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.
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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.
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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,"
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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
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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.
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