Friday, January 22, 1t)37
au Between The Lions **
With the appointment of an ath
letic director put off by the Board of
Trustees until June, at least, we de
cided to see for ourselves just how
things are running in the School of
Physical Education sans a nominal
head. Sounding out several of the
coaches, we received the impression
that things are going quite smoothly
up in • Rec Hall under the administra
tion of the special committee appoint
ed by the board following the resig
nation of Hugo Bezdek.
From Charlie Speidel: "We're all
working together for the best inter
ests of the students;" from • Chick
Werner: "In the absence of a direc
tor or committee. I think the present
committee is doMe fine. Thtre is
more harmony and unity now than
there has been since I've been here;
from Leo Houck: "The school at
present is running more smoothly
than ever before in my fifteen years
here. There is a noticeable' feeling
of harmony.?
From Glenn Thiel: "The present
system is working out fine in the ab
sence of a director. The responsibil
ity of a' job is shared and at the pres
ent time is being handled very effi
ciently." And from John Lowther,
who is -in his •first year here: "I've
served under the'present administra
tion only, and I'm perfectly satisfied
with it"
Evidence enough, then, that har
mony and unity prevails under the
present administrative system. Ex
amples of this harmony were brought
out during the past football cam
paign. In order• for the football
coaching staff to do nothing but foot
ball during the season, extra duties
were taken over by the remainder of
the school's staff. Other coaches re
frained from calling out their teams
;until the fall sports were ended, de
spite the need . for early season starts
in winter sports.
* lt is hoped that present conditions
can and will continue throughout the
winter and spring. If the coopera
tion of the staff during the fall is
any indication; the same harmony and
unity should prevail throughout the
year.
A Lion basketball team the like of
which has not been, seen around here
in recent years proved that it was
ready to enter Eastern Conference
competition last Tuesday night by
leading the highly-touted Moun
taineers of West Virginia a merry
,pace in the opening league game.
- "Yeh, Susquehanna and Lafayette
Were ' What're' they: gonna
do against those teams in the
league?" -
That's what We've been hearing for
the past two weeks. Prof. John Law
ther and Co. certainly put an end
to that kind of talk by their sterling
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performance this week. There are
better teams than West Virgini.in
the league. But they don't come
much better, and we have every rea
son to believe that the Lions will be
able to keep up with therh by con
tinuing to show improvement under
a new coach and a new system.
Dutch Hermann, who was teaching
Lions to play basketball while you
and I were wearing knee pants,
seemed to get a big kick out of the
'game Tuesday night. He occupied
his usual .seat with. the phys..ed.
staff, first row balcony, east stands.
To Leighton Watson, sports ed. of
the 'Daily , Athanactog at West Virgi
nia: You are probably aware by now
that Penn State is in the Eastern
Basketball Conference, although you
neglected to mention them when re
ferring to "probable contenders for
the league crown."
This rush to get up to Rec Hall
before the S.R.O. sign is put out
calls to mind a story the old-timers
tell of "when I was in college." Be
fore Rec Hall, sports contests used
to be held in the Armory. The in
genious frat men of those days used
to. send freshmen •to the Armory in
the afternoon to hold down the. best
scats for the evening 'performance.
Yes, the frosh were allowed to take
their lunch along.
Frosh Courtmen
To Open Season
Yearling Basketball Squad Will
Play Dickinson Seminary
Tomorrow at 2:30
With the opening game against
Dickinson Seminary slated for Re
creational Hall tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, the starting lineup
of the freshman basketball team re
mained in a state of uncertainty to
day, although the'llist of possible
starters has simmered down to ten
men, according to Coach Nick Thiel.
No definite line-up will be announced
until just before game time.
To offset the apparent advantage
gained by Dickinson, which began its
campaign a few weeks.ago, Thiel has
sent his charges through an exhaus
tive ten-week practice grind. Kinks
that have clogged the attack are still
being ironed out in daily half-court
scrimmages.
Wednesday afternoon, the "Blues,"
paced- by Joe Hetra, tripped the
"Whites," 25-to-18. Metro tallied six
points. Top scoring honors for the
game, however, went to Dick Rhodes,
center for the losers, who dropped in
three field goals and two fouls for
eight markers.
Stamped by Thiel as the ten out
standing candidates for starting
berths are Elmer A. Abahazi, Philip
K. Blough, Milan Buchan, Willard A.
Doehnert, Franklin J. Dumm Jr., Joe
Hetra, John M. Hoffman, Sanford M.
Kranich, Howard C. McWilliams, jr.,
and Alex G. Toth jr.
Students at Ohio State University
were charged'2l cents spiced to vote
by 'absentee ballot. The total cost
of voting by mail was $175.
MA TMEN TO MEET CHICAGO TOMORROW
Lions To Face
Visitors at 7
In Home Tilt
Capt. Finwall, Olympic
Finalist, Opposes
• Zazzi in 145
By FRANCIS H. SZYMCZAK
Penn State wrestling enthus
iasts will have their first oppor
tunity of seeing Coach Charlie
Speidel's 1937 squad in action
on the home mats against the
Chicago team in Rec. Hall to
morrow night - at 7 o'clock.
The meet will be unique ,in
two respects, it is very seldom
that the wrestlers squirm under
the lights and the team has es
tablished somewhat of a tradi
tion of • never losing a home
match.
On their eastern trip the Chicago
team will meet Case and Kent State
University.` They finish their excur
sion with their match against. the
Lions.
The Maroon team, to date, has de
; feuted Wheaton College and Wiscon
sin, but lost a 14-to-12 decision to
Northwestern because of injuries to
both Chicago heavyweights which
compelled forfeiting that bout.
The featured bout of the evening
' will be between Captain Bob Finwall,
of Chicago, and Al Zazzi in the 145-
pound tussle. Finwall won the Big
Ten championship in the 145-pound
class last year• as a sophomore and
went .to the finals of the Olympic
trials. An aggressive and clevei•
wrestler, he is a standout on the
Maroon squad and puts Zazzi "on the
spot." Zazzi is a "move-up" from the
135-pound weight to replace Jack
Light, eastern intercollegiate cham
pion, who was unable to participate
in athletics this semester.
Freddy Stegmaier will set the tem
po for the evening's activities when
he takes the mats in the 118-pound
class. Having had the experience of
one varsity meet, Fred should handle
himself in a creditable manner. David
Tinker, a junior on the Maroon squad,
has won all his bouts this season and
will be a tough opponent for Freddy
to battle. •
Ray Brooks or John Craighead will
be the Lion representative in the 126-
pound division. The Craighead twins
had a family tussle to choose the win
ner who will oppose Brooks in the
eliminations today. The Chicago 126-
pound . entry is Nick Colias who is
participating in his first year of com
petition, he has won one and lost two
bouts.
Bob Reynolds will have his hands
full with Horace Fay, Chicagoan who
transferred from Amherst. Pay has
won three bouts and Coach Spyres
Vorres thinks that he will go far in
Big Ten competition.
The 155-pound representative for
State id still Undecid&i, Gentilman,
Houck, and Singley are awaiting a
nod from Speidel to meet the Maroon's
George Schoonmaker who has one win
to his credit.
Don Bachman who went the limit
with Princeton's 165-pound intercol
legiate champ, Emory, will meet John
Haas of Chicago. Bachman should'
come through the bout with a
tory. Ross Shaffer, dependable in the
175-pound class, will stage a real scrap
when he tussles Ed Valorz, a sopho
more who won his - letter on the Chi
cago football team this fall. Valorz
is fast and powerful as a wrestler
and has been groomed for the Big
Ten championship in his weight.
Captain Joe O'Dowd Will probably
handle the heavyweight assignment,
but there is the possibility that a.
sophomore or junior might supplant
Joe to gain the experience for next
season. Joe is undoubtedly the, best
heavyweight . on the squad and will
have to stack up against Sam White
side, 220-pound center and co-cap
tain of the Maroon football team last
fall; or Fred Lehnhardt, 180-pound
fullback.
Ben L. Bishop. of Lehigh will be
the third man on the mat during the
meet.
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Lions Take Road
To Box Cornell
Injuries Hamper Houckmen for
Ist Away Meet;" Sopchak
Richter Ailing
By JERRY WEINSTEIN
Penn State's Eastern Championship
boxing team will open Cornell's 1937
season tomorrow night at Ithaca. It
will mark the Lion's first road jaunt
of the year.
Tampered all week by 'injuries and
illness, the Nittany fighters are .ex
peeted to line up against the Big Red
as they did .against Western Mary
land.
lazy Richter, Eastern heavy Weight
champ, injured his left - arm in the
Terror battle and was unable to do
much contact work all Week. If he
is unable to fight tomorrow night, Ko
Kociubinsky will move .up to heavy
weight and either, , Hankt'Schweitzer,
Bill Covolus, •or Joe Andrukitus will
fight at 175. • • •
Alex Sopchak, Penn :State 115
pound sophomore star, was unable to
work during the early part of the
week because of a bad cold. He took
a light workout Wednesday and may
be ready for Cornell. If 'he isn't, Ed
Docherty, Jus Werner, O' Ken Byrd
will carry the Blue and White colors.
For the rest, ,Penn State will be
represented as usual. Frankie Good
man, Eastern and National light
weight titleholder, will face the Cor
nell veteran, Moe Goldbas, a knock
out star. Sammy Doato, Eastern wel
terweight leader, will face George
Sheaf.
Sophomore Bill Souse will meet a
Big Red veteran at 155 pounds in Ira
Wilson. Captain Lou Ritzie will be
Opposed by Jack Siegel, and Kociu
bincky will meet another knockout
star, Lou Grossman. •
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Lions Top Mountaineers, 28-21;
Face Panthers, Carnegie Tech
After fighting their way to a 28- and Blue team. He, as were the oth
to.2l victory over a strong and deter- I ors on the Lions team, was forced
on account of Nest Virginia's zone
mined West Virginia quintet, the
defense to attempt long shots.
Lion basketeers set to work to pre-
pare themselves for two more league I Don Meranda scored the first field
games. They will meet the Pitt cag- goal. Miehoff made good a foal' shot
ers tomorrow night - bn the Panthers' and "Squint" Phares and Gocke fol
floor and then return to face the
lowed with baskets. Scoring was slow
Carnegie Tech courtmen in Recrea-
at the beginning of the game and
ties Hall at 7 o'clock on Monday more than seven minutes had passed
night. . hefore Jay McWilliams scored the
first field goal for the Lawther five.
Five thousand fans saw the Lions
win . their first Conference victory The Lions stepped into the lead by
since they joined the league last yeas '. tying the score at 7-all and the
They saw the Nittany courtmen deny
Mountaineers were no longer able to
onstrate their skill on the defense,
I set the pace. The score at the half
using their height advantage to take was 134c-11 '
the ball as it rebounded from the The Nittany courtmen improved
back board and at every other pos- their offensive play during the latter
sible chance. part of the game' and by the final
West Virginia, although somewhat whistle had a seven-point edge over
weakened by the absence of D'Orazio, the Gold and Blue.
forward who is out with an injured Lawther's starting line-up consist-
knee, gave the Lions some real corn- ed of Joe Proksa and Itliehoff at for-
petition. They kept Lawther's ryuin- ward, McWilliams at center and Jack
tet stepping and had them puzzled Reichenbach and Corbin at guard.
at times, especially at the start of the The substitutes he used ,were "Mush"
game, when they scored three field- Parker, Chancy Prosser, and George
goals before State had chalked up one. Chalmers. .
The Lions showed more fight in The Lions will meet one of the
Tuesday night's battle than they have strongest teams in the Conference
in any other tilt this season. Off- when they face Pitt tomorrow night.
setting this was a number of weak
nesses that cropped up at times. Per
haps the most noticeable of these
was the self-consciousness of the
players which will be overcome as
they gain more experience.
Max Corbin, sophomore guard,
walked off the floor with first honors.
'He was high scorer for the evening,
tallying eight points, while Jack
Gocke. AfJuntaincer forward who led
the Conference last year, joined Sol
Miehoff in trailing the Lion guard by
one point. Miehoff probably would
have stood even higher in the scor
ing had he not confined his efforts to
some clever pass work to combat the
fancy exhibition put on by the Gold
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Swim Team
Meets Pitt
Tomorrow
Lion Tanksters Open
. Home Program
At Glennland
Satisfied with the performances of
his mermen in the Penn meet, Coach
Bob Galbraith has decided to enter
practically the same team against
Pitt tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the
Glennland pool.
The Lions will be out to seek re
venge for the defeat handed them by
Pitt last year. Tom Locke, star of
the Panthers, who won both the 220
and 490 yard freestyle events, set
ting a pool record- in the latter. will
be back in an attempt to better his
achievements.
For the sprints, Galbraith has
Charlie Welsh, Al Bechtel. and Art
Lehman; for the breast-stroke, Gil
Burleigh and either Bob Mamolen or
Warren Oliver. Ray Parks and Lou
Boy will be entered in the fancy div
ing.
Captain Jim Cumming, George
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