rAGE TWO
Ca e, at Teams Battle Colgate Red Raiders
Puckmen Busy With. Hershey Bears On New Ice Rink
Davis Squad Fistmen Leave Campus
in Comeback For West Point Meet
Coach Art Davis' hockey squad By Seaman Rem Robinson
cxpects to have a tough job Another boxing- season gets
christening its new hockey rink punched into the sporting lime
.l.omorrow afternoon, for the Lion. light tomorrow afternoon, when
.opponents from Hershey have Coach Leo Houck's squad of near
never been beaten by a Penn all Navry-Marine battlers crawl
irate team. through the ropes at West Point
Earlier in the season. the Her- to slug it out with Army's once
itiey Junior Bears came from be- beaten team.
:hind in the last period to nail
another 7-4 win in • the record As has been the case in foot
.
uooks, against the Nittany team, ball, track, soccer, wrestling, and
put hockey captain, Art Glad-
hockey, the Nittany Lion mitt
stone, feels that the 1944 puck-
master is counting on the V-12
titers, mostly V-12 trainees, are in unit to produce men to fill the
'good shape, and should give the first string. Only civilians on the
team are in the first two weight
visiting skaters a closer struggle
omorrow.
divisions, where wiry Joe Cu
i.
trone and Frank Serago will fight
' Colgate was originally sched- at 121 and 135 respectively.
Wed to open Penn State's home
Firmly cemented in the 135-
:hockey career on January 29, but
'
iathletic officials moved another pound notch for tomorrows fray,
practice game with the Bears i: Seaman Billy Cochran, product
'
.into the ice program for the win-
of Pittsburgh amateur bpxing
t,ir. circles. Cochran's skill and ek
• Coach Davis will start the same perience may prompt Houck to
move the Navy fighter into the
:squad against the Bears as has
ueen scrimmaging as the varsity 145-pound class, thus opening the
:;:or the past month. Roger Nel-
lighter weight to several other
;son and Tubby Crawford are promising candidates.
:dated to bolt down the forward Until after tomorrow's bout,
line attack of the Lions, while however, Houck will keep Coch
(.!artadian-born Gene O'Donnell ran ,at 135, and send Pvt. Stan
and Pvt. Jack Foley will start on Miller of the Marine Corps into
:i - ne defense positions. Pvt. Paul the 145-pound. notch. From the
Ameel will cover the nets at the football team comes Pvt. Chuck
goal, while Gladstone will start as Klausing, who may get the 155-
- player-captain, at center. pound nod over Hal Howard, an-
The second team is roune.ing other Marine trainee. Houck an
-;
; -ito shape at fast pace, and Davis ticipates weekly lineup changes
~n tends to make frequent substi- due to the flexible Military enroll
•tutions in order to determine the ment, so . may wait until this af
best scoring and defensive corn- ternoon to decide which mittman
lAnations available for the squad. he will use in this class.
Paul Ranier, Jack Cummings, Ro- Claude Horton, sailor from the
i:er Plail, Ew Williams, and University of Pennsylvania intra-
Jacque Hutchins should all see mural circles, seems like the log
,•:cion in tomorrow's opener, ac- ical holder of the 165-pound bid,
,ording to Davis
• Ilutchins, a Navy trainee, was both he and Manny Herman a
::ofmerly a gun turret captain race ,for either the 165 or 175-
with the Pacific Fleet before en- pound slot. Hermann together
•; ; ering the V-12 program in July. with Mike Sweeney, will fill the
'mast week, Hutchins scored gaps at 175 and at heavyweight,
4igainst the Air Corps in' a prat- depending upon the way the
game. Moran-Horton complex is solVed.
etween The Lions
With the nation-wide controver
stirred up by Penn State's 15-
).2 conquest of Doc Carlson's 'Pitt
quintet before 300 yawning spec
-caters in the Smoky City last
- ,,,Hekenci, the pros and cons of the
'lJawther-type of basketball are
di tee more being argued.
The Pitt team, unable to pene
-c.rate the tight sliding zone defense
t the Nittany • Lions, refused to
:ittack, waited for the Lions to
come to them. On the defensive,
•:j•t! Blue and White team could
do little but wait for an offense
which didn't come until the clos
fy I, minutes of the game, when the
..y
time Washington, from the serial by Adelia Rogers Sr. John.
but Pvt. Jack Moran is giving
Panthers made a fruitless rally to
bring the final count to a disap
pointing 15-12.
The pros says that this is good
basketball, that it is. playing to
win at any cost. Though there
was little scoring, the game was a
tight one in which the breaks Only One Veteran
could decide.
The cons say that this is not the Returns From Title
conception of modern basketball.
They say that the speed, integrat- w inning Gym Squad
ed passwork and flashy shooting
are absent. Victory, they say,
With only one veteran as a
should not be sacrificed to the
nucleus ' around which to build
pure fun of playing the game as
the 1944 gymnastic team, Gene
well as it can, be played.
Wettstone faces his sixth season
as coach.. •
. Lest year his team
.captured the
Eastern Intercollegiate title and
Went on to . become National A.
A: U., champions. After , losing
the entire championship
,sqUad
with. the exception of veteran
Harold Frey, •Wettstone- must re•-
build his team literally •. from
scratch.
Army, Navy . Strong
Looking at the -schedule, Wett
stone expects the strongest •oppo
sition from Army and -Navy. Both
schools have seasoned •teains and
can not be affected by, the losS of,
members to the draft. The Annap
olis squad' opens the Lion sched
ule on February .12 in Rea Ha11..1
Harold' Frey', "second in' Eastern
Intercoljegiates and,third •in Na
tional tumbling; loomS • as
the star performer, according to
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Note to Athletes
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the sporting page is limited. If
your sport is not covered each
week, be patient, for we
haven't forgotten you. With at
least five major college sports
in full blast last week, we are
forced to eliminate entire
stories in some editions.
THE SPORTS STAFF
Mermen Seek
Army Victory
It looks like the Nittany mermen
are in for another tough afternoon
as they meet West Point in the
Cadet pool tomorrow but a couple
of the Galbraithmen may come
through with their first season
wins.
Leigh Woehling, who took a fast
second spot behind Midshipman
Bob Cowell as the latter set a new
Academy record at Annapolis last
weekend, will probably be , the
chOice to capture the 150-yard
backstroke event.
Johnny Milan, the other Penn
State second place winner against
the Midshipmen, will be shooting
for a first against Army's Mangan
in the 200-yard breaststroke. The
Nittany butterfly specialist did
about 2.46 for the distance against
Navy and may be able to cut that
down a couple of seconds to win.
over Army.
Only - recently able to• show this
wares On the board, Doc Ridings
should improve his 54-point show
ing and snatch the fancy dive
against the Cadets.
Paced by Bill Glynn, who cap
tured both the 100 and 220 free
style events when Army beat the
Princeton ,swimming team last
week, the Grey and Gold should
star in the freestyle races.
Pete Fries will be a likely
starter for the State team in the
medley relay and 50-yard freestyle
event: Bob Zusman, winner of two
third places in the Navy pool, will
swim again in the 220 and 440 dis
tance events, but will have espe
cially tough competition from
Glynn in the 220 race.
Valentino, frosh diver who has
been working out with Doc Rid
ings on the Nittany board during
the week, has showed steady im
provement and probably will make
the trip.
Lions Back Home After Wins ;
Untried Wrestlers In Debut
Whether Wrestling Coach Paul Boasting victories in five out of
Campbell has succeeded in making their last six gameS, Coach La . w:
something out of his limited mate- ther's Nittany five faces perhaps
rial will be settled tomorrow after- its toughest opposition of the seas.:
noon in Rec Hall when the Nittany son when it meets Colgate on the
Lion granolers meet Colgate in the Rec Hall floor tomorrow night,
first test of the 1944 season. then travels to West Point for a
Campbell, aided by Chief Spe- tussle with the Cadets on Wednes
cialists Gedeon and Sherman, day.
shaped his starting lineup with Colgate, first team to take a win
plenty of difficulty after combing from NYU in Madison Square
an inexperienced squad for first Garden early in the season, will
string possibilities. Not one letter- floor an experienced Red Raider
man will wear the Penn State col- squad against the Lions tomorrow,
ors when the Lions face the Red but the Army tiff later in the week
Raiders. will challenge the best in the Blue
Bob Lowrie has had everything and White club.
in the 121-pound bracket under West Point, a late starter this
control since practice began and season, is being called the best
will lead off against the opposi- team in the East by sports writers,
tion. Lowrie was Kryder Mattern's by dint of Cadet triumphs over
stand-in last season for State. Swarthmore, Colgate, and power-
Ray Shibley and Bob Shadley ful St. Johns.
have been making a dead heat of ' Dooley Plays Basketball
the race for the 128-pound slot al- . Bill Dooley, halfback' on the
though Shibley rated the starting Raider football squad, will prolo
nod after trials this week. , - ably start at guard position for the
V-12 trainees have taken over up-state team against the Nittany
Lions. Bob Quiri, Jack Friel, and
the 136 and 145-pound divisions.
Pat Harrington, who in earlier Larry .Lawrence are available• to
practice sessions was bidding for team up with Dooley on the back
the 145-pound assignment, dropped line.
down to assume the 136-pound Ed Brett, Holmes Cathrall, or
duties. Lynn Mcilvaine used his Bob Dewey will probably split the
Clearfield High School experience assignments at forward for , the
to help him clinch the 145-pound V=l2-bolstered Colgate court,teani,
spot
Charley Dipner ,won .the 155- Kibben,•or Art Pollock will get the
pound berth in trial S.. this week call at center. '• ,
and Apprentice Searnan John Jim Barron and Ed Czekaj will
Shaw will be the.l6s-pound repre- probably be 'Lawther'S choices for
sentative. This classification has forward spots as the Lions attempt
betn the most hotly contested with to halt the Colgate quick• offensive
Chuck Hall and Ben Ulrich press- thrusts. Big Mac McNary will
ing Shaw to the limit. jump at
.center and Capt.. Joe Cur l
The 175 pound and heavyweight ran will probably be flanked by
starters are V-12 trainees Dick Lit- Bud Long at the guard position
tle and Red Moore. Monty Moskowitz and Walt Funk
• Marine Pvt. Bill McKee has an- will be the number one :replace
nounced that servicemen will be ments.
admitted at a twenty-five cent ad- With Dale Hall, 5-11 Kansan
mission price while the civilian forward, notching 'ten field goals
rate will be fifty cents. Athletic . and a foul try for 21 points, Army
books will, of course, admit regu- knocked over St. John'S liedmen,
lar students. 49-36, for its third season win...
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