PAGE FOURTEEN Lady Luck Puts Crush On Cagers Just when things seemed to be going well for cage coach John Egli an unbelievable string of events turned what promised to be a most success ful season into one nightmare after another. And with a game with Pitt on the Panthers' home court coming . up tornoi row, the situation doesn't !item to be getting any b(Ater. After 'winning their first four games for - the best s:art in more years than Egli can remember, a rash of injuries that sidelined starters Bobby Donato and Earl Hoffman and the loss of sopho more sensation Wayne Lundy look its obvious toll—six losses in Ole' neat seven games. tr4)ubles started even-be fore the season began when Jake Trueblood, last year's second leading rebounder, was lost for the first 11 games because of aca demic difficulties. But the team started fist, scoring an upset over Maryland, beating Lehigh, and• then whipping Syracuse and Colgate on: successive nights! in road tills. • 'Pius State was 4-0 going into the - Dec. 10 Rer Hall battle with West Virginia, then ranked sty erilh in the nation. That's when Lady, Luck really applied an arm luck. Hours before game rime Lun- dy, who had averaged 18 points per game over the first four tills, packed his baggage. and left school. On the .surface the probability:, of academie piohation seethed to! be-the soph sensation's main rea-, soh for the 'fast departure, butt Uiere were other issues inyolved.l .John Phillips played a good game in Lundy's absence, scoring 15 points, but State couldn't match West-Virginia's depth and laded in the last quarter to lose Slate snapped back against Syracuse three days later, down- Iry the Orange, Z. 3-44. The Lions didn't have a chance against Ohio State at Columbus Dec. 23. losing 92-49. Buckeye Coach Fred Taylor played. his reg ulars for only 10 minutes, and af ter the game Egh told newsmen that Ohio State could have beaten his team by 100 points. That night Egli received another blow when Donato, the peppy sophomore playmaker, twisted his ankle in the game's early minutes. 14c hasn't played since. Thus State was minus two regulars going into the Quaker City Tournament in Philade'. phis Dec. 26. At least Egli had one consolation—things couldn't get any worse-- - -or could they? State played steady ball against lowa in the first round. and was down by only one point at the half. But then it happened again. Earl Hot frnan suffered a sprain in the first half but it didn't seem too • bad. lie started the .second period but it soon became obvious that he couldn't continue. After wards it was learned that he suf fered a very bad sprained ankle rind he too. hasn't played since. - lows went on to win the game handily as did Holy Cross two nights later. But State captain Gene Harris put on a tremendous scoring display in that game, racking up 46 points to tie the Paiestra record and break .Jesse Arnelle's all-time Lion Mark of 44. That effort earned him a place on the all-tourney team. Two nights later State bat tled Niagara right down to the wire in the battle for seventh 'place, knotting the score 511-58 at the end of regulation time.. -131:1 the Lions collapsed in the overtime stanza and lost their fifth straight Wednesday night at Durham. N.C., it was the same . story all over again as Duke wore down tgli's depleted eight-mun squad for. a 95-55 triumph. Apparently Lundy won't be back his father said that be's taking him out of school. But Hoffman and Donato may be able to play a little against Pitt and assistant trainer Ray thinski ex pects" them to be able to go full speed against Bucknell Tuesday night at Rec HAIL THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA The Exciting Personality of DIZZY GILLESPIE and His Quartet .SUNDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21st Public... $l5O GENE HARRIS The Penn State Jazz Club PLUS . !Hall Set for U.S. Bowl; Teams Tour. Washington WASHINGTON (AP) The.FBI headquarters. ;West Football squad interrupted! Penn' State. quarterback ;its U.S. Bowl workouts yesterdaylHall - will be at the controls 'to take a White House tour. The-West squad when the two East squad will get the same de—clash in D.C. Stadium Su :luxe tour this morning and both i The game will be televised .n; 'teams will get a.special tour of ally. Proudly Presents REC HALL BOARD & ROOM BEAVER HALL 317 E. Beaver Ave,. Advantages Worth Considering . . . • Rates start at $230.00 for Entire Term • Clean, pleasant rooms • Family-style meals (no standing in line) s Convenient to town and campus Is For your leisure-hours-5 channel television A few vacancies now Board also available without room DUKE ELLINGTON and his Famous Orchestra Member... $l.OO FRIDAY. JANUARY 5.
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