TUESDTY, MARCH 24, 1942 Lion Courtmen Whip Illinois In NCAA; Harder Captures EIFA Lion Underdogs Tie Penn For 4fh Place Paptain Bob Harder, Penn Spate’s first individual fencing champion, paced an unrecognized arid under-rated Nittany Lipn to a fourth-piape team tip |n thp Ea§t er.p interpollegiatp Fencipg Asgo cfatipn tourney; as hp dueled his to 'thp epee title lqst y/eejcepd. . In special rpupd-rohin campeti tip.n. to. select the individual cham p.iflns in each weapon following team bouts, Harder defeated five blade • experts, thp best that the stiff league offered. ; By besting Gillmore of Hamilton who had previously beaten Arthur T-auber of NYU, the Lion captain earned the right to meet the two time EIFA epee champ for this year’s title. • Tauber proved his mettle by blanking the Nittany swordsman, 3-0, and tied the individual rec- + ords since each man now had one ioss In a grudge bout where the LlOll COSCheS ACCeDI crowd threw its support to Harder, '" a the Lion duelist exhibited masterly Naval fAHtmicClAflf technique in upsetting the former H""*" VUmnIIMIUIW favorite to take the championship, (Continued from Page One) 3-0- always a threat in the Eastern and NYU secured its third straight National tournaments, team tijle, however, by totaling 72 Loss of the grunt and groan ex points. Columbia with 68 and pert leaves Charlie Ridenour, Sam Army with 63 ranked above the Harry, Captain Glen "Alexander, Lions but Penn State tied with and A 1 Crabtree, Nittany entrants Penn 56 for fourth place, in a 13- in the National Intercollegiate team field. meet at East Lansing,. Mich., this "As a team, the Nittany blades- weekend, without a coach, men came in fifth in epee where H. Ridge Riley, director of sports Harder won 9Vz out of 12 and Bob publiicty at the College, will ac- Swope also displayed superior company the four Nittany aspir ahility in taking 8 .of 12 bouts. ants on their western journey. ' Bernie Hankin won 90f12 in Grieve has been assisting Chick sabre to lead the Lions as they Werner with the Blue and White placed seventh in that weapon. A cinder teams, for the past fpur sixth in foil was recorded as Har- years following ijjis graduation der“ggain took 9of his 12 bouts. from the University of Illinois, ' " ' ■■ -- ■ . . -where he was a star sprinter. : Through error 'a newspaper :“ ——* r-r -story referred to “the younger BUY DEFENSE STAI4PS gineration’’—or was it aii error? AND BOND.S • LAST CALL Shirts for I-F’ Ball THE PENN STATE LAUNDRY ‘ 320 W. Beaver ; Dial 3261 cJlasi chance to daue! Stage SEATS for ihe lasi two pumpers on Ihg Gqurse— Lauriiz Melchior, greatest heroic tenor of the Company, will on Tuesday, evening. March 31. at §. p. m., and Marian Anderson, most renowned singer of her day, who will appear on Monday evening, April 13, at 8 p. m. will be sold at the special combination price of $4.00, tax included, at the A. A. ticket windows. Old Main, tomorrow and Thursday. Single admissions, providing single seats remain after this combination sale, will be sold only on the night of each concert at $2.75 for Melchior and $3.85 for Miss Anderson. The combination price thus saves the subscriber $2.60 in contrast to tickets purchased singly. Plan to get your combination seats tomorrow or Thursday! State C^oliege Setiiti (Sottese THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Epee Crown Dartmouth Swamps Kentucky, Wins Title Even though Penn State’s as pirations for a national basketball championship were shattered when the Blue and White drop ped a close one to Dartmouth on Friday, the samp Lion cagers came right tiacfc to put on their great est show pf the season by whip ping Illinpis, 41-34, in the NCAA tourney in New prieans Saturday night. Led by little Larry Gent, who tallied 21 points, the Nittanymen completely outclassed . a!nd out played the Illini and were never threatened after the opening min utes of the consolation game. Des pite the Lions’ brilliant comeback, the surprise showing of the tour ney was credited to Dartmouth’s 'Big Green. Shoved into the background as one of the “weak sisters” of the playoffs, mighty Dartmouth brush ed Penn State aside by a 44-39 count on Friday night. Saturday night, the Big Green courtmen won the Eastern championship by trouncing Kentucky to the tune of ■ 48-28. Illinois, on the other hand, was the pre-tournament favorite, but the Illini lost to Kentucky by a close 46-44 verdict on Friday night. The summaries: Penn State (41) Gent, f . Gross, f Egli Baltimore, c .... Ramin, g H'ornstein Grimes, g Totals Illinois (34) Fowler, f Parker Hocking, f Menke Smiley Mathisen, c Phillip, g Sachs Vance, g Wukovits Total Score by halves Penn State Illinois Irvin Hal! Fresh, AXSWinIM Titles An all-Irvin Hall final featured the crowning of new champions in both the fraternity and indepen dent divisions of the\ intramural b,asketball tournament. Irvin Hgll Frosh nipped the Irvin Hail quin tet, 18-16, and Alpha Chi Sigma swapped the Alpha Phi Delta five by a 23-13 count. . Alpha Chi Sigma replaces Beta Theta Pi as fraternity champion and the Irvin Hall Frosh now pos sess the title previously held by the Rocky Rambler basketeers. The new fraternity champs had little trouble in disposing of the Alpha Phi Delta cagers. .After be ing held in check throughout the initial quarters, the victors opened up their offense and pulled away to a 11-4 lead at half time. “Jake” Jacoby, scoring ace for the winners, was forced to share scoring honors with Alpha Phi Delta’s Irving Deitch with seven markers. Closely following the leaders was Walter Baxter, who garnered five points. In the independent title clash, the frosh downed the upperclass men when the latter’s final-period rally fell short. After trailing in the initial stanza the freshmen jumped to a 10-5 lead at the half and were never headed. Johnnie Bennett, freshman for ward, took individual scoring hon ors for the day by netting 11 tal lies, seven of which came in the Wresfiers Cautious— Baird To Depart Elect Two Captains u/ » AAr * . Because of the uncertainty pro- fAV N( A A C I Off A V duced by the accelerated college ■ IIVHH J IVW'Mj program two wrestling captains Captain Bob Baird, the lone were elected to tangle with the sit- Nittany Lion hope in the NCAA uation at a banquet given for the boxing tourney to open at Baton grapplers in the State College Ho- RougC) La Thursday, will leave tel last night. campus this noon with Coach Leo Charlie Ridenour 43 and Sam jj ouck to make his last collegiate Harry ’44 were unanimous y nam- rin ap ance . ed by teammates to head the Lion ■, , , grappling team for the 1942-43 Th ? Llon ringmaster worked season. In the'event that Ridenour <>* m yepterday aqd is not eligible to compete again, bis punchps m the Cpth- Harry will automatically become *°^ c V n ‘Y ers hy gy m in Washing captain. However, if it is found t° n > L). C., tomorrow afternoon that Riiienour may wrestle again, w bpn he has a three-hour train the two wiU l?e po-.cap'tains. lay-over. The 145-pound mitt- Glen Alexander, retiring captain man will also loosen up Thursday and BIWA champ, another morning at Louisiana, State,-scene title ‘Saturday when he annexed of the contest, when the boxers the 145-ppund championship of the weigh-in and receive their pair- Allegheny Mountain Association ings. of the AAU wrestling meet staged Baird is in top shape for the in Pittsburgh Saturday. forthcoming meet after training diligently in Rec Hall with his VAaKlinn Racakallorc sparmates for the last four days. TCtmiliy DtneUCJDieil The Lion Captain is determined Tn Faro k nnnnnanlc t 0 make his last appearance in 10 race 0 ypponeins Blue and white trunks a com- With six opponents scheduled, mendable one even though some the yearling baseballers will com- 0 f the best ’4s’s in the nation are pete right through the month of entered in the tourney. May, with the largest freshman Lion mentor> Leo Houck> be . sp ? l^, c ? ll^'- n . n n u lieves the Penn State puncher has , The »f h 6 Ue: May 2 ’ C01 '“ ’ a good chance of topping his foes home; May 9, Syracuse, away; May tournament tro -13, Bucknell, home May 16, Kiski, " ,7 , . .... ... home; May 20, Mount Alto, home; * ke tke f mt y wlt * oo A,, in., which he won four dual meets and May 23, Army, home. _ TTJ A ... , the EIBA crown this season. Only n u « i | Wisconsin’s Jollymore and Loren Ping POng, Dnominlon Schoff of Syracuse proved victor m ' • t rt t ious in his 1942 engagements. Tournaments Start Singles entries in the IM ping I aero eceineil Called pong gnd badminton tournaments fcdvrUaaeiHCll UdllCU reached a total of 308, according All freshman candidates for la to Eugen C. Bischoff, head of the crosse are to report Wednesday to intramural program. 221 Rec Hall at 4 p. m., Coach The fraternity division in the Thiel announced yesterday. Be ping pong singles drew 126 appli- fore reporting all candidates sre cants, while the independent divi- to take a physical examination. sion had 34 entrants. John Silan ’43, IM ping pong manager, start ed play in both divisions yester- day. . STATE: Badminton entries reached 131 “Rings On Her Fingers” in the fraternity section and 17 in NITTANY: the non-fraternity group. “Weekend for Three” the war production board has ordered no cuffs on men’s suits or slacks sold after march 31st MEN, that means that after March 31 any suit or slack's you buy will be without cuffs. The extra mater ial will be cut and put away for Uncle Sam’s men to collect at regular intervals from men’s stores throughout the country. Charles 7 Fellow Shop 109 S. Allen St. /*” 26 15—41 21 13—34 La Vie Fraternity and Sorority Groups - NOW READY - + + + EXTRA PRINTS of CAMPUS SOCIETIES' Also Available + + + PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP 214 E. College Ave. State College, Pa. PAGE THREE At The Movies
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