THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942
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The Lions
Wilh PAUL WOODLAND
(Collegian Sports Writer)
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The Greeks had a word for it,
But sports' writers have quite a
few more. In fact, any newspaper
reader by this time has probably
noticed the wealth of terhls, some
times strange ones, used ih sports
Stories.
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English comp professors' h&Ve
been known to warn of falling irtlo
the colloquial rut . which Sports
Wtitets ihhabit. and it isalso trlie
that if a spotls st'ribe d'bbsh’t haVe
a word, he coins one.
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A few regions of the state seem
to have a barrier against certain
terms. For instance, a common
synonym for basketball players is
the word “cagers.” Papers in the
Central and Western part of the
state have no limit to tho use of
this term, and have even over
worked it. That’s probably be
cause it’s short and fits well in a
headline.
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The Philadelphia district rarely
Uses cagers, or anything denoting
that a basketball team plays in a
cage. A Collegian writer covered
a home town Christmas basketball
game for a sUbiirban Philadelphia
newspaper, and purposely referred
to the team as Cagers. When the
paper, reached the street, however,
the team was a "quintet."
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Collegian’s basketball reporter
last season introduced “courtmen”,
a Southeastern 'Pennsylvania Word,
ahd it stuck as far as this daily is
Concerned. With the arrival of the
•tennis- season, ‘‘courtmen’.’ had to
be restricted-, since it carried too
much connotation of basketball.
Gy Peterman, widely known
sports columnist, said the best
Words ate still the original names.
Peterman, in a speech before a
journalism class here, pointed out
that it’s all right to use already
accepted synonyms, but calling a
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Glenn's Injury
Lacrosse Team
Saturday's Tilt Starts
Nine-Game Schedule
Seeking revenge for the defeat
handed his Lion lacrosse team by
Navy iast year, Coach Hick Thiel
has been drilling this year’s prom
ising squad in game fundamentals
in an effort to whip the stickmen
into shape for Saturday’s battle
with the Midshipmen. •.
Coach Thiel will take 20 men on
the trip to Annapolis for the Blue
and White’s season opener with
the hope of victory over the Mid
shipmen at the start of the Lion’s
nine-game schedule.
Led by Captain Bill Ziegenfus,
the team will leave State College
Friday noon.
First opportunity for Penn State
students to see the lacrosstmen in
action will be a home game with
Cornell on the Saturday immedi
ately following the Middie game;
In an effort to get his proteges
into game condition for the tough
battles arising in the schedule'the
Lions face in the future, Thiel has
been putting them through long
field scrimmages with an emphasis
upon defense work.
On the freshman iacrosse front,
Bill Henning '42, student coach,
has a squad of 35 men drilling for
the opening game with Penn on
May 2.
ball a “pill,” or “apple,” is ridicu
lous.
Nevertheless, . the worn out
sports- lingo will prohahly continue
everywhere, ibr variety is neces
sary, and new Words ate often
frowned on.
Doii't be surprised if ybU cbme
abross a sports stofy With ah un
readable synbhym. 11*11 be the
Gfeek word for it.
Clauss, Miller New
Swim Captains
Ed Clauss and Johnny Miller
will share the captaincy of Penn
State’s varsity- swim team Tor the
coming year, having been elected
by the team's lettermen during the
annual squad banquet at the State
College Hotel.
Following the example set by
other winter sports teams, the Lion
swimmers have chosen a junior,
Clauss, to serve as honorary cap
tain until his graduation in De
cember. Miller taking over the
reins after. Clauss leaves will cap
tain the swim team during the reg
ular winter season.
The election of two captains will
lessen the possibility of a recur
rence of the emergency that arose
during the 1941-42 season, when
Captain Elmer Webb left school at
the close of first semester. A spe
cial meeting of team members was
called to fill the gap and Tom
Reissman was chosen acting cap
tain shortly 'before the opening
meet.
Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, was guest speaker at the
banquet.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Dims Track Hopes;
Opens Against Navy
QUICK CHANGER— Elmer Gross
changes from basketball uniform
to track outfit to lighten Coach
Chick Werner’s worries in the high
jump department since Johnny
Glenn’s ankle injury has taken him
from drills for several Weeks.
Two IM's Reash
Final Elimination
Two intramural sports approach
ed or gained final rounds last
hight as the Winter IM season
drew hearer a elose. Independent
Section of the badrftihton tourney
Completed its rounds while fra
ternity section drew into and
through semi-final rounds.
In the ping pong tournament
final matches determined winners
of titles in both independent and
fraternity sections of the tourney.
BADMINTON
Champion in the independent
badminton tournament is Barney
Ewell, College sprint star. After
gaining the finals by beating Jack
Krause, Ewell won the title by de
feating Bill Peck, who had diavvn
a bye through the semi-finals.
In the fraternity section, the
field was narrowed down from 136
entrants last week to eight quarter
finalists. Of these one game, be
tween Gardner Lindzey and John
Struck remain to be played. One
combination has advanced to semi
finals, Wally Riley beating Cnarlie
Hannon.
Two others are through to the
finals. In these John Gerecter,
last year’s winner, advanced twice
by beating Tom Hart in the quar
ters and Hank Yeagley, who had
previously beaten Alberto Roque,
to become ong of the finalists.
Completion of tht playoffs will
take place at the leisure of the
contestants. Runners-up as well
as winners in the tourney will re-
ceive awards.
PING PONG
In final matches held yesterday
Morris Warshall defeated Kenny
Yount to gain the independent
title. Fraternity titlist was Don
Davis who defeated Ralph Pilgram
in the final round.
High Jumper Out
For 2 Or 3 Weeks
Coach Chick Werner's trackmen
suffered a setback yesterday When
Johhrty Glenn, star high jumper,
seriously sprained his ankie in a
physical class.
Glenn, a key man on the team, is
holder of the College high jump
record of 6 feet SVS inches, sbt in
an indooi- dual- meet at Ohio State,
February 21. He also -holds the
outdoor record of 6 feet 4V6 inches.
Loss of Glenn will make a hole in
the team’s prospects for the Spring
season.
The injury is serious enough, ac
cording to Doctor Griess, team
physician, to keep Glenn from
drills for two or three weeks. In
-the latter case he would be forced
out of competition in the first meet,
Penn Relays, April 24 and 25.
Jumpers placed now in the top
spot and able to help Werner in
garnering high jump points are
Orv Krug and Elmer Gross. Krug,
steady jumper last year, has leaps
of 6 feet 1 inch to his credit. The
addition he and Gross may make
to point scoring will probably help
the general team situation.
Clear, warm weather this week
has permitted the team to expand
from its cramped Winter quarters
and will make Werner more able
to fihd What he really has in the
way of placing the Men in proper
positions.
Beaver House Elects
Newly elected officers at the
Beaver House are William. J.
Maher ’43, president; Charles H.
Welker ’44, vice-pfesident;' Frank
R. Shuman '43, treasurer; Alan N.
Heck ’43, house manager; Lester
W. Seidel ’43, haterer.
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PAGE THREE
Nick Thiel Chosen
To Coach Ali-Slars
In North-South Game
Coach Nick Thiel has been
chosen head coach of the North
ern all-star lacrosse team which
meets the South in the popular
post-season game to be played
some time this Spring.
Thiel, whose North team- will
battle the South in one of the
major lacrosse events of the sea
son, was assistant coach last year.
Two games have been played
between the rivals, the South
winning last year and the" North
in 1940. Both the contests were
won by one point, in 1940, 6-5,
and in 1941, 7-6.
Penn State has been well rep
resented during the two years
that the classic has been played,
placing three stickmen, George
Ritter and Bart Buser in 1940,
and A 1 Blair in the 1941 all-star
contest.
Warmerdam, Vaulter,
Voted Tops In Trackdom
Twenty-seven year old Cornelius
Warmerdam, Southern California
high school teacher, who first
learned to pole vault *n a lettuce
patch and present holder of the
world indoor pole vault record of
15 feet 7Vi inches, was voted the
outstanding track and field athlete
of the indoor season by New York
track reporters.
“Dutch” Warmerdam barely
nosed out Greg Rice, who is con
sidered the top two-miler in the
world. Greg is the winner of the
two previous awards. NYU milfer
Leslie Mac Mitchell was third and
John Borican of the Asbufy Park,
N. J. A. C. fourth.
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