FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1942 Cage Bo;ce Lions Hope To Snap 3-Meet Losing Slump An undefeated Michigan'State boxing team will arrive on campus • today with high hopes of'extending their record:to four straight when • they tangle with the Lions in the 7 o'clock opener of the sports dou rble,Theader in Rec Hall tomorrow , night. . Leoliouck's punchers. Will be at-: tempting to break their three-meet, .losing streak and also to keep the, records with the Spartans -.free' from losses. The colleges. hegan, hostilities with a tie meet in :1939 and Penn State copped the '4O and' '4l battles 6 1 / 2 -1 1 / 2 and 4 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 . - Michigan State rolled over West .Virginia 5 1 / 2 -2 1 / 2 , Purdue 6-2, and a strong Florida team 4 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 . All three meets were held at East Lan sing, however, and the road trip may tell on the middle-west team. In the 120-pound class, Ed Gun derson, who has won one and lost one, or Johnny Mathews, who lost at West Virginia, will oppose either Jack Grey or Jack Reitz. Grey re ceived a muscle injury in his right arm at Syracuse that may keep him out of the match. The team „ physician will decide on the ser iousness of the injury today. . -.Milt- Dickson or Jess Fardella . will meet a formidable opponent in Bill Zurakowski who drew at Vir -giniai won a deciSion... at 'Purdue, and.TKOed his Florida foe. . "Hammering Homer" . Hoffman ..will meet another tough 135-pound :puncher tomorrow night when he •enters.• the: ring against Captain Harvey..Trombley. . The Spartan es.tart MKOed,. his. West. Virginia enerny,and,Won at Purdue, but was barely edged by Johnny Joca in the _ . Ed,:Wp,od, who, floored. his. West t•V-ittginia fqe.;and won ,a, decision at _Purdpeinwili. , tangle With Captain ~Bob;,Baird bf, .the ~ Lions. Wood ,•',switched ~155. _.pounds ~for.. the _Flp.daaf iTte et with. Beryl, Salisbury. Wocidlost while Beryl gained a de . • • The 155-pound Spartan ; ,Salis bury lost •his • West Virginia and _Florida bouts. Two more `!switch boxers" are • Bill Warringer and Charlie Cal kins who-alternate in the 165 and 175-pound divisions. • Both men ~pave won .two matches while each received one setback. George Radulesca will not win a forfeit from Aldo Cenci tomorrow night as .he has in two meets this season. * The Spartan is to be watched, however, having TKOed his foe at Purdue. Engineers Play -Host To 15 Grapplers • In their final match of the year, Penn State's freshman wrestling squad will travel to Bethlehem to morrow to meet the Lehigh yearl ing squad. Having lost their first two meets to Wyoming Seminary and COrnell . , both by close margins, the '45 grap plers will attempt to gain their first victory at the expense of the Little Engineers. Last year Lehigh brought a strong freshman squad to Rec Hall only to be surprised by the Lion Cubs who garnered a close 19-16 victory, the match being decided by the last bout. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS See US For . . . All Your Printing Needs NITTANY Printing & Publishing CO. 119 South Frazier St. Dial 4868 Prepare For Crucial NYU Tilt ; Will Meet Spartans Tomorrow MEETS OLD FOE—Sam Harry, Nittany 128-pound grappler, will face the wrath of Roy Zackey, promising Lehigh imatman, who seeks revenge for , a close defeat handed him by Harry in freshman competition last year. tehilhMittmen Th.r.eatoni.Lions • Lehigh,. with much to gain, and little to, lose, wiTMake its bid to stop the conquerini:'Nittany.Lions from completing a successful sea; son as the two trdditional rivals meet for the . 26th time at 'Bethle hem -tomorrow. = - The. Penn State :grapplers .who leave at noon •toda.y: are. expected to.-, take the seventh consecutive meet of the season—and ...the 20th victory in the team_ series.- Since relations began in 1911 _the slip stick matmen have added - up only 4 wins and 2 ties. Coach Charlie Speidel indicated a healthy respect for the unpredict ble Engineers as he pointed out last night that 'Penn State had much to lose in the meet which will undoubtedly be marked by high inter-college tension. Outstanding threats in the Le high line-up will be, Captain Dick Brenneman, 175-pounds; Whit Snyder, heavyweight; and Roy Zackey 128-pounds. The Penn State team will probably be com posed of the same men that started • against Cornell last - Week. Nittany Lion Sam Harry will re new hostilities with .Zackey, whom he narrowly edged out in freshman competition last year. Both men have, impressive-records and both scored decisions • against Cornell's Nickerson, rated as a formidable 128-pounder. Toni Bannan, two time state in terscholastic champion in the 105 and 115-pound class, will be primed to meet undefeated Charlie Ride nour. Captain Brenneman who clashes with Bob Morgan in the 175-pound division has lost only to Dick Deßattista, national champion of the University of Pennsylvania. * * THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Game Will Follow Varsity Boxing Meet Althotitth Penn State's cagers were hi hly successful in upset ting the West Virginia Mountain eers Wednesday night, the 'Lions still cannot afford to breathe eas ily, for tomorrow night New York University will invade Rec Hall immediately after the . Nittany- Michigan State boxing meet •is completed. Again 'Coach John Lawther's proteges will be facing one of the top basketball powers of the El4st. The Violet courtmen have lost only 3 games in 16 starts this sea son and are also in the running for an invitation to the same Me tropolitan. New ;York 'tournament that is becoming of increasing in terest to Penn State. Last year the Lion basketeers accounted for one of the biggest upsets in the East when they de feated NYU on the Violets' home court, 47-34. Two years ago, the visiting New Yorkers topped the Nittanymen, 35-29, for the only court vtetory over Penn State in Violet basketball history. While Penn State was chalking up its tenth straight victory of the seasen in the West Virginia game, Herk Baltimore was also regaining the individual scoring leadership with a total of 149 points for. the current campaign. Co-captain Elmer Gross holds sec ond honors with 145, .and, little Larry Geht completes the century group with 119, markers. _lndividual Scoring fg f-ft to 63 23-40 14 50 45-56 14 49 21-39 1 ......35 14-23 , 30 • 14-23 ... 24 9-21 .. 21 11-18 .. 2 - 0- 0 . 2 0- 0 • 1 0- 1 277 ' 137-221 Baltimore Gross .. Gent ... Egli ... Ramin Hornstein Grimes Silan Smith . . Cohen .. Totals MeeDraws 4 Lion Trackmen Entered against a field of the na tion's top . athletes, four Nittany trackmen will compete at the Na tional A.A.U. meet at 'Madison Square Garden in New York this Saturday, according to "Chick" Werner, varsity cinder coach. Norm Gordon, Barney Ewell, Johnny Glenn, and Joe Bakura are the Lion athletes defiintely sched uled to compete in the open corn :petition, .while Saul , Hanin, Ory Krug, and Don. Dolbin are still pos sibilities. Pitted against a classy field in the 100-yard event, Gordon is listed in the second.heat with 'Campbell Kane; Indiana's Big Ten half-mile champ, and Les Eisenhart, former Ohio State star. Entries in other heats of the event include John Borican, Jim Kehoe, and Don Burnham, 4:13 sophoomre miler from Dartmouth. Ewell will seek to continue his domination of the AAU sprint titles in 60- yard dash. Barney's suc cess in the AAU 100-meter event last July and his repeated victories indors this winter makes him the outstanding contender in the field of college and unattached sprinters. The two field entrants, Glenn and .Bakura, will get most of their competition in the college field from Dick Morcom, New Hamp shire junior, who vaults over. 14 feet, and high jumps in the vicinity of 6 1 / 2 feet. At The Movies "The Shanghai Gesture" STATE: "Roxie Hart" NYPTANY "Johnny Eager" ROPE ARTIST—Hopes for vic tory in the rope climb event when the Lion gym team clashes with Army tomorrow were brightened yesterday afternoon when Captain Charlie Senft registered a four seconds flat climb in practice. * * * Army Gymnasts . H01d,9-Year Jinx The EIGA league lead and a jinx that has seen nine Lion gym teams submit, to defeat since rivalry be gan in 1932 are faced by the gym nasts when they depart for West Point tpday, to tangle with the Army Cadets. "I, don't know of any team that has beaten • the Cadets at' West Point in the past 12 •years," Lion Coach Gene Wettstone•• gloomily "emphasized last night. '`lf we were to meet them•here it would ;be a different story." The Cadet, records reveal- that their teams have: never lost. more than one meet in any one year they have compted.- Army was defeat ed in 1932, .'33, '34 and '3B and won the intercollegiate in 1938. They also tied for the intercollegiate title in,1936 and 1937. - The Cadets are coached by Tom Maloney, who was a star in high school. The civilian mentor was hired as head gym coach immedi ately upon graduation and has reg istered a commendable record at the service school. One bright light in the Lion lab. SENIOR BALL ACCESSORIES Hospitality Pack . . 25c (Delivered) Deluxe, Water Proof, Package (Of PURE CRACKE ICE Punch Bowls of. Ice . . $1.'510 Ideal For Fraternity Parties Hillside Ice & Storage Co. ' 133 N. Patterson St, Phone 842 PAGE THREE 10 IM Wrestlers Advance To Finals In Tourney Bouts Twenty intramural wrestler, fought last night in Rec Hall for positions in tournament finals which are scheduled for either Monday or Tuesday. With the completion of the last semi-final bouts, ten more wrestlers entered the finals. A complete list of fin alists will appear at a later date. Results of last night's competition follows, (winners are finalists): 128-pound McCracken deci sioned DiMozo, 9-5. • 136 - pound McCauley, Phi Gamma Delta decisioned King, Phi Sigma Kappa, 2-0; and Cole man, Delta Chi, decisioned Posner, Gamma Sigma Phi, 2-1. 145-pound Yeaple, Triangle, decisioned Mendenhall, Beaver House, 5-4; and Catanoso, PSC, de cisioned Kean. 3-2. Griffith de cisioned Yackle, 7-0. 155-pound Charles, KDR. de cisioned Sutherland, Beta Theta Pi, 3-2: and Weidman decisioned Hel lier, 3-0. 165-pound Wilson, Forestry Society, forfeited to Morford: and Snyder forfeited to McLaren. VOLLEY BALL Yesterday's results in the IM volley ball league gave Delta Chi a victory over Phi Sigma Kappa No. 1, 15-5, and 15-12. Other games had Sigma Nu No. 1 defeating Al pha Zeta No. 1, 15-13, 15-4 and• Beta Sigma Rho losing to Delta Tau Del ta, 5-15, 7-15. No .games were scheduled for Friday by Walter T. Cummings '44, volley ball manager, because of Senior Ball decorating activities. basketball games scheduled for today• were also cancelled by the Miller• invasion •of • the Rea: - Hall courts. was the tour-minutes-flat time that Captain , Charlie, Senft registered in practice yesterday afternoon..Senft .has , been.steadily knocking seconds off his climbs. this season„.and hopes to cbalk..up a first ~place against the Cadets. Ilefore and After ' •the Dance Step —at— , -Lifland Grill The Big Place With The •Small Front
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