WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1956 Gam Cage Phi IM Phi Gamma Delta won its sixth straight game, a 39-3 romp over Beaver House, to move closer to the League D c hampionship in IM basketball Monday night. The Phi Gams need to win only one out of their re maining two games to cop the crown. _ . Chris Christiansen led the Phi Gam attack with a 13-point out burst. Eight of his teammates broke into the scoring column. In other League D action Delta Chi won its third straight game, copping a close 21-18 verdict over Pi Kappa Alpha. Delta Chi's record now stands at 5-2. Bob Fitzgerald of PiKA led all scorers with 10 points, while Fred Evans led the winners with eight markers. Phi Mu Wins In the final League D game Phi Mu Delta handed Alpha Tau Omega its second straight loss, 24-22. Al Quoos led the scoring parade as he paced the Phi Mu's with 10 points. ATO had won its first five games, but went into a tailspin, and now stands at five wins and two losses. In independent league action the Hoyas clinched at least a tie for the League B championship by running away from the Bill towners, 46-21. ,Reph Nets 15 Bill Reph with 15 and Jack Ludwig. with 11, led the Hoya scoring parade. In another League B game the Nice Guys won over the Erieites, 38-21. Bill Thomas scored 17 and teammate Bob Rice scored 14 to pace the winners. Jim Bautz was high man for the losers with 13. Colts Slop McElwain In League C the Engineering Colts took McElwain, 27-20. Andy Pytell and Dave Fehr netted seven apiece for the winners, and John Bateman scored the same number for the losers. Also in League C, the Barfers won their fifth in succession, this one coming the easy way, by gain ing a forfeit over the Vets. The Bailer's total now stands at 5-1. Hodges Leads Navy In League A, Navy ran away from the cellar-dwelling Fighting Eight, 26-'7. Navy led 5-3 at half time, but high-scoring Phil Hodges pumped in 10 in the second half to help turn the game into a rout. Hodges finished with 12 for the evening. In the final game the All Stars won their sixth straight League game by getting a forfeit over the Western Boys. J• Paul Sheedy* Had .A Hangdog Look Till Wildroot Cream-Oil Gave Him Confidence Poor old mangy Shealy was hounded by a lack of confidence ! Every girl he talked to told him he was barking up the wrong tree. "Fido'nt get a date pretty soon," he howled, "I'm gonna lip :ha campus and go ho to mutter." Then he got wise. to Wildroo( Now he has confidence in any situati he nose his hair looks healthy and hands( Nature intended ... neat but not greasy. bead of Lanolin, the very best part of Natui and scalp conditioner. Get yourself a bolt Wildroot Cream-Oil, America's biggest Belli It gives you the confidence you need to hi *4 1 1131 h. Mimi Mitt Rd, Yrakainvills, N. Wlidreet Crilent-0111 gives you geftildence I Paces Action By JOE CHEDDAR Tri Delts Take 2nd WRA Award Delta Delta Delta copped the Women's Recreation Association's participant's trophy for the sec ond straight semester as 68 per cent of the coeds participated in WRA activities and put in an av erage of 5.7 hours per student. In 1954-55 Tri Dell earned the trophy with 86 per cent participa tion and 7.4 average student hours. The total University coed participation for the fall semes— ter was 90. The per cent of each class was: freshman, 52; sopho more, 47; junior, 31; and senior, 31. Bowling .heads the list of the five highest activities for the semester—as based on individ ual participation—with a 1190 total, a 204 increase over last year credited to the addition of two alleys. Basketball is second in stand ing, with 1079, and field hockey climbed from seventh io third place with 740, as a result of the newly - established intramural program. The Swimming Club and the Badminton Club took the top five with 587 and 560 coeds participat ing. In comparison to previous years, 1955-56 marks an all-time high-1068 or 42 per cent—in the number of participants. breaking the record of 1048 or 42 per cent held in 1952-53. Sigma Sigma Sigma took the trophy in the 1953-54 season when they were high with 78 per cent. Co-on and Pi Phi copped it in 1952-53 with 90 and 86 per cent, respectively. Penn State football teams were blanked only four times in their first six seasons under the com mand of Charles A. (Rip) Engle. Nebraska, Purdue, Wisconsin and Pitt applied the whitewash, each in a different season. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Paxton M Rates Among Tops in East When it comes to the flips, turns and twists of tumbling, Nit tany Lion senior gymnastic star Bill Paxton from Latrobe, Pa., rates with the best in the east. Paxton, currently the top man among the Lion tumbling wizards, has played a prominent part in the success of the Nittany gym nastic squad the past two years. In three intercollegiate meets thus far this season, Paxton has captured three first places against West Virginia, Temple and Syra cuse. In the Syracuse meet—his first appearance before a home audi-1 ence this year —he beat the Orange's previously undefeated' sophomore standout, Dick Hall. The ironic thing about this is that. Hall had enrolled at Penn State before succumbing to Syracuse's scholarship offerings. Wins 2 As Sophomore Paxton made his varsity debut as a sophomore, winning two first !places against Michigan and Tern ple. Last season he captured the first spot in all but one dual meet, finishing second to Syracuse's "Corky" Sebo. He was not quite so successful in his two attempts to win the Eastern Intercollegiate tumbling title, finishing fourth in 1953 and advancing one step up the ladder from last year. The most interesting sidelight on Paxton's success in collegiate gymnastics is that he had never had any training or experience in the sport before enrolling in the University. Wrestler in High School During his high school days at Latrobe, Bill was a standout wrestler. It was while he was still at Latrobe High, however, that he first came in contact with tumb ling. "Our school didn't have a gym nastic team, but after learning the fundamentals in a gym class, I quickly became very interested in tumbling and began to practice it daily," he said. After graduating in 1953, Pax ton entered Penn State and met varsity Coach Gene Wettstone, who convinced him that he should try out for the squad. "One day after a phys ed class," By VINCE CAROCCI A Broadway Show for Get a Date for a Great Show FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 STILL PLENTY OF TICKETS LEFT I Some Reserved at $2.20 General Admission $l.lO TICKET OFFICE, REC HALL GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ALSO ON SALE AT HUG asters Flips, Turns BILL PAXTON in a back he said, "I went up to Mr. Wett— stone and asked him if he could help me with my back hand spring." "Well, one thing led to another, and pretty soon I tried out for the freshman squad. Luckily, I made it," he said. Although the frosh did not have any meets during his freshman year, Paxton showed steady im provement in his routines, earning him a promotion to the varsity the following year. And what does Wettstone have FRED WARING Iri4E BIG NEW MUSICAL S*loo4l lip of his tumbling routine. to say about his star protege? Why just this: "Bill showed im mediate promise in tumbling. He had that inborn spring in his legs which destined him to be a tumb ling star." Paxton who is majoring in Forest Entomology—does not be lieve that he will continue in gym nastics after graduation. "I'll prob ably limit my tumbling experience solely to workouts after I grad uate. I have no intention to enter the coaching profession," he said. REC HALL PAGE SEVEN —John Logan photo $l.lO 8:30 P.M.
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