PAGE SIX State Suffers : 1 : . -.: . .i . '. - 6,,*::rtbreokirjig.:.'' . ., Defeat • By JOHN LOTT Collegian Sports Editor % Philadelphia La Dolce Vita came to a heartbreaking halt for Penn State's basketball team here last night. The Nittany Lions, winners of 13- straight games before last night, had earned a National Col legiate Athletic Association berth for the first time in a decade. But even though many will, tell you the better team lost, the season is over today. In a real seat clutcher that wasn't decided until the final minute, State dropped a 60-58 decision to Princeton be fore a Wild capacity crowd at the Palestra. The loss gave State a 20-4 sea son record; its best in history. For the sentimentalist, the out come resulted in mixed emotions. There were the 500 Lion rooters who squeezed into the dimly lighted arena to cheer the East's cinderella team to victory. Many stood misty-eyed when it was over. And there were those who turned out to see everybody's best loved basketball player, the Nittany Grapplers Trounce Rutgers To Finish Season Penn State's wrestling team rang out its season on a pleasant note Saturday afternoon, but it was one which echoed all through Rec Hall. The Lions' match with Rutgers drew a sparse 1,000 fans, hardly enough to make a dent in the bleachers. But the State matmen didn't seem to care. They were there to wrestle and wrestle they did, romping over the Scarlet, 24-9. In probably their most impressive team showing this year, the Lions racked up three falls and three decisions against a team that came in with a 6-2-1 record. The match marked the final home appearance for Jay Windfelder and co-captains Marty Strayer and Steve Erber and all three came through with impressive wins. Windfelder and Strayer had pins, as did Ellery Seitz, and Erber von a 6.5 bout over tough Sam Gramiccioni. Windfelder started the whole thing off when he climaxed a wild, high-scoring match by pinning John Brennan with :22 seconds gone in the last period. The score was 12-8 at the time of the fall. The Lion 123-pounder had racked up two takelowns, two reversals, two predicaments and an escape. Erber (8-3) got his win the hard way. The Lion 130- pounder had to come through with a takedown just three seconds short of the buzzer to win over Gramiccioni.' Strayer closed out one of the greatest careers in State mat history in fine fashion, pinning Tony Peters with thirty seconds gone in the second period. Strayer, who finished the year with a perfect 1-0 mark, hadn't pinned a man since his sophomore year, but he couldn't have picked a better time to get this one. Seitz (3-5-1) scored the other fall in impressive fashion. He pinned Jim Hackett after a minute of the first period, just seconds after he had taken Hackett down. Jerry Seaman ended up the dual-meet season with a 6-3 overall record but all six of those wins came at 157 123--Windfelder, State, pinned Brennan, 6:22 130—Erber, State, dec. Gramiccioni, 6-5 137—Askeland, Rutgers, dec. Thiel, 5-2 147—DeWalt, State, dec. O'Donnell, 8-7 157—Seaman, State, dec. Welch, 13-5 167—Strayer, State, pinned Peters, 3:33 177—Geiser, Rutgers, dec. Olesen, 7-3 191—Seitz, State, pinned Hackett, 1:06 Hwt.—Goble, Rutgers, dec. McKenna, 8-2 Referee: Savatore Spinelli and all of the losses at 167. Saturday's victim was John Welch, who had originally been set for the 167-pound slot. The other Lion winner was Dick DeWalt. DeWalt, a ' classy wrestler showed some signs of a four week idleness as he squeaked to a 8.7 won over Gene O'Donnell. DeWalt looked the stronger of: the two at the outset, but he seemed to run out of steam and it took a last-minute takedown to give him the decision. Rutgers won the 137, 177 and heavyweight matches but it really didn't seem to matter. The Lions were never pushed after the first two bouts. Roger Olesen (4-2) who can usually be found down around the 157-pound spot went in over his head when he took on Rutgers' 177-pounder, Ron Geiser. Geiser had too much weight on Olesen and beat him easily, 7-3. The Lions' Glen Thiel (0-5) lost to Gunnar Askeland, 5-2 in the 137-pound match and Don McKenna (1-3) was baten by Rutgers' heavyweight Paul, Goble, 8-2, but by that time there was no doubt whatsoever as to the outcome. Lion coach Bill Koll was a happy man after it was over and it's not hard to see why. "I think this was our best team performance," he said. "Almost everyone did a good job." The Lions hit their peak Saturday and it couldn't have been a more welcome sight to Koll with the Easterns coming this weekend. Several- men, Strayer, Windfelder, Seaman and Erber should give State the tough individuals a squad needs to win in tournament competition and Olesen and DeWelt should make their presence felt, also. Koll plans on moving Joe Eremus, who has started reg ularly at 147 down a weight to replace Glenn Thiel. Eremus finished fourth in the Easterns last year at 147 and could make trouble for anyone at the lighter weight. PHI MU ALPHA The Men's Professional Music Fraternity Announces . Its Pledge Concert: MARCH 9th 8:00 p.m. Recital Hall Arts I . • , • • - • Publit Invited =MEI Tig er ' s Bill Bradley. TheY stood Dlll l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilMllllllllllUlllllllllllllllllt and ranted wildly as Bradley ac cepted a Look magazine All- America award after leading his team to victory with 22 points. As coach Bill van Breda Kolff - said when it was over, both teams played beneath their capabilities. But . the key to the whole game was the play that occurred with :45 seconds left, Princeton led, 58-54, when State s took the ball out with time out. Jim Reed tried to get it into Bob Weiss, but Princeton's Don Rodenbach tripped Weiss, scooped up the ball and scored on an easy layup. The Lions got buckets by Weiss and Carver Clinton before time ran out, but the controversial "tripping" play proved the dif ference. "There should have been a foul called on that play," State coach John Egli said after the game. "That was the whole ball game right there." Weiss agreed. "The ref said I tripped over him myself. I'd like like to know how you trip over somebody when you're going By ALEX WARD Princeton Squeoks.-,4*.ith ,60.58 Win PENN STATE FIRST HALF 0-2 2.2 4-2 4.4 6.4 Weiss, jump Reed, fouls Reed, layup Reed, jump Reed, jump Reed, jump Saunders, jump Reed, lump Clinton, jump Minlion, layup Reed, jump Saunders, jump Clinton, jump Weiss, lump JAY WINDFELDER Lions Score 4 1 / 2 Points in IC4A's; Two-Mile Relay Team Takes Third By MARTY SIMON For all but four members of Penn State's track team the 1965 indoor season came to a close in Saturday's IC4A Championships a t Madison Square Garden. Only the two mile relay squad, which took a third place for three of the Nittanies four and one-half points, will see further indoor action this year. But for the rest of the Lion trackmen, it was a rather dis appointing finish. Besides the two-mile relay team, only high jumper Ron Jinks and pole vaulter Karl Burlin tallied for State. The relay squad, made up of sophomore Art Morris, Bill Reilly, Dick Lampman and captain Tom Bedick, ran a 7:45 to pick up its third place. Manhattan won the event in 7:38 and Villanova, the over all winner of the meet came in second. The Lion squad, ac cording to head coach John Lucas, "gave Villanova a real battle for second place." The third-place finish, how ever, qualified the Lion relay men for the first annual NCAA Indoor Track Champfonships to be held in Detroit Friday and Saturday. Another State relay s HERLOCHER'S JACK BEASLEIt FORD Inc. RESTAURANT Rte. 322 North LASAGNA , , Cleanest USED CARS I In CENTRAL PENNA. TONIGHT Call 238.6753 For Results-Use Collegian Classifieds CLIP AND SAVE 'CLIP AND SAVE SENIORS Who Are Graduating Mar. 21, 1965 o.a cot • The 1965 LA VIE 7;2, Will Be Mailed To Your Home - Address About' the First Week • In June 1965. If You Wish a Change of Address Please Notify , Mr. Donald S. Saubel 4 202 HUB before May 1, 1965 , >. of INFORMATION. INFORMATION.MUST INCLUDE— COMPLETE NAME . CURRICULUM a. , DATE OF GRADUATION _ :I MARRIED -WOMEN SHOULD GIVE g BOTH MAIDEN. AND MARRIED NAMES CLIP AND SAVE CLIP-AND AVE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY/PARK; PENNSYLVANIA; Fourth Setback PRINCETON Weiss, lump Haarlow, layup Weiss, foul Avlllion, layup Haarlow, layup Rodenbach jump Clinton, jump 1003 Bradley, jump 10.10 Walters, jump 10.12 Rodenbach, jump 12.12 12.13 14-13 14-15 14- 1 7 16-17 18• .7 18-19 18.20 18.22 20.22 20.24 22-24 22.26 24.26 24.28 26-28 26.30 Rodenbach, layup 26.31 Rodenbach, foul 28.31 Clinton, fouls Weiss, layup Ay!llion, jump Avillion, jump Clinton, layup Bradley, foul Bradley, lump Walters, lump Avillion, Imp Walters, layup Hummer, foul Bradley, jump Weiss, foul Bradley fouls Weiss, foul Avillion, foul Bradley, layup Hummer, fap•in Weiss, lump Clinton, layup MARTY STRAYER senior wrestlers who bowed, out on happy note the milers, did not fare so well. Don Gregg. who ran the first leg, got "caught in a traf fic jam," Lucas said, and lost the baton. Lucas said that the Nittany runner got tied up so bad that they still haven't been able to find the baton. A third Lion relay team, the frosh medley relay team, did not qualify for the finals, Bob Beam, however, did turn in an outstanding performance in his 220-yard leg, Beam, who snapped State's frosh sprint record earlier this season, ran his leg at an almost incredible 22 seconds flat. Lucas said that Beam "probably ran as fast a 220 as has ever been run in the Garden." Two Lion field men did come through with scores, although Lucas said he felt both could have scored higher. Junior jumper Jinlcs cleared 6-5 to capture fifth place and one point for State. The jump was an inch short of his best this season .The event was won by Maryland's Frank Costello who leaped seven feet. The only other Nittany score was picked up by Karl Burlin whose 14-6 pole vault notched him a tie for fifth and gained him a half point. Burlin's jump matched his best of the season, SECOND HALF . 30-31 30-33 Haarlow, lump 30-35 Hummer, layup 30-36 Rodenbach, foul 31.36 33-36 33-38 Haarlow, lump 35-38 35-40 Hummer, lump 35-42 Rodenbach, layup 37-42 39-42 41.42 43.42 45-0 45.44 45.45 47-45 47.47 49.41 49-49 50.49 50.50 52-50 52-52 53.52 54-52 Hummer, layup Reed, jump Reed, jump S 4 Bradley, jump 56 . Bradley, layup 58 Bradley, foul 60 Rodenbach, layup 60 —Collegian Photo by John Jacobi which, incidentally. is the Penn State indoor record for that event. Ed Webler, State's outstand ing 1000-yarder was unable to qualify for the finals. Webler won his trial heat by 50 yards in 2:14.0 but the qualifying time was 2:13.9. Lucas felt that if Webler had been put in a faster heat, his time would have been far bet ter. As it was, lie had no one to push him and fell short of the finals by a tenth of a second. Villanova's Noel Caroll was the victor in this event. Nittany two-in ilers Joe Nichols and Chuck Leuthold ran their qualifying trials in 9:28 and as a result went un placed. Both runners had turned in better times during the season. This was the only record breaking event of the meet as Bill Clark of Notre Dame ran his two miles in 8:52. State's four and one-half points gave them the nineteen th highest team score out of 59 schools. _ • , , , • , 1 ) ' 1 ) ", ~,r.c. : ,,c,,`,:,,t ' = ~.-.„;,; ;., ~-.!...' ' , '., ,-,))." , t: ~„„,7 4 ,„. . ..„ ~, - , . ._ , .. o ,...o6%.",;;JaMilifthp„ eixt.- 4-_,:e4,,,,' . -. '"Z , ;l , Pti'VW , ,"tt 4 -0-ixt , :e4 r., ,,,,, , f-_ , .-4.•:+Wi4VP,,-=l,',2•=ll , ,,lelt:ftiri'tit. . • •-•• . W, ,, , ,,,,, bii , LS i..'....,` away from him." Egli said he didn't want to verted a free throw with 2 1 / 2 get ,into. officiating, but he was minutes gone in the second half. obviously a little miffed over the That made it 36-30. whistle-tooters' performance. The fact that Bradley seemed to be protected by. the referee all eve ning got particular. consideration in Egli's post-game analysis. "Twice Bradley ran into our players on drives and the. ref called the fouls on us," Egli said. "I don't want to get into officiat ing, but there sure was something wrong," State led, 52-50, when Bradley boomed into Ron Avillion on a goal-bound trip. He missed the shot, but tied the score with two free throws. That was with 4:16 left. Two minutes twenty-six seconds later Bradley literally ran over Clinton Bradley, jump Bradley, foul Bradley, jump Haarlow, foul while scoring a layup. Nothing was said by either official. In all, Bradley threw in 10 of Princeton's last 13 points. Up until that time, he looked little like the best college basketball player in America. The Lions were down by three, 31-28 at the half and trailed by Bradley, fouls STEVE ERBER Gagers Swamp Scarlet• Egli Admits 'Best Ever By JOHN LOTT Coach John Egli finally admitted Saturday night what reporters had been trying to drag out of him all season. Only this time he volunteered the information in a speech to his Penn State basketball players. "The season isn't over yet, fellows," Egli told the team after the Lions downed Rutgers, 88-75, in the regular season finale. "You've got some extra work to do. But no matter what happens from here on in, there's one thing I want you to know. This is the best basketball team we've ever had here. Your record proves it. We're proud of the way you've played." All season, Egli always hedged when it came to picking the 1964-65 team over some of the past great squads. But many close observers rated this year's NCAA tournament team the best ever, and ap parently Saturday night's crowd of 7,000 agreed. Multitude Roared The multitude roared as the Lions ran through a paper hoop before pre-game warmups. The fans voiced their approval of State's pre-game "Globetrotter" drills and were equally vibrant when the four senior player,s were announced. But the loudest and longest applause came with three minutes left in the game. That's when Egli took out co-captain Bob Weiss, who scored 28 points in the last Rec Hall appearance. Even though play continued on the floor, the fans ignored the action and gave Weiss a three-minute standing ovation. It was a tribute richly deserved. Weiss will. wind up his collegiate career as the third highest scorer - in State history. For three seasons, he has dazzled the .fans with his deadly shooting acid fancy ball handling. And against Rutgers, he put on one of his best home shows ever, hitting from all over, setting up plays and giving the Scarlet defenders fits with his de ceiving ball-handling antics. Matches 1952 Total The win over Rutgers, State's 13th straight, gave the Lions a 20-3 record for the regular season schedule. Only one other State team recorded 20 wins. That was the 1952 squad, which went 20-4 dur ing the regular campaign, then lost a pair in the NCAA tournament. Ron Avillion, the other retiring co captain, also played a solid game in his final home fling. He threw in 12 pOints TIC WALK No. 2 Applications Available at the HUB Desk FRIDAY-UNTIL THE END OF THE TERM -Sponsored by the, HUB Special Eyents six points when RoOenbach con- But the Lions roared back to go ahead by three, 45-42, and the fans had visions of another of State's patented second-half bursts. After Weiss made a foul shot, he fired a beautiful over the shoulder pass to Avillion for' an easy layup. Princeton's Bob Haarlow. swished a corner shot, but Clinton cut the Tiger lead to 38-35 with a jumper. Ed Hummer and Rodenbach put Princeton up, 42-35, but then the Lions exploded for• 10 'straight points. After Clinton made a pair of fouls and Weiss scored a layup, Avillion put State ahead by one with two straight jump shots. A Clinton layup made it 45-42. After getting, a one-point jump (43-42) on Princeton, the Lions went into their three-two zone press. It got them the ball twice on steals but each time they threw it away. "We wanted to use the press only to get the lead," Egli said. "We got it twice and threw it Committee TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1,965 away And when you're out there pressing and grabbing at the ball, you're bound to get fouls called. We couldn't •afford that bebause Carver and Ron each had four. on them." Van. Breda . Kolff said he was glad to see the Lions go into their press. "When they went into the zone press, it opened up the court and that's just what we wanted," the Tiger coach said. "When the court is opened. that's when; Bill can go to work." - Bradley went to Work, all right, scoring 10 points in the last six minutes. But Van Breda Kolff forgot to note that eight of them came after State reverted to its normal two-three defensive setup. The Lions abandoned the 3-2 after a Jim Reed jump.shot and Weiss' free throw gave them a 50-49 lead with 5:53 left. Haarlow made a free throw to tie it up but Reed offset it with another jump er. The lead seesawed back and forth until six straight points by Bradley put Princeton on top, 58-54. with :51 left. There followed (Continued on page seven) on a 5-for-8 (62.5 per cent) floor effort and two free tosses And of Carver Clinton, also a re cipient of a long, loud ovation when he left late in the game, put on his usual show. After getting only four points in the first 20 minutes, he exploded for 13 in the second half to wind up as State's No. 2 scorer for the night. He also grabbed 12 rebounds. The big man under the boards was Paul Mickey, the 6-9 sophomore giant who didn't get in until midway through the first half. Nevertheless, Mickey gathered in 20 rebounds, the top individual effort for any State player this season. He also scored 11 points. Weiss versus Lloyd The first half developed into a per sonal dual between Weiss and Rutgers' sophomore ace Bob Lloyd. Both finished with 18 points for the first 20 minutes. Weiss scored most of his on twisting drive shots (he even made one shot while on his knee) while Lloyd did most of his dam age from the outside. Rutgers was ahead only during one brief stretch in the first half. The Scarlet led, 7-6, 9-6 and 9-8 before a Weiss foul shot tied it. The Nittanies proceeded to reel off eight straight points to make it 17-9. At the half State led 44-35. Both Weiss and Lloyd cooled off aft er intermission (Lloyd finished with 24), but Clinton took up the slack for the Lions. The closest Rutgers could come was six points (46-40) early in the second half. Another flurry of eight straight State points put it out of reach, 60-43, with 12 1 / 2 minutes left. NITTANY NOTES: Ray Saunders, a regular starting forward, sat out the game to rest an ankle injury suffered in prac tice last week. Egli wanted to save him for last night's NCAA game against Prince ton . . State's other two seniors, Terry Hoover, and Dan Cam, both got in the home finale. Hoover scored seven points . . . Princeton coach Bill van Breda Kolff and his wife were in the press box . . . State shot a torrid 57.5 per cent from the floor in - the first half. Overall, the Lions shot at a 53.8 clip . . . Despite better first half shooting, the Lions managed to put two equal halves together-44 points in each period . . . Ken Kemble, who only scored three points all year, gunned a 40- footer through the hoop after the final buzzer sounded.
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