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Between
The Lions
Although Saturday’s ground-break
ingceremonies dedicating Penn State’s
,5-million dollar building program fail
ed to mention improvements for Lion
sports teams and general student ath
letic .facilities, possibilities for ad
vancement are exceedingly bright. t
Nothing official has been- made
known. It isn’t rash to predict, how
ever, that something will be done soon
to correct a hopeless space deficit suf
fered by Penn State athletics.
Recreation hall, a comparatively
modern building, is. excelicntfor two
or-three thousand students, but it is
sadly inadequate for the. present stu
, dent body of over four thousand men.
In addition to not being able to
house large crowds for the indoor ath
letic contests, Recreation hall is un
healthy because of its crowded locked
conditions, undesirable because it docs
not jfivo. the average student space in
which to play. .
. the time will come—and again we
say it isn’t far off—when Recreation
Hall will be extended to the highway or
else a .field house will be built, possibly
on the present golf course.
The field house would be the best
plan, in the writer’s opinion, because
it would take care of every -indoor
team as well as provide ‘a sheltered
practice pavilion for football, baseball,
lacrosse, and the rest.
Outdoor sports would benefit by the.
expected program. Although the .golf |
course would be cut down to nine holes i
if other additions were made, another!
site for nine more holes might be pro
vided.
At least two baseball diamonds
would ' be included'in the hoped-for
to end the situation which
gives the varsity only one place on
whigh to practice and the freshmen a
dangerous field which is called a dia
mond.
. \ Tennis courts would, also be the
order of the day and since ice hockey
has taken hold this winter, the courts
would possibly be built, with cement
undcrcoveringi in order to.allow flood
ing in winter to provide an excellent
skating rink. -
•. Practice fields for all activites could
be made available on the present golf
course. The general disorder which is
caused by soccer, lacrosse, and other
practices, will be gone.
The erection of ten buildings will
make for a bigger Penn State student
body. Already overcrowded, Recrea
tion hall definitely will be unable to
handle the expected increase, in Penn
State’s population: It seems only log
ical to predict more athletic facilities !
soon.
Freshman Basketeers
Win Two More Games
Tho NiUuny basketball Cubs ran
their undefeated streak to five games
wftk victories over ibe Bucknol! frosh
.on Friday afternoon at Lewisburg and
Wyoming Seminary Saturday night,
at Kingston. The Cubs trounced the
Bison yearlings 50-30 in the return 1
game, and then, handed Wyoming a!
55-30 drubbing that marked its sec
ond home defeat in seven years.
Against Bucknell, Kermit Christ
man was in stellar form, scoring
eight goals and four fouls for a .total
of 20 points. Johnny. Barr followed
with one foul and seven goals for a
total of 15 poiuts.
Wyoming was undefeated this sea
son until the set-back by the Frosh.
Kermit Christman again took, high*
'scoring honors with 14 points. But in
the game lie suffered a leg injury that
may- remove him 1 Prom ,the lineup
against- the Pitt Frosh when they
play here next Saturday night.
Ed Sapp, forward and frosh court"
general, trailed Christman's total by;
two points, having netted 12 counters:
Ray Edgar, who Is playing the forward
position vacated <by ineligible Johnny
Moffatt, basketed two fouls and four
goals for a total of eight points
against the Seminary boys.
Spring Football Begins
..Spring football' practice will get
underway at <1:10 this afternoon in
Room 12. Irvin Hall, Head Coach Bob
Higgins announced yesterday. In an
jflTortf to finish up early, outdoor prac
:ice will begin as’soon as the. weather
permits.
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Cagers Meet
Tech For 2nd
Place Battle
By JOHN A. TROANOVITCH
Fresh from a 38-32 victory over the
highly-touted Syracuse Jive, Penn
State’s capers will be aiming to clinch
second place in the Eastern Confer
ence when they meet Carnegie Tech’s
Tartans in Recreation hall at 7 o’-
clock. tomorrow night: • .
.Although beaten in six of-their
eight starts! this season, the Tartans
are expected to provide the Lions with
plenty of'trouble, especially in view of
the fact that State will be without the
services of Max Corbin, dizzy
overhead shots helped sink Carnegie,
39-33, in their first meeting last Janu
ary 11 at Pittsburgh.
, Meanwhile, Jack Reichenbach-also
is a doubtful starter. 'Rcichenbach
was insertpd .into .the, Syracuse game.
Saturday night as a-.tune-up for'to
morrow’s battle, scoring only. t\yo foul
shots as he obviously guarded his in
jured -knee.
Foul Shooting Decides 'Hit
• Outscored froip the floor, 11. goals
to 10, the Lions whipped . Syracuse oh
the stresgth of. their superior shoot
ing from-the foul line, converting 18
out-of 25 attempts, while - the Orange
| netted only'lO out of 20. The aggre
gate total of 45 fouT shots indicates
[how rough the game was. Seven men
were ejected via the personal-foul
route, including Co-captain Sol Mie
hoff,, Charley Prosser, Bill Stopper,
and Rcichenbach.
State barged into an early 6-1 lead
as Prosser, Miehoff, and Joe Proksa
rang Syracuse soon whit
tled the margin to 6-4, but Miehoff
sparked a 12-point spPee to catapult
the Lions into an 18-4 lead before the
Orange managed tQ break through the
tight shifting .zone defense to double
its total in quick order. Stopper, how
ever, dampened the visitors’ splurge,
basketing two field -goals, in succes
sion, and State led, 22-9, at halftime.
• Miehoff Paces Attack
•With Miehoff pacing the drive, the
Lions again moved away as the sec
ond period opened. Then, with State
leading,. 28-15, the Orange unleashed
a dizzy.’ passing attack, scoring 16
! points in the last 10 minutes and
; threatening dangerously to overcome
the Lion lead. However, tallies sand
wiched in between Syracuse scoring
by Miehoff, Prosser, Herb' Petersoil,
and Proksa managed’to keep the Li
ons,in the -lead up to the final gun. ?
’Miehoff again took'“high scoring
honors with 10 points’, l followed'by
Prosser with 8; Peterson, Stopper, and
Proksa, each 5; Rcichenbach and Son
ny Hoffman, each 2, and George
Chalmers 1. . .
Penn State Fencers
Defeat Rutgers 10-7
. pvercoming Rutgers’ 5-4 advantage
gained in'the foils, the Nittany fenc
er swept all four epee matches • and
two of the sabre bouts to gain a 10-7
decision in Rec hall Saturday night.
Dean-Foltz, Scotty Rankin, and Vic
Shauklas encountered expected diffi
culty with the New Brunswick foils
men, Shauklas losing a,close duel to
Baxter, Rutgers’ negro aee, in the
deciding bout of that division.
. The Lions recovered immediately
to thrust aside four opponents, in the
epee, Foltz winning two; Earl Strunk
and" Roger Kirk one apiece. John Lipe
czlcy and Paul Fiebigcr each slashed
a victory in the sabre to cinch the
match. - 1
Handler’s Win Leads Lions
To 5-3 Victory Over Pitt
Nate Handler’s impressive and cheering win over Pitt’s Bill Hickman,
in the heavyweight division gave State a 5-3 victory over the Golden Pan
thers, following the ground-breaking ceremonies belt! in Recreation hall,
Saturday afternoon.
Handler, greasy improved since the Syracuse fights, led the fight for
three rounds, jabbing 'Hickman continuously. M?ke Cooper, 118, won the
first points for State -by decisioning Eastern Conference ehariip, Ralph
L’orand. Cooper likes to slug it out with his opponent and Saturday’s fight
saw him getting his wish. Durand proved dangerous only in the -first half
of the last round. Knocked to the’
floor, Cooper recovered quickly tri
pound Dorand at the bell.
Roy Hanna continued his beautiful
boxing style by easily winning.over
Pitt’s captain, Ralph Caruso in the
135 pound class. During the second
round. Roy smacked Caruso with six
straight lefts while the Golden Pan*
jther’s captain was trying to defend
: himself. In the 125 pound class. John
Wargo, a Diamond Belt champ, won
a close decision over the Lions’ A 1
Tiiptnan. Tnpman boxed for most of
the fight, with Wargo doing the slug
ging. . '
Bachman Much Imorove4
Paul Bnchman. n senior who lists not
missed n nlghtVpractiee in four years
won his first bout against Pitt’s Jed
Curzi in the 145 pound division. Bach*
man showed latent ability by left jnb*
bing for three rounds mixing the Jnhs
with sledgehammer right*.
Captain Sammy Donato won an
easy decision over Pitt’s John Nentt*
ever in the welterweight class. Sammy
had the upperhand at all times car
rying his oponent for the three
rounds. Donato’s poor showing Sat
urday can’he charged to inferior com
petition in contrast to which he has
been meeting all season in such fight
ers as Crowell Little, Truman South*
al, and Ord Fink.
Ray Bombe. Pitt’s 165 pound boxer,
took all three rounds to decision Hank,
Schweitzer. Bombe lost to Lou Ritzie
last year and seemingly learned some
boxing from him for he displayed a
sample of the Ritzie left.
‘ Heber Lesslg who usually fights in
the IGS pound division .was moved up
to Al Bolder’s old weight, 175. Paul
Ashman’s advantage in the reach and
his. telling left hooks in the second
round won the fight for him. Lesslg
came back in the third round to block
Paul’s hooks but the latter had piled
up too grent'a lend to be overcome.
Off the Ropes
Interested ringside spectators were
State ‘Senator, Thompson and Con
gressman Gingery . . . Johnny Sayres
Rifle Team To Enter
Tech Meet Saturday
Winning ifi of -their 20 intercol
legiate postal matches to date, the
varsity ROTC rifle team will compete
in the Carnegie Tech invitation tourn
ament in Pittsburgh next .Saturday.-'
The sfliarpshootlng squad, coached
by Major George M. MacMullin, In
cludes Myles E. Althnus ,’4O, -Hiram
M. Wolfe '4O, George A. Bentrem *4O,
Wayne E. Bortz ’4O, Grant H. Car
penter ’3fl, Ralph 1. Cohen, ’JO, and
E. Roger Kirk ’3O.
Firing against the heat teams in
the country, the MacMullin outfit has
been defeated only by Pitt, Coe Col
lege, University of Washington, and
Kempbr Military school. CJoso wins
have been, recorded over" Harvard.
Cincinnttl and Indiana. Columbia,
John Hopkins, and Rose Polytectnie
were also defeated.
-Following* the Tech tourney, the
squad will prepare to participate in
the Intercollegiates ,to he held in
AtVnapolis. now tentativeiv set for
April 2.
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B.v TOM BOAI,
continued to second in the Lion’s
corner always offering good advice
. . . Lessig’s blocking in the third was
one of Johnny’s good deeds . . . Dr.
Schott is the boxers' most enthusiastic
supporter . . . Referee""Brynn Hayes
made one of Pitt's seconds-put. on a
Coat . . . Calmest team 'member is-’A!
Tapman who takes a snooze before
the meets.
Lion Swimmers Lose
To Pittsburgh, J 63-12
Penn State splashers' lost to a su
perior team of Pitt in a meet at Pitts
burgh Saturday night by a score of
163-12.
Without the solace o'f a single first
place, only two second places, and six
third places, automatically given, con
tributed towards Penn State’s 12
points. The two second places went
to Chuck Welsh in thelo0 t and Ray
Parks in the dive. Guy McLaughlin
gained a third place in the'dive.
Third places went to Art Lehman in
the 50, Ken Bunk in the 220. and 440,
Mark Vinzant in the backstroke, and
Ray, Johnson in th.e breaststroke
Eleven of the 48 entries have been
eliminated in the first round of the
Student' Union’s annual ajl-Collejre
pincr pong: tournament'.
Vrf "You youngsters’ll have to fight
blizzards, Indians, drought, mebbe starvation ...
he's BASEBAII'S TOUGHEST
SiUGGE
Introducing “Muscles” Medwick (ex
“ Ducky Wiicky”), the fightingest fighter
in the Cardinals’ 'Gashouse Gang." The
National League’s most valuable player
and leading hitter is apt to fight anybody,
friend or foe. Why? How did he quiet
even Dizzy Dean?. Here’s a story for the
Hot Stove Leaguers.
Lord Medwick, of Carteret
by J. ROY STOCKTON
80 Men Fight Lehigh lies Lion Matmen
For Positions As Bachman Injures Knee
IOnIC4-ATeam s.u. sm,a
_ A x V.V11.J..1 Don Bachman's default, caused by up by Reynolds. The Nittanyite tired
. a "knee injury ‘sustained in his match rapidly in the closing minutes, to
With the completion of the new out- "’ ith 9 u, ' tis For<l, em,b . leil thl! Lehigh swinft the hnut in fin-or of the Enfti
door hoard track, Coach Chick Wer- wl 'c?tiinp team to gain a I*l-14 tic ncer. n . '
ner’s SO varsity and freshman aspir- "' lth the Lion grapplcrs before an Steve Pnolo ■mcstled the former
ants have been brtivinir the severe over-capacity crowd of; some 2,000 .in .165-pound El WA champ, Dick Bishop,
weather conditions of recent weeks in Taylor irymnnsium Saturday, night, for several minutes hut then tiring,
preparation for the JC-4A’s to be held Spectators, crammed into the hall, ho took the defensive and grappled to
in New York next Saturday - were lined around the edges of the prevent being thrown by the superior
Time trials today in all events from a P™> m!its - ' Lehigh wrestler. CnpL. Ross Shaffer
the (10-yard dash to the two-mile Bachman’s knee-cap slipped out of met Itlliott Small, a short, stocky
grind, and tests for the weightmen Pi»« nfter I:sn of 'wrestling had powerhouse with surprising speed,
will determine the members of the elapsed. .Holding th e, advantage, Shaffer tripped Small after a few sec
squad who will .make the trip. Bachman, in preventing a switch by onds had passed, but Small broke neu-
The performances of Bill Smith and the Engineers’ 105-pound Ford, shot tml and came back to take State's
Norm fiord mi in t-Kn ma ATI moot nt his leg up and immediately called for captain to the mat. The match sce-
Madison Square Garden, New York, time, pointing to his knee. * sawed throughout, with Shaffer’s skill
last Saturday, should assure the Li- Coach Charlie Speidel said yester- end experience beginning to tell and
ons of a good showing in the dis- day that Bachman would not wrestle eventually receive the decision,
tancos. Smith ran third in the 5000 at Navy Saturday since he wished to With the score at 14-11 in favor of
meters behind Don Lash and Norm tfive the knee a chance to heal prop- State, Myron Stcrngold went on the
Bright in a record-shattering race, erly for the Intercollegiate meet. mats against Einic Bortz, Lion Heavy,
with Lash’s last lap spurt overcom- The five-point gift to Lehigh's score with but one thought in mind. The
jng the 'defending champion’s margin nullified Aldo Zazzi’s win over Hugh Engineers ovci -anxiousness probably
for a breath-taking finish. Gordon Ferry in, the 145-pound class." Zazzi lost him his ambition of throwing the
was fourth in the steeplechase, domi- gained the only fall of the meet when Lion. Boitz countered every move
nated as usual, by .Toe McClousky. • he. clamped a double bar and chan- and at-intervals held the advantage.
Led by Cnpt. Jim. Redmond, the eery, on Ferry to pin his shoulders on However, it wasn't enough to gain the
hurdlers have been displaying good the mat in 4:54. decision over the more experienced
early-season form with Miller Fra- An .arm-drag by Zazzi threw' Ferry Stcrngold.
zier’s improvement the shining light, on his face into the apron mats, —T
Brood-jumping, high-jumping, and knocking him unconscious. After I'ROSH BOXERS WIN
pole vaulting need more practice, only working over him for three minutes, Flashing signs of future greatness,
Bob Clark, holder of the College pole Ferry was revived and continued to penn State’s freshman boxers whipped
vault mark, showing last year’s form, wrestle, apparently with no ill-effects Pittsburgh’s freshmen, 4\» to 3 Vs, in
The usual weakness in the sprints of the accident. their season opener in Recreation hall
again is present. Lettermen Will Sut- In the 118-pound class, Carl King, Saturday afternoon. Forfeit victories
ton and Dave Bauer will be aided by State sophomore, went to the fore in the IGo-pound and heavyweight
the veteran Bernie Kalmanowicz and early in his bout with the more ex- classes decided the meet. Results:
several promising sophomores in an pericnced Walter Allen and stayed ns pounds: Vic Fiore, State, out
effort to come out of the sprinting there.to gain the decision. Frank pointed Red Fisher; 125 pounds: Sid
doldrums. The middle distances may Craighead and Frank Burnett, 125. Thomas, State, drew with Dave Spieg
be strengthened by reducing milers to changed positions often but the faster el; 135 pounds: Carl Pessolano, Pitt,
the 880, Bill Driest remains from last Lion received the nod from the ref-, outpointed-Elbur Purnell; 145 pounds:
| vear's squad. erce. ’ * Joe Triolo,* Pitt, outpointed Red
-Power in the Nittany . tracksters William Sheridan. Lehigh mentor, Stanko; 155 pounds: Jim Lewis, State,
' rests with the wealth of material in called on Masem to tackle B.ob Rey- drew with Mike Walek; 105 pounds:
the distances and in the weight events, nolds in the 135-pounn division. Ma- Les Cohen,-Slate, won by forfeit; 175
Pete Olexy, Frank Manic, Herb sem, muscular and a brainy wrest’er. pounds: Johnny Patrick, State, drew
Hazard, and Charley Pierce will aid managed to eke out the decision after with Bill Wilson; heavyweight: Lloyd
Smith and Gordon considerably. combatting an early'advantage piled Parsons, State, won by, forfeit.
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