PAGE SIX 'Silent John Regains Spot on Starting Five By SANDY PADWE Silent John Phillips can stop worrying now—at least for a while. The balding junior, who walled patiently for tunity to earn a starting berth on the Penn State team, is firmly entrenched at the top thanks to splurge against Bucknell Tuesday The strong, silent type, Phil lips suffered alone during the first half of the campaign, won dering if he ever would get the chance to regain the starting berth he held for nine games last year, Then Tuesday Lion coach John Egli decided to start him and Phillips came through with the top performance of his collegiate career. He connected on 8 of 13 field goal attempts and converted an important free throw near the end of the game as the Lions (8-7) won, 65-63. In addition to his excellent of fensive performancei, Phillips pulled down nine rebounds. "John gave it all he had and did an outsianding job," Egli said. "He was aggresive and helped take charge when Mark (DuMars) hurt his ankle." Phillips, who hasn't uttered 200 words all year, shrugged his shoulders and flashed a big smile when asked about his sudden good fortune. ‘‘l knew I had a good opportun ity when I found out I was going to start," he said. "I guess I just wanted to make the best of it.” A year ago, Phillips had visions of an outstanding collegiate ca reer after he finished the cam paign as State’s top shooter. But things didn't break right tor him - during early season practices last fall end he came down with a cold that slowed him up just before the opener. “I just wasn’t nutting out then,” he admitted. “It was my own fault.” Meanwhile sophomore Earl Hoffman had been looking good and Egli decided to go with him in the early season games. Hoff man got progressively better and Phillips found himself in the role of “sixth man.” “I didn’t mind sitting on the Houston Accepts NCAA Caqe B*d NEW YORK m The Univer sity of Houston yesterday accent ed an invitation to compete as an at large representative in the Midwest regional* of the NCAA basketball championships. Roy (Spec) Keene. Oregon Stale Athletic director anti chairman of the Western Selection Committee, announced the choice through the NCAA Service Bureau. The site 'and exact'dates March 13, 14 or 15 of the regionals will be announced later. Houston is the fourth team to be selected for NCAA play. The others are St. Ronavenlure, St. John’s, in the East, and Louis ville. in the Midear,t. MAKES 8 GREAT BIG HOAGIES? salami ham chicken tuna salad egg salad ham salad cheese and the foot long regular In That Little, Bitty Store You Know Who! You Know Who! You Know Who! Bar-B-Qued Chicken Halves and Wholes 50c mid «p FRANK'S mmi mm (Formerly Morrell’s) 112 S. Frazier SI. SPEEDY DELIVER - * 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. CALL: AD 8-8381 j I needed help the most and with • I Bolling around there no longer Wk BH C*.*|* , *rf/ M are any worries ’ f 'wkWk u m drnt -i 1 Another fellow I’m happy to see > '■nF/j?' '$’.ioin our club is Roy McMillan. , ,Wjfr JM fpHM. V/i j With Cincinnati, he showed he *f * jtjr-- y* was one of the best fielding short -4P s > n game. Johnny Logan, SBH*Bte flkalwho has been the Milwaukee fjjimpP*-,. lim/l shortstop for quite a while, had lone of his poorest years in 1960. j Still, I’m not counting him out ! and if he can beat McMillan out ail well and good. Johnny is the better hitter of the two. The rest of the infield is set with Joe Adcock at first base and Eddie Mathews at third. Whether McMillan or Logan wins the regular job, there's little doubt in my mind that ; we'll have the best defensive in [ field in'lhe National League. I And it shapes up as a pretty ; good hitting infield too. With Billy Bruton moving to [Detroit in the Bolling deal, it leaves a vacancy in center field. But my present plans call for Hank Aaron to shift there from right field. I’m also looking for Hank to lift his batting average back to the ,330 or ,340 mark. Wes Covington is set in left Jfield if he can show us he’s re-, covered from the leg injuries that [slowed him down the past two seasons. Lee Maye and A 1 Spang ler will fight it out for the regu lar right field job. JOHN PHILLIPS . . . back on top bench when we were winning,” the former Washington. Pa., high star said, “but when we were losing those close ones you won der if you could have helped in some way.” "Now all I'm worried about is slaying in there the rest of the way/’ Phillips said. Egli had the answer to that one: “It’s hard to get him out of there if he plays like that all the time.” * * * Mark DuMars, who suffered a sprained ankle Tuesday, took a light workout last night. The Lion medical corps says the injury didn’t improve much overnight. Basketball Scores Syracuse 130 Boston 108 Detroit 126 Philadelphia 123 College New Hampshire 91 Connecticut 84 South Carolina 89 North Carolina 82 Pitt 87 Carnegie Tech 85 Army 67 Rider 65 LaSalle 67 Gettysburg 62 Jtowdoin 69 Maine 62 Vermont 79 St, Michael? 65 Air J'orce 90 W. Colorado State 71 W&J 88 Allegheny 44 Waynesburg 91 California (Pn.l 63 Navy 69 William and Mary 67 Evansville 92 Hutler 74 Tough Opener i jackiiarferjackharperjacki! ckharperjackharperjackhar Eastern champion Navy wilLg «- provide It? opposition in Penn gj S State’s 1961 football opener. The «. game will be played in Penn » State’s 44,000-capacity Beaver 0 M Stadium. —.3 Cl M R'i Ra Rg Ra *3 R.s R? Rt ta ** ** ** *iS s B !M Entries Due All intramural swimming and handball singles entries must be turned in by 4:30 p.m. Friday in Rec Hall. TWELVE WEEKS to a Commission as a Ground or Aviation Officer United States Marine Corps For Information Call 2nd Lt. Beggs at AD 74923 rj ted 64 1,4 y S 4 M F,4 Si y _»4 *4 64 fad m M Jij THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Braves 1 Pilot Thinks Club Is Improved (A)iother in a series of major league team prospects written under the managers’ own by lines) the oppor baskeiball a 17-point Milwaukee Braves By CHUCK DRESSEN LOS ANGELES (/P) —I don’t think it’s any secret that I was disappointed with the Braves’ overall showing last season. But considering some of our weak spots I guess we didn’t do too badly in finishing second. I’m sure we went a long way in ironing out those weak points during the winter and I’m confi dent we’ll have a stronger club this season. Our major addition was Frank Bolling, the second baseman who did a capable job for De troit for several years. Second base was the position where we Varsity 'S' Club The Varsity “S” club will hold a meeting at 10 p.m. Sunday at Alpha Gamma Rho. in ihe Wettstone Predicts Stardom for Sophs Penn State gym coach Gene Wettstone, with an 87-29 life time record, knows talent when he sees it and the veteran mentor has a special gleam in his eye when he talks about the sophomores on this year’s squad. State, 2-1 for the season, is having an off year by Wett- stone’s standards. But the Lions have eight sopho mores on their 18-man roster and Wettstone predicts a quick rise to stardom for his young phenoms. "We have a basically young team," Weltslone said, "but they are developing fast and are be coming g well-knit unit. ‘‘Of course a young team looks to the good all-around men for leadership,” the lanky coach con tinued. The Lions hi t- ■'d all around men o: the squad th? One is junk Greg Weiss, thi high scorer fr the Lions. Th> other is sophi more To m m Seward. Seward h a been 100 k i n good in practii all week, aft being limited to | two third places in last week’s j loss to Navy. ! "He has been hitting real I well," Wettstone said, "If he hits that way this Saturday, it might make the difference." ! Seward will compete on the horizontal bar, the parallel bars! and in tumbling against Army; Saturday. Seward is just one of five sopho i mores who might hold the key jlo State's fortunes for the re mainder of the season. Tom Page, George Williams, George Sayre and Gene Har lacher have held down starting PART TIME WORK for College Students Afternoon and evening employment available for college men with nationally known concern. Salary—s47.oo per week Call 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. MR. EDGE AD 8-2051 As sparkling as the glint of the sun on the sea! Canoe, a light, bright, buoyant cologne for men . . . made, bottled and sealed in France. $5, $8.50 plus tax. by Dana A Wonderful Valentine Gift ® Custom Shop jor Men > u Cathaum Theatre Building » 25 Around, the corner from Bostonian, Ltd. 3 uvH»ovruadavHM3Vfa3davHMOvraadavHHavraadaviiH3vraa«iuvHHOvr THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1961 By JOHN MORRIS spots on the team all year. Page is one of the few gym nasts on the team who didn’t com pete until he came to Penn State. Wettstone spotted him in a physical education class and this is his first year of competition. Williams won his rope-climbing position early in practice and is a i consistent performer for the Lions. Right now Williams holds down | the second spot, behind team cap jtain Bob Mumau. Sayre, the Lions' second man on the side horse, is one of the ; strongest men on the team. Wettstone feels that he just needs more experience lo be an outstanding performer. Harlacher, the other soph in jWettstone’s starting lineup, is a [very good performer in free cali sthenics, but competes on the [Side horse for the Lions in dual meets. The other three sophomores on the squad are Larry Wolfe, Lee Saylor and Ray Cherry. Saylor is a rope climber, while Wolfe and Cherry compete on the high bar and side horse. “These boys are all coming jalong,” Wettstone said, “and they [will be great when they’re sen iors.” Rocfc & Roll or Jazz By the TWISTERS BOOKINGS OPEN Call A 1 AD 8-2174 pkli' l^arpt’r-
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