Page Four BEHREND GAGERS TO INITIATE SEASON Ninany Lions Spring Upset of the Year The 1964 Penn State football season opened this year on a dis mal note. The Lions lost their first three games: to the Midship men of the Naval Academy, to the Bruins of U.C.L.A., and to Bob Berry-led Oregon. Steeped in a tradition of excellent football teams. Penn State fans were get ting wary. Then the Nittany Lions finally captured a victory, defeat ing Army in the fourth game of the season In succession, Penn State lost a hard fought game to powerful Syracuse 21-14, beat West Virgin ia, and then defeated Maryland. The Lion's record then stood at 3 wins and 4 losses and Rip Engle was faced with the prospect of his first losing season as Penn Tournament Results The following are the results of the Eastern and Western Inter campus League Tournament. At Berks Center Eastern Tournament. CHESS First—Ogontz (8-'/z-3) , Second —York ( 9-3) (Reserve Cham pion), Third—Hazelton (8-4). BOWLING First—Ogontz (154 points), Second—Berks (144 points), Third —Hazelton (107 points). TABLE TENNIS First—(Co-Champions) : York (6-1, 25 points), Berks (6-1, 25 points), Second—Ogontz 5-2, 26 points), Third—Hazelton (5-2, 22 points). At Behrend Campus —Western Tournament CHESS First—McKeesport (11-1), Sec ond—Behrend (10-2), Third—Al toona (8-4). BOWLING First—McKeesport (5-0), Sec ond—Behrend (4-1), Third—Al toona (3-2). 1 / 4 I Da tSZki First—Altoona (5-0), Second— McKeesport (4-1), Third—Mont Alto (3-2). *Complete team records, to gether with details of individual performances, will be forthcom ing shortly from John Marshall. Next in sight: The Winter Term 'Regionals, February 5-6 at McKeesport (West), Hazelton (Pocono), and Schuylkill (South eastern) ! I'llE NITTANY CUIS State Head Coach. Penn State had yet to play second-ranked Ohio State, Houston, and their old arch-rival, Pitt. The Ohio State game, which was played at Columbus, Ohio, was predicted by all experts to be a Buckeye vic tory. The powerful Buckeyes, who were undefeated, second-ranked in the country, and favored by two touchdowns over the Nittany Lions, were confident of victory. Over 84,000 partial Buckeye fans filled the stadium seats to watch the anticipated cakewalk but to the astonishment of eve ryone, this was not to be the case. Penn State played as they have never played before and when the final gun sounded, the upset of the year was recorded. The Nit tany Lions play e d savagely against the Buckeyes. They com pletely dominated the game and the statistics. The final score was 27-0 and the entire football world stood up and took notice. This evened Penn State's rec ord at 4-1 and with two games re maining, the Nittany Lions have a chance of establishing a fairly good 6-4. If they can capture the last two games, a post-season bowl bid may be in order, to the delight of Rip Engle and all Penn State cohorts. NITTANY SYMBOL HAS PRESTIGE Many students at Penn State fail to learn the true meaning and origin of the Nittany Lion symbol. Penn State's nickname dates from 1906, when members of the Penn State baseball team noticed on the Princeton campus two bronze tigers. These suggested the need for a Penn State athletic symbol, so students chose a mountain lion, one said to have roamed the cen tral-Pennsylvania mountains. Be cause Penn State is located in Nittany Valley at the foot of Mt. Nittany, the lion was designated as a Nittany Lion. The word Nit tany evolved from a local legend about an Indian maiden named Nita-Nee. Behrend's basketball squad opens its 19-game schedule against Johnstown Saturday afternoon, November 28, on the Behrend court. Tall and experienced Johnstown will show its strength against a smaller and comparatively inex perienced Behrend team. Behrend, however, has three regulars re turning-5-10 Lou Hoffman, 6-2 John Cardamone and 5-9 Joe Holmwood—who should provide the team with a strong starting force. All-stars Bill Stanko and Bob Cook will be missed by this year's team. These two were key players in helping Behrend win five of its last ten games. Lou Hoffman was the leading scorer last year with an 1.8-point average. High jumping Cardo mone led the team in rebounds and scored 180 points Starting berths will be fought for by seven other players: 6-0 Dan Casane, 5-10 Bob Arpin, 6-1 Rick Maschgan, 6-0 Frank Rum sey, 6-2 Dick Kennedy and 5-10 Wrestling Slated The Pennsylvania Junior Col lege Athletic Ass o ciat ion (PJCAA) has tentatively sched uled a wrestling tournament Feb ruary 20, 1965. This event will be held depending on the amount of interest in it. Behrend is fortunate to be able to partici pate. Any athlete, preferably for mer high school wrestlers, inter ested in representing Behrend and perhaps winning a trophy, should contact Mr. Sweeting as soon as possible. Cubs of yester-year in action. Dan Chase, all freshmen, and sophomore Ron Rose. Rose. who did not play last year but played high school ball, will be a strong contender for a starting position. Behrend looked good in a cou ple of pre-season scrimmages. Some eminent factors were good speed, good passing and adequate shooting, but there could be more height for those board battles. The Cubs have a tough schedule against such teams as Robert Morris and Point Park College. Robert Morris has a total enroll ment of 2300 students and Point Park has 1500. There will be nine home games. all of which have free admissions. Every student should come cut and cheer his team to victory. CAMPUS CAGERS VIE FOR HONORS Four teams began play in Behr end's Intramural Ba sket b al I League November 4. Each team plays twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, during the com mon hour periods. Students and faculty are welcome to attend. At the time of this writing, cap tain Ron Tomlin and his crew enjoy an undefeated record. Cap tain Ed Hartline is tied for sec ond with two losses. Anyone new ly interested in participating on a team should contact Mr. Sweeting at Erie Hall. Friday, November 20, 1964
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