Tuesday, Jaimary-16, 1940 Oxers Will Open Agah*t AK Gagers Injury May Keei" - Racusin Out Of Game Last Quarter Rally Falls Short At Tech; Foul Shooting Off '. By BILL FOWLER The biuised hip of Norm Racu sib—injured- in the Georgetovin battle, aggravated in the Lions' heartbreaking debit to Carnegie Tech Saturday,' 35-33—may prove the deciding factor as the Nittany 7 cagers meet Syracuse in Rec Hall - at B,p in. tomorrow night 7r , Whether Racusin's condition would permit huri to 'play tomor -'rowovas still uncertain-late yes -terday..-With Norm in shape, Lion chances , of stopping the unimpres sivu.Orange should be excellent 'Otherwise, John Lawther's boy,, may'well end up on the short end. An inexperienced Syracuse out ' fit ,will come to town smarting under the sting of five straight de , feats, having fallen before Prince , fon, NYU, Notre Datne, Michigan ' State,,and Fordham in that order Previous to their minus streak , the Syracusans had triumphed over Toronto, Clarkson and Cor nell „Mo - st of the recent Orange loss , ; calhave been by narrow margins, howeYer, and the sophomore-Jun tor has shown gradual prog resi- A -tough problem for the `Thltany defense will be_ six-foot ,three center Kartluke,” whose 21 ,points' against Clarkson equalled 'the record for Syracuse's Archbold ~ State Rally Fails State's second invasion of Pitts burgh in as many weeks proved very like the first as the Lions fell ost short of grabbing the con test° in a last pei iod rally The locals had pulled bp to within - one point of the Skibo five when, with 15 , seconds 'to go and the coant 34=33,, the fifth State time out was Called' _Captain Bob Stark m Tech , slipped- a neat. technical lout shot thrbugh the hoop—and the game was over to then usual 'flying' quit, the,Nittanyuen,jumped to an 3-1 ' --A :T PENN'STATE- , ittel I - TANYAV,_NUE ALL ROOMSWITH RUNNING WATER When In Doubt About Room - - Therniostattc _Heat, Quiet_ Atmo 'sphere and, Scrupulously Clean History of Printing No. 4 .11" The Middle ,Ages k ; this point, the world Kissed ~t hru a dark and` dreary time Thru centuries ',(tie beautiful hand printed ' scrolls of the monks were tier 'only products of the_ tk-kd e• , , 4'FORTHE 'LATEST, IN riPFLINTING CONSULT: ) NITTANY PRINTING ' ; ‘ , PUBLISHING'CO. ,Lorr - - , Fraternities' ' tis AVE'YOU'TRIED A - - BEAVER BROS. BREADS . and ;„` 'SWEET ROLLS 2 fhf - - Call, "- • IIEAVER BROS.. 4Thone,Levvisto7n-791 • •• -•' • • '' • ' ••• - ' • • •• •` • • ..M'S R •'D •0 0' D • : :: 10W, p ' uji - ii, dIV %WV 'l'i ' 7 ,c i -:,`,: - •,,1 ~ ,11 •• . .. •1 • A • 4 • • • • • •• • ace Syracuse Tomorrow; Tech Wins BEIM THE LIONS Bob Wilson Luckless Lions I have whiskers and I like cheese, but never, let it be said that I'm big enough rat to desert a Penn State basketball team that's been having more than its share of plain, old-fashioned tough luck so Pr! this season On twesuccessive weekend trips Ito Pittsburgh, John Lawther's die hard Lions have met with disheart ening destruction Pitt won, 31-28, a week ago Tech won last Satur day night, 35-33 Both teams are still counting their lucky stars . ' State fans, on the other hand, are beginning to mumble and grumble about this year's Lawthei live. "Whatsa matter with 'em°" is the cry "They look like a bunch of eighth-graders" But the punks who are doing the yapping have no. idea what Penn State's basketball status quo was before John Lawther came here Time was, before Lawther took the reins, when Penn State court teams would slink warily onto the hardwood of Rec Hall, seldom hopeful of checking even the two mouse power attacks of their weakest opponents ' - ,Time was, before Lawther be came coach, when even the most loyal Penn State fans would flip a coin to decide whether to take in the basketball game or go to bed early , Time was, before Lawther, when the name Penn State meant no ipore to basketball than the,ROTC bands mean to good music ' But that was at least floe or so, years agobefore Lowther came here Things have changed consid erably since those days When a Penn State basketball team comes on the floor now, it doesn't slink ' Penn State fans no longer flip coins to decide where to go—the ball game or bed They go to the ball game And they go knowing they'll see real basketball no mat ter who wins And when the gang at the pool room, the boys at the gas station or the high school kids in the lock er_ room g 4, together `to-talk bas ketball, ,the iiifirie - Penn State is mentioned' fight-along with the best of them So when 'you start to talk bas ketball—Penn State basketball— just. remember there'sli man who's doing the best he can where he is with what he has and a team that's fighting twice as much and trying twice as held to win as any Penn State court "combination I've seen since I've been here Ring Ceremony - A stocky, partly ,bald crneker birrel philospher will, go 24 rounds, approximately 48 minutes, against Western Maryland's Green Terror boxing team tonight From his seat on the Penn State bench, Y. eo Lemuel Florian Fred Houck will trade every left to the head and block every right to the body for eight full bouts His 18th boxing team opens its 1940 season Rec Hall at B'p m It's dual meet No 111 that Leo will be watching tonight, and who will doubt that he's fought every xound and felt every punch since he came here in 1923 In dual' meets his teams ha 'e won 68 times, lost 34 and tied eight. The College sponsored box ing four years before Leo's arrival, but the Lion ringmen did no better than split - the 12 meets they fought Miring that period _ , Tonight the man who made Penn State boxing what it is today puts on another show . a show that's always second to none on Rec Hall's winter program No` Smoking, Please - In all fairness to - the partici pants in tonight'i boxing meet and in every other Ree Hall athletic event, fans would do themselves proud to. remember the ,"no smok ing" rule _ Shift Court Date Penn - State's ftnal basketball game of the season, scheduled,with Carnegie Tech for Saturday, March 9, has been moved up to Monday, March II The shift was made in order not to conflict with the East ern Intercollegiate Boxing cham pionships listed March 9 - ' 808 TAYLOR PLUMBING HEATING' 'REPAIRING , DIAL 2722 ' N. BUTTS ' -~~; ? ~1 Lion Wrestlers Star! Slow Buf Pin Cornell In 1940 Debut Gleason, Scats° Throw Opponents To Aid State In 19.9 Victory After Red Grapplers Take Lead By 808 LANE _ When the Nittany Lion wrestlers conquered Cornell 19-9 at Ithaca Saturday in a successful 1940 mat debut, they performed as expected, but the Big Red grapplers, considered to•be a soft touch, doublecrossed the - Speidelmen and refused to be disjointed without a I , struggle After .the completion of the 121 and 128-pound bouts the Ithacans were enjoying a 6-0 advantage over the astonished Penn State matmen, who couldn't believe their eyes In the 121-pound affair Lion sophomore Clair Hess battled Cornell's Harry Crandall to a standstill at the end of the nine minute period, but Crandall gain ed the decision in the overtime session . Mort Serrell, flashy Big Red senior, encountered little trouble in defeating Dave Waite in the 128-pound match. Gleason First Lion Victor Intercollegiate champicin Frank Gleason revived Lion hopes when he threw Pete Turner in the 136; pound tilt after 3 minutes and 32 seconds with a half nelson and a crotch hold Joe Scalzo followed Gleason's example and tossed Ithacan Nick Turner with a front cradle hold in the short time of one rrahute and three seconds of the 145- pound clash But Cornell came back fighting when Jim Trousdale was awarded a close decision over Roy Gensler in the 155-pound battle to cut the Lion's lead to one point, at 10-9. Chuck Rohrer was a bit over cautious in winning the 165- pound match from Fred Riggs in an overtime session The Lion 165-pounder lacked aggressive,, ness in the first nine minutes, which caused the decision to be delayed, pending an extra period. Lion captain Ernie Bortz dis played superior wrestling ability decisionmg Gard Reynolds in the 175-pound bout , , In the heavyweight match War ren Elliott was awarded the de cision over Forbes Brown of Cor nell Elliott demonstrated speed and endurance in the best bout of the afternoon The Nittany Lions capitalized on their greater experience to de feat a Big Red team which re fused to be aggressive, but de pended on counter wrestling fo sane points Frosh Wrestlers Defeat Cornell Kerns Wins By FaH To Clinch State Victory' Penn State's Lion Cubs opened then .mat campaign with a well earned 19-15 victory over Cor nell's Bear Cubs at Ithaca Satur day . Charlie Ridenour, frosh 121- pounder, tkrew Bob Kiernan of Cornell in G minutes and 27 sec onds with a half nelson and body hold In the 128-pound bout Charlie Phillips won a decision over Ed Smallwood, blind Cornell grap pler Allen Crabtree brought the Liot total to 11-0 when he defeated NIII Leuenberger in the 136-pound match Dave Mertz of Cornell threw 145-pounder Dick Peifley after 6 minutes and 3 seconds with a half nelson and body hold Leo Roan, Lion 155-pounder, de feated Bill Senns in a very one sited match Jim Stokoe won the 165-pound tilt on a default by Jim Bachman, who wrenched his knee Ithacan Fenton Brown threw Bob Sproat at 6 26 with a body press Cornell was leading 15-14 with the heavyweight match coming up Jack Kerns assured the Lion cubs of victory when he threw Clay , Rockmore with a half nel son and body hold. after one and one-half minutes of wrestling Varsity Swimmers Sink Fresh, 35-33 Yearlings Garner Two Firsts In Close Meet Although the frosh mermen took only two firsts out of eight events, Penn State's - varsity - swimmers were barely able to submerge their fledgling rivals 35-33 in the frosh varsity meet held Saturday after noon in Glennland Pool The fact that speedmerchant Bill Kirkpatrick, and divers Guy McLaughlin and Al Price were ab sent from the varsity roster may have had some effect on the result, hoWever Standout for the frosh was "Santa", Clauss, freestyle sprinter, who took first in the 100 yard dash and placed second in the 50 Providing his injured stars are batk in the lineup, Coach Bob Gal braith does not expect too much trouble from the W & J swimmers when they come here Saturday The — Presidents have cracked pool records for two weeks in a row, however, so anything could hap pen. Gymnasts Polish Style For First Interclass Tilt After Maryland Opener A few little rough spots, subject to smoothing out by Coach Gene Wettstone, discovered in Satur day's informal gym meet with Maryland's Terps, and the Will , lamsport Gym Club are the order of , the - week- as the varsity and freshmen acrobats prepare for Fri day night, when the first annual inter-squad meet will take plai.e Rec Hall at 710 p m ' With no other athletic events scheduled Friday, Lion sports fol lowers will get a chance to see Wettstone's charges battle for class superiority Divided into four teams repre sentative of each class, the varsity and freshmen teams will vie for a plaque to be awarded the highest scoring team in Friday's quadra ig ular tussle PRESENTED BY , PENN STATE PLAYERS , JANUARY 19-20 '•, , SAW • Ha,v3a x•s od atm PENN S'PA'N COLLEGIAN Frosh Lose Fights; Must Keep Customs Tribunal May Rule On Duration Tonight After 6-2 Sophomore Victory On Friday Student Tribunal had the task today of deciding how long cus toms will continue for the Class of 1943 following a 6-2 sophomore victory in the traditional interclass fight held before a capacity crowd in Recreation Hall last Friday night " The sophomore victory over the freshmen—which was the first since the fights were revived in 1938—left the removal of customs with Tribunal which before the fight had said it would continue cus toms enforcement at least a month if the freshmen lost. A final decision may be announced after the Tribunal session tonight The sophomores had no trou ble winning the meet most up perclassmen expected them to lose in the tradition of the last two years. Of eight bouts, the freshmen managed to win only one, scoring their second point on a forfeit A 135-pound exhibition bout substituted for the forfeit fight was won by a sophomore but did not count in the scoring Frescoln Is TkoAd Climax of the evening came af ter sophomore victory was al ready decided when freshman heavyweight Len' Frescoln was TKO'ed in 1 minute and 45 sec onds' of the second round by Sophomore Paul Mall who spotted the freshman 21 pounds Mall stayed out' of reach of Frescolies powerful fists but scored heavily on swift rushes in side. Frescoln after the bout was treated for a broken nose he had sustained when Mall's head col lided with his early in the second round._ , . The cleanest cut victory of the night was scored by the lone freshman winner, Bill Mazzocco, who took every round from Walt Greenberg in a unanimous deci sion of judge and referees- OMMI .MIWPM SPORT MENU With the moving up of the Western Maryland boxing meet to this evening, several changes in the week-end sports schedule were announced The complete schedule for the week follows. TONIGHT Boxing— Western Maryland -8 P In TOMORROW Basketball—Syracuse, 8 p m FRIDAY Gymnastics—lnter-squad Meet 770 p. m SATURDAY I Basketball-=Navy—Away Freshman basketball—Wyom ing Seminary, 3 30 p in. Wrestling—Chicago, 700 p m Freshman wrestling—Mercers burg-2 00 p m. Swimming—W & J-4.00 p m. Fencing—Temple—l 00 p m After tomorrow, all evening events wilt begin at 8 p m unless changed for special causes, Neil M Fleming, graduate manager of athletics, announced yesterday. Fencers Edge Out Penn, Beat Lehigh Temple Duel Saturday Will Be Ist Home Meet ' After getting off to an impres sive start by 'edging out Penn, 14- 13, and trouncing Lehigh, 19-8, the Lion, fencing team will have a chance to show the home crowd Temple duellists in Rec Hall at 1 p m on Saturday Captain Paul Fiebiger pulled the Penn meet out of the tire, last Sat urday, winning three matches with the sabre, and one with the foil His three sabre victories were the deciding factor in the meet In t total number of victories Les Kutz,and Elmer Lowenstein were not far behind Fiebiger, each gar nering three Lowenstein won two epee„ matches and one foil, and KutzOook all three of his with At Lehigh, on Friday, the Lion fencers had little difficulty in sub dileing a highly-touted Engineer team, 19-8 The Nittanymen were never in danger, as they ran up a margin of victory, in the foil and epee matches, making the sabre even an anti-climax Sophomore Bob Harder, in his first varsity meet, showed mach promise as he chalked up three victories with the epee SUMMARIES 120 pound—Don Holligan '42 decisloned John Reitz. 127 ,pound Freshman class won by forfeit 135 pound—(Exhibition) Simon Siegal '42 decisioned Milt Dick son 135, pound-13111 Mazzocco '43 decisioned Walt Greenberg. 145 pound—Homer Hoffman-'42 decisioned Bill Richards 155 :pound—lrving Jontow '42 decaloned John Stembacher. 165 'pound—Les Navran '42 de elstoned Bill Madden. 175 pound—Harry Masters '42 decistoned Emer Kaspryzk Heavyweight—Paul Mall '42 won by TKO from Len Frescoln m 1 minute, 95 seconds of second round.` Final score• . Sophomores 6; Freshmen-2. Referee—Joseph Miller; Judges —Col A. R Emery and Charles Werner; timekeeper Samuel Crabtree, seconds—Michael Coop er and; Bernard Sandson for freshmen, James Lewis and Frank Stanko for sophomores. ' ow' MMEM7 Maryland Lions Will Send Five Veterans Against Foe Who Will Present Only Two Experienced Ringmen Houck Predicts Team This Season Will Improve On 4-4 Dual Meet Record Made Last Year Five veterans will be fighting for Penn State when the Lions open their 1940 ring season against Western Mai y land in Rec Hall at 8 p.m tonight They are Captain Mike Cooper who will move up from his old 120 pound spot to the 127 weight, Red Stanko who is moving down from 145 to 135, Bernie Sandson at 155, Jim Lewis at 165, and heavyweight John Patrick. Newcomers' to the lineup will be Vie Fiore, a junior, fighting his first varsity bout at 120, Bob Baird, undefeated as a freshman 145-pounder last year, and Harry Masters, sophoMore 175-pounder who was unbeaten as a freshman. Originally the opener was not scheduled_until next Saturday and the advance in date has caught the Penn State boxers far from their peak condition. Mike Cooper had a bad cold over The week-end, and Paul Mall, 175 pound contender, was 'in the In firmary with a'sliiht touch of flu Coach Leo Houck, however, was willing to predict his team would win and ventured that the season record 'would be better this year than last *hen the squad won four and lost four dual meets while tying fin third in the east- ern intercollegiates Special to the Collegian WESTMINSTER, Md , January 15—Boxing coach Anthony Or tenzi, handling the Western Mary land squad for his first year, an nounced today he would send a team of seven sophomores and one junior veteran against Penn State in his opening meet there tomorrow night Of the seven sophomores, only one had ever iecne as a freshman Despite the inexperience of his team, Ortenzi said his season prospects seemed good and pre dicted the squad would compare favorably with Green and Gold teams of the past Ortenzi himself was an inter collegiate champion boxer for Western Maryland two years ago winning the 155-pound title in bouts held at Penn State His two veterans are Captain Joe Rouse, 127-pounder, a junior who won three fights and lost four in competition during the last two years, and Sophomore Bob Ricker, 135-pounder, who won four fights, lost one, and drew one as a freshman varsity man last year Western Maryland has four-year eligibility because it has no freshman team CLEANING-PRESSING-REPAIRING Smith's Tailor Shop NEXT TO POSTOFFICE MYSTERY AND POISON DEATH . . 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Miller Dowler _ Center ~... Johnson IVlangjum. L Wing .. Brown Matula It Wing . Sheeley Alternates Penn State—Garret, Robbie, Bowman, Bachman, Ir win, Johnson, Fedock, Omalecki, Herrick, Lelong Hershey—Pen delton, Stover, E Corsetti, Smith, Penes', I Coisetti, Rodemaker, Emerick, Hartsock. First period Goals—(1) 1 Hershey, Stover (E Corsetti, Pen delton) 6 05 Penalties—Sheeley, roughing, Wolbert, board-check ing, Emerick, tripping Second period Goals—(2) Penn Stop In. And See Our Line of Reduced Winter Clothing Values --+ You will be surprised at the wide variety of the fine qual ity clothing at Smith's Low est possible prices for real quality goods. . Pa"ge Three Tonight State, Smith, ]0 43 Penalties—. None Thud period Goals—(3) Hersh ey, E Corset: (Stover) 7 34, (4) Het shey, Sheeley (Johnson, Brown) 12 01, (5) Hershey, Pen es! (1 Corsetto) 13 28 Penalties Parke', ti inning , Saves Llghtbody 28, Swartz, 15 .:'H': ~'H'~ -S .. 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