Tuesday, January 23,.1940
BREEN THE LIONS
Bob Wilson _
Athlete of the Week
During my life I have been mis
taken - for a number of things, in
cluding an 'advertisement for Cris
co and a gnome from Lilliput, but
it remained until ' recently for
Mark Vinzant, swimming co cap
tain, to mistake me for a hsh—a
sucker at that.
, About two weeks ago Vinzant
' made me a bet of one steak dinner
'.(a , 121 Unusual) that he would break
his own college record for the 150-
lyard backstroke in the W & T
meet. '.
-,, On rumors of Vinsant's poor
physical condition and idle gossip
about his sad showing in time
trials, I swallowed the bet hook,
lirae and sinker. Vinzant has been
trying to break that record for
three years, I reasoned. The steak
dinner was as good as an my bread
basket.
Saturday afternoon, swimming a
beautiful, race, Vinrant not only
broke but completely smashed his
old 'record He bettered his old
malls by three 13) full seconds,
'setting a new record of 1 46 6 min
utes for the event ,
All of which, aside from costing
me a steak dinner, gave me the
brilliant idea to inaugurate with
this column an "Athlete-Of-The-
Week" award.
~,,The award, purely a title honor,
will be conferred each Tuesday
on. the Penn State athlete who has
distinguished himself as the out
standing individual star and team
performer during the pi eceding
week.
Mark Vinzant becomes athlete
No:1 to receive the title.
Honorable mention Beenie
Sandson, Lion boxer, foi his 50-
second TKO, Scott Moffatt, Lion
eager, for his uncanny basket
flinging in netting 16 - points
against Navy, and Joe Scaa., Lion
wrestle', for pinning Chicago's
Captain Thomas in the only fall of
State's first home meet
Foiled Again:
Philadelphia gaper cau sed
this' headline on its Sunday sport
page "Penn State Beats Temple
Fencers" A Pittsburgh sheet said
this "Penn State Fencers Foiled
Ey Owls "
, Puvle Which one will coach
Doc /Cruller clip fat his fencing
scrapbook 9
, Nicknames Make News
Aftei hearing that Paul Mall,
one of Leo Houck's 175-pounders,
answers to the' nickname "Smo
key" ' after the cigarette that's
Slnoked,wherever particular peo
ple.' congregate 'it .wouldn't sur
prise
,were ,dubbed "'Sandman" or if
Dick, Giimcs were tagged "Centre
'Daily"
Just for the h—l of it, I'd like
to' suggest "Picador" as a suitable
'handle ,for heavyweight wrestler
'Warren Elliott, especially after his
Saturday night bull tight with Chi
cago's Milt Weiss
Warmed Over Hash
Cage coach John Lawther's son,
, Jim, scored 20 points in leading
State College High to a victory
'over Ldck Haven last Friday
Young Jim is a left-hander with
a -deadly ,combination pivot and
hook shot The goose egg Penn
State's ,wrestling Lions handed
Chicago Saturday night was the
first the Maroons have suffeted m
then entire wrestling history
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Moffat Stars As Lion Quint Sinks Navy, 404 7
McWilliams, Barr Help To Administer
Worst Defeat Since 1926 To Middies;
Zone Defense Stops Navy Attack
Navy Scores First But State Leads 18-9 At Half;
Home Team Uses 13 Men Trying To Halt Rout
By BILL FOWLER
Believe it 01 not—
A vastly underrated Nittany cage machine did trample the Navy
beneath a wishing 40-17 margin Saturday at Annapolis, inflicting the
worst defeat the Middies have suffered since 1926
And red-haired Scotty Moffatt, "dark horse" substitute forward
of the Lions, did pile up 16 points in an amazing exhibition of sharp
'shooting skill
All of which was very much
counter to dope sheets, advance
information, , and confidential
data
The familia'r 2-1-2 pivot play,
with Johnny Barr in the pivot
slot giving the ball to Moffat as
he cut around the outside, work
ed to perfection- to baffle the
Navy defense, while the Lawther
'zone defense was as effective as
a mine barrage in halting the
Middle nits&
Navy Scores First
Wall Hosterman,Eleded
Captain 'Of 1940 Soccer
Teani Al Squad Meeting
Walt Hosterman, veteran Lion
halfback, was unanimously elect
ed to captain the 1940 soccer
team at a meeting of the squad
held Sunday night, it-has been
announced by Coach Bill Jeffrey.
Hosterrhan, who at the "close
of the past season was described
by Jeffrey as the most consistent
performer on the team, played
regular, right halfback for the
past two years. In addition to
soccer, Walt is also a letterman
in track, competing in the dashes
and. broad lump.
He is a graduate of State Col-
lege litgh'School where he star
ed in soccer, basketball and
track
It also has been announced
that the annual soccer banquet
will, be held February 13, but
the place has not been desig
nated.
Frosh Gymnasts
Sweep To Victory
Pieo Stars For Juniors;
Senlori Place Second
By DICK PETERS
Despite ai brilliant performance
by one Roman Pieo, who - scored
212/5 points, a powerful, well-bal
once& fieshinan gymnastics team
swept to victory' in the first an
nual inter-squad meet in Rec Hall
Friday night
Pieo, placing in every event in
which he was entered, could only
save a third place for the juniors
behind the seniors who tallied 23 1 / 2
points The sophomores were lost
far in the rear with only 5 1 / 2
markers
Approximately 500 people who
braved the cold to witness the
inter-class duel were not dis
appointed in the advance publicity
given "Flit" Pieo The former
world's record-holder of the 25-
foot rope climb, who tied the rec
ord for the 20-foot climb Friday
night, , tallied two first places, a
tie for first, a second and a third
place in the five events in which
he was entered
Freshman Star
Other outstanding performances
were turned in by John Wolf,
John Teti, and Lou Bordo, three
freshmen who looked mighty good,
and ' Captain Merril Beck 'and
Chuck Gillespie, senior veterans
Captain Mike Hanky of the
Navy tallied the first point, but
Lion Ciptain Cliff McWilliams
countered with a field - goal to
snatch the lead Elmer Gross'
foul and buckets by Ackley and
Barr put the score at 5-3 With
three minutes gone, Moffatt re
placed Christman, the Nittany of
fense hit high gear, and the Mid
shipmen were on the way to Davy
Tones' locker
After racing to a 18-9 lead at
the half, the amazing State quin
tet slipped five tallies through the
hoop in the second stanza before
the bewildered Sailors scored a
point. Moffatt, in a magnificent
1 dead-eye display, ran his field
goal string to five buckets out of
,five tries before he missed fire,
and ended up with seven 2-point
ers and a pair of fouls for the af
ternoon
Johnny Barr, steadying the
Lion quintet as usual, made six
assists, tallied eight points, and
played a brilliant defensive game
Eight markers were also amassed
by Captain Cliff McWilliams,
playing his best ball of the season
at center and guard in turn.
Navy Uses 13 Men ,
-,,The threatened ,- Navy - destroyer
turned `out to be merely a scow as
Middle mentor Johnny , Wilson
threw 13 men into the fray in a
' Continued On Page 4
Frosh Wrestlers Down Mercersburg, '
18-8, To Score Second Straight Win
' Kern's Wins Again By A Quick fall While Crabtree,
Stanley, Lorenzo And Thompson Also Pin Opponents
By 808 LANE
Matching the varsity step foz step, the Nittany_Lion grappling
Clubs scored their second victory of the season in a convincing 28-8
triumph over Mercersburg Academy in Rec Hall Saturday afternoon
Frosh heavyweight Jack Items scored his second straight win
when he threw Imbert of Mercersburg at 2 02 with a half nelson and
a crotch hold. In the two frosts matches this year Kerns has wrestled
a total of three minutes in scoring two falls
Lion Charlie Ridenour defeated
F Henry in the 121-pound bout.
Ridenour scored several near falls
in completely dominating his
Academy opponent.
Allen Crabtree scored fwe
points for the frosh matmen when
he switched and caught Quigg of
Mercersburg in a crotch and half
nelson at 8.23 in the 136-pound
clash.
Bill Stanley at 128, Mike Lor
enzo at 155, nad Iry Thompson at
175, also succeeded in registering
falls over Mercersburg Academy
grapplers
121 pounds—Ridenour, Penn
State, defeated V. Henry.
128 pounds Stanley, Penn
State, threw F. Henry with a
crotch and a reverse, 720.
136 pounds—Crabtree, Penn
State, threw Quigg with a crotch
and a reverse, 8.23.
' 145 pounds—Hanson, MereCres
burg Academy, defeated Welsh.
155 pounds Lorenzo, Penn
State, threw Van Vleet with a bar
and a chancery, 4 47
165 pounds—Benson, Mercers
burg Academy, threw Sproat
175 pounds—Thompson, Penn
State, threw Dawson with an arm
and body press, 7 05
Heavyweight Kerns, Penn
State, threw Imbert with a crotch
and half lock, 2 02.
Schweitzei In ,Detroit
Prof Paul H Schweitzer attend
ed the Society of Automotive En
gineer meeting and the meetings of
the Co-operative Fuel Research
Committee in Detroit last week.
Professor Schweitzer presented
discussions on the papers, "Effects
of Viscosity on , Diesel Injection"
and 'Control of 'Smoke in.the Au
tomotive Diesel:" -
TA't GOLLPGIAN
NittanyWrestlers B
Lions Break
Mark In Mat .
Win Saturday
Scalzo Pins Maroon
Captain In Only Fall
, By 808 LANE
The University; of Chicago failed
to score a point for the first tune
in its history when the Nittany
Lion wrestlers paralyzed the Ma
roon 26-0 on the Rec -Hall canvas
Saturday night (Editor's note'
first time in wrestling history )
In chalking up Opp ,second
straight win the "Spartans of Spe
idel" performed scientifically, un
scientifically, and otherwise as
they swept all eight matches, but
scored only one-fall -
Milton Weiss, ex-Maroon foot
baller, demonstrated customary
Chicago grid technique, as he miss
ed 10 running-dive tackles on War
ren Elliott in the spectacular
heavyweight affair Elliott won the
decision on aggressiveness, and his
sincere attempts to keep an op
ponent, who - would have preferred
to have heen watching from the
bleachers, on the mat
The only fall of the meet occur
red in the 145-pound event when'
Joe Scalzo threw Maroon Captain
Colin Thomas with a bar and chan
cery in 613 Both Scalzo and
Thomas displayed excellent abil
ity in a fast match The Chicago
leader took Scalzo down in the on:
ening minute and scored two near
falls before Scalzo gained the ad
vantage at the two minute mark ,
Lion Roy Gensler came very
close to scoring a fall over Bern
ard Stone with a Japanese key
lock in the closing minutes of the
155-pound event Both grapplers
reversed the advantage live times
in the first five minutes, but Gen
sler received a well-earned demi
mon at the bell
In the 121-pound 'overtime bat
tle Clair Hess and Walter Young
of Chicago rolled off of the mat
33 times in the first five minutes
of a very slow match The bout
went into two, two-minute over
time periods, in both' of which;
Hess dominated Young to win the
decision
Lion Dave Waite scored his ,Ilrst
win of the season in defeating:un
aggressive Carroll Pyle in the 128-
pound tilt Waite held the advan
tage throughout the match '
Continued On Page 4
Fencers Lose 10-1
To Temple Squad
300 See Nittanymen's
First Defeat Of Season
By ED HALL
With a six to three loss in the
foils putting them behind from
the opening duels, the Lion fenc
ing team could do no better than
split their saber and epee matches
and took their first defeat of the
season in losing to Temple's four
man team, 10-7 Approximately
300 spectators witnessed the duels
Two Temple fencers, Pearlstem
and Dumbrow, accounted for sev
en of their team's ten points
Pearlstem won four matches—two
foil, one epee and one sabre, and
Dumbrow gained wins in two foil
duals and one epee match
Captain Paul Fiebiger and soph
omore Bob Harder were the only
Nittany duellists to win more than
one duel. Fiebiger won both of
his sabre matches, defeating Pearl
stein and Goldberg of Temple, and
Harder downed Pearlstem and
Huber of the Owls, in the epee
series
A fifteen-minute controversy in
the second sabre match, between
Tack Good and Goldberg of Tem
ple, was rprecipitated by what ap
peared to be simultaneous touches
by the opponents. , The refree de
cided that, Goldberg's foil had
struck first and awarded the match
to Temple. ,
Only other Nittany wins came
in the toils, as Elmer Lowenstein
won- over Huber of Temple and
Doug _Adams and, Leonard Rutz
Cordlnued On Pane-4
WEEKEND REVIEW
BASKETBALL
Penn State-40 Navy-1
WRESTLING
'Penn Stale-26 Chicago-0
SWIMMING
Penn State-48 W & 3-27
FENCING
Temple-10 Penn State-7
FRESHMAN WRESTLING
"Penn State-28 Mereersb'g-8
FRESHMAN BASKETBALL
Penn Stale-46 Wyoming Sem
nary—l 6
Houck May Shake
Lineupin Battle
Against Toronto
Experiments With Squad
Must Precede Army Tilt
By BUD SMYSER
Toronto brings its Canadian in
tercollegiate champion boxers
here this Saturday night, but Doc
tor Leo Houck thinks the British
ers won't be too tough (remember
Champion Tommy Farr 9) and may
take advantage of the opportunity
to do some lineup experimenting
before he heads into the rough go
ing that Army and Virginia will
offer
Doctoi Houck's only complaint
this week was that his fighters are
naving too many lay-offs Be
tween Western Maryland and
Toronto they have an 11-day rest,
and after Army on Feb - 3 it's two
weeks before they face Virginia
Coming back after rests like that
just like starting the season
over, Doctor Houck complains
1 11ut it's the lineup changes and
not the layoffs that are most un
pcirtant to the Doctor, and he has
all sorts of ideas on that
3 ., , Tw0 of the three newcomers in
last week's lineup (Vie Fiore at
120 and Harry Masters at 175)
may give way to two other new
Men, George Hankins at 120 and
Paul Mall at 175
Sandson, who's a bit
hp g y for 155 pound competition,
• t - 1651-pustung-the.ex
perienied but light Jim Lewis up
0;1'75 There's also an outside
chance that Bernie may not box
at all because he spent the week
end in bed with the flu
Chester Nycz, a junior who has
never, fought before, may be
worked in at either 155 or 165
pounds
Trouble Ahead
This week is the time for exper
zmenttng Toronto offers only a
fair squad but Army's eastern
champions are camped at the end
of next week's trail There won't
be much fooling around there
After that the Lions must re
turn to the wars on February 17
against Virginia, which Leo rates
the second toughest team on his
schedule, one notch above Army
The toughest team of them all
is Wisconsin, 1939 national cham
pion, which has been saved until
last, March 15 Also in the Lions'
way are a couple of boys from
Syracuse, second in last year's m
tercollegiates
May Retire Trophy
The .Lions and Syracuse each
have four legs on the Baltimore
Sun Intercollegiate Trophy and
both are hoping to retire it at the
Intercollegiates here on March 8
and 9 Who is likely to succeed
may be indicated when the squads
meet at Syracuse February 27
All of these meets (which Leo
considers his four toughest, inci
dentally) Wisconsin, Virginia
Army and Syracuse, ranked in
that order—are away.
Besides Toronto and the Inter
collegiates the only other home
opposition will be Michigan State
ow, February 24 and Cornell on
March 2 Neither of these last
squads are expected to offer more
than average opposition
Broadcast Of 'Victory'
Song Scheduled Tonight
Penn State's famous "victory"
song will be included in a col
lege medley program to be broad
cast over the NBC Red Network
at 10.30 tonight.
The 'broadcast is a part of the
regular` "Uncle Walter's Dog
House" program sponsored by
Brown 'and Williamson Tobacco
Corporation.
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Penn State Mermen Beat
W & J Swimmers, 48 To 27
By BAYARD BLOOM
Penn State's varsity 'mermen
masked the opening of then 1940
home season by churning to vie.
toi,y in 'seven out of nine events
as they overwhelmed Washington
and Jefferson 48-27 in Glennland
pool Saturday
Co-Captain Mark Vimant sliced
three seconds off the pool record
as he won the 150 yard backstroke
in 1 46 6 minutes. The other co
captain, dives , Guy McLaughlin,'
also justified his leadership hand
somely by winning the fancy div
ing with the high total of 95 points
Junior speedster Bill Kirkpatrick
was top winner with 'victories in
the 50 and 100 yard freestyles The
flashy Kirkpatrick - has not been
defeated in either of these events
this year The Prexy's took the 220
yard freestyle when their star dist
ance man, Paul Kramei , edged out
State's Don Delmann Delmanzol
Yearling Baskelballers Beat Weak
Seminary Squad, 46-16, In Opener
Egli Is High Scorer With 18 Points In Game
Marked By Penalties And Haphazard Shooting
By ED HALL.
Displaying speed and an ability at times to sink outside shots,
the Lion yearling basketball team swamped a weak Wyoming Sem
inary five 48-16 in Rec Hall on Saturday It was a willy-nilly Nittany
club debut, masked by frequent penalties, wild passes and haphacard
shooting that was watched by a crowd of approximately five hundred
Wyoming Seminary shot to a
quick 3-0 lead in the first minutes
of play, but the Lion Cubs over
took them and passed to the front
before the first quarter was over
The Seminary five never press
ed the yearling after that and the
Nittanymen, paced by John Egli,
high scoter of the game with 18
points, piled up a 24-9 lead as the
half ended
Coming out for the second half,
Wyoming sent in a complete new
team in an attempt to cut the
Lion's 15-point advantage They
stood no chance, however, as the
Blue and Whiter§ scored almost
at will and kept the Seminary
from scoring anything except an
occasional field goal or foul
Walt Early and Bob Billing,
with five points each, led Wyom
ing Seminary in scoring honors
Frank Barr, brother of varsity
basketballer Johnny Barr, fol
lowed Egh in scoring honors for
the State cubs with seven points
State's freshmen showed abil
ity in tapping in inbound shots
and fouls that failed
Penn State Cubs fld fk 11 , ,
Ulan, 1 0 1- 2 1
Chenowith 2 0- 1 4
Savage 0 0- 0 0
Curt le 0 0- 0 0
McFadden f 0 0- 0 0
Brown 3 0- 2 6
Tuleya 1 0- 0 2
Baltimore c ' 0 1- 3 1
Barr 3 1- 1 7
Raining 3 0- 1 6
Egli g 7 4- 7 18
Van Linton 0 1- 1 1
Total 19 8-19 46
revenged his defeat, however,
when he topped Kramer in the
440 yard freestyle
Lion breaststrokes Larry Curtis
was disqualified in the 220 yard
breaststroke for using the wrong
kick, giving the race to McClen
nand of W & ,1 for the only other
victory of the Presidents
The Lions swept both the 300
yard medley and 400 yard fi ee
style relays Winning combination
in the medley event was Fruchtei,
Boileau and Raab, while the new
outfit of Webb, Rubner, Ashton,
and Raab won handily in the free
style event
The summaries
300-yard medley relay—Won by
Penn State (Fruchter, Boileau,
Raab), W. and J (Watson, Mc-
Lennand, Dickson) second Time
3 23 4
220-yard freestyle Won by
Kramer, W. and .1 , second, Del-
Wyoming Sem fld fls tls
Earl f 2 1- 2 5
I Hershowit7 0 0- 0 0
Billings f 2 1- 4 5
Lovelong 0 0- 1 0
Boss c 1 I- 3 3
McCoy 0 0- 0 0
I Amend g 0 1- 2 1
Maday 0 0- 0 0
Harrington g 0 0- 0 0
Gross 1 9- 0 2
Total 6 4-12 16
Score by Quartets
Penn St Fr 16 8 13 9-46
Wyoming . 8 1 3 4-16
Referee—Sellers
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FEBRUARY 10TH
FORMAL 9-12 WHITE HALL
Fa - "e Three
Manzo, Penn State, third, Rem
mann, Penn State Time 2 30,
50-yard freestyle Won by
Kirkpatrick, Penn State, second
Marcus, Penn State, third, Hen
derson, W and .1 Time —0253'
Fancy diving—Won by Mc—
Laughlin, Penn State, 95 0; sec-,
and Pi ice, Penn State, 89 74 third,
Jessick, W and J, 48 10
100-yard 11 eestyle Won by
iltirkiiatilck, Penn State, 7Crana`
Lehman, Penn State, third Hen-%
demon, W and J Time-0 57 0.
150-yard backstroke—Won by
Vinzant, Penn State, second Kra
mer, W and J , third Watson, W.
and J Time-1 46 6
200-yard breaststroke—Won by
McLennard, W and J , second!
Hill, W. and .1, thud Bogatin,
Penn State Time-2 94.1.
440-yard freestyle Won by
DelManro, Penn, State, second,
Kramer, W and J., third Dickson„
W and J. Time-512.1.
400. yard relay—Won by Penn
State (Webb, Rubner, Ashton,
Raab), second W and J (Grether,
Wilson, McLennand, Hill) Time—,
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