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
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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
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waltzers and fox trotters at the . .
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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.
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