WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1943 _ . . Infer-class Gym , J b k I. . v oniNiecla Le ads Nittany ' Scoring . BETWEEN THE LIONS ~ Mee! to Determine Despite Slump In Pitt Contest By BEN BAILEY, Sports Editor cs •I arthig L ine u p Despite the fact that Stan Close behind the runner-up and The, other day I happened upon a bit of verse written by Mike Ji "Whitey" Von Nieda scored but bunched for third placeare threeof Kerns, former•"five_by-five" of the gridiron and wrestling mat, who An inter-class gymnastic meet in six points in the Pitt game, he is the Penn State starting lineup, graduated from here in December. Rec Hall at 2:30 p. m. Saturday still far out in front as far as Penn Leading the trio is Herk Baltimore • Mike, many of you will recall, made a hobby of writing poetry afternoon will serve as a tune-up State's individual scoring is con- with 47 points, which is just while an undergraduate here at State. In addition to athletics and for the coming gym season which cerned. Von Nieda has averaged enough to edge Hornstein, who poetry, he is remembered as Thespians' original Superman, and racon- is scheduled to begin February 13 better than nine points a game for has tallied 46 points thus far this Iyhen the Lion squad tangles with the eight contests thus far this season, Larry Gent, by virtue of teur of the fQtal shooting of the notorious Dan McGrew. the Navy lads at Annapolis. season for a winters' total of 78 the 12 points that he scored in the • Now a Marine stationed at Parris Island, S. C., Mike sent the fol- A squad composed of freshmen points. Pitt contest, jumped to within one lowing piece to his• former teammate, Aldo Cenci, who quarterbacked and sophomores will oppose the In racking up the leading Lion point of Dave Hornstein with a 45 :the Nittany Lions to a great season in 1942. • team comprised of junior and sen- total , Whitey had to make up for total. The - piece contains a lot of description and information that for gym members. The results of a poor start in the initial three Ahead of the varsity five in the Pallid 4e of interest to all of you who are of draft age. It can be read, the exhibition will be used to de- tilts of the season when he ac- matter of shooting fouls is two and enjoyed, by the 4-Fler. It paints the story of the man-in-the-serv- termine the top three men for each counted for only 15 points against sophomore substitutes, Jack Bie ice, without the customary eyewash of 'the recruiting poster., of the six events that are run off the weaker opponents of the tough 4= * ry and Bob Beck. Both have top at each intercollegiate meet. Win- Nittany schedule, averages for percentage of fouls ners of Saturday's exhibition will Von Nieda must have had a fine made. Jack has dropped nine out be announced by S. S. Atwood, Christmas vacation because when of eleven attempts this year, and intercollegiate judge. he returned ' following the two Beck has netted five out of six "It is difficult to pi who week layoff, he started to hit the r charity shots. will be in the starting lineup for net for game totals that consistent- Leading in quantity of shots the Navy meet since competition ly led the Lions. In the NYU fray, madd from the free shot lane is in every case has been so close he scored 12 points; he netted 18 pivot man, Dave Hornstein. The that in each event three men of points in the Temple tilt, six foot five inch pivot man has almost equal ability are fighting Returning to Rec Hall, he drop- sunk 18 free tosses out of 26, which for the starting position,"' said ped in 15 markers against Syra- is 60 percent. of his attempts. Gene Wettstone, gym coach. cure. During last weekend's Pitts- Penn State individual scoring for Freshman stars who will be try- burgh trip,• he tallied 12 points the season follows: ing for a starting spot are William against Carnegie Tech and "slump- Players G FA FM Tot. Bonsall, rings and tumbling; Bill ed" to six against Pitt on Satur- Von Nieda 32 23 14 78 Meade, former PIAA champion, day night. Biery 21 11 9 51 tumbling; Harold Frey, diminutive Far behind Von Nieda, but in Baltimore • 16 26 15 47 tumbler; James Clark on the side second place is substitute forward, Hornstein ~ .. . 14 26 18 46 horse, and Marvin Mangus who Jack Biery, who has netted 51 Gent 18 17 9 45 will perform on the ropes. noints during the season. His high Egli 7 20 12 26 Sophomore prospects include for one game was the 22 points Lawther 4 12 6 14 Ray Sorensen, all-around 'athlete that he scored during the Susque- Beck 2 6 5 9 who works the side horse, hori- henna game early in the season. Cohan 1 2 1 3 zontal bar and rings; Dayton This mark set a new Rec Hall indi- Zeltich 0 1 I, s 1 Greenly, horse; Richard Gray on vidual record for one game. Stabley 0 0 0 0 the parallel bars, Stanley Wirt- • schafter, ropes, and Louis Mam- • mel, tumbler. Cornell, Syracuse -.Obtain Draft Form The ljunior and• senior squad. ' 7 , Men who wish to obtain re-' 'boasts of such members as Captain Cancel Fencing - Meets lease from Local Draft Board No. Lou Bordo, parallel and hbrizontal . 2 at Bellefonte to join the Navy bar;.Georg e Barclay, ropes; WLth Lion F oilmen are asked to follow instructions Charles Lebow, horizontal bar and issued for such cases. After ap ropes; Maurice Posner, rings; Sol Transportation difficulties have plying at the nearest recruiting Small works all-around on the once more hit Penn State's athletic office, an applicant who is ap horse, rings, and parallel bars; teams. Cornell and Syracuse have proved must go to his draft board John Teti on the horse and paral- cancelled their fencing meets with to obtain form No. 165. The re lel bars, and Freddie Young. the Lion squad, which was to open lease date is specified by the Intercollegiate rules this season its season this Saturday afternoon Navy recruiting officer. We.found there was more to a-Marine than dress PARADE, have been changed, making it pos- against the Big Red in Rec Hall. Ti,.. %... 1 leathernecks thrive on the treatment, that weaklings FADE. . sible for a team to garner only 18 The other match, the one with face this year will be Navy at An 'llsurvive,and you can •turn it on ROUGH So; I guess we w ill the Orange foil_wielders from napolis on February 6. Three Yes, we found out the hard way—why a Marine is called TOUGH. event will see the best, the second Syracuse, was to take place here weeks later, on February 27, the * * I, best, and the third best performers on February 20. Fencing Coach team will travel to Philadelphia to Incidentally, Boxing Coach Leo Houck's son, Leo Jr., who would meeting each other, with the win- Charles E. Myers, in an interview encounter the Temple Owls. have been a junior at American University in Washington, D. C., has ner contributing one point to the team total. This will serve to make last night, stated that in place of The only norne meet of the year >just recently received his pilot's wings from the Army Glider School at the matches more competitive and the matches cancelled, the team will be •held in Rec Hall on March Camp Breckenridge, Ky. place the men on an equal basis. will hold intrasquad meets, the 6, at which time the fencers will Only three men can be entered members 'being divided into two see action against Lehigh. New • for each event, and a member of teams in each of •the three events— York University will then be the Lagers Still Hold- Skull and Bones Meets the team cannot enter more than foil, epee, and saber. next . tearn the Lions will lace at The monthly meeting of Skull three events. Decision will be Until further notice the remain- the Violets' home on March 13. The made by three judges, . thereby ing matches scheduled for the team season will be completed with the i and Bones will be held at the Delta s tand. The first intercollegiate Intercollegiates in New York City dome' m Streak Upsilon house at 9:15 tonight, ac- eliminating ties. The point system will formerly used will be dismissed competition Coach Myers' men will on March 19 and 20. cording to Wallace G. Murfit' 44 , Penn State's District Two chum- president. entirely. . Following the Navy meet, Indi_ pionship basketball team has lost The raffle to be held between ana will be the guests of the Lion two games this year, but it still has halves of the Colgate_Penn State squad February 20, while the fol lowing week will find the Blue and clung •to one record that will be• basketball •game will be the topic Bard to break. . White at West Point for their third of discussion at the meeting and match of the season. The Eastern They have now extended their will include possible suggestions Intercollegiate Gymnastic Chain present Recreation Hall winning for a contribution of Skull and pionship meet will be held at the streak to 16 games and when they Bones toward a prize. College some time in March meet Colgate in Rec Hall .Setur day, they will, be . out to extend their string to 17 consecutive wins. • Not since February 5, 1941; when the West Virginia 'Mountaineers nipped the Lions, 35 to 29, has a Penn State basketball team lost a tilt in State College. , . The Lions went through the en tire 1941-42 season without a loss et home, and:they have gone a long way in • continuing_ that record through the, •present season: • , ; The Lions have lost two games this winter, - both of them on for eign courts. The first one was at the hands 'of undefeated NYU• and the last one to Pitt at Pitt Stadium. This total is as many defeats as the • Lions Suffered all of last season. With but aix games remaining at dome, the Lawthermen have scor ed four victories at Rec Hall al. rpady, this winter. The games ;re maining •at borne are with Colgate, West Virginia, Pitt, Temple, Car negie Tech, and Georgetown. t Those teams that have already fallen before the Lions in Rec Hall this winter• are Washington and Jefferson, Susquehanna, Buck nell, and Syracuse "THE' BEWILDERED BOOT" I joined the Co,rps filled with idealistic FIRE, : To be a fighting man wearing "the blues" for the girls to ADMIRE. I , wanted the chance for battle—to get into it THICK, The Marine gets there first, and there isn't a man he can't LICK. Parris Island meant only the plate where we were to be TAUGHT The art of a soldier-sailor, and prepare for the battles to be FOUGHT. ,/ Then, with an abrupt jolt, we reached the island down SOUTH, And were herded like cattle and told to close our stupid MOUTH. We found "the blues" were changed to DUNGAREES, • And that one day you burn and the next you FREEZE. You learn that a floor's a deck, that a lavatory's a HEAD, • You don't say "yeah," but "aye, aye, Sir," and you just ate chow— , you weren't just FED. At 4 'a. m. you "hit the deck" .and you're back in your sack at quartet to TEN. '` In; the. space that's in between -you walk a million miles to-make you into MEN. You're stuck, s with as many needles...and 'get no - rest from the SNOTS, • I •Yoltdo yc!‘4.own'.%ltsh.-cleint•the barracks..and.make your own There is and.more drill for. EVERYONE— • • T.hi vacation is over--there's-work lo : be DONEI • • • • .feund.we were bit from Marines .but only RECRUITS, • • . • Thet . enryone ,w a s called ''Siff, and we were called "BOOTS." • • Vie D. Vs have a gift of expression that is . .quite•UNlQUE, • Yeur name may have been-Joe, but now it's ".yoU stupid-FREAKI" THE DAILY COLLEGIAN ALL - EARS !I PAGE TIM=
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