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IFebrail7 2Cr, INd ivaten Boxers Face Busy Schedule After VI Sid Her Hurl As He Kayoes Foe I- Decisive Match; MichiganSiale, Siracuse, And Cornell Loom Ahead Baird, Sandson-And Lewis Keep Win Streaks Intact Against Virginia; Stanko Loses First By BUD SMYSER Still undefeked, Penn State's boxing Lions have only heavy , weight Sid Alter on their injured list as they turn their backs on their Oh-3 1 / 2 Virginia victory and face their heairiest campaigning of the 'season with three meets—Michigan State, Syracuse and Cornell—in the,eight days beginning next Saturday. :After, 1939 football captain fighting his first varsity boxing bout ' , at' Virginia, cracked his nose before he finally clinched the narrow 'State victory with a TKO in the heavyweight battle. lie is expected back in shape for the Michigan State meet Saturday, however Three Veterans Unbeaten Three Lion veterans kept their 'Unbeaten records intact against --yii•ginia• Sophomore Bob Baird ,sat 145, Bernie Sandson who fought "to draw at 155, and dim Lewis at ,165. Frank (Red) Stanko, State 135 pOrider, had his string of three straight knockouts halted when s he dropped a. decision to Peter ICoywho stayed out of his reach. with'only one bout to his credit; was the-fourth Lion to ;'emerge undefeated-from-the Vir-1 'gimme meet :',Four technical knockouts, three foroState, were features of the bouts which 5,000 'fans Jammed Virginia's Memorial, Stadium to watch,on Saturday night It was yirginia's first defeat since State beat theni - by the same score last 'yea'' Captain Mike COoper turned in .the 'first' State TKO and boosted Ma' intercollegiate title hopes with a two-round win in the 127 poeri'd class, Jim Lewis, State 165 pi:Older, - skillfully outboxed Vir ginia's ,Peter Berkey and won by TKO ',in the second round; Lion Paul Malt went out in the-first sound when Ken Rathbun, unde feated Virginia sophomore 175 pciunder, turned loose a power liouie onslaught that left the State sophomore cold on; the canvas, and -Alter finished the knockout Continued On' Page 4 Final flearince;;Lail Few Days from Business ;DRESSES $l, $2, $3 ' SWEATERS $1 IS OPEN E VENINGS UNTIL-8.30 ‘ MARIE CLARK TOWN SHOP Is Your Car Smooth For The "Ball" too? 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Frosh Courimen Bed laski, 34-18 Ramin Paces Yearlings In first Half Uprising With Kiski-leading 5-0 in the early — minutes of play, the Lion freshman basketball team turned what looked like their first loss of the season into a sweeping victory when they scored 19 points in the first half before Kiski could tally again and rolled up 15 points in the second quarter to win 34-18 in Rec Hall on Saturday After their early five-point lead, the prepsters were never in the tunnmg as, led by Bob Ramin who chalked,up 11 points before half- I time was called, the Nittanymen completely bottled up the, opposi tion In the last minutes -of the first half Kiski managed to'brealc through the Blue and White de ' fense to tally- two more points, making the score_ 19-7 as the half ended , Outstanding on, the State offen sive was Ramin, who took scoring honors ,with 13 points, and Barr who played outstandingly on, the defense Between The Lions With 808 WILSON It's Unusual The Corner Room myth has been exploded! I I , For three and a half years now I have been a steadfast believer that Matty Mateer's "coke house" was the only UNUSUAL thing in all State College. But Saturday that well-founded belief, that deep-rooted troth, was completely smashed, scourged and shattered Proof. This staggering list of Penn State spot t UNUSUALITIES 1. Counting dual meets only, his ill-fated bout with Michigan's powerful captain Butch Jordan was match No. 13 for Lion heavy weight Warren Elliott. 2 Ironically enough, it was also No 13 for Elhott's side-kick Midge King, 121-pounder who returned to mat warfare after a year's ab sence, spotted Michigan's Dick French six pounds and beat him.', easily to win the 128-pound class.' King, second only to Capt Ernie Bortz in victories, has NEVER won by a fall, in. dual-meet compe tition 3. When Nittany mitt captain Mike Cooper scored a TKO victory over Virginia's Mr. Callahan in the second round of their 127-pound bout Saturday night, the Lion vet eran bagged his FIRST dual-meet knockout in three years of inter collegiate compention-- , 1 On the other hand, Red Stan ko, Leo Houck's veteran 135-poun der who dropped his first match this season to Virginia's Mr Coy, has NEVER won a dual-meet bout on a decision All of his victories (five of 'em) have been knockouts 5. Roy Gensler, Charlie Speidel's 155-pounder, was the FIRST Lion wrestler to lose by a fall this sea son. Roy needn't feel bad, how ever. The man who finally pin ned him (only afteia terrific bat tle saw ,the advantage reversed 12 times) was Harlan Danner, ex-Big Ten champ and runner-up for the national 0 For the FIRST time in Penn State history (as near as colonels, majors and captains can recall), the Nittany riflemen have beaten a'SerVice squad" 'ln aito - stal meat last week, the Lion marksmen whipped the Philadelphia detach ment of the U S Marines, 1883- 1865 Miserabile Dicta! ! Picture of a crepe-hanger read ing Penn State news in the Sun day sports pages' WRESTLING' Michigan 1 6, Penn State 14 . A great team— Michigan, but they had to break Elliott's ankle to win . Too bad Charlie Speidel always said "I wish I had a dozen Elliotts," and now he doesn't even have one Elliott will never wrestle on col lege mats again SWIMMING: Cornell 39, Penn State 36 . . . Close, but no cigar Co-captain Mark, Vinzant in the hospital' with bronchitis . . . He could have taken the back stroke event going away, and State would have won the meet ... But that's the way it goes. BASKETBALL: Syracuse 34 , Penn State 29 . State ahead, 11- 7, at half time . Score tied seven times in the second half,. lead changed six times Gross toss ed out on personal fouls Syra cuse artillery 'gets hot Lions lose in closing seconds What a pity' . Orangemen must have the Ole Indian Sign ,on State this year TRACK: Cornell 65, Penn State 48 . . . Nittanymen sweep eight first places . . . Ewell runs hog wild; spots Zeiler% Cornell. 10 yards in the anchor lap of the mile relay and heats him by 15 yards Whatta man! ... And still State loses. Egadl Athlete ()Vibe Week The big man lacked confidence, and that's putting it mildly He was afraid to box for fear that he would make a 'Jackass out of him self in the ring But finally, about a month ago, he came out for the team - ' Saturday night he made his de but. And what a debut It was! Score Virginia 3 1 / 2 , State 3 1 / 2 ,The outcome of the meet depended on his match. Whatta spot for a big guy who lacked that all-important ring ingredient—confidence. Round one—slugfest' Round two i-wham' It was all over. Football captain Spike Alter had won by a technical knockout in the second round over Virginia's heavyweight, Charlie Harper Penn State won, 4 1 / 2 -3%, to remain undefeated. It was the' first time in five years Continued On Page .4 Mg.K STATV COLLZOIAN Gagers Will Battle Hoyas, Temple Michigan Snatches Win From Lion Matmen, 16-14 Warren Elliott fractures Ankle In Deciding Tilt; Captain Bortz Bests Nichols To Stay Unbeaten By 808 LANE Although Lucius Seneca, an old Roman philosopher, certainly was not thinking of the Nittany Lion wrestlers when he said, "We are sure to get the better of our fortune, if we do but grapple with it," this philosophy might serve as an inspiration to guide the "Spartans •of Speidel" in the future, after their heart-breaking 16-14 loss to Mich igan in Rec Hail Saturday night Fate Intervenes Leading the mighty Wolverines 14-11, with only the heavyweight bout remaining, the , Lion grap plers seemed destined for victory,. or at least a tie, when fate Inter vened Warren Elliott and Cap tain Forrest Jordan of Michigan' 'were deadlocked at the six-min utelnark in the hair-rasing heavy bout when suddenly Elliott crum pled to the canvas, suffering from a fractured ankle. The Nittany Lions forfeited the match and Michigan received the five points that were necessary for victory. =MEM ,With the score tied at 11-11, Captain Ernie Bortz captured the 175-pound tilt to remain undefeat ed as he outclassed Don Nichols, Wolverine Big 10 champion The Lion captain displayed his best form of the year, as he gained a victory against great odds Grappling for the first time this season, Midge King spotted Dick French a six-pound advantage as he cut the Wolverine down to his Duquesne Tames Lion Hockey Tea'm By 4-1 Count-At Johnstown On Friday Dowler Sinks Only State -GoatrSquad-Offereld Ice- For Pradice And Games By ED McLORIE The Dukes_ were kings Friday night in Johnstown and the Lions . ' were merely wildcats as Penn State's hockey team bowed, 4-1, to a strong Duquesne sextet ' A whirlwind third period attack by the Duquesne puck-chasers spelled defeat for a hard fighting Lion that had held the Dukes on even terms for the first two per iods. The score at the end of the second was 1-0 with the Smokey City lads on top , State's only tally was registered after 15 42 minutes of the third period with the Lions trailing 3-0. Scrappy Dowler sank the puck on a pass from John Dufford who had brought it down the right lane Dowler, coming down the center, took The puck and scored from the vicinity of the attack zone's blue Tilt Rough The tilt at times proved rougher than any the Lions had previously, encountered and was a thriller for the 700 spectators who lammed the new Shaffer Ice Palace Commenting on the game, the rink manager Albert Keene stated, "Penn State has a hockey team which should be able to beat Duq uesne with a little practice It's not hard to see that State is han dicapped by a lack of practice and I should like to Offer them the Ice Palace rink as a practice medium and for, their home games " Keene added that since Carnegie Tech and State have both lost to Duquesne by identical scores, they seemed a perfect match He stated that he, is now attempting to ar range a game at the Johnstown rink between the Lions and the ,Tartans soon ' . ,ROTC Called Gentlemen's Club At Yale And Harvard The charge that the ROTC at Yale and Harvard had degenerated into "gentlemen's clubs" was made to the Navy Department this week , Charles A. Plumley; Vermont representative in Congress and Norwich' '96„cornmunicated to the Navy Department. "I will tell you something about the, ROTC groups at Yale and Harvard They are gentlemen's clubs and they do not get the_ hard-boiled training that the Navy needs DON'T FORGET SENIOR BOOTHS AVAILABLE AT STUDENT UNION size with a punishing body ride in decisioning the Michigan lad in the 128-pound bout Frank Gleason scored hi fourth fall and his sixth straight victory this season when he threw Michi gan's Al Sergeant to give the Blue an White clad grapplers an 11- 0 lead at the completion of the 136-pound tussle Gensler Stars, But Loses Wrestling as he had never wrestled before, Lion Roy Gens ler gave Harlan Danner, Michi gan's "ace of aces", more than an I even iun for his money during semen minutes of flawless grap pling in the 155-pound struggle The veteran Danner finally threw the fast and clever Gensler with a bar and reverse chancery at 8 03, but not before both men demon strated some of the finest wrest ling technique ever witnessed in Rec Hall Lion Clair Hess opened the fes tivities by gaining a decision over Torn Weidig in the 121-pound af fair GrnaskTop_Dartmouth 40_To 14; Loie To Cadets 48 To 6, Saturday Acrobats Lose - Only One First Place To Indians But Gain Only Seconds And Thirds Against Army When the last flying gymnast had settled to the hardwood floor of the Army field house Saturday afternoon in the triangular, dually scored meet between Army, Dartmouth, and Penn State, the varsity Lion , aerial artists found they had beaten the Indians decisively 40-14, and lost to the West Pointers 48-6 The Nittany dervishes swept all' first places but the sidehorse against Dartmouth, with Charley Gillespie taking individual high point honors with firsts in the fly mg rings event and the rope climb Gillespie's time for the hemp hoist was 4 7 seconds The Cadets, who had previous ly allowed the Lion's next oppon ent, 8.1 I. T , but nine points, made a clean haul of every first place and gave the State swingers but three thirds and one second The cadets are sure-fire to win the In tercollegiates unless knocked off by Navy or Temple, Coach Gene Wettstone said George Terwilliger, third on the horizontal bars, Page 'Schaefer, 'third on the sidehorse, Chuck Gil lespie, third on the rings, and Ward, second in tumbling were the only Lions to place against Army. Long Island University is the first and only U S institution au thorized to give a Doctor of Podt BALL Fencers Subdued By Navy Champs Lowenstein Takes 3-Epee Duels As Lions Bow 20-7 Proving too fast and accurate for the Lion duelers, Navy, Eastern Intercollegiate fencing champions, amassed 20 points in handing the State swordsmen their third loss of the season at Annapolis on Sat urday The final score was 20-7 The Nittanymen threatened only in the epee series, taking a dis heartening 5-4 loss with Elmer Lowenstein defeating all three and Captain Paul Fieblgor defeating one of his Midshipman opponents The scores in the foil and sabre duels indicated complete routs for the Ntttanymen as Les Kutz took the only State wins in the foils and defeated two Navy opponents in the sabre duels to make the scores 8-1, ,7-2, respectively, in those matches Evening Classes On Way Out Because Of More Room, Declares Watkins The evening class is on the way out at Penn State, Scheduling Offi cer Ray V Watkins indicated yes terday Several requests by instructors for evening class hours have been refused Watkins said, in accord ance with the College policy of withholding sanction from the eve ning sessions Women in Sports I Bouquets to Mrs Mae Dercum, , wife of the ski coach, who won the women's slalom and placed 10th in mixed competition in the all-state ski meet at the Ski Trail Sunday Sally Faber, Marge Barwick, Jo Werner, Louella Bell, and Eloise Rockwell will be examined for intramural umpire's rating in bas ketball by three national umpires from Philadelphia Thursday morning They will be judged by a written examination and offici ating at the Army-Navy game be tween junior and sophomore major teams 808 TAYLOR Plumbing, Healing REPAIRING Dial 1722, N. Bulls St. ia Victory rgin Lions Subdue Colgate, Are Edged By Orange Barr, Moffat Lead Scoring As Red Raiders Fall, 43-25; McWilliams Stars At Syracuse By BILL FOWLER Their New York invasion repulsed by a fighting Syiacuse nut fit (29-34) after they had touted the Red Raideis of Colgate (43-25), Penn State's battle-weary cage warriors were resting today in pre partition for another "double-trouble" trip against Georgetown to morrow and Temple Thursday The Hoyas, who took a 33-22 trouncing from Coach Lawthei's gentlemen here in January, should hardly prove too hot to handle— even 'while defending their honor at home against a tired Nittany band But Temple is a different story While the locals were rambling over Colgate Friday night, the Owls of Philadelphia were hand ling a similar drubbing to Carne gie Tech's Tartans, 60-38. Jan uary 13 those same Tartans held a Nittany rally to edge the Lions, 31-28, in Pittsburgh. Temple Stops Navy Saturday afternoon the Tem ple quintet stopped Navy, 43-29, for its second victory in 20 hours This margin is not too impressive in view of the 40-17 setback State handed the Sailors The Owls, always formidable on their home soil, boast one of the East's best offensive pairs in Angelo Musi and Mendy Snyder. Last year the locals topped Tem ple 32-25 here but dropped a close 31-29 decision at Philadelphia Conclusion' Unless the Nittany men play like they did in the second half of the West Virginia Announcing a NEW FINANCE SERVICE College Faculty Members and Salaried Employees of the College Now you can get any amount, up to $3OO for any of - - your present needs, - quickly „ You Ask No Fav- . o , kik Ask a bou I - our or. We do not ' ALL - PURPOSE take wage or sal- 4 , lyr '1 CREDIT CARDS, ary assignments. • : good for cash Ern 41NANCE ployer or loans from coast friends are not to coast. Call. notified write or phone First Nat'l Bank Bldg. Phone 401 TYRONE, PA. Pressing Dry Cleaning - Repairing * * * Spring Suiting Materials Now On Display. Clothes Custom Made Dial 2162 FREE DELIVERY SMITH'S TAILOR SHOP NEXT TO POST OFFICE JAN SAVITT TOP andhlS HATTERS Psge Three game, then chances are slightly slim Credit. No. 10 The tenth Lion victory of the year was rung up with little trou ble at the expense of Colgate in Hamilton, New Yolk, Friday night Aftei an early 3-3 tie, the Lions took the lead and were nev er headed by a Raider team which looked decidedly inferior to its press notices A dull and slow first half end ed with the some at 18-12, but with the opening of the second stanza Scotty Moffatt tossed in four buckets and the Nittanymen were off to the races Johnny Barr and Moffatt each accounted for 13 of the Lion points Debit No, 7 The seventh Nittany defeat fol lowed a thrill-packed battle at Continued On Page 4
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