syracuse, Pitt and
Rutgers (and Pitt is the only
one of the three that should give
them any semblance of trouble),
'they may start Penn State wrest
ling off on another extended
winning streak—the longest since
the record 34 posted during that
golden era of the early fifties.
That record string started
in mid-season 1950, continued
'through three undefeated seasons
in 1951. 1952 and 1953, and ex
'tended into the dual meet sched
ule of 1954 before being halted.
The Lions won the Eastern
Intercollegiate Wrestling As-
sociation title during those three
; undefeated years and climaxed
the era by capturing the Na
tional team championship in
The Blue and White matmen
have not produced an undefeated
season since then. But they are
well on their way this winter
and barring any unforeseen trage
dies in the Pitt meet should end
that dearth.
Neither have they won a Na
tional team championship since
then, but the Amateur Wrestling
News tabbed them as the pre
season pick to take the NCAA
tourney this spring. They have
since fallen from first to third in
the national ratings behind peren
nial mat powers Oklahoma State
and Oklahoma, which are once
again having banner years.
But the Lions still rank as
-one of the top contenders for
the NCAA crown next month.
One big factor in State's favor is
that the tournament will be
held at the University of Mary
land.
there were
This is close enough that the.
Nittanies will be able to send a
full team rather than a small
select complement such as is
usually the case when the tour
ney is in the Midwest.
The only eastern title Speidel's
men have anneaed since '53 was
in 1957 when II ohnny Johnston,
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1960
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GRAPPLERS START NEW ERA
John Pepe and Dave Adams
helped bring home the trophy
after a 6-2-1 dual meet season.
Adams is now coaching the Nit
tany frosh.
The Lions suffered two medi
ocre years, 2-4-2 in '5B and 5-3 in
'59, before surging to the fore
front again this season.
The Nittanies' resurgence
really started in the post-sea
son tournaments last spring.
Danny Johnston, who is sitting
out this season, Sam Minor and
Johnston Oberly finished second
lin their weight divisions and Guy
Guccione and George Gray took
thirds to garner a second place
team finish for the Lions
Minor. Obcrly and Guccione
are back this year and spear
heading the Nittany drive. Add
to this, undefeated veterans Jerry
Seckler and Hank Barone and
flashy sophs Tony Scordo, Ron
Pifer and Phil Myer, and you
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