PAGE SIX Erratic Foul Shooting Hampering Lean Gene The general consensus in Eastern basketball circles is that Penn State's Gene Harris is ticketed for stardom as soon as he develops a consistent foul shot. Harris, a 6-3 junior, has turned into year, but a 54 per cent average from curtailed his effectiveness. The lean leaper from Pitts burgh who leads. Penn State in scoring and rebounding is aver aging 15 points a game. That's not bad for a fellow who has missed a little • less than hall of his charity tosses. Foul shooting hasn't always been a misery for Harris who is an advocate of the orie l hand push. "At" the end of my freshman year I thought my foul shot was pretty good," Harris said, "so I started working on other things like my jump and drives. "I don't know what suddenly threw me off but I have. some ideas. I began shooting all my shots at a quickef pace because I thought the college game was a lot faster than high school. "Now when I go to the line I don't really take my time. — I shoot at least 50 fouls a night hut, nothing seems to help. I guess just have to concentrate move," he said. Harris' coach John Egli is quite perplexed too. "I've worked with him rather than trying to change his style," Egli explained, "but his shots just don't drop.' Even though his foul average is low this season. Harris has im proved on his 1959-60 mark of 42 per cent Last year he made only 32 of TT free throws and still managed to finish the campaign with a 9.9 average. Harris has no explanation for his sudden emergence as a scor er, but he couldn't have picked a better time to develop be cause the Lions (9-11) are just winding up their toughest Sports Wire Chicago May Name Pollard CHICAGO (iti A coach for the new Chicago entry in the National Basketball Association will be named today, David Trager, insurance company executive and president of the Chicago team, announced yesterday. _A strong guess was that the job may go to Jim Pollard, one time playing great for the Minneapolis Lakers, but Trager would not eonfirm that possibility. The Chicago team will make its pro cage debut in the 1981-62 season Memorial Planned for Skaters ROCHESTER. N.Y. (W) The U.S. Figure Skating Association plans a memorial fund to commemorate members of the American team which died in a Belgian plane crash Feb. 15. F. Ritter Shumway, acting president of the association, said yesterday the action came in response to requests from all over the country. Decision on s use of the funds will be made later, he added. Russia Rated Team to Beat PRAGUE (/P1 The World Ice Hockey Championship this year will rest between the Soviet Union and Canada, a leading Canadian official said yesterday. Jack Roxburgh, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, was quoted by the official Czech news agency as saying he rated Russia the team to beat. Soviet players steadily are im proving and will be the toughest foes of the Canadians, Roxburgh added. The tournament is scheduled March 2-12 at Geneva COME TO THE FLYING CLUB TONIGHT By SANDY PADWE schedules in years. In 20 games to date, he has scored 298 points and 250 of them have come on field goals. Harris draws most of his foul shots on twisting layups under the bucket and rival coaches be gin trembling when they think what might happen if he sud denly finds the formula for foul shooting. So far he has missed 40 of 88 free throws and Penn State has lost 9 of ils 11 games by a total of 42 points. After looking at those statistics it's not hard to figure why op posing coaches are worried. EM::M3 INTERESTED IN FLYING? ROOM 215-216 HUB THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA quite a scorer this the foul line has GENE HARRIS Briefs 8:00 `Mighty ;6d for By JIM KARL Pitt Coach Rex Perry wasn't kidding when he said his grap plers would be strong in the lower weights this year. His lightweight quartet of Dick Martin (123), Larry Lauchle (130), Daryl Kelvington (137), and John Zolikoff (147), has been outstand ing in what started out as a dim year for Pitt. With the "Mighty Mites" and Jim Harrison (167), a highly touted sophomore on. hand this year, mat fans at Skyscraper U. were predicting Pitts first un beaten season since 1955. But except for Harrison, Perry hasn't had much luck in the heavier weights especially at 191 where the Panthers haven't won all year. When Pitt lost early season en counters to Michigan and Army, things seemed blacker than usual in the Steel City. However, Pitt has roared back in its last three matches, ,and last Saturday the Panthers popped right back into conten tion for eastern honors with a shocking upset over previously undefeated Lehigh. Pitt will try to strengthen its position in the East with a - win over Penn State Saturday night when the two arch rivals clash in Ree Perry is quick to admit that the "Mighty Mites" are respon sible for Pitt's comeback. During the Panthers three meet win streak, the - Mighty tildes - won H matches and tied one. Martin's pin over Pat Smartt made the difference in the Lehigh win- Lauchle and •Zolikoff added timely victories and Kelvingion and the Engi neer's Curt Alexander battled to 2-2 tie. Despite Pitt's two losses, the "Mighty Mites': were just as suc cessful during the early part of the season_ They have a combined record of 28 victories, 3 losses and I tie this year. They were even better last year, going undefeated the entire season. Lauichle, the Pitt captain, is Basketball Scores NUA Philadelphia 132 Cincinnati 131 Canes* Maryland 77 Virginia $2 Kansas Stater .51 gamma 43. Catholic U. 76 Johns Hooking 44 Toledo 77 Kent State 59 Florida. 76 Flatlets, State 74 lona 69 Wagner 84 Albright 89 Juniata 84 Mount St. Mary's 82 American U. 88 William I Mary - Memphis St. (salt celled. transportation troubles) Rutgers 89 Fordham 82 Colby Si Maine 58 East Tennessee 82 Wofford 79 St. Josephs (Pa.) 92 ineknell 47 Washington & Jefferson 82 Thiel 88 !Milan* as Octant** so et) Dayton. 94 Xavier 71 Canisitti 82 Syracuse 78 Gettysburg 87 Elizabethtown lig Georgetown 92 Rhode Island 84 lycoming 83 Scranton 73. Drexel 73 Wilkes 63 liaverford 83 F&M 69 Penn State has a record •of two wins, one loss, and one tie in post-season bowl appearances. Mites' Aid Panthers' Eastern Mat Honors the mainstay of the group. He made the 1960 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team and was the 1359 EIWA 130- pound champ. He was also runnerup two times for the NCAA title. • The Murry, Pa., senior, who has never been pinned in a dual meet, is 7-1 this year and was runnerup to Carmen Molina in the Wilkes Tournament. The other three "Mighty Mites" are juniors. Martin, of Latrobe, Pa., was EIWA runnerup at 123 last year and he's undefeated in eight meets so far this season. He finished behind Lock Haven's FOR THE ONE FRESHMAN ... In 4 WHO DECIDES TO GO FRATERNITY . We of DELTA CPU invite you to an informal RUSHING JAM SESSION This Friday at 7 p.m. Refreshments and female companionship . 4 1 er,„ accompany tho moving `'; Music of the p ' mieurrEnst 024. ! n ta• rumsnvonA limegkearr THURSDAY.. FEBRUARY 23. 1961 MIGHTY MITES” NEAP A STRANG PANIVER. WIZESTLNG TEAM FOIL 1960-b1 rtagifess ..sThrieitl 137 LB. RUNNER. UP Gray Simons in the Wilkes Tour nament. Among his victims are Mary land's Ron Maunder and Syra cuse's Larry Nealon, the only two grapplers to beat Penn State sophomore Denny Slattery this year. Relvington was the EIWA run nerup at 137 last year and took first place in the Wilkes Tourna ment this year. He's wrestled at 1137, 147 and 157 this year, com piling a 6-1-1 record. His loss was to Michigan's Don Corriere in a 157-pound battle. Zolikoff was the EIWA 147- pound champ as a sophomore. He's 7-1 this year, his loss coming ton a fall to Army's Joe Natvig.
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