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Nittany Lions Drop Six Varsity Sports
;For Duration; Eight Remain On Schedule
Six varsity sports were drop
ped for the duration in a war
prompted economy measure an
munced this week by Neil M.
Fleming, graduate manager of
athletics at the College, who said
' that intercollegiate competition
Penn Slate Faces
Red Raider Nine •
• Penn State's varsity baseball
nine meets the Colgate Red Raid
! ors at' Hamilton, N. Y., today and
tomorrow in the first contests of
a tough five-game summer
.schedule. The Lions play Blooms
•burg •State Teachers College at
home .next Saturday, June 22.
Coach Joe Bedenk's boys will
try to notch their ninth and
• tc.rith victories of the 1944 sea
so-1 this weekend. The squad
wt:n eight of the 11 games play-
cd this spring. Two of the wins
w , re -over -Colgate.
Reports say that the Red Raid
er!,: have most of their team back
from last semester and are diffi
cutt to beat on their. home field. -
► The Nittany Lions on the. oth
p•
er hand have six men back from
o' ti - ic spring_term...However, ac
cording to Coach Bedenk, "There
isn't a good pitcher among them."
Star Pitcher's Graduate
Penn State's three top hurlers
--Mike Wardrop, Joe Golembeske,
[and Willie Pro6tor— finished
their stay on the campus in June.
Wardrop and Golembeske grad
uated, while Marine Pvt. Proctor
was transferred..
Bob Urion, regular let fielder,
is beihg &mined to take over
the pitching chores. Up until last
week 'the huSkY outfielder never
stepped on the mound for the
Nittany Lions: Bedenk believes
that 'LTrion will get one of the
starting assignments against Col
gate Ehis weekend.
Doing the catching against- Col
gate Will be Ivan Kline, lanky
freshrhan from New York state.
Coach Bedenk says the boy shows
great -promise and natural abil
ity.
Bower Moved •To Third
The' infield will be composed
of Al Richards at first, Whitey
Kurowski covering second, John
ny Sehlesiger at shortstop, and
Dale Bower watching third. Bow
er, one of the leading hitters on
the team, was moved from sec
ond base to third to make way
for Kurowski.
All four of the players are hack
from last semester. Second Base
man Kurowski is the only one of
the quartet who didn't see much
action. Whitey was declared in
eligible near the start of the
spring season.
In the outfield there is one
change. Glenn Smith has taken
over the right field spot left open
by the transfer of Floyd Foster
to another assignment. Earl
Bruhn- will play center field and
Bob Urion left field. If Urion
pitches one of the Colgate games,
Coach Bedenk intends to move
Smith' - to left and. insert Hall iii
right field.
Lacrosse Is 'Child's Play' To Marine
Lacrosse is considered a rough,
tough game .but after Tulagi and
other South Pacific war fronts,
Marine Trainee Ted Wilhelm of
Penn State has found it a rather
gentle. -diversion.
Wilhelm, who never saw a la
crosse, stick until he came to
Penn State, improved from week
to week during the lacrosse sea
son,
The, Farmingdale, N. Y., youth,
wlp was at Pearl Harbor when
the Japs struck, still thinks -la
crosse is "child's play" after What
he saw at Pearl 'Harbor, Midway,
Tulagi, and Guadalcanal. •
After helping in the reorgan ,
ization which was necessary 'after
the. sneak attack, Wilhelm was
will be limited to eight sports ef
fective this fall.
Football, soccer; basketball,
baseball, boxing, wrestling, track
and lacrosse are the sports re
tained. Eliminated for the • dura
ton are cross-country, swimming,
ice hockey, gymnastics, tennis,
and golf. Rifle and fencing had
previously been dropped because
of difficulty in obtaining equip
ment.
Fleming ascribed the move to
shrinking revenue and travel dif
ficulties, pointing out that an ef
fell. had been made to retain
those sports in which the largest
number of students participate.
45 Students Turn Out
For Lion Soccer Team
Forty - five navy - marinee
trainees and civilians turned
out for the soccer squad's first
practice this week, Coach Bill
Jeffrey announced yesterday.
The only returning veteran
on the team is Jim Atherton.
Others who saw - action last
year and came out to practice
are Charlie Appleman, Joel
Crouch, Lew Gross, and Bud
Long.
Helping Coach Jeffrey. with'
the squad is Remzi Gtircay, the
Turkish regular from last year
who graduated . in June.
Scrimmages will be held
three times a week for the
next couple weeks oh the golf
course field. Positions are -still
open to all students interested
in trying out for the team.
Talent Good,
Says Higgins
Freshman football talent was
termed "very promising" today
by Coach Bob Higgins as the
Penn State grid veteran inaug
urated daily informal drills for
civilian and Navy V=l2 candi
dates not otherwise engaged in
athletic competition.
Among the ex-schoolboy stars
who reported the first week were
Johnny Chuckran, star back of
L, , nsford High School's 1943 State
championship team; Harry Muckle
of Charleroi, an outstanding back
in the Pittsburgh district; and
Howard., Caskey of - Allegheny
High School, tackle on the all
city team in Pittsburgh.
Other backs include Al Bellas
of Kingston; Elwood Petchel of
Easton; Dino Taccalozzi of Sayre;
Mark Maystrovich of Irwin; and
Larry - Cooney of Langley High,
Pittsburgh. Among the first-year
line prospects are John Simon
and Joe Drazenovich of Browns
ville; John Stoken and Bronco
Kosanovich of Aliquippa; JaCk
Milsom of Philipsburg; Negley
Norton and John Baker of Al
toona;. Don Miltenberger of. East-.
on; and Jim Matthews Of • Grind
stone.
shipped to Midway in trine to range, and against Nipponese
man an 'anti-aircraft . gun when ground troops in between tidies.
the Nipponese launched their aer- He came out of this experience
ial assault on that island, unscathed but soon after his
Oh August 7, 1942, he was transfer to New Zealand, suffered
aboard one of the landing craft two attacks of malaria. He has
which set out for Tulagi in the had a third and milder attack
Solomons. A stubborn lacrosse since his return .to America, but
goalie, he has since decided, believes it was "just a final me
could never make him forget the mento of Guadalcanal."
24 hours he and his mates spent' When Wilhelm returned last
of fshore•looking for an opening in
the Jap defense. •
Until September 12 he remain
ed on Tulagi, then . crossed the
channel to Guadalcarfal to • join
the fighting. forces there. FOr the
next five months he manned dtlal
20-millimeter glms - against any
Jap planes which came within
THE COT X .P.GIAN
said the revenue losses oc
casioned by decreased enrollment
had made it increasingly difficult
to maintain a full program, and
that the decision had been reach
ed only after lengthy considera
tion.
Trackmen Prepare
For Cornell Meet
Coach George Harvey plans to
:cut down his track
. squad to three
men in each event tomorrow af
ternoon in preparation for the
first track meet of the summer
with Cornell at the NeW Beaver
Field July 22.
At the present time there are
32 men practicing with the team
each afternoon. Most of them are
veterans from the spring season
or promising young freshmen.
The cinder squad . is• iii need of
pole vaulters"; high jumpers, and
two-mileit, according •to Coach
Harvey. The track mentor point
ed out that students may still try
out for 'these positions; •
Robinson. at Penn State
There are five freshmen on the
squad who compiled excellent
high school records this spring.
Cream of the crop is Jim Robin
son, Altoona negro, who .won the
PIAA • 200-yard- low hurdleS
Three other lads • who cdriipet--
ed in.. the Penn Sylvania • dhaniii=
ionships are' George Rutter, Dor
ris Toler, .and Negley: _Norton,
Flutter. was third in the .440-yard
run and .the 880-yard run. Toler
came in second in the half mile
and 'Norton was third _in _the shot
put. .
Dino Taccalozzi is a freshman
who took his district's javeline
crown, but was unable to come
to State College for the . state
Six V-12 students are back
from last semester. They are Dick
McCown, Ed Bush," Frank Rain
ear, Bud Long, Alan Copp, and
Dan Orlich.
McCown runs the 100, 220, and
440-yard dashes. Bush throws the
discus, and -shot put, and does
the high hurdles. Rainear special
izes in low and high hurdles in
addition to the broad jump.
Long runs the 440 and 880.
Capp does the low and high hur
dles. Orlich heaves the shot and
discus.
Dibeler Back • For Season
Capt. Johnny Dibeler is - back
this semester together with four
other civilian students.' Dibeler
runs the 440-yard run.
Other civilian students are
Dave Pincus, Floyd Lang, Paul
Smith and Jim Mcßride. Pincus
is active in the discus and broad
jump events, while Lang throws
the discus and javelin.
Smith is the only miler on the
squad, and Mcßride.be - only
high jumper. • •
Coach Harvey considers his
field events the strongest
summer. The track head expects
most of the points, in. •-the- two
Cornell meets and .one-ColgaSe
meet to come froth the field:
November to accept his assign
ment to the Navy IT-12. unit , at.
Penn State,. it • marked thefir . st
time - in 44 months. that he had
seen his- , home country.. He , has
been in the marines. for•• nearly.
fire." years, and thought he'd try
lacrosse this spring "just' for the
fun of it."
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State Rumen Favored
Two runners who captured a
lot of points for Coach George
Harvey's track team this spring
are favored to win at the Middle
Atlantic •AAU..championships in
Reading tomorrow.
_ .Track Capt. Johnny Dibeler is
rated • the . best in •the 440-yard
dhsh. !Also running in this class
will be some. of the top men in
Eastern track circles.
The, other, favorite is Service
man Bobby Jones. The fornier
Penn State, trainee is given the
nod over Dan. Kirk, Penn's out
standing .trackman, in the 880 7
yard run. Jones. was shipped out
at the' end of the spring semes
ter• arid is now stationed in the
South.
Servicemen. Like Sports
Sports news still, ranks first
with American' boys scattered
throughout the.- world, on
.hun
dt'eds of battlefronts.
Lt. Eddie •Tuleya of York; for=
mer Penn State baseball pitcher,
is the latest to support this state
ment. The one-time Nittany Lion
twirler recently forwarded a
batch of newspaper Clippings to
Coach Joe Bedenk from his hos
pital bed in England.
Wounded in the NotrhandY in
vasion, Tuleya, said he had occu
pied himself in the hospital by
clipping. Penn State Items from
the sports • pages of, Metropolitan
papers sent to England for Am
erican_ servicemen.
Down and 8 fo Go!'
For . the ..second time within a
year Penn State's athletic pro
gram bas been curtailed: At the
start Of the present .conflict there
were 16 intercollegiate sports in
operation on the camptis.
Then came the announcement
that the rifle and feneing squads
were to be dropped. Now the
College has eliminated cross
country, swimming, ice hockey,
gymnastics, tennis, and golf.
.What's next, football, basket
ball, baseball, soccer, boxirig,
wrestling,. track, or lacrosse? •
"Yes, eight down and eight to
go!"
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FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1944
Penn Slate In Review
"Lighthorse" Harry Wilson, now
a full colonel in the Air Corps,-
ndver riiiaged a scririnriage in four
years .of. .football at Perin State.
. . . Walt Stenger, V-12 tennis star;
lost .only two of 14 materies while
playing for the Nittany Liana.
. . . Frankie Serago, Penn State's
127-pound Eastern Intercollegiate
boxing champion, has entered the
Merchant Marine. . . . "Mother"
Dunn, giant center of the 1904-05-
00 football seasons and Penn
State's first all-American, is now
a doctor in. Hawaii. . . Swint
star Leigh Woehling is the new all
college champion in cattle judg
ing...-. Bub Higgins has been'head
football coach at Penn State long
er than any of his nine predeces
sors. -He assumed command in
1930. - .
Gerry-Carle, third baseman on
the baseball team this spring-arid
blocking -back on the Northwest
ern football team last fall, has
been shipped to Parris Island for
his boot -training. . . . Earle •Ed , .-
wards; - assistant football- coach,
played- under three different
coaches as 'an undergraduate at
Perth. State: . . Ten' years -ago
this stMirrier- Ala idffteies. soccer
squad sited Scotland - for
a'serieg•cif eight games With-Scot- -
tish . . . Baseball Coach
Joe• Mfdetili forinerlY coached- the
diarhofidy sport• at -Rico Instittlte'
arid the-University of Flerida....
laili.Blefifiati. sort of Lt. Cal. Ifdr.;
nitt
. Eitithlar6 feitmet• MirineScita
football: et cll,- is a Marina trainee •
at the Golletge. . . . Varsity WreiS--
tlers Btrlit.thlteiel arid Charley
rtet Were' legt through graduation
in June. .1:
Merin Sfnifit , a wrestling' candi
date lest winter, captured the
right fielder's position in this first
try at college baseball this sum
mer. . . . Jim Robinson, freshman
negro flash from Altoona, won the
PIAA 200-yard low hurdles cham
pionship this year in 23.2 seconds.
. . • Mike Garbinski, first Penn
State football player to enter. the
armed forces - in 1941, is now. sta
tioned in Nebraska after being
two years overseas.