FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1943 Houck Launches Campa Jack Dempsey May Referee Round-Robin Service Bouts By REM ROBINSON; A/S, USNR • • Leo Houck, coach of the Penn State bOxing team ; was, today laying the foundation for one of the biggest pugilistic carnivals under College supervision in the history of the ring apOrt as he completed plans with military leaders on the campus for a• round-robin boxing tournament among the ASTP, Navy, Marine,• and advanced ROTC men who, have 'been stationed here for advariced training. - After conferring with Lieut. •Thoinas Coleman of the Nivy. and Colonel Edward D. Ardery of the ROTC department, Houck pushed correspondence to the U. S. Coast Guard Station in NeW York to ob tain Lieut.-Comdr. Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion of the world, as referee for the finals, which will be held on New Beaver Field at 7 p. m. Saturday, August 21 . Under present plz-as r an outdoor ring will be constructed on New Beaver Field to seat an expected capacity crowd of servicemen and civilians, according to a statement relgased by Pvt. Ben Leaman, for mer,manager of the Lion boxing squad and present cadet in the advanced ROTC group, who is working in collaboration with Houcl, and the Naval and Army 'officers in mapping details for .the Any man who is stationed here with he ASTP, Navy, Marine, or advanced ROTC is eligible to enter the tourney, but he must hand in his name, and the weight in which he will box, to the leader of his barracks by next Friday, August 6. ,Managers of •the different military :units will then contact the house leaders for a .complete list of the comoetingmen from his group the next day. Boats will be held in the 120, .129, 135; 145, 155, 165, 175, and heavyweight classes, and in case •any .of the service groups enter -more than a full team, proper eliminations will be held within that unit by its manager, under the supervision of the Lion coach. ' Drawings for the semi-finals will be held August 9 by Houck• and :the various managerS. These fights -will be held in Rec Hall at 2:30 p.m. August 14. Winners in the bouts- will advance' to the finals the next weekend, which are ex pected to be refereed by Dtmpsey. 1 Early next week, announcement will be made in the various bar racks regarding the selection of a manager from each unit; and spa cifici rules as to . overweight and iivalfications can be discussed with him. Meanwhile ; however, Houck - urges all 'men - who are go ing to participate in the tourney to give, their name to their barracks „leader immediately. The drawings may pair either the Marines against. the ASTP, and the Navy against the ROTC for the August 14 bouts, or some other scheduling system s .but Houck wants all semi-finals to be fought on one afternoon, to speed the "show to the finals the following weekend. Houck made it clear that al though all four men in one weight 'class will' tn( on August 14, 'no 'man will have to fight twice that day, as he merely wants to elimi nate the field 'down to two men in each class. For these fights, the boxing mentor is expecting to bill Al Pyle, the professional referee, who 1 - as been the third man in the - ring in many of Billy Soose's bouts 'throughout this section. 'fillcKain Calls Cheerleaders Male students interested in cheerleading should report in front of Old Main at 6:30 p.m. Monday, according to Pvt. Frank R. Mc- Kain, head cheerleader. Since Most of the former squad has been lost either through graduation or to the armed forces,ran almost en tirely 'new group' will have to be Plans Seivice.Seiles: •. • • . • ••• ac Al LEO HOUCK, Penn State box ng coach, is the originator of the ound-robin boxing tourney among he servicemen stationed. at the. ollege. He is now trying to bring ack Dempsey here as referee. COLLEGIAN SPORTS. Marines There First Marine reservists are holding down six of the nine positions on the Penn State baseball team this summer. Ohio Boys Set Pace Ten Navy V-12 boys on the Penn State baseball roster this summer call Ohio their home state. Influx of Athletes Abcut 25 of approximately 100 native Ohioans assigned to Penn State under , the Navy V-12 train ing program are seeking berths on Lion athletic teams this sum mer. • Lions In Minority No more than three Penn State hold-overs have played with the Lion baseball team at any one time this summer. Most of the regulars are nroducts of the Navy V-12 program. • Prolific Writer Leo Houck, veteran boxing coach, is one of Penn State's most prolific-letter writers. He writes to dozens of 'former Lion athletes now in the armed services. THE COLLEGIAN Nittany Tradmen To Baffle Cornell In Season's Opener In their first dual meet and only scheduled home meet of the Sum mer semester, the Lion trackmen will *battle Cornell at New Beaver Field at 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon.' Coach Ray Conger will field a team composed mainly of Navy and ,Marine V-12 trainees with Only a handful of the former Penn State squad competing. Old holdovers from last year's squad are' Johnny Dibeler, Jim Ziegler, Lou Borges, Sidney Co hen, and Cecil Deutschle. Coach Conger revealed that a former Lion fieldman, who is now train ing 1 4 Cornell in the V-12 pro gram, may compete against his last year's teammates. Dick Stouffer, who high-jumped 6 feet and 2 3 / 4 inches last year, is expected to star for Cornell if he meets V-12 eligi bility requirements. Four Half-Milers Compete Dibeler will run the quarter and half miles with possibly three other Congermen competing with him in the half. Saulnier, V-12 contribution, who ran a 2:01.0 half in high school a year ago, will be started in that distance although lack of practice is expected to slow him clown. A V-12 man and for mer University of Cincinnati trackman, Shellenberger will com pete in the half and also perform in the high jump event. Other half-miler is Deutschle who will also run the mile. • Lion milers besides Deutschle will be two V-12 trainees With for mer college experience. Don Stoff, coming from " the University of Dayton, and Hans Hermanies, a Univ...n : sity of Cincinnati product, who will also carry the Lion hopes in the two-mile run. Lions Enter Field Events Borges and Cohen, two remain ing Lionmen, will perform in the field events, Borges throwing the javelin and Cohen handling the javelin, discus, and shot put. Borges placed fourth last spring in the IC4-A javelin throw. I",'oexner, V-12 trainee, has•;been entered -in the sliot put aria discus events, and may : join the.:.jaVelin' competition if needed. Only Lion broad juniper is Ferd Fischer, freshman, while Shellen berger is -the, only high jumper entered for .the Nittany'squad: _ Squad Acquirek Champ Outstanding. contribution is Rowan "Tubby" Crawford, Navy, Role vaulter and former Ohio- University „star. 3 Crawford vaulted 13 feet hi - the' Central In "tercollegiates ...at Milwaukee last spring, to Ae i DeP,ield of : Minnesota for the pfjel• : Nick :01 . ci Itiida .former' Penn Stater bask. 'in 'the 1742 program, will perfiir . rri in'. the' high hurdleS, with FreSt`t4i 4 oria.‘ Pitt' competing in both the high and low hurdles. gn For B xing Show Bedenk BOseballers Sampson Naval Trainees After scoring a decisive victory over a weak and punchless Lehigh nine last weekend, Joe Bedenk's Navy-Marine injected baseball club will drop anchor this after noon in the Sampson, (N.Y.) Naval Training Base, where they will meet the tars of the fleet in Penn State's first game on their away schedule. Bedenk will start his only re gular-student players in the bat tery, with Captain Mike Ward rop, winner of last week's con test doing the hurling, and Ed Haller, freshman player last spring, on the receiving end. Returning to first base, after playing one game at shortstop to fill in a vacancy created by the absence of regular Jim Bartlett, is Bill Smyth, towering batter from the University of Cincinnati. Jim Graham will again hold down the Keystone sack, and Bill Early, hard-hitting third sacker returns to the hot-corner. Last week Ear ly smashed out a line-drive home run with two mates aboard. Both Jack Castignola and Jim Bartlett will return to the line-up this _afternoon, after missing the Lehigh fray. Castignola will guard the left field gardens, fully re covered from a vaccination in fection which• sent him to the Col- Arrow SHI 'IS - Can be purchased in All sizes—All styles—All colors Charles .Sh •)Fi PAGE TliThEl4 i eet lege Hospital for several days last week. Bartlett is slated to do the ball-chasing around the short stop position. Terry Reichwein and Chuck Traegor fill the remaining spots in center and right field respec tively. Last Saturday, the Sampson. squad unleashed a fury of hit's to drown Cornell, 7-1, allowing ° the Big Red but one hit. Stationed at Sampson is Johnny Mize, former first-sacker for the New 'York Giants, who may take over Ow. same position against the Lions this afternoon. Jordan Downs AEPhi In WRA Tournament This week's round of softball found the tournament gathering momentum as 14 teams met on the field. ChiO and KAT took their re spective games by defaults, the former over KKG and the latter over Phi Mu, Tuesday. Playing Tuesday's only game, Jordan de feated AEPhi by 10 to 4. CM Omega played Ath West and Watts met Jordan on Wednesday, while yesterday's games included SDT against Ath East and Fresh men against AEPhi.
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