Tuesdriy, January 8,19355 Russ Cri Lion Boxing Champ Scouts `Quit' Rumor Kreizman Is Reported. Reconsidering His • Mat Edict. By HARRY HENDERSON Russ Criswell, 115-pound Lion in tercollegiate boxing champ, will defi nitely be a member of the Blue and White ring team. The slender pugi list today denied all rumors which have been circulating to the 'effect that he will not fight this year. "That stuff is all the bunk. Sure, I'm going to fight. At least I'm go ing to .try hard enough," the Lion champ declared firmly. "I've heard these rumors floating around and I want to deny every word of them." "I don't know how they got started unless it has been because I haven't been out to practice since the Christ mas vacation ended but that was only because I have had the ,grippe. I'm starting to work out again tonight," Criswell said. Criswell won the intercollegiate crown last year in the 115-pound divi sion while still a comparatively un known fighter. Ring fans regarded his winning of the championship as a great show of what a fighting spirit will do for a man who has the odds against him. Rreizman Rumored Quitting Those interested in the future of the Lion wrestling team are also deeply concerned about current rum ors. to the effect that Lou Kreizman is not intending to apply for the heavy weight job this season. Lou is at the present time practice-teaching in Altoona and has had only a few work outs since football season. Kreizman has occasionally asserted that he is not coming out for the team when he gets back, and a great num ber of 'persons have taken him seri ously. However, those who know him, including members of the varsity squad, expressed confidence - that he would be out as soon as he got back. • Coach Charlie Speidel dismissed the rumor, as 'unfounded and-added that he was depending on Kreizman to bolster the heavy end of the team. Kreizman was one of the ironmen of the team last year,. yineing..Aie. 'his six duel enconnters.• All of 'the other candidates for the 'heavyweight berth, Cromwell, Salisburg, O'Dawd, Pohe, and Keizer, are unexperienced. SEE THE NEW CHEVROLET THE LOWEST PRICED 6 CYLINDER CAR IN THE MARKET Now on Display at the McCLELLAN CHEVROLET CO. 1000 E. College Phone No. 665 The Student CaFeteria 227 West Beaver Invites •Your Patronage Breakfast .7:00 to 8:30 Lunch. . .. . . . . 11:45 to 1:00 Dinner 5.00 to 6:15 • Special Hotel Rates Single $3.00: Double $5.00 Headquarters for Smith and Vassar Clubs and, undoubtedly, the Preferred week-end hotel for the entire collegiate set, MEN and WOMEN HOTEL NEW WESTON, Madison Avenue at 50th Street NEW YORK GLENNLAND POOL Has Been Thoroughly Cleaned Now & Renovated during Vacation Open well Denies He Won't Defend Intercollegiate Ring Title ILET'S BAER DOWN ON. HIM, STEVE llamas, Baer 10-Round No-Decision Fight Seen Highly Probable as Hoffman Agrees to Match By JOHN "In this corner—Maxie Baer, World Heavyweight Champion." "In this corner—Steve llamas, con tender for the title." Nor will it be long before these two boxers may meet, for Baer and his thanager, Ancil Hoffman, have agreed to meet •Carnera,. Schmeling, Lasky, Louis; or'Humas in a 10-round no-de cision bout in the Chicago stadium the first Week of March. ,The.inatch.svill be a regulation bout in every respect except for the ref eree's decision. Baer has agreed to allow a poll of newspaper men to de termine the result if he doesn't knock DIEM out his. opponent and if the decision goes against him he will rematch for the crown. , llamas is the most likely opponent for this exhibition bout because of his decisions over Lasky and Schmel ing. Lasky wotild naturally be a. see ond choice with Joe Louis rating a close third. This man, however, needs more experience afore facing the husky Californian. • It is possible for Baer to .lose his title if any opponent knocks him out in a no-decision bout. Benny Leonard won his lightweight title from Freddy Welsh in 1917 through such an en gagement when he k. o.'d him in the ninth round of a scheduled 10-round match. 15 Selected as Varsity Riflemen `Shoulder-to-Shoulder,' PoStal Tournaments' Scheduled With Many Schools. With the list of prospects narrowed down to the required 15 men, the var sity rifle team will begin active com petition this week, meeting five schools; Gettysburg College, Valley Forge Military Academy, Georgetown University, 'Rutgers University, and Concordia College. The matches are to be "postal matches," with each school having ten men firing. The five best scores are mailed to the opposing team, low to tal team score detei:mining the win ner of the match. Members of the varsity rifle 'team for 1935 are: Captain Marshall. W. Myers '36,‘ Joseph C. Crownover '36, Franklin D. Eastham '35,' David G. Hill '35, George H. Hill jr. '35, An thony A. Jedrziewski '37, Paul R. Massey '37, Matthew I. Rorabaugh '37, Raymond G. Sloan jr. '37, George H. Sollenberger '37, William I. Waug-. aman '37, Forrest Woodland '37, Paul M. Wrigley '37, John C. Yealcel '35, Robert B. Yorke '37, and Thomas D. Jones '37, manager. Theodore R. Wright '37 is nranager of the fresh man rifle team, final• eliminations for which have not as yet been run off. Arrangements are being 'completed with Carnegie Tech for a "shoulder to shoulder" match to be held at Pitts burgh the first week in March. Five teams will compete: Carnegie Tech, University of Pjttsburgh,.3Vest Vir ginia University, Marine 'Barracks Post Team, of Philadelphia, aril Penn State. Negotiations are also underway for shoulder-to-shoulder matches with Gettysburg College and George. Was hington University. A delegation of 350 representatives of American universities will visit Rome, Italy, next year to aid in the inauguration of the New University city there. THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN 2 LM. Sports Get Underway Before Exams Basketball, Wrestling, Boxing Contests Hold Interest. By VANCE PACKARD Eliminations in the annual inter class wrestling tournament began yesterday afternoon, boxing intra murals are scheduled,•to get under way tomorrow, and the intramural basketball• tourney is 'scheduled to start next week. Wrestling Finals Saturday Each class of the grappling tour ney will have one man in every weight and the seniors with Civitts, Cramer, Di Rito, both Johnstons, and Kreizman arc favored: They will be closely pressed By .the junior class which has Light, Waite, and Wolf son. The sophomores and freshmen are unknown quantities. The latter 'are expected to enter more than 100 in the tournament. Eliminations will continue all week with the finals being held in Recrea tion hall at 2:30 o'clock Saturday af ternoon. Although in other years sophomores have opposed seniors and freshmen have been matched with juniors, drawings will be held this year to determine opponents. I. 31. Mixing Postponed Intramural bcuiing bouts, previous ly scheduled for last Saturday, were postponed until tomorrow. The first bout will take place in Recreation hall at 4 o'clock. Contestants may weigh-in today and tomorrow from 4 to 6 o'clock. Thomas A. Slusser, assistant in Physical Education,.and Athletics, or Leo F. Houck, instructor in Physical Education, will referee the 'contests. Judges will be Nelson S. Walke, as sistant professor of physical educa tion, and Dr. Elwood .. C. Davis, pro fessor of physical education. Over 100 contestants have signed up for the tournament, which is the largest number ever nregistered for intramural hexing: - Each bout will consist of three. two nzinute rounds. -The registration feeJis twenty-five cents per Man. • Basketball To .Stait Basketball . intremupk v.* will ge ,un der sometime next week , the tour ney "ending before finals are over, William M. Scott '36, intramural man ager, has announced. Entrance fees and the lists of the players must be handed 'to Miss Kel ler no later than Friday. Fraterni ties, dormitories, and independent units arc eligible to enter the tour ney. She-Lions Interfratdrnity enmities will be re vived from their vacation lethargy as the basketball season again swings into action. .Each group in the blue and white teams has played two games. The Thetas, Rappas, and Downtown girls are outstanding on the blue teams with two victories apiece, while Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta GaMma are tied for first hon ors on the white team. The schedule of games is as fol lows: Delta Gamma will meet Theta Phi Alpha in the Armory at 9:15 o'- clock today. Gamma Phi Beta meets the Woman's Building, Alpha Chi Omega opposes Mac Hall, while. Kap pa Gamma plays Chi Omega at the same place at .7:15 o'clock tomorrow. 'Gamma Phi Beta vs. Theta Phi Al pha is the tilt set for the Armory at 9:15 o'clock Thursday. Lateness of the season has prevent ed the playing of the interclass cham pionship game between the sophomore and junior hockey teams. A tie for honors has been decreed and both tennis will be awarded varsity points. Elsie Douthett, Kitty Wagner, and Betty Springer, president, vice-presi dent, and secretary of our W. A. A., attended the National Amateur Ath letic Federation banquet in New York City December 27. , Hockey managers for the fall of 1935 will be chosen at the next W. A. A.. board meeting, a decided departure from the old method of late election*. Plan Eonomics Talks The first of a series of ten lectures by the department of economics on the social, econonric, and industrial trends of the present time will be given in Erie on Monday. This is the third consecutive year, that the department has been requested to speak on such problems , at industrial meetings in Erie. WRIGHTING BETWEEN THE LIONS The sports department today comes out in a new dress, and with' a slightly altered policy. From this issue forward the sports of the College will he handled in less of a year book manner and with more emphasis on what this department holds may be of more immediate interest to readers. As a start, this department is going out of its previous lethargic way to get stor ies with more human interest, and at the same time is giving only three paragraphs to the Pennsyl nia basketball game, which every body who was at all interested has no doubt read about some days ago. The policy of placing considerable emphasis on intramural sports and publishing all the women's sports news that can be begged, borrowed, or stolen—in effect all this semes ter—will be In no way altered. IMMEI It may be ati excellent thing after all that the intramural box ing matches were postponed from last Saturday until tomorrow. The added time will give the gentlemen of Recreation hall—both students and professionals—who have direct charge of the tournament, more time to check up on the lads who box in the 115-pound class, for in stance, and really weigh in the 160's, by the simple method of hav ing one man to do the, weighing-in and an entirely different gentleman do the snorting and slugging. Ironically enough, the boys from the city universities often hold that they're learning life, an impossi billity in a small-town college, but ,it seems that there are still tricks in all trades, speaking of fraternity subjects. +++ Ex-Lion end Earl Edwards is now coaching in Ebensburg, some sixty-five miles west of here, and doing revery nice job of turning out lads who can win football- games and ultimately get their intercol legiate careers paid for in places like the University of Smukler. Ebensburg, under Edwards' guid ance this year, won six, lost three. +++ Even as in football, the State College h. s. basketball team line up looks like a .College directory, with both faculty and student names. Young Gates, however, seems to lie definitely more sensa tional in a grid uniform than on the court. But the Little Lions shouldn't be discouraged by being beaten at Philipsburg Saturday night. Who ever . heard of any one from these parts going over there for basketball? And besides, the Memory of that football team ought to be satisfaction enough to last for awhile. + + + Irony, too, predominates the an nouncement that Dick Harlow, one time head coach here, will be in charge of Harvard grid destinies next year, a step-up from Western Maryland. The irony, however, is not in the fact that the Penn State All-American linesman of 1912 is receiving a deserved advancement, but in the fact that College ath letic authorities over a several-year period worked toward a Western Maryland-Penn State game to smooth out the rift that came after Harlow left Penn State for Colgate with five players—and now Sir Richard won't be guiding the Green Terrors after all when the 1935 football season rolls around. Dr. Weaver Appointed Director of 3 Banks Dr. Frederick P. Weaver, head of the agricultural economics depart ment, has been appointed director of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore. His selection for a three year term beginning January 1 carries with it directorships in the Federal Interme diate Credit Bank of Baltimore, the Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Bank of Co-operatives. Dr. Weaver has been bead of the agricultural economics department here since 1925. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Weaver directs ,research work in agricultural econo mics. Chief of the problems attack ed in - the research program have been taxation and local government costs, prices of farm products, and land classification. DRINK SILVER TOP THE TAP ROOM South Allen Street Undefeated Temple Quintet To Meet Nittany Courtmen Here on Wednesday Night Coach Jimmy Usilton's As One of Fines By CHARLIE Penn State court enthusiasts will have an opportunity tomorrow night to watch one of the finest quintets in the East function when an undefeated Temple aggregation meets the Lions in Recreation hall at 7:30 o'clock. Conch Jimmy Usilton's veteran Owls have outpointed Johns Hopkins, St. Joseph's, Indiana, Ohio State, and Drake so far this season. They romp ed over the Hoosiers, Big Ten cham pions, to the tune of 50-to-30. The Cherry and White squad has "scaled the heights of greatness" this year, according, to Herbert Good, of the Philadelphia Record. Good says of them, "It is doubtful if any Usil ton-coached team has ever shown greater skill and mastery. The shoot ing of the team is deadly and sped tacular . . . the passing so superb that it has the fans dizzy from fol lowing the rapid flight of 'the ball. On defense the Owls are just as bril liant." .Coach Spike Leslie's proteges ex pect to have their hands more than full tomorrow night. The fact that they are playing at home, however, is a point in the Lions' favor. This will mark the third time that Temple and Penn State have met on the court. On February 15, 1933, the Owls - defeated the Blue and White here, 43-to-33, in a hotly contested battle. Their other meeting was on January 25,1925, and the Lions were victorious by the overwhelming tally of 57-to-27. In this game, which was played in the Armory, Captain Von Nieda led the scoring with fifteen points. The Quaker city quintet boasts an all-Philadelphia combination. "Reds" Rosan and Jimmy Brown, forwards, and Steve Jeuenge•, center, hail from Southern High, while Iry Casper, guard, is a product of Pierce School, and Ernie Messikomer, Casper's part ner, comes from West Philly High. Other Owls who will probably see action are Lou Dubin, a forward who was the big gun in Temple's opener this year; Fox, another forward; Burns, a center; and. Friberg and Greenberg, guards. Friberg, another Southern High product, was a star in the Owl-Lion encounter. here two years ago, accounting for ten points. He was topped only by Rosen, with fifteen tallies, and McMinn, Nittany forward, with thirteen points. Lose To Penn, .13-22 Coach Leslie will probably start with the same five who opened against Penn on Saturday night, In that sad encounter, in which the Lion roars were quickly "bottled" and kept in that condition throughout the entire fracas, the Quakers romped to a 43- T i.lof4„tyilt , 46o k. 0 uq UE r ti Luti t h .7 I W I '