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Penn Stale Eves Biff Crowds PAGE 22 PITTSBURGH TOST-GAZETTE: JAN. 5, 1959 Cincinnati U. Seeks Return to Win Column TARK. Ta nasts, both men and women, will be in the Hall, with the Finnish men competing against Penn State gymnasts. Saturday alternoon the gymnasts go io work again, meeting Temple in their first dual meet of the season.

Saturday night the Nittany wrestlers will be seeking; their 20th wrest ling victory over the Lehigh Engineers. Lehigh won last year, 227. Jan. 4 l-'our hi; crowds are expected In Tenn State Recreation Hall this week when the basketball, wrestling gymnastics teams compete, and a group of gymnasts from Arnie Blasts From Early Trouble Finland put on exhibitions. Thursday nisht ihe Lions entertain the West Virginia basketball team, seeking vengeance for an earlier 78-63 setback suffered at Morgantown.

Friday night the i innisn gym No. 2 Bearcats Battle Bradley Hannarville Sidetracks K.I W-sS, V- IT I Missouri Vallrv Came Scheduled At Cinev; Kentucky Still Holling Fs th Pif Cincinnati, the nation's No. 2 college basketball team, will attempt to jot back on the winning trail tonight after a roueh time in the Dixie classic at Raleigh, N. C. Big Oscar Robertson and his Bearcat mates have an olfi rival, Frarllev, the nation's LiM --Srfclt -1.

fie? ,1 Jhinl Hound U. S. Open 31ateh l'layrtl After 1'our Delays n.v JIMMY JORDAN rnil-Gliflti Bpftrli Wrilir Harmarville's Hurricanes scored twice in the last 20 minutes of play yesterday to defeat the Gallatin Gents, 20, as they finally put that third round National Open Cup soccer game into the record books after four straight postponements. The game was the feature of a blustery day which saw one important Keystone League game Beadling at Castle Shannon again postponed, saw the first scoreless game of the Washington Now YOU can be sure of POSITIVE Rupture Relief our expertly trained rpDreJentaliv NOW for FREE comultotion. SYKES HERNIA CONTROL SERVICE recognized nationwide oi tb safest, least eDeniive means of POSITIVE protection.

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Ol OF HAAIUl Here's Arnold rainier, Ihe hampinn, blasting from a trap beside the No. 1 green at the Hancho Klf course in the third round of (he Los Angeles ON CHANNEL il ppT 4S I) )t i 'I'js1 laiiiii m.f-. i 1 Art Wall. Takes Lead In Los Angeles Open Golf Veteran Shoot 68 for 207, Margin Of One Shot Over Doug Sanders LOS ANGELES. Jan.

4 (API The old guard in the person of Art Wall, Jr. took charge of the $35,000 Los Angeles Open golf tournament today. Wall shot his second straight 3-under-par 6S for a 1 4 ti IS i II' at 'A J- i 1 it s' -sri III rour oecucci For U.S. Open re Four standouts in the field of 36 have been feeder! for the United States Open Squash Tournament which the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Committee will present at the Pittsburgh Golf Club courts beginning Friday afternoon. The tourney rankings committee met last evening at the P.A.A.

and rlTided to i-eeri two American and two foreign entrants for the three-day grind. The Americans honored In one-two fashion fire Henri Salami of Boston, winner of the Open title in and Diehl Mateer of riiiladelphia. the losing finalist in 1 r.iK. The foreigners named one -two are ftnshan hhan of Pakistan, the defending titleholder, and his unrle, Hashim Khan, I nited States Open champ In 1956 and lf)57. Pakistan's domination of the American event has attracted the attention of Mohammed Ali, ambassador to the United States from PaKistan ano a former prime minister of his country.

He and his wife have accepted invitations to be in Pittsburgh for all three days of the tournament, adding a diplomatic note to the first international event on the Bicentennial sports calendar. A closed circuit television hookup will be in operation for the first two flays of the tournament at the University Club. P. A A. and Pittsburgh Golf Club.

Bob Prince will join committee members and contestants in narrating the tourney. Northwestern Star Injured EVANSTON, III. Jan. 4 (VP) Northwestern senior basketball forward Phil Warren will be lost to the team for three weeks as a result of a hairline fracture of a bone in his left foot. Warren, a 21-year-old first stringer from Crawforrlsville.

was the team's third leading scorer. Coach Bill Rohr said either Chuck Brandt, a sophomore, or Dick Berrv, a senior, will replace Warren against Michigan at Ann Arbor tomorrow night. Warren Is believed to have injured his foot in the Notre Dame game on New Year's Eve. The Injury was not discovered, however, until midway In the Iowa game Saturday night when the foot began to pain Warren and he had to leave the game. After the game he was taken to the hospital where an X-ray disclosed the injury.

The foot will be in a cast for 10 days. '52 Olympic Champ Stars OSLO, Jan. 4 Arnfinn Bergman 30-year-old ski iummne gold medalist from the Olvmnic winter games in Oslo, was rated among Norway's Olympic candidates for the irti-0 games in Squaw Valley, Cal. Bergmann, who won several major competitions. In the United States during the 1951-52 season, today won this season's first national meet in Midtsubakken, near famous Holmenkollen Oslo.

He jumped 66 and 6rV5 meters (216 Ft. 6.4S inches and 21S Ft. 2.16 inches) and his points totaled 221.S. He was closely follow eel by Tlmrbjoern Ruste', Ka.ne Berg and Ash-joern Osnes. America's Large i Selia-j Imported -Door Sedai IMMEDIATE CCLIVERY eT alb Suuash lie Mi pr fat, -HJST" $1713 vnmto in 1 Missouri Vallev Conference struggle at Cincinnati.

Brad ley cliuiihod Prake in a conlerence opener, 91 After beating Wake Forest in the first round of ihe Pixie Classic. Cincinnati was thumped in the semi finals by North Carolina State, 6960, Then North Carolina put on a terrific finish to beat Cincinnati for third place, 90-S3. Rally Win for Kentucky Meanwhile, unbeaten Kentucky rolled to its 11th straight victory with a late rally Saturday night, downing Georgia Tech. 7262, in a Southeastern Conference scrap. 'liie ii.

il ion No. 1 team and the NCAA champions of last season didn't look so hot in the first half. Five other teams in the top 1(1 won during the week, most of the action coming in tournament play. Kansas State, No. 3 and winner of the Big K'-ght Conference tourney in a 67-66 tussle with Colorado, plays at Iowa State tonight.

Irish Outclassed The No. 4 team, North Carolina, beaten by Michigan State in the Dixie classic. came back for its victory over Cincinnati. The Tarheels displayed too much class for Notre Dame, winning. 69 54.

North Carolina State. No. 5, ran its record to 91 by defeat ing Louisville, Cincinnati ana then Michigan State, 70-61, for the Dixie Classic championship. North Carolina State and North Carolina are tied at 30 for the Atlantic coast Conference lead. Virginia plays at N.

C. State tomorrow. Big Ten Active There was plenty of Big Ten action Saturday, with Northwestern, the nation's No. 6 team, outlasting Iowa, SO-77, and Michigan State, No. 7, winning, 79-77, from Indiana, the defending conference champ.

Illinois Ohio State, 81-8ft, and Michigan proved it will be troublesome by upsetting Turdue, 82-75. Ninth ranked Auburn routed Mississippi State, ranked eighth, 9766. It was the 19th consecutive victory for Auburn, now SO for the year. Mississippi State was working on a ligame victory string. Aggies Win Close One Texas favorite in the Southwest Conference, defeated Southern Methodist 65-63.

Oregon upset California's defending rarifie Coast Conference, champions, 50-57, while Idaho handed Stanford its first conference loss, Southern California, marie i( 2 0 in the conference by downing Oregon Slate Saturday, Villanova's undefeated Wildcats made it seven straight bv thumping Pennsylvania, 93-63. In a Madison Square Garden doubleheader, St. John's (NY) ran its seasonal record to 91 by beating Temple, while St. Louis defeated New York University. 7S-62.

School IV.i MEADVILLE. Pa Jan, 4 Zsne L. Nossokoff. 29. todav was named head basketball coach at St.

Agatha's High School in Meariville. 1-fe succeeds Maurice Walker who resigned to continue work on an industrial engineering degree. Walker was in his third season as head coach. Under him, St. Agatha teams won 37 and lost 17 games.

Nossokoff has been coaching the junior varsity team. Hockey Summary I AS vlf.Hf rs i.h(,i r. I 4 Hvn IS II "N4I IDSAL I ST, I Ind.niiii .1 Lruisvillf 4 A MAUI HO( KFT Ruj( Mtnruli 1 4 tMr.mi mam (, Fuff.o 2 KroiPV MAM 4 Trnurr, 6 Chi'ifft Vrrk 7 rlrl( i Eoiton 3 Tlvnisr, Of THE CLt BS AMIHK AS LlAOl 4 P' r.t CA 4 150 4 4 ill im 4 i 14 1 "i 14! 1 i 7 ij4 73 if-' A 1 HIS U. 4 i ai.i ri 4 i 1 0 1 i ni ft 11 1 111 .11 a K'4 Jack Bailey is the kino; who brings fan, prizes and rich emotion, daily gs he crowns the lucky lady chosen to be Queen For A Day Weekdays 4:00 WIIC Channel 11 OAIJ.AT1V a rr L' PH CH IH OK IP II. HAftMABVILLt Efl'f Millntul Tv ('! MlUI-1 KilK Pramo Eatr Pjih" A nP-ll V-Irp D'RMt C-ad1o Piicaialli Va-r" Truffa C'i-ldo, Ol.

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Tm Cra1-d Ha.ry Pltrhoi-k. County League season, and witnessed the ejection of the veteran Bruno Juskowieh of Bethel Park from the Morgan-Bethel game, a game in which Morgan moved into first place in the Keystone League. Boh Craddock gave the Hurricanes their first goal after 25 minutes of play in the second half. Whitey Oczer-chowski was given a corner kick, and Craddock. standing yards in front of the goal, headed the ball in.

Fitchock Makes Odd Coal A few minutes later Harry Pitchock. six yards out. took Bob Craddock kick and booted it back- over his own head for the second counter. The field iias In a frozen condition, making fast play a precarious proposition and seieral injuries resulted from it. aptain Ray Rernabei of Harmarville suffered a deep gash on his knee, Ernie Buck of the Hurricanes had to he removed from the game with a badly bleeding nose, and Bob Kadyk actually knocked himself unconscious heading a ball.

Morgan handed Bethel Park a 6 0 blanking in the only Keystone League game played, with Lou Young scoring the three-goal hat trick. Chester Krof, Richard Gazda and Jim Godwin scored the other goals. Morgan now is one point hall a game) ahead of Eeadlir.g in the KL standings. Thumbed for Bickering Referee Vic 1 1 thumbed Juskowieh for what he termed "constant bickering." among other things. An automatic 30-day suspension goes with the ejection from the game, but can be appealed.

The Washington Slovaks and Gallatin No. 2 slipped and slid to a 00 deadlock In one Washing; ton County League game. League leading Roscoe at Hazle. Kirk was postponed. In the only game schedulerl in ii Greater Pitshurgh League, Mt.

Oliver defeated Aliquippa. 2-0, on goals by Vilko Simonovic and Karly Ka-tona. The victory boosted Mt. Oliver to within a point of league-leading Harmar Township. Soccer Results vATiosAt.

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8. ifl. furman it vvn virit.nn. it Vur.fa'rsxn at Stf iihwiwl.f. Pradlpv ar Cincinnati Onrario at Bonlnt orr'n a1 Auburn.

Harvard Bron Miss S'atf a' Alafami. Coijmbu at Cnrnul D'lkf at VS'ak su-n Cimiini it Nonraski if C-ioraJo last TmriMW at Eas'rn K-nU 7 I nnoij at Wisconim S'a'a at Ir ss frn at MKhnan. at OK.a'Trra at Louisiana Sta'p at T.ana a' ijfoij a A 'a-v Tula a' Houi'on Oniaii-n-1 at 'SKhi'a at No Ti -5rn j-ri at VSa.iarn KailtUi'ar. Sisfjunsanni ottjab'i'i rurdiif i indnna. Local Sidm Team Gathers More Laurels AKRON.

Jan. 4 Pittsburgh swimmers representing the today won four first place mpdals and broke two records to add to laurels they had achieved Saturday in the Akron YWCA Open Age Group swimming meet here. Sandy Burry paced the group when she won both the 200-yard free style and the 160-vard individual medley in the 13-14-year-old class. She was clocked in 2:222 in the former and 2:06.1 in the latter, breaking her own record. Tatty Flehan also set a record when she won the 400-yard Individual medley in 5 competing in the 15-16-year-old class.

Larry Shekell scored the other victory, winning the 100-yard backstroke in 1:06.7 in the boys' 13-14-year-old class. Nancy a a finished fourth in the 11-12-year-old breast stroke, and Mike Griffith finished third in the. boys' 100-yard breast stroke for 12-13-year-olds, Saturday Patty Feehan won the 160-yard medley and the 100-yard butterfly and finished second in the senior 200-yard butterfly. Sandy Burry 'was first in the 100-yard freestyle and second in the 200ard breast stroke. Nancy Magram won the l'i0-yard freestyle.

Court We.viey won the 200-yard freestyle 'in the 1311 year-old class. How Top 10 Teams Fared Here's how the ton 10 teams in the Associated Press college basketball poll did last week. Won-lost records, including Saturday, in parentheses: 1. Kentucky (11-0), beat Navy, S2-69: beat Illinois. 76-75; beat Georgia Tech, 72 62.

2. Cincinnati (6-2), beat-Wake Forest. 94-70; lost to N. C. State.

69-60; lost to North Carolina, 90-SS. 3. Kansas State (9-1), beat Oklahoma. 7359; bpat Colorado, 67-66. 4.

North Carolina (8-1 1, beat Yale, 92-65; lost to Michigan State, 75-5S: beat Cincinnati. 90-SS; beat Notre Dame, 69-54. 5. N. C.

State 9-li. beat Louisville. 67 61, in overtime; beat Cincinnati. HO-6'i; beat r4H terrc 'i-'UiH WVU Shoots For 28th In Row at Home MORGANTOW.V, Jan. 4 West Virginia's basketball forces have three outings 1 his week including return meetings with Fuiman here Monday and at Penn SUite Thursday.

They wind up the week with a Saturday game wi'h Canisius at Buffalo. The Mountaineers whipped Furman, 76-67, in the season opener, and Penn State, 78-63, two games later en route to a 9-3 showing so far this season. Records In Sight The Mountaineers will have several records going for them in the Southern Conference clash with Furman. They will be shooting for their 41st straight Conference victory and their 28th straight home triumph. In addition the invading Paladins hsve et to whip WVU in basketball, losing in all nine previous sessions.

Led by their All America candidate, Jerry West, the Mountaineers have averaged 1.9 points so far this sear-on and have connected on 46 2 per cent of shots from the floor. West Still Hot West has scored 301 points in the 12 games for a 25.1 average. The 63 junior has hit on 53.7 cf his field goal attempts and has canned 77.2 per cent of his free throws. West poured in 29 points in the season opener against Furman to lead the Mountaineers to a come-from-be-hind victory. The Paladins held a 38-36 halftime edge.

Furman. incidentally, surprised William Mary, 7S-70, Saturday night. CI less HrUiins Tille NFW YORK. Jan. 4 ivy a 10 1 Bobby Fischer, the Rrooklyn whiz kid, won his second straight National chess championship todav when he drew wnh Robert Byrr.e of Indianapolis in 2S moves.

That gave Fischer record. Bobby didn't lose a but a draw counts a half point in the losing column. Samuel Reshevsky of New Yoi'k, the only grand master competing, finished second with Ilis only loss was to Fischer. He drew with Paul Benko, a Hungarian refugee, in 11 moves in his final match. Hvcord Holder Years Old VOLl NTOWN, Jan.

4 Thomas d. (Tomm.M Corcoran, holder of a major league- record he established while a shortstop with the Cincinnati Kedlegs, was 90 today. The occasion was a simple one for Ihe former big leaguer, who set the major record of 1 1 assists by I a shortstop in a nine-inning game in 1903. Corcoran is in good physical shape and is an avid newspaper and a a 1 1 reader. Televised baseball is another matter, however, "Baseball on television isn't like the real thing," lie said.

The real thing for Corcoran took place more than half a century ago. A big day though he says little note was made of it at the timeAugust 7, 1903, when he made It assists In a nine Inning game. He pla.verl for Cincinnati from 1897 to 190(5, He ended his career with the New ork in 1907. His early wete spenl is 1 1 1 the rirales, I'lillhes and Brooklyn ol-hole score of 207. Playing magnificent golf, the 35-year-old veteran from Po-cono Manor, grabbed a one-stroke lead over the second-round leader.

25-year-old Doug Sanders of Miami Eeach. who slipped to a 73 for 2ns after starting out four blows in front of Wall. Alone at "09 was Billy Maxwell of Odessa, Te.v, witn a 72 and still In dangerous position to take it all in the final round tomorrow. Wall made the tour of the Rancho Golf Course's 7.000-yard, par 36-35-71 course, in 35-33 BS. His earlier rounds were 71 and 6S.

A bang-up windiip was In prospect, for the final round, with two gTrat pressure players. National Open Champion Tommy Bolt and big Souchak tied at 210, along with an unheralded 23-vearold professional, John McMullin of Alameda. Cal. Bolt, winner of the local event in 1952. had a 71, Souchak a 69 McMullm, who set forth today the runner-up by one stroke to Sanders, hung on with a 74.

Johnny Bulla, the 44-year-old pro from Phoenix, who elertrified the tournament, with his 64 in the first round, rebounded todav with a 71 for 212. Masters champion Arnold Palmer took a 72 for par 213 and a tie with Dutch Harrison, Julius Boros, Jack Fleck, young Jim Ferree and Mike Horn. Palmer ran down only one siable putt today, a 20 footer for a hitdie two on the third hole. "My drives weren't so good as they have been," said Arnie, whose 54 hole total of 213 is even par. Lions Award Grid Lelters UNIVERSITY PARK, Jan.

4 Penn State University has named 32 varsity and 34 freshmen football players for awards. David F. Williams of Bradford will be manager of the 1959 grid team while Lawrence W. Wolf of Pittsburgh and Galen L. Myers of New-burg will serve as associate managers.

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rir.k.if'T) KiTUhj.f Harry '-n Pftr Mud- .11. Cltflf rs Nw T-m Pjmr.i L'r-a- ntsas Fjy el No'ti-. a if. and pan1i h--. i.t ind Anthony i.

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7. Michigan State (7-1), beat Duke, 2-57; beat. North Carolina, 75-53; lost to N. C. State, 70-61; beat Indiana, 79-77.

S. Miss. State i91, brat Maryland. 56-45; beat Memphis State, 73-55; lost to Auburn, 97-66. 9.

Auburn (SO), beat Florida State. 69-62; beat Miss. State, 97-66. 10. Bradley (80), beat Drake, 91-57.

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