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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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