l'uesday,.March :),.10;7
BETWEEN
. ._ THE ;.LIONS
That Was a great tribute'thei:paid
to Leo Houck in . Rue Hall Saturday
night. And rtfter ; the ;tonna! presen
tation ceremonies were over, eight
• Lion ringmen paid' their tribute to a
'Woad couch by 'winding up an unde
feated dual meet' Season..
'ln' his acceptance. speech, Leo in
vited us all to 'drink with him and
Mrs; Houck from the silver Service
which his followerS presented him.
. As it looks now,'Leo, you'll be able
to serve orange juice in that set
twit Weekend; for thbe.'l.:hina are
not going to be satisfied with an
undefeated dual meet seson. They
are out for the eastern title and
there seems. to he no way it • can
eVade them.
As we Watched .Leo step into the
ring Saturday night, attired not in
boxer's trunks, but. in the formal
dress of a night club impressario, we
asked ourselves a question. How many
fighters, having once made a name
for themselves in the ring,', can come
be& twenty-five-years later arid step
into the ring to receive -the plaudits
of, the crowd?
When' Leo gained the European
middleweight title in- 1912.1iy winning
'a decision over Harry, Lewis in 20,1
rounds at Paris, he was at the heightl
of his professional . career. Now, a
`quarter of a century later,, he is. at
the top , of the coaching game and I
the leading proponent Of college box
ink as a clean sport.' In addition to
the fans who followed hint in the pro
ring until he retired in 1923, Loo has
built up a following almost as. large
in the role of tutor in collegiate ranks.
Princeton, Lehigh and Penn State
will be fighting it out for the eastern
wrestling championship at Bethlehem
this week. The .Lions be defend
ing the title they won at Princeton
last year, and, while victory here may
bet predicted with less certainty than
in the boxing tournament, it seems
reasonable "to believe that.the State
grapplers will come • through again.
It's going to be a tough battle
all the way, but Charlie Speidel
isn't worrying much once his
boys get on-the mats. Charlie's big
worry in the intercollegiates comes
at weigh-in-time.. The ' wrestlers
must weigh twice during the
• tourneyL.at the beginning of the
first day's round, and at the begin
ning of: the second Any's competi
tion. And 'they must -hit their
weights "on the nose" both times.
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Varsity Teams Ma
Boxers. Beat
Army, 7-to-1,
For 7th Win
Captain Ritzie, Richter,
. Goodman Win in Final
Home Appearances
By JERRY WEINSTEIN
• Celebrating Leo Houck's' fifteenth
season as boxing coach, Penn State's
Eastern champion fighters completed
their first unbeaten,. untied season by
outclassing. Army, I'lol, before over
'6,200 spectators in Recreation hall
Saturday night.
.Three Lion boxerZ contributed vic
tor•ies in their last home appearance..
Captain .Lou . Ritzie, Frankie Good
man, and lizy Richter played major
roles in gaining their seventh straight
dual meet triumph - over a first-class
opponent. The three, titleholders at
one time or another, will hang up
their intercollegiate gloves after the
coming' chantionships at Syracuse.
Ritzie Polished
'.Ritzie put on a polished exhibition
os'•he defeated Cadet Bert Harrison.
by a technical knockout at the end of
the second round. The Nittany cap
tain used his excellent left jabs alter
nately with a hard right to the body.
Goodman, by scoring a knockdown
in the opening round with a hard
right; outpointcd the pre,iiously un
beaten'.Cadet Torn Shanley.. The sec
ond and third sessions were close,
With'few blows being struck.
Richter again proved that he is in
the top form of his career as he
smashed his way to a technical knock
out victory over Cadet Tim Isbell in
0:25 of the second round: After Us
ing his great left hook to gain an
edge, Izzy came through with a coun
ter-right to stun the Any football
captain-elect.
Donato Wins Easily
Using every type of blow in the
books, Sammy Donato gained an easy
decision over the formidable Cadet
Dick Negley. Sammy used hard
punches in the first two rounds, but
eased up in the third, to store with
light' left-jabs and -,easy- rights -to -the
body.
Tfie-only State loss was suffered by
AleS Sopchak in his 115-pound clash
With Cadet Clarence Bess. The bout
Was • one of the closest on the pro
grarn, with..both bantams scoring on
clean blows". Soapy blocked many and
had an edge in the second stanza on
some -hard rights..
Billy Souse .scorea his sixth as a
varsity performer and eighth inter-1
collegiate knockout over Cadet Lukas
Hoska in 1:16 of .the third. round in
the .1.5.5p0und go. The. Nittany sopho-
More put on a good exhibition, duck
ing all - of Hoska's wild swings and
hitting the West Pointer at will.
Kociubinsky Scores
One of . the Major performances was
put. on by sophomore Nestor Kociu
, binsky as he defeated the veteran
ArinY star, Jim Lunar. The opening
round was close, with hard blows be
ing Struck. Using a left jab for the
first time this year, KO went ahead
in the second, until in,the final round
he had Lupar,defenseless.•
opening,: over ; Battle
'BitMdiL)e?Sq'y s eoOlan,Talfigni , ieint .
on to take a small slug-fest via Ref
eree Charlie Short's . decision. Tap
man held his own and managed to get
in a few hard blows while blocking
his. fast-swinging opponent. , I
Course in Life-Saving
Planned by Red Cross
The -American.Red Cross will Con
duct a life-saving examiner's course
at'the Glennland Pool Thursday aft
ernoons from 1 to 3 o'clock, for the
remainder of the semester. Allan G.
Simpson '3B will ke in-charge.
Students interested in enrolling in
the course should sign up immediately
at the pool. SuCcessful completion of
the course ivill ' qualify the, individual
to handle swimming instruction or
life guard positions. The class will
be limited to twenty Members, with
instruction beginning this Thursday.
IHonored for Service
LEO HOUCK
The Igittany • Lion ringmaster who
was 'presented with n. scroll and gift
from his many friends in honor of
his fifteenth year at Penn State.
Gridmen Start
Spring Practice
Higgins_ Takes Football Squad
Outside for Ist Drill in
6-Week Program
By CHARLES AL WHEELER, JR.
Launching an extensive six weeks'
Practice, Coach Bob Higgins sent the
nucleus for his 1937 editiOn of the
Nittahy football team out-of-doors
yesterday for its first workout.
Higgins plans the biggest spring
practice in Lion history in an effort
to whip into shape a lineup to send
against the Big Red of Cornell in the
lid-lifter at Ithaca next September
25th.
'For over a month the. Lion mentor
has been drilling the boys in their
in
dividual duties on the blackboard. His
chief aim this week is to whip the
candidates into shape for rough work
next week. No balls, no fferimmage
will 'find their' way into this week's
'sessions.
Plans Daily Contact Work
'Next week• Bob plans to have line
scrimmage every day and he' intends
to send the whole outfit into action
every other day for the remainder of
the program.
.In having a concentrated spring
practice 'Bob hopes to catch. the prom
ising Cornell outfit unprepared for a
mid-season' performance. He hopes ,
to continue in stride with .the slash
ing 14-t0 , .0 victory over Bucknell. last
fall. Never has a Nittany aggrega
tion. had a More favorable psycholog
ical beginning for a season. If the
Lions can start in against Cornell the
way they finished the season against .
Penn and Bucknell, they will be off
to their most auspicious start in re
cent years.
It looks now as if most of the grid•
iron stalwarts of !oat season plus the
freshmen will be' on hand for the
training period. Bob will have to un
cover some good tackle material ns
Dean Hanley 'will probably devote
most of his time this spring 'toward
heaving heavy. objects for the track
men, and Ted Nemeth;, .freshman
,m . .;Otpectjs,piat.back,froin , Bellefontb
hospitdl after an emergency apperf ,
dectomy several weeks ,ago.
It is also thought that-the squad
could use a couple of big, bruising
blocking lialf-backs.
Fencers Defeat
Lehigh, - Rutgers
Foils Give Lions 12-to-5 Victory
Over Engineers; Scarlet
Sabres Lose, 9-to-S.
Winding up .a week-end of sword
play with a climactic victory over
Rutgers, the Lion fencers cut two vie
. tones into their season's schedule by
defeating Lehigh 12-to-5 at Bethle
hem Friday night and Rutgers 9-to-B
at Nevi Brunswick, Saturday. •
Against the Engineers, the Nittany
swordsmen opened the first bracket
of their season with decisive wins in
foil's and Presse4 on to out Point their
opPonents by splitting epee and saber
matches.
Foil Rutgers in Saber
Holding an 8-to-3 lead over the
Lions and needing only one point to
clinch the meet, the Rutgers swords
men fell before a comeback .in epee
and saber in which the Nittanymen
won six successive bouts to defeat
the amazed opposition.
Fridify.night, the Lions took all but
one foils match, jumping out into the
lead 8-to-I. ,Co-captain "Lefty" Bo
wen and Scotty Rankin won three
foils matches apiece and Spence Pot
tei won two. In opee, Foltz and Kirk
won two but of four bouts.. In saber,
Caciptdin Lewis and Potter won two
out Of four 'bouts.
5:n,i21
ke Clean Sweep in Week-e .
Cagers Claw Panthers IJ
In Furious Battle, 24-21
By WOODRO
. Penn Suite's fighting five with a si
their . way to a 2A-to-2Lvictory over tht
Saturday night. More than 6,200 fai
the Lions. trounce Pitt for the first tii
them from the Eastern Conference CI
Contrasted to a.siew first half w.
.1.2-to-7 edge, the second was a real ha:
sawing back and forth and ending wi
lead. It was chiefly the Nittany cag-4
ere' strong defensive play and co-op
eration that enabled them to nip the
Panthers.
Micholf Leads Scoring
Sol Miehoff led the scoring with
seven points, while Jack Reichenbach
and Zelezdick, Pitt foivard, each had
six. Charles Prosser scored five, Max
Corbin four, and Joe Proksa two.
Zeleznick scored the first field gohl
near the beginning of, the game and
Miehoff followed to tie the score. Pitt
continued to pile up. points while a
field goal by Prosser and foul shots
by Proksa and Corbin accounted for
the remainder of the Lions' scoring
during the first period. .
Rally in 2nd Half
The latter part of the'second half
brought the fans from 'their seats:
Radvansky scored from the foul line
and Jesko from mid-court to give.the
Panthers a 15..t0-'7 lead. And then the
State offense perked up and with a
barrage of field goals and foul shots
continued until the score was tied at
15-all. Miehoff and Prosser followed
with foul shots and with seven min
utes to go Radvansky sank a basket
to raise the score to 19-to-19. .
Prosser came through . with a field
goal and Seithenbitcli added two more
points to the . Lions'.lead.. Half a min
ute later Zeleznick made a successful
shot from 'mid-floor.. Pitt took the
ball on the tbp and made a stubborn
attempt to tie the count but Jesko's
shot was wild. State gained the ball
and Corbin, after 'being thrown out of
Helen Jepson tells why
she chooses Luckies
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Art independent survey was made recently
among professional men and women—lawyers,
doctors, lecturers, scientists, etc. Of those who
said they smoke cigarettes, more than 87 stated
they personally prefer a light smoke.
Miss Jepson verifies the wisdom of this pref
erence, and so do other leading artists of the
radio, stage, screen and opera. Their voices are
their fOrtunes. That's why so Many of them
smoke Luckies. You, too, can have the throat pro•
tection of .Luckies—a light smoke, free of certain
harsh irritants removed by the exclusive process
"It's Toasted". Luckies are gentle on the throat.
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W W. BIEItLY
surprise rally' in Ihe second half, fought
m Pitt eagers in the final home game on
Os crowded into Recreation hall to see
:me-since 1932 and practically eliminate
'ace.
'dell ended with the Panthers holding.a
the for both teams with the score see
ith the Lions . possessing a three-point
Cagers To Meet Yale
At New Haven Tonight
The Lien eagers • will play their fi
nal non-Conference tilt when they
meet the Yale quintet at New Haven,
Corm., tonight. It will be the second
game between the schools, the first,
played in 1921, being a 23-to-20 vic
tor. for Yale.
Coich John'Lawther and his squad
will leave here this morning. 'Sol Mic
hell and Joe Proksa will play for
ward. 'Jack Reichenbach and Max
Corbin guard; and either Jay McWil-
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bounds by jesko, scored the Lions'
final Jesko received the ball
and passed it up the court to John
son who wildly tossed it over the back
board as the game ended.
Conference Standing -1
• W. L. Pet. Pts. O.P.
Temple 7 2 .777 329 283
Pittsburgh ___ 6 3 .625 306 276
Penn State ___ 5 4 .555' 256 263
Carnegie Teth 4 6 .400 300 307
Georgetown __ 3 6 .333 284 297
West Virginia 2 6 .250' 256, 299
Remaining Conference games are
Temple at West Virginia tomorrow,
night, Penn State at Georgetown, and
Pitt at West Virginia on Saturday
night.
AGAINST IRRITATION-AGAINST COUGH
Winter Sports Records
w. L. Pet.
7 0 1.000
9 0 1.000
Boxing -
Fencing
Wrestling' 6 1 .859
Basketball 9 6 .600
St imTing; 2 3 .400
Gymn'astics 0 3 .000
State Conquers
Cornell Mermen
Three Pool Records Established
As Lions Complete Second
Swimming Season
In compfeting its 1937 season, the
Penn State swim team repeated last
year's victory over Cornell by a score
of 54-to-21. Three local pool records
Were broken, two by Lion relay teams
and the third by Captain Norman
Rusch, Ithacan breast-stroke star,.
Ken Bunk, sophomore ace, was the
only double winner of the contest
with firsts in the 100 and 200-yard
freestyle events. In the century, Bob
Dewalt took second and Jack Cobb
took third in the 220.
'Relays Set Records
State's relay teams won the med
ley( and freestyle relays in record
time. The medley team was made up
of Dick Geiger, Gil Burleigh, and
Charlie Welsh. The freestyle team
included Ken Bunk, Art Lehman, Bob
Dewalt, and Charlie Welsh.
Basch supplied the other record
when he beat Gil Burleigh in the
breaststroke. Burleigh finding him
self up against his toughest opposi
tion of the year put up a good fight,
although losing his first race of the
season.
Other Lion point winners were
'Marty Hart and Rod Hoy in the dive,
Captain .Jim Cumming and Dick Gei
ger in the back-stroke, and Art Leh
man and Bob Brown in the 50-yard
freestyle sprint.
for her voice
LOVELY PRIMA DONNA' OF
METROPOLITAN OPERA SAYS:
"A season of opera and concert
means my voice and throat must
be consistently in perfect condition.
Therefore, although most of my
smoking is done while I am on
vacation, it is all important to me
that I be careful in choosing my
cigarette. I smoke Luc . kies because
I enjoy their taste and because
I feel it is wiser for me to choose
a light smoke for my voice."
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d Sports
Matmen Gain
6th Straight
Victory, 25-3
Shaffer, Calvin Score
Falls in Easy Win
Over Cornell
By FRANCIS H. SZVMCZAK
Winning seven of eight bouts, the
Penn State wrestling team defeated
Cornell at Ithaca, 25-to-3, on Satur
day afternoon. This was State's sixth
consecutive victory after the Prince
ton setback in the campaign opener.
State scored two falls throughout
the match with Calvin clinching the
meet by tossing Ken Smith in the
155-pound tussle. Ross Shaffer, Nit-
tiny light heavyweight, threw Segall
with a hotly press in 4:52 minutes.
Coach Charlie Speidel said that the
meet wasn't spectacular because it
takes two to start a good wrestling
display. The Ithacans were a stub
born crew who knew they were out
classed,but they battled and put up a
strong defensive front.
Gaining an early advantage and
holding on, Ward, of Cornell, clocked
4:09 minutes in time advantage over
Freddy Stegmaier in the 118-pound
class.
Frank Craighead totaled 5:02 over
Mosher in winning the 126-pound
bout. Al Zazzi deeisioned Hartzeh by
finishing his 135-pound engagement
with a time, advantage of 7:57.
Jack Light continued his long win
ning streak and displayed fine form
in chalking up a record time advan
tage of 9:33 over Oakes, 146. John
Calvin used a figure four and bar
lock in throwing Smith in 9:35.
, Don Bachman, 165, defeated Harry
Smith with a time advantage of 3:46
minutes. Captain Jce O'Dowd defeat
ed Manning by a time advantage of
3:50.
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