Varsity Skaters Trip Army as Cornell Tops Quintet, 47-43

Cornell's basketball team took advantage of its height, its speed, and the breaks of the game Saturday night, to overcome the Varsity five, 47 to 43, at the Indoor Athletic Building, before a large and excited crowd that saw the Crimson drop out of contention for Ivy League honors.

After a nip-and-tuck first half, during which the lead changed nine times, the Crimson left the floor with a 24 to 23 advantage. But the Ithacans combined offensive accuracy with a tight defense to sweep six points ahead early in the second half, and although the Varsity threatened consistently thereafter, Coach Bill Barclay's squad was never able to catch the Big Red.

The Varsity couldn't have come closer. With four minutes remaining, and the Cornellians ahead 43 to 41, Captain Saul Mariaschin let fly with a long one-hander that dropped in, ostensibly tying the score. Referee Matty Begovich ruled, however, that Mariaschin had fouled Cornell's Ed Arrison on the play, and the basket was nullified. When Arrison's free throw rolled off the rim, six-foot-eight-

inch Ed Peterson tipped the ball in to assure victory for the visitors.

It was Peterson who meant the difference in the tightly-contested ball game. The towering forward saw only limited first-half action, but he scored 11 of his 15 points in the final twenty minutes, had almost exclusive control of both back-boards, and held George Hauptfuhrer to four points.

The summary:

  G  F  PMariaschin, lf  3  5  11Page, rf  2  2  6Davis  1  1  3Hauptfuhrer, c  6  3  15Brady, lg  1  1  3Gannon, rf  0  1  1Henry  2  0  4Totals  15  13  4