'PAGE SIX Houck Sets Back Boxing Tourney Until Next Week Dempsey On Leave; Cannot Referee Bouts 'Leo Houck and military officers on campus have set back the date of the semi-final boxing bouts un til next weekend, according to word from the Lion mitt coach late yesterday afternoon. Conflict with the Navy-Marine track meet scheduled for Sunday afternoon, and previously arranged typhoid innoculations, were given as rea sons. Under the readjusted plans, eliminations in each of the service groups will be held early next week, to be followed by the semi final leg of the tourney on August 21 and the finals on August 28. Over a score of men have signed for bouts • from all four military units, and Navy officers were ready to sign additional sailors and ma rines this morning Engineers and advanced ROTC men who have failed to report their names to Captain Charles Prosser in Carnegie Hall should see him by Monday - night if they wish to enter the round-robin tour nament. Meanwhile, word has been re ceived from Lt. Comdr. Jack Dempsey, for in eq . heavyweight champion of the world, who had DEMPSEY'S LETTER Mr. Leo Houck, Boxing Coach The Pennsylvania State College School of Physical Education and Athletics State College, Pennsylvania. Dear Leo: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of July 27. 1943, (Continued on page seven) Penn Haven Leads IM Ball League Penn Haven took the lead in the Intramural Softball League this week when they defeated Lions' Club 14-10 and Fletcher's 23-15, according to Pabe Lebowitz, IM manager, who released final scores, standings, and next week's games. Other standings were establish ed when Matil's knocked out Ath erton Street 11-6 and then lost to Beta Sigma Rho 6-4. Penn State Club 'bowed to Atherton Street 15-11 and also to the Pittsburgh A. C. 9-0. Phi Sigma Delta turned back the Pittsburgh A. C. 8-1. League Standings Club Penn Haver , ... Beta Sigma Rho Phi Sigma Delta Pittsburgh A. C Matirs Atherton Street 1 1 Fletcher's 0 1 Lions Club 0 1 Penn State Club 0 2 Next Week's Schedule Friday, August 13—Matil's vs. Penn Haven and Pittsburgh vs. Beta Sigma Rho at 6:45 p.m., golf course. Saturday, August 14—Penn Ha ven vs. Penn State Club, and Ath erton Street vs. Beta Sigma Rho at 2:30; golf course. Monday, August 16—Lions Club vs. Matil's, and Fletcher's vs. Beta Sigma Rho at 6:45 p.m.; golf course. Wednesday, August .18 Penn State Club vs. Beta Sigma Rho, and Atherton Street vs. Phi Sigma Delta at 6:45 p.m.; golf course. Friday, August 20—Penn State Club vs. Penn Haven, Lions Club vs. Penn State Club, and Fletcher's vs. Matil's at 6:45; golf course. Michigan State Quits Grid Michigan State dropped its foot ball program for the duration, it was announced yesterday, thus at3tomatically eliminating the Penn State-Michigan game, scheduled WAR DEPARTMENT RULING instructing advanced R. 0. T. C. students to finish their college educations before reporting to Officer Candidate S chools, practically assures Penn State of this trio all of them stand-out performers on the once- of regulars fort he 1943 football season. The three, defeated 1942 eleven, are (left to right): Johnny Jaffurs, guard; Sparky Brown, back; and Aldo Cenci, back. 411104 V-12 Softball By ART MILLER, A/S, U.S.N.R. After having initial encounters postponed because of rain,• the Navy-Marine mushball league finally got under way Wednesday as Barracks 9 shut out Barracks 26 and Barracks 13 racked up its first win to the tune of 3-0 over the Barracks 24 Tars. Barracks 13 Marines, after tak ing the measure of Barracks 24, went on to paste Barracks 36, 10-5, and eke out a 7-6 triumph over Barracks 26, thereby getting a good grip on first place money in the on-campus league. Barracks 9 Marine crew was right behind at the end of the week as it came through with two wins behind Smith's speedball pitching.' In the off-campus sector, things were . .going at a slower pace, but Barracks 41 found time to thrash Barracks 35 by a 10-1 count while the Navy men in Barracks 20 took their first tilt of the season from Barracks 22, 7-5. Barracks 13 vs. Barracks 26 Racking up • its third straight win, Barracks 13 had plenty of trouble with Barracks 26, but pull ed a storybook finish to nip the Tars in one extra inning. Succes sive singles by Clowes, Chabek, and pinch-hitter Davis meant the difference. Barracks 26 took the lead in the second with two runs, added two in the third and an other two in the fourth frame, but the boys from 13 came up with three in the fourth 'as Cheka• W. L. . 2 0 . 1 0 1 0 1 1 THE COLLEGIAN League Features 16 Gaines notched his third hit to supple ment their three previous tallies and brings the count to 6-6. Both sides were retired in the fifth, but the pinch-hit single in the last of the sixth gave Barracks 13 the de cision, 7-6. • In the • other campus league game played yesterday, Barracks 37 came close to upsetting Speed ball Smith and Barracks 9, but met defeat by a '5-4 count as the Marines put together a single by Hadorn, a walk by Hamilton, a double by Gladstone, and a single by Murry to fashion the winning run. House 9 picked up two runs in the first on a home run through the shortfielder's legs, but 37 coun teracted with two in the second and tacked on another two in the third. Barracks 9 got a tally in the third and trailed by one run going into the decisive final inning. Smith allowed only two hits to bring total safeties off him to a meager three in two, games. Barracks 20 vs. Barracks 22 • Every player except the pitcher and center fielder contributed a hit to the cause as Barracks 20 notched itself a spot in the first division of the off-campus loop. A Common Expression in Town and on Campus "You Can. Get It at Metzgers" STATIONERY For the Army - Mr Corps - Navy - Marine Corps Also PENN STATE STATIONERY PARKER FOUNTAIN PENS Athletic Equipment of All Kinds GOLF - TENNIS - SWIMMING -BASEBALL, etc, SERVICE MEN'S KITS OF VARIOUS KINDS .CARD TABLES - PLAYING CARDS'- GREETING CARDS Shop at Metzger's • The winners bunched together three singles, a double by Monack and a three-base blow by Gates to net five tallies in the first frame, but Barracks 22 pecked away at the lead with two runs in the first and second innings. The clincher came in the top half of the fourth when Feld lined a single to left, went around on a ground-out by Beisinger, and tallied on Duff's single. Duff then scored as Ireland reached first on an error. Barracks 13 vs. Barracks 36 BarraLks 13 took the lead again in the on-campus setup Tuesday when its team, scoring seven times ,in the fagt second inning, added three more to roll over the Bar racks 36 Marines, 10-5. Durkee, Crawford, Fidati, Arndt, and Georgenson rattled hits past the boys from 36 as the seven tallies crossed the platter. Lickert and Jones kept the losers in the ball game in both the first and third innings as they contributed solid singles to lead Barracks 36 in hit ting. Barracks 37 vs. Barracks 26 Behind the three-hit pitching of Whitey Kirk and the solid batting (Continued on page eight) FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 Cornell Meet Ends Summer Schedule The summer sports program will come to a close Saturday when the Lion track and tennis teams meet Cornell in return en gagements. The track team will be all out for revenge when they meet the Big Red trackmen 'n Ithaca, N. Y., tomorrow afternoon, seeking to re verse the score that dangled Penn State on the short end two weeks ago. Nineteen runners will compose the team, including nine Marine V-12's, one Navy V-12, two ROTC men, and seven regular students, the same team which participated in the former encounter with the exception of Pvt. McCowan who is affected by the ruling that no basic V-12 may leave the campus for an athletic meet. Dudek and Reed are expected to carry the .load in the sprints in place of Wedge who is suffering a sore leg. Meanwhile,•the tennis team will play host to the Cornell netmen in the last home engagement of the summer at 3 p.m. Saturday. The Big Red team downed the Lions at Ithaca earlier in the sea son. Calls Candidates Frank McKain, head cheerleag er, has issued a call for more men to try out at the practices con ducted every night at' 7:30 in front of Old Main. At , the first, call, nine coeds and six- men , turn ed out. PRINTING See Us For • ALL . • YOUR • PRINTING • NEEDS Nittany Printing Publishing Co. 119 S. Frazier St. Dial 4868
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