Friday December . 17, 1987 HOT CONFERENCE RACE SEEN BY LAWTHER Richter May Fight During Ist Semester Eligibility 'ln Question; - Izzy Keeps Fit By Daily 'Workout By TOM BOA[. The possibility of lazy 'Richter's re _turn to the intercollegiate ring for the first semester remained unanswer ed, although both Leo Houck and Neil Fleming feel that there: is a chance that the intercollegiate heavy weight champion could once again step between the ropes and perform for the home fans in his own inimit able way. Champion Richter has been keeping in•shape with . daily workouts and has not commented , about the chance. The theory advanced for his eligibility is that Izzy will be a mid-year graduate and in his sophomore year did not light until the second semester. Two Newcomers Shine Meanwhile, Coach Houck is anxi- Ludy scanning the intramural writes- tants and several have given him 'something to think about. John Rose and .John' Hantranft, who .on Wed nesday put on a good exhibition of lighting and slugging, appear to have some talent which could be developed. ; Both of these boys are in the 155- pound class. While the intramuralists are claim ing the spotlight, regulars Al Tap man, Soapy Sopchak, and ,Captain Sam Donato have been practicing on the other side of the ring. Along with theni are Frank Silvestri and John Bachman •in 'the 135-pound class and Andy Andrukitis in the 165 weight. Striving to Fill Gaps Striving to fill the gaps in thefive positions are, besides the ones- men tioned,_Bernie Samisen, 145 pounds, Hank Schweitzer, middleweight, Mick ey Hadad and Bill Kohut, in the'l6s - class. Light-heavyweights in elude Stu Quailley, Bill Covolos, and Al •Balder. ,Jim Lessig, Nate Handler, •and maybe "the" Richter ale competing ra , heavyweight division. At every weight, with the exception of the' two lightest ones, ,there is enough competition to keep the con testants on their toes. "Welcome Students" Let's make this vacation ,a merry one, by dining and danc ing at the ROSE GARDEN Venango County . Smartest entertainment center. Orchestra every night. Dancing from 9 to 1. Excellent foot and beverage menu. Spaghetti din= flees our speciality, 412 Atlantic avenue, Franklin, Pa. . • FOR HIM The New Emeison Tahle Set j - Ideal for study rmoins, bedrooms anddens, • Also see.otir complete line of gifts. i vs^ HUY IT HERE AN!) GET YOUR 90 DAYS ERRE SERVICE THE. MUSICROOM , A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL • - ..N'tfr oc , , Good luck, 4 P 10 . 4 1 Good fun, and . • - Good health . From Christmas On. MOORE'S DRESS SHOP E. College -Ave. All-College Snowball Music by. January 8 75c per couple, including checking, Armory BETWEEN THE LIONS During the calendar Year, Penn State's winter,. spring, and fall teams won 65 percent of all varsity contests in 14. sports.. This average 'slight ly higher than previous. recorils show. 1937 is behind Lion athletes now and 1938 will be introduced a few days before the calendar actually ver files -the new year when the basket ball team makes its debut. In reviewing the year of 1937, there are many outstanding performances which will stick forever in the mem ory of Penn State sports followers. I Following the seasons, as' they come, we first notice the fine records of the three major winter teams in 1937. The wrestling temp won the eastern intercollegiate championship, the box ers won eight dual meets in impress ive fashion to remain undefeated, and the basketball team took a spectacu lar turn for the better to place third in the fast Eastern Intercollegiate Conference. Coach Charlie , Speidel's wrestlers amassed the greatest number of points - in the Eastern Wrestling Association and captured five indiv idual titles. The ringmen won' three Individual 'titles but dropped thtir eastern crown to Syracuse by a sin gle point. Another commendable performance, not in the records, was putt on by the Lion embryo , swimming team. 1937 marked the second official season for the natators and they showed marked improvement. Fencing was another, sport which held its own in top com petition. ' Moving along to the spring of 1937, we find that baseball and track again established fine records. The Nittany nine won 12 games while losing only four, and the cinder athletes re mained undefeated. Gbiting into full sports, we find the football team completing its best sea son in eight years, with notable vic tories being scored over Penn and Maryland. Two of the three defeats in eight games came at the hands of Syracuse and - Cornell in the final minutes of play. The cross-country season was a bit disappointing, although a dual meet triumph . over. Pitt helped. to salvage the record. Soccer, again, came through with an undefeated record, the fifth straight. Seven games were won and one tie registered. This brought the victory string up to 33 with four 'deadlocks in the five-year period. In addition to team accomplish ments, there were several individual performances which were worthy' of commendation. Sol Mieholf, captain and nil-East ern member of the soccer team, for ward and• high scorer on the basket ball team, and outfielder and leading hitter in baseball, was , probably the outstanding athlete. Sammy Donato was one of the lead ing boxers and co-captained the foot ball team. His work as blocking half back was exceptionally fine, and was Annual BILL BOTTORF 9 'to 12 + + + more noteworthy because 'of his weight. Dean Hanley was a star tackle on the football team, earned a letter as a weightman in track, and showed possibilities in wrestling when he won the only meet in which he participat ed. Other top-notchers: Joe O'Dowd, Ross Shaffer, Joe Krupa, Jack Light, Aldo Zazzi, wrestling champions Frankie Goodman for winning the 135-pound boxing title after a shaky dual meet record . . . lazy Richter for taking his second heavyweight championship . fine work of Billy Souse, Nestor Kociubinski, Lou Rit ale, Donato, Alex Sopchak 'and Al Tapman in the ring Basketball team fight displayed by Miehbff, Joe Proksa, Jack Reichen bach, Max Corbin, and Jay McWil limns . . . excellent pitching by Ben Simoncelli and surprising lilting by George Slabodian . . . Hurry Harrison's participation in baseball and football .. . an especial ly good performance in the latter ... Windy Wear's gridiron ?eats which stamped him in Penn State sports history forever ... play of Alex Bar antovich and the rise of Joe Peel to a starting post ... Bill Smith's winning the IC-4A freshman cross-country championship . . . possibilities shown by .several freshman football players . . . Ben Pollock's placement kicking . . Sabre, Gyni Men Condition Rapidly Candidates for varsity and fresh man squads in fencing and gymnas tics have been rapidly conditioning themselves during the past few weeks, only to have the Christmas vacation intervene. However, following the holidays, each of the two minor sports will hold intrasquad competi tion. Paced by Spence Potter, captain and outstanding member, the Lion varsity fencing team has been whip ping the foil and saber around in :preparation for the initial Contest with Penn in Philadelphia on Jana ' ard 22. As usual, the group shows , The - lack-of-pracEice .ni•e-Season form and remains unpredictable. The complete varsity fencing sched ule: January 22, Nan ; away; 26, Rutgers, home; 29, Lehigh, home; March 5, Cornell, Syracuse, and Col gate, away; 12, Temple, away. Gym Team Weakened Meanwhile, all men are reporting regularly for the gym team and have started work on their individual exer zises required for the meets. Handicapped by the loss through graduation of Ray Mattern, ace tum bler and last year's captain, and a recent injury to Ray Runkle's leg, the squad is not expected to be much bet ter than befOre. However., the fine showing of Capt. Sam Beck, Stan Feldman, an d Charley' Gillespie brightens the outlook. Freshnian material is abundant in both sports, 'hut only the freshman fencing elimination and the varsity freshman gym meet can determine the calibre of the candidates. In each case, the outstanding performers will he awarded their numerals. Bowling The .TKE's tied Alpha Phi Dolts jumped into the 700. percentage group when they rolled down all opposition Tuesday night to tack eight games each to their win columns. Theta Chi howled six wins and two losses; ACE, six losses and two wins. &end ings: Tuesday Night League W. L. Pet. Delta Sigma Phi.. 58 19 .806 Theta Chi.. 62 18 .775 Alpha Gamma Rho____ 46 18 .720 Tau Kappa Epsilon___ 50 22 .708 Alpha Phi Delta 56 24 .700 Tau Phi Delta 36 20 .644 Kappa Delta Rho , 40 24 .625 Phi Kappa 9 0 36 .357 Phi Sigma Delta 18 38 .321 Sigma Pi 14 50 .221 Alpha Chi Rho 8 56 .143 Independents 0 24 .000 Dance THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Meanwhile, Lion Five Girds For. Openers Against Kent, Akron, Western Reserve Pushover Can't Be Found As League Teams Give Promise Of Free-For-All Battle; 11 Men Will Make Ohio Trip Ry JOHN A. TROANOVITCH It's going to he a hot season. At least,.that's what Basketball Coach John D. Lawther believes. Armed with an entire team of returning regulars, Penn State's larrup ing Lions, once the dooiMmt of the Eastern Conference, will be firing for the rleague title this season with the best chance in recent years of realizing Cheir aim. But, despite all the optimism en gendered by a lopsided, inconsequen tial wa•mup victory over a medicore Bucknell five, Lawther remains grim and' conservative as he points to the murderous arrays that have been moulded at Pittsburgh, Carnegie Tech, Temple, West Virginia, and . George town. And if early-season - form is maintained, there will- be no pushover in the conference. Teams Have Jump on Lions 1 31 1 41f - 7 - 7 - , • • •• • • , ' >.; • ~. .74•.,, ; •••",. • 1. • • , • •••„, • • • Sports Editor Says Soose Has Chance 7 To Get Ahead "Billy Soose has 'a good chance to get ahead. His prospects all depend upon how he starts out. The first'lo or 20 fights will tell the tale." In these words did Chester Smith, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press, summarize Soose' sprospeets in the professional boxing ring ,in. an in terview at the annual Sigma Delta Chi Christmas smoker Tuesday night. A veteran at sports -writing, Smith has been covering outstanding fights since the .Dempsey-Willard battle in 1920. Plenty of ' Angles "If they bring Soose along gradu ally .and build up his confidence, I think he has a good future," Smith said. "He's a good boxer, but he's young and doesn't know all the angles to pro fighting. Take it from me: There arc plenty of angles to pro fighting, including the most important of all— good matching. "Put hiin.up.against some old tim er who knows all the angles and things won't go so well. If he has good manager and is matched well, he ought to go places." Students at Northwestern wanted an ice-skating rink. Co-operating with them. university authorities had group of tennis courts banked and flooded and installed lights. Frater nities contributed money for attend ants at the rink. The Cornell Daily Sun has coined a new name for the big Rod leimlH. In a streamer on the win over Penn, the gridders were referred to as the Cur nell Bears. All that is worthwhile be yours is our wish for your Christmas SCHLOW'S QUALITY SHOP Furthermore, Lawthe• adds, every conference team is already in full swing, thus gaining as much as a Chree-week jump on the. Lions,_ Meanwhile, preparations far the season openers against Akron, Kent, and Western Reserve on December 110, .31, and January 1 will be continued until Wednesday night, when the 11 men to make the Ohio trip will be se lected and ordered to return on Mon day, December 27, to resume prac tice. No position has yet been clinched, Lawther explained, nor has a captain been chosen to lead the' courtmen for the season. Doehnert Reports Increasing the grmip of candidates to IR early this week was slim Will ard "Doehnert, six-foot, 195-pounder, who sparkled on last year's freshman brigade. Doehnert is rounding into shape rapidly. In the meantime, an epidemic of grippe has seized the squad, with the result that stocky Milan Buchan, who showed plenty, of promise in the Buck nell fiasco, is still out. Always strong, Akron is expected' to provide State with the stiffest test an the Ohio circuit. Western Reserve, too, which causes plenty of headaches on a football field will be tough. But sandwiched between is Kent, an ex pected breather. Fruit-Judging Team Wins Second Honors Scoring 93.4 points, Penn Slate's fruit-judging team won second , honors at the annual Eastern Intercollegiate Fruit-judging league's contest at Rut gers University, New Brunswick; N. J., last week-end. The team consists of John C. Hoff man '37, Ruben G. Hixson '37, and Wil liam H. Phillips '37. Hoffman placed third in Individual scoring, Phillips fifth, and Hixson seventh. Trojans Caged Lions, 14-3, In Rose Bowl 15 Years Ago Fifteen years ago Hugo P.ezdele paring to meet the University of Sou nun] Rose Bowl game to be"played on Despite the fact that the Lions of Navy, Penn, and ,PitLsbargh, being ti games, they were chosen to represent) the East in the annual_ spectacle. ILI is generally believed that, the reason the Lions were chosen was their im pressive undefeated records of the years previous.. The Trojans were also second choices. They had' held the champ ionship California Bears to a 12-0 score, the lowest of the year. The Bears, who averaged 48 points a game, declined to play for what would have been the third year in a The Blue and White gridmen, led by Captain Welsh Bentz at center, went into the game as favorites be cause of the experience they had gained from playing, although losing to, the strongest elevens in the East. Injuries which had handicapped the Lions all year still dogged them, how- Ever, and they were forced to play Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year F. D. KING MOTOR CO. FORD, LINCOLN ZEPHYR HEALER Christmas greetings to our hundredS of customers. • Much Cheer! AI. *KEE'S MARKET 105 E. Beaver Ave. Phone 2404 REA AND DERICK, INC. eio ti , 111 7 .41-4 L .' () ..1:..J want YOU to have an exciting and enjoyable Christmas. Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas Happy New Year EGOLF'S (1 ' ,_, i 0 , - , - / Nittany Meadows Farms' Store - / • Page Three 's 1922 Nittany Lion eleven was pre ithern California's gridders in the an- New Year's Day at Pasadena, Calif. that year had lost games to Harvard, ied by Syracuse and winning only six without the service, of Dutch Bedeck, star guard and 'now line coach of the grid squad. A crowd of 50,000 saw the Lions drop the intersectional battle to the Coast team by a 14-3 score. After Quarterback alike Palm's field goal gave the visitors a :3-0 lead in the first period, the Trojan's powerful at tack started to roll and scored once each in the second and third quarters to emerge the victors. Other well-known names on Penn (Continued On page (our) Plumbing and Heating Heating Systems Installed 808 TAYLOR DIAL 2722 and a
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