Itesany, Api 1120,1837 tte Between The Lions s» By 808 GRUBB Strike Three! IN a few minutes a new. Learn. of sports writers will take the field. Having _completed its deliberation,. the present managing board is about to turn this . rag over to an-inspired and ambitious bunch of juniors whc; will be at bat for the- next year. As we, go hack. to the-bench, memory jumps back over the short space of a-year and,unfolds some • of the more outstanding events in Penn State'S:athletic history. 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RED, HOT and-000H! "THE TOP OF THE TOWN" LAST • . TIMES TODAY WEDNESDAY ONLY THURSDAY and FRIDAY Yowsah! It's Swelegant! The Sho-wow of Shows! Next . Monday'and . Toesday—j`Romeo and "Wier. always. be remembered. We shall not soon forget, for in stance, Harry Harrison's brilliant 94-yard run on Franklin Field in the Penn game last fall .or Billy Soose's decisive knockout of' Syra cuse's MeGivern—only one of many salient victories in the Houckmen's undefeated season . . . or the Lion five's 24-21 triumph over Pitt in as exciting . a brand of basketball that has been seen on the Rec Hall court in many moons .. pr the Nittany wrestlers' sweep of the Eastern In tercollegiates with five champions.. Those ace only a few of the sig nificant events, however. The year 1036-'37 will always be remem bered, of course, as the year of the demise of Ilugo Bezdek from the Penn State athletic picture— one of a chain of revolutionary changes that was to bring about a healthier athletic . picture. One of Bezdek's last official acts,' how ever: brought good . fortune 'to Penn State in the person oflohn . ny Lawther, .whom Bei weaned from 'Westminster to boister.the - .basketball coaching situation. And Lawther proved that he could be just us successful anywhere else as he was at Westminster—if given time. He indicated this by whipping together a Lion five that won over fifty percent of its conference games and ended up third in the Eastern Loop. Compared with the previous year's standing—no conference games wonhis achievement was considered remarkable: Taking a final look at the Penn State sports picture, we pause a moment and doff chapeaux to the man• who has just been voted the 'school's Outstanding Athlete, for the year—Frank Smith. The award of this honor to Smith came 'as no surprise; for when we consider the part that Frank Smith has played in Penn State athletics for the past four years, such an award should he taken for granted. There have been very.few days in the last', four years .that • Frank Smith hah'not seen the locker rooms in Rec Hall. He has been donning football, basketball and baseball uniforms. there almost every after noon of his callege career. Frank's career began quite unceremonious ly in his freshman year' when he reported for football for nearly a week before he was given a uni form. His prowess in the three sports' has been outstanding in dif lerent years, it seems. In his soph omore.year, he was hailed as a great pitcher. In his 'junior year, - he dis played his best form on the basket ball floor as a leading scorer. In his, senior year he performed a (Continued on page four) Tossers Face Dickinson at 4 Tomorrow SimOncelli, Smith Lead Lions to 2 Wins Over W. Va. Back en the winning track again, Penn State's diamond performers will face another stiff test here at 4 o'- clock tomorrow afternoon, when they meet Dickinson's Red Devils at New Beaver field in the third home game of the year. Dickinson will . tome here with a veteran array featuring eight letter men from last year's squad. Only Pitcher Carl Sivess, who has been tagged by the Philadelphia Phillies, will be absent.- The Red Devils have developed tremendous scoring punch this season. They blasted Bucknell, 19-1; in their season opener last week, and crushed the Bisons again, 10-5, in a return game Saturday. 'Tomorrow's tussle will be the for ty-fourth of a series that began in 1887. Dickinson has won only nine times, and has not defeated the• Lions in the last thirty years. Didinger May Start Either Co-captain Frank Smith or Joe Didinger will face the Red Devils. Coach Joe Bedenk is striving to de velop •an experienced hurler to be paired with Benny Simoncelli on next year's pitching stall. Smith will be graduated in June. The rest of the starting line-up will remain the same, with either. Ray Brake or Don Crossin in right field, depending upon the Dickinson mound Choice. Masterful - hurling by both Simon celli and Smith enabled State to sweep the annual two-game series from West Virginia Friday and Saturday. 'Si moncelli, afters shaky start, settled down in the third frame and held the Mountaineers to four safeties to best Jack Gecke, 3-1, in a, pitchers' battle Friday. Only twenty-two men faced the' State southpaw in the last seven innings. Not a single Mountaineer reached first base after the fourth frame. Relieving Didinger with none out and two on in the third stanza of the second game, Smith repeatedly pull ed the Lions out of trouble and yield ed only three singles in seven innings to lend State's 4-8 victory drive Sat urday. Wear Decides Opener ' A .triple by left fielder Lorenz and a scratch hit by Gocke put West Vir ginia out front in the second inning of the opener. State knotted the count in the fourth on singles by Windy Wear and Co-captain Mike Kornick, sandwiched by Joe Adessa's sacrifice. The Lions finally iced the decision in the eighth. Johnny Waters walk ed, advanced to second on Simon'celli's bunt, and crossed the plate when Wear punched his second single into left field. Wear stole second and scor ed the final run when Lorenz dropped Adessa's skier. The Mountaineers again took an early lead in the second tussle, scor ing three markers in the first frame. A walk, a sacrifice hit, a stolen base, an error by Waters, and singles by third baseman Scalli and Lorenz sup plied West Virginia with all of its scoring power. Subsequent :uprisings in the third and eighth innings were bOth squelched by Smith: Meanwhile, the Lions were stopped cold, by Ben - Rubrecht, lanky Mound on page four) Lions Draw Pole Twice in Relays Top Positions Picked in 4-Mile, Distance Medley Relays; Indiana Favored An analysis of the drawings made for positions at the 93rd Penn Relay Carnival this Friday and Saturday shows the Lions to be extremely for tunate. The drawings were announced yesterday. Pole positions were drawn in two events, the distance college medley relay on Friday and the four mile relay on Saturday. Another favorable drawing was I that for the sprint medley race which will also be run off on Friday. Here the Lions will be the second team from the pole out of the seventeen en trants. An improbable entry, the Li ons' two-mile relay team would find, its starting position in the fifth lane] from the pole. Eleven teams will cons- Pete in this event. The freshman mile relay team, if it competes, will be placed in the fifth lane out of a possible seventeen. The only other drawing made which con cerned the Lions was that in the 980- yard shuttle hurdles relay. Here State will run in the first heat against Pennsylvania and Cornell. with the fifirst two teams qualifying for the fifinals. Indiana _looms as the favorite in both races for which Penn State has the pole. Included in the Indiana line up will be two Olympians, Don Lash and Tommy Decherd. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Trackmen Swamp Juniata, 120-6 ; Clark Cracks Record Sophomore Vaulter Clears 12 Feet, 51-2 Inches; State Wins All Ist Places in Season Opener; Redmond Stars The dual track meet between Penn State and Juniata Saturday after noon on New Beaver Field amounted to little more than tryouts for the Lion participants as Juniata was held to the unbelievably small total of six points. The final score was 120-6. State took every first place and gave up only one second place. Bob Clark, sophomore pole-vaulter, had the honor of being the only rec o•d-breaker of the day. He scaled 12 feet SV, inches in this 'event to break the old college record of 12 feet 4 inches and then narrowly missed in three tries at 13 feet. Pour . hand-in-hand finishes were recorded in the middle-distance and -clistance runs. The Juniata men were not even in the running. Howard Downey, Adrian Markowitz and Chuck McKillips crossed the line to gether in 53 seconds flat. The time would have been faster, but Downey and Markowitz chose to wait for Mc- Killips rather than to cross the line themselves. Markowitz, Burt Aikman, and Bill Criest took things easy -in the 880- yard run and crossed the finish line together in the slow time of 2 minutes 5.3 seconds. Aikman also tied with Pete (Het& in the mile run with Len Henderson third. The mile time was -I minutes 38 seconds. The fourth tie: was a three-cornered affair, with Olexy, Henderson and Pierce finish ing together in the 2-mile run. This race was run in 10 minutes 19.2 sec- Frank Smith Selected Most Valuable Athlete Frank Smith '37 was selected as the most valuable athlete' in Col lege for the present year. Smith's participation in three sports, foot. ball, basketball, and baseball,-earn ed for him the highest honer to be given any athlete in College. The selection of the man for this honor is made by the staff of the School of Physical EducatiOn and Athletics. In a preliminary vote each of the - staff chooses, in his opinion, the one worthy of the honor. The highest ranking men of the individual staff members is then placed on a ballot for the fi nal election. The five points which form the basis for the selection are: num ber 'of sports in which the person participated, total number of con tests played, scholarship, repre sentative Penn State student, and number of activities participated in outside of athletics. Two Golf Team's! iWili Open May:l Rutherford To Develop Varsity, Junior Divoters; Stevenson, Gross Score Low Planning to develop two golf teams, Coach Bob Rutherford sent twelve prospects out for the first qualifying round last Saturday. A varsity and junior team will comprise the Lions' golf squad this . spring.. Solar one match has been tentatively scheduled for the junior's, May 1 with Cornell, here. At the same time the varsity will meet Bucknell on the home course. The scores in the first round com petition for the team saw Joe Ste venson ahead • with a 78. Following him closely was MR Gross stroking a 74 and 'Bennett and Hayes' counting a 75. Other first round scores are: Patterson 77, Walker 77, Albere also with a 77. Coming in at the last were: Hebea, 79, Machmer 79, Gott lieb 80, Burkett 80, Mehaffey 83, and Powell 89. Losing only one man by graduation, last year's Captain Colletti, Ruther ford looks forward to a fair season in intercollegiate matches. Expecting a lot from the squad, the Lion coach plans many long practices to bring the team up to its best in all depart s ments of the game. Due to the in !tense competition today, no one phase of the game tan be neglected. •i . , Course Opened ;, , i .: [I !Per*Mance; of the team hi dual meets' Will; be 'the deciding .. •Mcior . hi whether or not to enter the full squad in the intercollegiates at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania late this spring. It is expected, how ever, that one or two of the players, regardless of the results, will tee off at the Pittsburgh club. ' Bob Rutherford. 'predicted today that this year will be the greatest golf year in the country since 1928. Cit ing the fact that more people are tak ing up the game every year, he ex pressed the opinion that the golf clubs land municipal courses would soon need traffic officers - to protect the many players-I-and dubs. ' Saturday, the course was officially opened for the 1937 season. All the greens are in excellmt shape due to a mild winter which cow little frost on the ground to kill the grass. The condition of the fairways is reported as being in best of shape for the many students who will' use it. STRIKOAGAINST WAR! Twenty years ago, students prepared for War. Today, students are protesting the War menace. JOIN THE FIGHT ! ALL - COLLEGE ANTI - WAR DEMONSTRATION In Front of Old Main, Thursday, at 11 ALL CLASSES EXCUSED I=l Jim Redmond, back in shape after suffering a pulled tendon at the Penn Relays last year, walked ofF with high scoring honors of the meet. Jim earn ed 15 points. He won the high hur dles in the good time of 15.5 seconds and jumped 21 feet 10% inches' to take the broad jump. In addition, he finished second in the low hurdles and tied for second in the high jump. Other winners were Dave Bauer in , ard low hurdles, Vic Sand- ham in the high jump, Torn Priolo in both the javelin and discus throws, Howard Downey in the 220-yard dash, and Mike 'Brown in the shot-put. Brown, co-captain of the team with Downey, and holder of the college rec ord for the shot-put, was a close win ner in his event. His winning toss of' 15 feet 6 inches was only three and one-half inches better than the best throw registered by Dean Hanley, sophomore football star. 12=1!1 Performances in both the Juniata meet'and in the tryouts held yester day will be weighed by Coach Chick Werner in deciding upon his lineup for the P . enn Relays this week-end. Chick is still undecided as to how many men to take to Philadelphia. Two relay teams are sure to make the trip. They are the 480-yard shut tl hurdles team and the four-mile I team. The shuttle team will be torn- posed of Jim Redmond, Dave Bauer, Greg Thompson, and Miller Frazier., The probable lineup for the four mile event is Pete Olexy, Burt Aikman,l Len Henderson, and Howard Downey. Individual entrants will be vhosen from the following: Bob Clark, pole vault; Vic Sandham, high jump; Mike Brown and Dean Hanky, shot put; 'ISM Prick and Bob Common, discus throw. In addition a fresh man mile relay team may compete. The summary of the meet: Track Events (All Penn State Men) 100-yard dash—Won by Bauer; Sutton, second; Kalmanowicz, third. ;Time, 10.2 seconds. 220-yard .dash—Won' - powilpy; Bauer, second; Sutton, third. Time, 22.4 seconds. 440-yard dash—Downey, Markowitz and MeKillips finished in tie for first (Continued on page four) Rhoda Improves; Able' To Walk at Hospital "Whitey" Rhoda, on his back since September in the Centre County Hos pital at Bellefonte, is now able to sit up every day and is occasionally per= mitted to walk about his room. His physician stated that he is improving daily but would not sny when Rhoda would be able to leave the hospital. The former Lion athlete suffered severe burns while working on the new addition to the State College high school. He slipped while' carrying two buckets of hot asphalt, causing' the liquid to splash over him. Lacrosse Ten Gains 7-4 Win Over Colgate Good Offense Feature Of Lions' 2nd Win In 3 Starts Staging a strong offense, Penn State's lacrosse team defeated' the Colgate ten, on Saturday after noon, for its second victory in three starts. The intense drill in blocking and passing Coach Thiel meted out to his squad after the Harvard 11-to-1 drubbing showed to be of no little aid in Saturday's game. The Lions kept the' Red Raiders chasing them throughout the first half, scoring five points to Colgate's one. ' Captain Conley started the scoring after three and a half minutes of play, followed a minute later with a goal by Holt. Sheridan, Snook, and Lotz tallied one point apiece in rapid succession, all three goals being scor ed within cne minute. Rinella ac counted for the only Colgate score in the first half. Haft, Conley Tally Heft and Conley finished the scor ing for State in the third quarter with one goal apiece. Ferguson tallied twice for Colgate in this period while Brosnier scored the only point in the last quarter to bring Colgate's total to four. Jones, big Colgate goal-tender, was a thorn in State's side. He put a stop to niany scoring threats, somehow managing to put either his body or Indian-stick in front of the ball as the Lions tried to score. Jones gave the spectators a laugh when he grab bed the ball near his net and ran the Otani E==l BUSINESS TRAINING Courses offer thor ;w.f. ough preparation for sr- 00 , 4 , the young woman who intends to make svalf IA business her career. 11:1G...5 - 1 Semmes session of six weeks be. pins July 6. Fall term, Sew. 7. Forinformelianaddressßegistrar PEIRCE SCHOOL M==3 PAJAMAS Lady Eleanor Printed Batiste Pajamas New Styles. EGO L F'S- Pure, Sparkling Ice NO PARTY IS COMPLETE WITHOUT IT Ice Adds A Perfect Touch to . Your Refreshnients Hillside Ice, & Coal Company In Refrigeration; Cold Alone Is Not Enough Dial 842 for IDelivery Page Three entire length of the field, only to loss it on a poor pass. The team will begin practice for its tilt with Penn to he held this Sat urday on New Beaver field. Coach Thiel sent twenty-three of his Liims into the fray and would have put his entire squad on the field if time had permitted . . . "Killer" Heft, penalized seven times in the Swarthmore game. was placed in the box only once Saturday. Sophomore Shatters 18-Year Vault Record Although Bob Clark, sophomore pole-vliult star, officially broke the College record for this event on Fri lay, it was really a year ago that he bettered the cld mark. For in his l'reshman year Clark went over the bar at the same height he cleared Fri-. day, 12 feet IV. inches. This left Clark with the unique honor of being the only freshman record holder with stark better than the corresponding record. The old varsity mark ,was estab lished away back in 1919 when an athlete named Runyan sailed over to a record of 12 feet 4 inches. Clark tied for first place here in the State High School meet two years ago. height was 11 feet inches. Since"then he has developed rapidly, and' it is probable that he will change his present record considerably before the:present season is over. Mnshball Begins Today The intramural mushball tourna ment will begin this afternoon at 4 o'clock, according to an announcement made today by Harold L. Gordon, jr., '39, manager. `l PRINTING for FRATERNITIES AND CLUBS LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES STATEMENTS • Nittany Printing & Publishing Company 110 West COege Avenue
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