The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 07, 1942, Image 3

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    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1942
Wittity Boxers, Gymnastic Squad To
Ploy Host In double Feature Tonight
Captain Baird, Cenci
In Varsity Lineup
Coach Mike - Ronman's North
Carolina 'team, minus the
services of two - varsity starters, ar
rived 'On odintius . yesterday with
high hopes of utiSetting, a, rejuve 7
hdtedLiOri,s4tiad they'tengle
in f fie seeend half of a sports dou 7
tileheader iri Rec Hall at 8:30
,• 4111 give 1 6 enn State an edge'
in tonight's eut§, ' Reitman stted
• .
yesterday-Afternoon. he ex-Lion
pugilist said the loss of 120-Pourid
Die*.-tioundy to the arity' and tie
talfer Williams ;
Massive varsity naVyiveight con
tender, ..who won two bouts by
knockout's this season,
WOUId seriously handicap the
team's ehancea tonight.
Lion coach L 6 Houck released a
probAhle lineup yesterday which
WOnld pit Mat; Cenci, varsity. foot:.
411 player,, dgain:st- stibstitute'
dgiolfiar' Mare
b 4
i`igfi't `their . first coYlegia tiouf
ek kurti, rePlaei4 itiO,draft
6'd n*i Jack Grey in
Life i 2 Y- his first
tilt. sedTha
At6idikler of
Ivtat33-latia &S'xing
weeps
.ttie tar Reel thentOi. cited tap
.ithlity as
a 427 ~-pounci.. flaying.
':l l #e is one at the SiticiiiiigS4l3oxers
.7.;ye cOachici in a niilifbei ol'years."
'Ass tariiglti will probably be the
thin Chbiee to maize in stop
ffie, ireleran froth gaining his
;fourth.straight lkiti .61 414 4.450 n.
ilehhOr , a - titeillpt to
ii'rei6:ire his unblerrtished" record
niegi a—skrong
COntailder, Milton Harris, in the
•1 5-pound diVision. Hoffman
TX.O'6I his Western Maryland foe
irj ., short order but should receive
more c'ompetiti'on froth the Caro
lina niitmen.
. . „
The return of Oaptain Bob Baird
to the roster iii 'tonight's battle
makes•chaUces . of victory more op
timistic. Baird is in top form and
should defeat Earle Bruton who
made his first varsity . aPpearance
last week when 'he was. TKO'ed,
with little trouble.
Bill 'Richards, who fought to a
draw in the 'opening meet of the
year, will meet Leon McCaskill.
The Carolinian is a clever boxer,
.nd Richards, although improved
greatly since the Western Mary
land match, drill have his hands
full.
Probable line-ups:
120-pound class: Grey, PS, ver
sus Kurtz.
127,pound class: Fardella, PS.,
versus, Johnston.
135-pound: Hoffman, PS, versus
Harris.
14-pound class: Baird, PS, ver
sus Bruton.
155-pound class: Richards, PS,
versus McCaskill.
165-pound class: McCormick,
PS, versus Higdon.
175-pound clasi: Ranieri or
Calvert, PS, versus White.
Unlimited class: Cenci, PS, ver
uus Parker.
IM Mal fidgithalion
Ends At Noon Today
Deadline for registration in the
intramural wrestling and basket
ball tournaments, which are ex
pected to start next week, is noon
today.
Entries in the wrestling tourna
ment are to appear for weigh-ins in
:the dressing room of Rec Hall at
4:,30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
They should have their physical
fitness cards with'them, according
Eugen C. Bischoff, ht charge of
State's intramural program.
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RETURNING CAPTAIN—Nittan3
boxboxing ,
captain Bob .11aird. will en
ter the ring, for
tonight
bout of
the tonikhi N'Ariieii he meets
Forth ,Carolina's„Earle Bruton in
the 14540 . 11 AV
Baird will start -his:kuest for the
Intercbliediiite 4,hdi divi
sion in which he - - was defeated
fast' year IR the
(lagers Will (*Ole
Seven-Game Road Trip
fa pilisburgh TOW
Playing the final-encounter of
their month-long, , seven-game road
tour, Penn State's -varsity basket
eers invade—Pittsburgh to
night to clash -with Carnegie
Tech's Skibos.
Although the Smoky CRY' cot rt
men have wtiti Only two garnes in
six starts this year, they May al
ways be counted upon to give the
Nittunymen plenty of trouble. In
the final genie Ofi - the Li& sche
dule ladt season, Carnegie Tech
was still looking for its firdt vic
tory. Despite their.... 42-32 loss,
the, Skibos held the_Liona in close
range all the way, _acrid several
time: it appeared as though the
Pittsburghers were going to claim
their first-victory. • •
Penn State will probably start
off with Elmer Gfaris and Larry
Gent at forwards, - Herk Baltimore
at
.center, and Diek--Grirnes and
Bob Ramin at guards.
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
AND BONDS
Nittans Tricksters Start Indoor
Season. AtMilltd§e Gaiiiii .Tonight
Barney Ewell and 'Don Dolbin, ing partnei• fOr - NYU's interabliegi-
Nittany sprint • stars, and Norm artt
ate c plon Les, Mae Mitchell,
h '
Gordon, varsity cross-country cap- will pr . bvide the main collegiate
.tain, will inaugurate Penn State's opposition for Gordon.
'Winter track scheditle. in the Mil- Additional attractions liSted for
rose Garties tonight.
tile 1060-yard event are Jim Xehoe,
The 60-yard event will find both .
fCirrrier Maryland UniVerSity star,
Ev,Vell and - Dolbiii — plited against
now serving with Uncle
, Sam's
such outstanding - Splint stars as
"Bullet Bill' Carter and Hap Stic-
aimed torces, and a fieWcomer to
kel of Pitt, Leo Tarrant of AlabaMa American running circles from
State, and Rommy East, East Chen-
Chile.
ey (Pa.) State Teachers' speedster. Another distance event on the
East defeated Barney in a spe-
program which promises 'to hold
cial 60-yard dash event at the Penn headline mention at the meet is
A. C. meet in Philadelphia , last the two-mile battle between Greg
February, while Stickel and Carter Rice, former Notre Dame great and
provided the Penn - State Negro holder of the world's two and three
-
mile records, and Fred Wilt, Indi
with the • most competition in last
year's indoor IC4A sprints. ana veteran, who won the 1941
Gordon will wear the Blue and NCAA cross country crown.
White in the grttelling 1000-yard Mac Mitchell and Culp, Xavier
event against some of the country's Negro, who trailed the NYU star at
outstanding distance men. Indi- the National AAU meet will dom
ana's Mitchell and Bill Hulse, run- irate the mile run. .
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Senff Tops - Pieo's
Rope Climb Record
Captain Charlie Senft will lead
his gym teammates in quest of
their first Eastern collegiate vic
tory when the Lion's play host to
Princeton in Rea Hall at 7 O'cldck
tonight. .
ARMUgh Princeton has one of
the best teams in its history, Coach
Gene Wettstone believes his own
team is better balanced and should
come out on top. Thb Tigers
boast of two individual stars, Cap
tain Bigelow and BlaCkadar. Bige
low performs on the side horse,
flying rings, and parallel bars
while Blackadar has scored im
pressive" wins in the horizontal
bar this season. •
Captain Senn surpassed the re
cord held b y leSt Year's ace rope
• Cliinher, Boinen Pieo, by three sec
tWds practice Thursday when
tie hit tour secoAcis ri6 once and
seconds twice: WettitOne
hopes the senior Will cop the event
tonight.
The Penn Stdte lineup
Horitontal Barr—Rudman,
bolt, Bordo and Trybaia.
. Side Hotte=Wartington, Bush;
Teti and Smalh
Rings = Rudrria'n and Small'.
Parallel Bars—Small, Teti; Bor
do and Zimmerman.
Rope Climb—Gothman, Lebaw;
and
Tumbling— T Hordo; Tr - kbala, An
derson and Zimmerman.
Sophomore! well Squad
As Fencers Make Debut
Meetirig kavy with a squad
composed largely of sophomores,
Coach Harry Itrilii6t's swords
men open their schedule at Anna-
polis this afternoon. Only two
seniors and two juniors will be in
the lineup.
Fail: Captain Bob Harder, Tom
Reed Wallace Riley. SUbstititte,
George Gimber.
Epee: Captain Harder, John Du
Bois, Bob Swope. Substitute,
John McCreary.
Sabre: Gimber., Bernard Hank
in, Jim Montgomery. Substitute,
Harder.
Since Bob Higgins has been
coaching at Penn State, the foot
ball team has had a record of 48
wins, 43- defeats, and 7 ties, an
average of .489. The record of
the team sinde its beginning is
266 wins, 156 defeats, and 31 ties,
an average of .587.
1
CAROLINA CONTENDER
Mil
ton Bari is, North Carolina 135- 400-yard relay--Ctitnegie, 1;
Penn State, 2. Tithe, 4.16.
pound battler, is one of the brighi
30(1-Yard medley relay--Penn in the visitor's effort to utiSet
the Nittany. mittnien in e.e. 1-fall State, 1; Carnegie Tech, 2. Tithe,
tonight.. rte Will opiise ilother 3.2/ '
Hoffman, 'Lion 135-pound contend- 200-yard free style-tieWd,
it., , . Carnegie, 1; t ertram; Penn State,
, . .
2; Turrnock, Carnegie, 3. TiMe
2.34.2.
Mattel FAVOted sa-yard short dash—Clanss,
Penni State, 1; Chase, Penn State,
2; Borifs, Carnegie; 3. Titne,•23.3.
ver empie of
cliVing—ErWin, Penn
State; f; Stnith; Calrriegie; 2; 'Nook
tititimlifii was thi keynote as et, Penn State; 3.
Cea s i'll triaAie . Sii6idet diul th. 100-yard free style—Clauss,
Nittany wrestling t'66n feci irt.s.. Penn State, 1; Burtis, Carnegi.2;
terdizy - ±bi• .14illad6itiiiis. *here Chase, Penn stal6, 3. Tiriie, 56.6.
they are thipeetted - id ruffle the 150-yard, back stroke—Martin,
fealteri Of the Tetitile Owl in a Carnegie, 1; Sarosdy; C6ifiedik.2;
diigt meet at 2:30 this afterfitinn. Fruchter, Penn State, 3. Tithe,
A Well-taladeect Wird df Lion 2 'o B ' , ..
,
gi•atpol4M will be Mitchell against 206-yar d breast strok&--iiiiss
a ri4dlid Tiintile outfit. bi-. J. man, Penn State, 1; .ralcia, Caine
-1,163M &tin announced yesterday ai', 2; Beal, Carnegie, 3. Time,
that both • the 145-flotind and 2 9 43 7 1 . • ,
heaVyWeight diyisions are with- • 446-)Trd free style—Miller,
out varsity representatives. Penn Stale, 1; DOwd, Carnegie, 2;
Turnock, Carnegie, 3. Time,
Al Reiser, who won seven Out
of eight matiiies feat, Year, left to 5./7.1.
join the Artily Air Corps and his
pbsition is open. Saltzmdnri, a
15-116un'der, may break into the
lineup if he , can make the weight
A complete weight change
seems to have been Made as Owl
graPplerS have been . announced Fresh 'from a win over the Buck
for lower weights than they ori- nell YearlingS, Nick Thiel's '45 Pro
ginally primed for. jiie Johnson, teges will take on a tough Kiski
who started training as di heavy- Prep team in Rec Hall at 2 o'clock
weight, is now . the 175-pound de- this afternoon. Kiski is the only
fender. combination which defeated the
Coach Charlie Speidel will Lion frosh last season.
probably use the same squad that Coach Thiel is expected to start
proved so effective against the the same quintet which_ sank the
Princetbn Tiger last week. Char- Little Bisons Thursday night. At
lie Ridenour is assured of meet- forward 'posts for the opening
ing §teVe •Kiwatisky in the 121- whistle will be Jack Weber, who
pound class. Sam Harry w i ll. can score from any angle, and Jim
probably meet Charles Coakley in Lawther, son of the varsity mentor,
the 128-pound division, although who usually directs the Cub of-
Coakley
has been suggested as a fence.
Possible 136-pounder. Big Russ Eckert is expected to
Other Lion wrestlers are Clair get the nod to line up at the piVot
Hess, 136; Allan Crabtree, 145; post, while Bob Beck and Jack
Captain Glen Alexander, 155; Phirman occupy guard positions.
RalPh Ba7re, 165; Bob Morgan, Beck suffered a slight cut high on
175; ?hid Mike Kerns, unlimited. his cheek in the Bucknell tilt.
Other members of the squad Who
Steinberg Will Speak will. probably see action are Will
Parkhill, Red Zelich, Dave Hill,
At Chapel And Hillel Iry kanengiser, Bill torland, and
Leon Sacks.
Both. the College Chapel and the Ariel.; today's fray, the Nittany
llel FOundation will hear Rabbi CtibS will be idle until Friday,
Milton Steinberg on Sunday. Rabbi when they take another crack at
Steinberg will speak at the regular the Bueknell frosh on the LeWis
chapel service at 11 a. m. on the burg floor.
subject "Has Religion Outlived Its
Usefulness?"
At 2:30 p. m. Sunday the chapel
speaker will speak at the Hillel
Foundation •in the second of the
current Forum series. Steinberg
is Rabbi of the Park Avenue Syna
gogue in New York City. He has
served both as an instructor of
classical languages and of Jewish
history and religion
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PAGE THREE
Lion Merman Nip
Carnegie, 39-36;
Meet PHI Today
iSpeaal to the Collegian)
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6 Cop
ping six first places in ninle
events, Penn State's mermen•sank
the Carnegie Tech tankmen,
39-36, in a close meet at the Tech
pool last night. This afternoon
the Lion natators will swim
against Pitt in the Pennsylvania
Athletic Club pbol, Pittsburgh.
Ed Clauss, A sophomore who
specializes in short distance
swims, led the Nittany squamen
by winning the 50-yard dash in
26.3 and the 100-yard free style
contest in 58.6. John Miller,
sophomore, finished first in the
440-yard free style division and
helped the Blue and White to vic
tory in the 300-yard medley
.re
lay. Miller's time in the free
style event was 5.37.1.
Froth Patters Meet
KiSki Prep At 1 P. M.
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