WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1943
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COLLEGIAN SPORTS
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> Last summer Dave Alston was picked by most sports writers in
the nation to be the outstanding football Star of the year. Some even
compared Dave to Jim Thorpe and the rest of the football immortals.
Penn State was picked as one of the outstanding prospects in the
country for the coming season. Then all hopes came shattering down
as the startling word that Dave Alston was dead m a Bellefonte hos
pital' • , ■ •
Since that time many other youths of Dave’s race vowed that they
would come to Perm State and try to carry on in Alston’s footsteps.
One of these Was BDbby Lee from NeW Castle High school.. Bobby’s
high school record closely paralleled that of Alston’s. Lee was a star on
the basketball, football and track teams for all four years. With Lee
in .charge of the basketball team’ last year, New Castle won their'
section title. 'Without Lee this year,. they won four out of. twenty
some games. •
New Castle won the Western Pennsylvania football title last sea
son with Bobby Lee at the helm. Lee was voted the out-standing high
school back ir the state. All big universities heard about the colored
flash from New Castle. Coach Phil Bridenbaugh of New Castle, a
former college coach, has seen many football stars in the passing pa
rade. “Bridy” said at the end of last season that Lee was the greatest
football player that he had ever seen;
Many offers were received from large universit.es by the colored
flash. They were pretty inviting but they, didn’t phase Lee. He wanted
10 come to Penn State and carry on in the footsteps of Alston. Not long
ago Coach Bob IJiggins received the following letter which appeared
in the CDT yesterday: '
Mr. Robert Higgins,
Pennsylvania State College,
State College, Pa.
My . dear Mr. Higgins:
1 I .have considered .very seriously making application for entrance
to State College and probably would do so were it not for the war
situation. ' . .
| : .'I feel that i should enlist as soon as lam graduated. My local
boar A. granted me a deferment which may last until until I am gradu
ated this coming. June. I did not want them to do even that, but all
whose opjmion. I value told mb I should ask for. a deferment and the
:ifl^aM ; #as'fcind:enough-td:grarit’it.'' • . •
1 :.h.; If i cornkthrough safely andthe war does not last-too.long, I.am
-. hopihg that afterward-1 may-be able to achieve my ambition of going
tb.qol'ege . .and playing college .football.
'• . ■•. Thanking-jmu .people in State College very, very much for your
. kind interest in me,
Robert Lee.
~ ;;It’s guys -like this, chap -that,are fighting. and dying for ; America,
ifeihas the spirit .that-weall.would like to have. He turned down a
soft chance- to.- get a college:education and possibly make a name for
himself among : the all-time greats in football history.
Read Daily Collegian Classifieds
LOST Hamilton Wrist Watch.
Initials MEK, 1942. Call 3rd
Irvin, R'.n. 307 3tpd-.678-BMF
Foil SAFE—Tux, size 33, good
condition; bargain. Call 3889,
ask for Marty. 2t-comp-LHL
RW—To Philadelphia. Leave Fri
day at 2, Return Sunday.'Call
Room. 7, Ath Hall.. 2tpd-RAS
LOST—Kappa Delta sorority pin
' ! between Atherton and Schwab
Auditorium Sunday. Call 256 Ath
? erton. 3t-comp-PG
FISHING BOOTS still being
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feature on page one; lt-7-ehg—BlF
FOR SALE—Midnight blue tux
i, edo, size 37—38 length, medium,
like new. Also complete outfit, all
in excellent condition. Will sell
pheap. Call Don 2938.
FOR SALE —Faithful Bike, Tonto.
TWO BRAND NEW TIRES.' $lB
wanted. Call 2960 at night between
7 and 9 o’clock'. Ask for Phil Dayis.
. 2t-7-pd—BD
A. FOR SALE—One- pair of black
;, formal shoes 'at sacrifice. “.Call
’ 4850,-Marine Room, -lt-7-chg—BlF
LOST—Billfold in Rec..Hall ; loclcer;
A rooms Tuesday at 2*30. ;Finder.
■call Bill Locke, 2020. lt-7-chg—BlF
LOST—Black wallet Friday after
noon. Keep money, return cards
and wallet for sentimental reasons.
By BEN FRENCH
Yours very truly,
LONESOME Company wanted
for free fide to New. York Wed
nesday, April 21. Call Les Rosen
crans, State College Hotel.
lt-7-pd—KK
ORDERS TAKEN for standard
College rings. $17.50. Call Bordo
4076 or Brenaman 761. lt-7-pd
THESPIANS present
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Tlie Entirely New Play....
KHAKI-WAAC-Y
Schwab Auditorium
April 9-10
Admission 75c-$1;00
Varsity Boxers
Elect Jack Tighe
Leader of'44 Team
Sophomore Succeeds
Richards as Head Boxer
•Jackie Tighe, sophomore 145.
pound mittman, was elected cap
tain of the 1944 boxing squad by
his fellow lettermen and coach last
night.
The election was held a few
minutes after the annual banquet
held for members of the HoUck
coached boxing team at the Hotel
State College.
Tighe, who succeeds Billy Rich
ards as leader of the ringmen, was
also captain of the frosh boxers.
He is also the third consecutive
145-pounder to captain the squad.
Although Captain Richards fought
in the 155- and 165-pound classes
he only weighed 145.
Coach Leo Houck, in addressing
the guests, said that the 1943 team
as a whole was one of the pluck
iest to enter the ring for him.
New Castle, Pa.,
February 23, 1943
- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Houck also said that in all his
21 years as mentor of Penn State
boxing he has never had a more
courageous man fight under him
than Captain Billy Richards..
“Richards,” Houck said, “never
once complained when I told him
to enter the ring against opponents
who sometimes were 20 pounds
heavier than he. And, in spite of
such odds, Billy would slug it out
if he had to' do it.”
Hugh R. Riley Jr.; public infor
mation sports editor, also compli
mented the team on its sportsman
ship. He also prophesied that Leo
Hbiifck’s past recordat State would
be overshadowed by future squads
turned out by the. bid: Lion after
the-war.
. Df. Carroll D. Champlih, profes
sor- of Education,. stressed ■ the im
portance of -boxing in developing
the ' mind •; and reviewed" briefly
some of the early stages of the
sport. .
. Dean.of the.school of, physical
•education, Dr.-Carl P. .Shott, con
gratulated Houck and his team on
their fine performance during the
1943 season.
Invitation Deadline
Students must order graduation
invitations, announcements and
class' day programs at Student
Union before 5 p.m. tomorrow. In
vitations and announcements are
six cents each, while the leather
bound class day programs sell lor
55 cents. No orders will be taken
following tomorrow’s deadline, ac
cording to Harry C. Coleman, com
mittee chairman.
Three Regulars Back As 'Pop'
Rutherford Starts 23rd Year
No Change in Final
Exam Plan, Conference
Learns from Hefzel
(Continued from Pape One)
mid-semester vaction was sched
uled.”
The College head said, he had
carefully studied all student argu
ments presented in the Liberal
Arts Council petition, the letter
from All-College Cabinet, and
Daily Collegian editorials.
He commended the student
body on the orderly manner in
which they campaigned for the
change.
Many of the students at the
conference, however, felt that any
change in the finals plan this late
in the semester would possibly be
more detrimental than good, since
the assumption all semester has
been that a (inal exam week
would remain as scheduled.
Final bluebooks, and in many
cases finals, during the last week
would probably produce more
strain on the student than a week
set aside with a regular schedule
of examinations, many of the
student leaders said, and at the
same time admitted that a late
change would be inadvisable.
As the situasion now definitely
stands, a final examination: week;
is set aside for-. the ; purpose of'
.taking finals only. No, other claiss-.
es -will be' held"during,the exam
week, and the student will be
free every hour of the day ex
cept the time:when;'he;has;;an exi'.
arhination scheduled. If tie has no
finals on a certain day; the, stu
dent is free fo.rthe whole day,
although experience has shown it
best .to study-..., during , all- free
■ hours.
If a student has more dhan'-two
.final exams on' a.'given 'day‘"li'e
may.'file report of a .'conflict .and
.take the third examination at ..an
earlier or. later • date than .when
the final for that subject is sched
uled.
The Collegian is considering a
plan for publishing the entire fi
nal examination schedule, as has
been the practice in past-semes-
when finals were given.
Peiui State Class Rings
L. G. Balfour Co.
109 S. Allen Street in Charles Fellow) Shop
As Coach Pop Rutherford open 3
his twenty-third consecutive sea
son as Penn State golf mentor, the
outlook is bright for the spring
season with -three varsity met!
from the summer edition return
ing and several promising new
comers moving up from the fresh
man bracket.
Ducky Swan, Dick Stephens, and
Chuck Fairchild are the first-string
linksmen who will form a nucleus
for the ’43 squad. Hank Keller*
who saw action in the summer
campaign, and Wally Kappel, Bob
Wetherill, and A 1 Hack, from the
froSh team, will round -out the -Nit
tany teemen.
Dick Hastings, another veteran,
member of Rutherford’s squad,
will not participate this season due
to induction into the Army Ait-
Corps recently.
The schedule, curtailed- by the
war, presents so far only one
match, a round-robin tourney with
the -best of Eastern colleges for the
Eastern championship. The meet is
to be held at Princeton May 6-7.
Other matches, including one or
two with the Centre Hills Country
Club, will probably be scheduled
in the near future.
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