THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1942 BETWEEN THE LIONS By BEN BAILEY Sports Editor That this was Temple's year in soccer was evidenced all the more the other day by the Owls' brilli ant 3-3 deadlock with, a team corn prized of British tars stationed in Philadelphia. The long-drawl boys—all of whom become proficient at the game from childhood—even had a couple' of former profession. als from the English League, yet were completely stymied by the stubborn defense put up up by the Owls who were led by scoring aces Andy Hirtz and Pete Lorenc. Temple is going to be the team to beat next year—providing the two schools continue their athletic programs in face of the growing uncertainty ova the fate of in tercollegiate sports. rt A 4 Tennis Coach Ted Roethke is nearing top shape again after win ning the toughest match of his careei. After going down infore a vol ley • of pneumonia, he finally ral lied to come up swinging from the floor to - take the decisive game and set point. NoW, after a short rest, he's baCk in harness once again. ' Scores of students bewailed the College's decisioh to scrap fresh man. jayvee sports—especially When it came just at a time when State had its best freshman cross 'cbuntry team in history. Many of those witnessing the in New York several weeks ago agreed that had State entered its yearling team it probably could have copped the freshman title with a record shattering mark. Presu . mably these sports were dropped because of the transpor tation . shortage—although more than half- of the entire student, body managed to be on hand for the football game. with Penn in Philadelphia the same weekend the IC4-A's were being held. A number of Cornell students set up a howl recently when they turned out to see a visiting State freshman cross - country - squad Meet the Big Red first year men in a - dual meet only to wait in vain for their guests—..somebody had..failed to notify the Cornell officials that Penn State had dis banded its team. 12==11 Shades of things to come? .. • said Fordham's Jack Coffey at a recent meeting of Eastern col lege athletic directors: "The government apparently is plan ning to take over many of the universities as training centers. If 'so, athletic programs will be larinialated by the commanding tifficers. Th'Ose formulated pro grams will then' be , the guide for athletic directors at univer sities not taker: over by the gov ernrhent." • Dartmouth's Bill McCarter sum :Med up the. situation thus: "There !is evidence from the battlefields that"the pigskin is contributing as :much as the sheepskin toward the ;may of our fighters. It it•riay be necessary to abandon, the :' , game -as a money-maker. and to play it for its own values. But its :future is secure." 4 : Wish I knew. the , answer. • VICTORIAVORITES make this a RECORD Dias! Everybody's Favorites - GILBERT AND SULLIVAN TSCHAKOWSKY ALL MODERN RECORDS Only Authorized Victor Dealer in State College THE MUSIC ROOM olennland Building, State College 15 Win IM Boxi Muchlifz, Brooks Take Bouts Before 3rd Round Culminating a -: . 'season packed with hard contested battles and close decisions, IM boxers punched their way' into victory in their re spective weight brackets last night in Rec Hall. Compton, KDR entrant, trounc ed Etters of Sigma Nu in a battle that served to start off the evening in proper styleiEtters managed to stem Compton's advance until the third round when a chance blow to Etters' mid-section opened up his guard and made -the going easy for ,Compton to win a decision. Alpha Sigma . . Phi's Koven set Golden of Kappa Sigrita on his •heels throughout the contest in the 127-pound class. Although Golden outreached his opponent, Koven's left hand released from its tightly cocked position-te keep Golden re treating. Closest bout of the evening for thrills and equal exchanging of blows went to Shpemaker of Alpha Zeta and Zirms of Alpha Chi Sig ma. Zirms kept up a left hand guard that bewildered Shoemaker somewhat but his opponent always managed to ^counter-punch. Kappa Sig's Harry, contender in the 145-pound cla s s, danced around a\Caloney of KDR to the bine of a decision. Although Ma loney exhibited a poweAul right, it failed 'to win the judges' nod. Both sluggers 'from beginning to end, • Mattern, Phi Delta Theta, tried to outiibund Heari, Phi•KAPPa Tau. Slowing doWn long enough in the second round for a breath or two, - they continued their mara thon right up to the third round bell, but Mattern landed several more pimches than his opponent -and took the bout. Winning 'h closely contested bat tle in the 165-pound class, Bache, Phi - Kappa, Sigma, won the nod of the judges in a battle with Good, Phi Kappa Sigma. A cut cver Brooks' eye served to stop the fight between he and Cook in the 175-pound class but failed to keep him from taking the de cision. Banbury trounced Morgin in their annual fight. Not outdone by the fraternity - "class the independents also came through in high style with a battle 'between Cutrone and 'Gordon. Cut rone, by smashing through Gor don's guard continuously, copped the fight. Grim, meeting Wright in the 127-pound class, got off to a slow start but recovered in time to take a decision from his opponent. Serago, playing well timed blows and. excellent footwork, outpointed his long and lanky partner, Cas sidy: Cassidy's guard came up. in • the third round and found.its mark but Serago's lightning movements gained him the decision. Each .of the fighters stepping in wide open enabled Catanoso and Krug to land home many bloWs, buts Krug won a decision. Winning by a decision before the sound of the closing bell, Muchlitz took the fight from Wright. Al though stopped because of •a cut over the eye, Muchlitz piled up enough points to cap the fight. Chacoshean, a Goliath as com pared to • - his contender, swapped blows with Ulrich. Even though Ulrich was taller in stature than Chacoshean, he 'was no match for the p6werhouse drives 'of his op ponent. Hawrylak outslugged, outpoint 7 ed Bland in the independent heavyweight class. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN ties in Final Bouts ng Ti All-American Mention Johnny Jaffurs, 185-pound Lion guard, leaped into national prom inence when he was given honor•- able mention on the Hearst All- American football team •for this year. Jaffurs was• among six guards to receive this honor. No Lion gridderg were voted to the first or second teams in this selection, and only one Penn State opponent was given a post on the second .team. John Donaldson, cellar Penn tackle, earned one of the two tackle spots: • Four Nittany opponents were named with Jaffurs in the list of honorable mentions. They are Captain Dick Werber, Syracuse guard; .Mike Micka, Colgate back; Bill Dutton, Pitt back; and Bert Stiff, Penn fullback. • One freshman was chosen for a place on the second All-Amer ican team by the committee head ed by Edward W. Cochrane. He was 19-year-old Clint Castle berry, Georgia Tech's great quar terback. Set Interclass Wrestling Eliminations for Monday Date for the annual inter-class Wrestling Tournament has been set for Saturday, Dec. 12, Lion wrestling coach 'Paul, Campbell announced last night. Elimination bouts are scheduled for next Monday. The bouts are open to all rel u]arly enrolled students upon the presentation of the Dispensary's health permit. Coach Campb.ell '3O, former Nittany EIWA wrestling cham pion, urges all interested men to enter the boutS. Starting Monday night in Rec Hall, the eliminations will be run off during the week until one man will represent each class in his weight for the meet to be staged Saturday afternoon. There will be four entrants in each weight bracket for the finals. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Coach Conger Calls Candidates for Track A day after Penn State's most successful cross-country season officially closed with Tuesday's annual banquet, Ray Conger is sued his first call for candidates to report for indoor track. Conger is the new track and harrier coach who is succeeding Lt. Charles D. (Chick) Werner, who left yesterday a morning for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he will take up his duties as physical fitness instructor for the Naval Pre-Flight Cadets. Candidates for the indoor track season will meet in 12 Irvin Hall at 4 p. m. Tuesday for an organi zation meeting. Freshmen and up perclassmen are• all urged to come to the meeting and try wit for posts on the team. 4t ✓/ lillovied CATHAUM— "George Washington Slept Here." STATE— "New Wine." NITTANY— "FIying Tigers." Arrow SHIRTS can be purChased iii All sizes—Alt styles—All colors Charles Shop For today/ . c . . pe Nothing can beat a harmoidzing Arrow shirt, tie, and handkerchief ensemble—especially designed to be worn together. You'll find your favorite collar style in a large assortment of patterns and fabrics—and ties that everyone will admire. Arrow Shirts, $2.25 up Arrow Ties, $l. up Arrow Handkerchiefs, 35c up ARROW SHIRTS rip , 1,/ AL B.atiir UNDERWEAR Nittany Cagers Open 45th Winter Schedule With Saturday's Tilt" With football, soccer. and cross country slowly fading from the sports picture. Penn State will open its 45th basketball season with the Washington and Jeffer son quintet in flee Hall at 8 p. 111. Saturday. This tilt will be the 16th en counter. between the two colleges. The Lions, by virtue of ten early series wins, have captured eleven of the contests while the Presi dents have garnered but fota• of the previous encounters. The Proxies will be out to avenge last year's thrilling 33-31 defeat at the hands of the Nit tanymen. They lost a chance to tie the score in the game when a field goal which went through the hoop from mid-court was declar ed to have been shot after the final whistle had been sounded. The W & J-Penn State series started in 1914 when the Red and. Black walloped the Lions in both games of the season between. the two clubs. However, the Lions captured the next ten contests in State College in three years. In 1939 the two colleges re sumed the cage series; and the Presidents proceeded to edge the LaWthermen in that and the next year's game by close scores. ARROW HANDXERCHIETS PAGE THREE ARROW TIES
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