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:
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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-
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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.