Once a Champ, Always a Champ
Joan Throop gazes off into space, hs she dreams of the day
when she will hit another 700 series. The trophy is a symbol of
the 167 average that Joan carried when she was a member of the
enlisted women’s bowling league.
Behrend Co-Ed
Has Enviable
Bowling Record
With a little skip and hop, that
is characteristic of her bowling
approach, Joan Throop, a fresh
man at Behrend Center, delivers
her ball smoothly, and then turns
and covers her eyes. This same
procedure can be seen anytime
that- Joan tries her hand at the
game of ten pins, as she so often
does. Bowling, Joan’s favorite
sport, became one of her main
interests- when she was rooming
with Jeanne Barry, a top bowler,
who suggested that she learn the
game. Jean instructed her in the
fundamentals of the sport,- and
since then, Joan has considered
it. her best pastime.
It was while she was in the
U. S. Navy.- Waves that she earned
the trophy that she has in the
above picture. She held the high
est average in the enlisted wo
men’s league, 167. Her high game
for -that season was 272, and the
272, along with a 212 and a 256,
gave her a high series of 742, an
ample number of total pins in any
league. She also bowled, for the
Loblaws women's team in Erie in
1947, and is, at present, a mem
ber of the Behrend Bowling league
that meets on Thursday after
noons at the Perry Plaza alleys
To ‘maintain a good game, she
attends practice sessions on Sat
urday afternoons, or at any time
that her - friends, all bowling en
thusiasts, suggest a few shots at
the ten pins. For a while, Joan
had to quit bowling because she
had a slight bout with polio, and
her doctor advised her to take
things easy for the time being.
But, last fall, she started trying
her skill at the game again. She;
had forgotten a lot of the tricks!
she used previously, but is slowly j
working her scores upward and!
dreaming of the day when she can
turn in another 700 series.
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Joan’s one hope right now is
to -get a bowling "ball and shoes of
her own. If she does, watch out
all you bowlers. She’ll be way
ahead, of you.
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9th and State
Compy’s Cuties
By Patty Lentz
If you want to have a good
laugh, ask Compy how she injured
her leg at the bowling alleys. It
was quite an adventure, so we hear.
The faculty wives and women
of Behrend sponsored a “Splash
Party’’ at the Y. W. C. A. on Fri
day, March 25. After an hour of
strenuous swimming, the ladies
provided cocoa and doughnuts for
the famished girls. Ask Val Meals
how many doughnuts she ate. Ap
proximately twenty-five gals at
tended, and reported having a fine
time.
i Much, to their distress, the fresh
i man gals of the dorm have' been
| stymied in their attempts to learn
the art of swimming. Lack of
transportation has put an end to
their Thursday morning classes.
I Three determined swimmers, Jane
! Eisenberg, Diane Fagan, and Fran
[Nielsen, have completed the skills
t and tests, and have received their
well earned American Red Cross
beginner’s cards. They are now
working toward the intermediate
step.
Jet Turner and Whit White
were the winners of the-Tuesday
9:30 badminton doubles. Just luck,
that’s all! May Schoch and Gayle
Williams were the consolation
winners of the same class. It sure
will be a fight to the finish in the
Monday 2:20 class with roommates
Marge Elliott and Nancy Johnston
battling rivals Char Flack and
Jane Kennedy. Next on the calen
dar of events are the single tour-.
-.laments coining up next week.
In the. Side Women’s League
team advanced in the finals by
whipping the VALS 26-11 on
—’■i ” vrjnck netted 12
points, Patty Stocker, 11 points,
and Nancy Johnston 3 points.
In the first olay-off game the
girls were against th r
American Steriliser who had beat
en them in a pmvi ous game. Beh
rend failed to sra'n their revenge,
however, and lost by four points.
The complete score was 22-18 in
favor of the American- Sterilizer
women. Stocker was high scorer
in' the . game . with seven, Nan
Johnston followed a close second
with .six, and Chax Flack third,
with five' points. ‘ Congratulations
to all the team..lt was a great
THE NITTANY CUB
SPORT
SCOPE
By Jack Abele
As soon as the birds sing and
the leaves turn green, (if it ever
happens) Behrend Center's out
door sports program will roar into
“high gear.” The slate of activi
ties will include badminton, vol
leyball, softball, tennis, golf, cross
•country, and swimming.
Tryouts for the varsity golf team
have already been scheduled and
approximately twelve enthusiasts
have reported. Also tabbed for an
early start are intramural bad
minton, volleyball, and softball.
Students interested in participa
ting are requested to contact Mr.
Simon, instructor of phys. ed, at
their earliest convenience. Mr. Si
mon, points out that full partici
pation and co-operation by Behr
endites are necessary to make
these tournaments a real success.
Mr. Thurbon, assistant prof of
English, and Mr. Patterson, in
structor of math, have started
their own bowling class on Satur
day afternoons. Their devoted dis
ciples include Jody Borkowski,
Jack Rimp, John Churchill, Dot
Kaliszewski, and Bill Loell.
The swimming season was in
augurated this year by Pat “Polar
Bear Club” Stocker. However, it
is presumed that the student body
will confine their aquatic cavort
ing to local indoor pools for at
least a couple of - months more.
This reporter, in his trips “down
state” to-watch championship Erie
Strong Vincent, in the Pennsyl
vania Basketball playoffs, observed
many Behrend Center students in
attendance. Among these avid
sports faiis were Bill Loell, Jack
Mallory, Ron Thomas, Wally
O’Neal, Dick Russell, and John
Olsen.
Last week the table tennis team
defeated Erie Commercial College
16 to 2. Chalking up points. for
Behrend were Peggy Luff, Val
Meals, Sue Lqckley, Sonya Weid
ner, Tom Baker, Wally O’Neal,
Earl Schriver, Jim Gehrlein, and
Ron Schrimper.
In the men’s physical education
’lasses, wrestling has been com
pleted. Current subjects are bad
minton and tumbling, with boxing
looming on the horizon. Despite
the aches and pains the fellows
are really enjoying the instruction.
That’s all from the Behrend
sports scene for now. Let’s all sup
port the athletic program for this
semester; it’s for your ben-:.' s *.
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• STRIKES an
By Pat Kobasa
Just imagine a shiny, black ball
with, three finger holes whizzing
down an alley toward you, one
that was thrown by a powerful
arm and that scatters the ten pins
in all directions. A much-hoped
for strike ■ is chalked up on the
score sheet beside some enthused
bowler’s name. That’s exactly the
feeling that the pin boys at Perry
Plaza have when the Behrend
bowling league meets there every
Thursday. .
The season is well underway,
and the gang is taking advantage
of it. The teams are in close com
petition with the Bluebirds keep
ing their first place position, with
10 wins and 2 losses and hoping!
that they will remain on top. A
close second place is held by the
Cardinals with 8 wins and 4 loss
es. The other teams are working
for the lead. They are:
W L
Dodos 7 5
Hawks 4 8
Starlings 4 8
Snipes 3 9
That extra practice on the side
is helping Jane Eisenberg, because
her average is on its way to reach
ing her expectations. A 148 game
boosted her spirits and her average
last week.
Looks as though Mr. Thurbon,
faculty organizer of the bowling
team, is still tops with the bowl
ing ball. If we should ever select
a king of strikes, he would be the
number one candidate with Ran-
dy Liebau and Mel Waxham pull
ing through with a close second
and third place.
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Office Chatter
By Jody Borkowski
The receptiioodst of Bdhrend
Centex, Pat McClar-an, has or
ganized a junior choir consum
ing cf twelve members; and they
sinlg the last Sunday of every
month ait the Rice Lutheran
Church in Lawrence Park. .They
are an a capipe&a group (no ac
companiment) . They are very
good, in >M3iss Mcdaran’s esti
mation, and 'she modestly states
that this is non© of her doing.
But we know that Fat is sincere
and generous. Per instance, Pat
told me that she will have her
tonsils removed on April Pools
Day, and' also generously hinted;
that she would willingly donate
them to the Zoology for ansp*c
taton. A rare donation, this.; I
suggest the Lab students who are
looking for a subject for Zoologi
cal demonstrations hoe them
seffivesl to Pat Mcdaran.
Mrs. Barbara Dopderala, book
keeper, contributed greatly to mo
rale of the committees , for tooth
the Mardi Gras and Duffy's Tav
ern toy isaying that she enjoyed
tooth affairs immensely. Of
course, Billy, Barbara’s four
year -old son, had a fine tame at
the Mardi Gras trying to envedgle
the winning number for cakes
■from Art Carroll at the Cake
stand during the evening. Billy
says that; he would like to go to
school at Behrend Center, but;
he has a long wait. ' -
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