SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1942
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six Lion Ring men Face
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„„„„,„,„„„„„„„„„m„,„„„„„„,„„„„„„„„„,„,, . Cage competition in the intra-
Spikes And Blades .. . .
Captain Baird Will mural program continued with six
games last night after a day's
EIWA Tourney Ducats layoff.
'Penn State's winter . sports sea- Meef Syracuse Jinx Lambda Chi ' Alpha quelled a
son has been dominate d by victor- Go OitSale-Monday Lion boxing captain, Bob Baird, Beaver House second-half rally to
ies and surprises, but two hard- for the Eastern Intercol- has a two-fold duty to perform at gain a close 13-12 decision. A
working and victorious Lion teams
legiate Wrestling Association tour- the University of Virgiina this af- field goal in the last minute of
have been working under adverse
- ney which- will 'be staged in Rec ternoon when the 19th annual play by Bruce Worrell proved to
.weather and equipment difficulties
with little credit:for their effort's. Hall next weekend, will go on sale EIBA tourney swings into action. be the winning margin.
Those two teams are the Nittany at the Athletic Association win- The 145-pound puncher is out to Leadtrie from the opening
:
track in New York today lb'r dows in Old :Main Monday morn- down Loren Schoff of Syracuse and whistle, Beta Theta Pi piled up 33
What 'may be a successful quest for ins•
March
' a jinx that has warded off victory points to outclass Delta Sigma
,Penri State's first indoor IC4-A
On Friday, M 13, admission in the four times he has clashed Phi, 33-10. John Walton was
track trophy and the hockey team, 'to both the 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. ses- with the Orange contender. high scorer for the Betas with 11
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Which has lost only one game dur-
sions will be general and Set at 55 Baird, the only Nittany pugilist points, followed cloSely by Jim
ing the current' ice season. , cents. Tickets'for .the semi-finals who has had any tournament ex- Zook and John Jackson with 10
Despite the fact that one team at 2 p. in. on. Saturday, March 14, perience, was decisioned by Selloff and 8 counters respectively.
plies its trade with spikes and the cost 75 cents. All general admis- in a 1940 scheduled meet and also Despite three long shots in the
sions. final minute of play by the Alpha
other steel blades, there is a strik- succumbed to the Orange cham
.
•ing similarity in the handicaps un-. ~ *-*
* . • pions blows in . the , EIBA contest Zeta quintet, Gamma Sigma Phi
der which. the two teams operate. ' that year. The rivalry was height- held too much of a lead and cap-
First, the inclement weather his lon P lays Host ened last season when the Syracu- tared a 14-13 win from the AZ's ,
driven the Werner-coached squad sian duplicated his 1940 feat by Every man on the winner's team
from a comparatively .bad board
. whipping the fistic-politico in the scored at least one tally.
track set-up on New Beaver Field T o E IWA Tourney finals of the EIBA tourney. FACES JINX Bob Baird will Delta Theta Sigma easily won
Schoff
exchanges punches today with
from Pi Kappa Alpha in another
Adding insult to injury,
to the sharp cornered aisle in the - turned in his fourth victor y . overtilt, 13-8. Ed Beckman, who
er, who has chalked up four vie- eliminated practice in the field •
ily, the Nittany Lion will give Baird when the Nittanyman jour -tallied seven' points, and Law
events. roaring ..welcome to 88 grapple r s neyed to Syracuse this year. tories over the Lion captain. rence Lucas, with six markers,
Unpredictable Jack Frost has from 11 colleges when Penn State . Five other Lion mitmen will bat-
thrown the practice plans of the plays host to the 38th annual tour- Ja ck Sigma Phi Epsilon tagged Kap
. tle in first round fights today. •
icemen to the winds and cancelled nament of the Eastern Intercolle- Grey, sophomore 121 pounder, will PIAA Mat Championships pa Sigma 19-11, by pulling away
many of their afternoon sessions on giate Wrestling Association next tangle with Cunningham of the from a 12-11 half time score.
the flooded tennis court adjacent Friday and. Saturday, March 13 Coast Guard, Jess Fardella meets Start In Rec Hall Today It was not until ten seconds
to the temporary track... and 14. defending champ, Jack Roland of before the final whistle that the
Oddly enough, the cold, snowy The EIWA, which is the oldest Syracuse in the 127 division, and Phi Kappa Tau's scored a field
,'
afternoons. which hinder the track athletic conference in the country, Bill Richards tangles with Hughes goal. However, it did no good
of Maryland in the 155 pound class. as the Theta Xi No. 1 five swamp
activities help the rink squad by was organized in .1905. The site Sophomore southpaw Joe Mc- ed them, 12-2. Bob Davis took
freezing the usually slushy portions for the championship tournament Cormick, in the rugged 165 pound scoring honors for the winners
of the puckmen's practice field. rotates through - the entire mem- -
race, tackles Gilmore of Western with six. points.
Another disadvantage to be con- bership of the Associaltion in regu- . .
Maryland and Bob Perugini, junior Sigma Chi f or f e it e d to Theta Xi
sidered in connection with the two lar order. Since Penn State be- 175 pounder, will be tested by No. 2; Phi Epsilon forfeited 'to
Winter sports is lack of spectator came associated with the - gronp in Coast Guard's Emerson to complete Theta Chi; Pi Kappa Phi fpriteit
sUPport; an impbrtant - element in 1918, the Blue and White has ' the roster. Homer Hoffman and ed - to Alpha Phi Delta; and the
padding the win column of many sPonsored the 'annual tourney Ald o Cenci will rest today after re- Fletcher Club gained a forfeit
collegiate teams, which is' directly
.three times, in 'l6lO 1926, and
.7 delving byes into the second round,
attributal to the complete "road" 1934. from Penn State Club No. 2.
schedule required of the teams.
Each member college has en-
Despite the adverse practice' cpn
tered a full teEim of eight wrest
ditions, the spiked-shoe contingent
lees in the tourney which will
has turned in its 'best indoor sea
rim off in four sessions for the
son, while the skaters have lost
first time in the history of the
only to Georgetown, strong eastern
•
rival. Association. 'Preliminaries are
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scheduled for Friday afternoon,
We realize that an.indoor.bockey
rink and a fieldhouse are in-430s _ quarter-finals Friday night, semi
sibilities because of priorities on finals Saturday afternoon, and
building material during the Ares- finals with second and third place
ent war time, 'but also 'believe that. bouts Saturday night.
these two fast-moving, active sports The eleven colleges which will
:would draw considerable attention bring representatives to the cham
from Nittany Valley sports fans if pionship competition are Army,
it were possible to card home Navy, . Yale,. Princeton, Lehigh,
games. Penn State, .Pennsylvania, Har
.
A vote of confidence is the most yard, Cornell, Syracuse, and Col
we can give athletes like Gordon, um bi a .
Ewell, Glenn, Lightbody, Dufford, Yale and Navy tied for the
et al, who are representing the Blue championships last year at Col
and White tonight in Madison umbia. Penn State, Navy, and
Square Garden and at a Washing- Pennsylv inia, who were pre- flues In The Night Lend
ton, D. C. ice rink Thesday against tourney favorites, trailed the • •
the pick. of the East's collegiate leaders. • Color To Tennis Practice
trackmen and the Catholic Univer
sity rinkmen. - - , By BEN BAILEY Our interest still aroused, we
So "hats off" and "good luck" to Marksmen End Postal Penn State's tennis season opens ran across some tennis statistics,
Chick Werner and A. F. Davis as • next month. We would have been while hunting a 1929 copy of
they 'lead 'their industrious charges Season With Three Wins content to insert this as a notice Froth, which showed that in the
on 'the way to new laurels. at the bottom of the page, for our last three years Roethke's boys
Penn State's riflemen ended a S. Allen street subscriber who have won 19 matches out of 30
successful postal season yesterday says he is a tennis fan, were it for a percentage of .633. That is
with three wins over Far Western not for the fact that Penn State a pretty fair record in any coed's
opponents. The Lions trimmed one has a unique tennis squad with- diary, considering the fact 'that it
of their oldest rivals, California, by out knowing it. was made against such outfits as
a 3164 to 3752 count. Idaho and
For instance. we'll wager that Army, Navy, Pitt, Penn, Cornell,
Montana State forfeited to the Nit
not more than a handful of peo- and Syracuse.
tanymen. plc (other than our subscriber, of This fact (and the 1929 Froth,
Once - again co-captain Hal
course) are aware of the fact that believe it or not) aroused our
Yount lead the scorers with a 385
every night while coeds and other roomm rte's curiosity and now
'mark in the four-position, ten
slumber, and engineers are deep Penn State has three tennis fans.
match. The varsity gunners sport
in the heart of study, "Little" Ted While wading around the lock
_ a season's record of 17 victories
Roethke and his boys are deep er rooms, we discovered that
against one defeat. Their only re_
Charlie Huffing is the first pitch- maining competition is the Nation- in the heart of tennis practice. Johnny Knode, the only other ser
er ever to win 200 games for the al Rifle Association championships For the past three years they for on the squad, learned the
New York Americans. being fired at Annapolis March 28.
have had to practice in Rec Hall game of tennis from Eugene Trax
at night, usually from 10 p. m. to ler,• who is the bass fiddler for
-
- 1 a. m , since this is the only time Tommy Dorsey.
the floor is not in use. John..y, by the way, trains on a
Whil: returning fr6m a basket- diet of lettuce and carrots (and
ball game the other night, we saw an admitted steak or three each
approaching what appeared to be week). Added to the list or oddi
a refueee from hell-week, out to ties is the fact that no Phys Ed
lose a night's sleep. dens •are on the squad.
To our surprise he turned out Other veterans from last year's
to be Beta prexy Charlie Bowman, squad are "Ace" Parker and Bill
in sweat pants and overcoat, on Lundelius. "Si" Hull, freshman
his way to tennis practice. (Char- champion last year, and Al Hend
lie, by the way, is captain of the ler coiri..lete the roster to date.
tennis team this year.) After observing the boys in
Our ..ntriosity was aroused then practice we feel justified in crawl
and there, and now Penn State has ing out 'mor!, the leaves and pre
two tennis fans. dieting another good season in
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Between • • •
The Lions
With RUBE FALOON
Fencing Time Changed
Time of the Penn State-CCNY
fencing meet In Rec Hall has been
switched from 2 p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
Saturday it was announced last
night. The Lions will meet the
City College of New York blades
men for the first time in fencing
history. The visitors placed third
last year in the Intercollegiates.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
lankmen face 2 Dual
Meels This Weekend
Concluding their dual meet sea
son this weekend, Penn State's
varsity swimmers will battle Rut
gers. at New Brunswick, N. J., this
afternoon and the Temple Owls at
'Philadelphia tomorrow..
Plagued by graduation, injuries,
and the draft, Coach Bob Gal
braith's natators have managed to
win only one meet this year. Penn,
Pitt, Syracuse, and Cornell have
defeated the Lions, while the lone
victory was registered over Car
negie Tech.
Preliminary rounds in the fifth
annual Pennsylvania Interscholas
tic Athletic Association wrestling
championships will get underway
in Rec Hall at 2 o'clock this after
noon. quarter-finals will be run
off at 1 7in'clock.
Nine of the 12 districts in the
state have entered the high school
tourney, with 92 grapplers par
ticipating Semi-final contests
starting at 2 p. in. Saturday
will se` the stage for the finals at
8 p. m. when 11 champs will be
crowned.
Jim Mohney, Clearfield; Tom
Gill, Kipgston; and Jim Conklin,
Waynesburg, are the only defend
ing champs returning.
At The Movies
CATHAVIVI:
"Dangerously They Live"
STATE
"Louisiana Purchase"
NITTANY
"The Bugle Sounds"
and
"Rise and Shine"
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Six Teams Capture
IM Cage Contests
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS