FRIDAY,' FEBRUARY 4; 1944 Lion Swimmers To Meet Big Red In Home Opener Still shooting for its first victory Several new faces may dot the of the season after losses to the a. N tieka avy Middies and West Point -- ..,„ i Funk on Shelf Nittany Lion boxing team when Cadets, the Penn State swimming it rides into College Park, Md., - team will face the Cornell Big Red As tawfher Forces Try tomorrow afternoon to fight the at the Glennland Pool in the only • University of Maryland in the ' home sports event on the Nittany to Stem Navy (age Tule second match of the season. 'campus tomorrow. • Coach Bob Galbraith has had all Down to the minimum of five -In tomorrow's bout with Mary kinds of bad luck with his swim- experienced players by the loss of land, Houck will not use a 121- ming crew this year. TWo national Walt • Punk through injury and Ed pounder, but intends to slip two Czekaj through ineligibility, Coach • swimming champs, Jack and Bill 145-pound fighters onto the card, John La r under wthe's Nittany basketball • Ryan, who Were expected to form an agreement with the teatri will attempt to stem the tide ' the nucleus of this year's team, Were whisked 'Off to °CS by the of a fast-moving Middle five at Maryland 'coach. The first of these • Annapolis tomorrow. men will be Stan Miller, marine • Marines before either could don a Funk, lost last week by -the re- boxer who was defeated at West tank suit. .. currence 'of an old injury, tried a ' After reeovering• froth this 'dis- Point two weeks agopvia the TKO conieback during the Week but was • itipeintmerit, Galbraith learnedforced to the sidelines. route. The other 145-pound re • that Ed Meyer, 56- and 160-yard Czekaj,The Other - Lion substitute Placement •is Paul Smith, a new • freestyler, ,vas ineligible to c 'orn - bn the forward wall, willbe lost civilian Working with the squad Pete in the Navy 'and Army meets. to the Lawthermen for - the re- during the past few days. Now, with Meyer back on the Inainder of the season because of Frahkie Serago, another civil actiiie list, Pete Tries, Would-be low grades. ism, appears in top shape after . , _partner with Meyer in the 50, has Buck Barron and Bud Long will losing a close decision to Army, :been declared beloW grade by the now have to do 60-minute chores and will again start at 127 pounds. 'authorities •and Will not get wet at the forward spots, according to Seiman Billy Cochran, former tomorrow' afternoon. the Lion mentor. Mac IVlcNary, McKeesport boxer, will spark the ; . The 'backstroke and breaststroke reliable pivot man who has played Nittany team at 135-pounds, but : departments, however, vvill reiriain the complete games of most Nit. will meet. a hard opponent in the uhchanged for' the opening home tany contests except when he was College Park fray. Cochran took - meet and perhaps the only home forced out on fouls, will start • at a hard fought decision at West encounter of the season for the the * center position against Navy. Point, in a bout which brought Nittany -forces. Capt. - Joe Curran, • who has cheers from the Army cadets. 'Vein Woehling, former PIAA shown definite signs of life lately Midway through the ' final backstroke champ from. Norris- on the offense as well as the de.. round, Cochran was rapidly work town, who pushed former Penn fense,- will team up as usual with ing ' , his soldier rival into the Stater• Bob• Cowell to a new Aced- Monty MoskoWitz in the two guard knockout *stage, and had little erny record in the 150-yard back- posts. trouble in taking, the nod. :stroke event when the Lions met Navy Equal to Army Pending final eliminations, the .Middies, will 'anchor the back- It looks as though the Navy and either Chuck Klausing or new strokers. 1 ..the Army will fight it out for the corner Arnie Feldman will fight at F'dllowing up this runner-up= ac hest Collegiate team in the east in 155-pounds. Another candidate . • quisition at Annapolis, Woehling Most sports, and the cage game is for a spot near this weight class - ariagged the only first place the no 'exception. is Pvt. Tubby Crawford. Crawford ' :'Penn. State crew has, scored when After a loss to the star-studded was , unable to box this weekend .!• he Won'his apecialty at West Point North "Carolina PreFlight team on 'because of an invitation to pole . . . two weeks..ago. the Annapolis court several weeks vault in Madison' Square Garden. aohnny Milan, frosh breast- ago, the NaVY quintet has pa 6 e d . Eliminations and scholastic el stroker, came through for.the Nit- the Army team - in victories: Merl. 'igibility, will send either Hal • 'tally, natators at *Navy when he latest 'triumph was against Hamp- Howard, or zdelc Moran to defend . took a close second in the 200-yard den-Sidney, Whom they subdued, Nittany stakes in 1.65-Pound cOrn br`oast event, •but slipped to a third, 58-31, using the first team only petition. Moran cut his opponents . spot. against Army. . until they had built up. a comfort- eye in the West Point meet dur- Frank Yale, third place winner able 17-4 lead. Mg the first round and the bout in the sprint it 'Navy, will get the tiarting at the forward spots was declared "ho contest." !: nod to swim with Fries in that will be Captain Ken Longenecker Due to intercollegiate regula- event, and when will enter his and probably either Howe or Car- tons, this match could 'not be call third w race hen he competes in •rol. The latter two' shared the ed a TKO in favorr'of Moran since , the 100. , high scoring honors against Hamp- the accident happened in the' first i ,' In the distance events, the Lion den-Sidney, collecting 10 counters round. Rules declare that the ; mentor will nominate Bob tusmari- apiece. fight must last at least into the ' 4 1 encl.:Ja'ckllarOn to swim both trie Elliott will.take the tap-off with second round. Another peculiar- t 2'20 and 440 'against stiff Rig Red the Lion ,center, , while Litty and ity of the rules further states that , ' competition. Back will be Coach John Wilson's fi the boxer with an ,injury is bpc Ridings, diminutiVe *Many 'starting choices at guard. McKay, ahead at the time the fight ends, lo*-board specialist ? will be on Rahn, Mayer, McMurray, Zech, he will be awarded the decision, hand to show his •wares in the and Elleribrand will also see action even if he is unable to continue [ fancy dive. Valentino, a diving against the Nittany forces. the bout. i protege unearthed by. COach Gal- Juniata Perks Up Mannie Herman, Navy trainee i braith •latelY, is. 'on the doubtful After the 38-26 beating they ab- who formerly boxed at CONY, list for tomorrow's meet. He ii re- 'sorbed at the hands of the Penn will take the heavy Weight nod covering from' a slight case of the 'State five, the Juniata basketball from Houck. Herman fought a *grippe. • team :has hit the win trail again, hard battle at West Point, but lost a close decision, according Little is known about the up- They pounded American Univer tate opposition ecept that s X 'early sity into submission, 84-31, the 4 tc the Lion mentor. season times for the Cornell crew - went on to been good triumph over Catholic . .. , .. me ii haVe '. University. Forr n Many Boxer I . ' &:::: ' I- Cops Army folic Crown T T. H 1. . M K S. A • K E S. I' o • . 's • Cliffs 145 S. ALLEN ST. DIAL 477? THE COLLEGIAN Minn To Meel Runners To Have Hands Full Maryland Boxers Keeping Feet Busy In Relay Oggie Martella, lightheavy - puncher on last year's Penn State boßing sqUad, has added another titre to his ring. collection after leavino-MoUrit Nittany. Several days ago, Martella took a close decision from an Army opponent at Camp Lee, Where lie. is stationed with the quartermastr; er 'corps. This makes the third time that 'the former Lion shigr. ger has copped the Camp Lee; Golden Gloves crown. In his match last Week, Martella took a decisive Second round, and floored his opposition in the third round for the count of three. While at Penn State, Martella boxed during his freshman and senior years, going to the inter collegiate finals at the end of his last' season. Intramural results in the ASTP league last week were as follows: Bks. 1 over Bks. 2, 35-1; Bks. 32 over Bks. 19, 32-3; Bks. 7 over Bks. 5, 24-5; Bks. 5 over Bks. 3, 21-12; Bks. 7 over Bks. 12, 24-5; Bks. 33 over Bks. 25, 17!'16; Bks. 48 and 40 forfeited to Bks. 44 and Penn State's track cap tai n, Johnny Dibeler, will be facing the biggest assignment of his cinder path career in Madison Square Garden's Millrose event tomorrow night, for he has 'been pitted against a Big Ten champ and two IC4A title-holders in the anchor leg of the ttvo-mile relay. The tWo-mile relay, feature of the all-day racing card, will have teams from Michigan State, Dart mouth, Rochester,. and Penn State on the starting line. From Mich igan's undefeated national champ team comes the holder of the in door quarter-Mile crown, Bob lifer. ther will be speeding the,last half -mile of the Millrose race tomorrow ag'Ohist the Nittany entry, Dibbler. Also on the alinost mythical anchor leg of • the relay is Don Aurnham from 'Dartmouth. Burn hatn, who recently ran 'against Gil Dodds, the Boston preacher, holds the •IC4A mile diadem. The final runner On thiS Lao is Joe Nowicki; fOrmer Fordham star who now runs for Rochester. The one-time Ram runner is currently holder of half-mile cups in the IC4A and NCAA tourneys. Dibeler, who qualified with the second fastest time in the Eastern Intercollegiates last year in the House—by Telephoto Headache—by Nalure GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE friday, February 4 . . . 8 P.M. Saturday, February 5 . . 2:30 P.M. - 7:15 P.M. Sthwab Auditorium . . 55c TICKETS NOW ON SALE • Student Union •Bnx Office A Penn State Players Production Buy War Bonds in the Lobby! THIS IS WINTER BALL WEEKEND By A/S REM ROBINSON quarter-mile event, fell in the final race and came in fifth as a result of his misfortune. Last season he was undefeated in regularly sched tiled races in the quarter-mile race and had but one defeat in the half mile run. The remainder of the Nittany entry in the Millrose two-mile re lay tomorrow night is a mixture of a civilian, a sailor, and a ma rine. Bobby Jones, the only letter man back from last, season, with the exception of Dibeler, will carry the baton on the first lap of the race. From the V- 12 detachment comes Seaman Dennis Crimmins, Naval trainee who formerly ran for St. John's. Pvt. Hans Her manies of the Marine Corps is the other Lion runner on the relay squad. Hermanies ran for the -Nit tany cross-country team last fall, ollowing his transfer from the University of Cincinnati. Captain 'Dibeler and his three teammates are interested in the two-mile event for more than one reason, for last season the Penn State quartet of Harris, Cliff St. Clair, Mitchell Williams, and Jerry Harver, sped•to victory in the same race to give the Lions possession (Continued on page eight) PAGE SEVErt
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