, Tuesday, December 6, 1932 Between the Lions 1 with The Sports Editor With the winter sports season de layed until after Christmas, State College fans are displaying all the serious symptoms of the athletic dol drums. -Some, whose appetite for sports leads them to any depth, have even taken to watching girls’ hockey games. Others, not quite so far gone but hovering on the borderline of san ity, mope around fraternity ping-pong matches enjoying, if nothing else, the similarity between the ping-pong tables and a football gridiron. Many cast temptation aside by getting as '“.•far away from Beaver Field as- pos- Jsjfrlo; pale, wan, and disconsolate, they Sgpurn.ey to nearby cities, where it SSecomes their sand lot to "watch the SSeighborhotfd kids. ***S yiiin‘»We got our first glance at .the 1033 I,jon court squad one day last week, and, although the practice was on fundamentals and didn’t give any of the boys a chance to flash anything spectacular, we feel there is every reason for optimism as far as this year’s cage prpspects are conceused. Those five stellar lights of last yepr—McFarlane, Thomas, Conn, Mc- Mmn, and Moser—would be enough cause for rejoicing in themselves, but when one adds to them a host of promising prospects from last year’s fine freshman outfit, and veterans such as Jack Meyers and Carl Wit iitum, one begins to think, foolishly *or y.not, of championship honors. '+' + + Our regret at the shortness of the schedule this season seems to have struck a responsive note, for we ' have heard many similar expressions. One, J. T. M. ’35, writes in with the suggestion that if all sports cannot be financed properly, some of the less popular ones lose, their intercollegiate status, so that those that are retained can be given schedules more in accord with the natural length of the season .. and the conditioning process the play ,'y.efs undergo. He points to action k iaken at Ohio State, Northwestern, and Lafayette where baseball, soccer, and wrestling,' respectively, became Sn.trnmural sports as a result of re ductions-in the athletic budget. - ' We hardly agree with that view point, J. T. M., although we admit it solve most financial difficul ties. A modification of this* plan, thereby some of the minor sports .—.might .enjoy intramural seasons with one or two intercollegiate contests as objectivesjnigjit be feasible, however: Certainly^--if s financial do not /sbl'^fion" to.be found to the‘.problem. After travelling hundreds of miles this past season to see certain foot ball games, most State fans, including your favorite columnist, were% un aware of the fact that an excellent contest >yith players of all-American status was taking place a mere six miles away. ' We refer to the home contest (nat urally) ' played between Rockview Penitentiary and the Pittsburgh Rooneys, a-semi-pro team having "in its ranks such former Panther lumin aries as Quatse, McMurdo, and Hood, last Thursday afternoon. The score or.so who got wind of'the affair in sufficient time, to crash the gates re port a thrilling and spirited contest, with the Rooneys on top at the final whistle by the margin of 36-to-6 (Shamej shame—dear ole Rockview). . Our regret, at hot having seen' the game is aggravated by the fact that we know we could have had our dear readers howling in the aisles from biur many riotous nifties on the game. Some of these, which we’d die before we’d mention, would include the sing ing of the last few bars of the Alma ipg of- the last few bras of the Alma plater by the Rockview students, the absolutely disgusting tprnout by the , -prison alumni, and a few sly digs at future athletic relations between Pitt And Rockview. We’ll wager you’re positively convulsed at the thought. This and Thai •Chester Smith, of the Pittsburgh jprcBB is authority for the prediction .that “Dick Harlow, the former Penn Stater, will be offered a coaching: job at a leading Eastern . Pennsylvania . college within the next month’’ .... That’s a harlow question to answer, ,Mr. Smith .... What well-known State football guard was refused a dance with-one of the performers at a nearby dance hall Saturday night? .... Incidentally what Collegian sports editor/lost.hard-earned money ;to what* former Collegian editor on Saturday’s game? .... And yes, folksies, we’re -using that one about M, After the Ball Is Over” -being the -ideal touchdown song. .. . —S. H. B. W-e. have recently acquired the services of Cathryn Cole Vro man, Graduate of the Chicago Hairdressing Academy. With this addition to our staff we can now assure you of excellent workmanship in all branches of beauty culture. The S Beauty Shop “Charley” Scheirer, Mgr. Leslie Con HOLDS GRUELLING PRACTICE PERIODS Well-Prepared Cagers To Enter 1933 Season in Contest Here January 4 By *V. M. STEGMEIER *34 When the Nittany Lion opposes Sus quehanna on the night of Wednesday, January. 4, to open the 1933 basket ball season, the expectant Recreation hall audience will' be assured of a 'weHjdrilled and well-prepared team. For,- by that time, the Blue and White courtmen will'be i*adiating a brilliant polish and veneer acquired by two long months of practice. • In an effort to work up speccl as well as.form, Coach Spike Leslie has been “sweating out” the Lions in gruelling scrimmage sessions every day during the past week. Special drills devised to bring the ball over the center line ir. short order also form part*of the daily practice routine. Moser Still Absent In a special scrimmage Saturday afternoon Leslie used McFarlane and Thomas as forwdrds, Wittum at the pivot position, and McMinn and Conn as guards to comprise what seems to be the favored combination. Howev er, a team composed of a. Stocker- Daykin defense, More at center, and a Fletcher-Meyers defense clicked rather well in opposing them. With Captain Walt Moser absent from practice, Spike can not yet defin itely decide on a probable first string team. When the Lion leader returns to school and the squad roster, it is likely that he will replace Thomas. Spike now has several other com binations in mind with which he in tends to experiment this week before practices are interrupted by the Christmas holidays. I. m. semi-finAls SET FOR TONIGHT Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Chi Rho Left in Grid Tourijcy! .Semi-finalist teams in the intramur al football tournament will- play to night for** the privilege of playing Saturday afternoon on New Beaver field in the finals,, according to Will iam H. Crown jr. *33, manager. ; . Alpha; Chi-. Rho Avili.nieet Sigma Chi while Sigma Phi' Epsilon 'will’ plpay Phi Gamma Delta at‘7:4s o’clock.. Four teams are all that remain out of the forty-four that" entered the competition two months ago. In the quarter-final: games Friday,, Sigma Chi eliminated Pi Kappa Al pha, and Phi Gamma Delta defeated Lamdba Chi Alpha. Both games,were yardage victories, Sigma Chi winning l by only two yards.' Campus Cleaning and Pressing Shop • Tux Shirts Laundered 1 15c Tux Collars Laundered _ 4c Suits Dry Cleaned and Pressed 1 1 75c / Suits Pressed- -25 c; Delivered 30c (3-Day Service on Tux Shirts) • PHONE 994 • 108 SOUTH FRAZIER STREET Near the Fire House NOW SHOWING CHRISTMAS GIFTS ' - at , EGOLF’S SPECIAL! Ladies’ All Wool Striped Bath Robes at $2.75 ’ • • • jJ B The Nittany Lion BUFFET SUPPER FRIDAY NIGHT Midnight - - to - - 3 A.M. 50 Cents \ m . ducts Long Drill Sessions for Lion Basketball Team Leslie Will Employ Speed As Court System Keynote | Court Mentor S-- Earl E. Leslie / ion ■headers Johnny McAndrews, boxing cap tain .... abrupt, wiry, hard work ing .... never took part in an. of ficial boxing meet before he came to college . . but did plenty of sparring during his high school days at Scranton Central .... played fullback on Central’s foot ball team and held down the third sack on the baseball team .... en tered Penn State the.year his illus trious brother, Captain Marty, pounded his way to a 175-pound intercollegiate championship .... sparred a little with Marty that year, then made the varsity in his sophomoro year .... trains dili gently during the'summer . . . . worked on a railroad section two summers ago and on the highway last summer to toughen his biceps .... was prominently considered for Olympic competition last spring but his appetite got the best of him and he couldn’t make the accUstom-. eel weight .... which, incidentally, may put him a class higher on the ring team this year. / FRESHMAN, VARSITY FENCING CANDIDATES HOLD PRACTICI Over thirty freshman candidates for fencing have been practicing three nights.a week in. Recreation hall dur ing the past month while ten upper classmen remaining from last year’s varsity, have held- regular afternoon practice during the same period, ac cording to. William J. Leek ’3B,.fenc ing manager. ! Nelson J. Walkc freshman grid [ coach, is in charge of the coaching , of both squads assisted by George C. • Garmen ’33, a member of the varsity ] team. THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN New Rules Necessitate Coaching Changes In Basketball W,ith the new “ten-sceond” ruling in effect, speed will necessarily -be the keynote of basketball technique this year, Coach Spike Leslie believes. “To observe the new rules, players will have to be faster, and this will alter my system of coaching just as it will change every other court men tor’s methods,” Spike said. “Other than this, I don’t believe my system will differ materially from the system used here in previous years.” j Since the new rule, which requires the ball to be advanced over the cen ter line in ten seconds, was adopted in the hope of restoring to the game sonic of the speed and action that has gradually disappeared under the in- fluence of the old systems of play as taught by the majority of court I coaches, it’s bound to require new [coaching methods. However, the new | rules will tend to eliminate all forms I of . stalling and delaying the game, he | said. -• j “Although it’s going to be tough on i the game officials, the'-fans will like j the changes as the game will be a lot Imoro interesting,”.Spike said. “Play ierq will have to learn to see plays a j lot quicker than under.the old rules.” j *ln addition to the change requiring :the ball to be advanced by the offen jsivc tesm over the center line within [ten seconds, another new rule is the [limiting of the "center, pivot play” as j used by the Lions last year, by cut king down the time a player may hold j l the ball at the free throw line, with Ibis back to the.basket, to three sec onds, Leslie explained. R / J I AND YOU GET A & J&ly/yLiAs * * different taste AND YOU GET A BETTER TASTE 111110";" I \ ( • /I\ Selects All-Stars BILL JEFFREY G. NELSON GREEN ’35 WINS UPPERCLASS TENNIS TITLE G. Nelson Green ’35, defeated Her man Block ’35 in the finals of the upperdass tennis tournament after rallying from a two set disadvantage for three straight sets and the match. James L. Smith ’36, cut down all op position to annex the freshman title. The All-College, tourney -will be [completed with a match between Green ! and Smith, according to Charles A. [ Landis, manager of the tournament. ATHLETES WIN HIGH HONpRS One-fifth of Princeton’s fall sports athletes arc listed on the honor roll for the past academic year. Two captains, Josh Billings, football, and Bill Bonthron, cross country, are in cluded in the list. That’s the reason Chesterfield not only blends but cross-blends its tobaccos. Blending mixes the tobaccos together. Cross- Blending welds them together... into one tobacco of milder, more pleasing taste! And what’s more, a taste that’s uniform, always the same. It’s lihe creating a new and better tobacco for cigarettes. It makes Chesterfields milder, gives them more. fragrance . . . and makes them taste better. 1933 All-Conference Team Position - Player School Goal Zintl Haverford Right Fullback Black Syracuse Left Fullback :. Parkcs Springfield Right Halfback Bermijillo Cornell Center Halfback . Day kin —_* Penn State Left Halfback Evans Penn State Outside Right Robertson Springfield Inside Right Jordan Yale Center McEwan Syracuse Inside Left Hendrickson Penn Outside Left Troth Princeton Jeffrey Selects Al Daykin, Evans on • Eastern All-Conference Soccer Team Penn State gained two positions, Captain Al Daykin, at center half back, and Frank Evans, at left half- styled by Jeffrey as the neatest back, on the all-conference soccer center forward and one of the great team chosen for this year by Coach es t goalgetters seen in intercollegiate Bill Jeffrey. The selection was made soccer, McEwan of Syracuse, took the from the twenty-three colleges and center position, while his team-mate, universities comprising the Intercol- B lake, a brilliant ambidexterous kick legiate Soccer Football Association of er was named as the outstanding right America. fullback. Pnrkes, Springfield star, Playing side by side for four years was selected for left fullback, as defensive mainstays on the Nittany n elevens, the two halfbacks made their ? ° bl!rts0 "; Spnngf'eld captain, at best showing this year to outshine all out , s dc „ r «* t '. J ° rdan ’ , of J ale ' ! ns !f , A , . ... right, Hendrickson, of Penn, inside competitors for the second straight ,y. . .. n ! , * ... time Jeffrey believes. Both Daykin <* ’ and Troth, Princeton at outside and Evans were named on all-star cft ’ cam P |ata th ? m ’' th ' ca , l a teams selected by various soccer ‘' on -. “ ob “f S ° n 1S T? a \ onC ° C coaches last year. the fastest linemen ,n collegiate com- Besides Penn State, Syracuse anti pe 5 10n * Springfield placed two players on the o, rAl a f>l WI ° VQ Tminv „ v Lion coach’s mythical eleven. Other SIGMA II WINS TOURNEY colleges represented with one each Sigma Pi fraternity won the fall are Haverford, Cornell, Yale, Penn, horseshoe pitching tournament by de and Princeton. l'eating Elaia on the courts at Hecre- Zintl, lanky Haverford star, named! atior. hall last week. The winners on the second team last year, was won five straight games from their Jeffrey’s choice for goalkeeper, while] opponents to win the championship Bermijillo, clever South American on.thin year. liesteThela Pago Three the Cornell eleven, gained the right halfback post.
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