FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1943
ROTC, ASTP Share Honors
In All-Service Boxing Finals
Perin State's advanced ROTC
unit shared championship honors
with the ASTP Saturday in the
dnal round of the College's first
All-Service Boxing Tournament.
Both the ASTP and ROTC box
it's punched: their way to double
victories, while the Irish Marine,
Mike Sweeney, - carried off the
fifth crown.
A technical knockout, four de
cisions, and a draw were included
in the final accounting. Six mem
bers of the ASTP, five advanced
ROTC students, and single en
tries from the Navy and Marines .
were -combatants in Coach Leo
Houck's action-packed slug show.
Harry Administers TKO
It was Sam Harry of the ROTC
against Navy's Art Lorenz in the
135-pound opener, with Harry,
the veteran • Nittany wrestling
champion, administering a three
part lesson in classy boxing that
ended in a technical knockout
over Lorenz. The bout •was call
ed midway through the third
round after a flurry of ROTC
lefts and rights to Lorenz's face.
Forcing the fight most of the
Penn Haven Leads
Softball League
With — three games remaining to
be ;played, the Section 2 civilian
intramural baseball league lias all
but wound up its summer sernes
tier schedule.
Wednesday's scores showed - Beta
Sigma Rho defeating Lions - Club
12-10, Phi Sigma Delta over 'Ath
erton -.:Street and- _Pitts
burgh trouncing Matins 9-1.
Present standings:,
Team
Penn Haven ..
Phi Sigma Delta
Atherton Street
Beta Sigma Rho
Pittsburgh
Matills
Lions Club
Penn State Club
Flachers
Games scheduled for this week
end are:
Friday—Pittsburgh vs. Atherton
Street, 6:45.
Saturday—Matills vs. Phi Sigma
Delta, • 2;30. •
Saturday—Beta Sigma Rho vs.
Phi Sigma Delta, 4:30.
qiu.,teiarn managers -_are asked to
contact • Babe Lebowitz Tuesday
evening.before.lo:3o.
W-12
Spur
By Art Miller, +A/S, -
One Tar, one Marine, and one.
OTC trainee : have -reached the
semi-final bracket of the Navy-
EROTC-Marine-ASTP golf tourney.
• Bob Wetherill, Barracks 29, gain
ed the next-to-the-top . position by
defeating ASTP Sprague, 8 and 6,
and going on to thrash Long of the
Marines by G up and 5 to go ip 'in
other 18 holes of match play.
Peterson, Marines, won • over
Bernthal, ASTP, by default, then
Outshot Keller; ASTP,. 7 up and 6
ti) go. Dick Ross was the third man
to gain -the semi-final round when
he eliminated the Navy's Culver
by default, then took care of Ar
nold, ASTP, 3 . and 2. _ _
Fighting for the right to meet
Ross in the sub-flnal bracket to
morrow, Nippes, Navy, beat viol-,
brook, ASTP, 7 and 5, while ASTP
Van Cura romped over Woodruff,
B.un and 7 to. go. Nippes and Van
Cure . , will battle it out. today.
Finals in the link tourney are
scheduled for Sunday afternoon on
the College fairways.
Barracks 41 Softball Leader
Barracks 41 made no bones
about declaring themselves lead
ers in the Off-Campus softball 'cir
cuit . last week as they walloped
;the Barracks 22 sailors, 1.5-0, for
their th.rd straight victory. The
way, and using both his left and
right cross to good advantage,
Lennie Catanosa hammered out
the second ROTC victory. from
ASTP's hard-fighting Pat Colella.
It was 'a roundhouse I heeven in
the next bout, as two willing but
green 155-pounders — inixed it up
for three sessions of looping rights
and lefts. Will Carmean of the
ROTC proved the less experien
ced of the two, however; - as he
failed repeatedly .to take . cover
from the long range blasts of
ASTPer Hefty Philo arid there
by. lost the three-round decision.
Leatherneck Wins .
In a 165-pound bout. that start
ed slowly and picked up momen
tum in each • round, ROTC Charles
Kaeny battled Mike Sweeney on
almost een terms until the last
round, whne the . Irish Marine's
long, hard right caught Kaveny
repeatedly. •
In a special exhibition match
which preceded the heavyweight
finale, ASTP Privates Best and
Reed fought to a draw in three
fast rounds of unusually good
boxing. Both fighters had sub
mitted their entries too "rate to
be considered in the tournament.
Winding _up "the evening of ring
warfare, 230-pound ASTPer
George Purnell' stalked his fast
ino‘!ing opponent, ROTC Pvt.
Sid Cohen, throughout the • fight,
aiming each punch with a de
liberation that left little room for
wildness. Although both boxers
made good use of powerful left
hands, Purnell dished out .a purl
ishing body attack that proved
the margin of victory.
Corps Gains Decisive
Victory In Softball
Saturday's softball game be
tween Company B of the ASTP
and a Squad of men representing
the Air Corps resulted in a victory
for the Air Corps.
In the seven innings played the
Air Corps easily came out on top
with a 6-0 score. Two runs were
made by Knoke 'of the Air Corps
and the other runs were made by
Osburn, Walls, Russco, Mclntyre,
Sheldon, and Cripps, alSo of the
Air Corps. •
The winning pitcher of the Air
Corps was Cripps, and the pitcher
for Company. B was Pendergast.
Considering that there were only
three two-base hits, one each by
Sheldon, Busso, and Knoke, the
pitching •ability was pretty close,
although Cripps just seemed to.
have that edge which let only four
hiti be made by Company B.
W. L.
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5: 2
4 • 3
3 4
3 4
3 5
2 6
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is News
Marines teed off in the .first inning
for three counters, came back in
the second frame to score another
seven, and picked up five more in
the fourth. While mates Pateno,
Trager, and Reeves were . collect
ing two hits apiece for the victors,
.Pitcher Schmodel held Barracks 22
to two scant hits and batted out
two himself.
On-Campus League
Barracks 13
Barracks 9
Barracks 37
Barracks 24
Barracks 36
Barracks 26
Off-Campus League
Barracks 41
Barracks 20
•Barracks 29
Barracks 22
Barracks 62
Barracks 35
Pool Palter
Chief 'Belder's weekly commu
nique states that cargo nets, kapok
life preservers, and escape ropes
have arrived'ai the Glennland pool
For rescue practice for V-12
trainees. Practice on the new life
saving apparatus will begin this
week.
Tennis tournament, scheduled to
10 into its semi-final round last
week, was rained out.
THE COLLEGIAN
Line Proves
As Practice
Between
Te Lions
By Pvt. DICK McN.AUL
Sports Editor
Leo's Boxing Show
-- Boxing -fans were on the receiv
ing end-of a - sports treat Saturday
evening at - the finals of Leo
liouck's All-Service Boxing Tour
ney. Despite - the many . obstacles
which 'slowed down plans for the
show, Leo came through once
again with a worthwhile exhibi
tion.
The assistance of Ben Leaman,
boxing manager last season and a
member of the Advanced ROTC,
and the Navy, Army, and Marine
staffs helped make the bouts pos
sible.
From this corner, the outstand
ing contestants of the tourney
were Sam Harry, ROTC; Len Cata
noso, ROTC; Mike Sweeney, Ma
rines; Sid Cohen, ROTC (although
he didn't win in the finals, he
showed plenty of improvement
over his work in the semi-finals);
and George Purnell, ASTP. The
Purnell-Cohen fight was close all
the way—with plenty of thrills.
Purnell got the decision after three
close rounds which had spectators
on their feet most of the way.
Explanation
-With the arrival of the football
season, the problems facing the
Collegian's sports staff begin
doubling. Especially when the
paper is printed only once a week
will the difficulties become acute.
This is the first time in its history
that Collegian has operated on - a
weekly basis and things are still
pretty much in -an experimental
stage. Coverage of the news will
be necessarily short and sometimes
the stories will be old stuff. How
ever; we shall do the best possible
job under the circumstances.
Bootees Prepare
forfirsiTill
As the season's opener with
Bucknell approaches, State's soc
cer squad is rounding into its tra
ditionally high form. Daily scrim
mages on the golf course, as well
as frequent battles with the Naval
'Ensigns, are preparing the soccer
" Men for a stiff schedule. •
Promising players who bid fair
to fill the shoes of last year's team
include Earl Stauffer, Bob Clauser,
Spec Rojac, and MaUrice Ernst.
From the ranks of •Navy and Ma
rine V-12, who compose a large
part of the squad, come Tubby
Crawford, Dick Schnadel, and Bob
Snyder.
Advanced R 0 T C contributes
Chuck Lebow, champion rope
climber, and Wayne Bechtel. Frosh
who have shown up well this fag
are Bob Mac Williams and Joe
Crouch.
Adding the few returning vet
erans. and the many experienced
V-12'ers now here to these hope
fuls gives a well-balanced squad. •
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Tennis Registration Open
All civilian students interested
in entering a tennis tournament
which begins Tuesday should con
tact Jim Redmond as soon as pos,
sible by calling . 4645.
The 'tournament is open only to
regular .civilian students and not
to servicemen. A prize, yet to be
determined, will be awarded' the
winner.
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1 2
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State's War Dead Totals 44
Official reports today boosted to
57 the number of Pennsylvania
State College students and alumni
who have lost their lives or who
have been reported missing in ac
tion since the beginning of World
War 11. The dead number 44, while
four
. others are prisoners of war.
Biggest Grid Headache
Enters Fourth Week
"The squad has produced an abundance of good material and the
bays are shaping up favorably at this point, but we still have a long
way to go. We will be busier than ever from now on," commented.
Coach Bob Higgins as the Nittany Lions view the season opener with
Bucknell only three weeks away.
Higgins greatest headache promises to be rebuilding the 1942 line
which lost its effectiveness only in th , 3 West Virginia game last year.
Only returning linemen are Johnny Jaffurs, ROTC, and Apprentice
Seaman Red Moore. However, the Navy-Marine turnout has produced
a number of line candidates who will see plenty of action.
The showing of Bull Powers, all-conference center last year from
Dayton University and Harry Davis of Xenia indicates that the center
assignment will be welLtaken care of. Impressive at the end positions
Coach Conger
Calls Runners
Although the cross-country team
does not have a meet scheduled
until October, Coach Ray M. Con
ger has issued a call for all candi
dates to report at the Water Tower
at 4:30 p.m. any afternoon.
Coach Conger believes that if he
gives his squad an early start he
will have a well-conditioned team
by the time the first Meet rblls
around.
John Hermanies of the Marines,
star miler and two-miler of the
track team, appears to be the only
standout Who is sure to report for
practice.
Places on the squad are open to
regular students and servicemen.
Coach Conger stated that all can
didates must secure a physical per
mit from the College Health Serv
ice before they can be issued
equipment.
Freshmen ' and upperclassmen
interested in trying out for assis
tant cross-country managers should
see Stu Block, manager, at the
Water Tower any afternoon at
4:30.
Because Syracuse .has dropped
cross-country for the duration, the
folloiving schedule remains for the
coming season: •
Oct. 9—Manhattan.
• Oct. 16—Cornell at Ithaca. ,
November—lC,AAAA chaMpion
ships at Van Courtlandt Park,
N. Y.
IMA,To Show-Movies
Of Football• Games
• Motion pictures of the "most im
_portant and interesting .football
games of last year's season, includ
ing Penn, Syracuse, Colgate, and
•Pitt, will be shown with' the idea
of instilling pre-season spirit into
the student body. Coach Bob Hig
gins has consented to be on hand
to explain and comment on team
strategy.
The pictures of the games will
be shown in 121 Sparks at 7:30
p.m. on Tuesday, September 14.
Other games will follow on Tues
day nights thereafter. If movies of
the games are taken this season,
the IMA will continue to sponsor
the movies •through this semester
and the next. No admission fee will
be required.
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TRAVELERS CHEQUES
have been Bill Smth, University
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Other V-12 trainees who will b"
counted on to bolster the Penn
State forward wall are Tad-Hapa
nowicz, George Washington, and.
Joe Accrocco, Frank Maloney, and
Don Hamrock, all of Dayton U.
Frosh Competition Looms
The freshman class has pro
duced a few gridders who have
given Coach Higgins a pleasant
surprise by making plenty of trou
ble for first team aspirants with
collegiate experienee. George
Slater and Marino Marchi aro
pressing for tackle positions while
Charley Stapel, a hard working
halfback from Avalon High, has
been outstanding in practice ses-•
sions.
The backfield situation has en
couraged the coaching staff al•
though the kicking talents of Joe
Colone, last year's freshman ace,
have not been replaced. However,
here again the first year class has
produced a possible answer in Al
Olsewski, a capable kicker.
Surplus Of Ball Carriers
Besides backfield v e ter an s
Sparky Brown, Bob Williams, and
blocking back Aldo Cenci. Higgins
has a number of ball carriers to
draw from. Dave Hardy, Toledo;
Allen Richards, Cincinnati; Jim
Graham, George Washington; and
Harold Mouch, Jack Castignola,
and Milt McGuire, all from •Dayton
University, have made commend
able showings as backs. The last
three named performers are the
"abbreviated" type which have
proved so effective for Higgins in
the past when lack of size has been
overshadowed by the speed of the
ball carrier to give the rLions their
offensive power.
RCA Will Interview
Senior Technicians
Radio Corporation of America
will send a representative to cam
pus September 10. to interview
seniors. This firm is particularly
interested in electrical, mechani
cal, industrial, and chemical en
gineers, and physicists.
Also desired are women gradu
ates trained for secretarial, busi
ness administration, accounting,
and engineering aide work.
A booklet containing informa
tion about RCA is available at the
College 'Placement Service, 204 Old
Main. Interview appointments may
be arranged through this office.
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