PAGE TWO Lion Nine Faces Cornell t Ith •ca In Last Tilt Nittany Diamond Squad Aims for Second Victory Over Big Red as Artie Bohard Faces Ithacamen Coach Joe Bedenk takes his Nittany Lions to Ithaca, N. Y., tomor row to face Cornell in the last game of the 1944 season. Last Satur day the Lions shutout the Big Red, 3-0 as Tony Black hurled three bit ball to win his first game of the season. Injured Glenn Smith is expected to be back in the lineup for the contest, while Pat Patterson takes the place of Johnny Schlesiger at 'shortstop. The later didn't play last week because he got hurt Friday and, was unable to run around. 'Artie Bohard will twirl his th against Cornell. Bohard, who got garries, was given a rest last week. Tony Black faced Cornell Satur day.and•turned in a 3-0 victory. In winning his first starting as sighment, Black struck out five and.. walked the same number. nothermel for Cornell gave up a total of seven hits, two being by Patterson Good support in the field help ed the Lions defeat Cornell. Only on 3 error was committed by the Penn State fielders. In the out ield, Bob Urion was responsible for six putouts and Earl Bruhn five. Cornell 7\l . r. lan, c Gcrardi, 2 Cordes, ss. .... 4 McArthur, cf... 4 Pierce, lb. .... 4 Gray, rf. 2 * Tones 1 Beckett, 3b. ... 4 Macponald, 2b. 3 Rothermel, p... 2 Totals 28 Penn State ab. Kurowski, 2b... 2 Bower, 3b. .... 4 Urion, lf. 4 Bruhn, cf. ... 4 Richards, lb. .. 5 Hall; rf. 3 Patterson, ss Kline, c Black, p Totals Cornell Penn State 000 020 10x-3 Two base hits—Patterson, Ku rowski, Pierce. Sacrifice hits—Pat terson, Gerardi. Stolen bases Kurowski 2, Hall. Struck out—by Black 5; by Rothermel 4: Base on balls : —off Black 5 ; off Rothermel 8. Umpires—Gaird and Jones. Players Co! pet In Track, Football Newest addition to the Penn State athletic program is the ".`shuttle race." With a handful of athletes bearing the manpower burden under wartime conditions, Lion coaches daily find their best tal ent shuttling from track to foot ball. Dividing their practice hours between track and football are at least five navy-marine trainees, and three freshman athletes. The majority spend the first half hour 'with . football, and then finish up on the track. Three of the five V-12 trainees devote their time in track to the weight events, and concentrate on line plays in football. This trio is composed of Ed Bush of Ther mopolis, Wyo., Dan Orlich of Chish3lm, Minn., and Paul Swig gum- of Minneopolis, Minn. All arc marines and former North western gridders. The two backfield prospects, both broad jumpers and dashmen, are Marine Pvt. Dick McCown of Philadelphia and Apprentice Sea man Frank Rainear of Wynne wood. McCown played on the Lion eleven last fall, while Rain car is a transfer from Princeton. • The freshman football-track prospects are Dino Taccalozzi of Sayre, Negley Norton of Altoona, and Johnny Chuckran of Laps , : ford: All three excelled in both sports as schoolboys. .. , tfwww*lr .rd game for Penn State tomorrow off to a good start in the first two Track Team Tops Colgate Ed Bush and Frank Rainear combined talents to lead the Nit tany Lion track squad to a 84-41 victory over the Colgate Red Raiders at Hamilton, N. ,Y., Sat urday. Bush took first place in the shot put, discus, and high jump and second place in the 120-yard high hurdles to score 19 points. Rain ear was a close second with firsts in both hurdle events and the broad jump for 15 markers. Coach George Harvey's boys captured 10 of the 14 events. Jim McGuire, standout Colgate star, was the only athlete who won more than one event for the Red Raiders.. McGuire took the 100- yard dash, 220-yard dash, and the 440-yard run. • Floyd Lang won the javelin, Dave Binns was victorious in the pole vault, George Rutter cap tured the 880-yard run, and Al Goldstein took the. two-mile for Penn State. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 10 0 0 The track team goes to Ithaca, N. Y., for its last meet of the sea son against Cornell on August 12. Coach George Harvey intends to take the same squad with him that made the trip to Hamilton. Summaries of the Colgate meet follow: 013 2 0 000 5 0 3 7 27 13 1 000 000 000-0 100-yard dash-1. McGuire, Colgate; 2. McCown, Penn State; 3. Auer, Penn State. Time-10.2 secs. 220-yard dash-1. McGuire, Colgate; 2. McCown, Penn State; 3, Auer, Penn State. Time-22.3 secs. 440-yard run-1.. McGuire, Col gate; 2. Dibeler, Penn State; 3. Pites, Colgate. Time-49.3 secs. . 880-yard run-1. Rutter, Penn State; 2. Gow, Colgate; 3. Long, Penn State. Time-2 mins. 1.0 secs. One-mile run-1. Elson, Col gate; 2. Smith, Penn State; 3. Toler, Penn State. Time-4 mins. 38.2 secs. Two-thile run-1. Goldstein, Penn State; 2. Gaurin, Colgate; 3. Lastropes, Colgate. Time-11 mins. 35.3 secs. 220-yard low hurdles-1. Rain (Continued on page seven.) V-12 Softball Leagues Have Deadlock for Lead Both V-12 softball leagues, On- Campus and Off-Campus, this week have a tie for the lead. Barracks 36, 26, and 13 have, records of three wins and one de feat and are deadlocked for the On-Campus lead, while Barracks 30 and 41 are ahead in the Off- Campus league with three victories and one setback. A' tie game played between Bar racks 29 and Barracks 20 Tuesday will be played off today at the golf course. The contest ended 2-2. Next week's schedule follows: Off-Campus: Monday-13 vs. 24, 36 vs. 26, and 37 vs. 9. Wednes day-13 vs. 26, 24 vs. 9, and. 36 vs. 37. On-Campus: Tuesday-35 vs, 29; 22, vs. 20, and 41 vs. 62. Thins day-,35 v5..20, 29 _vs. 62, and •22 vs. 41. THE COLLEGIAN Blood Selects Players For All-Star Game Roster of the Eastern squad for the Independent Softball League all-star game at the golf course on August 14 was announced to day by Dick Blood, manager of the Eastern all-stars. Nine of the 17 members on the team are from Mattils, leading contenders for the first half championship .of the league. Blood will start Wally O'Toole and. John B ernardi as his opening battery. He is: undecided as yet who will hold the other first string positions. The Western squad has not been selected to date. Rev. Ed- Werth E. Korte and Bob Frost are managers . of the team. The two men expect to make their choices from the Lutherans, Fletchers, Penn State Chit), and Sterns before the end of this week.: The Eastern roster follows: Pitchers—Wally .O'Toole, Mat tils, and Ray Polanski, Beaver House. Infield—Joe Cutrone, Mattils; Ed Carson, Mattils; Walt Lang, Beaver House; Vic Danildv, Mat tils; Bill Reynolds, Nittany Co op; and Tony Sealese, - Penn Hav en. Outfield—Eugene Davis, Mat tils; Chuck Ely, Nittany Co-op; Roger Nowell, Mattils; Bill Ren tin, Beaver House; Ted Himka, Mattils; Reed Pratt, Penn Hav en; Jack Armstrong, Nittany Co op; Carlo Calabria, Mattils; and Weidelwitz, Penn Haven. At least three men from Bea ver House, Mattils, Penn Haven, and Nittany Co-op were chosen on the Eastern 'squad. First half play in the league ends on Monday. Shortly after that date second half activities will begin. Contests scheduled for today include: Mattils vs Fletchers, Beaver House vs Sterns, and Nit tany Co-op vs. Penn Haven. Monday games are: Sterns vs. Nittany Co-op; Mattils vs Penn State Club, Beaver House vs Penn Haven, and Fletchers vs Lutherans. The league standings follow: Team Won Lost Mattils 4 0 Fletchers 4 1 Beaver House 3 • 1 Penn State Club 3 2 Lutherans 2 ' 3 Penn Haven 2 3 Sterns 1 '4 Nittany Co-op 0 5 Alumni To Coach Football Eleven .Fos the ninth, consecutive year Penn,: State's football destinies will `be in the hands of an all alumni staff of five headed by Bob Higgins and Joe Bedenk, both former all-America .players. Although 3 of the five have been on the job for ten years or more, the staff has served as a unit since 1936. Earle 'Edwards, end coach, and Marty McAn drews, freshman coach, joined the quintet in the latter year. 'AI Michaels,' who joined , the staff the same year that he grad uated from the College, has been an assistant since 1935, and back field coach since 1936. Like Ed- . wards and McAndrews, he star red in football as an undergrad uate. Higgins, head coach, and his chief aide, Bedenk, returned to the campus in 1928 and 1929, re spectively. Bedenk has been line coach throughout - his tenure, while Higgins looked after the ends before moving into the top spot . in 1930. Both Higgins and Bedenk at tained all-America - recognition as undergraduates. Higgins, end and captain - , was - chosen by Walter Camp in 1919. *Kier*, - guard and- captain, was Ca gas selection in 1933. s at i k Atr ° °)". VieDamlov Rivals Are Teammates Two former school boy rivals today loom as sure bets for start ing positions on the Nittany Lion football squad when Coach Bob griddp:s open their schedule against ItAuhlenber4 at New. Beaver field on September 30. . The Lion mentor is pleased with the Re.rAgrll4.4ce.- of Rill A 137. romitis. of Tamaqua and Johnny Chuckran of Lansford. Abromitis is the lad. who played for both Pitt and Penn State last fall, first as a civilian and then as a V-12 trainee. Chuckran is a freshman from Lansford's 1943 state chain pionship team. Two years ago, Abromitis and Chuckran opposed each other as high school stars in the annual Tamaqua-Lansford football class ic. College 'Strong Man' Marine Pvt. Wilbert Greene, a veteran of the Tulagi campaign and former jiu-jitsu instructor at Parris Island, has annexed the "strong man" title at Penn State for the second time this year. The. marine scored highest in a strength test involving push-ups, chin-ups, sit-ups, squat-jumps, and sq4at-thrnsts. The entire V -12 unit participated in the phys ical fitness test. Greene, a member of the Lion boxing team last winter, is the first V-12 trainee to win this honor two times in a row. The test is administered periodically by the Navy V-12 physical fit ness staff. V-12 Athletic Night V-12 trainees . will don their athletic paraphernalia tomorrow evening and put on the "V-12 Athletic Night," a fitting suc cessor to their follies show of last semester. This time the boys will do all their acting in the ring and not on the stage. The evening will produce box ing, wrestling, and even a little dancing. Some of the 'men who will take part are tops in their particular field. Even officers will remove their stripes and en ter the ring for a round or two. FOR ALL COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS r SUPPLIES 11 r fl TRADE t, 11119W17: AT Cathaum Theatre Building FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1944 Penn Stale in Review Phil Moonves, former Penn State football and baseball player, has joined Howls Odell's, coaching staff at Yale . . . Dorris Toler. freshman miler, has asked the courts to change first name to "Dick," . . . J,ob e nny Cwik, a mem ber of the baseball team this spring, is now, plying catch and, outfield for the University of Pennsylvania as. .a Naval. BOTC candidate . . . Pfc. Bobby Wil- Uams 4 - ace forward :passer at the College for the past two. years, is now stationed in Hawaii . • . Dale Bower, varsity third baseman, will umpire the Independent Softball League all-star game at the golf course on August 14. Seven athletes were initiated this week •into Druids, national ac tivities honorary. They were: Johnny Chuckran, track and foot ball; Fred France. baseball and football; Steve Greene, gymnas tics; Ivan Kline. baseball; Floyd Lang, track; Marino Marchi, foot ball; and Dave Pincus, track . . Lt. Harry Light, new V-12 physical education director, replaces Lt. John Tomassi, who has been trans ferred to Ohio Wesleyan . . . Bill Jaffurs, freshman president last semester, is the brother of Johnny JOurs, football guard who receiv ed all-American recognition list season under the guidance of Coach Bob Higgins. JohMAY S.ehleSiger.. hard-hitting shortstop, lag FriaaY put himself out of commisslop, for, the rest of the season -•by falling down the Mineral Industries, steps . : Fitt. Bob Carson. a fanner Penn State V-12. trainee and- high scorer• on the University of Kansas football team, is now at, AII.n41? 0 /is . • • Joe Wilcox and Dick lienciler freshmen members, of the tennis team, were the only two Penn State follows to win against Col gate last weekend as Coach Ray' Dickison's boys went down to de feat . . . Jim Atherton is the only soccer player remaining who, play ed the entire schedule at Penn. State last fel. Ed Bush and Frank Rainear were the big guns in the track team's win over Cornell Sat urday.
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