’THtfRSbAY, KEBRUARY iB, 1943,
COLLEGIAN
SPORTS
By MICKEY BLATZ
in. iSports w » 84 «»
. After wringing every possible
bit of information but of coaches,
players, and Bee Mall loafers.
Sports' Editor Bailey turns over
the spbrls 'column to 1 his Staff Wri
ters ’With the parting quip: "The
eicpferierice will be 'great, * boys, go
fb It." • ’
, ’We'd' like to- “go to it’’ and try
to give you a little different slant
Bn" the “boxing team. A side that
doesn’t- appear in usual boxing
Stories, which limit themselves to
such statements as “Tighe KO’s
opponent in first round,” or
n Ho'uck : takes revised team "to
meet Cavaliers in Charlottes
ville.”
in other words, not >so much
■ abbht What ‘ the ieam did but who
they ar'e, ■and What they are lilice.
... Take the recent -trip made. to
Virginia. . Houck was
~£usy grounding, up his charges in
IVashingtpn’s Union stallion. To . all
appearances, the;members of the
boxing, .squad were the only men
in Civilian clothes. A
. •‘A Washington dowager -.passing
'by -stopped'long 'enoughio sise -up
the uia'd rand then -said,
"Huniphhht . .-These 'boys look
healthy . . why Aren't
IHOy-in ■Uniform?"
. Coach; Houck stopped chasing
his lost::chicks,. gave the woman a
cold look,'-and replied, “You look
■pretty healthy, lady—why • aren’t
you in the WAAC's?”
That's the'-sort of thing" that sel
dorru-gets. into, a regular 'sports
■story... ;
•'When--the-Jlb&m goesa-way 'on
trips, • little Jackie Grey -always
stocks' -lip "bn ./penny postage
Stamps, dropping ' dar'ds do Triedds
; m'-Bta'ie''Collegefto'm towns ail'd
historicaVsites 'visited.
;v'On r 'the.- return- trip. Grey* is
j&ugliy ■ well-stocked- With- 'hotel
tbwels,- stationery and soap.
Frankie : Hawrylak, 200-pound
heavyweight, is official court
jester," making otherwise tiresome
affd dreary.road trips funny.
. HoUck,-who had'been wondering
•; why! his -heavy Weight' continued to
put on 'Weight-instead of losing it,
- discovered -the answer 'when the
'team, went into an East Lansing,
Michigan, hotel for its Sunday
lineal. ')
i Each was given a dollar and
f told to,buy whatever he wanted to
’--.eat.'
. ‘ Hawrylak promptly asked the
tvaitress to bring him a dollar’s
' -tvorth of corned ..beef sandwiches
"bndja ' quart of ‘buttermilk. The
> -hardei’jHawrylak is worked in the
' gym the more he wants eats.
,i. Capiain-Billyßichardsis by far
ihe least sociable of the boxers
whehihey travel. 'Aimed with a
dISEk'/""of v> maga2iines»
oAi * the ‘hionifent
f!- |hey bqard.a ’train - ; until they get
. oft the trains
•(, Sb'ciabie .are Jackie Tighe,
©ggie ' Martella, 'arid Leo Houck.
: *“Frora 'they board a
‘it ' :, aMves’ at
• • its :deStiliat‘ioh|the^ , ''are to' he found
..vplayingi^rds, - ,usually'thenever-
Jbcfc. ! ' •' -; ; ;
;‘'V|''M - ;'a u
f'>Joxer - vanjd. Slack ?jack. ..player,
; ;|'igh'e;;ha%ea'rneli ‘quite .a .reputd
:as r a'.liahidhali flayer. .He, id
s/.ffieT-pVOgerit?- title " in *- Sfcrari
. ■{on
*Y%-.V'WMR s BO^DS/
- J !
Gymnasts loPlay
HosHotllinois
Acrobalic Squad
Lions Hope for Second '
Win of 1943 Season
Striving for their second victory
of the current season, Coach Gene
Wettstone’s gymnasts are prepar
ing for their meet with Illinois
University at Rec Hall, 8 o’clock
tomorrow night.
After easily downing Navy last
week by a 13- to 5 count, the Lions
are expecting to repeat this :per
formance ■ and successfully .defend
their Eastern Intercollegiate Gym
nastic Championship.
Illinois is not a very strong team
this year, and their .power in the
rope! climbing • event is .practically
nil. The‘Lions, on the. other’hand,
are strong in all events, having
performed exceptionally well on
the ropes during "the Navy. meet.
Lineups‘for the Blue and‘White
squad will "include the same acro
bats who' competed in the meet
with theMidshipmeri, with the ex
ception of John Teti who will be
shifted 'irito the rmrnber ‘two po
sittori for ‘ the parallel '*bar "trick.
All-around athlete ‘for Illinois is
"Arnold Trummer. Trummer will
perform, on the parallel -and.hori
zontal bars, side horse, arid mat’s.
He rriay betheonlyllliriois gym
nast who will enter four events,
because 'cif "the ' lack of 'material
on the part of the Illinois "squad.
‘ Sam Rtfkin -will spdrt the 'Fight
ing Mini. colors on 'the parallel
arid horizontal bars' as' well as, on
the ’side horse. . •
On the rings,'parallel and hori-
zOnfal' Kars will be Albert Coakley,
while "Bobby J Grieerie 'Will work; on
the' side ho'rse arid 'mats for Illi
nois. ■ • i ’
,' Other entrants for'the visitors
will include ’Gus Erckirian and
Henry Montoye on the rings, arid
Joe Ricigliano, the only ■ entry- so
far on the ropes.
Chuck Bebow, Lion rope climber
who set a forir-seconcl College
record sevei'al weeks ago, will be
gunning for a better mark during
Friday’s meet. Lebow also made a
four flat against. Navy, thereby
adding to the decisive defeat of
the Midshipmen on the ropes for
the first time in several ‘years’
competition. y
Captain Lou Bordo and "■ Sol
Small worked exceptionally well
on the p-bars, while Meade’s work
on the mats also added to the
Lions’ initial victory. •
CampbellfoPickTeam
For Meet wlifh Cornell;
Eliminafibns Tonight
Eliminations to what
members of the mat team will
make the trip to. Cornell ...this
weekend will be held in Rec Hail
at 5:15-tonight, according to. Coach
■Paul' Campbell.
. The eliminations. will wind up
■-this week’s practice sessions in
preparation for the meet. with-the
Big Red. Saturday..evening. The
Lions deave-for-Ithaca at'nbon{to
morrow.
‘ 'Members of the . squad .to >make
the. trip'-for {the Biue’;and .'White’s'
;sixth"'.'h6bt;;6f ••the 1 .current..’tvriest
liiig • campaign''
dttydeb Slattern- hr *Bdb Lotyrie" at
T2l ;> .Cq-cap'taih''Chai , lie
at : ’128;. Co-captain’ Sam Harry at
,136; Allan'.Crabtree .at '-1*45; .Gard
rrerl Eindzey Charlie. Dipper at
155; Fred .Reeve at 165; Ogden
-Samler at 175; and Bob Morgan
■in the heavyweight spot.
Ridenour, Harry, and Crabtree
will be returning to the same .spots’
■they occupied during , the season
prior ,to the Navy, meet,. In • the
matches with the Middies, Riden
our and Harry wrestled in their
1942 spots, the 121 and 136 divi
sions respectively, and Crabtree
moved up one bracket to the 145
spot.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Lion Swimmers Face‘Busy
Weekend in Empire State;
Leave Tomorrow Morning
Coach Bob Galbraith and his
Charges begin weekend hostilities
in Ithaca tomorrow afternoon
against a very strong squad of
Cornell swimmers, and the follow
ing evening wind up their affairs
in the Empire State with an unde
feated Syracuse team.
The Big Red of Cornell will be
a high obstacle for the Nittany
chlorine-cutters to hurdle, but
with Lion power-plus in the back
stroke, 220 freestyle, and diving
events, they should be far from
easy prey for the New Yorkers.
Sensational Bobby Cowell prov
ed even more sensational last
night during trials, when he back
stroked to a new unofficial East
ern intercollegiate record in l:37ff,
slashing'nearly three seconds from
the record he set in the Carnegie
Tech meet.
Another Lion merman, Don
Knoll, splashed through the. 220-
yard .freestyle ‘paces in the sur
prising 'time of 2:25, assuring him
self of a position on the tank team
leaving here ‘tomorrow morning
for ’ the' two-day ’ tour Of New York.
The trine trials in Glerinland last
night were not 'final, so ’there' riiay
be several unexpected charges in
one or two ; events. Bill Christy
appeared‘to be. the Lion entry in
the’ 50-yard .freestyle, however,
and Rocky Young, sparkling fresh
man diver, seems to have annexed
a place in the busy weekend.
. In a: communique from the Cor
nell, publicity department, the Big
Red is said' to have “the best team
it has had for seven, years,” which
is-, proved by the fact that they
sanlc bdth Rochestei- arid Columbia
with comparative ease.
Their 300-yard fneffley. team is
undefeated, and Dick Alexander,
175-pound'breast-stroke artist, to
gether with Jack Rogers, varsity
footballer in the 50-yard freestyle
event, Will provide the spearhead
of the Cornell attack. <-
Jack Eppler, senior diver from
the upstate aqua aggregation, is
one of four, lettermen who will
meet the Lion team tomorrow.
Other veterans will be seen in the
various sprints.
LionlittersTrain
Gunscn WestPoinl
Well satisfied with their iVzSVz
win over the Cavalier’s .from the
University of Virginia, the Nittany
mittmen have their heavy and
light guns trained' on the Army’s
West Point Cadets Saturday.
For the second time in two
weeks the boxers will be travel
ing away from State to meet them
opposition.
If communiques arriving from
West Point are correct, Leo Houck’s
men will have a material advan
tage as well as an advantage in
the’field of experience.
'Since -the Army has adopted a
three-year speed-up course, as
well as increased the curricula,
its boxingxteam has been hamper
ed.
Another indication • of . the prob
•able outcome of the West Point--
Penn State battle is the fact that
the Cadets lost their skirmish
-with the University of .-Virginia
In ’turn, the liiops upset Virginia.
{/ Jaekie . Tighe, ring-wise- Iss
phumder, is .'still '’haying; trouble
With an bid nose-injury -that in
sists op dropping lip., It is not seri
ous- enough to keep . him out of
action; however.
. Although the .boxing, mentor
has ' not said anything about the
probable starting line-up it is
likely that the ■ successful octet of
Grey, Hawthorne, Cassidy, Tighe,
Richards, Maier, Bland, and’.Haw
rylak will attempt to stretch the
winning record to five.
LATE SPORTS BULLETIN,
West. Point, N. Y., Feb. 17—The
Penn State basketball team de
feated Army this afternoon by a
score of 37-28.
Trackmen To Tackle
In First Meet Of '43
Tweiity-one members of Ray Conger’s track and field team will
travel to Ithaca, N. Y., Saturday to engage the Cornell squad in their
first dual meet of the 1943 season.
With over half of the Lion squad composed of freshmen, COftdSi
Conger 'will present a young and not too experienced group. However,
the expected Outstanding performances by varsity members Should
equalise the competition.
Jerry Karver, outstanding Blue and White miler, is favored 'to
beat the Big Red’s best in Kelsey. Curt Stone, exceptionally "good in.
the two-mile trick during practice sessions, should have little tfOdble
in breaking the tape ahead .of Co:
Cagers Compete
in IM Series
In an evening of fast playing
and lopsided scores, the Indepen
dents took over the Intramural
Basketball League in Rec Hall last
night.
Starting the evening’s fun, the
Auks took over the boys from the
Penn State Club to the tune of
'3l-8. Simpson led the Auks in the
scoring Column with 10 counters.
The Grubersville JV’s rubbed
.out the Lion Clubbers by a 30-18
•count. DiSalvo hit the hoops for
12 points for the boys from Gru
bersville town while Beattie scor
ed 8 points for the losing Lions.
In the only fraternity game of
the evening, Delta Tau Delta, led
by McCloskey, defeated Tau Phi
Delta, 25-12. The Vagabonds ran
wild in their game with Frazier
Hall by scoring 26 points while
allowing their opponents Only 6.
Cassidy scored 12 markers for the
Vags.
The Lion Den pigskin luggers
proved that they were pretty good
in basketball too when they nosed
out the.'Bßß' Club, '2B-18. Walters
had 14 points to his credit for the
Lions.
Other scores were:
Podunk Prep 19, Speedboys 8.
Fairmont Hall 1, Independents
0 (forfeit).
'lngleside Club 21, Pioneers 7.
Bell A.C. 25, Atherton Hall
'Waiters. 5.
The league standings of .the In
dependent division of'the Intra
mural Basketball League are:
League I
Team W. L. Pet.
Vagabonds 3 0 1.000
Fletcher Hall 2 1 .666
Auks 2 2 .500
Frazier Hall 1 2 .333
Penn State Club 0 3 .000
League II
Podunk Prep
Lions Den
Speedboys
BRB Club 1 2 .333
Cody Manor 0 3 .000
League 111
nell’s Johnny Kendl.
■ Should Marty Schiff get a break
in the 75-yard dash, the Lion run
ner may be able to edge out a win
over the speedy and favored Itha
can, Shaw.
Warfield, Big Red captain, ite
favored in the 75,-yard hurdles.
Kalivoda will provide the main
Lion opposition in the hurdle
events.
Norm Gordon. -Penn ’Slat*
graduate student and 'former
Lion track star, will run for
the ' Shanahan C. C. "df -Phila
delphia in the dne-half.'mile
event Of the New York-A. C.
meet scheduled at 'Madison
Square Garden Saturda*y.’Gor
don had 'recently (participated
'in the Millrose ,( 8W ahd
placed -fourth: Last -week in
the Lapham lOOlyard dash,
he kept up with ipaee-wfMr
and. also 'the -winner. 'Slckin
■ger, until : the final lap when
! he was forced .'behind ’the
group and finished in ' the
•fourth -position.
The- quarter-mile eVerit will'fea
ture Cliff St. Clair, Penn States
fastest in 'this fun, -and 1 opponent
Bobby Adair.
Three members of the winning
-Millrose two-mile relay squad,
Karver, : St. Clair and ’Mitch 'Wlili
ams, will .pit their speed against
the Corneilians in - the one-half
mile trick. Watson Smith is ex
pected to make the -best showing
for the Reds.
Other better-than-average-Blue
and -White runners include -Bdcftfi
and Stouffer in -the high jump;
Stemler in the pole vault; 'Bog
gard in the'broad jump; and “Saul
Hanin in the’shot put event.
■The meet is 'scheduled to'take
place at Cornell’s Barton 'Hail,
(Continued on Page f'oilf)
Grubersville JV’s ... 3 0 ItOOb
Ingleside Club 3 "0 11.000
Lion Club .1 2
Pipneers
Penway
3 0 1.060
League IV
Allen Co-op
Bell A. C. .'
3 1 .750
1 2 .333
Fairmont Hall 2 1 sf><>
Atherton Hall Waiters 0 3 tOO'O
Independents
PAGETHkaa:
Cornett
Season
1 3
0 3 “SfliO
3 o I'ddo
3 1 6
0 3 .000