FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1965
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By-JOHN LOTT
Collegian, Sports Editor
Picture, if you-will, the following scene:
It's a Saturday night late in Ma . :eh and
Penn State's basketball team trots cnto . the
Rec Hall floor for its biggest game of the sea
son. Spectators virtually nang from the rafters
to catch a glimpse of the upcoming action.
The reason for the big attraction: the Lions
are battling St. Joseph's of Philadelphia for
the championship of the Keystone Basketball
Conference.
Sound far-fetched? Maybe so, but the idea
of a Pennsylvania intercollegiate ba , :'::tball
conference boasts a number of appealing
characteristics, especially for an indepencient
university such as Penn State.
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Currently there are two• basic complaints
concerning Penn State's basketball schedule:
(1) the Lions play an overabundance of games
away from home; and (2) the quality of teams
they face ranges from the perennially-power
ful Duke, North Carolina State and West Vir
ginia outfits to relative pushovers such as
Carnegie Tech, Gettysburg and Bucknell. •
About• Face Sometimes
Admittedly, there have been years when
the latter group has stepped out of its soft
touch role (Gettysburg had an outstanding
crew three years ago when a pair of hotshots
named Ron Warner and Bob Parker were in
the lineup). And other seasons have seen the
usually-tough teams falter somewhat (West
Virginia is only 8-7 this year so far).
The "Keystone Conference" might well in
clude Philadelphia's "Big Five" (Temple, Villa
nova, LaSalle, St. Joseph's and Penn), plus
Penn State, Pitt and Duquesne. There would,
of course, still be a number of non-conference
contests on the schedule, but the intra-state
games would be the main attractions.
Already in MAC
This setup' would obviously be of more
benefit to the Pitts and Penn States than to
the Big Five teams. St. Joseph's, LaSalle and
Temple are members of the Middle Atlantic
Conference's University division and that,
Cuthane Goes All-Around
Lineup 'Problems' Facing
Gymnasts for Pitt Contest '
Although this should not be construed as overcOn
part, Penn State's gymnast
three problems in prepari
Weber Tops
In Bowling
Tourney
PHILADELPHIA (IP)
Dick Weber, two-time former.
champion from St. Louis, won:
five of his first six games in
the second day of finals at;
the $lOO,OOO All-Star Bowlingi
Tournament yesterday to take
command of the American .
Division.
Weber got off to a brilliant
start, sweeping his seventh
round duel with former titlist;
Bill Welu of St. Louis with a!
big 228-255-183 series. He
shot 247-238-485 in th e
eighth round to win two more
games from Bill Hoppe of
Lincoln, Neb., who had 216-
232-448.
Weber split his ninth round
match with his old teammate
and doubles partner, Ray
Bluth of St. Louis, with a 424
series.
Weber's 12-6 won-lost rec
ord and his total pinfall of
3,999 gave him a gross total
of 4,599. Under the bonus sys
tem a bowler receives 50 pins
extra for every game he wins.
Tommy Tuttle of King, N.C.,
runner-up in the 1964 All-
Star, was in second place with
a 4,404 total. Jerry McClary
of Denver, who led the di
vision Wednesday nigh t,
dropped to third place with
4,395.
Ted Hoffman Jr., of Plym
outh Meeting, Pa., dominated
the National Division at mid
day' with an 11-7 record and
a total pinfall of 3,864. His
gross total is 4,414.
Hoffman made his big move
in the eighth round when he
pounded out a 247-256-503
series to take two straight
from Carmen Salvino of Chi
cago.
Don Daugherty of Clear
water, Fla., the leader Wednes
day night, dropped to second
place with a 4,364 total.
Daugherty's worst slip came
in the eighth round when
Harry Smith of Boston beat
him twice with a 211-216-427
series. '
Jean Winsch, the blonde'
mother of two from South.
Bend, Ind., who won the quali
fying trophy, led the women's
American Division after the
seventh round with a 9-5 rec
ord and a 2,765 pinfall. Mrs.
Winsch split her sixth round
skirmish with Jean Havlish
of St. Paul, Minn., but knocked
Mary Louise Young out of
first place when she beat the
Houston blonde two straight
with a 201-215-116 series.
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coupled with the traditional intra-city games,
has them in an excellent scheduling situation.
They don't have to go far to meet good teams.
State, on the other hand, offers a slim
list of "big" games on the home slate. This
year, for example, the Lions play nine home
games. Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia are
the only major attractions on that list.
An intra-state league would, in all prob
ability, have the fans flocking to Rec Hall.
A jump or drop in the conference standings
could hinge on every game. Each contest would
result in more tangible effects besides a win
or a loss on the record books.
State coach John Egli said he believes
such a setup would prove beneficial to all in-
STAN RATNER
'Cs coach Gene Wettstone ye
g for tomorrow's meet with
and none of them had anything!
to do with Pitt itself.
First of all, Wettstone wants'
to give as many of his younger,
inexperienced gym na st s as;
!muchm dual meet competition asl
possible. But he also has to;
make sure that his regulars,
whom he will be relying on t
heavily later in the season and'
in the Nationals, don't becomei
stale. But then again, he does
have to rest some of his start
. ers who have been seeing a
great deal of action lately, inj
particular Ed Isabelle.
Despite all these "problems,"
the Lions are 4-0 and leading
the EIGL. The nearest contend
er is Syracuse, currently 2-0.
No other EIGL teams are still
unbeaten.
Culhane in All-Around
One thing is certain: .Jim Cul
hane, who worked the all
around against Navy Wednes
day, will again be the all
around performer. This marks
the first time this year one:
Lion has performed the all
around twice, let alone in two
successive meets.
Culhane, who had seen rela
tively little action until meet
ing the Middies, turned in good
performances on three events
and mediocre performances on
I the other three.
Wettstone. was pleased with
!his high bar, parallel bar and
I long horse routines, but thinks,
the Rochester, N.Y., senior'
could improve in the floor;
exercise, still rings and side!
horse.
Wettsttone will also start the
same three men in the trampo
line: Tony Watson, co-captain
Pete Saponaro and Gene Sco
field. Particular emphasis will
be placed on the performances
of the former two, who will be
attempting new and more dif-,'
ficult routines against the'
Panthers.
Difficult Tramp Routines
Watson's opening sequence'
will be his most difficult part, )
where he will be attempting
three back twists' and a somer
sault. Saponaro will be doing
a 2 1 / 2 back somersault to a
double Cody. In layman's par
lance that means he will be fol- 1
lowing the somersaults with a
landing on his stomach to an
other two back somersaults.
In the free exercise, Sapon
aro and Steve Cohen, one oU
the four Lion regulars who
missed the Navy meet, will
join Culhane to form the
starting threesome.
Dennis Paoletti will join
Cohen and Culhane in the side
horse. n the rings, John Martin,
Bill Jenkins and Culhane will
be starting. As for the other
events, Wettstone has, as yet,
not decided.
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sterday said he was having
the University of Pittsburgh,
Princeton's
Bradley Out
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NEW YORK (~ P I Bill
Bradley the scorer yields to
Bill Bradley the scholar this
week and it may cost him a
chance to move up in the ma
jor college basketball scoring
ranks.
The talented Olympian
playing his last season for;
Princeton before going to Ox-1
ford on a Rhodes scholarship,,
poured in 81 points against;
Columbia and Cornell last
week. Bradley advanced to
third place in the individual
rankings released yesterday
by the NCAA Service Bureau
but he lost ground to Rick
Barry of Miami of Florida in
the race for the top.
Barry, the season-long lead
er, has 526 points in 14 games
and an average of 37.6 a game.
Wayne Estes of Utah State
held second with a 32.7 aver
'age and Bradley took third
with 31.7. The records include
games of Jan. 16.
Bradley, busy with midyear
examinations, won't play again
until Jan. 30 against Pennsyl
vania. Meanwhile, Barry has I
two chances to improve his,
record.
Brigham Young became the
first team this season to hold
the scoring lead two weeks I
straight, but only by the bare
margin of 95.4 points per game!
to Duke's 94.3. New Mexico
continued to hold the team de-!
fense lead, allowing only 48.6 1
points a game.
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volved
"We used to play Penn and Temple and
some of those others," he said, sincerely
hope that some day Penn State is a member
of a good conference. In a Keystone Con
ference, I know that in basketball and even
wrestling you wouldn't look forward to play
ing anyone else.
"Most of those good teams put more em
phasis on conference games than when they
play 'outsiders,'" Egli cc i,inuad. "Why, in
these leagues, you even have teams battling
it out for fifth place."
Fan interest would be a major factor. Cur
rently, about the only thing inc..epenthmis like
Penn State and Syracuse can work toward is
a post-season tournament berth. This often
means that end-of-the-season games carry more
gravity than mid-campaign contests. This is
often true in a league, too, but when a team
is gunning for that top spot, the pressure is on
from start to finish.
At-Large Bids
An advantage not to be overlooked from
the independent's point of view is this: the
NCAA awards five post-season "at-large" bids
to this district. In a conference, only the win
ner would get a tournament berth.
"I'd like to see something like this (con
ference system), and eventually I think it will
come about," Ernest B. McCoy, Dean of the
College of Health and Physical Education was
saying yesterday.
But there are several problems to over
come first.
If intra-state league rivalry should draw
the expected attendance, where would all the
extra spectators sit `in Rec Hall? Even in its
remodeled state, State's arena is already too
small.
Because students don't have to pay admis
sion to sports events, and because students
compose the majority of the audience, all Penn
State winter sports operate "in the red." Foot
ball receipts support the rest of the athletic
program. And when big name schools bring
teams to your gym, you have to make it worth
their while financially. That's why State can't
Tomorrow's Sports Sked
Gymnastics vs Pitt
Basketball vs Pitt
Fencing vs Cornell
Wrestling vs VPI
Egli Cautions Cagers
Against Pitt Letdown
Penn St at e basketball
coach John Egli is hoping
his Nittany Lions can pre
vent lightning from striking
for the fourth time tomor
row night.
The Lions battle the Pitt
Panthers tomorrow atii p.m.,
and the word from Pitt
coach Bob Timmons is that
his outfit doesn't stand much
of a chance. Timmons said
he believed his team can't
stay with State in the run
ning and shooting depart
ments, so he plans to have
the Panthers hold the ball.
Egli was saying last night
that regardless of Tirnmon's
pessimistic attitude. he's
worried about tomorrow's
game. One reason is this:
three of the last four of
State's losses have come
after dramatic upset vic
tories.
It started last season when
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the Lions dropped West Vir
ginia, 86-76, in Rec Hall,
only to fall victim to Army,
46-37, in their next outing.
That was State's final loss
en route to a 16-7 season.
During State's elongated
road trip in December of
this season, the Temple
game was the big one the
Lions were pointing for. So
what happened? They ripped
the Owls, 73-63, at the Pa
lestra, only to lose to a tough
NYU outfit the next night.
Then, after winning the_
Detroite Motor City Classic,
the Nittanies traveled to
Duke and absorbed the
soundest whipping of the
season to the tune of 121-88.
So Egli is cautioning his
outfit against a letdown
against Pitt, mainly because
the players are coming off
another "big" victory. That
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JOHN EGLI
. . . likes idea
afford to bring Dukes and Kansas States into
Rec Hall. Dollars, as McCoy was saying yes
terday, are mighty hard to come by.
As long as students don't pay admission,
and as long as State doesn't have a large field
house which would allow increased attendance
from the general public, the situation here will
remain static.
McCoy is adament about maintaining that
first policy. He said he won't make students
pay their way to see their own team play, as is
the case in some Big Ten universities.
Students First
"We only put 200 tickets on sale to the
public for home basketball," he said. "After
they're gone, we close up shop. The students
come first."
Ragan Tied for Est
In Crosby Classic
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) 71, Ragan was six under regula
- Dave Ragan deftly swung an tion figures.
elderly, 'pawnshop putter yes- That left them one stroke
terday to deadlock with veteran ahead of Texan Don January,
Doug Ford for the first round who toured Cypress in a five
lead in the $84,500 Bing Crosby under 67. Skee Ri of Jamison,
Golf Tournament as each fired a Pa., fashioned a 68 at Monterey.
sub-par 66. Among the late finishers were
Playing the rugged Cypress Jack Nicklaus, who celebrated
Point course, Ragan carded his 25th birthday with a 72 and
seven birdies with putts ranging Arnold Palmer, who shot a 73.
up to 35 feet. The 29-year-old I Like most of the big name golf
from Orlando, Fla., used al ers, both played Cypress Point
wooden shaft club he was given where galleries of 10,000
last week by a friend whokvatched. U.S. Open champion
bought it in a pawnshop a quar-I Ken Venturi soared to an 81
ter century ago. there.
Since he hasn't won a tourney
since 1962 nor any money this
year, Ragan figured the old put
ter might change his fortunes.
Ford scored four straight
birdies, from the second
through fifth holes of the Mon
terey Peninsula Country Club's
shore course, and added his fi
nal birdie on the 14th with a 12-
foot ee.
Pebble Beach, the third course
played, proved tougher than the
others yesterday.
Each of the three courses is
played once by each golfer dur
ing the first three days of com
petition with finals Sunday at
Pebble Beach.
Since Cypress plays to a par
72 and Monterey Peninsula to a
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But there' is a possible remedy to• the
second problem, that of a bigger arena. A
giant .field house' is on the campus blueprints
already. It's slated to be built near the Ice
Pavilion-Nittany dorm area. Completion date .
for the proposed 12,000-seat building is 1970.
But once again, accumulating the neces
sary dollars is the big problem.
One way to lighten, the University's big
baskZ;ball dollars ,deficit is to play on the road,
where the visiting school is guaranteed a cer
tain lump sum before it leaves campus. This
is one reason the Lions played nine of their
first 10 games away from home this season.
There is another valid reason, one on
which both McCoy and Egli agree.
"Personally, I think we're very fdrtunate,"
Egli said. "We have a term• break about the
time the season opens. Why play ball games
at home when the students aren't here? We
used to play some games here in December
and they wouldn't even bother to put the
bleachers on the floor. It was like playing in
a funeral. parlor. Why not play on the road
where you can make some money?"
McCoy added that every little bit' picked
up in away basketball guarantees helps lessen
the share football must contribute to this de
ficit. And football pays for nearly everything
already.
McCoy cited an example of the bowling
alleys in the basement of the original Rec Hall
building. These lanes, he said, were built with
$lOO,OOO •in television money from a bowl game.
The same receipts payed for the four lanes
in White Hall.
Tennis courts, such as the ones built in
the East Halls area last year, also are financed
with athletic department, i.e., football, funds.
The day may come when Penn State bas
ketball team is a full-fledged conference mem
ber, intra-state or otherwise. But it won't hap
pen until a larger arena is a reality instead
of a blueprint. And when it does, there's one
thing you can bet on. Students won't have to
pay their way in to the games.
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