Friday, March 25, 1938 29iCojleges Try For NCAA Crown (Continued From Page-One) in a practice tussle Tuesday. Sched uled to enter the tourney at 155;. Gen sler.will 'he replaced by Steve Priolo, senior grappler,' who held that berth on the varsity team .this,year.. Zazzi’a efforts to; drop 10,pounds proved futile and he wilLbe-back in the 145-pound class, thus shoving Herman ‘-Shnuikler >'4o from the line-; up. Marshall Gates ’39 will fill in at 135, in place of Zazzl. Gates -was. Bobbie .Reynolds’ sparring mate dur ing the year. . . • Other Lions scheduled to partici pate this aftdrriodn are:. Carl King, 118; John Craighead, 126; Capt.-Ro.is Shaffer,’ 165; 'Ernie Bortz, 175; and Warren Elliott, heavy. Among the contestants here for the. tourney, are six former N;; C. A. A. titlcholders and four members of the American Olympic team. Three of the 1937 kings wear the' colors of the Oklahoma A & M team, picked to repeat their sweeping, tour jiamcnt victory, of last-year. Joe Mc- Daniels; .118; Stan Hendon, 145; and Harvey 'Base, 165, are. the cowboys! titleholders. Dale Brand, 126-potmder from Cornell College of lowa, is the only oilier ’37.king entered this year; Two ’36 champs will try to. come back. Charley- McDaniels, ..Indiana, •heavyweight, left school in 1937 after capturing the National heavyweight' title at Terre Haute: Oklahoma A & M’s Harley Strong, 145-pound champ two years, ago/will attempt a come back in the 155-pound division. . ' 5 Strong was shoved from his 145 r pound berth last year by teammate Stan Henson, who went.on to grab ..the crown. To avoid Henson and strengthen the Aggies’.lineup, Strong went up, a weight and, will seek the ‘155-pound diadem. The American Olympic team mem bers in 1936 are: Capt. Fred Parkey, .136-pounder from Oklahoma A & M; 'Strong, McDaniels, .and Willard Duffy, Indiana’s 126 grupplcr.' The .Aggies also have heavyweight George Chiga, Canadian champ and a mem ber of the Canadian Olympic team. Seven of the-East’s eight cham pions will try to break the ten-year string which the western teams have held to the championships. All but Bob Mathers, Cornell’s Impound titleholder,. will see action this week end. The East has never before-entered the N. C. A. A. in such-numbers.' All told, 43 grnpplers, almost half'of the number entered, represent'. 13 eastern schools. ' . _ ' Big' Ten- arid Big -Six-confer ences' have sent v gentries for-their championships. lowa State, Big'Six -lenders, will send Tour men while the Big Ten champs,'lllinois, will come East'with five. ' Thiel Heads Speakers At Basketball Dinner - Glenn S. “Nick” Thiel,,varsity la evosse coach, and freshman cage men tor, was the principal speaker at the first : annual Central Pennsylvania Basketball League- banquet held in the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. last night ,’at 7 o’clock. - • Coach Thiel talked on basketball in general and illustrated his topic with motion pictures depicting offensive and defensive methods of play, shoot ing, practicing, and . coaching tech niques. • ' •' Syracuse Picks Lions On a 1937-38 - all-opponent 'team the Syracuse, varsity. bas ketball and wrestling squads, Co-cap .tain Solly Miehoff was listed as an oil-opponent guard while Captain 'Ross Shaffer received the. 175-pound; all?opponent wrestling berth. VARSITY. BASEBALL -‘GVpril 9—Susquehanna ''l 3—Penn—away 14-r-Maryland—away 22 Georgetown—away 23 — Navy—away . 27—Dickinson v May 4—Gettysburg ' 7—Western Maryland 9—Syracuse 11—Temple, 13—Colgate—away —Syracuse—away 18— Muhlpnherg 20— West Virginia 21— West Virginia 25—A rmy—away June .4 —Bucknell FRESHMAN BASEBALL April 23—Mercershurg s . 30—Kiski May. 6—Syracuse—away t , 7—Colgate—away 14— : Cornell 21—Wyoming Seminary For Health and Pleasure V V fVm M SWIM ♦ ♦ SWIM Big 6 Champ KEN STEWART lowa State matman.and 118-pouiid king of the' Missouri Valley; Con ference. A 'senior,- he will make a bid Tor the-N.C.A.A. title, tonight and tomorrow. \ lowa State, 1937 Big Six titleholder, sent four'wrest- lers here. Bright Prospects For Nittany Nine - With the season's opener only two weeks away, Joe Bedenk, Lion dia mond mentor, this year finds the pro blem of . picking a starting nine which -will meet' Susquehanna . University ere on Saturday, April'9, a pleasant ta'sk. ' o / Eight veterans plus an array of promising sophomore and junior tal ent gives Bedenk a select group from which to choose nine regulars. With both the infield, and outfield positions all but settle'd, Bedenk’s only night mare, is his pitching staff. Only one veteran hinder,, Captain Benny Simoncelli, remains from last year. This leaves Bedenk-with one .pitcher and about eight, thrower-inners. . Second to Simoncelli for a start ing Job on the mound is Bob Goodrich who has been showing up consistently in. pre-season performances. Max ‘Houser will probably be No. 3 map on t*he staff ,but is being pushed by Joe Didinger,* Tom Watts,ahd-Bill Neal. > Doc Crossyn will probably get* the nod overtFritiz Seibel,- Mart VPlerie, and Bemie the starting backstop post. : -, at first,Rabbit Wear on the keystone sack,.'.Harry Harrison at shortstop, and Johnny Walers-at third, are prac tically sure' of-their- jobs despite the showing of-several sophomore em bryos. Competition .in the outer garden is practically nil: because of the- pres ence of three slugging veterans, Ray Bi-ake, Joe Adcssa,-and Solly.Mie- Hoff. Stu Quailey and Tom Marlow loom as possible starters should any of this trio be dismissed. Varsity Golfers Begin Early Spring Practice With the arrival of spring and perfect; golf weather, aspirants for' the'varsity golf team reported last week to coach Boh Rutherford.,and fire slowly rounding into shape. Paced • by such formidable mater ial ns Bud Miller, Jake,Keenan. Ed Hebda, Bob .Hayes, and Larry' Fe ree, the four veterans of last year’s team. Bernie Burkett, Jack -Mar haffey, ..Bill Gross, and Joe Steven son. gre seriously getting into trim to hold down their positions on this year’s squad. The first meet will be. against Army, April 23. SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULES VARSITY TRACK April 29.-30—Penn Relay—away May 7-r-Chicago ,-M —Syracuse 21—Pittsburgh—away June-3-4—lC4A—New York City May 28—P.1.A.A. FRESHMAN TRACK May 7—Cornell x 21—Pittsburgh—away VARSITY LACROSSE April 9—Army 18—-Maryland—a wny 23—Pennsylvania—away 7—Swarthmorc 10—Cornell 13— Colgate—away 14— Syractise~-away 21—Lafayette FRESHMAN lacrosse April"3o—Cornell •May 21— Syracuse Central High School Oklahoma Matmen Get Early Start ‘Out Home’ “We start ’em early out home,” said Bill Renfro, 135-pound Bulldog of Southwestern Oklahoma State Teachers College, in attempting to explain the Oklahoma-intercollegiate mat, monopoly of recent years. "AH high schools have had wrest ling teams for many years and a great many junior high schools have teams,” he explained. “And then wrestling is a major sport-in our state, second only to football. The success is we are so much older than other college teams, for our team doesn’t average more than 21. . 1 “If any team is going to beat Okla homa A & M, they’re going to have' to hustle,” the 'Bulldog commented. “I think they ought to win again this year. They’ve beaten us twice, this season so we ought to know. Last year we were able to beat them in a dual meet, but they won the Nation, als at Terre Haute.” ‘Renfro explained that their main hopes wore pinned on big Swede Ol son of -Tulsa, who ,has been undefeat ed this season at 175 pounds. In'fnct he was the only Bulldog able to .score a victory in the A & M ring. All in tercollegiate wrestling in that section is performed in a ring, he explained. “We" have five men competing in the championships. We left school on Monday and drove the 1500 miles in the coache’s sedan, getting here just after dark Wednesday night,” he explained. • “It”s not the first trip East for all of us, but it's the first time we’ve been to Penn State.” “I guess you folks aren't used to seeing the boys in cowboy boots. Some of them wear them all the time. All of our boys'are from Oklahoma, none from .out of the state. We have a student body of, about 700 with more girls than boys. That makes it nice, doesn’t it?” he asked. '“Our colors are blue and white like yours. You’ve got quite a campus here, but you're sort of hidden away from people, aren’t you? We hear of. Penn State during football season out home, they seem to have pretty good teams.' No, don’t hear much of'your boxing team, but I had a cousin that boxed in the Intercollegiates here a little while ago. Name’s Lnvendusky, have,you ever heard of him?” ' Women in Sports Kapipa Alpha Theta became the new-possessor of the Interfraternity basketball cup when they won the fi nal basketball gome from Chi Omega Tuesday night by a score of 20 to 16' The Thetas won five games and tied one to become the champion of the White League, while the Chi Omegas won six 'games to lead the. Blue League; . Marge Beaver, Theta, led the scor ing with ten points, and was closely followed by„June Price, outstanding, on the Chi O, with eight points. Dot tie McAuliffe, Chi Omega team, was removed from the game because of an injury. LEAGUE STANDINGS Blue League •* Won Lost 6 0 Chi Omega Delta Gamma l 4 2 Philotcs ‘ 4 2 Gamma Phi Beta 2 4 Alpha Epsilon Phi / 2 4 Mac Hall Gamma Phi Beta White League. . Won Lost Kappa Alpha Theta 5 0 Kappa Kappa Gamma 5 1 Alpha Omicron Pi 2 ' \.2 Alpha Chi Omega 2 • 2' Downtown East* Ll 4 Grange 0 5 THE. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Here Are Winners Of Intramurals Summary of intramural stand ings: : Swimming—Phi Kappd Psi; runner-up—‘Beta Theta Pi • Volleyball Beta Sigma - ’ Rho; runner-up—Unit 4 .•, Handball, Singles—Bernie. Klip *tein, Beta Sigma Rho;.runner-up —'Bob Robinson, Phi Sigma Delta. Doubles—now in progress' W restJ ing—Sigma., PI; runner-up —Alpha Gnmmnißho • ; ' Baskcthall—now’ in; 'progress Bowling—now in progress Stickmen Pruned To Open Season Witli'ihe season’s opener to a lough schedule less than three weeks away, Coach Nick Thiel has been putting his ’3B varsity lacrosse - candidates through one month of practicing fund amentals. Full scrimmage sessions be gan this week. Six regulars, werfe lost-by-gradua tion. iiut a likely-looking group of sophomores and several experienced juniors are expected, to break into the lineup as replacements. At least two [of .the' newcomers have excellent chances of clashing the, starting ar ray. Captain Seely Cohn, Ray Coskery, and Joe Snook, all veterans, are tak ing good care of the inside attack positions. Leaders for the centerfield posts are AI Simpson, Ott Wuenschel, Joe AmlrukiUs, Eddie Sheridan, Ralph DeFalco, and Harry HouUi. Joe Proksa, basketball co-captain, tops the Lion stickmen on the inside defense, aided by Joe Nhribetsky and Alex Cowan, other holdovers. Promis ing material from last year’s fresh man outfit includes Al 'Blair, Roger Sharp, Warren Elliott, Holt Drake, and Joe Carter. The goalie post will - probably lie filled by Bud Meyers, last senson’s tender. Manager Bob another candidate for the spot. _ Champlin To Conduct Ist Of Three Forums The first of a aeries of three for ums to be conducted by Dr. Carroll D. Champlin, professor of education, will he held in the State College high school today. The remaining two are scheduled for Friday, April 1, and Monday,, April 4, also in the high school. “Can We Keep Out or War by Isola tion?” is the topic to he di.^euased'at today’s meeting. April I,> the subject will be "Does Germany Threaten World Peace?” and a discussion of “Soviet Russia: Shall We Fear It or Learn From It?” will conclude the ser ies on April 4. Dr. Champlin, while on a leave of absence, has been 'conducting public forums in Virginia. In the, latter part of February and the earlier part of this month meetings were held in sev en central Virginian cities where el even topics were discussed - before lnrge audiences. - Thespians Plan Tour ' “Hey, Rube!',” the Thespians Inter fraternity Ball weekend production, will also he staged in.the State Thea tre in ellefonte on Tuesday, April'l2. Following this appearance, other Rhowings will he made in Johnstown. Clearfield, Reading, and Allentown. Jones Named Senator Peggy Jones ’40," who placed second in the elections for vice-president of W.. S. G. A., automatically becomes, junior senator of that organization. Dorothy McAuliffe ’’39, who . polled second highest votes for W. A. A., president, takes the office of secre tary of tlie athletic association. VARSITY TENNIS April 2*J—l.t-high—away 30—Penn —away May s—Gettysburg 7; —Syracuse 11—Cornell—away 14 —Bucknell , 18—Maryland ' 21—Carnegie. Tech—away 25—Army—away VARSITY GOLF April 23—Army—ayay 30—Pitt Mav 6—p.m.—Pitt E. L G. A. at Pittsburgh 7—a.m, —Cornell E. I. G. A.,at Pittsburgh 11—Cornell—away . 13— p.m.—Georgetown E. I. G. A. at Princeton 14— a.m.—Princeton E. I. G. A. at Princeton 14—p.m.—Penn E. I. G. A. at Princeton 18—Carnegie *Tech 20— E. I. G. A. championships 21— E. L G. A. championships Lionßingmen Gain 3 Wins, 4 Losses In ’39 Season ' Not the best team in recent years, but a gallant one was the 1938 edi- i tion of Penn' State’s boxing squad. Although they won but three meets, the team of two veterans and six new comers was a determined group, as the letter in today’s Collegian attests. ’ The mittmen began the season with two wins over Western Maryland and North Carolina, then lost two in suc cession to Syracuse and Virginia, came hack to beat Pitt, and then lost again, this time to Army and Wiscon sin. ' ..State looked best in the Wisconsin matches, according .to the boxers themselves. This match had the larg est crowd ever to attend an intercol legiate contest, tc attendance being well over 11,000. Donato’s Record Best Sammy Donato made the best rec ord on the squad, scoring five victor ies and one draw, and losing one match. Besides this, he won the 155-, pound Eastern Intercollegiate chnrn pionsip. This was his second cham pionship. He won his first in 1936 at 145. Very impressive in his fights and a hope for next season was Al Bolder, making his debut on the varsity. Bolder won two and lost two. The last match was a very close decision to Roy Schmidt, national collegiate champ of Virginia. HeberTessig, a senior, filled the 165-pound position of Lou Ritzie very capably and while fighting at that weight lost but one also fought twice at 175 pounds and lost both of these. He won four matches, and then in tlie intercollegiates gave Syracuse's star, Orel Fink, a terrific going over. The individual records of the team are as follows: Ken Byrd, two losses and one draw; Mike Cooper, one win and three defeats; Al Tapman, two victories and five defeats; Roy Hanna, three wins and four defeats; Frank Silvestri, one win and one defeat; Paul Bachman, two victories and two losses. The higher weight records are: Hank Schweitzer, three defeats; John Patrick, one loss; Dave Nemeth, one loss; Nate Handler, two defeats, two wins, and one draw; and Tor Toretti, one loss. Intercollegiate Matches Although little was expected of the team ( in the intercollegiates,. State scored in every weight excepting the heavyweight, no one being entered at 175. Of the total twelve points, five were mode by Donato, three by Coop er, and one each by Tapman. Hanna, Lessig, and Bachman. Hopes for the feam next year were considerably, brightened by an excell ent freshman team. Besides those re maining from this year’s varsity, Cooper, Tapmari,' Hanna, Bolder, Pat rick, and Handler, much is expected from Sid Thomas, Frank Stanko, Sid Cohen, Jim Lewis, and Johnny Pat rick. Plan Fencing Tourney An all-College fencing tournament sponsored by Les Sabreuvs honorary fencing fraternity will be held in Rec hall 'Saturday afternoon, April 2. AH those interested are eligible. Entries must sign at the Student Un ion desk before next Wednesday. A Common Expression in Town and on Campus “You Can Get It at METZGER’S” ATHLETIC GOODS OF ALL KINDS Mush Balls . . 25c to $1.85 Bats .... 50c to $1.50 SEE OUR NEW SPORTS JACKET AND SHIRTS With Penn State Insignia Tennis Rackets Restrung —2 to 24-Hour Service Rackets from . . . . ... . . . . . $1.95 to $19.00 Tennis Balls 2 for 25c to 50c each Repaint Golf Balls . . . 15c to 35c New Balls 25c, 35c, 50c and 75c Golf Clubs . . $1.25 and Up Bags . . . $1.25 to $15.00 Bicycles, Roller Skates and 22 Calibre Rifles for Rent Shop at METZGER’S Between the Lions With Rec hall seething with activ- I' ity and nationwide interest centered on Penn State’s conducting of the Na tional Collegiate wrestling champion ships, the furthest thing from the minds of sports fans is the annual Spring football practice. Over 50 grid prospects have turned out? to show their stuff to Coach Bob' Higgins. After the comparative suc cess of .last season’s Lion eleven, it is l natural to look forward to continued J success and probable improvement. No matter whnt is said, football is still the 1 ranking collegiate sport: In certain schools, continued success in other major and minor sports places these other sports high up the ladder of popularity in the eyes of the fol lowers in schools. But, when the football season rolls around, they all clamor for a winning team. If this is achieved, “Old Si wash” is back in the athletic limelight, and who cares about what happens in the other sports? Just such a situation existed here at Penn State great interest being shown in wrestling, boxing, and basketball. Wrestling and boxing, in many other schools, draw very little spectator interest, hut Penn State fans, in recent years, have had very little to brag about thbir football teams —so, naturally, their attention has been diverted to more successful teams in other sports. But, last season something was proven here—Spring football practice pays! Bob Higgins and his staff were THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF STATE COLLEGE t > Member of Federal Deposit Insurance. Corporation NEW ITEMS Infinal Fine Grain Developer Reduced to . . . $1.25 qt. New 15-Exposure Ultra Speed Agfa, dark room loading 45c Kodak Wrist Straps, very handy 50c PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP ill 12. COLLEGE AVE. STATE COLLEGE Page Three + + + saved weeks of valuable Fall practice time, because the gridmen had learned the - plays, new men had been' well grounded in fundamentals, and all the boys had gotten into fine jdiysicnl shape, which was not hard to maintain over the Summer months. When they reported for Fall prac tice early in September, the squad wa* ready to go into final preparations fot the opening game and a tough sea son. Result —a winning and populai team for the first time in almost a decade. 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