FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1944 SlapelLeavej College Charley Stapel, the hard- luck kid-of 1943, has dropped out of school. The Avalon luminary was head ed for big things as a freshman, last.yeaiybut ended up on.the side lines with a knee injury. This year he reported' to, Coach Bob Hig r gins With high hopes of playing. However; after a week of- condi tioning at the golf course, Stap el’s; injury pained; him so much, that he thought it would be- best if hp- dropped, out of school: for a year. Despite an operation, the knee didn’t react as expected and Sta pel 'decided a year’s rest might give the injured left knee time to heal adequately. In the meantime he plans to work in a defense plant around his home town. AnpJher Foreign Star Soccer, traditional refuge of Penn- State’s foreign-born athle tes, may produce another all-A merican this fall in' the person of Herb Mendt of Venezuela. •Coach Bill Jeffrey says, “Mendt is bigger'than most South Amer -1 ican, boys, he’s very strong, and has a'lot of stamina.” The-Dion mentor fates the 21-' year-oldi architectural student as X oiie -:of’ the' most- ‘ promising' can • didate on: his: squad-. , Other foreigmborn athletes who have- made good: at' Penn State during the- 'last .18- years.' are- Giis Bigott of Venezuela, Jose Doni , bana of Colombia, Gringo- G&lin • do efr Panama, Remzi Gurcayof Turkey, and. Mousa' Serry. of ; Egy|>tV All; of these; players' either attained'-or-- received.-serious con-: ; sideration for all-American teams of this period. . . , . ■ LionCoachei Pre-Flfghf Lt-. Comdr. Glenn Killinger is the latest Lien athlete to be nam ed head football mentor in the big time' coaching ranks. ‘ .The former head at West Chest er State Teachers College has been chosen' to direct the Navy Pre-. Flight eleven at Chapel Hill, N. C., this fall. - < . While attending Penn State as an undergraduate he played foot bail} baseball, and basketball. Be cause of; his punting, passing, and field generalship he was selected on iWalter. Camp’s All-American team in .1921. West Defeats East 8-6 In Independent Encounter Af concentrated', hitting barrage ; ; innings gave- the Western All- Stars au convincing 8-6 triumph 'over Wally'O'Toole-arid his Eas terrj squad- in- the Independent All-Star softball 1 clash; at the golf course- last’ Friday, Tpe .first game- between the two teams ended in a 3-3 deadlock two weeks ago. The contest last week ' end' was a seven-inning replay of the-' tie. A'ftei', falling before Wally O’- Toole all season long, the Western All-Stars, caught on to the Mat tils pitching star and knocked hint cut of the box in the third innjng; Ed Carson replaced O’- Toole -and held the West score- during the last four innings. Gridley Awarded Contest . Bob Gridley received credit for , the- victory although Bob Hicks i had to come in and keep-the Eas ; tern hitters in check during the I s -lattpr part: of’ the game. Beading batter for the West was Shortstoß, Stanley Ziff yho poun ded; but two- long, triples. Artie I'- Bohard andi. George Butter hacU S'-three .hits apiece*. brih their bats 1 lacked' the- wallop- that- Ziff pos Penn Slale ln Review Jim Barron, varsity eager last season, is now bedridden at St. Al ban’s Hospital, New York City. He, was stricken with rheumatic fever while going to Coast- Guard school ; . . Johnny Schlesiger, freshmen V-12 candidate, for the football team, played- freshman ball at the University of Nebras ka .. . Bill Eppright, former Dion track star who is now condition ing convalescent- soldiers at- Ro mdlus Base Hospital, Mich,, re cently scored a 100 in the stiff Artny Air Corps physical test . . Keh- Overlin-, who lost the middle weight crown to Penn State’s Billy Soose a few years ago, has been honorably discharged from the Navy Capl; Elmer Gross, basketball standout of five years ago, has been wounded in the Bat tle of France. Coach. Lynn Waldorf of North western is in charge of the Col lege All-Stars who meet the Chi cago Bears at the Windy City this Wednesday night-. .. Lh. Glair Hess wrestler, and Lfc Don Newburg, lacrosse stickman, are the latest to be wounded on French, soil . . Bob- Gridley, baseball manager, has been named, manager of the gridiron team . . . Pfc. Joe- Colons, one of the- nation’s" first- ten- pun ters as a freshman in 1942; is now stationed in Hawaii . . . LI. J. N. Siahley, newly appointed head football- coach- at the San Diego- Naval Training Center, starred in basketball,. and- lacrosse at the College from 1927 to 1930, He coached at' Brown before the war . .. . Hawaii is the present base- of LI. Comdr. Charley Spei del, Penn .State’s peacetime wrest ling coach. Lh. Glenn A. Hassler, former Lion, soccer-ite and Quincy, Pa., High School athletic director, is now in charge of the athletic pro gram- at the- Jackson- Army Air Base, Jackson, Mass . . . Herb Mathers, 1911 track captain, is credited with the first point en rolled by Penn State in IC-4A competition. He won fourth place in the broad jump . . . Lt. Comdr. Dick Harlow, Penn State alum nus and Harvard’s pre-war grid iron mentor, is officer in charge of the Navy’s only rest center on the Pacific. He is at Boyes Springs, Calif. sessed in driving in four runs. John Bernardi. and Floyd Lang led the East at the plate. Both of them knocked out two singles. Tom Reynolds had the" only extra base blow for the East in the-sev enth inning. He drove out a double. The Western squad, managed by Itev. Edwerth Korte and Jack Frost, tallied three runs on four hits in the second frame. George Rutter started the inning off with a sharp single. Bob Hicks dupli cated the feat and was forced at second by Paul Wunz. With two men on base, Stan Ziff hit his first triple of the game to drive in the first scores of the contest. Later, Ziff came in on Blake’s fumbled ground ball to make the score 3-0. Five Runs Scored In Third Five more runs were added in the third. A 1 Honig and Bob Grid ley singled. Hicks and Wunz fol lowed with one-base blows, and then Ziff smashed out his second triple. Bohard then proceeded to drive out a base hit and send Ziff across the plater The Eastern squad got its first ■ r_un : iiy the>.second?iririing; Vic : Dan,- • (Continuedon- page- eight)- THE COLLEGIAN Gridders Show Promise In Practice V'itHijli V-12 Softball Teams Battle For College Championship 29 will represent the Off-Campus League thijs after noon against’. Barracks 13, On- Gampus champion, at the golf course- for the College V-12 soft ball title. The game will be the first in a three game series. The play-off- between the two league leaders was supposed to be played earlier tills week, but a three-way tie for the Off-Cam pus crown necessitated a delay in original plans. Barracks 29 defeated, Barracks 20,6-5, yesterday after the latter had taken the measure of Bar racks '4l, 5-3, on Wednesday. All three teams were’ tied for first place with seven wins and three losses The playoff will consist of three games, the first being played today. The . second con test will be Monday, and a third on Tuesday if necessary.. All tilts will begin at 4:30 p.m. First Game With everyone on the team getting a safe hit, Barracks 20 subdued. Barracks 4i; 5-3, in- the first play-off. game for the Off- Campus: League on Wednesday. ' Barracks 20 smashed out' 10 hits off the twirling of A/S Clarence Colvin to score three runs-in the second inning and two markers in the fifth. A/S Bob- Gernand pitched for the victors and. gave up three runs in the. in itial frame- before settling down. Almost all the men in both barracks turned out .to watch the close contest. Second Game A seventh inning uprising which produced three runs gave Barracks 29 a 6-5 victory over Former Lacrosse Slar Wears Uniform Again Lt. Marshall H. Gatchell, for mer Lion lacrosse player, is wearing Uncle Sam’s uniform for the second time. Gatchell, who left, college to join the Navy in World War I, now is serving as recreation and welfare officer at a Cen tral Pacific outpost. Coaoh Nick Thiel describes Gatchell as. “Penn State’s most enthusiastic lacrosse alum nus.” \\ I''. Barracks 20 in- the final game for the Off-Gam pus Softball League championship yesterday afternoon. Charlie Lasotto pitched good ball to win the Off-Campus title for Barracks 29. Team Capt. Ross Fife hit a,home run in the third' inning which brought in three runs and sent Barracks 29 out in to the lead. The winners will face Barracks 13 for the College crown today. Thelt Chi Takes Fraternity Lead Theta Chi has taken the lead in the Interfraternity Softball League- after two weeks of play, Stan Speaker, league chairman, announced yesterday. In second place is Sigma Chi with two wins and one defeat. Sigma Chi beat Phi Sigma Del ta, 14-8, while Sigma Phi Epsil ;on was victorious over Alpha Chi Sigma,, 9-3, in contests this week; Nine- fraternities are in the league- this summer. Sigma Phi Alpha won the title during the spring semester by defeating Beta Sigma Rho in a play-off. A trophy will again be awarded to the champion this semester. - The- schedule for next week follows: ' Tuesday—Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Sigma. Chi, Beta Sigma Rho vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Phi Kap pa Sigma vs. Theta Chi. Wednesday—Phi Sigma Delta vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma vs. Beta Sigma Rho, and Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Theta Chi. Thursday—Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Delta vs. Phi Sigma Kappa, and Sigma Chi vs. Theta Chi. Standings up until yesterday are: Won Lost Theta Chi 2 0 Sigma Chi 2 1 Phi Sigma Delta 1 l Sigma, Phi Epsilon .... 1 1 Alpha Chi Sigma ...... 1 2 Pi Kappa Alpha 0 1 Theta Sigma Rho 0 1 Phi Sigma Kappa 0 0 Phi Kappa Sigma 0. a PAGE- SEVEN Coach Bob Higgins Has 95 Students Out For Football “It's too early to name a first team yet, but several boys have shown up exceptionally well so far,” pointed out Football Coach, Bcb Higgins this week as his Nit tany Lion squad went through ex tensive drills' in preparation for a hard scrimmage at New Beaver Field. Sixty-seven navy-marine trai nees and 28 civilians compose the Penn State squad which works out daily under the watchful eyes of Higgins and his three assistants—■ Joe Bedenk, Earle Edwards, and A 1 Michaels. “Ed Bush at tackle and Earl Bruhn in the backfield have been, very impressive so far,” stated Coach Higgins. “Another standout is Ray Larson at guard.” Guards and: Center Strongest The Lion mentor said that his strongest positions were at guard and center. The tackle and end slots were picked out as the weak est by Higgins. The backfield looks good, but, according to Higgins, the team will' probably lose Freshman Johnny Chuckran and Elwood Petchel to the armed forces before the end of the semester. Both of the boys become 18 in the near fu ture. A 1 Richards has been, hurt, and he won’t be ready for. at. least a couple more weeks, asserted the Nittany coach. Richards was a. fullback last season,, hut was shif ted to. half, at the start of. practice this year. Threp other men return from from the 1943 team. They, are-Bill Abromitis,. Marino- Mar chi, and Chuck Klausing. Only Marchi par ticipated in a majority of the con? tests. Abromitis and Klausing didn’t get- started until near -the end of- the season. 16-Year Old- Candidate Only 16-year-old gridder on the squad is Larry Cooney, backfield : star from Pittsburgh. The young ster is good at running and defen sive play, but lacks experience, brings out Coach Higgins. Freshmen who have stoodout in practice are A 1 Bellas, Joe Draz enovich, Negley Norton, Don Mil tonberg, Floyd Lang, Chuckran, and Petchel. The more promising candidates for each position, follow: Ends: Bob Hicks, John- Stoken, Don Miltonberg, John Schlesiger, Pete Johnson, Dan Orlich, and-A1 Auer. Tackles: Howard Caskey, Neg ley Norton, Ed Bush, Marino-Mar chi, and Fred France. Guards: John Bakei', Joe Draz-- enovich, Frank Martenis, John Si mon, Rutk-owski, Ray Larson, and- Bob Dimmerling. • Centers: -Chuck Klausing, Bron ko, Kosanovich, Milson. and’ Mc- Coy. , Quarterbacks: Earl -Bruhn, Ed- Voll, and Dino Taccalozzi. Halfbacks: Elwood'Petchel, Dick McCown, Bill Abromitis, Johnny Chuckran, Whitey Kurowski, Ed Meyer, Mark Maystrovich, Harry. Muokle, A 1 Richards, Frank Rai near, and Larry Coooney. Fullbacks: A 1 Bellas, Floyd Lang, and Ted Wilhelm. Army Champioir Faces V 42 Softball Winner Army Barracks 8 will meet the V-12 league titleholders at the golf course Thursday for the College softball champion ship. The contest will climax ASTP and V-12 softball activities on the campus for the summer. All; students are invited.ta the game which will, begin at, 6:45 pjm
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