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IMext Weekend
Lacking any semblance of early
:;eason practice but with an im
pressive list of acquired net tal
ent from other schools, Cdach Ray
Dickinson's Nittany tennis team
takes on two tough rivals over
next weekend.
Friday the. untried Lion squad
will face the Navy Midshipmen.,at
Annapolis then travel to Phila
delphia to play Swarthmore Sat
urday.
Two lettermen—Walter Stenger.
and Herb Beckhart—return to
fight for varsity spots again .this
spring. Stenger played first and:
second doubles last summer while
beckhart filled in the sixth sin
gles slot. .
Both will probably move up a
couple of positiOns with Stenger
playing in the lead-off spot and
probably the number one doubles
as well. Beckhart may get the nod
for the second singles spot and
will probably play again in one of
the three doubles 'combinations.
• Ed Meyer and Bob , Rossheim
are two outstanding first year
men trying to fit into Dickinson's
troubled picture. Both are - ranked
among the first ten in the Mid
dle Atlantic Junior Tennis rat
ings, Meyer shining for Frankfort
High of Philadelphia and Ross
heim playing tennis for Penn
Charter prep of the same city.
Ed Perry, varsity racketeer from
Northwestern seems slated to
start against the Middies in the
one of the singles matches. Art
Weiss, civilian playing his first
tennis for the varsity, will prob
ably be another choice to fill one
of the six singles places.
' An interesting sidelight on the
prospective match with Swarth
more, which was played last year
inside because of inclement
weath, is the group of Chinese
Midshipmen training at the Phil
adelphia college.
These young Chinese, receiving
training by Uncle Sam to fit them
for service in their own Navy,
are eligible to play varsity sports.
And if the basketball team is any
indication, they will •be out in
force to defend the Swarthmore
laurels on the tennis court.
According to advance informa
tion, the Annapolis crew has al
ready had .three weeks of net
drill on their outdoor courts in
.preparation for the season. The
weather, evidently a lot different
from the unseasonable climate of
the Nittany mountains, has allow
ed the Navy team a head start on
a Penn State squad that has only
file use of one macadam court—
weather permitting.
Big lon is Hurler
' Don McNary, elongated center
on the basketball team, is seeking
a pitching 'berth on the Penn State
baseball team this spring.
Boater Is Overseas
Al Daykin, one of Penn State's
all-time soccer stars, is now serv
ing Uncle Sam in the European
theatre.
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Wrestling Team Awards
15 Varsity Letters
To 1944 Lion Matmen
Varsity awards were made to 11
wrestlers this week, and special
senior awards were made to 8
of the list, according to Pvt. Bill
Red Moore and Johnny Jaffurs,
two footballers who. copped wrest
ling berths this season, have al
ready left the campus. Moore is
stationed at .Naval Midshipman's
School, at Columbia, and Jaffurs
is training for an Army commiss
ion at Fort Banning, Georgia.
;Both men. earned a varsity letter,
•and- a gold award for their senior
ranking on the squad.
Apprentice :Seamen Pat Har
rington, Lynn Mcllvaine,• and John
;Shaw, were the Naval trainees
who 'received letters.. Harrington
also won 'the gold award. Pvt.
John- Shaw, and manager McKee
were the only Marines to win a
letter, and McKee also took the
senior award for his service.
Letters went to civilian grap
plers, Bob Lowrie, Bob Shadloy,
Charles Dipner, and Chuck Hall.
Lowrie, Dipner and , Hall took the
traditional senior award in addi
tion.
Managers who rated letters this
season were: Jim Kutchinson,:Jim
McClowry, and Frank Johnson.
All three men. were recommended
for assistant managerial posts
next year, while Bob Lyons was
labeled for the manager's posi
tion.
All men who won letters this
year were urged to report to •the
Athletic Office in Old Main im
mediately, to order their varsity
sweater, McKee added.
George Graham &Sons Means
Penn State To Penn Staters
Penn State has naturally lost a
lot of its old zip and spirit, so we
can't help mention something we
saw last week at the bus stop on
College avenue.
Cass Sisler, Marine trainee here
last. year and varsity halfback on
the Nittany football squad in the
fall, came back to town about 8
o'clock in the evening. Bounding
off the stage, he headed to gra
ham's, not even stopping to greet
men he knew.
This little incident doesn't mean ,
much. It just made us think that,
to Cass Sisler, Penn State meant
Graham's—Graham's meant Penh
State.
Since 1896, through three years,
the father of Penn State's athletic
rendezvous has. been greeting
every Lion footballer, wrestler,
boxer, and other caliber of sport
star in his little shop on Co-Op
Corner. George T. Grahinn & Co.
is a Penn State tradition. •
Was First A BEirber
When young George Graham
came to town in his horse and
buggy in 1896, he opened a barber
shop on the corner of College and
Allen. in 1910 he saw another
futUre, stopped shaving the men,
started selling them tobacco, news
papers, and candy.
The town was small in those
years, with only 700 local .popula
tion, 300 students within the bor
ough. On the campus, only three
buildings still remain that were
THE COLLEGIAN
'Jinx' Stapel Anxious
Tailback Ch a riey Stapel,
Penn State's hard luck player
in W 43, hopes to return to the
football wars next fall.
The injury -ridden freshman,
denied admission into the arm
ed services, underwent a knee
operation about a month ago
and expects to be back In_ shape
by fall.
The Avalon, Pa., ;youth was
hurt before the season opened
again in mid-season..
and aggravated the injury
when he attempted •to play
Jackie Tighe fights
'Wavle Army tto,wn
Jackie Tighe , kept . the Penn,
State-at-.war boxing . - machine
moving this week,` when_• he
pounded out a. decisive win 'over
Jack Conway, .166. 1 pourider, from
St. _Louis, .MO. Tighe is fighting
on •the %Camp 'Wheeler .team,...and
.Conw,ay is .a•member.of the•CaMp
club.
Tighe turned in the •best ring
perfornianee of the .night; ac
cording .to the sports editor of - the
!Camp Wheeler newspaper. He
won every round of the -bout by
: unanimous choice of the , judges.
As the last round ended, •Conway
.was wobbling, but the Scranton
,slugger refused to knock his op
:ponent out. .
When Tighe!s bout ended, the
;commanding officer of his unit
!presented him with a boxing tro
.phy for his sportsmanship on the
Camp Wheeler team during -the
past several -months. - •
here in those days.' Today the
Armory, the old Chemistry build
ing, and the Central Extension of
fices are the only structures older
tha,n the business structure George
Graham built with his sons.
"When I had my store on the
corner," Pop Graham said, "I
bought the first street light the
town ever saw. Male students
didn't like it, though, and within
three nights it had been stoned
down. I don't know why they
didn't want a light burning," he
grinned.
He pegged tough Christy Scholl
as the best football player ever to
wear a Penn State uniform.
"Christy was tough and. the best
man on the excellent 1899 team,"
he said. Scholl is a resident of
Williamsport now, still comes
back to State College and Gra
ham's. •
One time an athlete's headquar
ters, Pop Graham is 'happy that
his store is now a place for serv
icemen to spend idle hours. "Dur
ing World War I, I was young and
used to have dances for the sol
diers stationed on the campus.ll
the men wanted a dance I would
go to their officers, get them a few
extra hours of liberty for a night,"
he remembered.
First Pinball Machine
In 1925 Graham's and all other
stores on the block burned to•the
ground. After rebuilding, he added'
the first pinball, machine in State
College, bought the first radio - the
town had seen. ."Crowds formed
.every World Series, and a man.
with earphones would hear the:
game, announce it to - waiting stu-.
dents and townspeople."
• At the turn of the century, stu-'
dents, professors, and coaches
started Graham's on the way to
its future as Nittany Tabernacle.
Everyone used to ride into town,
hitch their horse in front of the
store, and pitch horseshoes on the
sidewalk, according to Graham &
Son, Bob.
Yesterday we stood by the bop
corn machine, talked about Steve
Hamas and Billy Soose, laughed
at the story of Leo Houck register
ing his rooming house under Gra
ham's address when asked where
he was living.
Five minutes later a tall,. grey
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Fleming Schedules
Varsity Calendars
Penn State shook off possibilities of a hectic sports
future, depended on Navy and Marine trainees for four var
sity squads, and released a complete schedule of coming
events for the ,Spring and Summer seasons, Oraduate Man:
ager of Athletics Neil M. Fleming announced last-night-af
ter. coaches met to •approve the 1944 menu. .Golf opponent
uncertain at this .date; Fleming
hops to schedule a . complete card
for 'the ;Rutherford 'team 'within
the -next few weeks.
In addition CO - the , scheduled
•Intercollegiate competition, .Tenn
State will 'play hoSt - to. the •PIAA
track and 'tennis lourneys,an ;10Y
27. These scholastic meets will
..open to 'Pennsylvania high
schools, 'Fleming said. - • , •
liasebeill
,April 28 • Navy Away,
April -29 ' • Swarthmore here
May 3 Lehigh here
:May .6 Villanava . . , here
'May 13 'Pittsburgh - here
:May 20 Pittsburgh away
May 24 Bucknell
away ,May, Lehigh
:May 27 . Muhlenberg away
`June 3 Mithlenberg here
:June 9 :Colgate . . here
'June 10 Colgate here
,July 14 Colgate away
July 15 • • Colgate away
July -22 .Bloomsburg. T. C. - here
.July :20 Cornell here
August 5 Cornell away
Track
April .22 ;Navy away
`April 28-29 Penn Relays away
May 13 Pittsburgh away
May 20 ICAAAA• • away
May 27 ' • PIAA hele
June 3 Colgate • here
Julie .22 : Cornell . here
June
t 29 . Colgate away
August 12 Cornell away
Lacrosse
April 22 Army here
April 29 ' Navy . away
May 6 Army away
May . 13 Swarthmore away
May 20 Cornell here
May 27 . Hobart - here
June. 10 Cornell away
Tennis
April 14 . Swarthmore away
April 15 Navy away
April 29 Colgate here
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1944
, May 6 , Cornell away
;May 'l3 'Muhlenberg .;here
May 19 Carnegie. Tech. away
)May. 20 'Pittsburgh . away
;May 27 • ;Rucknelf . • here
:May 27 PlAAhere ,
i.Tune •l 0 ;Cornell ; -here
June 17 . Pennsylvania away
July 29 .Colgate - •awaiP
Niffilitytion fracksters
To Mabe Debut at Navy
' Penn • State's - track 'team will
;travel to Annapolis April 22 to'
meet Navy's cinder squad .in .their
!initial •encounter of :the season.
The contest will be a .dual fray.
Coach George Harvey .will*-hat,T;.
Ithe task of molding a team 'at.
•
'the trials Saturday.
Good bets for the .sprints will
:be three experienced runners
by ;Johnny Dibeler of Philadel-,
!phia. Other .stand 7 outs are Bobby'
.Jones of Mt. Carmel and Dick Mc-
Gown of Philadelphia.
McCown, a Marine trainee, for-.
.merly competed at Penn Charter,
and is trying in the 100, 220, 440
and broad jump. Last fall he
joined the football squad i e n
season and .proved one of the
team's ace break-away runners
in late season games.
In the distance events, the main - -
staYs will be Cecil Deutschle,
Williamsport, and Phil Jones,
Drexel Hill. Both boys compete
in the two-mile event, and last
Tall ran on -the cross-poimtry
team.
Out to perform in the shot-put
and discus events will be Marines
Edward Buch , and Daniel Orlich,
bath formerly of Northwestern.
James •Wpod, who placed sec
ond in hurdles at the high school
state championships last year, will
be out on the track "Saturday
along with Paul Smith, whose' bid
will be seen in the relays.