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BETWEEN
THE LIONS
By 808 GRUBB
My erstwhile contemporary at Syr
acuse endeavored to give his' Tenders
an idea what the Orange ringmen
would do to Dr. Leo Houck's pupils
by writing a column entitled "pickin'
on Penn State" in the Syracuse Daily
Oranya a few weeks ago. After Sat
urday night, we might well write un
der a heading something like "Snick
erin' at Syracuse."
"At Cornell, Sammy Donato didn't
look 'too enthusiastic when informed
Mastrella would be his Syracuse op
ponent," the Daily Orange said. If
that wasn't enthusiasm that Sammy
displayed in the ring Saturday night,
we'll eat a dozen Oranges atone sib
"Look for MeGivern to cop the duke
after raising a good sweat," was an
other prediction. It seems as though
Artie didn't get much chance to work
up a sweat after Billy Soose got
started. In a sweat, however, were
6,000 joy-crazy spectators after the
knockout, giving Soose the biggest
ovation ever accorded a fighter Moth°
Nittany ring.
"The bone-crushing Fink should
spread, the Penn State captain's ears
out even a bit further than they are
now,"- predicted the Syracusan. After
Leo rend this remark to the boys in
the locker room just before the fights
Lou Ritzie went out and demonstrated
what could be done with two hands.
You will remember he lost a question
able decision to Fink in the intercol
legiates last year after fighting three
rounds almost solely with 'his left.
And Kociubinsky couldn't have ta
ken the jibe- too lightly that George
Reagan hurled at him some time ago
"I never did see the day a Pole 'could
lick an Irishman," for he had the
Orange bartender crying "Uncle" be
fore the fight had gone many seconds.
Incidentally, some of you will remem
ber Reagan as the boy who was run
ner-up to . Lou Ritzie for the intercol
legiate title two years ago.
"Tiny" Jim Brown said of Richter
before the fight, "When he , goes to
pick his nose—that's when I'll pop
him." However, Izzy seemed to be
picking Mr. Brown's nose quite a bit
during the three rounds which ended
in a draw.
All of which points to the fact that
Roy Simmons and his boys will have
something to look forward to when
they play host to the Lions at the in
tercollegiates less than four weeks
hence.
While'not as deCisive, the vifrettlipi
team's shutout victory. over Pitt Sat
urday afternoon was impressive.
Charlie Speidel was not too enthusias
tic, however, because he does not
think the Panthers belong in the Li
ons' class and apparently he is justi
fied in this respect. One thing that
incurred Speidel's ire was the_ fact
that after he had taken Stegmaier
from his sickbed and sweated some
excess weight off him, Cartwright,
the Pitt 118-pounder, forfeited the
match.
Louis Armstrong
the 'King of Swing'
Recreation Hall
Friday, March 5
Senior
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COURT
Lions Tangle
Mountaineers
In Loop Game
By WOODROW W. MERIN
After suffering their second defeat
in Conference competition to Temple
by a 42-to-23 score at Philadelphia
on Friday-night and nipping Navy
32-to-31 in an extra period tussle at
Annapolis on Saturday afternoon, the
Lion cagers will meet the West Vir
ginia courtmen at Morgantown tomor
row night.
',The Temple five handed the Lions
not only their worst defeat of the
year, but the worst trimming a State
team ever received from the Owls.
The State team was outclassed
throughout the whole game, the Tem
piers . holding a 16-to-1 lead before
Max. Corbin scored the Lion's first
I field goal. It-was 29-to-9 at the half
land Coach James Utilson placed a
'complete second team on the floor
during the last few minutes of play.
Temple was not slow in solving
• Lawther's zone defense and then went
to work bombarding the basket. Util
son's team was in fine shape "and
played one of its best games of the
season, while "the Lions, espkially
during the first half, were unable to
find. the basket. Meyer Bloom led the
Temple scoring with, twelve points,
coming within one of tying' with Jack
Goecke of West Virginia, for the Con
ference record. Lou Dubin followed
with !nine points, while Sol Miehoff
paced the State team with a total of
eight to Jack Reichenbach's six.
.Smarting from their stinging de
feat in Philadelphia, the Lions set
sail for Navy where they displayed
some real fire to sink the Midship
men with a one-point margin during
an extra-period of play. Jay McWil
liams, who tied with Charley Prosser
for second scoring honors at six
points, showed greatly improved form
in the contest. Miehoff again . led the
scoring with four field goals and
three good foul shots to bring his
total to eighty-three points.
The Navy tilt was a see-saw affair
from start to finish. McWilliams tied
the score for the tenth time during
the last thirty minutes of play, ne
cessitating the extra period. The
count was again dead-locked during
the extra session after which Corbin
sank a foul shot to win the game for
the Lions. .
Coach John Lawthek expects to use
the same , starting line-up against the
Mountaineers that met the Owls on
Friday. Miehoff and Joe Proksa will
be playing at forward; Prosser prob
ably , will be in the center position
while Beichenbach and Corbin will be
at &ord. McWilliams, who showed
good:form in the Navy tilt, may start
at center instead of Prosser. .
The Mountaineers, whom the Lions
trimmed with a' 28-to-21 score a
month - ago, lost the last six league
games, while a 41-to-32 victory over
Georgetown is their only Conference
win.
EN TRIP NAVY AFTER TEMPLE DEFEAT
All-College Track Meet '
Will Start Tomorrow
Events in the all-college track
meet will begin tomorrow at 4:15
o'clock. Competition in the mile run
will be keen, with Prank Motile,
P.I.A.A. mile champion, vieing for
first place with Norm Gordon, na
tional junior .steeplechase cham
pion.
Comprising the first day's activi
ties will be the 70-yard dash, 440-
yard run . , mile run, high jump, and
shot put. The high and low hurd
les, pole vault, 220-yard dash, 35-
pound weight throw, and the 880-
ya•d run will be offered Thursday.
Orange Mermen
Top Lions, 41-30
Syracuse handed the Penn -State
swimming team its third 'defeat of
the. season Saturday, 41-to-30. The
relay, final event on the program, was
the deciding factor of the meet.
Charlie Welsh, Dick Geiger, and
Captain Jim Cumming were the stars
of the meet. Welsh, the only double
winner, won both the 50 and- 100-
yard free-style events in very fast
time.
Geiger and Cumming scored an
other clean sweep in the 150-yard
back-stroke event. Two of the best,
dorsal swimmers in the • east, they
have been consistent point winners
all season.
Gil Bui•leigh phiced second in the
breast-stroke and Ken Bunk, up
against some of his strongest compe
tition of the season, won second place
in both the 220 and 440-yard free
style events.
Bob DeWalt, placing third 'in the
century, and Rod Hoy, also winning
a third in the dive, were the other
point winners.
Temple's Gym Champs
At Rec Hall Tomorrow
The champs are coming to town!
Temple's national gymnastics team
will meet Penn State in Recreation
Hall tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock.
Thu of the best gymnasts in the
country are members of the •strong
Temple aggregation. They are. Chet
Phillips . and Bill Hewitt; the• former
being an Olympic star.
• "
Coach Julian Glasser is satisfied
with the progress State's tenth has
shown this season, even with the loss
at the hands of Navy last Saturday.
Although they lost 43-to-11 to the
Middies, the meet was really closely
contested. Captain Ray Mattern was
the leading State scorer with a first
place in tumbling. Mat Rorabaugh
plated second on the side horse, Par
ton was third in the rope climb, Ray
Runkle copped a third on the horizon
tal bar, and Sam Beck and Runkle
tied for third on the parallel bars.
Ball
TAE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Boxers, Wrestlers Impress
In Syracuse, Pitt Victories
Impressive victories were chalked up by Lion eastern boxing and wrest
ing champions in Recreation hall Saturday. Coach Charlie Speiders =est
ers shut-out Pitt, 34-to-O, and Coach Leo Houck's niittmen stopped Syracuse,
ily FRANCIS SZYIBCZAK By JERRY WEINSTEIN
Scoring its second "shutout" vic
tory in two weeks, the Lion wrest
ling team scored its eighth victory
over the Pittsburgh Panthers, 34-to-0,
in Rec Hall, Saturday afternoon.
Nearly 3,500 fans watched the wrest
lers score four falls, three' decisions,
and take one bout through forfeit.
In eight meets Pitt . has, not been
able to score one point against a State
wrestling team. Saturday's meet was
a repeitition although the 126 and
155-pound bouts went into, overtime
periods. Frank Craighead, Luke Sing
ley, and Dean Hanley, participating
in their first intercollegiate wrestling
matches, came through in' fine form.
Freddy Stegmaier put Coach Char
lie Speidel's squad in front by five
points when he won by'forfeit froml
Gene Cartwright who failed to make
the trip. Frank Craighead, who re
placed his twin brother Jack in the
line-up, went through 16 minutes of
wrestling before he received the de-1
cision from Referee "Dutch . " Lehman!
in the 126-pound class:
Al nazi "rode his way to victory"
on the broad shoulders of Russ Be
billion in the 135-pound tussle. lan
ai wanted to use a "grapevine," but!
each time he was firmly perched on
Russ. the Pitt powerhouse would
struggle to the end of the mat in
'an effort to get into the referee's
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Penn State's potentially great box
ing team measured up to pre-season
dreams Saturday night by outfighting
Syracuse, its major opponent,
before over 6,000 cheering fans
in Recreation hall.
With every man, from little Alex
Sopehak to hay Richter, battling
away furiously against the strong
Orange mittmen, the Nittany Lions
took a long stride toward an unde
feated season. Every Lion boxer
shared in the ninth defeat of Syracuse
in thirteen meetings.
To Alex • Sopchak goes the credit
of. pulling the first upset on the card.
Given . little chance to win over the
Orange veteran, Moon Mullins, Soapy
fought his heart out to outpoint his
opponent. Mullins' longer arms gave
him the first round, but Sopehak's
aggressiveness plus his ability to stop
the frantic rushes of Mullins with
left jabs, earned him the decision in
the 115-pound. bout.
Never was there greater tumult in
flee hall than when Billy Soose, Lion
sophomore, accomplished the seeming
ly impossible by-knocking out the Or
ange captain, Art McGivern, in their
155-pound clash. Soose tied .up the
wild swinging Syracuse toughy, and
then'hit him with every kind of blow
existing until the match was stopped
after 1:19. Soose has won all his in-
AGAINSTIRRITATION-AGAINST COUGH
tercollegiate fights by knockouts.
Captain Lou Ititzie was responsi
ble for another upset when he clearly
outpointed Ord Fink,. National and
Elatern champion at 155 pounds and
member of the U. S. Olympic team.
Ilitzie used his left jab continuously
in stopping the wild-swinging Syra
cusan.
Sammy Donato demonstrated the
fact that he is top-ranking in 'East
ern boxing when he outslugged the
formidable Johnny Mastrella at 145
pounds. The terrific left hook and
sharp jabs of the Lion football co
captain elect was too much for Mas
trona, who put up a game battle.
The second and final knockout of
the evening was provided by another
Nittany sophomore, Nestor Kociubin
sky, in the 175-pound division. ➢Lore
aggressive in the first two rounds, Ko
used his hard rights to slow up the
Syracuse veteran, George Reagan.
The bout was stopped in 1:05 of the
third session.
Syracuse provided an upset in the
135-pound battle when Fred Zucarro
gained a decision over Frank Good
man, State's National champion.
While the match was a case of slug
ger vs. boxer. Zucarro turned boxer
for the evening to outpoint Goodman.
There was little contact, with a few
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blows by the stocky Syracusan in the
third stanza deciding.
Fifty-five pounds didn't stop Izzy
Richter from belting Tiny Jim Brown
all over the ring in the three rounds
of their heavyweight bout. Terrific
left hooks that caught Brown in the
face repeatedly gave Richter a seem
ingly wide edge. Surprise of the even
ing came when Referee Charlie Short
called the bout a draw.
Allan Tapman was a greatly im
proved fighter as he slugged with an
other sophomore, Carl Sorenson, in
the 125-pound clash. Although Tap
man kept away from Sorenson for the
most part, both boys hit hard, with
the Orangeman's right uppercut put
ting him ahead in the end.
Pottsville Cagers Cop
Center Court Crown
Staving off a belated rally in the
dying moments of the game, Potts
ville's undergraduate basketeers trip
ped Hazleton, 36-to-2S, in the final
tussle at Recreation hall Saturday
morning to cop the College under
graduate court title. Pottsville troun
ced Uniontown, 3S-to 20, and Hazle
ton nipped Dußois, 22-to-19, in the
semi-finals Friday night.