Tuesday, :lanuary 12, 11)37 'BETWEEN THE LIONS By 808 GRIJBB For the past three years COLLE GIAN sports editors have had to "view with alarm" decisions of the Eastern Soccer Committee in failing to rec ognize Penn State's supremacy in this field. And so,.for the fourth consecutive year the cry of "We wuz robbed" must be raised. A story in another column of this paper gives the latest decision of the committee, which this year .decided not to single out any one team for championship honors. but to divide the mythical title among four schools. The honor of being selected "among the outstanding teams in the east" is a somewhat dubious one. As far as we are concerned, the commit tee might just as well have left State out of the list and declared West Chester the conference cham pions. Last year the title went to Yale after the committee had invoked the four-game rule against the Lions. Undefeated the Lions were, but Penn State had not played four league games, so the title was ceded to Yale. Two years ago, Coach Jef frey made the mistake of giving his boys a -trip to Scotland during the summer. Because the coach and an otherwise ineligible man had played on the team in Scotland, - the com mittee ruled that they could not be considered in he running for the Eastern title. Still the achievements of a great coach and a great team go unno ticed—unacclaimml by the outside world. Everyone on this campus and those on the outside who are fami liar with the situation are aware of Penn State's standing in the field, even though they are not officially hailed as champions. ' We are not well enough acquaint ed with the set-up of the league's ruling body to suggest a solution to the problem, but we do feel that such decisions unfavorable to a champiOnship team year after year should not go by without protest. The protests of a coach and his team are not enough. The cry should come from those higher up. After disappointing their follow ers by dropping the season's opener to Penn, the Lion five came through with a smasTing though unimpres sive victory over Susquehanna. The large turnout witnessed a different game of basketball than has been played here in some time. They saw Coach Lawther's system , applied by first, second and third string teams to give the • visitors a shellacking. However, there are kinks to be iron ed out before the Lions meet stiffer opposition in the cooling conference tilts and too much cannot be ex pected of them so early in the sea son under a new regime. Realizing the need for drastic re vision of touch football rules to guard against serious injuries, the Intramural Board is determined to take definite action now so that the disastrous consequences of last sea son may be avoided next year. A number of recommendations have al ready been made and the Board is seeking others from the student body before drafting the final rules. It may seem unseasonal to talk of football, but the Board is determined to act now so that next year's ac tivities may be. opened with a defi nite set of rules. 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Coach Bob Galbraith, former Rut gers diving champion, will present a veteran team, strengthened by the addition of two sophomores, Ken Bunk and Charlie Welsh. Although the starting lineup has not yet .been selected, it is probable that time trials tomorrow and Thurs day will determine the opposition for the Quakers. Welsh in Sprint Welsh will probably be used in the fifty yard freestyle sprint, along with Al Betchtel, another sophomore. The competitors in.the 100 yard freestyle will be' chosen from Welsh, Bechtel, Bunk, and Bill Helreigel. Bunk will be joined by Captain Jim Cumming in the 220' yard freestyle event. In the quarter-mile freestyle, Bob Dewnit, returning to the tank team after an intramural football-in jury, Bob Holdren, or George Hen derson will be used. The entrants in the fancy diving event have not yet been determined, but it is likely that either Marty Hart, Luther Hoy, or Ray Parks will be the final choices of Coach Gal braith. Back Stroke Strong Penn State's strongest event will be the 150 yard back stroke., Dick Gei ger, Who captained the mermen last season, was the only Lion to garner a first place against the Penn team last season. Along, with this year's leader, Cumming, the dorsal repre sentatives will compare favorably with the best in the east. 'ln the breast-stroke, 'Gil Burleigh and Warren Oliver will be the prob able selections. The relay will be sel ected from Bunk, Welsh, Gumming, Desalt, Helreigel, and Bechtel. Sophomores Defeat Junior Court Team The inter-class basketball season opened in the Armory last Tuesday night with the sophomore-junior game, resulting in a 27-to-16 slide for the sophomores. The mighty seniors won a 28-to-12 triumph from the freshmen Wednesday night with Gin ney Goodman, senior star of the con test, "basketing" 21 points. The freshman-sophomore game on Thursday was a climax to the week's competitions ending in a close 13-to-10 win for the sophomores, the deciding points being made by "Bertie" Wright during the last three minutes. The juniors bowed to the seniors with their 37-to-11 scoop Thursday following the freshman-sophomore battle. prompted some to ask for abolition of touch football as an intramural sport here. However, in view of the fact that touch football offers recreation to large numbers who do not • engage in athletics during the fall, the Board felt.that it could not justifiably abandon the sport. In stead, it has decided to sound out student sentiment and invite sugges tions for revisions of the rules. to make for a safer game. The Board, through this column, invites sugges tions along this line. Junior Grapplers Easily Cop L C. Wrestling Championship Stegmaier, Brooks, Reynolds, Shaffer, O'Dowd, Zazzi, Calvin, Bachman Top Divisions By FRANCIS 11. SZYMCZAK The junior class, taking live first places, one second place, and scoring seven falls, cinched the interclass wrestling title with an overwhelming score of 35 points. The seniors scored 17 points; the sophomores, 14 and the freshmen, 11. Individual title winners of the eigh '3B, 118 pounds; Ray Brooks '3B, 12 pounds; John Calvin '37, 155 pounds; Shaffer '3B, 175 pounds; and Captain Bachman Places First The sophomores, represented by Don Bachman, garnered only one first place; while the two first places for the seniors went to Calvin and o'- Dowd. The freshmen outscored both the seniors and, sophomores by taking three second places. The seniors scor ed only one fall during• the entire match; the sophomores scored three; and the freshmen came through with two falls. The juniors led all the way through the match with the seniors jumping from last place into second at the end of the tournament. Before the last match in the unlimited class, the freshmen and sophomores were tied at 11-all, but Dean Hanley, winner over the freshmen's Chuck Miller, placed second to O'Dowd to give the sophs their winning margin of three points. . Results of each weight bracket fol low: In the semi-finals Charles Edwards '4O defeated Seymour Wattenberg '37 by a fall in 9:11 minutes; while Fred Stegmaier '3B pinned Joe Nunge '39 in 1:25. Stegmaier won the 118 championship by throwing Edwards in 9:13. John .Craighead '39 pinned Carl King '4O in 4:47; while Ray Brooks '3B won by a fall in 2:13 over David Waite '4O. In the finals Brooks de feated Craighead with a time advan- Women in Sports By CAROLINE TYSON The coed "Water Carnival" will mark the debut of our prospective nautical professionals, at the Glenn land Pool Tuesday January 19 at 4 o'clock. 'The evolution of the' bathing suit with styles of many eras, will open the program. Modern suits will be modeled by Marcia Morfing, Peg Moyer. Helen Clymer, Doris Stewart, Jane Rumig and Mary Elizabeth Fry while the styles of "long ago" will be worn by Babs Wells, Janet Story, Beak Lowe and Molly Pugh. The diving• family will make tiheir first personal appearanCe together with Mollie Evans, the father; Rachel Bechdel as Mother and Jean Giddings and Barbara Lewis, the young ones. The family will meet today at 4 o'- clock for practise. Mary Anne Rhodes, an up . rising freshman form swimmer will display her technique, followed by a life sav ing rescue with Betty Springer, Mar ia Weber and Dot Hennike the vic tims. A diving exhibition will include three junior veterans of the Glenn land waters, Lou Sutton, Sally Sal berg and Ruth Edgar. Practice for this event will also be today at 4 o'clock. The final and undoubtedly the most intriguing part of the Carnival will be novelty races. The first of these being an umbrella race in which the contest ant will swim holding an opened um brella, the second will be an egg and spoon race requiring the contestant to swim wilds the two objects in' one hand. The third of these unique re quirements will be a candle race in which the contestant will be expected to swim with a lighted candle in one hand. Freshmen Start 9th Week of Court Drills With their opening game stil two weeks away, thirty freshman basket ball candidates trot into their ninth week of intensive pre-season training at Recreation Hall this afternoon, Un der the guidance of Glenn "Nick" Thiel. Approximately 125 courtmen reported for the initial practice late last October. Laying particular stress upon the fundamentals of the Lawther system, Thiel is attempting to break the can didates away from the varied high school systems to which they have been accustomed. Outstanding in the tune-up sessions have been Philip K. Blough, Ebens burg High flash, and Willard A. Doe hnert, Kenmore, N. Y., star. Others showing considerable promise are El mer A. Abahazi, Milan Buchan, Frank lin J. Dumm, Joe Metro, John AL Hoff Man, and Sanford M. Krani6. Thx PENN STATE COLLEGIAN t weight classes are Fred Stegmaier '6 pounds; Robert Reynolds '3B, 135 Don Bachman '39, 165 pounds; Ross Joe O'Dowd '37, unlimited. • toga of 4:04 to win. the 126-pound title. Robert Reynolds '3B piled up a time advantage of 8:55 to defeat Prank Craighead '39; While Samuel Mac- Mullen '37 Won through a default over Joseph Myers '4O who suffered a foot injury. Reynolds won the 135 championship with a time advantage of 9:20 over Mae Malian. Aldo Zazzi '3B threw Ralph Clapp '39 in 2:40; while Ray' Gensler '4O scared a fall in 6:06 over Toni Sher wood '37. Zazzi won the final of the 145 class with a time advantage of 8:48. Lloyd Smith '4O defaulted through injury to Steve Priolo '3B; John Cal vin topped Victor Gentilman '39 with a time advantage of 8:37. Calvin won the 155 championship with a time of 7:17 over Priolo. Donald Bachman '39 added up 6:42 minutes to defeat Robezt Esbach '3B; Paul Begs '4O credited himself with an advantage of 9:15 to win over Lu ther Singley '37. Bachman threw Hess in , 7:50 to win the 165-title. . Joseph Krupa '37 won. by ,a ref eree's decision in an overtime battle with Ernst Bortz '4O; Ross Shaffer '3B pinned Charles Mott '39 in 3:18. Shaffer threw Krupa in 5:12 minutes to assume the 175 championship. Joe O'Dowd '37 totaled a time ad vantage of 6:98 to defeat Walter Ell wood '3B; Dean Hanley '39 threw Charles Miller '9O in 5:23. O'Dowd won the unlimited crown with a time advantage of 3:58 minutes over Han ley. ' Mat Notes: Stegmaier defeated his roommate, Charles Edwards, to win his championship. Under the tutelage of Freddy, Edwards has picked up enough wrestling to ,win the. semi-fi-. nals . . Joe Krupa, lacking training because of his practice teaching, par ticipated in the 175 class and lost to Ross Shaffer by a fall . .. The var sity will swing into intensive train ing this week in preparation for the "Tigers" of Princeton on Saturday. Coach Glasser Views Gym Team's Outlook "Ray Mattern is pOtentially the best tumbler in the east," so said Coach Julian Glasser still discussing the coming season's prospects with the opening meet just one month off. Mattern, captain of the gym team is one of the few veterans that Glasser has to work with. A practice meet with the freshmen has been arranged for Saturday, and from the results Glasser will choose his varsity—three men to each piece of, apparatus. ; ; • The tentative lineup is as follows: Runkle, S. Beck, Megrail, Kligman, horizontal bar; Rorobaugh„ Kligman, -Suydam, Rages, side horse; Rora baugh, Runkle, Suydam, Kligman, Megrail, rings; Runkle, Beck, Close, Kligman, Mashey, parallel bars; Mat tern, Kligman, Megrail, tumbling; Parton, Rorabaugh, ropes. All freshmen who place in this meet will get their numerals, as well as those who show up well later on in the season. The freshmen who will compete are: M. Beck, Chedsey, Ep stein, Feldman, Firestone, Gordon, Jones, Kennedy, Shafer.,, Shmulker, Streator and Zern. Blue Key Holds Dance Members of Blue Key, junior acti vities honorary, held their annual formal dance at the Sigma Nu house Saturday night. Bill ,Bottorf's orches tra played. HAMBURGERS Are Delicious and Satisfying HAMBURGER KITCHEN Now Under New Management SoCcer Team Receives `Outstanding' Rating Penn State's undefeated soccer team was declared "among the out standing teams in the east" at a meeting of time executive meeting of the Eastern Soccer Committee Sat urday. Other. teams named were Princeton, Syracuse, and West Ches ter Teachers College. This marked the first time the ruling body did not select a cham pion. It is the fourth consecutive year that Penn State's undefeated record 'has gone unnoticed in the championship ratings. 4 Soph Boxers Make Ist Team Sopehak, Tapman, Koeiubinsky, Soose Join 4 Champions For Terror Battle By JERRY WEINSTEIN That eminent philosopher and psy chologist, Dr. Leo Florian Houck, will present a paradox to Penn State ring fans when the Lion boxers open their 1937 season with Western Mary land Saturday. Although there will be four sopho mores on the team, Nittany fight ex perts predict one of the most success ful seasons for the mitmen. The an swer to the paradox is simple. The four veterans are champions; the four newcomers are among the best ever to enter Penn State at one time. It is the first time that four sopho mores made the first team. Coach Houck expects to use Alex Sopchak and Al Tapman at the feather and bantamweight positions. Both sophomores are in excellent shape, although in sparring with Ben Nieble, Sopchak received a cut on the forehead that required three 'stitches, and Tapman had his teeth loosened. Soose Outstanding Veterans—National and Eastern champion Frankie Goodman and Eas tern titleholder Sammy Donato—will amply take care of the 135 and 145- pound classes. The third sophomore, Billy Soose, will enter the ring at 155 pounds. Sense, a veteran in ama teur ranks, is probably the outstand ing prospect the good Doctor has ever had here. Captain Lou Ritzie, again display ing the form that earned him the 155- pound Eastern crown in 1935, will fight at 165 pounds. To complete the newcomers' quartet, Nestor Kociubin sky, a killer if there ever was one, will represent the Lions at 175 pounds. In the heavyweight division, Eastern champion Izzy Richter will begin defense of his title against the Green Terrors. Newspapers seldom carry accounts of the boys behind the scenes the sparring partners who work daily to condition the regulars for the bouts On Saturday . . . Penn State' ring fans owe a vote of thanks to Johnny Sayers, a professioal boxer who is a sophomore and ineligible for the var sity . .. he spars daily with Sammy Donato and keeps the welterweight champ in good shape ... Dave Foster, a promising boxer two seasons ago who was out with a cheek injury last year, is back again ... lie works with Frankie Goodman . ... Dick Shaw and Ben Nieble are the sparring mates for Sopchak and Tapman . In the heavier weights, Ritzie and Souse and Richter and Kociubinsky put on daily exhibitions that are more interesting than the coining dual meets will be ... Both pairs are near ly evenly matched, with either one or the other having the advantage on different days . At times the boys , pull their punches, but sometimes; they don't . . . A Common Expression in Town and on Campus "You Can Get It at METZGER'S" We Are Now Buying Used Books For the Second Seinester. Cash or Liberal Trade-in Allowance. SEE OUR "WANT LISTS" COMPLETE LINE of SKIS Ski Boots . . $4.85 and $5.75 Pine—Maple—Ash—Hickory Harness .. . $2.00 to $5.00 7 ft. $3.75 to $16.00 Other sires in proportion Poles $1.85 to $5.50 ALARM CLOCKS—PARCEL POST LAUNDRY CASES DESK LAMPS—BLOTTER HOLDERS PENN STATE SEAL STATIONERY MORROW NIGHT Lions Lose to Penn; Defeat Susquehanna By Score of 52-to-19 Lawther Sends 3 Teams on Floor in Invasion Against Crusaders; Miehoff Leads Scoring for State Quintet By WOODROW W. BIERL' Mtn bowing to an undefeated Penn quintet 41-to-33 and then wallop ing a weak Susquehanna outfit, 52-to-19, the Lion engem; will meet the Lafayette courtmen in Recreation hall at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. It will he the eighth contest between the two teams in a series that started in 1916. Only twice did the Leopards overtake the Lions and that was in 1931 when State lost, 2.740-16, and 1919 when Lafayette won 32-to-25. The last game between the two teams was in 1933. Thu Leopard quintet won only seven of their sixteen games last year, but Coach Mike Mechalski is expecting a better showing from his boys this year. They lost to the Penn live last month in the Red and Blue's initial engagement by a mere six points, the score, 26-to-22. Among the Lafayette players is a guard, Sargent, who saw action against the Lions when the Williams port team lost to them, 43-,to-22, on December 20. Other players on the Easton team are Gordon Rositer and Vernon, guards, Pete Blank, center, and Bill Wild and Johnny Cooper, forwards. Cooper is one of the Leop ards' most dangerous scoring threats. Wild, short-statured sharpshooter, is the only regular on this year's team who did not play in the first line-up last season. Counts on Same Line-up Coach John Lowther expects his cagers to meet a strong and fighting team tomorrow night. Ile plans to use the same line-up as he did against the Crusaders. Sol Miehoff and Joe Proksa will probably be playing the forward positions, Jay McWilliams, center, and Max .Corbin and Jack Reichenbach, the guard posts. Before a crowd of 5000 the Liar' eourtmen defeated Susquehanna and won the thirteenth of the thirteen game series which started in 1904. A glance at the results of past years shows that the Lions broke no rec ords with their 52-to-19 victory, for in 1919 the State team defeated the Crusaders, 90-to-12. Miehoff High Scorer Mieholf again led the team in scor ing by tallying tliirteen of the Lions' twenq.:nine points that were scored while he played. Corbin. although appearing a little hesitant at times, contributed his share of points with no less than nine. Only once did Coach Stagg's men see a ray of hope and that was at the start of the game. The score stood at 3-to-i in their favor. Mc- Williams tied it and Fredericks boost ed the visitors' figure to a five. Mic hell' and Corbin raced the Lions' score to six and Herr tied that. Service and Quality in Repairing and Shining Penn State Shoe Shop 123 W. Beaver Ave Evening Accessories PAN - HELLENIC BALL EGOLF'S Fake Tlire6 But then State began to click. The Crusader,' "six" stood Still until aft er :Mellon' with four field goals, as sisted kg Corbin and Proksa, raised the count to 2-0 -to-G. Near the end of the first half, with the score at 20-to-S, Lawther sent co captains Frank Smith and Mike Kor nick, Bill Veer'', Charley Prosser and Ileib Peterson on the floor. Shortly after the start of the second half with the score at 2.1-to-11, a third team, consisting of George Chalmers, Sam Davies, Maurice Parker, Tony Sinkosky, and Bill Stopper, later join ed by Paul Perry, went on the floor. The}• played the remainder of the game. The first team, although appearing a trifle hesitant at times, especially during the first few minutes of the game, showed that they knew what they were doing. The third team, al though composed entirely of sopho mores, save Perry. a senior, played better than the second group. Law thee did not, however, choose the teams in the order of their abilities. Played Well on Defense "Penn State looked better in defeat this year than the team that won over Penn last .season." was the com ment of a Philadelphia smirts writer, who discussed the game played at the Palestra in Philadelphia last Wednes day night in which Miehoff and Roy Menzel, Penn center, shared scoring (Continued on page four) QUICK PICK-UP FOR .)II RED EYES ....,..3,.. _ . Wont to give your ~- -' . .... ‘' r 1 , S e lo s t h tlin i :P, l t U i r e . refreshing ' l e : ..„... eyesde i t e u y . e i s o . d G b r y e o r ! a for d. 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