441.00ARY.• 13 ;102 ' Ikxing Med Saturday; lineup Still Indefinite With the first boxing matches of the year looming up this coming 'Saturday, varsity coach Leo Houck has the difficult task of picking •eight. formidable contenders, to face the West Virginians. !Only. Captain-Bob Baird, Homer `Hoffman, and. Bilrilichards 'have •returned to the. Li s 9n ring, so -far (anth , the' good doctor must choose the remainder his starting 3.ine _up f'rorn.Lastepr's freshman teem .candidates and aspirants frOM thp lintramural tournament. iliotick reports that the. starting -team •is 'still • an• unsettled Mat* "fwith. several men Making a ,good showing in preliminary training. :.::'Jack Grey and Bill /Criauff .have outclasSed their opponents so far in: the 120-poimd,class' while in the .127-pound -weight, Jess, Fardella, Milt Dickson, and Tom Walsh ,are making a game bid for the starting pbst. • 441.' the 135-pound class, veteran Horner :Hoffman is in top form but is being • •puihed for his varsity berth by Duane Conley and Chuck Flock. An untested and untried class, , the 145-pound weight, finds Cap . ,ain. Bob •Baird and Ernie George, .intramural 'champ for 'two years, the strong opponents. George is in :.VTl.P.,:tr.im but Baird is working out on' Sand bags 40 miles away in Al toona. where he is practice teach ing.:. Baird is expected to return:to the campus•for the meet this 'week :; end. • -•• , • Bill Richards and :Iry Jontow are tossing a lot, of leather in the 155.: pound division and, the result of :this—week's practice bouts will probably decide who will 'get the bid on Saturday. , A mad 'scramble is surging among "65's" Charles Kaveny, Ar nold Feldnian, and Ed Gales. The starting ~pb,o;,- a s in the 155 pound Class, will probably be determined • • Nick Rall'eri Is dominating the 175-ppund4S . and stands a good tho nod for Sat "uidaY's thatch while Sob `reci:ult'from.•last year's frosh steam and 'in top 'physical shape 642h1 football season, is overpowering all .other contestants in the tmlith :4tect .1-16uck stressed that none of these rifen , :hAve'clinched st starting posi tion andthat men of varsity squad calibre may appear yet this week. - loose Makes Second Bid In Light-fleavy Ranks •: Billy' Soo* former Penn State shigger and .middleweight king of the . world who Telinquighed 'his title to. fight in xlie light.-heavy raiiksi:Makes his second start to night in .Cleveland -*hen be tackles a tough opponent in Jimmy Bivins, colored lighter from Cleveland. Rated first among the contend ers for Gus Lesnevich's.title, Soose will be risking a shot at the crown when he meets 'iyins who is rated fifth by the NBA. Announcing the' arrival of a Car Load of Florida Fruit Now—on Rail Road Siding at State College, Pa. Week of January 12 to 17, 1942 Seediesg • • ' Oranges—Gropefruit—Tangermes Direct from Grower to you, all Tree Ripened - with Natural Color and Full Flavor with plenty of real Juice. There is a differende. Sold by the Bushel or Half •Bushelr Please . bring your baskets. Prices will be right for quality fruit. Drink plenty of Fresh Fruit Juice now. • 131 E. Phone Beaver Av. MdiEES MOUT • 4921 Cateli Stott: Oilly. \Xteeketrid Victory ; Michion-Edees Out Grapplers, 19-13. Egli Leads Attack Against American U. Penn State's varsity basketeers, who accounted for the only Lion victory in four weekend sport events, have settled down to ex tensive practice in preparation' for one of the toughest . assign ments that .they will .havp to pace on this season's cage. scheduk.. Although Coach John Lawther's proteges experienced little trouble in defeatiite:a small Anierican Unitiersity— quintet, 536," Washington, '73' C., Saturday night, the' Nittanymen must 'now laCe• two top-flight: teams, West Vir ginia and the University of Pitts burgh. ' • The once - - beaten Mountaineers will entertain thle Lions Friday .night, and the Panthers will seek to revenge last 'Fall's grid defeat when they battle the Nittany fiv`e, in the Smoky City on Saturday night. ' The-triumph over American U. for a percentage of .'769. This is brings the Lion record to five vice- one of the outstanding records in tories in six gahies for the cur- the country.. • rent campaign. Led by John Eg li, junior forwardi .who took scor ing honors for 'the night with 14 points, the Lawthermen were Reissman Elected, never in trouble. The Lions had . • • a definite height advantage over the Eagles, and used this advan- wim- Captain • tage to score almost at will 'on rebounds. Replacing Elmer Webb, who After the Nittany regulars had will not return to College for the piled up .a 36-14 edge during the second semiaster, Tom Reissman first half; :Coach >Lawther called was elected captain of .the Penn on his reserves who were also State varsity swimmers following more than a match for Coach the Penn meet in Philadelphia on Staff Cassel's Eagles. ,In add- ur y' Penntion to having a height advantage, y„ Penn State •was able to throw up ' Although they lost their season's opener to:the QuakerS by .a 56-19 an unusually strong zone defense on the small American U. floor. count, Coach Bob Galbraith's Nit- Bing - Byham, .six-foot, dour- tanY better show natators made a inch center for the,Eagles, carried ing than the score indicates. the brunt• of -the losers' • attack. .Reissman accounted for the Lions' Playing .the %caper .of.. ball that only first place in the nine. &vi made high scorer in the .Dis- slcos, as he set the pace in the trict of .Columbia. last. : year, By- 200-yard breaststroke event. ham tallied 12 ,points. • • For the Penn tankmen, Ed •Hue aries of -the game: ber was the „sparkplug of the at- Penn 'State 53 fg •f-,ft tot tack. The, Quakers' junior sprint Egli, f • 62-2 14 ace copped the 100-yard free style Smith 0 0- 0 O. with a Itime of 53.8, which better- Gross,ed the Penn record of 53.9 set by f .. :..„ .. 2 4- - 5 8 Cohen 0 0- 1 0 Gene Gisburne in 1937. Hueber Baltimore, c 3 3 _ 3 9 also placed first in the 50-yard Grimes, g ' 3 2- 2 8 free style by clocking 23.9. Hornstein 4 1- 3 9 In the 220-yard free style and Ramin, g 1 0- 2 2 200-yard breaststroke the Lions Gent " 1 1- 1 3 made their best showing by tak- Totals 20 'l3-19 53 ing two out of three places. John American U. 26. fg f-ft tot Miller and Len.'Urquardt, sopho- Fugler, f 3 .0- 0. 6 mores, scored second and third in Rabbitt 0 0- •0 0 the 220-yard free style, while Reese, f 0 0- 0 Reissman placed 'first and Ted Kligman .... . 0 0- 0 0 Taylor,- third, in ihe breaststroke. Byham, •c 5 2- 4 12 Zuras, g 0 1- 1 I\_ Hewitt, g 3 i " 2 7 Lion Hockey Squad Totals 11 4- 7 26 . . . Score by halves: 36 17-53 Sel For First Game Penn State American U. 14 12-26 Againstiarnegie Tea Referee: Shirley; umpire, Boyd. With several weeks of hard pre liminary training behind them, the Lion hockey squad is making final preparations for • its season opener 'with Carnegie Tech in the Schaffer Ice Palace, Johnstown, Saturday night. Coach Arthur F. Davis will pick his starting team from a field of 45 candidates which includes these lettermen from last season: Harry Lightbody '42, John Duf ford '42, Earl Johnson '42, Mike Fedock '42, James Fisher '43, and Burton Anthony '43. According to Coach Davis, the Squad is rapid= ly approaching top form, and prospects are favorable for a good season. • At The Movies cATHAtjm: . "The' Man. Who Came T 9 Dinner" NITTANY: • - "Blossoms In The Dust" ; THE . DAILY .COLLEGIAN 237TH incToßx By coaching his varsity cagers •to a one-sided triumph over American University Saturday night, John Lawther hag' a 16-year collegiate coaching •rec oird.of 237 victories and 71 defeats Tomorrow night a squad of 15 players will travel to Hershey, where they will play the Hershey Junior• Cubs. The complete schedule follows: Carnegie Tech Johnstown Cornell Ithaca, N. Y. Colgale Hrmilton, N. Y. Franklin and Marshall . Hershey Penn Hershey Carnegie Tech . Youngstown, Ohio Lehigh Hershey lions Sharpen Claws For Syracuse Meet After dropping a close meet to the Michigan Wolverines, 19-13, at Ann Arbor Saturday, the Nit tany wrestlers resumed intensive practice for the Syracuse battle in Rec Hall tomorrow night when the Lions will attempt to redeem them selves by breaking into the win column for the first time this sea son and the 20th time in the Orange series. Although the Wolverines edged .out the Lions, each team won:two matches by tails with • "Double :Bubble" Kerns pinning Johnny Green of the heavyweight division in the fastest time, 2:29. • :Kerns used an arm hook and body chan cery. • The other Penn State fall was scored by Charlie Ridenour, 121- Poi.Mds, who pinned his man twice. Wertheimer was no match for last year's ,EWA champ as he was downed by a double ;bar arm and body scissors in 4:31 of the second period and was flattened again in the third period. Sam Harry in the 128-pound, di vision gained the remaining Nit tany Victory by outpointing Mich igan's Kopel, 17-8. Highly touted by the Wolverines as a prospective national cham pion, Courtright lent force to their claims by pinning plucky sopho more Ralph Sayre, 165-pounder, in 5:09. Two other Lion sophomores, Gardner Linzey, 145-pounds, and 175-pounder Bob Morgan, wsetled their first varsity engagements and bowed to more experienced oppon ents. The summaries: 1.21-pound ,class: Charlie Ride nour, Penn State, threw 'Wertheim er, double bar arm and body scis sors, -in 4:31. ' .1204:ound class: Sam Harry, Penn State, decisioned K9Pel, 17-8. /36-PoAnd Oa* Deane, Michi gan, decisioned Clair Hess, 15-8. 145-pound clogs: Barnett, Mich igan decisioned Gardnei Lindzey, 155-rmnd class: Becker, +Mich igan, ,decisioned Captain .Glenn Al .exander, 13-8. 165-pou t nd claps: Courtright, Michigan, threw Ralph Sayre, key PM4,,BEE Cub (Pagers Rest After 32-31 Loss Having . the fate of Penn State's frosh basketball tilt in his hands was the experience of Try Kanen giser as the Cornell yearlings nosed out the Lion cubs, 32-31, on the Hall boards Saturday. Four weeks will pass before the next scheduled fray. I Nick Thiel's reserve guard knot ted the count at 31-31 with less than a minute to play after a see saw battle from the, start of the game, then committed a foul -on \Tom Cartmill, Cornell's star, who 'converted the winning point. • High • scorer for the greatly im proved Blue and White frosh was Jack Pfirman who tallied 11 Pointi while his, teammate; Jim Lawther was equally fbrilliant with good floor play. Jack Weber took run ner-up scoring honors • with 9 points. , . The '45 courtmen were ahead 11-8 at the end of the initial quar ter but, trailed 14-12 at. .halftime. Cartraill, who racked up'll. l points for the little Reds, was mostly re sponsible, for the visitors' holding a 25-22 advantage at the 'dose of the third stanza. The summary: Penn State fld. Weber, f 3 Lawther, f 2 Pfirman, g Beck, g Eckert, g Zelich, f Clemehts, f Jones, f Kanengiser, g Totals . Cornell Goepfert, Giles, f Hunt, c Cartmill, g Herebert, g Rutherford, g Hileary, c , Totals Kerunierer,• Sellers. Score By Quarters: Cornell '45 8 6 11 ?-32 Penn State '45 ..11 '1 ' 7 9—3 1 • lock, In 5:09. 175-poan4 class: Captain Galles, Michigan, threw Bob Morgan, arm hook and body chancery, in q,:59. Unlimited claps: gi . lce. Kerns, Penn State, threw Greene, arm hook and ,body chancery, in 2:29. ..tgivzioato.e.64;twiv fls: - tls. 3- 4 9 2- 4 6 0- 2 2 0-2 2 0-' 0 0 0- 0 0 0- 0 0 0- 0 4 0- 0 2 7 7 14 31 fts. tls 2-'2 4 12 fld .1 2- 2 6 1- 2 4 3- 6 11 1- •3 5 0- 0 0 2-.2 2 . 10 12-11 32
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