Boxing Special VOL. 27, No. 95 Union Holds Open v House in Old Main Tonight After Bouts Dancing, Reception, - and Cards Will Provide Entertainment FRESHMEN CUSTOMS OFF FOR ALL-COLLEGE AFFAIR Athletic Officials, Contestants, And Students To Mingle At 'Gathering With contestants in the intercol legiate boxing tournament and ath letic officials from lending colleges throughout the East as guests of honor, students and visitors mill at tend the first open house to be spon sored by Student Union in Old Main immediately following the final ring bouts tonight A reception at 'which students will be given the oppoitunity of meeting the guests will he held on the first and third floor lounges. Members of Blue Key, men's campus society, and Archousai, women's senior honorary society, will serve as ushers. The Union has accused the Nanny Nine, campus orchestra, to furnish music for an all-College dance to be held in the second floor lounge. In order that freshmen may participate. all first year customs may be removed after 6 o'clock tonight. Officials To Attend Facilities for cards and other games will be provided in the first and third floor lounges Unescorted co-eds and "stags" are encouraged to attend the open house, in keeping with the Union's policy of making the affair a function for the entire' stu dent body. Among the guests who have been invited to attend the open house ale athletic officials from Princeton, U S. Military Academy, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, New York un,versity, Lehigh, Swarthmore, Dart mouth, Temple, Pitt, West Vriginia, and contestants and representatives _from the sit competing colleges, In addition, the appropriations com mittee of the House of Reptesenta tines visiting the College this week end lime been invited to be guests of the Union The committee con sists of Joseph G. Steedle, chairmen, Carl C Baldridge, Edward Haws, James T. Hoffman, Frank E Hoff man, John L. Holmes, Samuel Lucas, R. W. McKay, J L. Meredth jr., Phil ip M Myers, Elder Peelor, George L Reed, John A Rhodes, Grover C Tal bot, and Albert Smith, secretary Sponsored principally to further a spirit of good fellowship among Penn State students, tonight's open house in one of two planned by the Union A second all-College function will be held in Old Main folloumg the Easter locos Frank Mediu+ '3l is chair urns of the committee in charge of arrangements and is assisted by Nor mien E Dlait 'll. and Mr=s Edna 11 Roderick '3t. CO-EDS PLAN FASHION SHOW IN SPRING STYLE Horticulture Departmeni. Sponsum, Display of Proper Bouquets A fashion show, using co-eds as manikins, will display the latest 1 spring and summer style.; in women's I chess April 11, probably in the Recrea tion hall. The show is under the aus pices of the hot Genitor° department and has as its object the demonstra-, Lion of the proper corsages and bou quets to be worn with certain types of garments. The new creations ale to be sup plied by local merchants for the as hibition, which is to be open to both inen and women. Incomplete arrange ments Pros ide for a long platfoint,to be used ns a stage In the center of Recreation hall, music to be furnished by a string incestia; and a tea m the afternoon for distinguished visitors, according to Dr. Earle I. Wilde, of the horticulture depot tment. Wholesale and retail Rousts of Northwestern Pennsylvania will hold their biennial meeting here at that time, including the show in their three-day course of - study. Garden clubs of several neat by cities will also Ira invited to attend. INAUGURATES BOXING, GOLF Palatial gh univoisity is espeilen dna its first sear of inteicollegiate hoeing competition under the coach ing of Joe Oisinl. Golf is also a nee inteteollegiate sport this year at Pitts burgh. • • 1I „ w,.•...:„• „ ~„. IDEFEATS Natany Ilealyweight To Enter Finals NAVY, LIONS HOLD TIE IN CHAMPIONS Lead List With 17 Title-holders During 7 Years—May End Deadlock Tonight In addition to the natural i milly which exists between the Penn State and , Navy boxing teams, Still anothvi point of issue St 11l be at stake tonight The Lions and the midshipmen mill endeasor to break the tie of smenteen individual championships apiece osci a period of seven y cals. The complete monopoly exercised by Penn Stnte and Nosy over the col legiate boxing world since the foot inteicollegiate tourney in 1921 is evi dent by the fact that Western Maly land, the next ranking school, has I eld only foul. championships, two of these going to Douglas Crosby, pies ent 135-pound titleholdei. Penn has hail three champions in seven years and Ness Yolk unp.eisitv a like num bet m thice yeais Syracuse, Col gate, lid I. T, Yale, and Cecagetonn each hold one indi,ulual title Wolff Wins Three Times The record set by Alhe Wolff in winning tlnee nitereollegmta ring championships, may be equalled this year by Crosby, who is already the possesam of two titles Seseral fight°rs in the past have Sion the championship twice, namely, Lyon, Collins, and Gm in, of the Navy, File gas and Mimi., of Penn State, and Klepac, of Western Maiyland Two !millet champions adl attempt to legam lost titles Epstein, of Penn State, won the 115-pound champion ship in 1929, whsle Pamelald, of Ems', won the featherweight cio,n in the same yeas. WOMEN NOMINATE Y. W. C. A. OFFICERS Comm:lice Names Disc, 11anatardt E erell a, Candidates for Prestdential l'o,t. The 'Misses Elival,th Evelett ' and II Louise Mai quaidt hive been selected by a minim:ann.; Con mitten of the Y. W C. A as in claim tail candidates in m omen's election of oiliceis of that i»itanualaun which will 'Tx, bald in McAllister Hall lobby Saturday. rot vice pimodencv the Misses Elisabeth M Kalb '3,1 and Doi is }Langton '33 lire nominees, while the Misses Ruth II Niebel 'O3 and Isabel Merarland '33 will be cam petite". fin the post of trammel. Contestants foi the seer elm ml pa sthon in the in ganuntion are the Misses Mai gavot S. McMastot '34, Betty B. Thompson '3l and Elizabeth L Wainer '3l Enter the moisten, of the W. C. A constitution, candalat, for of fice aro named by a nominating com mittee .which posts the Lit of candi dates in all wont..., dornutones one week prim to the haat election. Mem bers of the nominating committee are Mrs. Ilaify \V Seamans and the Misses Elizabeth Everett, Laura J Gut:lt/Is, and M Isabelle Yackel 1 Who's Dancing Tonight Stuient Union in Old him Natant/ NLIIII STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1931 Tonight's Finalists 115-pound Clusq °Homan, 31. 1. T vs Vlcarl, Syr - 12.1-pound Clogs Stoop, State vs. Werthelmer, Syr 133-pound Class Crosby, NI! 111 d. vs Eulnpr, Navy 115-pound ChM Hall, Navy is. Lewis, Penn State 160-pound Class Davin, Navy vs. Brubaker, W. did 171-poupd Class Andrews. Nnvy vs Ekaatis, W. bid limy) x eight Class Cnnkley, Navy vs. Pmcura, W. Md. MUSIC FRATERNITY TO OFFER CONCERT Phi Mu Alpha Presents Number In Winter Series at 3:30 O'clock Tomorrow Featuring Gerqhuin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and other modern numbers, Phi Mu Alpha, national honorary music fraternity, will present the fifth mid-winter complimentary con cert in Schwab atioitinium at 3 30 o'clock toinoilow afternoon. The or ganization will be assisted by Howard Lindeman, director of mimic at Al toona, College radio station WPSC is to broadcast the program, which will be divided into numbers by the °Teti t7.tia under the direction of Hummel H Fishburn, and a double quartet of Glee club members coached by Jay Kennedy '32 The orchestra is to have about the same volume and composi tion as Paul Whiteman's famous con ceit band. ofe's "Mississippi Suite," pl4ed by the oichestta, will open the pro ant. The double quartet will fol low with "Passing By" of Purcell, "Down Among the Dead Men" an old English tune, "Mv Prayers" by Fla gel, and "Hail to Sinfonia" by Burnt- Schafer Tao more modern numbers will be mezented by the orchestra, "Pale Moon" by Smith, and "Rios Waltz" by Burke Howard Lindeman follows with two tenor solos, "I hear the Thrush at Eve" by Cadman, and "The Gloat Auakenmg" by Klemm The orchestra o ill play George Gershom's "Rhapsody in Blue," and the pi ogram gill be ended with a piano number by Harold Bch.lck 'O2 2 FORMER LION BASEETIIILL STARS COACH WINNING FIVES High school basketball teams coach ed by two former Penn State ath letes captuied the championship of their districts this year and m ill com pete in the eliminations to decide the state champion. Scott High of North Braddock, coached by Johnny Reed, former Lion football, basketball and baseball star, is the WPIAL champion and mill meet Westinghouse High of Pittsburgh in its next tournament game while Dußois High school, un der the tutelage of Eddie Barton, a member of the Nittany court teams of 1926 and 1927, will nmet Farrel on the Thiel college foot at Gicenville Satuidav night for the Northwestern Pennsylvania, title. Spike Webb, Noted Navy Coach, Lauds Right Hook, Perfected During Late War Effective Punch. Came Into Prominence With Tunney An °naive inside right hand hook, faithful training, am! the still to van, me the tharacteristiot which have <lulled Navy boxers to the top of collegiate circles, aceolding to Spike Webb, colorful coach of the United States Naval Academy boxing team Under the tutelage of Webb, mai shipmen warriors of the squared arena, have gust completed their twelfth season of hosing competition, meeting the strongest college tennis and suffering only one defeat in a dual engagement. And it is portico laity to the, right hook that Spike nth chutes his unusual success "In the shadow of Notre Dame Cathedral in Parrs," he related, "was l a small gymnasium, hardly thirty-five Ifeet squat e. Ile, Gene Tunney, Bob tin, and other fine boxers worked out while stationed in Paris during the Gi eat War, and here we pm footed this remailmbly effective punch." "Before delivery;' Spike continued. "the elbow of the right urns is held close to the sole of the body; at the instant of, delivery the right arm NAVY PLACES 5 FINALISTS AS GREEN TERRORS WIN 4 BOUTS IN TOURNEY Intercollegiate Laurels • Certain To Change Hands Tonight With the intercollegiate hosing title certain to pass from the hands of Penn State, champions for too sea sons, to either Navy or IA adorn Mary land, fourteen college boxers are eagerly awaiting - the gong which will send them into action tonight. Qualifying five men for the final round, the Naval" Academy mitmen are assured of at least fifteen points towards the championship, while it is mathematically impossible Sot Penn State to secure more than fourteen All four of the Western Mdryland qualifiers will meet" midshipmen fight ers and the result of these battles will decide the eighth annual tourna ment. Captains of two of the six teams entered in the tourney will battle for the bantamweight championship in the first of tonight's fights Orleman, only Itl. I T. baser to sum,: the senn-finals last night, sill moss Ones I with Paul Vicars, of .S.l. cacaos. The Orange ringman has not been de footed this season, %011ie the Ness Englander (hopped a close fight to Cleveland, of At my, early in the year. Davey Stoop, of Penn State and Al Wertheimer, of Syracuse, will re new their fisbe gunnel in the teethes weight bracket Last meek, these too fast and lurid slugging boxers bat- , tied to a three-sound draw in Recrea tion hall Neither fighter has se emed an adverse decision of the ref ee this season. Lents Meets hall Douglas Crosby, Western Mar}land lightweight, will attempt to take his place by the side of collegiate ring im mortals by winning his third straight intercollegiate title Fuhum, of the Navy, stands in the path of the Mary landei's attempt to equal the record Oct by Alhe Wolff, Penn State cap tain three yews ago Meeting for the fourth time in too seasons, Al Lewis and Notnian 'slugging Penn State and Nays welter weights will settle once and for all their feud of the gloves Louis won a decision over Hall in a dual meet last sear, but was defeated by the midshipman for the intmeollegmte title. Sec ci ul weeks ago the ,tae boxers battled to a dims at An napolis Bert Davis. of the Navy, wh - o stop ped Joe. Moran's stung of fourteen straight knockouts last night, will meet Steese Biubakei, of Western Mai viand, for the middleweight title Ekaitis, of Westein Maryland. is favored to win the light-hemyweight title over Andrews, of the Navy. The Maryland fighter has an unpresso, record this yeai Ile has won foul bout, by knockouts, and two more by decision The battle foi ,umenmey in the heavyweight clams, pionuses boxing fans plenty of action Duke Crinkley, oi the NI. v, and Tiny Pineuia of Western Maiyland, fought to a draw last week and will meet tonight to settle the collegiate championship. COACII SPINE WEBB lot out, and just before impact the opponent's chin the wrist trued in,aid, making u sort of screw hoot, us the punch lands. punch when batled up with the ;ht of the body, entries enough e to rod, the sturdiest heavy .tht, but its great xalue hes in its .ption." pike Webb Iwo been connected with is to col l. This Si eigt force mug) dere), Triltirgiatt 4' Boxing Special TO CONTINUE quest For Ftle Againgt 101 l Topighl, Houck Will Swap Boxing Skill With Opponent of 1908 Nearly tv,enty-f,e year., ago, tao stocky battleis met in the loped wenn and fought a no-de...ion contest. Geoige Decker, coach of the Pennsyl- Noma boxing team, and Leo Houck, Lion mentor, probably recall that night in 1008 sola., they faced caLh other at ms the gla-mg light of a ptofe,ional Nom, the too coaches cull face each other across a collegiate ling. Not in silk tights this time, but clad in stiff shut and tu‘cdo—‘atching their pro tcges perform berme 5,000 ewited fans Coach Docket has entered his [flu t.). si•th year of participation in the hos• mg game When he was a boy,. fifteen sears old, he became so inlet mated with the "tope and that he decided to call this spoit his life occupation. In his time, the Red and Blue men tor held the feather weight champion ship of Pennsyltama and ,as con sidered as one of the leadng conten ders fro the ,oild title During his Jo}, of competition as it teethe, sseight and lightweight he met Fii , co Eddie Ilainlon and Flank Klaus, mid dleweight champion of the world. 1011 the Penn and Penn State coaches decide the outcome of that bout uay back in then eal ly days' , ht v, as a no-dceimon tilt. but perhaps decision edl be cached over the eel.-end Mentor Gains Prestige • As Instructor for A. E. F. Boxers all the hosing game, pi ofe, tonal and amatein, fat hi, nano cared Ile bused in the pre ung between 1006 and 1010 and then gave it no for physical tianung umk in the city of Baltiniore Enlisting in the Acme at the main enk of the Weild Win Weldb became boxing instruttoi of the 20th division at Camp MeClellen, Alabama In Fiance he sins appointed by Gen mal John J Pet slung an head coach of the Amer man Ai my's boxing tenni, victorious to the famous Intel-Allied games in the Pershing stadium. Dining the fall of 1019 Spike Webb retornml to this country and took the position as Loath of the Navy honing team, and mss actor in the department of physical training at the Academy Ile has coached the' , Amm lean Olympic, Inimng teams to 1020, 1021, and 1020 Dining his varied witching espei mice Splice has had under his cam five world champ ions, Johnny Fidel Lanarba, Fiankie Ceneio, Jackie Fields, and Gene Tenney an well as name, Otis other 'winets sum have made good in the professional tanks. Stoop and Lewis Score Lion Victories; 2 Orange Ringmen Also Advance Captain Epstein Loses In Attempt 'To Regain Bantamweight Crown—Crosby, W. Md. 135-pounder Downs McAndrews Placing the men in the finals of the Eastern lame°'lomat° boxing tournament last night, Navy fought to the fi ont of the tourney lace, as Westein Maly land messed the leadeis by sun ning four semi-final bouts Chances foi the fifth Lion team title were lost when only Stoop in the 115-pound bout, and Len is in the w eltem eight battle, gained deei in the final , , and 'AI I T one Meeting Herber t Ross, Sp a CO-EDS WILL HOLD PRIMARIES TODAY To Vote on May Queen. W.A.A W.S.G.A. Officials from 9 Until 5 O'clock Primly dualism, fm 51av Queen, her freshman attendant, NV S G A officer,, and IV. A A tacos mill be held todi limn it until 5 .90 o'clock 3lcAllistm hall lobbN All %semen students mill cote fot tmo candidates for each of the W S G A offices, and still name thou choice tot 51,Q Qwen and hei at tendant Each chi, still ballot cena ratel!, lot one of a, lota senators The Imo momen ieceicing the highest tau, lot each Sr A, A office so dl be candidates in the final election Jmnot uomen ,elected ns tunnel nominee, lot N S G 4 Ine•ddent ate Elimbeth C Bell, Lout, nailing ton, Anne A D'Obet and Jean C Pontoons Sophomore candidate: lot the *Lee-presidency me Angelin Bmsslet. Ruth Croutheis, and A Eli/abeth Pre,ton, while Dot is :11 Acker, Eta M Blahfeldt, nod Callyn V Manifold ale the ft eshuien com peting Lot the tieasmeship =99 Dmotl, Cumniing,, Miriam E Game and Marion C Jame, ate can didates lot 5211101 .Lnatm, and S Lout,' Esc, ett, Helen A HOONet, Minion P Mouell and klice M Mar ,hall utll Inn lot junioi .enatui Fin , oplionnne .enatoi II Grace Pam, Alauralet E Bainaid, and Mar gaict It Palinci NI, etc together Anna M Light,, ral,the 0 Lolu '3ll, Jo4eplune K Small 'lll, and D knna VanSant 31 s, canoe tiles lot the don ntown •enatoi 33 ell Roseman Vol he, A naa 131 Light '33, Edythe 0, Lohi '1 ;, Jose phase K South 'lt, and 13 Ann 1 Can sant '3l as candidates tut the dun, tmtn senator Nommen, Llioson by IV A Ai bond tot president of that in gant , ttitiiit elude Monet E 800 CUDI. aura 31 Helsel, nod Maine E Alrnithon of the Junior clan., ad!) Ruth ('um 0.14, ElNie ginist E Detwilet, and ILunct It I[cn me tot the ‘ltc-inesi.lenct Pt nt•ny nonunces fm tt . 1 11101 al Ilthlat N' Bitting, Mat 1e L Pludian, Kathleen 31 Meek, and Ethth C Zion •fho,e t tinning tot SKI etaty ale Thu toile G. (it. it, Helen A llonxtit, :11111101i and ltsthc, 1. 3it- Clellnnd Collegian Will Publish Boxing Final Tonight lit, nil! be .1 ,petml I odng Float edam° of the COLT 11.1,11‘ to night, ',laud on -ale mun-MAL,It. folio, mg the la,t bouts of the in tem ollegmte tournament. It V ill cont.un i complete or tine sell , the thud plar_• battle,. R. P. Hangout]. puhh•bm of the adfoul Kr now Sfw , N% be .1 mie,t at a luncheon i.w.en by Ahab Licta S.mn.‘, ofesslon at Jour n al,ta ft aternaN, today MI Italmood xlll clvt , an info; mal tall, on "Pubh•hour Problem," to Jour nah an ,tmlents tlw, mot nong. Sl' 111 ASSISTS III: II) COACII IZolu.l I Cl/11 t.II. col !nor Indiana Int.ebnl I and Inutholinall ,tll3 p hay been named u.sPit.tnt couch of bat m. Lull 411,1 Inviketbull at the Iluosnn Inbtltt don. PRICE 5 CENTS .ions. Sylacuse plaail two men use w cite, eight fel the second name In a nuns necks, Al Len Is turd hand to duplicate the knockout he suited in the last engounten. Al had the thaw.: 115-pournlct groggy on the first intimd and tentinued to hanamia at Inns face and bode but th,Lll not loon the gaunt. 'Nan in Victim! ne, In the Inghtnentht, mad t aught, uniallevienght, Inallt-hcal. e n eight bouts enabled the Nasal Acadrnn inntag.n to lead the other e college, n the Warne% St na tal, cull hate 2 men to nit fin lath s nclunl CI ass no, e hilt. ;I I 1' has a loot. enta In the openlnd f Lan Paul 1. of h and the I ef det -non n% et I apt on LAIL ❑p slmn`, of Penn State l'he Natany loader need In- left jab cdi ttp.el., le 'top the n t-la, of tin_ Change ban onty en-ln., but Sitar I -non ,a 1 V Ith :hint talc at to equ ute, In the other 111-pound hull, 0•lemon, of AI I T, onal an earn' coley °ter Katmetoky Of Nam I=l Al ICu theilllLl claw busing abil ity enabled h al bt gun a close de :lbw:l Ilt 01 I itaretalil, of Nny,in an esti a-, marl 145- pound bout Fit, gerald ti nil hai to siene a knock out din mg the onto e bout, but the Change fe ithui v ior skill at Inns, tinge gasc bun the decision. Or the r ul to his Om it Int, col gnac title, Captain Doug CI oslks , of Wcslci n Mau land, gained the Inl et ee's , lict ir LI .Johan OW s Lion I alas, eight, man estop tionalls fa t bout 'I he Gluon TN.!. 133spoundra Ili red .Johnny in the thud loam] I till., , substauting fot Captain NI alla, defeated Il of aeuse, in has second collegiate Lout Yoman 11.111 Nit ; st tact viLight, gained Int tt tet LC , . ini noon toot Tiora.,, of H.• tet n 11 is land, to a singlet 11.111 imanilLil the Gretn lel tot 111-pounds Insist and (looted hint a. the I ell out dee the close of the mound Santini; the 1.11.414 , d t of the 'V11114111.11 luund I) It 1 , , II eight, delealarl .11tii an. 'IN I 41(.1.1 , e, iniggei, in dim la,t, 101,1111, hattlei hail Pantie') ton,tutite 6114,41.0414, (AI h 1 4.1' dit until thin light In übal,e), ,pf h ,ter I Ind, fiat. r'uepu, II I 'l', ith 4 1 I Wilt 11001, 11, the •aill 111 LI. lan in the ~ eiainci ionnil 111 the ell. lon-pound tntountei tattling ,hat t, mobalsly tht. slosit esst Inte,ollegiats light on ts cold, (stooge Eh sts, \\',,tet n Maitland, light-1n avvessoght, I,llod, d aut lnhnnv Sa s Lugs t ntgomn, w apps matelt 15 ~ es.sooks Bs test lost, of Penn, t..moslN tilt]] food dm ballet mg of nsheo, Nast/ 175-tommks, sot foot toms+, m the °Ulm 175-pstund hoist. Audios, hit the game Pt on light he V at sill to gain the tostia I numb del Dul, !rides, Navy Lost ~esyht. 0,50 till 11,1 , 1011 hal 1111/11111tell in a r..,t ,lugging loot .1 e •ehanpul Him, on ate. ti lin for tv o !wont. earl the Middle Lae mold not a ithstaml the let rib, on,latight it, the la .t In the oiler ht a, tut fight hoot, l'incin a. of 11 e del n 111. s, eland, gained laic du nom ut ei Fr .mil of lai ei, ur 11,, ;;. bunts la.! right vi ill meet in eon of ition hghl helot e the , tai t of the totals tonight to deter niine the thi, d place winnets. 11,1 I.lllllth 11110 t UI/11 the ale: ti Inlet alit:nate mat title at Nett 11.1% 1 ,1 siltlllllllt . It 11,111.011 it 1 / 1 1111:111t. :0.0 tip 1%111,111 Sll,lllllll', t, eaten] hull estli at; at the Bet ldthrm xheel Ile hat le velopeil the tat mto., °Het:late t han, itionth team. and Inc tetund place. ttallib in the pa_ t ilteade.
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