tuirsdkr, Match 19, 1940
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Between The Lon
With 808 WILSON
'll Random notes, plaudits, thoughts and what•have•you's on the late
'eeparted Penn State winter sports season:
Honor Roll
Conper,_l27-pound tathst and Frankte Goodman Trophy
winner of Penn State's EISA champions and Baltimore Sun Tiophy
'taus.
Ernie Sorts, undefeated 175• pound captain and lone Lion
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matman to win an Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association
championship.
•' Johnny Ban, play-maker, new all-time high scorer , and author of
most Penn State basketball successes this season
Jimmy Lewis, third-sound comeback waist par excellence and
whine' of the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Association 165-pound
ditidem
'' Barney Ewell, IC4-A 60-yard dash and broad jump champ,
holder of the 50• yard dash record, wanner of a score or more other
honors and No 1 advertiser of the name "Penn State" from coast
Bill Kirkpatrick, spi mt stai and new Laplain of Penn State's
swimming Lions
,Larry Lightbody, , outstanding detente star for Penn State's ice
hockey Lions and leading Pennsylvania Collegiate League goalie.'
Jack Kerns, 230-pound freshman wrestler who in three bouts
,registered three falls in the total of nine minutes and 30 seconds,
for exactly 30 seconds longer than one regulation bout: handled the
;the heavyweight assignment for the Lion boxing cubs in their last
- *wet: and who will be a promising Lion football candidate in the
Ho' Superstition, But— ' _
Until Lally Lightbody, brilliant sophomore goalie, chukked the
number 13 Jersey he had worn practically all season, Penn Slate's ice
Mickey Lions S had not won a'single game
` 'Just before the _Lehigh tilt Larry removed the jersey and the Lions
won,' 04, to hang up their first victory of the season. A week later
they blanked Carnegie Tech. 4-0, and closed their campaign last week
by-trimming Lafayette, 7-2. to be for second place honors with Her
:hey is the Pennsyl;ntnia Collegiate League.
Meanwhile, removal of the jersey failed to pox tarry's standout
play at the goal The mighty mite has averaged about 28 saves per
gfitne for State this season Which IS just about tops in the league
Reflection -
, Following the Ea , ,tein Ihteicollegiate. Boxing Association tourna
ment here a week or so ago, Jerry Weinstein, CDT sports writer, ask
ed Where is the "box" in college boxing"
'Slugfest, brawl, and street tight are a few of the terms which
have displaced boxing in the college ring dictionary." Weinstein wrote.
! 1 " - iif college boxing is more than a sport foi the spectators,"
he went on, "if it's an activity to teach a boy how to box, we thing it's
Missing its put pose"
Ditto Between The Lions
Suggestion Dept. -
h ,To EIBA officials, coaches and patron saints.
, i il Before the Intercollegiates next year, why not cede the best
four men in each class This way any edge that drawing a bye might
prpvade would be eliminated, and each man would need fight only
`twice at the most
', 1 , 3 2 Eliminate the third place As it is now that one point for third
s thrown away with what appears to be reckless abandon Truth of
'', Ib i p matter, those polfits are carefully aimed before they are fired
To Neil Fleming, graduate manager of athletics.
, 1 The Eastern Inteicollegiate Wrestling Association has decided
' to form, in-addition lb their.arinuaLtourriament„ a_leagoe_foi dual
yoiets The move was made to create interest in wrestling throughout
,its-regular 'season Why not begin ',agitation now for a basketball
lipjgue next year 9 The sport here needs it
So!
full page pictuie of Billy Soose, former Lion ring great, appear
ed in last week's issue of PIC magazine The undercut had this to say
n'tiout him '
2 "While attending Penn State, Billy Soose was asked by the dean
to` stop boxing before he injured someone."
Dean Warnock pleads not guilty
Riflemen Tofirc
lii NRAI Matches
;Col. Stevens Will Select Share Crown With 19
try
, ive-Man Team For Meet Points Each;,Thetas 3rd
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l'Penn State's vaisity rifle team is After six hai d-fought weeks of
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prppai ing for national competition Women's Intramurals, Delta Gams
this week with a record of 25 vie- and ZTA's emerged dual champions
bine' in 27 matches - with 19 points 'apiece Thetas were
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if,A five-man squad will go to forced to third place by one point
Washington, DC , March 30 to flue Ath West, a ne,w entry this year,
'in-,the National Rifle Association placed third with 14 points by win-
Interccillegiates and shortly after- Wing first places in swimming and
wards the squad will fire here in badminton and tieing for first in
the-War Department Intercollegi- ping pong Chi O's, last yeas s
ates which are conducted by mail champs, although garnering firsts
' tOnly defeats suffered by the in basketball and volleyball, were
squad,so far were in a postal match -fourth
, With the University of Florida and , Other, teams receiving final
'in ,the postal Third Corps Area In- points were Phi Mu who led bowl
-1
,tercollegiates In the latter the mg, AF.Phi who tied for the ping
State marksmen placed behird I pang 'championship, Philotes, and
'Maryland and V M I Mac-Grange
!Most recent victims of the Lion I Delta Gams tied Thetas for flist
.4flers, all, in dual meet postal place in Spring Sports 1939 to re
matches, are Pitt, Indiana, V M - 1 I. ceive ten points; placed second in
aid the U S Marine Corps , basketball for three, and third in
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„Ii Squad members who fired in points were awarded for no dc
',these matches with their individual faults
4ores are' Bill Funk, 380, Bob Mc- - ZTA's scored ten points for sec
goy- 378; Miles Animus 377, Co- and place in Spring Sports, three
captain Ben Stahl 376, , Co-captain for volleyball runner-up, one for
,Gilbert Gault 373, Noah Getz 3690 basketball third ,
place and five for
01111, Leeworthy 369, Bob Rambo Ino defaults
367, C- L Martin 366, and Robb
',Cuthbert 358. ,
- I All but two of the , 27 matches
the squad has" fired so far have
been postal Rock Springs and
,Warriors Mark were both defeat,
ed in shoulder-tolshoulder tlrthg
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'43 Athletes Outshine ,Varsity
In Winter Sports Competition
With the 1940 Wintet season
over except for a few straggling
inteicollegiate tournaments that
will early over into Spring, the
mathmeticians took stock of things
yesterday and found that Penn
State freshman athletes have done
far better than the varsity
Three out of five freshman
teams went undefeated and the
cubs lolled up a combined per
centage of 833 The varsity per
centage was 598 with the com
bined record at 641 No varsity
teams went undefeated
The records, which include only
dual meet participation, are given
below
VARSITY
Spat W L T Pcti
Rifle 25 1 0 .965
Boxing 5 2 1 GB7
Wrestling 5 2 I 687
Basketball 15 8 0 652
Fencing 4 5 .0 444
Gymnastics 2 4 0 333
Hockey . .1 7 0 300
Swimming 2 7 0 222
Skiing 0 2 - 0 000
Indoor Track 0 1 0 000
IZEIXEM
Kappa Sigma,
Varsity Hall Win
Basketball Titles
Phi Sigma Kappa, BRB
Defeated In Close Games
In Intramural Finals
Kappa Sigma and Vaisity Hall
aie new intramural basketba , l
champions in the fraternity and in
dependent leagues iespectwely
The Kappa Sign nosed out Phi Sig
ma Kappa, 18-14, and the Varsity
Hall lads dethroned the defending
champions, BRB, in a close con
test, 23-20, Thuisday night
Dick Stebbins and Ralph Sapp
paced the Kappa Sigs to victory as
they ruled the Phi Sign through
out the entire tilt. Never during
the game was Kappa Sig behind
Swung was well distributed for
both teams, but Stebbins was out
standing on defense
The Kappa Sig - lineup included
Sapp, Stebbins, ...Jack Baker, Emil
Axelson, Bill Lewis, - and Harry
Thompson The Phi Sig lineup in
cluded John King, Bob Furlong,
George Hunt, Don Hart, and Neil
Reagan'
Varsity Hall exhibited a tight
defense and sure-shot forwards to
top the defending champions Their
lineup included John Conte, Leon
Bailey, Sam Kopach, Bob Cunning
ham, and Tom Vargo BRB used
Joe Kyle, Charley Romane, Bob
Mengle, John Chillcot, Jack Hess,
and Harry Price '
It was announced yesterday that
the finals in intramural wrestling
will be held after Easter vacation
Most of the semi-finals have been
played.
Ping pong intra-league playoffs
will be completed tomorrow and
the finals run off after the holiday,
as will the competition in volley
ball and handball
75 Football Candidates
Report For Spring Work
While managers shoveled snow
from the field, outdoor Spring foot
ball began two weeks late this year
when 75 turned out in response to
Coach Bob Higgins' call on Wed
nesday
Bad weather kept the squad im
dobis on "skull practice" The in
door workouts included a study of
plays and viewing of motion pic
tures of State games last season
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he when you come back
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?Elil; STAIt COVIZCITAN
FRESHMEN
Spats W L T Pet
Basketball 8 0 01.000
Wrestling 3 0 0 I 000
Gymnastics 2 0 0 1.000
Boxing 1 2 0 333
Swimming 1 1 0 500
Totals 15 3 0 833
V & Fl. Totals 76 42 2 641
The mathematician left m his
wake a lot of things he couldn't'
use
I In Inteicollegiates the boxers
won their seventh Eastern Inter-,
collegiate Boxing Association
championship and retned the Bal-]
timore 'Sun Trophy; the wrestlers
tied for fourth place in the Easti
ern Intercollegiate Wrestling As-,
sociation tournatnent, the 'indoor'
track team did better than any,
Penn State team before it and,
placed thud in the national ,
IC4-A's, the skiers played host to,
the first All-State Ski champion
ship and won the state title, the
ice hockey team tied with Her
shey Cubs for second place in the
new Eastern Intercollegiate Hock
ey League, the freshman gym
Three Grapplers Carry
Lion Hopes In Nationals
Bortz, Gleason, King Will Wrestle In Collegiate
Championships At Illinois On March 28 And 29
Three Nittany Lion wrestlers, Ernie Bortz, Frank Gleason, and
Midge King, will carry the Blue and White colors of Penn State in the
National Collegiate Wrestling Championships to be held at the Um
% ersity of Illinois at Champaign, 111, on March 28 and 29
Eastern Intercollegiate champion Ernie Bortz is one of the favor
ites in the 175-pound division Besides winning the Eastern crown,
the Lion captain scored a smashing upset over Michigan's Don Nichols
in a dual meet Previous to his match' with Bortz, Nichols was unde
feated in 19 engagements
Frank Gleason, Eastern title win
ner, in 1939 and runner-up this
year, will rate with nation's out
standing grapplers in the 136-
poiind class
'Midge King' will remain at 121-
pounds, the same weight in which
he wrestled at Syracuse Ring was
undefeated in dual competition this
sea Son
Lehigh's Eastern Intercollegiate
Ichampionship mat machine will
enter five men in the Nationals,
including two Eastern champions,
Harold Masem and Don Schrader
Although the official campaign is
over, Coach Charlie Speidel is hold
ing regular sessions in Rec Hall
every Tuesday and Thursday for
anyone interested in wrestling In
struction is optional and regular
attendance not required
Lowenstein, Kutz
To Lead Fencers
Swordsmen Lose To NYU,
20 To 7, In Closing Match
Elmer R Lowenstein '4l and
Lester W Kutz '4l were elected co
captains of the 1940:41 fencing
team, succeeding Captain Paul Fie-
Mier, immediately following this
season's closing meet with 14 Y U
in Rec Hall Saturday, which ended
in a 20-7 defeat for the Lions
Facing a team defeated only
once this year and with five into,
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To Wisconsin,
team put on 'word-breaking pet
formances that marked it as one
of the best in the country and
promised a strong varsity next
year
2 Individual athletes emerged
from the ranks Capt Mike Coo
per at 127 pounds and Jim Lewis
at 165 pounds won ELBA boxing
titles Capt Ernie Bortr went
through the wrestling season un
defeated and won the EIWA 175-
pound crown John Barr set a
new Penn State seining record of
231 points during - the basketball
season The fleet Bainey Ewell
emerged as the greatest of them
all as he set an unofficial world's
record of 5 seconds in the 50-yard
dash, carried off the 60-yard dash
and broad championships at the
IC4-A's and made newspaper
headlines every time he moved
3 Hockey and skiing as infor
mal sports gained such popularity
that they will be put before the
studenti, at the all-College elec
tions foi official iecognition as
varsity sports
4 Penn State eNperimentally
participated in its fist box la
crosse meet at Yale and won
Loss Ends Dual Slate But 3 Boxers
Enter National Tournament In April
Scally, Lewis Account For Only Nittany Points
As Badgers Outpoint State Before 16,000 Fans
By BUD SMYSER
With thcii dual meet season ended unfortunately in a 0 1 4-1 1 / 2 de
feat Saturday night from Wisconsin's 1939 national champions, Penn
State's varsity boxers have only the National Intercollegiates ahead of
them befoie they wind up action for 1990.
"I just remembered when I was
Captain Mike Cooper, 127-pound
Eastern champion, Jim Lewis, 165-
pound Easton champion who sal
vaged a draw at- Wisconsin, and
Paul Scally, 175-pound Eastern
EMES:I3
Frank (Red) Stanko '4l was
elected captain of the 1941 var
sity boxing team yesterday.
Stanko won eight fights and lost
three as a 135-pounder this sea
son, placing second in the Inter
collemates held here.
tunnel-up who was State's only
winnei at Wisconsin, will repre
sent the Lions al the national tour
nament in Sacramento, Calif, nn
Apt tl 4, 5 and 6
A 16,000 (nom' at Madison, Wis ,
watched the Badgets roll up the,r
thud ctimght victory over the Nit
tany Lions Saturday night and in
crease their edge in the four-year
old serves to 3-1
Paul Scally, State 175-pounder,
scored the only Lion victory over
Stan Koiuszek, who fights like
Amei ico Woyciesjes, Syracuse bat
tler who beat Scally In the Inter
collegiate finals Scally used the
same left jab he flashed against
Woyciesjes and won easily
Jim Lewis, Eastern 165-pourd
king, fought beautifully against
Billy Roth and staged another of
his sensational finishes but could
do no better than draw In the
hard-fought meet Capt Mike Coo
pei at 127 and Fiank (Red) Stank°
at 135 both lost close decisions
Stanko floored his man with a left
hook in the first round
Paul Mall, at heavyweight,
fought the best round of the night
in the first sotto with Nick Lee, na
tional runner-up last year Mall
left-jabbed Lec and never took a
solid blow himself The second
round was only 25 seconds gime
however, when Lee brought up .
right that set Mall dreaming
Bob Band was rallying against
Woody Swancutt, Wisconsin's na
tional 155-pound champion, when
their heads bumped in the second
round and the fight was stopped
Swancutt took the decision on hr;
first sound edge
The summai les
120 pounds Bob Sachtsdale,
Wisconsin, decisioned Vic Fiore
127 pounds—Clay Hogan, Wis
consin, decisioned Captain Mike
Cooper
135 pounds—Warren Jollymore,
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