SATURDAY* FEBRUARY 20, 1943, COLLEGIAN SPORTS By BEN FRENCH Sports Writer— I’ll wager that there isn’t a single person among us that hasn’t Witnessed a basketball or a foot ball game. But I wonder.how many of-us have ever seen an ice hockey game? Not very many, I’ll bet. Up Canada way ice hockey is the national sport. Everyone plays ice hockey. Children learn to skate as soon as they learn to walk. Ice hockey games in Canada draw as large a crowd as any of our major sports here, lit the’ past few years, ice hock ey has caught'on and caught on good. Every year new attendance records are set at the fifteen or twenty large arenas in the" coun try; Even in the face of'gas ra tioning, the Hershey Bears broke' all attendance records the first month of this- season before the gas’ ban virtually .put the skids on the isolated Hershey l Arena. • Here at Penn State, Coach Art :Davis has been producing top notch teams for the past three years: Without a home rink nearer .than the Hershey Arena and with ■an outdoor rink, which can be used ■only' when the weather is right, Coach Davis’ record is even more outstanding. Last year the team ■played their games at Hershey, Johnstown, Washington, and ■Youngstown, Ohio. Their- season •record stood at 5 wins and 1 loss .■while they trampled over such top college teams at Lehigh, St. Jos eph’s, Franklin & Marshall,, and Carnegie Tech. Their only loss of the season was to a championship Georgetown team. This year started out with very dismal prospects for Art and his proteges. In the first place most of the few colleges that had.,hockey, teams; had aban doned; the sport' in view of the decreased enrollments. Then 100, gas 'rationing and lack of cold weather for practice definitely put a crimp in Art's plans. ThSn more gloom—Franklin 8t Mar shall, the only team with which Davis could* schedule : a game, dropped the sport. It looked as if the end of ice hockey at. Penn, State was hear, tout Art didn’t give up. He kept the' team together and finally re ceived several favorable ‘ replies from the many requests that -he wrote. Drexel Tech, last year’s of the Pennsylvania Inter collegiate Hockey League, agreed :to play two games—one in Phila delphia and the other in Hershey. Phiily sports writers predicted a championship team for Drexel. -The Engineers were able to prac tice every day in the Philadelphia Arena, while the Lions had only three - real practice sessions." Well, you know ihe rest, the Lion's went to Phiily and shut ouf the favored Engineers by a 4-0 count. -This set the' Engi neers! back on their heels. -They got ; up at 6:30 . every morning for the next week and prac ticed' before classes to : gain re venge over ihe Lions. The Lions proceeded to Hershey with only one practice session under, their hells and defeated Drexel again, 4-1. Davis’ starting' line this year, which included Ted Cauffman and Freddie Bernbaum at wings with Art Gladstone at center, has even surpassed his highest expectations. Cauffman has scored two goals in each of the' Drexel games while Bernbaum pushed through two in the Hex-shey.game. Gladstone also has several assists to his credit. Stu Sussman, last year's sec ond string goaltender, and Jim my McKechnie, son of Deacon Bill of the Cincv Reds, from last year's freshman team, have held down the goalie position, allow ing Ibo Droxelmen only one goal in ihe two tilts. Lion Gymnasts Topple Indiana, Cornell Reds Defeat Tankmen, Weffstonemen Lose Two Events To Hoosiers Sweeping all the matches with the exception of a parallel bar and ring event, Penn State’s gymnas tic team successfully defended their Eastern intercollegiate title when they downed a weak but de termined Indiana squad, 13 to 2. Team scores in the rope climb ing event were not counted because the Hoosiers could not present a reasonable group lor the match. However, the three that Indiana did enter in the climbing competi tion were outclassed toy the Lions. Outstanding Performances Outstanding performances toy Captain-Lou Bordo on the horizon tal arid parallel bars, together with the excellent work of Sol Small on the side horse greatly counted in the Lions’ second victory of the 1943 season. Rifkin and Coakley, the only Hoosiers to. garner points, dis played excellent performances on the parallel bars and rings, re spectively. Billy Bonsall, Lion ringman who was edged out by Coakley, lost-the Judges' decision by a-few points. Tumblers Do Well All three Blue and White tumb lers, Billy Meade, Harold Frey and Bonsall, did creditable work to sweep the mat event. Best work on the ropes was contributed by Chuck Lebow, who made the dis tance in 4.’ seconds. Hoosier ringmen, conforming to Big Ten standards, used rings placed nine feet above the floor level, while the Lions performed on. the regulation eastern inter collegiate heighth rings, six feet above the hardwood. Summaries are as follow: Horizontal Bar Bordo (PS) defeated Erckman. Lebow (PS) defeated Rifkin. Sorenson (PS) defeated Coakley. Score: Penn State 3, Indiana 0: Side Horse Teti (PS)' defeated Trammer. Sorenson (PS) defeated Erckman. Small (PS) defeated Rifkin. Score: Penn State 3, Indiana 0. Parallel Bars Teti (PS) defeated Trammer. Rifkin (I) defeated Small. Bordo (PS) defeated Coakley. Score: Penn State" 2, Indiana 1. Rings Small (PS) defeated Montoye. Sorenson (PS) defeated Erckman. Coakley (I) defeated Bonsall. Score: Penn State 2, Indiana 1. lr Tumbling Bonsall (PS) defeated Green. Frey (PS) defeated Coakley. Meade (PS) defeated Trammer. Score: Penn State 3, Indiana 0.. Rope Climb Wirtschafter (PS) defeated Lion Cagers Face Pittsburgh in Game At Rec Hall Tonight Returning to the Rec Hall floor for the first of their current four game series there, the Lion bas keteers will tackle the Pitt Panther at 8 o’clock tonight. The Panther, it will toe remem bered, handed the Nittany men one of their four season’s losses in the Pitt Stadium four weeks ago today by strong second and fourth period drives dnder the capable leader ship of forwards Tay Malarkey and Bob Artman. Thorns in Lion Side These two thorns in the Lion side have been -reppi’ted missing from the present Panther squad. The re port has, however, not been con firmed by Pittsburgh sportsmen or by Panther coach Carlson. If they remain in the lineup, they will no doubt give the local cagers some trouble. Artman scored 14 points and Malarkey had ten in the previous fray. The Lion lineup remains intact as it has ail season witli VonNeida THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Lion Boxers In N.Y. r Will Meet Army Cadets Today At West Point (Special io the Collegian) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 19— Penn State’s boxing team arrived here late this afternoon in prep aration for its meet against the United States Military Academy at West Point, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock. Leo Houck’s Lions will enter the ring with two wins and two draws, while the Army men have been defeated twice. Individual members of the Lion squad making the trip have been defeated once or have drawn in bouts earlier in the season. It will be practically the same starting line-up against the Cadets that Houck used in defeating the University of Virginia 4 1/2- 31/2, a week ago. Only exception will be in the 175-pound match where Oggie Martella will start in place of Harry Bland, now on the inactive list with an injured thumb. Jackie Grey will make his fifth apearance for the Nittany mitt men, with three wins and one defeat on his record, in the 120- pound class. Glenn Hawthorne will also make his fifth entry of the season with an identical record, in the 127- pound class. Jimmy Cassidy, evasive 135- pounder, will he making his third try at a win. Cassidy has lost two close decisions against the Cava liers and Syracuse. In spite of the fact that his nose injury is stillbothering him, Jackie Tighe will face the West Point 145-pound pugilist tomorrow aft ernoon. Captain Billy Richards with a spotted record of two wins, one lose, and on a defeat fights in the 155-pound bout. Ted Maier with one victory notched oh his belt, will attempt to stretch his win column to two in the 165-pound meet. Oggie Martella is back in the line-up for Penn State at 175 pounds, until Harry Bland’s thumb injury heals. Heavyweight Frank Hawrylak, with two wins, one defeat and'one draw, will complete the card which faces the Cadets tomorrow. Trummer. Time: 4.9 seconds. Young (PS) defeated -Coakley. Time: 4.3 seconds. • Lebow (PS) defeated Rifkin. Time: 4.1 seconds. Final Score: Penn State 13, In diana 2. and Gent at guard, Hornstein at ■center, and Egli and Baltimore at the forward posts. They will be out to extend their home floor winning streak to 19 and keep the hold they might have on the District 2 title. The Panther record for the sea son stands up nearly as well as the Lions’ does with three losses against 13 wins. The Blue and White record now stands at 11 wins and four losses. Pitt Has Strong Team Besides Artman" and Malarkey in the visitors’ lineup will be three other men much to toe feare d. Lohenmeyer at center, Swacus and Jones at guard are the rest of the strong Pitt outfit. Odds on the game go to neither team because they are sd- evenly set up if the star forwai'ds still remain with the Panthers. At any rate, the Lions will be working hard to avexxge the hard-i'ought .38-37 loss they suffered at Pitts burgh. 13-2; 58-17 Bobby Cowell Sets New Backstroke Mark ITHACA, N. Y„ Feb, 19—Penn State’s varsity swimming team was toppled from the ranks of the undefeated here last night, when the strong Cornell tankmen sank the Nittany Lions in a pool of points, winning overwhelmingly by a score of 58-17. Cowell Sets Record Rocky Young, the Lion diver, and Bobby Cowell, 150-yard back stroker, were the only Penn State swimmers to cop a first place in any event, with the Big Red of Cornell sweeping all other races with comparative ease. Cowell shattered another record in his race tonight, when he swam the backstroke length in 1:39.3, to break both the former Cornell and Penn State time. Knoll Cops Two Places Don Knoll was the only Lion swimmer to cop two places, win ning a third ranking for the 220 freestyle, and a second place for the 440 freestyle. Bill Christy scored one point for the Galbraith men by winning a third spot in the 100 freestyle race, and Walt Juve made the final point with a win in the 200-yard breast stroke event. The summaries are as follows: 300-yard Medley Relay—Cornell (Hughes, Preston, Reynolds), first; Penn Stale, second. Time—3:lo.3. 220-yard Freestyle—Fisher, Cor nell, first; Calselta, Cornell, sec ond; Knoll, Penn Stale, third. Time —2:27.4. 50-yard Freestyle—Rogers, Cor nell, first; Ornilz, Cornell, second; Stokes, Penn State, third. Time— -27.6 seconds. Diving—Young, Penn State, first; Eppler, Cornell, second; Rorke, Cornell, third. 100-yard Freestyle Rogers, Cornell; first; Fraser, Cornell, sec ond; Christy, Penn State, third. Time—s 7.4 seconds. 150-yard Backstroke Cfowell, Penn Stale, first; Klein, Cornell, second; Fisher, Cornell, third. Time —1:39.3 (broke both Cornell and Penn Stale records). 200-yard Breast Stroke Pres ton, Cornell, first; Hickman, Cor nell, second; Juve, Penn Siaife^ 1 third. Time—2.39.3. - 440-yard Freestyle—W eav e r, Cornell, first; Knoll, Penn Stale, second; Martin, Cornell, third. Time—s:s7.B. 400-yd. Relay—Cornell (Rogers, Dennet, Reynolds, Moore), first; Penn Slate, second. Time—3:4o.4. Intramural wrestling will be re sumed in Ren Hall Monday even ing when the third evening’s ac tivities will get under way with a full card of 12 bouts. The second round was complet ed Thursday night, with several extremely close battles. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of STATE COLLEGE Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corpomtfom PAGE THREE Nittany Matmen Prepare ToMeef Cornell In Ithaca Samler, Dipner To Start Against 'Big Red' Men (Special to the Collegian) ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 19—Lion Coach Paul Campbell and eight Penn State grapplers arrived herq today for their meet with the Big Red wrestling team in Barton Hall tomorrow evening. Members of the Blue and White’s squad who arrived here with Coach Campbell include Kryder Mattem, Co-captains Charlie Ridenour and Sam Harry, Allan Crabtree, Char lie Dipner, Fred Reeve, Ogden Samler, and Bob Morgan. Power men in State’s lineup in clude the two co captains, Riden our and Harry, who will wrestle in the 128- and 136-pound slots re spectively, against Cornell’s Rich ard Klopp (128), and Captain Richard Nickerson, 128 - pounder last year who has been moved up to the 136 spot this season. Riden our and Harry have each lost one bout during the current campaign, Ridenour to MacDonald of Navy and Harry to Taylor of Princeton. In the other weight classes, 121- pounder for the Lions, Mattem, will meet either the Big Red’s Richard Carlson or Fred McNair; Crabtree will defend himself against Cornell’s Erie Miller in the 145 bracket; Dipner, 155 Lion, will wrestle with Anthony LaScala; Reeve will grapple with either Charles Colbert or George Stobie at 165; 175-pounder Samler will face either William Doe or James Marsh; and heavyweight Bob Mor gan will take a turn at Cornell’s crafty Gordon Steele. Coach Campbell and his team, arrived here aware of a tough meet, but somewhat confident that they would end up the victors in tomorrow, evening’s session. If State comes through with a win from Cornell, it will be their fourth of the season as compared to one tie and one loss. Thus far this sea son the Lions have won meets from Syracuse, Lock Haven, and Temple, tied Princeton, and were defeated by the midshipmen from the United States Naval Acadgray. Tomorrow night’s matches, or-' iginally to be held in Penn State’s Rec Hall at State College, was shifted here because of transpor tation difficulties which the Big Red team ran up against this year. Cornell will repay the Lions for journeying here with two return matches in two successive seasons, 1944 and 1945, on the Blue and White’s home territory. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS SUBSCRIBE NOW!—FOE. YOOT. DAILY COLLEGIAN.
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