SATURDAY, MARCH .27, 1943. iiiniiiuiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii COLLEGIAN SPORTS By.REM ROBINSON J iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiii .Washington has gone.apd done iF-againl They -want men toughened for total war. Hardened soldiers they say—men ,who cap fight on;any battlefield for hours without fatigue. So jwhpt do they do? Give all the. advanced ROTC men a strict mili tary . condition course when they are called to active duty? Plan a physical education .program which iwill-put the men in top .shape? The -answer is no, -All they have done is threaten to force every ad vanced man to leave varsity athletics for the duration, and remain oinhis-buttocks in some fraternity house for.eight hours a day. From here it looks like the only men who .are going to receive any physical, development course will be those non-military students w.in -are -..enrolled with a 4-F classification in their pocket. The'ad vanced men. will be fighting a purely theoretical war. Their work ajl laid out on a desk, but no program to give them the body exer cise they need. The last possible-hope for this training would be to permit themi^to.remain,on. the .varsity teams until at least the end of the semester. That will give the Army a little time to establish a reg ular course for the ROTC enlistees, and meantime, intercollegiate .competition will be making the potential Officers a real buy for-some battle. - - ) For several years, Joe Bedenk, Nick Thiel, and i the other coaches up at Bee Hall have been drilling substitutes until they now are polish ed varsity men. After two and three seasons they are able to step .into first team positions on the baseball, lacrosse, track, tennis, and golf squads. 1 ; i - Now. :with -onlyjsix weeks; leH Tn the-W;»jr...D.e .parfmentcon templates yabolishingvallUadvaneedvßGTCreornpe .,'lifipnTin winter collegiate sPQris.aflerlheiinal-calLto dutyeomes; ;.Thala is the ipaymenl-tha nien ;ai« getlingvfor :reigning .in anny . 4clasftemps,, fields 4or-lhe r ;friends ••. the .-world :go J>y. - | - The>Army':.is ; busy:fighting a..war.in-Africa* so it.is possible.that little .attention: was paid,to the fact'that,;alihough-the ROTC.men .will be called-.to active, duty, and remain in school, there were no,, extra eburses added -to their , curriculum.-No' physical education course was a|dopted‘to''replace he‘ah6liti6hmf r c6mpetition in .varsity sports. The /yirmy called-the advanced men' out : of sports because, they said their epurie would.be too heavy when they are put in uniform, yet where ai ; ethe added courses? ■ • - \ Certainly conditioned men are needed to. fight this war, so why doesn't, the War Department let .the ROTC men remain under the physical guidance of the coaches? There the-men would remain in t|p shape. A minimum of smoking, drinking, and night life, and above all, several hours every day of hal’d work on the practice’fields. ■ ■; If a strenuous program had been outlined by officials for 4these men once they receive final orders, everyone would agree ijihal taking the men out of College activities was a just and wise : thing to do, but now all that.-is planned is put them in uniform ji arid, let them continue with their present curriculum—minus any 4 physical instruction for at least a month or maybe more. .Jj 11. the Army plans to isolate these men, why don’t they do a cjornpietejobof it? Several campus organizations have been permit-, t|d special permission to continue. plans ;,which were.started before' tpe ROTC.ruling was announced. It is certainly a fact that Penn Sfhte .vjarsity teams were being trained for this season, before the grand, ultimatum was acclaimed, and this • activity is far more important than ; several that have been granted extension of their plans. . . I' This ruling can possibly be changed if a complete account were presented to the Third Corps Area. Let there be an explanation that np phys-ed program will be accessible to the ROTC men after they are Called.to duty unless Army heads organize one, or unless they allow Mac Smith, Cliff St. Clair,-Sparky Brown, Jack Burford, John ny Bennett, George Piftenger, Bill Briner, Howie Hausner, A 1 Swan, and .a host of others to continue under the guidance of the Nillany Lion mentors. Tlje whole American society is built on the ideal of competition. Cjeoi-ge Washington may have started something when he allegedly threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River, but what ever has kent the .spark alive for hundreds, of years, should not be stopped.now. The next 'month would offer all the ROTC men an excellent , chance to get. into.shape for whatever is in-store for them, so let’s have a ljttle cooperation and attempt to rescind the order temporarily at this school; ' [r'-rfranie: /. Your Pictures •...*■ r: ' ■. "with' -our ■ fine-.selection .of y, ■ -i leather.'frames in various ...■. ....... , sises and colors. 212 E. College Avenue Penn State Photo Shop THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Four Of Stale's five Reach Semi-Finals In Boxing Tourney Jack tighe Eliminated In First Round Bout MADISON, Wis., March. 26- Four of Penn State’s five entries in the National Collegiate Boxing tournament being held here this week-end, were advanced to. the semi-finals today. Frank Hawrylak, Lion heavy weight, won his opening round fight with a TKO in the first round over Lieut. Jack Kemper of Kirt land Field. Kemper received a ciit eye which forced the referee to stop the fight. Glenn Hawthor.ne decisioned Sgt. Rodney Bell, also of Kirtland Field, in his 135-lb. clash. Two other Lions, Jackie Grey and Captain -Billy Richards drew byes for .the first round and are automatically advanced to the semi-final round. Jack Tighe, Lion welterweight, .was-eliminated in . his . first round fight with 'Sgt. :Ken'Summers of Kirtland Field. ’ ; - The summaries: -. 120. pounds: .William. Zurakow ski, -Michigan 'State, decision . over Corp.-. Kirkland PoUacda, Kirl land Field; Jim Demos, Miami, de cision .over »Elmer. Fisk, Wisconsin* .135 -pounds: Robert Simpson, Wabash (bid,) College, -.decision over Edward Wood, Michigan State, (Bout stopped , after. £B,?sec- ; onds of first round. when -Wood received cut over eyebrow); Glenn .Hawthorne,... Perm State, .decision, over- Sgt: Rodney -Beil,' kirtland Field; John Collentine, Wisconsin, decision over Steve Shuster, In diana. (Pa.) Teachers. t 145 pounds: Sgt. Ken Summers, Kirtland Field,. decision over Jack Tighe, Penn State. - 155 pounds: Don Miller, Wiscon sin. decision over Marvin Crow iey. Superior (Wis.) Teachers: Rob ert Finely, Virginia, decision over -.Sgt. -Herman Hale, Kirtland Field. -'165 pounds: Don Niklason,' Vir ginia, decision over Charles Cal kins: Michigan Stale: Myron Miller, Wisconsin, . knocked out Don McMiUen, Purdue(l). : T 75 pounds: GeorgeMakris, Wis-'; consin, decisioner over Richard Farris, Fresno (Calif.) State. ■■l . Heavyweight: Frank Hawrylak. Penn State, decision over Lieut. Jack Kemper, Kirtland Field. Cowell Places fifth, Team Fourth In NCAA Swimming Playoffs (Special to the Collegian) (Bulletin) COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26- Bobby Cowell, star Penn State back - stroke swimmer, captured fifth place in the back-stroke event cat the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s a n'n ua 1 swimming championships, • with a time of 1:398. ~ Holiday of Ohio State took first placeihohors with a 1:34 time. Ohio State'-’ also capture?! ‘ team: honors -for the*'entire -tournament;, Penn ; State, finished in * fourth place. , 4 Rocky: Young, only other, Penh ;State,'. entry,\ finished i itTi :,iri ’ the lahcy .‘'.'divingevent.'." ' Rowell’s' points .for placing;. in •the::.back-str6ke ‘ event ./.were ~the .that.a .Renn. State; team scoredin National ; r ;. ?'• v ’■".,■. '■ KarverTakes Second (Bulletin) CLEVELAND—Gerry Karver of Penn State finished second to Gil Dodds of Boston in the Cleveland Knights of Columbus invitation mile run. Karver’s time was 4:14. illllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllMm WOMEN IN SPORTS By RITA M. lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII This isn’t going to 'be one of those “come on, gals, git in there and help the Red Cross,” disser tions because we think that coeds are aware that the Red Cross is one of the most able, and least in timidated groups of public-spirit ed 1 individuals in the country. But we are going to-plug the White Hall Red Cross Rally for practically as many inches as this column is worth. This rally will be held in the White Hall .gym nasium from 7 until 10 p. m. Wed nesday, according to Elizabeth J. McKinley, WRA Activities Chair man. Admission consists of coat hang ers, books, magazines, yam, tin foil and other articles which can be used in some way for defense purposes. This takes in. practically everything, as anyone can tell you. Alice Miller is in charge of the refreshment booth. Food procur ed at this booth will be free, al though voluntary contributions will be accepted. And we all know what that means. All proceeds of any kind will be donated to the National Red Cross, so don’t fret; coeds. You don’t have to be " a Home Eccer to sew: patches for Army quilts, • nor do you have to be a little homemaker to knit squares •for a huge afghan which has 'been jbalf-completed. Wednesday will .be the last day; of the Red Cross Drive. And this day may represent the' last and .perhaps "the first chance for some SHOW'TIMBS " r Matinee __ —i:00--3:00 1 _^6:3o~9:ti<W •Mi' Evening. - •fc Jr YANKS VS. NAZIS IN NORTH AFRICA * Extra! “AT THE FRONT” in Technicolor Ist OFFICIAL FILMS 4 Shot on the mot b> H Fisrrtint 11. BELFONTI lllillilHillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllHl coeds to do a little something -for > the war. effort. t Scrapbooks will be made for men in the armed forces, and- toys will be stuffed for underprivileg ed children and children living in .war zones. All sorts of activities will be offered, and besides being somewhat in the line of work, they’re fun. And' then, of -course, there’s always the psychological effect of having done something, for somebody with no returns.ex pected. Mrs. R. U. Blasingame, an active town member of the Red-Cross, is cooperating with Miss McKinley, White Hall staff, and WRA mem ber's in sponsoring the rally. Wheel. of Fortune The last fling of the WRA swim ming Club will be in the form of a final WRA Playnight which will •be. featured by the annual “.Wheel of Fortune.” .This • aquacade is. headed by Phyllis R. Watkins, WRA Swimming Club president. . The WRA Intramural cup will be awarded at this final. Play night. This cup will be given to the-dor mitory unit or sor&rity which-has accumulated the most points in .the WRA Intramurals. .Playnight, WRA Hike • WRA will-hold a Playnight from. 7 until 10 .o'clock this -.evening. Phyllis 'R. Watkins,' WRA .Swim ming Club president,- will repre sent..the Club President’s ■ -Board, .and Mary A. Jennings will-repre sent the .WRA Executive :-Board, . (Continued Oji Page Four ) mm® t (S INCLUpe JOHN.d* k n Marry qA'neY • oko toblab • jaVb&ow.n ? DUDLEY NICHOLS PAGE-THEE® ir-MW'**'
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