THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941
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Belikeev
The lions
With NAGELBERG.
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Nat . Sciose's Fault
After: digesting all the tripe
dished. out by the metropolitan
sPorts:,:writers concerning the
much-debated Soose-O v e r 1 i n
middleweight title bout last Fri
day, the. only conclusion we can
reach is that Billy Soose com
mitted the unpardonable sin df
receiving the unanimous decision
of 'three highly regarded non
partisan officials.
We didn't have the fortune to
witness the fight which saw the
first collegiate bpxer ever reach
world's championship throne,
but the opinions handed down by
the experts present emit as much
odor a:s the bout itself, which
from all accounts• was far from
the thrilling match it sounded
over the air. •
. True, -the two fighters went
through fifteen listless rounds but
the fault can be contributed more
to the...aging. champion than to
Soose :who tried to give the 15,000
- fans their money's worth. But
one man can't make a fight when
he's opposed to a cagy boxer who
won't exchange blows and holds
at every opportunity.
Be it as it may, the former
Nittanyman was awarded the de
cision 'and the title much to every
sport writer's surprise. At least,
we haven't read any articles
which acknowledged Soose the
legitimate king of the middle
weights.-.
Moss Off Again
It is our humble opinion, sup
ported by several persons on the
campus who should know, that
Soose's apparent unpopularity is
no fault of his own but that of
his - manager, Paul Moss. This
dapper townsman ,of the new
champion has perfected the art
of how riot to g_et.along with peo
ple to perfection...
Never one of the boxing crowd,
which is a closely knit group, he
has antagonlYed commissioners,
Sports Writers aild the public in
general time afteif_time. His lat
est faux paus, the 'blast at the
Pennsylvania Boxing Commis
sion, tops any similar blunders in
our recollection.
Unless Soose gets a new man
ager or Moss can do an about
face, the Farrell boxer may find
himself in the un-enviable 'posi
tion of a champion with no place
tb defend his title in. He can't
make any fortune just by look
ing at his clippings.
It's too bad, really, because our
Billy could be' one of the most
popular champions ever to climb
into a ring.
'44 Golf. Playoffs
Hoping to extend their winning
streak to two straight matches,
Coach Bob Rutherford Jr.'s frosh
golfers will hold' medal playoffs
this afternoon
. to decide berths
on the roster to_face Army at
West Point, N. Y.,- Saturday in
their final intercollegiate match
of the season.
DID YOU KNOW
that - Billy Soose has
had more amateur
Waits thifh LeO Houck
had:Us a professional?
FROMM'S
:Opp. OLD MAIN
Peters Eled d Captain
Of 19 41• !.. ' .Ski Tamil
Max PeteY varsity track,
cross-countrY,' A and ski star, was
elected captain of the 1941-'42
ski team, Coach Max Dercum an
nounced yesterday.
Besides- being captain of the
ski team, Peters won his varsity
track letter and won intra-mural
boxing, wrestling, • and cross
country championships in his
sophomore year. He algo gained
intra-mural championships in
boxing and wrestling this year.
Frosh Tossers
Pull Triple Play;
Top Colgate 9-3
. An unusual - triple play by Leo
Houck's frosh baseballers fea
tured their 9-3 victory over the
Colgate freshman nine on Beav
er Field yesterday afternoon.
In the first inning, with one
Colgate run already scored, men
on second and third, and no outs,
the Red Raiders' shortstop
topped a ball which hit home
plate and rolled fair into the in
field. Lion catcher Martella
picked up the ball and tagged the
batter out. In the meantime the
man on third had started home
and was trapped and tagged out
along the third base line. The
third out was registered when
the Colgate runner on second base
advanced to third and was caught
trying to return to second.
The frsehmen Red Raiders hit
Nittany twirler Jim Stover for
nine safeties but were unable to
bunch them effectively for runs.
The yearling Lions also gathered
nine hits, and brought three tal
lies across the plate in each of
the last two innings.
The summaries
Colgate
Batt, 2b
McMaster, lb
Burlison, c
Maloll, 3b
Forward, ss .
Taylor, rf
Lowe, cf
Yakapovich, if ...3
Rice, p 3
Totals 28
Penn State ab
Lucas, 2b 3
Sebastianelli, ss ...2
Burford, cf' 3
Sidler, 3b 4
McFarland, lb ...4 1
Potsklan, lf 2 2
Martella, c 4 2
Stover, p 4 1
Krug,, ss 0 0
Totals 29 9
Score by Innings
Colgate 100 100 001-3
Penn State ...001 020 33x-9
Nittany Stickmen Face
Double Weekend Bill
Penn ;State's varsity stickmen
will hold their final full field
scrimmage today before they
leave for Ithaca, N. Y., tomor
row morning to combat a power
ful Cornell ten. -Saturday, they
move up to. Geneva where Ho
bart's topnotch lacrosse team will
furnish the opposition.
Little is know about the qual
ity of Coach Van Ormari's Big
Red outfit, except that they have
bowed to Princeton and Syra
cuse, both veteran teams in early
season encounters. Plenty of
trouble, however, is expected
from the first-ranking 'Geneva
men, Lion Coach Nick Thiel said.
Barr, Jeffrey Honored
Johnny Barr, senior Lion cage
star was awarded a gold wrist
watch last• week by the Perin
State Varsify, Club of Philadel
phia. Lior soccer coach, Bill
Jeffrey, was also presented with
a deskpen set. -
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Pitt Stops Lion Ninel9-5 ;
Four Pitchers Give 20 Hits
Max S. Peters '42, was elected
captain, of the ski team for 1941-
'42 to succeed Sam Crabtree.
Peters was captain of the team
in 1939-'4O, his sophoniore year
and has won a letter in varsity
track and championships in in
tramural boxing and wrestling.
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Inframurals
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Intramural soccer in the fra
ternity league enters finals to
morrow between Alpha Zeta and
the winner of today's game be
tween Delta Upsilon and Alpha
Chi Sigma. Summaries:
Quarter-finals—Sigma Chi de
feated Delta Sigma Phi, 1-0;
Sigma Alpha. Epsilon defeated
Kappa Delta Rho, 2-0; and Delta
Upsilon defeated Sigma Chi, 3-1.
Semi-finals—Alpha Zeta de
feated Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 2-0.
In • the independent league
Fairmount Hall forfeited to the
Forestry Society; and Penn
Haven forfeited to Maremores.
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Sigma Chi, represented by
Norm Calhoon and Dick Thomp
son, copped the intramural horse
shoes tournament , trophy in' the
fraternity league by defeating
SPE's Paul Scally and Burnett
Carlton, 23-0, 21-4, in the finals
Tuesday.
Intramural golf in the frater
nity league will enter final
matches next week, according to
manager Bob Zwinggi. Three
matches were played yesterday
in the third round of competi
tion. Sumamries:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon defeated
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 4-2; Phi Sig
ma Kappa 'defeated Phi Sigma
Delta, 6-0; and Phi Kappa Sigma
defeated Beta Theta Pi No. 1,
4-2.
Frosh Weightlifter
Enters Senior Nationals
Wallace Leech, 128-pound
freshman weightlifter of the
Penn State Strength and Health
Club, will enter the Senior Na
tional Weightlifting Champion
ships at Philadelphia, May 24, it
was announced yesterday.
By virtue of placing fifth in
the Junior Nationals at Akron,
Ohio, last month,. Leech qualified
for entrance into Senior com
petition.
Medals for finalists in the re
cent weightlifting intramurals
will be presented this week, ac
cordtng to Carl Morris, secretary
of the Strength and Health Club.
The placers are Joesph Sawicke,
Henry Wenger, Milton Griffith,
John Maclntyre, Bert Taylor, and
Jay Hammond.
Captain Again
Soccer
Horseshoes
Panther Twirler Strikes
Out 11 Lions; Wins sth
Special to the Collegian
PITTSBURGH, May 14—Penn
State's baseball team absorbed its
worst beating of the season this
afternoon in Pitt Stadium where
the Pitt Panthers had a 19-5, 20
hit field
. day at the expense of
four Nittany pitchers. •
'Righthander Tim Richardson
started for the Lions but was
withdrawn after the first inning,
in which the Pittmen batted
three runs across the plate. Side
armer Bob Robinson took over in
the second and set the Panthers
down for their only scoreless
inning. In the third the Blue and
Gold tossers deciphered Robin
son's tricky underhand throw and
pounded his offerings for eight
runs.
Southpaw Ed Tuleya came in
for the Lions in the third when
the Pitt barrage got heavy, and
after yielding two straight walks,
was :speedily retired in favor of
veteran Chuck Medlar, who
pitched the rest of the game for
the Nittany nine.
Football fullback Bob Malloy,
sophomore righthander on the
diamond, took care of the twirl
ing duties for the Pitt team and
recorded his fifth straight win of
the season in striking out 11
Lions. His, chief victim was Nit
tany center fielder Warren Kolk
ebeck, who struck out on each
of his first four trips to the plat
ter.
Although the Lions took a
pretty thorough beating, several
of the Nittany players did good
work at the plate. Left fielder
Peany Gates led the Statemen at
bat with three singles in four
times at bat. First baseman Bill
Debler got a single and a double,
the Lions' only extra base hit, in
four times up; right fielder Bob
Peruguni, newcomer to the Penn
State lineup gather three singles;
and Captain Eddie Sapp, playing
second base, smashed out two
PAGE THREE
Weinstein Out
As Navy Downs
Lion Netmen 9-0
Special to the Collegian
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 14—
With Captain Mac Weinstein un
able to play in the singles
matches, the Penn State netmen
dropped a 9-0 decision this after
noon to' Navy's racket-wielders,
led by Middie Captain Joe Hunt,
nation's number four ranking
tennis player.
The defeat was the fifth of the
year for the Lion courtmen, who
have won three meets. Coach Ted
Roethke's boys lost three of the
six singles matches in straight
sets. Lions to last for three sets
were John Knode, who was edg
ed 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 by Middie Jack
Shearer in the number three
spot; Delmar Hughes, defeated
3-6, 6-1 in the number four
position by Bill Kloter; and
Chuck Bowman, playing number
five and losing to Navy's Joe
Clark 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.
The summaries:
Hunt (N) defeated Parker, 6-1,
.6-0.
Williams (N) defeated Lundel
ius, 6-1, 6-3.
Sherer (N) defeated Knode,
6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
Kloter (N) defeated Hughes,
3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Spreen (N) defeated Bowman,
5-7, 6-3, 6-0.
Clark (N) defeated Feldman,
6-0, 6-0.
Hunt and Williams (N) defeat
ed Weinstein and Parker, 6-1, 6-4.
Clark and Mulligan (N) defeat
ed Bowman and Lundelius, 6-2,
6-2.
Percy and Kloter (N) defeated
Bowman and Davis, 6-2, 6-2.
singles in four attempts.
Pitt's victory jumped their
season's record to eight wins in
ten games. Contributing factors
to the Panthers' triumph were
home runs by Al Bush and
Johnny Brown.
Score by innings:
Penn State ....001 110 002— 5
Pitt 308 122 12x-19