TUESDAy,.AUGUST 18, 1942 JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Between The Lions With DON DAVIS 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Tiibute TO Daiie AlstOn Penn State has been touched by a great tragedy. In hushed tones, news of Dave Alston's sudden death Saturday morning spread rapidly over the campus. Every where the reaction was the same. "It can't be true; not Dave Al ston." During the short tine that Dave has been On the Perin State cam pus he had made himself knoWn as a friendly, intelligent young American with a fun-loving na ture, yet with a• serious purpose in life. Enrolled in the pre-med curriculum, he intended to be a doctor, and, as he put it modestlY but with confidence, "a good doc tor." On hearing of Dave's death, Football Coach Bob Higgins said: "The passing of Dave Alston was an unspeakable loss to his par ents, relatives, and to his race. Penn State has been deprived of a student of whom it was very proud." Higgins went on to draw a parallel between the promising career Dave might have had and the career of Paul Robeson. Robe son was an. All-American football star at Rutgers and then went on to r,a .. musical career which has broUght .great credit to his race. DaVe also showed great lilgeli hopa, of attaining , All-American ilOriors and ot then going on to become a cr edit to his race in the field of medicine. Knowing Dave to be the son of a Baptist minister in Midland, Rois Kauffman, Philadelphia sports writer, queried him one day at last Fall's practice on the subject of religion. Kauffman was more impres:sed than ever with Dave when he , came , back with the retort, "I guess it. doesn't matter much what our religion is as long as it comes from the heart.", , . . . Despite, Dave's almost Unbe lievable ability. on ,t e • gridiron, his ,attitude,was,unasaurning and daily. practice ..he was ; always one of the hardest WOrker's on ,the field. Cliff St. Clair, baCkfield teammate and one of his closest friends, summarized Dave's quali ties in these Wordi,"He.was one of the. elealifi4iing 'boys I have ever known. % He would go out of his way to .help anyone." Dave Alston's sincerity and iportsmanship both on and off the gridiron have made their mark and will live on in the heart of Penn State. • ation shot a four-under 'best ball Plesser Announces score of 65, taking that part of play from the Nittany - golfers by Additional Awards four strokes. ,Best ball score for Additions to manager elections the co-captains was 69. and awards made recently by the • Athletic Association were releas- 6 k Packard' On American ed by Bernard A. Plesser, AA pesident. Tennis associate managers College, has recently left the Wide elected were John E. Allison World Syndicate staff to join the '44, and Kenneth White '44, while editorial division of the "Ameri associate manager awards went can" magazine. While at Penn to Kenneth Cotton '43, and State, Packard was •a member of Bertram S. Green '43. the Collegian staff. ATTENTION- - FRATERNITIES ! If you are planning to remod6l your house, let us act as your supply headquarters for. _ • Paints • Linoleum • Wax • 4 • Wallpaper • Varnish n • • Shellac . PORTER & WEBER Phone 2793 123 S. Frailer DRAFTED Johnny Potsklan, star end on Bob Higgins' football squad, yesterday became the 17th member of the •Nittany Lion grid squad to be drafted into 'the arm ed forces. Higgins and staff were relyirig on "PotsY" to be the main stay of the line during the forth coming season. * * * Johnny Pcitsklan Drafted; BecOnies 20th Lion Star To bier Arnied Forces Johnny 'Potsklan, who Football Coach Bob Higgins simply de scribes as a "great player—art All-American possibility," will do his playing, if Lny, with the Unit ed States Army this Fall.. The Hig recdived word yester day that "Potsy" is being induct ed today. He becomes the 20th man to, be lost to the squad since last season—the 17th to enter the armed forces. According to End Coach Earl Edwards, "We regarded `Potsy' as one of the .best defensive ends in recent years. I, am sure that, he Would have been at least honor able mention on a couple of All- American squads this year. He ranked right up. there, with Tom. Vargo, l 1940 squad..star." , Potskl.an will .be remembered far his great performances in the West Virginia and Syracuse games of last year when his fast, vicious tackles threw opposing backs for constant losses. Golf (2 Pro ers Beat Lion s In EXhiliifion Matti', 3-2 . , Penn .State's golfing captainS, Dick Stephens and Ducky Swan, were beaten by the professional golfers, Ken -Rutherford of the Centre Hills Country Club, and Johnny Musser of the College course, 3 and 2, on the College eighteen Sunday. . The Rutherford-Musser combin- Vance Packard '36, son of farm foreman Philip J. Packard of the THE, DAILY COT4LEGIAX tourlinen Close Season With 84 Win Over Faculty Taking all but two matches in a special ten-match contest, Penn State's varsity tennis team final ly closed out its Summer schedule with a sweeping 8 to 2 triumph over the faculty on the varsity - courts Saturday. The J.Jion net men held a 10-5 decision over the faculty in their earlier meeting this Summer. The win enabled the Lions to finish their season with a straight .500 average—the same mark they compiled for their regular Spring season. They had previously de feated the Naval . Reserves' and Cornell, while losing three to Col gate and one to the Big Red. Their win over Cornell on Victory Weekend was the first Penn State victory over the Big Red since the two colleges began court com petition. At the leadoff position, Cy Hull played brilliant tennis to over come Ray Dickison, former Col orado 'University captain and Rocky Mountain champion, in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. Herb Kraybill stopped I-Ying Li in the longest match of the afternoon, 7-5, 0-6, 6-0, while his teammate, Dick Armbrust, halted William Goode in two sets, 6-2, 6-3. Jim Lawther dropped the only Lion singles match when he fell before the slants of Bob Mathieu by 6-1, 6-4 scores. Stan Spur geon, was extended to three sets before he finally downed Harry Mosher, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Horace Smith came from be hind to edge George Szasz in a thrilling three-set match, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, while Hal Benjamin, another sophomore newcomer, had little difficulty in halting Bruce Tegge by 6-1, .6-2 counts. • In doubles the Lions dropped their opening • contest as their coach, .Ted Roethke, teamed with Dickison to trounce Hull and Spurgeon, 6-3, 6-1. The win was the second and final score for the faculty. Kraybill and Armbrust coasted to an easy victory over Li and Goode as they set the latter down, 6-1, 6-4, while Lawther and Smith outlasted Mathieu and Mosher in a marathon three match affair by 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 scores. PhYS .: Edileis Meet '46 Nine Ttiiiiijhf Seeking a win after dropping their past three games, the fresh man baseball nine will meet a team made up of students of the School of Physical Education on New Beaver Field diamond at 5:30 o'clock tonight. The season's record for the freshmen stands at one win against three losses for an average of .250 thus far. Winning their first game from the Presbyter ians of .the State College Church League by a score of 9-8, the yearlings were defeated in their next three starts by the Luther- ans, 4-0; Irvin Hall, 9-6; and the Mineral Industries School, 10-4. Coach Leo Houck will probably post- . Jack Berlin on the mound, Fred Shaw at first, Don Myers at second, Jack Gracey at third, Jerry Stern behind the plate, Bud Dietz at short, Wayne Kreidler in center, Jerry Waxman in left,.nd `Jack Battles in right. Diamond positions for the Phys Edders will be filled by Freeman at backstop, Silan hurl ing, Van Lenten on first, Borsa on second, Chenowith on third, Quailey at short, Perugini in left, Gales in center, and Ebersole in right. He who naps helps Japs is the slogan of the workers in the West inghouse Plant at Nuttal, Pa. College Prepares To Pay T ribute To 'Alston. A RUBE MAKES GOOD Robert M. "Rube" Faloon '44, former member of The Daily Collegian junior editorial board has recently been appointed Sports Editor of the Centre Daily Times succeeding Richard C. Peters '4l, first sports editor of The Daily Collegian, in 1940-'4l. Faloon AccOpts Times Sports Edifot POsitiot FollOws 4 Collegian. Men Recent appointment of Robert M. Fa . loon '44 as sports editor of the Centre Daily Times makes him the fifth Penn State depart ment of journalism student and Collegian staff member to hold this position. Falcon replaces Richard C. Peters '4l, first sports editor of the Daily . Collegian during the 1940-'4l year, who resigned to accept a position with the College office of public information. George A. Scott, Collegian managing editor 1933-'34, was the first 'Times" sports editor.. He was followed by Jerome H. Wein stein '3B, Collegian managing editor 1937-'3B and Robert Wil son '4O, Collegian sports editor 1939-'4O. Peters will replace Ross B. Lehman, last year's Collegian editor in the . public information office. Lehman was serving tem porarily in the place of Robert H. Lane '4l, Collegian managing editor 1940-'4l, who left recently to accept a position with the Pittsburgh Press. Grid Sessions Cancelled Formal Practice sessions for the Nittany Lion football squad have been cancelled for the remainder of the semester, according to Coach Bob Higgins. Practice will be resumed immediately with the beginning of the Fall semester. National . Bank Your Headquarters : For WAR BONDS AND STAMPS South Allen St. PAGE THRES (Continued from Page One) was class valedictorian, and was voted "most popular boy." As a student here at Penn State, Dave had distinguished himself in the classroom as well as on the gridiron. His ambition was to be come *a physician. During his freshman year he sparked Marty McAndrews' Lion freshman squad to their first un defeated season in recent years. One expert went so far as to say that Dave was "the best since Jim Thorpe." Weighing over 200 pounds and standing well over six feet, Alston was a great triple-threat prospect. For all of his size he had amazing speed, and could kick and pass more than 60 yards. Alston's father is a retired Bap tist minister and survives along with Mrs. Alston, two brothers, Warren and Harry, and three sis ters. Harry teamed up with Dave in the freshman backfield last sea son but dropped out of College at mid-semester to take a defense job. Attending the funeral as repre sentatives of the College will be Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics; Coach Higgins; assist ant coaches Earl Edwards, Al Michaels, and Marty McAndrews. Jerome H. Blakeslee '43, All-Col lege president, will represent the student body, and James A. Mc- Kechnie '45, sophomore class president, will attend the funeral for the class of which Dave was a member. Jack Kerns, Aldo Cenci, Cliff St. Clair, Johnny Jaffurs, and "Sparky" Brown have already signified their intentions of repre senting the football squad. Coach Higgins said last night that addi tional members of the squad will probably travel to Midland to at tend the funeral. Two Niltany Boxers Win Navy Championships Following recent final bouts in U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., it was announc ed that two Penn Staters won championships. They were Gilbert Zuccarini '42, new 158-pound champ. and Irving Jontow '42, new 165-pound champ. According to Lieut. Alfred Wolff, boxing coach' at the train ing station, both men are outstand ing among the boxers on the post,. Although neither was a varsity boxer while at State, both were outstanding in the intramural ring with Jontow reaching final rounds two years. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS
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