WEDNESDAY,. APRIL 14,.1943.
ICOLLEGIAN
SPORTS
j By REM ROBINSON
i ■ i Sports Writer
Football's big league moguls met
in their Chicago lair last week, and
divided the spoils of the 1942 grid
iron stars in their annual profes
sional pigskin draft.
Each year, presidents from all
pro clubs meet to select the top
footballers of the previous season.
The club with the lowest standing
gpts-first choice of the nominees,
and it .is illegal for the gridder to
change to another team without his
sponsor’s consent.
. After last fall’s season drew 'to
a., close, fans, players, and officials
alike knew one .thing, for sure—-
Cleveland with a record written
in- red ink -had ended one' of the
most unsuccessful years-in its his
tory, losing every game toy large
scores. To this club, however, went
Frankie Sinkwich, Georgia’s All-
American ace.
Three- Lions Drafted-
' Penn State’s Nittany squad had
three big names in the pro mixing
to'owl. The Brooklyn Dodgers went
overboard to get tackle Ken
Schoonover for the coming sched
ule; while captain-center Lou Pa
-l&zzi' was placed on the roster of
the- New York Giants, and Johnny
Jaffurs was slated for a guard po
sition- on the Pacific Coast team of
the Washington Redskins.
’ The selection of Jaffurs in the
draft this year is somewhat sym
bolical of an instance back in 1940
when Pittsburgh played every
Card they had in their hand to get
All-American Penn Stater. Leon
Gajecki on their pro .team, and
then found out that they were a
year too anxious since the- Lion
captain was only, a junior and not
eligible for pro . football for at
least another year if he wanted to
graduate.
’ Art Rooney, the Pirate prexy,
was hence on the butt end of foot
ball’s biggest joke that year, for
in choosing Gajecki he passed up
spine of the-best-material-in the
.Country, for a man who was still
■carrying books under his arm.
i Jaffurs is only a junior this se
mester, but- it is doubtful as to
Whether he • will get a chance to
don .‘his Redskin , pads for several
years, since he is an Advanced
ROTC man,' slated for active call
in May.'
diarits Want Palazzi
; Captain Lou Palazzi, center on
:-the 19.42. edition of the Bob Higgins
. aggregation, was the. choice of the
"lhetropolitan squad of the New
York Giants. Palazzi graduated in
December, and is considering ac
cepting, a commission in the Navy,
' so'it seems as'it the New"'-Yorkers:
'jjre.'-parjtners 'of .Washmgtbn iiv the:
• “useless] choice’' : column. ;
; Flatbiish’s '? Brooklyn v i-Dqdgerp;
may. ilVave. made) the. .'otily.Huckj?
* defection this yhar in'drafting Keri’
Schoonover,'the former Lion tackle
. who played a sensational-game,last
printer" ’ iir* the ‘.(tracßftional ■
West . game. at San ;Pfah.?iscq.V : ,, - \
; t : At the pVes'eiit,time', ; SghqqnoVer,
is” practice*-tea'ching-: in
Pennsylvania','- l?ut' expects,, to .he
drafted within ; the : next; ;f ety
month's: If-his call does not arrive
;by the time football • days ' arrive
dgain, it is probable that he may:
accept the- offer..
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Cowett Heads Lion Swimmers
With Two Backstroke Titles
TarrkeF Starts Collegian
Parade of Sports Stars
(Editor's Note: This is the first
in a series of articles about
the Penn State athletes who
will enter the Armed Forces
at the end of the current se
mester. Today, Bobby Cowell,
varsity swimmer, opens the
parade of .Nittany stars.)
In the years Coach Bob Gal
braith-has led the Lion tankers
here at Penn State, ho one mail
has gained more,prominence in the
pool sport than Bobby Cowell', a
champion baekstroker in his "first
year of college competition.
Cowell paced the Nittany. mer
men through a mediocre season,
winning six straight dual swims
and twice shattering his own rec
ord for the 150-yard course; At the
present time he claims the Eastern
Collegiate title with a time- of
1:39.2, which he set in the Syra
cuse meet in February.
■ Breaking this title at Syracuse
marked the first time any swim
mer has set a new backstroke rec
ord in the Eastern Collegiate lea
gue twice in two days, for just
twenty-four hours before Cowell
swam- to first place in the Cornell
meet at Ithaca in 1:39.3. It was
the following night that he shaved
orie-tenth of a second from his
own title to place the crown tight
er on his head.
Cowell Gels Flu
During the Lions’ tour through
New York several months ago,
Cowell was one of the tankers
who fell under an epidemic of'flu
and spent some time in the College
hospital upon the. team’s return.
When- Temple . swam Penn State,,
the ace .baekstroker got out of his
infirmary bed to take lop honors
in the .150-yard event.
•This exertion of energy, how
ever, put Cowell in a serious con
dition and he was - not in top
shape- for the Rutgers battle sev
eral days later. When the Eastern
Intercollegiate Meet arrived, Cow
ell was- running a high tempera
ture, and was confined to his home
at the advice of several physi
cians.
Team Leaves Him Behind
The remainder of the Galbraith
entries'in the tourney left for the
championships without Cowell, but
/ an improvement in his condition
permitted him to take a train from
Lewistown on the night before the
meet.
Cowell entered the tourney de
spite the warning of team physi-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
BOBBY COWELL
cians, but went out to cop the 1943
championship against a field of
nearly 10 schools. His time for this
event indicated that his condition
was weakened, but he still had
enough push left to outrank his
opponents.
Lion Enters Nationals-
Several- weeks later, the Nittany
baekstroker left Penn State with
teammate Rocky Young for the
National Intercollegiate tourney-in
Columbus, Ohio, where the cream
of the nation’s swimmers were en
tered for the top honors of the
country.
In this meet he became the first
Penn State man ever to' place in
the medal winner bracket, for the
national swim when he took a fast
fifth place just behind Harry Hol
liday- of Michigan, who is rated
number one man in the backstroke
event in this country. • •
Cowell hails from the Pitts
burgh. district, where he swam in
schoolboy competition last year,
winning the National AAU title,
for the backstroke race. Several
weeks ago, the Lion champion- re
ceived •’ an appointment to the
United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md.„ where he is sched
uled to report for his midshipman
training early in June.
Tomorrow: Jackie Grey.
Jh DL Wo ,<•«
CATHAUM—
“Edge of Darkness”
STATE—
“Tarzan Triumphs”
NITTANY—
“SherIock Holmes’ Secret
Weapon”
Bedenkmen Gird
For Temple Tilt
Here This Week
Alter edging Villanova to a 3-2
defeat in 12 innings on Saturday,
Coach Joe Bedenk's baseballers
were forced indoors to sharpen
their guns Cor an undefeated Tem
ple team at New Beaver Field this
Saturday afternoon. •
Rain hampered the scheduled
Lion-Navy game at Annapolis on
Monday, and a steady downpour
here at State College all day yes
terday made it impossible for the
Nittany batters to benefit from any
outdoor practice.
• The' Lion mentor will put his
charges through fast paces the
next few days to make a final
check on the starting lineup, and
is expecting to give the Philadel
phians a hard battle, as neither j
squad has tasted defeat this year.)
Last week, Bedenk had his ace
pitcher, Johnny Stover, on. the
mound against the Villanova Wild
cats, and may start him again this
weekend. Stover yielded but five
hits in the 12-inning stretch. On
the receiving end of the battery,
Oggie Martella will get the assign
ment. Martella hammered two of
the Lion runs over the plate, win
ning the game with his double in
the final frame. The Bedenk
catcher is leading the Lion pack
in the batting column, boasting a
.400 average for the opener.
At first base* Chuck MacFarland
will gain the ned for the starting
position. It was MacFarland who
lined a single through the infield
last week to score on Martella’s
deciding- double. The Penn- State
first baseman made two hits in six
trips to the plate to give him an
impressive average of .333.
A lone change- in the lineup
may be at the right field spot,
where Dale Bowers started in the
Villanova battle. Bower was in
jured this winter while playing
handball,, and this has handicapped
his running facilities to a limited
degree. Bedenk may substitute
johnny . Sylvester in this position,
depending on subsequent practices
this week.
Jake Flowers batted out a .333
average, as did Burford, in his six
times at. the plate, and is the sure
man for the left field garden. Com
pleting the outfield will be Jack
Burford, the man who never had
a baseball glove on until he came
to college. Burford had one for
five in the game last week, but is
expected to raise his average to
one of the top positions before the
season ends.
'At second base, Eddie Sebasti-an
elli will be in the starting lineup,
while- Captain Whitey Thomas
will guard the shortstop area, and-
Gene Sutherland will span the hot
corner in his regular position..
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
are now available
from Cadet Officers for the
MILITARY BALL.
Music will be played by
The Aristocrats.
This; formal dance will be
held at Rec Half, April 30.
;PA6£'Tlfflaf
College To Add E con.
Political Science ,
History In Summer
Planning its academic program:
this summer with an eye to- the
future, the College will offer- 1
courses in history, economics, and
political science which are incident
to the conduct of the war as well
as postwar planning and recon
struction.
In addition to the regular aca
demic semester from June 14 to
September 24, there will be four
separate summer sessions of vary
ing. length particularly designed!
for in-service teachers, school ad
ministrators, and special students,
engaged in emergency training.
For the benefit of those who?*
are unable to devote longer per
iods to study during wartime; a
large majority of the summer ses
sions courses will he- given- on- a
intensive basis of one, two, or
three weeks’ duration. The first of
these -begins on May 17 and will
end on June 4.
Courses dealing with our Allies
and the economic, political, geo
graphical, social, and cultural',
problems related to the war will
be offered. These include Eastern
Europe in Modern Times, Sdeiali
and. Cultural History of Latins-
America, American Foreign-Policy,
in Relation to the United Nations*.
Post-war World Organization,,
Party Issues in the United- States. -
Since the State Department of -
Public Instruction in December,
made it obligatory for all- teachers*
in the public schools to be quali
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
ABOUT THE
WAVES
SPARS
Q.- Howlong -will my-traanicHT;
• period be?
A. The trainii’.g perlod"will'-av
erage about four months.
Q. Can an l enlisted woman- re
quest training-in-a-particular:
field—for instance, radio—
even if Bhe has- hadno- pre
vious training in thatfield?
A. Yes. But if cannot be guar
anteed that- the request wilt
be granted.
Q. When do I get my uniform?
A. After you arrive at training
school. However, you should-'
bring enough civilian cloth
. ing for a week or two.
Q. What will my hours be at
training school?
A. The lvom-s will depend' on.
the school you attend-; How
ever, they will be on a niili
•. tary basis. Reveille,-taps; etc.