Page Four Between The Lions j t Bob Wilson it Thu nun stepped out ot the shower, dried himself off bnshly and slipped into a pan of shol ts Then he sat down, picked up one sock and said "Yes, Robbie, I think tlieie is somethin!' we call do about it ” I 1 hod just asked him what, if anything could be done to cuie Penn | state boxing fans of then bloody lust for sudden-death boxing The Mori-Kerns Incident !' His little finger was probing his right car, “You see, Robbie, Penn State boxing fans don’t seem to realize that-the bouts*they see-up here aren’t of a professional nature They're not supposed to be i» “Sure, c\eiybody likes a good fight," he went on But up here they can't quite understand why we stop a fight when neither of the men in the ling seems hurt or even tired" r‘ “Take that Mori-Kerns bout There’s, an excellent example of just what I mean It wus clearly evident to those of us at the ringside that Kerns was dropped by Mon on a clean, hard right-hand blow to the head But he (Kerns) jumped up right away, shook his head once or twice and looked almost as fresh as when he started the lound JVhen wc stopped the bout, the fans booed and hissed, little realizing that Ker/ns might have been hurt" Ker'ns May Have Been Hurt ' » Tlie man finished tying his shoes and got up to get his shirt He turned and added* “Had wc allowed that bout to continue, things might hu\e turned out all right But m college boxing it doesn't pay to take chances l* / “Keins was a little befogged when he got up after that knockdown, and he may have been hurt seriously liad the bout gone on ” Th man slipped into his trousers and started to put on his necktie. He thought a minute and then said* “Say, Robbie, maybe if you tell 'em the story of Ernie Sthaaf you con get the idea across that knock 'eUfrlown-and-drag-cm-out boxing has no place in the mteicollcglatc \Sciiaaf Almost Had To Die - t He straightened the knot in his tie. “You remember the Sthoaf * Camei a fight, don'tcha 7 Schaaf was knocked out by Camera and •died-about two days aftei, the fight At the time of the fight cvery ■Jbody thought Schaaf took a dive When the fight was stopped, cvery- Jbody booed—just like up here after the'Mon-Kerns bout - ‘“Robbie," the man went on. “Schaaf almost HAD to die to piove 'to those people that he hadn't quit against Camera " The man put on lus coat “Schaaf went into that fight a sick ' JR2.fi»” Tic said “He had taken a terrific beating from Max Baer the ■Tight bcfoie The mauling he took from Camera only finished the job Baei had stalled He died of a blood clot in the brain Same Thing Could Happen Here “If it weic up to the fans, Robbie, the same thing could easily •happen here," the man continued. “But wc won't let it The kids who 'box foi me aic doing it foi the sheer sport of boxing and for the fun -they get out of it So, you sec, we can’t take chances with them ” The man pulled on an old brown topcoat, adjusted his battered • green hat and started foi the door *. “So when you wntc that column, Robbie,” the man added, “Just among--yoinvreadeiS to do one thing when thej’ie watching the vaisity matches this season” >Put Yourself in Loser's Shoes ' He paused a minute, then baid. “When the going gets’rough and ftfugh between two contestants and the crowd begins to ‘yell-lustfully ifor n bloodv kill by the man who is apparently' winning, tell ’em to ,ppt themselves m the place of ’the losing* boxer and then remember Jwyat happened to Ernie Schaaf and many others like him. ~I think will cuie then flair for sudden-death boxing" , a. The man left the room I sat there alone for a moment wondenng jif I could make this stoiy as impressive for my readers as Leo Houck fluid mude it for me LET US WRITE * •' rouß * _.. ESSAYS, SPEECHES, -Mi LETTERS An effluent, confidential literary serv ,kc Rapid Reasonable rates ,‘7:- ALLEN KINGSLEY 1 !- Times Bid? (Suite i5O0) N SPECIAL TRAIN Leaves State College 12:10 p. m. Dec. 20 "Excellent connections for Pittsburgh, , Greensburg, Altoona, Erie, Buffalo, ■■’Kane, Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre, Scran ■ton and all points west and north. ■' Special low Christmas Holiday rates for —still lower rates for parties of 25 or more. , FOB NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, t AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES: , Special low individual holiday rates and excellent train service-available from -Lewistown—lower rates for parties of 25 •ior more. u t , Consult railroad representatives at Stu ’ dent Union Office. lellefonte central railroad )(( The Best Place For “Eats” and|i ; tit Y' X |Gas On the 'Way Heine Is Caps, Gowns On Sale Mid semester graduates will be üble to order caps, gowns, and commencement Invitations at Stu* dent Union desk from January 5 to 12 according to David E Pergrin '4O, senior class piesident Cagers Will Seek 3 Wins During VtidaMoT 44-37 BucknellDefeat Puts Lion Five ‘ln Red[ Lawther Will Take Eleven Men On Trip To Mt. Union, Akron, And Kent “In the red” for 1939 by virtue of a 44-37 loss to Bucknell Sat uiday, Penn State’s eagcrs will attempt to cany out three New Year’s icsolutions promptly with the beginning of 1940. Their icsolutions To.beat.Mt Union Januaiy 1, to beat Akron January 2, and to beat Kent on Januaiy 3 / ■ *The eleven men who will make the trip will be selected by Coach Lawther after a scrimmage with Lock Haven tonight. The squad will return heie for practice Tues day, December 26. There were five good reasons for the Bucknell tnumph—all of which wore Orange and Back uniforms and played practically the entire game Most convincing of these was one “Dead-eye” Nolan, sensa tional forward, who piled up 18 points in a magnificent sharpshoot ing exhibition , Tied Score 10 Times ' In a punch-packed, seesaw battle which saw the score tied 10 times, the fast-passing Bucknell band jput on a last-period spurt to top a stubborn Nittany outfit The locals, showing their best form to date, were handicapped by their old , weakness—inability to hit the bas ket. -a • w Surprise of _ the , evening was Captaip c CliffucMcWilliams, who piled up 10 points before a sprain ed ankle sent him to the showers. Sharing scoring honors for the lo cals was dependable Johnny Barr, who, despite a recent flu attack, was probably the best all-around man on the floor'while in the game. Penn State fid. fls 'tls Sapp, f 10-02 Krouse, f , 1 0-0 2 Moffatt, f 2 0- 1 ' r 4 Christman, f 0 0-0 0 Racusm, c 2,0-1 4 Barr, g 5 0- 1 10 Crowell, g 2 1-1 6 Gross, g -T- 0 0-0 0 McWilliams, g 3” 4- 5 10 Totals 16 6- 9; 37 Bucknell fid fls. ',tlb. Nolan, f 8 '2- 2 -18 Fahrmgcr, f 4 0- 1 _ 8 Longaker, c 4 1-5 9 Buzas, g 1 2-, 2 ,*4 Snyder, g ' 2 1- 2 ’ 5 Thomas, g 0 0-0 0 Totals 19 6-12 44 Score by Quarters* Penn State 7 12 12 ( 6—37 Bucknell 4 15 14 11-^44 Refeiee Frank Duffy, Scran ton, Umpire Yans Wallace,, Pittsburgh. n SPORTS BRIEFS Rifle Team: Penn State's vaisit> rifle team as ou its flist match of the year by outshooting Pine Giose Mills, 1553-181 S, in a slioulder to shoulder match held in the Armory last Wednesday night Gault led the flse College storeis with 382 of a possible 100 points in the four posi tions The Lion team, coached by Lieut Col C N Stevens, used iron sights while Coach Don Co ble’s Pine Grove Mills squad used telescopic sights Football: Penn State’s football defense tanked fifth In the nation-during the 19311 season as judged-by av eiage yards gained through it each game The State waft y ielded an average of only 135 7 >ards per game ugainst combined passing and rushing efforts Teams plac ing ahead were Texas A. & M 76, Boston College—lo 6 9, Holy C lobb —130 5, and Southern Cali fornia —134 5 Swimming: The Blues swamped the Whites, 45-17, iu an Intra-squad swimming meet held in Glennland Pool on Saturday afternoon. Stars of the meet weie Co-Captains Guy Mc- Laughlin and Mark Vinzaut, sprint ci Bili Kiikpatrick. and Don Del- Manzo and Tom Reissman in the distance freestyles ' ( Fencing: The Lion fencing team put ou a pi e-Christmas spurt last week in piepaung fot Us opening meets on Januaiy 12 and 13. Besides all of last- j ear’s opponents, the swoidsmeti this year must face in addition Navy and Army, two of the stiougest teams in the nation The first college gymnasium in the U S mqs elected in IS6O at Amherst College. Letter Box (EDITOR’S NOTE—in the inter est of brevity, the following letter includes only the rnajoi pohits, the tone or meaning have in* no way been alteied We regret that all the letters on the contioveisy fav oiable and unfavorable, could not be printed foi lack of space ) Mi Emanuel Roth Penn State Collegian, Stato College, Pu Dear Sii In your editorial . you uccuse Mr. Dies of making a Samson out of an ant Are you not doing the same. You say yout opposition is moti vated not by a fear of wbat may be found, but by a fear of the sus picion which such au investigation would aiouse Is there not more suspicion aroused in- the minds of the American people by an un willingness to be investigated 9 Ab solutelyl I say coopeiate wltii Mr Dies ifelp him all we can don't start by sowing the seeds of discontent ahtong the American people .. 1 uccuse you of being a dictator I am a subscriber and a sup pot tor of the Collegian ... it re presents the students of Peon State W|iat right have you to use the name of our paper to lend stiength to your protest? I am ugainst anyone wbo uses uufair tactics to create wiong impres sions . You have taken advan tuge of your position In using the RESIDES TAXI SERVICE' Wishes You A MERRY CHRISTMAS - and a , , HAPPY NEW YEAR— Thanks To All f - , 4 DIAL 3421 PENN STStE COLLEGIAN Collegian’s name, you might just us well have sigued the name, of every student on our campus These ate the methods of the dic tator if you write any more letters, sign your own name first and then, if you so wish; as long a list of names as you can get permission to use ■ - Very Sinceiely Youis, Stewait Gross. NOTE* -1 on jjthe basis iof its 13 points listed in /.to day's issue,'leaves the verdict on the feasibility of a Dies investiga tion of colleges and universities n the hands of Penn State students. We are opposed to Dies and his committee because of the ruthless and bigoted tactics he has used- It is HE who has sown the seeds* of discontent. He alms to bring' his un-American tactics to an investi gation of our educational fnstltu tions. , The Collegian has a trust to*p« p> form. Its editorial policy never hope to reflect the views of ALL the students. On the basis of. your reasoning, all Collegian; 1 edi torials in the'future are to' be signed only by those who are,in accord with what the editorials say. This was not a matter of a mere tetter, it was an editorial— an editorial written by a member of a staff which is elected annually —elected from and representative of the majority of the student , body. '1 \\ k Yes, Mr. Gross, we have used the name of the Collegian to 'lend strength to our protest. What we disagree on is* the validity * and justifiability of that protest. , We regret that we have offended you, but really, we meant what-we said and how we said iL— E R. ' IM Boxing Finals End Dramatically Gajecki, Mori Impressive In Winning; Cheering Crowd Witnesses 15 Bouts Penn State’s one-ring circus—the mtramuial boxing tournament— reached its grand finale Friday night in Rec Hall when 16 champions— eight fraternity and seven'independent sluggers came off with the hon ors in their respective weights , *< , ‘ J Highlights of the evening wen two Lion football gieats took top Club, gridiron guard, captunftg the a 22-second TKO over Jack Kerns ’< 1940 pigskin captain Leon Gajecki Leonard Frescoin ’43, Alpha Chi Si; Other results were* i FRATERNITY 120 pound class—Johnny Reitz ’43, KDR, decision over A 1 Musa cchio ’43, Alpha Phi Delta. , . 127 pound class—Herb Jennings ’43, SAE, decision' over Stu Cowley ’43, Beta Theta Pi, 135 pound class—Leo Horvath' ’4l, Sigma Pi, TKO over Leo Kon igstem ’42,.Beta Sigma .Rho, 50 seconds of second round 145. pound class —Max Peters ’42, Alpha Chi Sigma, decision over Leo Russell ’4l, KDR" ~ ,155 pound class—Bill 1 Boerner ’42, PiKA, won hy forfeit from Monroe Adler '’4o, Gamma Sigma p hi‘ ‘.'j ' ] ‘ 165 pound class —George Camp hell ]42, 'Alpha Zeta,''decision over Phil Zeper ( *43, 'Beta' Sigma Rho 175 pound class—Paul-Scall> *4l, SPE, decision over Norm Hers ’4O AKPi. , INDEPENDENT 127 pound class—Bill Donovan ’43 decision over Don Holligan ’42, Forestry Society. 135 pound class—Joe.Myeis ’4O, Phys Ed Club, decision over Milt Dickson ’43 145 pound class—Henry Savtno ’43, decision over Harry Hean '43 155 pound class—Barney Ewell *42, Phys Ed Club, decision over Bill Richards ’43: i' 165 pound class —Hal Gibbous ’42, Phys EdJ Club, decision ovci Les Navran *42i s Forestry Society 176 pound class Charley Thompson *4O, decision over Emci Gaspryzk *43 (Kaspryzk substi tuted, for Elmei .Gross ’43, who withdrew.) 1 Sahib Smailliw Picks Rose Bowl So Cal ‘lO, Tennessee 7 ’ ‘ ' " * ’* ’'Sugar Bowl " ‘‘ r Te\us'A&M 14, JTulane 10 » 1C 1 1 * Orange Bowl 1 1 Gu Tech 20, Missouri 13 Sun Bowl Catholic U. 27, Arizona State 0 Cotton Bowl Bostou Coll 14, Cleniboii 1J East-West ~ All East 7,\ All-Wiest J Artists’ Course Continued From Page 1 pointment with the allocation of seats through a lottery seems no less real than at present ’] “To present aubscrlßeis to’rerie\^,|;heir r seats from year to year' hardship" on persons who were -5 unfortunate enough to get less r desirable seats in that it serves to‘perpetuate the group of those more fortunate The adop tion of thia'plan mighty also give rise to a real problem of ticket speculation,” Dr. Marquardt con cluded. 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Call 3462 - . j ItpdKlM ' j 4. * re the Heavyweight tussles in which Moii '4l, Phys Ed e Independent unlimited crown with ’43, Phys Ed Club and newly-elected :i ’4O DU, heat out a decision over lgma, for the fraternity title WorWss in D^ : ■ 1 - ■ '-i-i -•* ,‘sf your grandfather needed tobacco he probably went-to the tobacconist;. > in his community and had. a lot of fun blending differ- r- . •r." , ent 1 types of tobacco together and trying out the differ ent mixtures. t He 'MAY Have FINALLY HIT* on a combina tion of toba'ccos‘that was pretty’much tohis fancy;'.’; 1 tliat tasted all right to him and wasn’t too strong. So the tobacconist, with an eye to future business, would , - ■ make up this private blend and keep-some o'f>it bn hand for him. ' l ' ' •-' / - ' 3 This hit or miss method of tobacco - ; >- . blending was never very satisfactory. But it proved . . 'one thing to both smokers and manufacturers, that ■. "Jiir) you must have a blend of tobaccos to get better -; - '"3’.^ smoking results, because no one tobacco .by itself l- ' has all the qualities-necessary to a good smoke.- \ IHE CHESTERFIELD tobacco buyers select and -j, bid in at the auction sales the tobacco best' , fit the Chesterfield blend, which is. the right • ' - of exactly the right amounts of Maryland, Burley and. , Bright with just enough Turkish. These tobaccos and ';, ' ’ '.3 ...the Chesterfield way of blending them,make Chester r field-different from any other cigarette. . That IS WHY there are millions of enthusi- |*-v ' astic Chesterfield smokers clear across the country , \‘A> • ?''3?f|;§ They find Chesterfield COOLER, BETTER-TAST - ' INGandDEFINITELY'MILDER.. . just what ttiey ; want for real smoking pleasure. You can't buy a better cigarette. ‘ • ' ' vjv'j’fpi ';,3 ; / .W skmt Copjtight \9sf, licciit ft Mvws Tobacco Co. Johnstown’s Motor Bus Line, life.\£, , . 7 UUM THROUGH BUSES ' ’ STATE COLLEGE AND WILLIAMSPORT - LV State College 800 AM 2:05 P. M. 7.00 P.,M/i, Ap Bellefonte 8:30 A M. 2*35 P M. 7:30 P. M# Ar Lock Haven . 9:30 A. M 345 P. M. 8:30 P. J M.T< Ar. Williamsport 10.30 A M. 4:45 P.M.' 9:35 P. M.'- Lv Williamsport- B‘3o A M. 3:00 P M. 7:00 Ar Lock Haven" 9-40 A M 4'05 P. M. 'B:O5‘P. M. Ar. Bellefonte*' 1 ' 10-40 A M 5.10 P M 9:15 P. M.l Ar State College 11 10 A. M. 5.40 P. M. 9:45 P. M.~ LOCAU'BUSES—STATE COLLEGE and BELLEFONTE - , From State College—B 00 A. M, 12*10 P. M, 2:05 P. M., 5:lV T P. M, 7-00 P. M', 10 00 P M. ' ‘ From Bellefonte-i-7 15 A M. t ,10 40 A M , 1.10 P. M., 5-15 P M.,9 15 P.M., ‘ > k , It was , r ~ \ 'Mfk&s&isM Tuesday,-December 19i'rl939Sg ’ ' V.Vp <i • /.;;.jf • - ■“’} \4t x
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