' PAGE TWO.
5 Experienced Men Left
(0). n Lion in aseball. Squad
Bruhn, Schlesiger, Bower, Richards Back Again;
Whitey Kurowski Declared Eligible for Season
Graduation and transfers have left Coach Joe Bedenk with only
five experienced men to open the Nittany Lions' summer baseball
schedule against the Colgate . Red Raiders at Hamilton, N. Y., July 144
rind 15
The. Lions have, Earl Bruhn, Johnny Schlesigcr, Dale Bower, Al
(Richards and Whitey Kurowski back for the summer slate, The re,
ynainder of the first string is gone.
The entire pitching staff of Mike Wardrop, Joe Golembeske, and
Willie. Proctor went out with the spring semester. Also gope is Ed
Holler, regular catcher, who gra
duated.
Navy-Marine trainees who were
transferred include Gerry Carle,
third baseman; Floyd Foster, right
fielder; and Bob Urion, left fiel-
Practice began on Monday. One
.;L i the more promising candidates
1::•Ivan Klein, a•l7-year-old fresh
nm. The husky lad is fighting
foi- the catcher's position.
Tom Kent, George. Chambers,
mid Black are the hurlers who
will handle most of the Lions' con
tests. All three. pitchers were on .
the, sqUad last semester but didn't
see much action. , •
Coach Bedenk received a plea
saht surprise last week when he,
le4rned 'that Whitey kuro:ivski
would be Ole to }gay thiS.Semes
te-F. Second: laserran'KuroWski is
the brother. of . Whitey. KulpWski
Of, .St, LOpis, Cardinal faMe. The.
Penn State, trainee : Was., declared ;
ineligible at the.
season. : • '
*Wing, Champ
Roceives,surptio
Lt. Charlie Ridenour, thrice
:Flastern intercollegiate, and once
National A.A.U. wrestling cham,
pion, is firmly of the opinion that
the, sun shines only on former Penn
Sta te athletes. '
Home on furlough the mat star,
told the story of 'giving up the
traditional dollar to a Bob Larsen
of, Buffalo, N. Y., a few moments
after he had donned his second
ieutenant's bars at the Army Air
Field, Deming, N. M. Larsen was
the first enlisted man to salute
In the ensuing conversation
;Ridenour, who now has qualified
as,a gunner and a navigator-bom
bardier, learned to his surprise
that Larsen was a former Penn
State footballer.
"He took the buck regardless,"
the ex-Lion wrestler smilingly
admitted.
Plans. Are Underway
For Softball League
Plans are underway to organize
a Softball league for•' civilian stu-;
dents this summer, according to •
Wally O'Toole and Dick Blood,
chairmen in• charge.
Any team interested in joining
the league should contact either
O'Toole or Blood before the mid-:
die of next week. Schedules will
then be made for the summer.
ilennland 'Classroom'
Is Busiest on Campus
'Busiest "classroom" at Penn
State since the arrival a year
ago of military and naval
trainees. has been the. Glenn
land zwimming s pool.
_Figures •released today! show
that on an ayerage. of 10,060
towels are used mphthlYtat• the.
ppol. Each roan who enters. the .
ppol for instruction is entitled
to. one towel, •
Coach Higgins
Issues Call
For Football,
Football Coach Bob Higgins an
nounced this week that football
practice will officially begin Aug
ust 14. In the, meantime Coach
Higgins intends to hold light
workouts for all those who are
interested.
The Lions open their nine-game
schedule against Muhlenberg Sep-
tember 30, at the. New Beaver
Field. There are four home con
tests and five, games away.
COACH 808 HIGGINS
A canvass of the Navy V-12
ranks disclosed that at least a half
dozen members of last year's
squad had survived the mid
year transfers.
With this group as a nucleus
Conch Higgins hopes to fill the
remaining positions with fresh
men and new navy-marine
trainees. Outside of two or three
players, not much is 'expected
frtom the draff-riddled civilian
upperclass ranks.
Among the chief left-overs are
Backs Allen Richards, Bill Ab
remitis, and Dick McCown. 44-
romitis, a navy: trainee, is the,'
hefty young man who, led the.
Lions to Vietory . over Pitt • in the
1943' after having played fullback
for, the. Panthers earlier, in the
season.
Only linemen left after trans
fers took 25 athletes - from the
campus are Chuck Klausing and
"Frank Martenis, The latter is a
promising tackle, while Klausing
saw action last year as both cen
ter and guard.
Two civilians, also will be back
to boost varsity_ prospects as the
new season gets underway. The
two, Tailback Charley Stapel and .
Tackle Marino Marchi, played
lust fall as freshmen. Stapel, who
was injured early in the season,
underwent an operation in an
effort to end his knee worries
and has. high . hopes of playing
through the entire schedule.
The schedule follows:
Sept 30, Muhlenberg, horne.; .
0ct..,7, Navy, away; Oct. 14, - Buck
nail, home; Oct. 21, Colgate, away;
Oct.' '26; Virginia, hoyie;
Nov. Syractisei, away; Nov. 11;:
Temple, -away:; Nov. 18; Maryland;
horrie; Nov. 25,'•Pittsburgh, ayak.'
THE COLLEGIAN,
Track Team
Berths Open
To Students
All navy-marine trainees and
regular students interested in try
ing out for the varsity track team
should report to the New Beaver
Field any afternoon after 4 o'-
clock, Coach George Harvey stat
ed today.
The Nittany Lion cinder squad
lost five men . from . the spring
semester team . and there are a
n umber of oppings for. stuAent.s .
who prove, themselves capapje, in
holding, down, varsity. positions. Spine, of the, candid4o, who ;
came out to, practice, on Monday,
were, freshmeh who just got out
of high school and hold district
and, state titles.
Members - of the. squad who are .
back from last semester are. John
ny Dibeler, Ed. Bush, Dick . Mc-
Cown, Frank Rainear, Dave Pin
cus,'Floyd Lang, and Paul Smith.
Captain of the team is Johnny
Dibeler. Frank Rainear is the lad
who scored a triple victory the
Colgate meet. Dave Pincus is the
mainstay in, the, field events,
Coach Harvey said that • Bud
Lang, who was on the, team ear
lier in 'the
. yeay, may come out_
for track again., The marine was
on .the • golf team after dropping.
track.
Big. holes that have, to, bp filled
ayc, the high hurdles and pole,
vault. HarveY must. find someone,
soon because, the ne,lit •rneet is
with Cornell july
There; are, three, meets• on . the,
skunrripr, schedule., They aye;• July
22, horne;,JUly 29, .Col
gate, away; and. August 12, Cor- , '
nen,' away. ,
ktiCaribittikello
giiink-bilt.paint.'
Dive. b,ombing and oil painting
are: two widely divergent pastimes
but Lt. Dick Carlton, former
Penn State boxer, is doing both
—and doing. them well—with the
Marine Corps in the Marshall Is
land area.
Writing to friends the „former
Lion 175-pounder revealed, that
when he's not dive bombing the
remaining 'Jap-held atolls in the
Marshalls, he's devoting his leis
ure hours to oil painting.
He paints Pacific Isand scenes
on the surface of cat's eyes which
he picks up no the beach. Few
of these opalescent gems-are larg
er than a nickel coin,' and each
painting requires
~a minimum of
three hours.
The 22-year-old dive bomber
won both intramural and varsity
boxing recognition as an under
graduate at Penn State.
Navy Honors Former
Bccs.ketbqii luminary
Joe.Proksa, who is rated, one, ot•
the he.§t basketball players prq
duced at Reim State under John,
Lawther, is • making. good" in the,
Navy. .. • ..
His fello*-blilejackets at the
Great Lake's Naval. Training Sta
tion -voted him ho'nor man: of the
company upon his completion of ,
recruit training. He.was accorded
this rating because of his "mili-.
tary aptitude and
.progress."
'Dean' Burrell Forecasts
Great Football Period
Now 74 and retired, A. P.
"Dean" Burrell anticipates an
other great era of football at
Penn State In the postwar per
iod.
Burrell, who retired in 19,41
after 20 years as athletic
stockroom manager, still lives
hear the, campus, and.helps out:
In , eme,rgencie,s.. • Repair's of
fogthall equipment has loxig.
his 'Specialty.
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Unbeaten Ne!men Lose Penn Stale in Review
Two unbeaten records came The 1944 golf season - marked the
to an abrupt end recently when 23rd in a row for Coach Bob
the University of Pennsylvania
Rutherford at Penn State . . . Ed
defeated Penn State's tennis team
at Philadelphia, in' the, last match. Czekaj and, John It t sfisiewizz, foot
op the sKing schedule, ball ends last -seas,oni were arneng
; Walt Stenger ancl i Ed: Meyer, the the V-12 trainees who shipped out
updefatiA, iietniOn, each had: last• week .• : .Joe Golem
'thejr win, streaks terminated in •• •
niatches, s o rep varsity who gradu
wins this year plus 043, last year ated in June, is looking forward•
gave. filth a, string. of nine cOnSce- t 9 medical career • • } ./. 1 4 1 ..P
viet.olei. Meyer swepj. the dek. one-time rpa)br league basq
six matches . in which he, had corn— ball manager and former Penn
peted this .spring, previous to the, State football coach, now operates
Penn contest. a poultry farm near Philadelphia.
. . . Mike Sweeney, unbeaten 175-
Athletes. Save Two Lives pound boXer dtiring the past year,
is now getting .his marine boot
A veteran of the Guadalcanal training at Parris Island.
campaign and an ex-paratrooper, ,
Al Richards, hard-hitting first
both marine trainees and Penn baseman on the baseball team, was
State athletes, were credited to- the only athlete during the 1943-
day with saving, the lives of two 44 season to gain a varsity berth
young women who went beyond on Penn State's three major sports
their depth in nearby Bladk Mo
squads—football,• basketball, and
shannon • dam,
baseball . . ri . e . m, C t urcay, vet-
Wilbert Greene and Dorsie
eran soccer• player from Turkey,
Booker were, sunning themselves
when • they heard cries for help. completed his college studies last
They plungekirrtp the water and sell 7 Pstgr. • • • E.t.tal r ,T,P, smi t h ,
within: a. -few.pulled the at . present. the Deputy State- Sec
women :tary. Commerce, in PennsYL
Greene; who - was in the, thick I r .aPiao s P7O for a number • 01'.•
of the Guadalcanal fighting;' and y..Cafr•aP gre - dru4e - Tria?lagei
11 994er, a marine paratrooper be-" letl4 at the„ COppg . Variify
f4a, his - ass:Anther** the. Penn coaches Rectris...
State. V-12'upit, had. qualified on- 0W,;.,, 'end TAtil t : ;b4Yi under'.-
ly 2 weeksb i e.f4e far 'their senior taken the job of.pakitingitheir
life saving: rating:, dreane was a hoMej"this sinitnier.„ - • • 1
heavyweight :go,uc3ox- t hrfio
Gates, for
ink team last winter, while mei: captain and star .ou i tkkielde r i; of
Bpoker was on the. lacrosse squad: the • Cellege baseball' teain
this . spring { -.• new, "sit-Up. champion" Of F'Osfir
Vieid:itex lie completed, 650 . iv.
Milke t W - 44drm Gradu a te s . s e 6,lt . :it-uias•ove(i a . completed.
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period , . . Aolumy pil?9,l"tr e 19;44
After three successive years of
track captain, - lias . been vqegl . th.:
Collegiate 13;iseballi Mike Ward
rop has turned in this unifoirn. outstanding man in the graduating
The-lanky twirler received his de- claas of the .S.chool of . Physical
and Athletics. V. 37.1 :sin
gree in civil engineering in June Education
and now awaits his call to the Ma i r . .l.l was. - the, winner in . the
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armed 'forces. - - • woman's_diVision . Tennis , Coach
Wardrop compiled a highly Ray- to.j . ciOsorz -has Ed Meyer, Patio
commendable record while pitch- 'rutile, and Ed Perry babk for the
ing for the Nittany Lions, This final • match. with- Colgate this
year he was unbeaten in five month.. . . Ensign Billy Soose,
starts. Wardrop boasts a colleg- former Penn-State and profession
iate mark of 11 wins in 13 ap- al middleweight champion, may
pearances during' his three years box as a heavyweight after the
at -Penn State. war.
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