MARCH r 24,1943 UIIIIirniIIIHIItIIIIIHIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIiniIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHiIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIiniIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII COLLEGIAN SPORTS By BEN FRENCH ll(HllllllltlllllllllllUllllllllllllilllllllllllllll|||||||||||||||||||||||||||i|||||||ilHl||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ! Leo Houck and his contingent of Lion boxers left this peaceful tytle mountain borough last night bound for the green pastures of ihe National Intercollegiate Boxing tournament in Madison, Wis. There was a good size crowd gathered in front of the Unusual Comer as the party boarded the autos that would take them, to Tyrone to meet the Chicago-bound train. Everyone was wishing the boxers the best of luck, while the box ers do their best to make a good showing. Leo was rather silent when we approached him on the subject of how Penn State would place. “Well, we have as good a chance as any of the others,” he remarked. '.Of the five boxers making the trip. - two--are ■ given V excellent chances, of returning, to State Col lege with a National crown on their heads. Jackie Grey by virtue of. >hi« Winning the. Eastern Ihter cpUegiaie crown at Syracuse-ranks as’ a favorite to end up with the 121-lb. title. Jack's foremost com petition lies'in the gloves of Wis consin's Jackie Gibson. Gibson, as you can , remember, barely camia through with a victory over Grey in his Rec Hall bout several .weeks ago. Our Jack looks to. us like a much-improved fighter and unless the unexpected happens should- re-, turti with a wedding piesentof the 121-ib. National crown. j Jackie Thfhe is our other.,, choice for’ ai Jitle. ..Tigho had alot of hard luck up in those Syracuse finals and has improved a., great deal. We have always maintained that Jack Tighe is the most profes sional-looking man on the team. ' Jhck fights with a style that re minds: one .of Penh State’s own and heavyweight Billy Gpim/All three, rely on their box , ihg.' ability rather tiian their slug . g;ing 'power: Yes, matfk up Jack as our-choice for the 145-lb., crown. . We feel pretty sure that the two Jacks will come through but don't .cbunt .the. other three boys out. We Have' it from no,, less an authority limn . Jackie Grey, himself that dlenrf, - Hawthorne has improved greatly in the last several weeks. Giey and Hawthorne sparred to gether .yesterday afternoon and Jackie reports that his stable-mate is lhi lop shape. Glenn will prob ably”; be meeting. Johnny. Werren of Wisconsin in the tournament well what hap pened here. p \,'We' , said'yestei , da'y' that. Captain Billy| would' get at least to the semi-finals or perhaps the finals. Billy will have to be in top sViapq if - oHr predictions come - through, ioi'he will run up against i.tlte hjest. competition-in .the-entire National <|hanip Cliff Lutz is in this class .and you remember the swell fight i’ those; two ..gave; us several weeks backi’Let’s call this one a runner •/.lip spot for Richards; We have our >• fingers crossed; .though, we’re still ’’ optiipistic; ■ ‘ ■ Heftrytroighi Frankie Hawrylak « Lion hope s fulsvFraHklikes io slug it . out/With &:llis/opponent and should winsev aral;iights :if he comes through /With, the socko punch at the right ji- tune;; .One ihing_we want 19 give • Frank credit for - is the guts that - he" shows in his fights. : He's the ’ type 'that you can overlook a'few '-he .keeps/'on ?slug-i we . hope Frankie ,i;djyhbs-‘> through'-;.-the ;,'fbpes .■ /"and- ■'-'good .I: showing;'/ 'h* ■ - de*' '/"VS i r Leo ’; showed- us a ..letter'-last ■ night that. he received' from' Lt. Leo Houck Col. William R.'Young, comman dant of the United States Armed Forces Institute in Madison, ask ing the Lion coach and Dean Schott to be his guests at a Rotary Club ’luncheon in the Loraine Hotel to morrow 'moon. Leo and the rest 'are; establishing '■ headquarters . in the Park Hotel this afternoon. Ex-Peim Stater Makes Out Remember. Bill Stanley, star of the Lion wrestling and boxing teams of. several years back? Wells here’s a: little clipping that Leo re ceived yesterday about him that appeared in an Army' post news sheet: If any Axis soldier should find himself in hand-to-hand combat with Pvt. Bill Stanley of Group 903, they may not live even long enough to regret it. Bill, who hails from Canons tburg, -Pa ...-accomplished one of • the ;most unusual feats hr the history of the'Eastern Intercollegiate Ath letic Association when he W as a standout performer with the, box ing and . wrestling, teams at Penn State' during the same - season in .1941, A state champion while - repre senting the ...Canonsburg.. High wrestling team, Stanley followed through -on the' Penn Slate squad. In; BilTa last year, however, Leo Houck, Penn State boxing coach, was; desperately in need "of a 125- pound-bpxer for" the hasterh ring championships. He called upon Stanley- and Billy. came through id reachj ihe finals < before he met defeat. • . Stanley-has completed his basic, training and' is hoping to qualify as an aviation cadet. ' ' W. ,vW ■ -.W -. . T.'-v . * '."Ji- COLLEGIAN Two Lion Swimmers Enter National Tank Tourney At Ohio State Penn State sends Bobby Cowell and Rocky -Young into the Na tional Collegiate Swimming fray at Ohio State on Friday and Saturday to compete in a star studded field of the nation’s top swimmers and divers. Cowell, the only undefeated Lioh merman, will carry the Nittany colors in the backstroke race, while his companion will drive in one-meter diving board competition. Cowell enters the National Tourney, fresh from winning the backstroke crov/n two weeks ago at Rutgers, and fresh from a siege of flu which has kept him in the infirmary, and under doctor’s care since early in February. Shattered Own Mark Twice Bob Galbraith’s ace backstroker broke the Eastern Intercollegiate record in the first meet of the year, and twice shattered his own mark in following weeks. His time of 1:39.3 still, stands as unparallel ed in sectional, competition. Last night, Cowell, still weak ened .by- his illness, was timed at Glennland Pool during a brief ■workout, clocking in at the sur prisingly slow time of 1:48. Early in the season he recorded a 1:39.2 .backstroke race in team practice, ■but . siiice this is not official, his 'Championship title . can be called his’fastest time this year. Wolverine Favored in Tourney Individual meets throughout the country this season have •marked Harry Holliday of Michi gan as logical contender for the National crown however, since tlie Wolverine tanker has been hov ering the official clock around the j.:31 mark for the same course. Ohio State’s Mark Follansbee has clocked, the 150-yard backstroke race near 1:36, and*should cop an. easy second place in the meet. Rock. Young, the remaining .Lion entry in the toUrney this weekend, followed Ralph Bur ra tti of Rutgers tobigh honors Tri the fancy diving eveht at the East ern several weeks ago, and is ex pected to rank in the first five Friday and Saturday at Colum bus, Ohio, site of the National tourney. Buratti Stumbles Rocky Young Diver Young went through five .consecutive meets this season ■without a. defeat, but was stum bled by Buratti in, the last event of the year, when the Rutgers ace proved his worth as holder of two Eastern springboard crowns in a clean-cut - win over the Galbraith .protege. •; Also slated to make The trip ,tp. the Ohio pool this week were Don Knoll, winner of a second and third place" title in the distance freestyles in the Easterns, and Bill Christy, fast Lion sprinter Wha-.copped a fifth place rating in the 50-yard freestyles.. Transpor tation facilities, however, forced the tankers to select only. two. men •to represent the : Penn State squad. IM Basketball IM basketball results for last night are: . Fraternity ■ Phi Sigma Kappa No. 1, 14; Kappa Sigma, ,13. Sigma Nu, 17; Beta Theta Pi No. .1; 15;-: ,• '• ■ Sigma Pi No. 1, forfeit over Phi ISappaPsi. / Beta Theta PI No. 2, 23; Sigma Chi, 13. • - . Independent Ingelside Club, 57; Fletcher House, 9. l4; Bell A. C., 9. Rodunk Prep, 24; Allen Co-op, J. V./ 22; Hons peri; .... Golf Seconds to Report . ' Students ' interested in second managership in golf are to report to the Caddy House at 4:15 this afternoon, according to Douglas W. Purdy, manager. The varsity will not report until the links im-. pro-ve with the w eat hot. Coach Bedenk Puts Question Harks Around Baseball Future This Year lions Meet Annapolis In Season's Opener Br REM ROBINSON Joe Bedenk stood behind the backstop up .at the baseball dia mond last night, clicked some mud from his spikes with a new bat, and then, with a grim tug at his cap, outlined the Penn State hopes for the Spring season, opening early next month. The Lion mentor, a master of the diamond sport himself, batted through some of the fastest semi pro teams in Pennsylvania when he was at his peak- over a decade ago, and can now take, a rough edged squad of men onto the field in Spring to turn out a finished product by Summer, as his record for the past years has indicated. Joe was doubtful over the out come of the 1943 loop, remember ing that more than a dozen of his starters from last summer have ■been called from school to duty in •the Armed Forces. Several men on the nucleus of the present squad may be summoned to vacate col lege sport competition in the next few weeks, if the ROTC' men are' forced to bottle athletic competi tion for the duration, so the future of his Lion nine is still a big ques tion mark. w Not being a pessimist, however, the Nittany pilot has been whip ping over a score of potential var sity men into shape for the sea son’s opener against Navy at An napolis ion April 12, and will have a promising team oh the field in several weeks under ‘the helm of Captain Whitey Thomas, veteran shortstop,; Sparky ferown sparks the Lion moundsmen on the 1943 edition of the nine, and is followed by hurl ers Johnny Stover, -Ken Yount, Mike Wardrop, Curt Roop, and Mike Gales. On-the receiving end of the battery, Oggie Martella, 175-pound boxer, should see ac tion. At the keystone sack, Chuck MacFarland is favored to hold down the first base zone, while Captain Whitey Thomas is assured of the shortstop post. Varsity man Dale Bowers is being challenged for second base honors by. Eddie Sebastianelli. Bowers was a regu lar batter in 1942 lineups. Close competition is apparent in the fight for right field, with Ray Bitting and Johnny. Sylvester struggling for. the starting lineup. Sophomore. Dan Carruthers is pushing veteran John Poentek for the left field nod, while swimmer Bob is out for veteran center fielder Bennett’s position. Lacrosse Squad Practice* Daily; 9 Lelfermen Reluming With some of the best lacrosse teams in the country scheduled on this season’s card, Coach Nick Thiel has his squad out on the golf course every day in an at tempt to round the team into con dition at an early date. In addition to exercising and road work, the lacrosse boys art •being put through practice in stick handling and shooting. Realizing that “condition” has been the Lion’s weak point in previous seaf sons, Coach Thiel has been making good use of the extra hour of day light allowed him this year under Eastern War Time. , Outstanding this year for the Nittany squad should be both Cap tain Jim- “Tex” Gotwals and Torn Mitchell. Gotwals, good on the de fense, has also proved valuable in midfield or attack position and may see action in any one or all of these slots. Tom Mitchell, 'who saw action along with Gotwals in the North- South- annual' lacrosse classic .last year, is the most experienced ma» on the squad. He is equally good id. center-field or on attack and led the Thielmen in scoring last sea son. Other varsity men returning wrt Bill Piper and Sam Flenner, at tack; Larry Faries, George Pit tenger, and Dick Ross, midfield; Bill Briner and Howie Hapshejy defense; and* Mike Milliken,, Bert, Sesler, and Dick Schmidt. i Goalie is again proving a tough position to fill for Coach Thiel. With no experienced men on hand to handle ■ the cage assignment; Penn State’s former All-America« and coach is teaching several new men the ropes of the backstop as signment. i Still up in the air as to whether the Advanced ROTC men will be on hand to participate in the ma jority of this spring’s matches, the •team faces a traditionally ominous string of teams. -PAGExaum
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