Tuesday, April'26, 19S8
Between the Lions
By HERB CAIIAN, .Sports Editor
We eon think of no better way to start off our regime as custodian of this
column than to pay'a Iwt of tribute to a trio of Penn Stale athletes who, upon
their graduation in a few weeks, will leave behind them a record almost un
precedented by any similar group of the some class.
What makes their" exploits all the more interesting and so unusual is the
fact that their competing weights never exceeded 155 pounds. Their names
undoubtedly will go down in Pennt
State history with former greats who,
by 'comparison, .may dwarf them-in
physical size but do not better them
in accomplishment;?.-'
This column could be written with
out even mentioning-their names,, so
familiar are they to every Penn State
sludentand sports enthusiast. ‘‘These
three” have, been -making’streamer
•headlines in this and other journals
for three years as - Nittany Lions arid,
although they have received .individu
al honors for their sterling perfor
riianees time and time again, we want
to be the first to acclaim them as a
group.of, truly, “mighty mites.”
In . a short time the annual award
will be made to Penn Suite’s out
standing senior athlete. 'lt is by-no
means, a rash prediction to say that
the winner v will he one of “these
three”—Sammy; Donato, ’Sol* MiehofF;
Windy Wear. -Perhaps the powers
that-he will see fit to awai;d .three
medals to three very deserving,'very,
very -modest, and very, very,, very
outstanding'Nittany. Libu “groats;”'
Inasmuch ns Sammy, Sol, and The
Rabbit make . up. such an unusual
group, perhaps a brief review of their
many exploits, • outstanding accom
plishments, and a 'brief personality
sketch would not be out of place (for
the records, as well as for you, dear
sports reader) —we’ll give them to
you in weight order:-
So, step up Wendell W. Wear, alias
“Windy”, alias “The .Rabbit” —
weight: 135; varsity football
and AU-Ariierican men
„ Mon in football . . . J3ob Higgins fa
vorite prediction for the 1938 season:
“We’ll sure.-miss Windy” . .-. and so
will we ... he was never- captain of
either of his starring sports,‘but was
certainly the sparkplug and “brains”
of the grid team . . . paired with a
fellow lightweight, Harry. Harrison,
to lead the football team in wins over
Penn, Maryland, and Bueknell this
•past season . . .. Unforgettable Wear
moments: when__he was forced back,
to the center of the field -by onrush
ing ißucknell linemen from his own
25-yard line,-wiggled his-way back
almost to the. line of scrimmage, then
heaved a perfect pass to Joe Adessa
<in -the goal line; when he passed to
Harrison against Penn to put thp
bail in .position for the game’s only
touchdown, then proceeded to take a
heave from Harry to defeat the Red
• and Blue—-the season was a success!
when The Rabbit spotted the Mary
land defense .out'of positiori,'changed
the play after the teams were lined
up, thus setting the stage for Harri
son’s scoot for the winning touch
down; when he foxed the Cornell
learn by not giving the ball away on
a reverse, taking it himself, and
scampering 66 yards to' the Big Red
one-yard stripe . . . these are' just a
few of Windy’s 1937 exploits ... to
tell of Wear’s three years would fill
many volumes, so—
IT’S A LAUGH!
/ Pride and Prejudice 7
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BY THE PLAYERS
May 6 and 7 _ Mother’s Day
BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB
presents —■
25th Annual'-.-
Little International
Livestock Exposition
Saturday, April 30, 1 P.M.
Stock Pavilion
•
PITTING AND SHOWING CONTEST
TEAMSTERS CONTEST'
HORSE JUMPING EXHIBITION. ‘ ,
, CO-ED PIG RACING CONTEST
( ' -
It’s your turn Sol B. Miehoff—
weight: 160 pounds (soaking wet);
varsity letters, baseball, soccer, and
basketball . . . will have'earned most
varsity letters (nine) since Steve Ha
mas (eleven) . . . captain of the hoot
ers . . co-captain with Joe Proksn
of- basketball . . . all-eastern soccer
inside left . . . nll-Conference basket
balk forward . . . never played soccer
before entering Penn State . . . fnvo.
’rite sport: baseball . . . favorite
drink: milk shake . . . first Nittany
Lion eager to make the nil-Conference
• team . . . second to Temple’s great
Don Shields in league scoring this
year / . . . baited in most runs in base
ball last season ... no time- for the
women (and are the co-eds sorry) ...
Unforgettable .Miehoff .moments:
when' -he scored the tying points
against Georgetown’s cage team—aft
.er the game was over! when he made
a'running, diving catch of a'Templc
fly that was headed for the tennis
courts . . ; three sparkling: shoe-string
•eatehes against this season.
fields like Tris Speaker . ; . hits like
Ty iCobb . . . and s<>, on and oh . . .'
butiif- we-do there’ll be no space left
for... ’
'Sum Donato (nope, no middle ini.
,tial or full first name-just plain
Sam)—weight: 155 pounds; varsity
letters: football and boxing . . . co
captain 1 with Johnny Economos of
football ... captain of the mitmen ..
1936.145-pound Eastern Inlercollegi.
ate champ...runner-up in 1937 . .
155-pound titleholder this year . .
carried the ball only once in his three
years on the grid team . . . small os
football players, go, but a demon
‘ blocker and vicious tackier . . . room
ed with Wear before Windy moved to
the 'Sigma. Chi house, and .Sammy be
came an Alpha Phi Delt. . . Current
ly. Scranton's most popular athlete..,,
they're giving him a testimonial din
ner May 7 ... Leo Houck named him
on 'his all-time Nittany Lion boxing
team . . . played entire Bucknell «game
with an infected foot ~. p 1 a yed
against Buckncli’s Lou Tomnsetti five
times (high school and college) ■! . .
played on- Dunmore high’s greatest
football team with three other former
Lion stars: the O’llora'brothel's and
Tommy Siivano ... Unforgettable Do
nato .moments: whenever he met Syr
acuse’s great boxer, Johnny Mas
tvella; when he outslugged Syra
cuse’s Tiger McGivern to win the
Eastern crown-in 1936; whenever he
tackled anybody . . .'and he still in
sists h<? will never become a pro box
er unless .he has t 0... Sammy, we
certainly hope you never have t 0.. .-
Well, there you have a'bit of what
“these three” have done . . . Sammy
has hung up the gloves’and football
togs . . . you still have a chance to
see Windy and Sol cavorting on the
diamond . . . what-does the future
hold - in store for Penn State’s three
great little guys?
LIONS FACE DICKINSON NINE TOMORROW
Tossers Open
Home Season;
Seek 2nd Win
Seeking-,their, second win in five
starts, Joe • Bedenlt’s luckless Lion
nine, victory-starved .since they trim
med Penn in their opener four games
ago, will inaugurate their-home sea
son against Dickinson College at 4
o’clock tomorrow afternoon on New
Beaver Field.
Captain Ben Simoncelli will be Bed
enk’s mound choice to face Dickin
son. Chased from the box- in the
fourth inning by Penn's Quakers and
nicked for 13 hits by Maryland's
Terps, Simoncelli will make a third
attempt tomorrow for his initial tri
umph of the season. ,
Menzie, Sherwin. .in Infield
Bedcnk will make several changes
for tomorrow’s fray. Paul Menzie,
sophomore third-sacker, will start at
the hot corner. Menzie, hitting .333
and fielding well, will replace Johnny
Waters, veteran third baseman. At;
.second base-Bedcnk will try diminu-;
live-Bud Sherwin in place of Windy
Wear. Fritz Seibel, sophomore back
stop, will catch for” Simoncelli. Vonarx
and Harrison, will keep their respec
tive posts at first and shortstop. Mie
hofl’, Brake, and Adessa will be in
the outfield.
Since their 6-4 rout of Penn behind
brilliant relief pitching by Tom Watts
who rescued Simoncelli in the fourth,
and timely clouts by Miehoff, Menzie,
and Vonarx, the Lions have served as
a doormat for .Maryland, Georgetown,
and Navy in successive games. Von
arx’.. double in the seventh scoring
Adessa and Brake clinched the Penn
game after Menzie, <pihch-hitting for
Simoncelli, bingled in the fourth with
Wear and Vonarx tallying to tie the
count.
Terrapins Had Big Sixth
Maryland's hit- barrage climaxed’
by. a big sixth inning in which the
Terrapins rang up three runs, ended
an s otherwise nip-and-tuck contest
with the Lions on the same side of
a 7-4 score. Simoncelli yielded 13
blows while his -mates collected nine.
Miehoff, Menzie, and Valeri shared
hitting ouch" getting two safe
smashes with both Wear and Menzie
clouting two-baggers..
Despite n vicious uprising in the
eighth fra me, the Lions bowed - to a
strong Georgetown nine, 9-7, at Wash
ington-Friday after a slugging.battle
saw State push ahead, 7-6, only to
throw in the towel when the lloyas
retalliated with three runs in their
half of the eighth. Joe. Adessb, Lion
right fielder, enjoyed a brilliant day
at the plate, smashing out two hom
ers and a single in four tries. Ken
Frosh Nine Loses
Initial Game, 9-7
Scoring four runs in the sixth and
three more in the eighth proved not
enough as Coach Leo Houck’s fresh
man baseball team lost its opening
game 9-7 to a strong Mercersßurg
Academy nine on _New Beaver field
last Saturday.
Bob Robinson pitched a steady
game for the yearlings, striking, out
five men and keeping MJercersburg's
ten .hits well scattered. Five errors in<
the first few innings proved costly
and' showed that the cubs will have
to develop more dependable team; play
if they expect to make a showing this
season. ,
Mercersburg took the lend 1 in the
first inning by scoring two, and in
creased their lend to six runs before'
State’s cubs could break into the
scoring. One of Mercersburg’s runs
was scored when Gene Davis knocked
a long round-tripper over the left
fielder’s head.
The Lion ’frosh capitalized on base
hits by. Robinson, Earl Spellman, and
Peenie Gates to. break into the scor
ing in the sixth, and before the in-
over four runs had been
chalked up for’ State.
The eighth was another fat inning
for the Lion yearlings, -who scored
three- times tcload the game. 7-6 as
the final stanza icanie up. The ,101ns
were n result of Gates' t7\vo-brigger
and two errors by Bill Cox, Mercevs
burg shortstop, which allowed Gates,
Bud Avevman, -antd Ed Sapp to score.
Mercersburg .took the game when,
with two down and men on first and
second in the first half, of the ninth,
Bill Sbevock, playing right field for
the cubs, missed an attempted shoe
string catch: of AJ Inglcy’s.'fly and
allowed three men to cross the'plate.
April Shower Dance
Semi Formal, April 30
at s -
The Armory From 9*12
Floor Show by Freshman
Music by Gampus Owls
Freshman Girls invite your ea
'carts now for this annual Fresh
man Dunce.
l ' THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Collegian Sports
Writers Listed
The following will report spring
athletics for the Collegian:
Baseball—Bob Wilson
Track—Bill Engel
Lacrosse—Bernie Newman
'Spring- football—Brad Owens
Tennis—George Schless
Golf—Paul Hnldenmn
i Freshman Baseball —Herb Nip
■ son *
1 Jntramurals—Manny Roth in
charge, Brad Owens, Herb Nipson
Golfers Win, 6-3
In Spring Opener
Lifting the curtain on the 1938 golf
season, the Senior Varsity golfers
won their opener last .Saturday after
noon against Army, taking a 6-3 vic
tory on the West Point links.
The matches were played accord
ing to the customary collegiate rules,
with six men from each college divid
ed into, three foursomes. Scoring is
■on the basis of a possible three points
to a foursome and- nine-points to a
match.
: In the first foursome with Army.
thc.Lions grabbed all the points. ,Joe
Stevenson defeated Lynch (Army), 3
and 2; Jack Mahaffey defeated John
son (Army), 3 and 2; and Penn
State won the best ball one up on the
twentieth hole.
Jn the second, the Nittany links
.men won only one point, with Ed
ward Hebda defeating Garrett (Ar
my) , 3 and 2. Bill Gross lost the
other point to Clifford (Army), 4 and
3, and Anmy won'the best ball, 3
and 2.
In the final foursome-of the match.
Bud Miller defeated Penny (Army),
one up; Moore (Army), defeated Ken
IClingensmith, 4- and 3; and . Penn
•State won the best ball, 4 and 2.
-Ma'haffey, Hebda, Stevenson, and
Gross played on Penn State teams
Jast year. Hebda was carried over to
Senior Varsity this year from Junior
Varsity, on which he played last year.
Truhtv also poled out a four-bagger
while Vonarx got a triple.’ The game
marked Georgetown’s I9th consecu
tive triumph.
Navy Scores on Error.
Windy Wear threw the Navy game
right 'into, the Chespeake- 1 . when his
heave to first in the seventh' went
wild and three Middies crossed the
plate to oveicome Stnte’s?s=3 lead
and to take an otherwise ’air-tight
contest, 6-5. Watts -hurled splendid
ball allowing- the Sailors but six sin
gletons. Brake smacked- ouj a hard
three-bagger and Harrison,* Valeri,
and Vonarx each got doubles.
Composite batting averages for the
first four games follow:
ab h Ave.
Vonarx 14 6 .428
Brake * 12 4 .333
Menzie 12 4 . .333
Adessa _l6 5 .312
Valeri 14 4. .285
Truhn 4 1 .250
Miehoff !_lB 4 .222
Harrison :„15 3 .200
Waters 6 1 .166
Wear 10 1 .100
Eight women recently accepted
bids front’Theta Sigmn Phi, honorary
journalism society. They are: Rhetn
B. Glueclc, Jeanne M. Walker, and
Florence V. Watkins, juniors; Natalie
14. - Atkiußi Elizabeth'Criswell,-
Phyllis It. Gordon, Josephine B. Mill
er, and Mary 11. Shutts, sophomores.
New Wash Fabrics
For Spring Wear
EGOLF’S
Due to a fraternity’s per
fectly legitimate cancella
- ■ lion of contract, the Booth
• Watmough Orchestra is
again free to book May
Fourteenth, the night fol
lowing; Junior Prom.
BOOTH WATMOUGH
Nittany Stickmen Down
Penn For First Victory
Upholding this year’s string of r
sity of Pennsylvania, the Nittany Lie
Blue last Saturday by a score of 7-
This is the first game in three si
torious. Losing to a powerful Army
tanymen traveled the following'week
a team considered one of the best in*
the country.
The Lions were very impressive in
the Maryland game, displaying a
! much finer brand of stick work than
in their recent game with Penn.
With the Lions performing bril
liantly one minute, then ragged the
next, and with referees’ decisions
slowing up the game, the game with
Penn was a drab affair.
Seventeen one-minute penalties
were called-on the Nittanymen. An
unusual incident occurred when .Mey
ers, Lion goalie, was put out of the
game for one minute when he at
tempted. to knock the ball from a
Penn attack. Joe Proksa doing dou
ble duty, prevented any scores at that
time.
Penn opened the scoring two min
utes after the game got. under, way.
The -Lions gained their first two
markers in succession just before the
first period ended, Joe Andrukitis and
Net Eliminations
Now In Progress
With two singles berths on the
Lion net team still open, .Coach Dink
Stover is running a series of chal
lenge matches to determine the team
that will face Lehigh, at Bethlehem
on Friday, and then go on to Phila-:
delphia to meet the strong Penn
squad on Saturday.
Paul Massey, number one man last
year, A 1 Hildebrnndt, undefeated in
his initial season of varsity play, and
Arnie Cohen '.nil probably handle the
first three singles assignments. Jerry
Goodman, a promising sophomore, is
slated for number four.
Carl Arherg, who played part of
last season, and Jack Hirsh, a jun
ior, have been temporarily given the
remaining two singles positions, but
they are open to challenge. Bill Wi
ley, winner of the freshman tourney
last year, has a victory over Hirsh
to his credit, and may lx; used on the
team. Bob Kirby, Jim Davis, Chuck
Huyckj IBill O’Brien, and Joe Ellieot
are still in the running for starting
berths.
No definite doubles assignments
have been wade, although it is fairly
certain that Hildebr&ndt will pair
with Massey, with Cohen and Good
man forming another team.
Both of the Lions’ opponents in
their opening trip have started their
seasons with impressive wins. Al
bright fell before Lehigh, 8-1, and
Penn, 9-0, while the Quakers also
have (blanked the West Chester
Teachers team.
The Penn squad, coached by Wal
lace Johnson, greatest exponent of
the. chop style of game, is paced by
Izzy Beilis, a sophomore, who ranks
first in. Middle State junior listings,
one position ahead of Malcolm Wein
stein, State freshman who is practic
ing with the varsity. Capt. Louis
Ibeps, Morty Kline, Eddie Mclior,
Harry Albert, and Leroy. Lewis, all
highly rated, will probably see serv
ice against the Lions Saturday.
major sport victories over the Univer
>n lacrosse team defeated the Red and
-4 on the Pennsylvanians’ home court,
tarts that the Lion stickmen wore vic
team in the season's opener, the Nit
to Maryland to take an 11-4 loss from
A 1 Simpson sending the hall into the
net.
In the second period, Joe Snook and
A 1 -Simpson tallied for the Lions.
’Penn followed up with two more,
keeping the game on close terms.
With ; 45 seconds left before half-time,
Warren Dattlebaum, pivoting ami
throwing a Penn defensive man out
of position, sunk a beautiful shot.
The score at the half remained 5-3.
When the third period got under
way, Penn was again the first to reg
ister a marker. Both teams continued
to scrimmage for the ball. Then
Coach Thiel put in his reserves.
With his regular line-up well rest
-1 ed, Thiel shipped them in at the start
of-the fourth quarter. Here they put
on the pressure and after some beau
tiful passes from Captain Sel Colm,
Ray Coskery threw in two accurate
shots.
AI Simpson, playing a heads-up
field game and scoring two tallies for
the Nittanymen, scintillated on the
offense. George Ritter, sophomore
newcomer to the team, and Joe Prok
sn handled the-ciefense in fine fashion.
Bigham’s Band To Play
Jack Bigham and his band will be
featured at the Student Union dance
this afternoon from 4 to 5 o’clock in
the- Armory. There will be no ad
mission charge.
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J.V. Golfers Win
Over Cornell, 8-1
In their first match of the 1038
season, the -Nittany Junior Varsity
golfers took an 8-1 win from Cornell
on the Lions’ well-conditioned home
cour.se last Saturday afternoon.
Boh Hayes was the only one to lose
■his point. Hayes played against Sulla,
who played Senior Varsity golf last
year and three matches this year. All
the other Nittany divot-diggers de
feated their Cornell opponents, and
the sextet won the best ball in all
'three foursomes.
The results in each foursome fol
low: (1) Sulla (Cornell) defeated
Boh Hayes,.*) and 2: Bill I.a Porte de
feated Strayer- (‘Cornell), 2 and 1;
Penn State won the best ball. 2 and 1.
(2) Ken Weaver-defeated MacFar
land (Cornell). 2. and 1; Julian Kee
nan defeated Ryder (Cornell), 4 and
3; Penn State won the-best ball. 3
and 2. (3) Bill Patterson defeated
Raymond (Cornell), 7 and 0; Larry
Feree defeated Smith (Cornell), 2
and 1; Penn State won the best ball,
ami 5. .
Connor; Gee, Attend
Washington Air Meet
Flying to Washington, D. C., to
attend the conference of the National
Intercollegiate Flying dub during
the Easter vacation, Richard Gee ’3B.
and Ray Connor ’37, members of the
Penn State Airmen, proved their
ability at the controls'when their ac
curate navigation and flying through
unexpected dense fog and rain landed
them safely, at the Washington-lloo
ver airport.