The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 15, 1942, Image 3
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1942 BETWEEN THE LIONS By BEN BAILEY Sports Editor Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year—Bob Perugini. A letter man in football, baseball, and box ing, Bob was the unanimous choice of the Collegian sports writers for their annual award. Sporting a Grover Whalen personality and a Charlei At. las torso, Bob was also recent ly voted the Outstanding Sen ior in 'the PhysEd School. He has served several stretches as vice-president and treasurer of the PhysEd School Council. Although he permanently wreck ed my penmanship the first time we ever shook hands, he's a first class gentleman—he even offered to set the bones hiMself. -As the first president of the Lions Den, Bob has run Penn State's home for' muscles with a degree Of tact and diplomacy that would put Emily Post on the back Page. As a part-time employee of Dog_ gie Alexander's Thirsty House, Bob has lent - that Penn State tradition a dignity it has never seen before. I've seen hint bounce Saturday Night Cowboys with such a diplo matic persuasiveness -that many of them have "come hobbling back from the Infirmary to thank him GIFTS: THAT LAS A pretty wise gentleman is Santa. He realizes the importance of giving giftS that'll last. Gifts that. speak quality, gifts that'll take the ; burnps. Take a tip from Santa, this year, and plan your Christ•- nias'Gift list to conform with Santa's and the Athletic Store's rigid specifications on Quality Merchandise. Skiffs and Equipment For- the outdoor inale or female. .in a wide selectiOn of sizes. Poles, Waxes, and Harnesses to suit any taste. . • Shoe Skates - In hngkey ; or:figuire.mgdels fol. men and women. A ,Wide variety of sizes and styles: • THE AT ST:liv C. COLLEGE AT ALLEN Floormen Win Third Straight Game, 36-22 for not giving them the beattngs they deserved. For those who judge a man's greatness by his headgear and affiliations, Bob is a member of Parmi Nous hat society, Phi Epsilon Kappa, physical edu cation honorary, and Kappa Phi Kappa, education honor- In winning his three varsity let_ ters, Bob has proved to be a real athletic handy = man. Coming to Penn State. primarily to play foot ball, he later branched out to sneak in a little baseball on the side, playing three seasons on Joe Be denk's starting nine. Last season when Leo 4.Houck's boxing lineup began to sag around the upper weights, Bob "helped out" by taking over the 175-pound slot and winning an additional let_ ter. It's been said by many that Bob Perugini would have made an outstanding wrestler if he' could have found ,the time to go out' for that sport too—he wears a size l'flb col- Penn State, Bob has become a real lar. With his rciarvelous phys- credit to the School of Physical ical build, he tells me that he Education and Athletics. He will can wear a size 8 shoe but a 9 receive the Collegian ,Sports• Wl feels so conOzrtable that ,he ters award at the Army-Navy •usually wears a 9 1 / 2 . show which opens in Rec Hall at In his, eight semesters here at 7:30 tonight. Thii Chiisids- Give HERE ARE SOME GIFT SUGGESTIONS TO HELP SOLVE YOUR SHOPPIN6 PROBLEM • Pen and Pencil-,Sets • Books •. Golf Equipment • Penn• State Souvenirs • Lamps SEE MANY OTHER GIFTS ON bISPLAY! , , • I • . THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Baltimore, Egli Spark Lion Scoring Drive Penn State's basketball team won its third game of the season when the Lion cagers, sparked by the scoring of Co-captains Herk Baltimore and John Egli, defeated . a scrappy Bucknell five in Rec Hall by a 36-22 - score. With their scoring star, George Haines, bottled up, the Bisons could not penetrate the stubborn Lawther defense. The visitors had to be content with scoring eight field goals. Only one of them was scored under the basket. Egli led the scoring for the eve ning with 13 tallies. Nine of these came in the first quarter. Seven of the points came by the way of the foul line. Herk Baltimore was not far behind with 12 points. The Lions will travel to Selins grove for a return tilt with the Susquehanna Crusaders tonight for the Lawthermen's final contest be_ fore the Christmas vacation. Fishing Equipment If there's an ardent fisherman on your list, here's the place to please him on Christmas Morn. Many different styles to choose from. Manufactured by Eatons. 'friendly Rivalry' Put To Test Tonight as 'Gobs,' Khakimen' Meet (Continued from page one) lery. No admission will be charged. The basketball game will follow the bouts with Ensign Bill Bolton !leading the Navy five and Lieut. Charlie Prosser, former captain of the Lion cagers, coaching the Army squad. Musical entertainment will be provided by the ROTC band. War stamps may be purchased at the door. IM lineups for the fights include: Independent Wgt. Fraternity Cotrone 121 Compton, PKT Grim 127 Koven, ASPhi Serago 135 Shoemaker, AZ Catanoso 145 Harry, KS Wright or Muschlitz 155 Ma ttern, PDT Chavooshian 165 Bache, PSK Hawrylak Hvywt. Banbury, PDT Navy fighters in the Competition are: Company C Wgt. Company D Dodson 155 Peterson Brown 155 Carothers -. 175 Gehrke Hvywt. Raassina Hvywt Members of the Army and Navy basketball squads include: ARMY —BroVrn, Cenci, .Jaffurs, Briner, Smith; Captain 'Gillard, and Lieu tenant Proskr. NAVY—Weber, Wave, Miller, Doyle, Hastings, Roelfs, Schemerharn, Zeigler, Chetkovich, Verplank, Harman, and 'Bolton. Stationery Hensch Rukavina Levine Mupphy PAGE THREEP. Druid Shingles Any fromer Druids may obtain their Druid shingles by calling Robert C. Bacher, at the Kappa Sigma fraternit3. Penn State College Ni ht December 26 at Frank Dailey 's Meadowbrook Newark - Pompton Turnpike, Route No. 23, Cedar Grove, N. J. CAB CALLOWAY and his ORCHESTRA See Posters on 'Bulletin Boards for name of chairman handli,ng reservations or' write directly to Meadowbrook. ' ' STATE COLLEGE