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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.
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INTERESTED
IN FLYING?
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
quite a scorer this
the foul line has
GENE HARRIS
Briefs
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`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
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WHO DECIDES TO GO FRATERNITY .
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THURSDAY.. FEBRUARY 23. 1961
MIGHTY MITES”
NEAP A STRANG PANIVER.
WIZESTLNG TEAM FOIL 1960-b1
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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.