i.aestiay. April 1940
i Between The Lions
With 808 WILSON
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TEIONSTIKWAREKTAWA :
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The word could pass for anything,from a Greek swear word to
a daily cryptogram, but actually it was what the North American
Indians used to call LACROSSE—a thumping, bttinning, dashing,
slushing pastime-that reaches this year the 1001h"9rini4efatiry of its
adoption by the white man and its 25th anntvardary as a Penn State
sport. '
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Sp,ctatar•lnterest Lags Mere
: - Though, no one knoivs the date of its of igin, d e, believed that
the Amei ican Indian played the game hundred' of Years before any
white man set font on this continent.
Which just about makes it the only holy American sport
And yet, - of all the major Penn -State spats, lacriisse pi obably
tarilts , lowest in spectator 7 intelest. ,
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Lack of Knowledge Blamed
' Witi`is IV Well, Lion tonch Nick Thiel has several answers to
the question,' " . ~
1. ,!..iick
_of knowledgo,on the part at the spectator. _
• 2. Poor publicity. , ~ „
",`,3.
, Bad publicity.
'Nick explains that aside from the lack-of knowledge of the game,
the average spectator can't seethe ball, the play formations of the ,
defensive strategy from most lacrosse grandstands - A bud's-eye view,
of the game Iti the best possible angle fm spectator observation '
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Lacrosse Not Really Orate,
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, . ' , Avfar , as publicity is concerned, lactosse gets villually none Tn
faet,;!the 'spoil has been poorly publicized since the beginning of the
century Time - was (and Nick Thiel can prove this) when lacrosse
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out-headlined every other American sport
, 2' 'Sid - publicity is another faefo'r - that has sent lacrosse into a ver
itable, athletic oblivion Sportswriters the nation over bobbed the
sport "brulal," and to the unknowing eye "brutal" it hairtteen ever
since. , _ .
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Playful Fellows,.These Indians: , - , , _
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'''FliiiiedCihe Indian way, the game might have been Willa': The
'lndians had as many as 1000 players , on a side, and each player car
,iiedtwo sticks before' entering the game medicine men'would la
cerate the bodies of their players with'an iostrument made froin the
•teeth of a garfish'''This caused severe bleeding which was supposed
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to benefit the player , N i
What's more, in the - Indian game the squaws , - always took 'Part
by-switching then husbands, urging, them on to victiiiy ,
-Thiel Has DiScarded Old Methods
V
;-,1 Things are a little different today. As,far'as I have been able
fofi4out.'ihe gar fish instrument hes been discarded here at State,
,arid unless Nick Thiel whips his players ,in the locker room 'before
each game, the switching ceremony - has been dropped WO.
' 7 Ldst year the sport ranked fifth nationally among the Spring
siortftin the number of injuries per contestant. So lacrosse isn't
rially as 7 brutal as it's cracked up to be
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,Technigue Has.DevelOped Most , -
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Lacrosse ' at Penn State will reach a new Peak , this , year if current
statistics are any
Oil& Thiel, with about,ls men, has `the largest squad the history
„`Ofilhe;sport,at Penn State has every known The Lton - mentor admits
.that the technique`of the sport ,has increased more than any other
sport, basketball , included And that's -something coming from a tu
tor of ,theLawther'System of basketball
ThiePs Record Proves Something
Nick came here from Syracuse in 1934 where he won All-Amen
inn lacrosse laurels. He' began has sixth season as Thttany coach with
till Hobart smite SaturdaY.`And'anilie six years he will have coached
bile 'co - me June, he has had only three experienced players to work
wilh:Tlie rest were all Thiel-made pidducts. ' ^
14.4 And damn good Products, they must have been if Nick's record
rmny measuring-rod Year befofe last the Lions ranked eighth na
turally - They finished Iltk last season State has had one,All-Ameri
etik (George Koth '35), a pair of third-tean'i All-Amer - Mims (Co-cap
,,tairi,
George Ritter '4O and Joe Andrukitis '3O) and a cloven honorable
mention' awards ' 4
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lir '''- 1 • 't
ayer poi Has Kept Game Alive '
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-, b In,the preface to his new book on the spoil, Tad Stanwick, Le,
' high University. coach, says. , . -
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.4, "Like - all other sports, lacrosse has had its alternate periods of
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eis and weakness. It;has enjoyed great days of achievement.-and
;seasons when the ambitionsof the players 'and suppoite'rs have not
';beten t iqhzed, but throughout the period of one hundred year's, She
.contestants have; played the game for the sheer love of it: And it is
tf t iTause of ,:this`trult - sportmg spirit' which has characterized lacrosse
:iilnyer's` during this long penod. that !hie sport has continued to re-.
lain, its popularity:" , ...,
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•:-"ThtFastest Game - on,Twe Feet" f -' .
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'frikln-tiivforeword to lui book, Stanwick has quoted from a recent
' , "aritcle'by Wilson Wingate in the Baltimore News Wingate says ,
.•,.,.',..l"Laerosse,' when properly, played,. has no superior 'among ath
, contests.'lekios s a spectacle. as 'a test of endurance and for the de
-,,vflorixment of ,judgment and fast thinking.:Like , fOotball, the sport
is card and rough. Lacrosse is a severe test of condition and without
',..,alob.bi' THE FASTEST GAME ON TWO JEST." "
'I - : All of which pats the game mildly, if you've ever seen a lacrosse
''garke; that a 't - '.- ' ' ; , ,
': , i :.yoult ENJOY THE , ~
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Nine Meets Green Terrors Here Tomorrow
Lions Win One,
Drop Other Game,
In Weekend Tilts
Robinson, Medlar MO -
See Aition tomorrow
Gaining theu l second breath af
ter suffering an opening defeat
Friday from Princetoq, 2-0,
,the
Nittany baseballers trounced an
erratic Lehigh nine,.7-2, Saturday,
and prepared to seek their second
victory against an unknown West
ern Maryland team on New Beav
ci Field here at 4 p m tomorrow
Babel Bob Robinson or,Chucls
Medlar pi obably will hurl against
the Green Terrors with Robinson
holding the edge becaustl Xedlar
saw action in Friday's with
Princeton
The Tiger's Cartnichael and
Chuck - Medlar battled to a f we
inning
,deadlock in the first game
until a sisth-inning- error, a
scratch .single after a shoe-string
attempt by Shefwin, a balk by
Bastian, who relieved Medlar, and
another single scored Princeton's
two runs, . ,
Joe Bedenk's men were outhit
eight to seven, Sherman Sapp,
and Truhn each getting two, and
the Medlar-Bastian combination
fanned eight Tigers compared to
Carmichael's lone strikeout, but
the Princeton hurler scattered the
Lion hits - effectively in his nine
inning duty '
"Slim" Jim Richardson contin
ued his sh ing of, consecutive; vic
tories from last year when he sub
dued the Engineers ,with two runt
and four scant hits, while his
teammates pounded Lehigh's
Harry Leidich for seven tallies
and nine base blows
Penn State ab r hone
Gates, If 5 0 1 0 0 I
Sherwin, if 5 0 0 0 0 0
Merme, 3b 4 1 0 2 2 1
Deblei, cf 4 2 I I 0 0
Sapp, 2b 4 2. 0 2 '4 0
Valerie, 5 2 3 9 0 0
Truhn, ss 4 0 2 1 3 0
Seibel, lb 5„ 0 1 11 0 0
Richardson, p 4 0 1 1 1 1
Totals . 40 7, 9 27 10' 3
Lehigh ` ' ab r by o a e
Udx, cf 4 0 o`3 - 0 0
Werft, lb 3, 0 0 0 0
Griffiths, 2b ' 4 , 1 2 - 2/2
Loomis, c 3 7 0 , 0
,Kister, ss 4 1 2 1
Forester, rf 4 / 2 0 0
Boys', If 4 2 0 0
Robert, 3b 2 ,1 2 1
Leidich, p 3, 0. I 0
Totals 31 27 7 4
Penn State 2 2 30 000-7
Lehigh 0 0 00 010-2
Two-base hits—Loomis, Forest
er, Griffiths, Valet], Truhn, stolen
base—Gates, double play—Sapp to
Truhn to' Seibel, struck out—by
Richardson 9,_Leidich 7;' base on
ballsoff Richardson 2, Leidich 4
Umpires—Conway, Briody
Lion Racquefeers
Round Into Shaipe
Tenais Team Faces Penn
'ln'Opeiter.On April 19
Getting their first feeL'of-out
door practice during the past few
days, Penn State's tennis Lions
are mildly rounding into. shape
for their tough opener with Penn's
powerful Quakers April 19 and, a
match with Lehigh the y next day
Coach Ted Roethke: issued his
first formal call for candidates yes
terday and has announced that ad
ditional' aspirants may report for
the rest of the week. '
,Leading the field "of, veterans
are Capt Jerry, Goodman, - Mac
Weinstein ,and Del Hughes, all let
termen _ Others who saw some
service last year are Gil Feldman
and Chuck Huyck. ,
As yet the adverse weather
conditions have hampered adequ
ate practice Sessions, but with a
change there will be daily intra
squad competition to;determthe
the starting team for the Penn
match ' . _
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Lacrossejom Loses Opening
Houck Heads Coaches;
Boxing,,Natiarials Here
Cooper And Lewis Lose
In Ist Round Of Meet
Leo Houck was elected prem.
;lent ,of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association boxing 1
coaches, Penn State was'ehostri as
the site or. the 1941 national chtim
pionships, and the two Nittany
Lion eastern intercollegiate bolt
ing champions boived out in the
first round at the NCAA bo)cing
tournament in Sticrtimento, Cal,
last weekend
The Penn State coach; who Serv
ed as 'vice-president of the'hoxing
coaches last year, succeeds John
J Walsh, Wisconsin, as president
This is the second time Perin
State has been host to the nation
s! champairiship , tournament.
occasion was in 7 Next year's
al championship tournament The
first tournament ever 'conducted
was'-held here in 1932 Next
year's tournament Will be held
March 27-29
and Jim Lewis, 195 pounds, both
eastern chtimpions and Penn
State's only fighters iri the tour
nament, lost out in the first round
of the fighting
'Cooper was kayoed in the third
round of his fight with Joe
'Church, Miami fighter, and even
tual finalist
Lewis Was decisioned Isy Joe
Cestowski, of Michigan State In
a dual meet here February 24
Trackmen Drill For Tough Schedule
Opening With-Penni i Prake Relays
:*Sevenfy-five Arisiyer Warriors Call For Varsity
Track Candidates; Only Few:Freshmen Report
Spurred on by warmer weather during the past week, the var
sity•track squad has been , drilling , daily on the cinder track in pre
paration for the Penn and Drake Bekiys 2G-27. About 75 can-
Ididefes - ariviered ' Coach 'Chick Werner 7 s Call' last week for the var
sity; but only'a Smattering of freshmen reported to Cub mentor Bob
Grieve
• A tough schedule *awaits the
1940 ,track machine and Coach
Werner has indicated that inten
sive drills will be held to deter
mine-whether the squad is strong
enough to be split for both the
Drake and Penn frays
Following those meets there are
the following dual encounters
May 4, Ohio State (home), May
11, Pittsburgh (away); 18, Syra
cuse (Some), and 25, Navy (away)
The final appearance of the team
will 'be in the IC4 \ -A's in Cam
bridge, Mass , May 31—June 1
It is also likely that several rep
resentatives will be sent to the
national , competition, but there is
nothing , definite about thAt.
Neither Ohio State' nor Navy
were met last season, although
both teams have appeared on the
schedule in former years Last
year the Ohioans were met in an
indoor meet and two years ago
the Middies topped the Nittany
Lion
The freshmen will meet Mer
cersburg Academy May 4 away
and the Cornell Cubs May 11 at
home. ' Both of these opponents
have 'reputedly strong teams this
year
CHICK WERNER
Track Coach
IWOmen 'in Sports 1
Women will climax recreational
activities with the annual WRA
banquet scheduled for the Nittany
Lion Inn Monday, May 6,-chair
man Bernice M Maurer '42 an
nounced ,
Committees include' 'Helen / 1.,
Mazur '42, chairman, and Betty L
Zeigler '42, reception, 'Betty L
Zeigler '42, chairman,' E 'Louise
Hack '42, Betty E Widger '4l, and
Gertrude L -Hellmers invita
tions; Mary W Houghton 0 42,
chairman; and `Helen L Woodcock
'42, place cards, Margaret M Die
ner '42, chairman, Dorothy E Rose
'42, and A Patricia Behney '42,
decorations, Eleanor - L. Benfer '4l,
chairman,z Mary F Leitzell '4O,
Norma P Stillwell '4l, Eleanor L
Arnold '4l, and Sara E Nelsen '4O,
program
Board members, varsity athletic
teams, championship ',lntramural
teams, and WRA committee chair
men are invited to the,banduet.
Ten coeds were eliminated in
the 'first round of the ping pong
tournament 'which will be com
pleted this week
Champion woman bowler will
be determined Saturday from 20
coeds selected from spring intra
murals •
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LEO HOUCK
Boxing Coach
Lewis and Cestowslsi fought to a
draw
The new president of the box
ing coaches has handled Penn
State teams for 18 years and has
led them to seven Eastern Inter
collegiate championships, the-last
of which they ,scored last month
as they retired the Baltimore Sun
Trophy During' that time he has
prbduced 26 eastern champions
and three national champions who
brought home an aggregate of 40
titles
Gridders Divide-Honors
In Infra-Squad Scrimmage
More than 55 football players
went through an intense intra
squad, scrimmage game on the
practice ,field Saturday afternoon
and the end of 'the contest found
the two. teams sharing equal hon
ors
The` first score came on a wide
reverse for 15. yards and touch
down r,-by Craig White, veteran
wing-back Galen Bailey, a prom
ising 'freshman, contributed the
only other tally when he plunged
off tackle for two yards after a
nine-yard_ gain by Bill Smaltz,
sophomore fullback
The;'four scrimmages held last
week f,evidently , paid dividends
since the' well conditioned squad
reported - injuries. The Lion
coaching staff is very enthusiastic
about(this Spring's practice ses
sions and will continue the drills
until the end of April
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Lai erman Wins Contest
Phillip .Laterman '42 won the
Student:Library Committee Con
test for I the best list of 10 books
publishotebefore 1939 and not now
in thelCellege Library.
Spring Spor4
t overage-
Spring sports Will be covered
for The Collegian bribe follow
ing members of the new Junior
.Boald
Truck—Bill'McKnight
Baseball—Ross Lehman
Lacrosse—John Baer
Golf—Sian PoKempner
Tennis—Pat Nagelberg
Spring football—Pat
berg
Intro-murals—Stan PoKemp
• ner and Pat Nagelberg.
Winter Sports
Captains Chosen
All Squads But Cagers
lame 'team Chieftains
Frank Gleason, last year's ,136-
pound EIW,A champion, replaced
Ernie Bortz on Thursday as the
new wrestling capfain to practic
ally complete the 1940-41 roster of
winters sports captains =hiding
Red Stanko, boiting, co-captains
Elmer Ihwenstein and Les Kutz,
fencing, Ben Stahl, gymnastics,
and Max Peters, skiing
Red Stanko, 135-pound boxer,
succeeds Mike Cooper, EIBA 127-
pound champion, and Lowenstein
and Kutz succeed Paul Feibiger,
top-scoring sabre artist
Merrill Beck, noted for his work
on the parallel bars, relinquishes
his gym post to Stahl, while Sam
Crabtree, leader, of the skiers, is
replaced by Peters, winner of the
Pennsylvania cross-country title
The final winter sports captain
will be announced this week when
a successor to Cliff McWilliams,
basketball captain, is named
Golf Team Begins
Spring Practice
First Match Scheduled
With Pitt On April 20
With inclement`s eather keeping
the greens in poor condition, can
didates for the varsity golf team
are busy practicing fairway shots
and working out on the putting
green When the greens are final
ly in playing shape, probably next
week, practice will begin in earn
est for the first match of the sea
son with the University of Pitts
burgh on April 20
At present the following are
working out with Coach Bob Ruth
erford co-captains Buddy Miller
and Kenny Klingensmith, Don
Leyden, Dent Holden, Jack Brand,
Scotty Maxwell, Bill Hubler, Al
Rosenbloom, Harlan Hostetter, Bill
Laporte, and Jimmy Kramer
Helmls End Vacation
President and Mrs Ralph D
Hetiel have returned to the Col
lege after spending several Weeks
in Florida on their annual vaca
tion
ame To Hobart, 149
Sticionen Falter At End
After Tie At Half-Time
Lions Lead 5-3 In First Period As Buser Heads
Attack; Hobart Rallies Near End To Clinch Tilt
Unable to withstand a fighting Hobart aggregation, the Lion la 4
(loss° team blew up in the final quartet to lose the opening gamel
of the season by a 14-9 count Saturday afternoon
The local stickmen got off to an early start and held a 5-3 lead
at the end of the first pct rod, but Hobart pulled up to knot the score?
7-7, at the halfway maik In the 'third quarter the lead see-sawkillt
back and forth with Fitch scoring a second before the gun soundeds
to put the visitors ahead, 9-8
Warren Dattelbaum pulled State
bock on even terms at the begin
ning of the fourth stoma by rifling
a shot into the net from close
range With the score again tied,
Hobart tallied and slipped a pair
of counters past goalie Jack Yudin
before Coach Nick Thiel yanked
him in favor of Marty Saler, last,
year's
. frosh goaltender Saler,
however, failed to stem the tide,
Omitting the New York State
shaipsbooteis' to tally three more
times in the last few minutes of
play
Co-Captain Bart Buser led the
Lion scorers as he aceounted for
almost half of State's score by
denting the net four times Co-
Captain George Ritter and Jim
Riddell each tallied twice, and
Dattlebaum contributed the final
marker
The summa) le , ,
Pos Hobo' t
G Clemens
Pehn State
Yudin
McHugh
Drake
C P 'Beinert
F D Grygiel
Price
G Ritter
.1 Ritter
Buser
SD Hatt
C Welke"
S A Bence'
F A Ferris
I H Dobbin
0 H Fitch
Riddell
Dattelbaum
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