MARCH r 24,1943
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COLLEGIAN SPORTS
By BEN FRENCH
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! 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. '
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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