I6—The Daily Collegian Thursday, December 5, 1974
a • and Penn State Marching
bands, floats, Christmas
carolers, and Santa Claus.
The parade will start di.
College Ailenue and Garner
Street, and from there move
Little down College b.venue,
Burrower Street, and Beaver
Avenue, to its completion
at Beaver - and Pugh Street.
Radio station WRSC will pro
vide live coverage.
Lions
parading
The Penn State Nittany
Lion football team and the
State College High School
Little Lion football team
will be honored Saturday
iri a "Hail To The Lions"
program sponsored . by
the Back The Lions booster
organization and the State
College Area Chamber of
Commerce.
At 11:00 a.m., the two
football teams will take part
in the borough's annual
Christmas parade, sponsored
by the Chamber, and
featuring the State College
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Following the parade, the
two squads will be honored at
a private Back
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luncheon at the Sheraton Inn.
The whole day won't be all
fun-and-games for the Nit
tany Lions, however, as a pre-
Cotton Bowl workout has also
been set for Saturday af
ternoon.
The two teams are being
honored for their winning 1974
season records. The Nittany
Lions won nine out of eleven,
while the Little Lions lost only
one game, a defeat which
ended their 36-game winning
streak stretching over the
past four seasons.
The Nittany Lions will also
be honored at a pre-bowl pep
rally, which has been ten
tatively scheduled for
December 19 at Rec Hall.
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Big. Five basketball. still Philly savior
By RICH CUTLER
Collegian Sports Writer
It may be considered just another sport in
most parts of the country. But if you're a
Philadelphia sports fan and there. are
many of you it isn't just another sport.
It is a phenomena which has kept the Philly
sports faithful, well, failhful over years past.
It is called Big Five bEisketball. And it is a
unique thing in the City of Brotherly - Love.
'Unique because of the tradition of winning
which has been ever so characteristic of the
schools that make up the Big Five; (Temple,
LaSalle, Penn, Villanova, and St. Joseph's).
It is a tradition which has been absent from
the Philly sports scene ever since there was a
Philly sports scene. After all, the
professional sports organizations in town like
the Eagles, Phillies, and 76ers haven't
particularly lit the city on fire with over
abundant success.
So the Philly sports loyalist, forced to find
salvation elsewhere, has sunk or swum with
the Big 5, They have been swimming most of
the time:
That Big Five tradition figures to carry
over into the current campaign. Particularly
in the form of the Penn Quakers, and the La-
Salle Explorers. The two teams are the best
the East has to offer, with Penn being a
genuine threat to capture the NCAA
champiOnship.
Led by returning captain and All-America
candidate Ron Haigler,• the Quakers are
again the favorite to take the prestigious City
crown and, of course, the not so prestigious
Ivy League. The team, if need be, can attain
more depth than the Nautilus was ever able
to.
Fourth-year coach Chuck Daly has
practically a complete returning cast of
characters, including forward John Engles, a
junior who was voted the ECAC Rookie of the
Year last season. Engles will use his 6-8, 215-
pound frame to establish himself as one of
the country's strongest inside threats.
And unlik'e that of the last several seasons,
the backcourt looks solid. All-Ivy first
Learner John Beecroft will man one guard
spot. Beecroft, the city's best free-throw
shooter, is the owner of a fine outside shot.
He'll be joined in the backcourt by Ed
Stefanski and soph Mark Lonetto, who led the
Penn freshmen in scoring, rebounding, and
assists.
Versatile Bob Bigelow will be the other
frontcourt man. Bigelow, at 6-7, is the team's
best defensive player and has a knack for
scoring important points at important times
during basketball games.
And if you add to the list such players as 6-
11 Henry Johnson, who has greatly
heightened his prowess since last year, an 6-
6 jumping jack Larry Lewis it means
another banner season for Penn that could
end with a national championshiri.
Quickness figures to be LaS4lle's forte.
Charlie Wise and Glenn Collier ark the main
Fencers
By BRIAN MILLER •
Collegian Sports Writer
Penn State's fencing team
won eight matches last year
which was a! school record
and finished 13th in the NCAA
Fencing Championships, the
best finish ever for a Penn
State squad.
But team 'captain and
number one foilsman Dave
Berger graduated and the
team's best epee fencer,
Keith McCormick, joined the'
army to concentrate on the
pentathlon.
Despite losing two of his
key performers, Lion coach
Mac Garret feels the 1975
hopeful
edition of the Penn State
fencers can be as good or
better than last year's team,
especially after watching the
Lion duelers win 122 matches
and place two -men in the
finals of last weekend's Penn
State Open Fencing Ton
'lament.
The two day event held la
Friday and
.Saturday in thi
North Gymnasium of the
White Building included 17
teams and over 100 in
dividuals from around the
country.
"This was probably the
strongest tournament we've
put our fencers in at such an
reasons. When Coach Paul Westhead goes ' Especially with three freshmen and a
with the press, LaSalle will be at its best, sophomore. :.• -.
Wise, who will improve on a 11.9 points per The Wildcats, aside from facing such
game average of a year ago, and Collier, who traditional eastern foes like St. John's,
isn't any slouch in the offensive department Boston College, Providence, and Niagara will
either will be joined in the forecourt by 6-10 also have to contend with the likes of Notre
Joe Bryant, who has received pre-season All- Dame, South Carolina, and Sobthern Cal.
America mention and by 6-5 Bill Taylor, who And, of course, there's that competition the
didn't but probably should have. Big Five has to offer.
Bryant, a junior, led the Big Five in However, under second year coact{ Rollie
rebounding a year ago, grabbing about 11 Massimino, the 'Cat's have themselves the
caroms per contest and also chipped in with nucleus of one helluva team. Key returnees
an impressive 18.7 scoring average.' include 6-8 Larry Herron, 6-2 backcourt ace
' Taylor tickled the twine often enough to Chubby Cox, and 6-7 John Olive. All are now
emerge from his junior year with a 19.7 per sophomores. And ALL are very talented.
game average, which was good enough to top Herron was the team's leading scorer (13.1
the Big Five. Taylor is as effective a forward PPg • ) and the top rebounder (7.3) last season.
as he is a guard. Cox, who burned the cords at an 11.8 clip,
Donn Wilber (6-1 Q) and 6-6 frosh Jim Played like a senior at times last year.
Wolkiewicz will divide duty at the other Massimino considers Olive the backbone of
forward slot. If Westhead can get a few the team. Olive is the most aggressive, fiery
rebounds from those gentlemen, things will Wildcat, the kind of player that can instill the
.turn out roses for the Explorers. If LaSalle will to win itypis teammates.
'has a weakness, it is that it lacks overall Temple ma find the going rough. The Owls
team depth, something that its crosstown have lost the entire starting team from a sea
rival Penn has plenty of. son ago and will depend on a -touple of fresh
men to help replace the lost firepower.
Villanova started three freshmen and a Temple and St. Joseph's figure to run
sophomore last season and finished the fourth and fifth in the Big Five this season.
campaign with a 7-19 record. Tough season, The Hawks will have their work cut out tor
huh? Well, when you consider the schedule them. They lost, aside from Jack McKinney
the Wildcats are up against from year tb year who was the ECAC coach of the year, start
- you might be driven to conclude that tlii 7- ers Mike Moody, Gene Prybella, Jim O'Brien,
19 slate was not really all that d. and Kevin Furey.
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after .tourney showing
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early date," Garret sa• .
"But we placed 17 fencers n
the tournament and they w e
collectively 122-95. I was very
happy with the total per
formance."
The surprise of the tour
nament was Ken Bohl. The
Lion freshman reached the
finals of the foil competition
and .'almost won the event,
losing to NCAA foil champion
Greg Benko by just one touch,
5-4.
Another freshman foilsman
Jeff Bukantz, reached the
semifinals and placed fourth.
Overall, Bohl was 15-6 in four
rounds of fencing and
Bukantz was 10-5 in three
rounds of competition.
"Jeff (Bukantz) has been
fencing less than a year and
has great potential," Garret
said. "Bohl also has a great
future."
The Lions Jeff Emmel
made the finals of the sabre
competition and finished
third with a 16-4 record. Mike
Dembo placed sixth, winning
11 and dropping nine.
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In epee, Penn State did not
place in the finals although
Andy Nightingale (10-5) and
Jeff Butterick (8-6) both
reached the semifinals.
Garret can predict another
sucessful season this year
after watching his young,
relatively inexperienced
squad do well in a tough, pre
season tournament. But
Garret knows a successful
season will depend on keeping
injuries at a minimum and
team morale high.
The Lions already have an
injury problem though. Last
year's top sabre fencer, Bill
Squire, did not compete in the
tournament and will not
travel -with the team when
they visit Maryland this
Saturday. Squire had surgery
on his knee and has not
completely recovered.
Garret must also replace
Berger, not just in the per
formance aspect, but also in
team leadership. Berger was
the team's biggest booster
and his attitude and
leadership qualities settled a
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Garret also admits that
losing Keith McCormick was
a shock to him and the team.
McCormick was 20-10 last
year and fourth in the NCAA's
and Garret must rely heavily
on Nightingale and Butterick
to carry the load in epee.
"This is primarily a young,
strong and enthusiastic
team," Garret said. "A
successful season will mean
an improvement on last
year's 8-3 record."
Switzer
honored
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)
Barry Switzer of top
ranked Oklahoma University
was named coach of the year
Monday by the Walter Camp
Football Foundation.
Switzer, rumored to be
under consideration as coach
of the National Football
League Atlanta Falcons, led
his Sooners to an 11-0 record
this season.
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