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Surprising Gagers Host Tartans
Amidst oil the hullabaloo of post-season tournament talk, one small fact has been al
most completely overlooked. It is: A Penn State basketball team that was given little chance
for a good record in pre-season "dope” sheets, tonight will be seeking a win over Carnegie
Tech that will assure it of a winning season—and with six games still remaining.
With Earl Hoffman as the only starting senior, the sophomore and junior dominated
Lions tangle with the Tartans at 8 in Rec Hall searching for their eleventh victory in 14 out
ings of a 20-game schedule. This strong start, the best since 1953-54, has not only surprised
basketball experts, but has left State coach John Egli wondering out loud.
“I’d have never thought before
the season began that a win over
Carnegie Tech would be the spot
on the schedule where we’d have
a chance to ensure a winning sea
son,” Egli said yesterday as he
reviewed the first 13 games. “You
always have hopes at the begin
ning of the season, but I wasn’t
hopipg this high. They’ve sur
prised me.”
SURPRISING OR NOT, State
is nursing tourney hopes, and a
victory over Tech is a necessity.
The Tartans are just 5-7 and a
loss to Tech would just about
knock the Lions out of tourna
ment consideration.
Tech, like State, is a young
squad, but unlike the Lions, the
Tartans haven’t' jelled yet.
Coach Mel Cratsley’s big gun
has been sophomore guard Ray
Morrison. The 6-1 Morrison is
averaging 15.9 points a game and
has canned most of these on long
jumpers. The other starting
guard, George Frazier, is the sec
ond leading scorer at 11 points a
game and he also likes to shoot
out front.
THE TARTANS will probably
be the smallest team State will
face all year. Sam Cupps, who
starts at center is only 6-2, and
forwards Andris Niedra and Joe
Laird are just 6-1 and 6-2 respec
tively.
Tech, who will he coming off a
12-day mid-semester layoff, runs
out of a man-to-man defense that
switches with the front two men.
The Tartans like to shoot out
front and at times this season
Acacia, Delta
Score Wins in
By DENNIS KNECHT
Theta Chi, Acacia and Delta
Sigma Phi emerged victorious
from the waters of Glennland
Pool last night as the IM swim
ming season got underway.
Acacia and Delta Sig had little
trouble, beating their opponents,
Sigma Alpha Mu, 31-9, and Pi
Lambda Phi, 32-9, respectively.
Theta Chi’s 22-19 victory over
Lambda Chi Alpha, however, was
not decided until the final event.
Lambda Chi held a 19-17 lead
going into the 120-yd. relay event,
but Theta Chi’s quartet" of Joe
Siminetli, John Swift, Jim Leon
ard and Norm Allan won the final
event in 1:04.6 to win the meet.
ALAN ALSO won the free style
and Rod Rayovich won the 60-yd.
breaststroke for the winners. John
Agnew won the backstroke and
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have hit for a high percentage.
While their record hasn’t been
too impressive, Egli is worried
about the game.
"I hope the boys aren’t taking
them too lightly,” Egli warned.
“This is the kind of game that
can get you in trouble. >
THE LION COACH expects to
stick to 'the same lineup that
trounced Bucknell, 90-75, Satur
day in Rec Hall. Besides the high
Sig, Thefa Chi
Opening Swim
Bill Mills the diving event for
Lambda Chi.
Acacia took first place in
every event over SAM. Guy
Jackson won the freestyle and
also swam on the winning relay
team. Bruce Trotman won the
backstroke, Bob- Ormsby placed
first in the breaststroke and Larry
Wolfe won the diving event.
Ed Klein was a double winner
as Delta Sigma Phi also won every
event on its way to victory over
Pi Lambda Phi. Klein’s five
pointers came in the backstroke
and breaststroke. Other winners
were Jerry Loving in the free
style and Don Kitchen in the
diving competition.
IM DIRECTOR Dutch Sykes
was pleased with the opening
night's results. He referred to
Allan’s 34.2 freestyle victory,
Theta Chi’s 1:04.6 in the relay
and Klein's 39.6 in the backstroke
as “better than average” times.
“There will be better times than
these,” Sykes said, “but they are
good for the first meet.”
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Meet
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TOM MALINCHAK
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scoring Hoffman at forward,-State
will start Ron Avillion at for
ward, Bob Weiss and Bob Donato
at guard and Tom Malinchak at
center.
Egli indicated he expects Terry
Hoover to see plenty of action at
center and also co-captain John
Mitchell to substitute at guard.
Frosh Cagers
To Play at 6:30
Snowy Simpson’s high scoring
Penn State freshman basketball
team makes its first home appear
ance of the season tonight, meet
ing the Altoona Center at 6:30 in
Rec Hall.
In rolling to three straight vic
tories, the frosh have averaged
92.3 points a game. Wins have
come over Bucknell, 76-59; Al
toona, 90-64; and Behrend, 111-55.
Starting for the Lions will be
Carver Clinton, Ray Saunders,
Tony Neumayr, Jim Reed and
Jerry Roseboro.
Altoona comes into the contest
with an 8-5 season record.
Clinton leads the Lion frosh in
scoring with a 22.3 point a game
average while Saunders and Reed
have averaged 18.3 points.
After tonight’s game, the frosh
will make only one other appear
ance in Rec Hall, meeting
Behrend, Feb. 20.
Lacrosse Candidates
Lion lacrosse coach Bill Hess
has called a meeting for interested
varsity candidates at 4 p.m. to
morrow in 241 Rec Hall.
Hess, a former State All-Ameri
can, is in his rookie season as
coach. ,
Collegian Score Card
1 PLAYERS FIELD GOALS FOULS P F IPTS. 1
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| Hoffman-20 ’ I
1 r . i
1 Avillion-40 g
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| Malinchak-50 |
1 Weiss-14 1
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jDonalo-10 |
| Cam-32 ' |
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s . s
| Jones-22 |
| Hoover-52 • ) |
| Ludwig-12 §
| Mitchell-24 |
| / Totals ... |
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Carnegie Tech
I PLAYERS field goals fouls PF PTS. |
I Morrison-31 - " I
I i
I Cupps-23 j
S 1 1 —■■■■" 1 ■ 1 1 iil •» i 1 s
1 Frazier-33 - 1
| Laird-41 - |
| Niedra-51 - . j
jßiichie-11 , |
|Borkowski-13 1
|McGeary-15 - |
S , H
= a
! Werronen-35 |
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Totals . . .
THURSDAY. JANUARY 31. 1963
Penn State
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