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Egli
For
By ROG SEIDLER
In an attempt to snap a three-game losing streak and get the Lion cagers back on the
winning trail, Coach John Egli will make two changes in his lineup when the Nittanies meet
the Bucknell Bisons at Recreation Hall tonight.
The game will get underway at 8 p.m. The Lion frosh will encounter the Bucknell fresh
men in a preliminary contest starting at 6:30 p.m.
The Blue and White will meet the Bisons in the same predicament which they were in
before the two teams met pre
viously this year—in the throes
of a three-game losing skein.
Bucknell offered no aid to the
Nittanies' problem in the first
game as they racked up the cager's
fourth straight loss, 81-74.
To try to avoid a repeat per
formance. Coach Egli will start
sophomore center Jim Jordy in
place of 6 foot 7 inch Bob Ramsey
and Bob Leisher will take the
floor in place of co-captain Bob
Hoffman. Tonight will be the first
starting assignment for the 6 foot
4 inch Jordy.
Hoffman in Slump
Although Hoffman is the Lion's
leading scorer, averaging 14.7 per
game, the senior forward has been
in a slump of late. In the weekend
series in Philadelphia, Hoffman
tallied only 12 points, six in each
game.
Ramsey's troubles go back a lit
tle further than Hoffman's. The
rangy pivotman has been unable
to hit in the double figures since
the Navy contest Feb. I—six
games ago. He hit for 16 in that
game, but in the five since then
has collected only 22. His highest
in one game was nine and he
failed to score against Penn last
Saturday.
- Jordy Has Sean Action
Jordy has seen a good deal of
action since semester vacation and
hasn't failed to score in any of
his appearances. He has been
spelling Ramsey since Norm H ill
was forced to the bench with an
ankle injury.
In addition to Jordy and Lei
sher, Egli plans to start Ron
Rainey and Rudy Marisa at for
wards and Earl Fields at the other
guard post. The team was further
strengthened with the return of
Hall and sophomore Steve Baidy.
Hall's ankle has sufficiently re
covered and Baidy returned from
home where he was called because
of an illness in his family.
Bisons Snapped Streak
The Bisons will meet the Lions
tonight not exactly coasting on
"easy street" themselves. They
have just recovered from a win
famine which was ended last Sat
urday. The Bisons downed Dela
ware 91-82, to halt a four-game
losing streak and raise their rec
ord to seven wins an.l eight de
feats.
Bison coach Ben Kribbs will
probably stick with the same com
bination which beat Delaware--
John Strizzi and Norm Vorhees
the guards, John Beatty at center,
and Skip Wieder and Marty Tan
nenbaum at the forward no: 4s.
Must Stop Beatty
The Lions will have to stop the
6'4" Beatty who was a thorn in
their side at Bodinell. Beatty led
the Bisons with 21 points that
night and also controlled the back
boards. Tannenbaum is currently
the team's leading scorer and is
assisted by Vorhees who led the
Bkons in scoring last season.
Wieder, who scored 17 points
against the Lions in the first meet
ing, is death on a zone defense.
Ilis sets from the corner opened
the Nittanies' defense in the first
encounter to enable Beatty to start
hitting.
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Bisons Tonight
East 5 Keglers
Top Erieites
For Loop Lead
East Five's Intramural bowling
team gained undisputed posses
sion of first place in Independent
League B Monday night blank
ing the-Erieites, 4-0.
In League A, the Hot Rods and
Benyo's Boys moved closer to idle
Dorm 14's loop lead with victor
ies. The Hot Rods tripped, the
Watts Rollers, 3-1, and Benyo's
Boys stopped the Engineers, 4-0.
Both the East Five and Dorm
14 keglers are unbeaten. The
East Five has an 8-0 slate while
Dorm 14's record stands at 4-0.
The Hot Rods and Benyo's Boys
are 7-1 in league competition.
In other League A frays, Jor
dan II beat the Choppers, 3-1;
the Mogambos whitewashed the
Alley Cats, 4-0; and Dorm 23 de
feated the Weather Men, 4-0.
Two other 4-0 shutouts were
recorded in League B. Th e
Hawks stopped the Flying
Dutchmen and the Dark Horses
—first half champions—topped
R.A.R.
In other games Newman Club
beat the No Threats, 3-1 and the
Screwbowlers defeated the Pin
Splitters.
Outstanding Alumnus
' Dick Harlow, former Penn State
football player and coach, will be
the recipient of Phi Sigma Kap
pa's outstanding alumnus award
at a fraternity ceremony here.
March 10. From Penn State Har
low went to Colgate, and thence
to Western Maryland and Har
vard, before retiring from foot
ball coaching in 1948.
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Jim Jordy
Gets First Start
Lion Frosh
Host Bisons
At 6 Tonight
By LOUIE PRATO
Coach Don Sewgan's Freshman
basketballers will have to be at
their best tonight when they play
host to a revenge-minded Buck
nell Frosh quintet in the season
finale.
Tip off is slated for 6:30 p.m.
It was the Nittany Yearlings
who stopped the Little Bisons' 27-
game win streak at Lewisburg
last month with a 63-59 victory.
The Lions trailed the Bisons
most of the fracas until a full
court press with five minutes left
pushed them into the lead. Swe
gan termed the win as "lucky",
and said that his boys will have
Ito be at their best if they ex
pect to repeat their January per
formance.
But the Bucknell aggregation
isn't the only item worrying the
'Frosh tutor. Four of the first ten
;men who see regular duty for
'Penn State will not be in uniform
tonight. Two of these men—Dick
Swendeman and Dick Geesey—
were starters, while the other two
—Joe Fenkel and Jim Patterson
—were front line reserves.
Fenkel, a second semester
freshman, has since been elevat
ed to the varsity; the other three
have been dropped from th e
squad because of academic diffi
culties.
Schwendeman, althouh only 5-
11, was a consistent scorer for the
Yearlings while Geesey was a
top rebounder and back court
man.
Swegan has been working with
a new combination the past week
and has finally come up with a
probable starting five. Carmen
Palmiero and Bob Edwards. will
be at the forwards; Tom Han
cock in the pivot spot; and John
Myers and Frank Bartkowski at
the guard positions.
Bartkowski is actually the only
newcomer to the first five. Pal
mier° and Hancock have started
in all four of the cagers' previous
encounters, while Myers and Ed
wards have been among the start
ers in at least one of the four
games.
Karl Seiffert. Vance Bre h m,
Paul Bauer, Ray Coleman, Cal
Emery, Winton Sandler, and Joe
Sullivan are also slated to see
action.
Bucknell is paced by 6-6 Harry
Danzig, 6-1 Jack Flanegan, and
6-0 Dick Kniffin. Danzig and
Flanegan are top scorers while
Kniffin - is under the bask e t.
George Mandakas 6-2, and Ellis
Harley, 6-3, are the other start
ers for Coach Bill Lane.
Lion Matmen Leave
For Illinois Tonight
The Nittany wrestling team will leave University Park
at 11:15 tonight for Altoona where it will board a train to
Champaign, 111. The undefeated Lions will meet the Uni
versity of Illinois at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Old Men's Gym.
Boasting a five-meet winning streak, the Lions will be
facing their second Big Ten competition of the year. The
Lions defeated Ohio State, 34-0,
Feb. 4, handing the Buckeyes their
worst defeat of the year.
Coach Charley Speidel said he
will start the same lineup that
faced Syracuse Saturday with the
exception of the 167-pound divi
sion. Bill Thomas, who started at
167, was injured in the Syracuse
match and will not be able to
wrestle this week.
Can Put 4 Meat at 167
Replacing Thomas will be one
of four men. Speidel said that he
might shift Joe Humphreys from
the 157 slot to 167, or use Ray
Pottios or newcomer Ernie Young
there with a possibility that Ed
Pasko might get the nod.
The remaining lineup will have
Sid Nodland at 123, Johnny John
ston at 130, John Pepe manning
the 137 spot, Dave Adams—who
might be used at 157 if Humphreys
is moved into Thomas' vacant po
sition, will probably start at 147.
If Adams is moved up then Earl
Poust will start at 147. At 155
can be either Adams or Hum
phreys, with Speidel's "depend
ables" Joe Krufka and Bill Oberly
covering the 177 and heavyweight
divisions,
Have S Wins This Year
The Lions have registered vic
tories over Cornell, Lehigh, Navy,
Ohio State, and Syracuse. With
three meets remaining, the one
that is probably foremost on their
minds is the Pittsburgh meet,
which will be held in Recreation
Hall one week from Saturday.
Now Speidel is worried about
only one team—lllinois. The ll
lini, who ended up with a 13-2
record last year, have always been
considered a strong wrestling
school in intercollegiate circles.
But this year the Illinois mat
men are without the services - of
six lettermen lost by graduation.
In their last meet, the lowa State
Teachers handed the Illini their
worst defeat of the year, 28-6. The
Illini were also tied by Michigan
State, 17-17.
Business Group
To Buy Indians
CLEVELAND, Feb. 14 (iP)—
The Cleveland Indians announced
today a group headed by Wil
liam R. Daley, president of the
investment firm of Otis and Co.,
has formed a corporation to buy
the Cleveland Indians.
Myron H. Wilson Jr., president
of the Cleveland Baseball Co.,
said the Daley group planned to
pay about $3,961,800, which would
be $1550 per share of the present
company. Wilson said the Indiana
directors would recommend fav
orable action to the stockholders.
Four starters on the 1956 Penn
State wrestling team come from
State College and neighboring
communities. 1
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1956
Freshman
Wrestlers
Lose, 15-14
Penn State's freshman tyres•
tling team failed in an effort to
push their seasonal record over
.500 at Annapolis on Saturday,
losing to the Naval Academy
frosh 15-14.
Coach Don Watkins' squad—.
wrestling without the services of
two of its standou,,s—Bruce Gil
more and Dean Seltzer—gave up
10 points in default and was un
able to compensate for them in
the remainder of the match.
Seltzer Unable to Wrestle
Seltzer, one of two undefeated
frosh grapplers, became ill at
Annapolis, and was unable to
wrestle; Gilmore, who had split
even in the two previous match
es, was forced to sit on the side.
lines because of scholastic diffi
culties.
The Lions defaulted the 137
pound class vacated by Seltzer.
Bob Berberich, Gilmore's replace-
ment at 177, was pinned by the
young Middies' Volgenau in 4:06
with a chancery and inside crotch.
George Gray, one of Watkins'
most dependable grapplers at 167,
was able to extend his personal
win streak and finish the season
unbeaten. Gray locked up with
Navy's Brainerd in what wa s
probahly the most outstanding
match of the meet.
Gray Wins
Brainerd was able to solve his
style for two takedowns, a re
versal, and an escape, but Gray
countered with two escapes, a
takedown, a reversal, and a pre
tion time the score was knotted
at 7-7. But Gray had picked up
sufficient riding time to vault him
into the lead 8-7, giving him the
match.
Other winners for the Lion
frosh were Joe Cramp at 123, who
beat Navy's Kehune 2-1, Bill La
bone, an easy 7-1 victor over Aus
tin at 147, and Clem Newbold,
who outscored the Middie heavy
weight, Banaan, 5-2.
Lion 130 pounder Don Peters
'drew with ,his opponent, Winer,
2-2.
The frosh grapplers' season rec•
ord was one win and two losses.
They beat Cornell frosh in the
season's opener at Recreation
Hall, 16-14, but lost to Lehigh's
little Engineers, 20-6, before los
ing to Navy Saturday.
Penn State's golf team, unbeat
en twice in three years, owns 24
wins in its last 25 starts.