THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1948 BETWEEN THE LIONS By BEN BAILEY Sports Editor It was back in 1922—the year in which Gifford Pinchot hit the headlines as new governor of Pennsylvania, and this humble writer did likewise in a birth .an nOtmcement—that Penn State ac quired one of its all-time master showmen. . The Lancaster Larruper had just returned from a tour of Cuba, home of the black stogie, after dusting off the pride of the island and acquiring Cuba's lightheavy weight boxing championship—all in One night, too—and was pre_ paring to permanently move off cauliflower street. By some strange juggling of the horoscope he happened to stop in Philly that Fall to see the Penn-Penn State football game, and met Hugo Bezdek then State's zthletic director for the first time. Leo "Fred" Houck walked away from that meeting as Penn State's new boxing coach. The man Houck replaced was none other than Dick Harlow, or iginator of varsity boxing here at State and at Western Maryland, , •• . • the sdhool the team Inkets in its season opener this Satutdainighi. Houck—who it called-Leo' by 'ed •the•freshmen,Fr by the -sopho - • •- ..• • •. mores, Florian by many of the juniors, and "Lemuel" by seniors,. janitors, and alumni—begins his 21st year as boxing mentor when his team engages Western Mary land in Rec Hall to open the•cur- rent season. In that time he has treated Penn State to some of the most colorful Saturday nights it has ever wit nessed. His boxing shows annually attract many alumni back to the school for an enjoyable weekend. .Since 1922 there has been only one year in which L t eo Houck's boxing team has not had at least one Eastern Intercollegiate champion in the line-up. And he has turned out several National Intercol legiate champions. In light of all his achievements as boxing Mentor here at State, Leo still takes pride in the fact that he has never induced anyone to box for "dear old State.", He has never .had to 'scout the high schools or academies for ma terial, nor has he ever "helped" any budding boxer , enroll at the College. 'Nearly all his material has come out of intramural box ing matches or from physical edU cation classes. When a boxing season' rolls around, Houck merely . passea the word along, and on opening day the Material is always there. . At present, Prospects point to another good season for the box ing team. Houck has a wealth of candidates from which to draw for starters. - His greatest problem now appears to be the matter of I-louck's team will receive a formal sendoff at the All-Col lege Independent dance to- Morrow night. An altercation has been arranged between two extremes in. Selective Service possibilities 7 - the sus tlte—beiskealistiziaa promises to be a colorful eye ful, judging from the bloody predictions emanating from the "rival" camps. The incident will be refereed by Houck himself as guest arbiter, after which members of. the var sity boxing squad will be intro duced from the "ringside." Lion asiieteers Gain Fifth Win With 42-28 Verdict Over Syracuse VonNieda Leads Scorers With Fifteen Points Syracuse High Scorer Joe ql ! sciczi, shbstitate forward for 'the _4sraßgemen, entered fast night's gime_ in.tlie second half and accounted for seven of the visitors' points to lead tl - Tm in scoring forlhe evening. Crabtree,liarry, Ridenour Probablelion Starters Who Oppose Syracuse "Although:TT do not definitely know the strength of the Syracuse sauad, if past.'years are any 'indi cation, we ihould- not have too much..;troubtetlin gaining a victory Saturday afternoon," Paul Camp bell, Lion wrestling coach, said last night. A startmgrieup has not been made 'final to date; but probable varsity matilgii who 'will defend Nittany wrestling honors are Mat tern or Lowrit-at 121; Ridenour at 128; Harry.at- .7 136; Crabtree at 145; Dipner _or Litidzey at 155; Reeves at 165; Coripia-at 175; and Morgan at heavYweige.„ Conrad. •ic - iraces Smith, who wrestfed lag at 175 but who is ineligibleioiti"the current Sea son. 7":70 Coach Camitkpll stresses that al though thecs : saSon has 'already started, the, .sorting lineups are subject to choe. each wee and any men wh aye ever wrestled before and 0 are interested' in wrestling irlgrsity compeiitien, should repOrttfti him in Rec Hall at their earltek*,eonvenience. Ice. Hockey Will Continue As Varsity,Sport-Davis Ice _Hockey w. Coach Arthur F. Davis stated lest night that ice hockey has not been abandoned as a varsity sport but will be con tinued in . the.irjterest of physical fitness for , Young men who will enter the armed forces in the near Said. Coach Davis, "Ice hockey will be continued whether other collegiate - .Competition is scheduled or riot. If no' teams will -.ac cept bids/hockey will continue even if we•ha've to resort to intCa 'squad contests." Requests for games have been sent to Cornell end the Navy All- Stars with bids already received ,from Drexel and Franklin and IVia'rsha TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN After Ferriss's point, Baltimore dropped a one-handed shot from the side of the court for the first field goal of the fray as the initial quarter ended. After Hornstein had netted the first two of his five fouls, Joe Syl vestri netted a one-pointer and Bill Hoeppel hit the cords for the Orangemen's field 'goal. Egli scored two field goals and Hornstein added another two free tosses to end the Lion scoring for the opening half. Three fouls by the visitors raised the half-time score to 14 to 8 with the home club in the lead. The final half started out much different from the opening twenty minutes as the teams started their respective scoring machines. How ever, the Lion's defense was still working beautifully as they held the Orangemen to five points while the Lawthermen tallied 13 in the third period. The fourth quarter was more of the type of wide open basket ball, which is scarcely ever seen in Rec Hall, as each team netted 15 points in the last ten minutes. Bob Shaddock and placken each scored two field goals for the Syracuse account during the final „ quarter and each of the Lion's starting five scored at least one two..pointer during the same time. •SYraciise win 'PlaCesci the Lion's won and lost - record for the season at five won ..And one loat The one loss was the 49 to 40 de feat at thehands of Dii - EU'at Mad lion Square Garden last week. For the first time this year in,a Lion tilt, there were no. players ejected. from the game on fouls. The Nittanyrnen and Orangemen both committed 12 violations dur ing the fray. Herk Baltimore .and Larry Gent had three fouls called on them, and no one else had more than two personals against them. After but one day's layoff, the Lions restAe their cage activity with a weekend of basketball in Pittsburgh. Friday night the Law thermen encounter Carnegie Tech and the following evening they meet a strong Pitt lineup. The Penn State representatives are favored in both of the con- tests, but they should meet a lot of stifl e opposition on Saturday against Pitt, who defeated West 'Virginia,, last year's aMdison Square Garden National Tourna ment champions. These tests will go a long way in determining the pistrict Two champion for this year. Penn State now :holds thp title by virtue of laSt year's record of 17 Wins and two losses. The Lions will make their next Rec. Hall appearance on January 23 against a strong quintet from Colgate. Following the Red • Raider tilt, (Confirmed on Page Two BOWLERS WANTED! 8 Bowling Teams Wanted to complete League. Bowl ing, Thursday Evening, 9-11. Fraternity or Hom ing Houses. —CALL 4082— r State Bowling Center Let's Make It A Weekend of Bowling! Returned to Duly ...., .:,.. ' . ':'." .................................................... ''... ..'•ii:iiii... ii i:'.. •': .:,'!..... . ~' . '.::....?; JOHN EGLI . John Egli, co-captain and guard for the Nittany Lions, returned to his regular : guard spot , : tonight for the Laiittidirnen and - pl4yeil. the lull 40 minutes: He also scored five points. , BOX SCORE Syracuse Ferris, f. 0 ACkeqon, f. 0 ShOdock, f. 3 Stanton, c. 0 McTiernan, c. 1 Sylvestri, g. 0 DiPace, g. 0 Glacken, g. 3 Totals 9 Penn State G Von Nieda, f. 6 Gent, f. 2 Biery, f. 0 Hornstein, c. 2 Baltimore, g. 3 Lawther, g. 0 Egli, g. 3 Totals 16 SPECIAL MEETING! Friday Night of All Jittertqggers, Jive-fiends, waltzers and fox trotters at the . . KNOCKOUT • ROUND MUSIC BY THE COLLEGIANS SPONSORED BY THE I. M. A. Penn State Club I .W. A. Philotes Admission $l.lO-Dancing 9-12 Lion Boxing Coach Still Uncertain . Three days away from the open ing meet with the Vniversity of Western Maryland and Leo Houck's gloved killers still have the coach undecided as to who will be in the starting lineup Sat. urday night. For the most part, the would-be boxers lack experience. Even such ring-wise men as ,Jackie Tighe and Glenn Hawthorne have been off in their punching and timing dur ing the past three nights. A possible solution of the mid dleweight probleni woulA be in the shifting to different weight classes of a few of the men. Ernie George, wiry and lanky 145-pounder, may possibly get the nod from Houck. In the event that George does go in at the 145-pound division, it is possible that Jackie Tighe will be shoved up another notch to the 155 class. Captain Billy Richards, who last year fought in this weight, may be heavy enough to tangle with the 165-pound boys. Richards has been sparring with heavyweight Frankie Hawrylak this week. His ability to absorb the heavyweight's solid blows and get in a few good licks of his own may be responsible for a shift to the 165-pound class At the present time, Jackie Grey seems the most likely . to re ceive a start in g - assignment against the Terrapins. Grey wastes few motions either in or, out of the ring, but his lightnirigaletti jab and . quick ,footwork ,make • hirn dangerous little man. At 127, Houck lias the serviceS of Glenn Havithorne who, _accord= ing to Leo himself, has been shapL ing up fairly well at - this point of the pre-season training. `While these men have looked the most promising it is pqssibl§ that they won't even get to start, F. Tot. 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 7 10 28 F. Tot. 3 15 1 •5 0 0 4 9 1 7 0 • 0 0 6 10 42 So uncertain is the Li o trainer that he told manager Ben Leaman to have scoreboard identi!! fication cards made for everyone. 51ze 1110(4,4 STATE—"Seven Days' Leave." / CATHAUM "Life Begins at 8:30." NlTTANY—"Crossroads." BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS P4qE
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