Tuesday, April 12, 1938
PHI DEL
Harvey’s AC
Loses, 31-18
In Final Tilt
Turning -on that same relentless
power which enabled them to domi
nate league 10 and- trounce three oth
er section winners, Phi Delta Theta
whipped'Harvey’s A. C., 31-18, to be
come 1938 intramural basketball
champions Sunday nfterpoon at Rec
reation hall.
Making their way to the tourna
ment finals, Phi Delta Theta felled
Alpha Chi Rho, SO-HO, Phi Knppn,
22-17, and Kappa Delta Rho, 21-19,
while Varsity flail and Lambda Chi
Alpha bowed to Harvey’s A. C. by
the respective scores’of 30-;25 and
30-17;
At the close of a-nip-andstuck first
half. Phi Delta Theta, coming from
behind, led Harvey’s, 13-10. Brilliant
Jong shots by Harold Pry, Phi Delt
forward, who tossed in four from the
field and made good four free throws,
turned the second period into, a Phi
Delta Theta runaway. 'Hess, tourna
ment high scorer, sinking four goals
•and six fouls, sparked Harvey’s at
tack with 14 points. During the sec
.ond half, Harvey’s were held score
less? until the last three minutes of
play.
Phi Delt Stars
Carrying Phi Delta Theta to the 1
championship were Snyder and Pry
at forwards,- Hughes and Fair alter-;
nating at center, and Kingdon and
Ncvin at the-guard posts. 'Hess,
Ciocca, and Cooper at forwards, Grim
and Kolb switching at center, and 1
Wuenschel, Defalco, and Harrison at
guards, composed Harvey’s line-up.
In the first round of the eight-game
tourney, the Independents downed the
B. R. B. club. 28-20,-while Phi Delta
v Theta beat Alpha Chi Rho, 39-30. In
the quarter finals, lvappa Delta Rho
bested Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 28-20:
Phi Delta Theta defeated Phi Kappa,
22-17; Harvey’s A. C. trounced Var-.
sity Hall, 30-25; and Lambda Chi Al
pha eliminated the Independents,
21-10.
Wenthering a vicious last minute
attack, Phii Delta Theta won from
Kappa Delta Rho, 21-10, in the semi
final round while Harvey’s thrashed
Lambda Chi Alpha, 30-17. : High scor
ers during the tournament were Hess,
•Harvey’s A. C. ace, % with 10 field
• goals and 11 fouls for 49 points, and
Fry, Phi Delt forward, making 45
digits through 18 field
‘and 0 charity •
Donato Denies He Will
Box As Professional
Intermittent rumors that Sammy
Donato, Pmm Slate’s 155 pound east
ern intercollegiate boxiqg champion,
would turn professional upon gradua
tion in .lane were quelled today when
Donato definitely declared that he
wasn’t interested in boxing as a live
lihood.
"I am looking forward to tehching
physical education and coaching," said
Donato.- “Hnxing will he my last’ re
sort."
Donato, wlio was captain, of the
I!i3f? Lion boxing team and -co-captain
of football last fall, lias-prospects of
a coaching job in Dimmore, his home
town. '
"If the Dimmore Job does not come
through,"‘Donato said, "and I am un
able to find suitable work, only then
.will I think of turning professionnir’i
Financial reasons were believed to
he the cause of Donato's willingness
to cuter the professional ring since
he frowned on the sport ns a daily
routine.
Although Donato said he enjoyed
li'oxing throughout the past few years,
he claimed the professional type
which would require numerous bouts
Varsity Athletes Again Top
All-College Scholarship Mark
Varsity athletes for the second
successive year rank ahead of the
nll-Collcge scholastic average, a tabu
lation of first semester academic
standards shows. Lettermen of the
Lions' nine winter sport teams at
tained an average of 1.43, slightly
higher than the all-College mark of
•1,41 and the all-men’s level of 1.3(5.
Top honors wore again gained by
the gymnastic team with an average
of 2.05. ‘ Charley Speidel’s grapplers
garnered second place with 1.58, fol
lowed by the basketball team at 1.55
and the footballers rating 1.44.
‘All tenms v recorded average above
an even 1.00. Fencing, cross-country,
soccer, swimming, ..and boxing fol
lowed the grid team in that order
with averages of 1.35, 1.34, 1.28, 1.21
and 1.04, respectively.
The wrestling 'Craighead twins,
Frank and John, and E. Roger Kirk
of the fencers, were three varsity
letter-winners who registered a per
fect all-Collcge average of 3.00.
Five musclemen of Coach Gene
■BisoholT gymnaslors ranked'above a
TA THETA WINS I. M. BASKETBALL ChAMPIONSHIP
Lion Lacrosse Team Loses
To Strong Cadet Stickmen,
10-2, On Snow-Covered Field
Playing on snow-covered Now Beaver field while a'sleet and snow storm
prevailed throughout the game, the Lion lacrosse team took a 10-2 trouncing
from a superior Army club Saturday afternoon in the initial game of-the
season. ' . .
The cadets, petting' away‘to an early start, paid no heed to the ter
rible playing conditions and scored their first marker a minute and a hair
after thfl game got under way. They followed a few minutes later with two
— ■ ■. ———'tin succession, and chalked up another
' _ . * | just before the first quarter ended.
35 Net Aspirants
Practice Indoors
Freak weather conditions halted
outdoor varsity 'tennis practice sev
oral days after the oflicial call for
candidates brought approximately 35
aspirants to the clay courts.
With the season’s opener of a nine
match schedule slated against Lehigh
for April'29, Coach Dink Stover will
drili his men indoors until, weather
permits a return to outdoor courts.
Four veterans will give Stover a,
nucleus around which he can mold
his starting aggregation. Capt. Paul
Massey, number one ace, will likely
retain his post with A 1 Ilildebrandt,
undefeated in his initial year of var
sity competition, slated for a possible
second spot. Arnold Cohen, letter
man, and Carl Arberg, both juniors,
complete the holdover list. t . .
Wiley, Goodman Newcomers
‘Bill Wiley, winner of the freshman
tennis tourney last year, and Jerry
Goodman, sophomores, head the
group,of promising-newcomers. Two
other leading candidates for the out
fit are Bob Kirby and Mush Parker,
juniors.
In order to give the aspirants more
drili under fire, Coach Stover is plan
ning several practice matches against
a combined freshman and faculty
team.
The complete schedule includes:
April -29, Lehigh, away; April 30,
Penn, away: May •5, Gettysburg,
home;- May 7; Syracuse, home; May
11, Cornell, away; May 14, Bucknell,
home; May 18, Maryland, home; Mav
21,’ ’Carnegie Tech, away; ami May
25, Army, away.
Babe Sayers Injured,
dJnable To Participate
Johnny "Babe” Sayers, Penn State
professional' welterweight, was un
able to participate in his scheduled
battle with Whiekey Harkins ;of Phil
adelphia in an eight-round wind-up
at Lancaster last night hecause of a
wrist injury.
After winning four straight lights
sintfe the beginning of the year, Say
ers was advised to take a rest. Dur
ing the month layoff, he worked out 1
daily -in Rec hall, and last week in
jured his left wrist during a sparring
session.
‘llis physician has advised him to
stay out of the ring and give the in
jured member plenty of rest. Sayers
is the professional welterweight
champion of the anthracite coal re
gions.
in a tough division did not interest,
him. - * ’ _ •
Tile latest rumor, that Donato would
turn professional came from Syracuse,
New York. Donato admitted that he* 1
received an attractive offer from Joe
Netro. Syracuse promoter, among
others. Netro handles Ralph DeJohn,
well-known professional hoxer.
Donato, who represented Penn State
at 145 pounds for two years and won
the eastern welterweight crown in
1936, would compete in the T 47 pound
class if lie accepted Netro's‘offer.
2.00 average to give that team its top
post. CojCaptain-elect A! Kligman
and Julian Parton led the group with
2.85 and 2.84, respectively. Wilbur
Ward, co-captain-elect Ray Runkle,
and Ralph Jones followed with 2.64.,
2.36, and 2.14.,
Dave Weddell tmissed a perfect
mark by .05 rating a 2.05 to lead the
undefeated soccermen. Lending aver
ages ‘in - the - remaining sports were
recorded by: Capt. Robert Dewalt.
swimming, 2.00; Co-Captain Joe Prok
sa, basketball, -2.53; Bernard Briggs
and Dean Hanley, football, 2.46 and
2.30; Herbert Hazard, cross-country.
2.10; and Nate Handler, boxing, 1.94.
Cnptains of the respective sports
also averaged above the all-Collcge
figure with 1.75. Individual ratings
were: Swimming—Dewalt, 2.60; Bas
ketball’ co-captains Proksa ami Sol
M'ichoff, 2.53 and 1.84, respectively;
fencing—Spence Potter, 2.05; Wrest
ling—« Ross . Shaffer, 2.00; Soccer
Miphoff, 1.84; gymnastics—[Sam Bock,
1.26; Football and Boxing—Sam Do
nato, 1.14; and Cross-Country—Pete
Olexy, 1.00.
The highlight of the game came in
the third period when members of
both .teams scrambled for the hall in
front of the Lion net. Here the Li
ons accounted for their first marker
as Ray Coskery gave a terrific kick
and sent the ball into the net.
Stressing plenty of speed and a
dodging offense, the'West Pointers
baflled the Nittany stickmen for the
entire first half. They also„used a
defense which kept Lion attackers
at a distance, preventing them from
getting into a scoring position.
Both Finn and Sheridan accounted
for two apiece of Army’s four tallies
in the first quarter. Keller, Patrick,
and IBollard simultaneously heaved
the ball through for three counts in
the second period. The score at the
half remained 7-0.
The Army team again used strat-'
egy when they returned for the sec
ond half with a different type of .of
fense. They switched their dodging
tactics to that of screen plays, simi
lar to those used in basketball.
But the Lions played a better brand
of ball in the second half. Sel Cohn,
captain and spearhead of the Nittany
attack, covered -the field in remark
able fashion. The defense tightened,
with George Ritter, sophomore varsi
ty newcomer, displaying outstanding
defensive work.
Vann of Army opened the scoring
in the third quarter with Coskery fol
lowing on a freak play, chalking up
State’s first point. Cadet Maxwell
immediately followed with number
nine for Army.
The. fourth quarter was fast and
furious, with both teams racing back
and forth,’attempting to score. Dat
tlebaum came through for a Stats
score as Gillem gained the visitor's
; final marker.
Proksa, hampered by a knee injury,
played the .entire game, and is sched
uled ' t to'be in the opening lineup when
the Nittanymen meet a strong Mary
land team next Saturday at College
Park, Md.
Conch Nick Thiel will take along
18 members of the sifuatl for the
Maryland tussle.' Maryland is report
edjo have another powerful aggrega
tion. this year, sonic of their former
teams he:ng r the best in the country.
Trackmen Balked
By Bad Weather
With early spring weather fizzling
into wintry blasts, the Nittany track
men, awaiting the Penn Relays slated
for April 29 and 30, have retired to
Rec Hall for further indoor condi
tioning.
Injuries have hampered Chick
Werner’s outfit with Capt. Jim Red
mond the latest addition to the dis
abled list. Redmond was struck by
an automobile several-days ago and
has been resting minor injuries at
home. The Lion leader was unahle to
attain last year's form during the
winter track his recent
misfortune' will hold him back con
siderably.
.Bernie Kalnianowicz, top-ranking
! sprinter, who severely strained a
muscle before ' the West Virgins
games, continues to rest his injured
Bob Clark, pole vaulter, is nursing
a wrist injury suffered at Catholic
University.
Despite the injuries, the undesir
able weather will hurt thq Nittany
men’s changes considerably more.
Condition was an important factor in
State’s loss to the Spartans of Mich
igan, State April 1. Now tfint snow
has covered the cinder paths, driving
the team indoors, Werner’s training
program is temporarily delayed. Nu
merous members of the squad have
been requested to remain here for
practice throughout Easter holiday.
Wuenschell, Edwards
Enter Handball Finals
-Ott Wuenschell and Kenny Ed
wards, Independent, entered the fin
als in the intramural handball dou
bles tournament as they won in close
matches ovcr.Al Branner and Jack
Proscn, Sigma Tau Phi, 21-18, 21-19.
Bob Smith and Pete Gregory, In
dependent, meet Bernie KHpstcin and
Harry Coini, Beta Sigma Rlio, to de
termine the couple to fight it out with
the Wuenschell-Edwards, combination
this afternoon for the championship.
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Between
The Lions
When one realizes that few men
were playing lacrosse forty years
ago, the percentage of the alumni
still interested looms’high. No sport
enjoys the return of the old-timers
as does this old Indian stick-game.
One, of the chief reasons ’ for the
popularity of'the sport among the
players is that the boys like to ploy
in practice as well as in big games.
Tt is one of the few games which pro
vides zest in workouts equal to that
of actual intercollegiate competition.
The captain of the football team
of a large university said recently,
when advised to take a brief-rest fol
lowing heavy -campaigns of fall and
winter sports: "This is not.work to
me. • I play Other sports because I
feel that Ishould, but.l play lacrosse
simply because 1 enjoy it.” . .
Coaches realize the necessity’ of
working upon - fundamentals .but find
that they'can include these • funda
mentals in- competitive wo-r,k.o ut s.
which will hold interest. albst coaches
wind up practice each day 1 with aj
real hearty scrimmage, leaving the
players with‘the exultation of phys
ical accomplishment -and the - inspira
tion to turn out early next day to do
better.
Very few- high schools include la
crosse in their "sports schedules. It
remains for 'the colleges to'get the
student interc-sLed in the sport. Once ;
they learn the love of the stick, they
are sold on the game. Over 200 men
at West Point report for practice
every day. Practically**, all southern
schools display a tremendous interest
in the old Indian game.
Massachusetts State College was
the first grant college in New Eng
land. It was chartered in 1863.
Lions Start 2-Game Tour
To Open Belated Baseball
Season At Penn, Maryland
Nineteen Lion basebaliers leave on n two-gnme tour at one o’clock today,
opening their belated season against the University of Pennsylvania at
Franklin Field tomorrow' and facing the University of Maryland at College-
Park on Thursday.
Coach Joe Bedenk, iNittnny mentor, will take seven pitchers, three catch
eis, six infielders, and three outfielders on the trip. Captain Benny Simon-
celli. ace Lion twirle’r, -will start on.
the mound against the Quaker bats
men and Tom Watts, curve hall ar
tist, will face the Terps. Reserve
Lion hurlcrs making the trip are Boh
Goodrich, Max-Houser, Ed Bastion,
Joe Didinger, and Bill Neal.
Doe Crossin will bear the brunt of
the catching although Fritz* Selble
and Mavtin Valeri, sophomore'.back
stops, will be on the reserve list.-Me!
Vonarx, Rabbit Wear, "Harry .Harri
son, and Johnny "Waters, .composing
State’s veteran infield, plus reserves
Ken Truhn and Paul Men’zte, will
handle the inner garden assignments
1 while Sol Miehoff, Ray Brake, and
.Joe Adessa will do.chores in the out
field.
Penn Lost to Villanova
Penn,- offering the Nittany • Lions
their first piece de resistance of the
1938 season) opened their 18th season
under Coach Walter Cariss with a
10-7 loss to V.illanova. Highlighting
Penn’s inaugural was Dick Trexlers
debut at shortstop. In five trips to
the plate, Trexler collected a homer,
a double, and two .bingles to lead the
Quakers’ attack. Fred Raffetto, Qua- j
ker right fielder, and Charley Morris,
[first baseman, have also been hitting
l timely for the Red and Blue. Either
I Payson Brickley or George Rusznak.
Penn’s veteran tosscr, will be on the
hill for the Quakers.
• Maryland’s Terrapins fared consid
erably better than Penn in their open
er, shellacking Vermont, 16-4. A sec
ond inning barrage which netted the
Old Liners seven runs, chased two
Vermont pitchers before the rally
was curbed.
Susquehanna Met May 28
Snowed out after it was originally
scheduled for last Saturday, April 9,
the Susquehanna game has been post
poned until Saturday, May 28.
Georgetown and Navy will be hosts
to" the Lions on their second two-j
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Delta Sigma Phi Rolls
For IM Title Tonight
Alpha Phi Delta, winners of the
second half, will roll Delta Sigma Phi,
first half victors, for the league cham
pionship* in the intranuiral bowling
tourney tonight.
Led by Sam Donato and Ben Siinon
eolli. Alpha Phi Belt’s entries cinched
top honors for the latter half of the
: season by holding off a belated rally
bv-Beta Sigma Rho, runners-up.
W. L. P.C.
Alpha Phi Delta 68 12 .850
Beta Sigma Rho .. 65 15 .812
Theta Chi ..
Varsity Hall
R.D.R
Kappa Delta Rho 44 36 .sdo
Alpha Sigma Phi 44 36 " .550
Independents 42 38 .525
Beta Theta Pi 39 41 .387
Delta Sigma Phi 10 38; .209
Tau Phi-Delta .... 8 64' .111
Phi Kappa 0, 72’ .000
game trip Friday and Saturday,
April 22 and’23. The tossers will
play their first home game when they
meet Dickinson on Wednesday; April
27.