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Bedenk, Thiel, arvey
Call Sports Candidates
Only three varsity sports, baseball, lacrosse; and track,
will be continued during the spring semester at the College.
Golf and tennis have been discontinued for the duration.
Seventy-five candidates have reported to Baseball Men
tor Joe Bedenk who is conducting practice in Rec Hall daily.
Three veterans have returned and are again seeking berths on
the varsity. Art Bohard, who
was victorious in every en
counter as a freshman, is try
ing for the pitcher's position and
Letterman Ivan Kline is practic
ing behind the plate again. Glen
Smith, 1944 right fielder and
wrestling champion, reported to
Bedenk and is drilling daily. The
Lion coach reports eight pitchers
and six catchers vying for the first
team
Nick Thiel will again coach the
lacrosse squad. All civilian men
and Navy V-12 students interest
ed in the varsity team should re
port - to 221 Rec Hall at 4 p. m.
any week day. Previous experi
ence is not required, according to
Coach Thiel, and practices will
be held every evening.
Candidates for the track team
'are asked to report to Rec Hall
any afternoon. Civilians or ser
vicemen with experience are par
ticularly urged to come out s said
Coach George Harvey. Tracksters
will open the season April 27 and
28 when they will enter the Penn
Relays at Philadelphia.
Managerial posts for these
three sports are open to all under
graduate men students. Candidates
are asked to report to the respec
tive coaches at the time set for
team practices.
Veterans Favor
College Athletics
Ex - servicemen. now attend
ing the PennsylVania State Col
lege under the GI Bill of Rights
favor continuance of college
sports, but are strongly opposed
to intersectional competition be
cause of the resulting burden
on transportation facilities.
"Keep college sports going"
was the typical reply of one ex-
GI, who added "the only restric
tion I would impose would be on
travel, which already is over
burdened . . . and which, if I
had my way, would be reserved
almost exclusively for boys in
the service."
In reply to a questionnaire dis
tributed to nearly 100 students
with prior service, only a half
dozen voiced any serious objec
tion to wartime competition. The
vast majority favored sports, as
serting the boys overseas also
felt the same way about athletic
teams.
Almost to a man, the ex-service
men said efforts should be made
to restrict schedules so that
travel would be reduced to a
minimum. They frowned on in
tersectional contests, and sug
igeSted that all ,competition be
restricted to institutions within
the same state or neighboring
states.
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Jack Hulme
Joins Service
John W. "Jack" Hulme, veter
an College trainer, became the
second Penn State staff member
to volunteer for overseas duty
with the athletic branch of the
Army's Special Services Divis
ion. Hulme, like Boxing Coach
Leo Houck, will join a group of
civilian sports experts for one of
the series of coaching clinics
now being established for over
seas servicemen. Houck has al
ready conducted similar classes
at Army bases in Greenland and
has been moved to Iceland.
Athletic trainer at Penn State
since 1936, Hulme previously
served in a similar capacity at
Westminster College, and boasts
more than a quarter of a century
experience in this field. Since
the advent of the war, he has
also conducted first aid classes
for military and civilian stu
dents.
The Nittany Lion trainer, a na
tive of New Castle, served over
seas in World War I, and saw ac
tion at Argonne, Verdun, and
other battle fronts. His front line
duty extended over a period of
18 months.
Others in the group of which
Hulme will be a member are Dr.
J. H. Nichols, director of athle
tics at Oberlin. College, Oberlin ;
0., administrator, Oscar M. "Os- s
sie" Solem, Syracuse University
football coach, A. D. Dickinson,
also a trainer, of lowa State
Teachers College, and Arthur R.
Hutchins, of the Southern Foot
ball Officials Association, Lake
Wales, Fla.
Lions Book Michigan
On 1945 Grid Schedule
Penn State lost to only two of
the seven 1944 opponents already
booked for return engagements
on the gridiron next fall. Only
new opponent listed on the 1945
card is Michigan State.
The Nittany Lions compiled a
record of six wins and three
losses last year and of the vic
tims Muhlenberg, Bucknell, Col
gate, Syracuse, and Temple will
be back again next fall. So will
Navy and Pitt, conquerors of the
Lions in 1944.
West Virginia and Maryland
will be missing from this year's
card, which calls for eight games,
four at home and four away. The
Michigan State date launches a
series planned since before the
war.
Penn State and Michigan State
have played twice before, the
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Lion Tales
With the Eastern intercollegiate
boxing tournaments slated for
New London, Conn., tomorrow,
Heavyweight Larry Luhrs will be
the only undefeated Lion mittman
competing. Capt. Paul Smith, an
ex-serviceman, looms as a good
bet for the 136-pound title, having
been beaten once in six trips to the
ring.
Baseball, track, and lacrosse are
the only sports retained on the
Lion's 1945 spring calendar. Coach
Joe Bedenk, veteran coach And
former all-American grid star,
will be in command of baseball
again. Bedenk says that 45 of his
former players during the past
five years are now in the armed
services.
Diminuative Hal Frey. who took
third place in the Eastern inter
collegiate wrestling matches at Le
high, won the 1944 Eastern inter-
collegiate all-around gymnastic
title last year. Frey turned grap
pler only after the gym team was
abandoned for the duration.
Steve Hamas, State five-letter
man, has been promoted to a ma
jor after teaching Eighth Air
Forces Fighters in the European
theatre how to box. Hamas, a
professional boxer, has now re
turned to the United States.
Don Miltenberger, Lion varsity
footballer and heavyweight wrest
ler, is awaiting his call for the
Army and has not returned to
sc h 001 this semester. Johnny
Chuckran, 1944 backfield star, was
reclassified and inducted into the
Arrhy a month after he had been
rejected. Negley Norton, another
member of the 1944 all-freshman
eleven, is stationed with Chuckran
at Camp Blanding, Fla.
Soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey has
originated an indoor version of
volley ball in which soccer tech_
niques are employed. . . . Leo
Houck, former boxing mentor, re
ports that he is conducting class
es in recreation in Iceland. The
coach writes if his mission were
ended now he would feel as
though he had done something for
the servicemen just by visiting
those who are, in Army hospitals.
Barracks 12 Wins Crown
Barracks 12, representing
ASTP Company B, downed Bar
racks -5 of Company A, 47-27, to
win the Interbarracks basketball
league championship. Pvt. W.
Seymour was high scorer for the
victors, tallying . 12 field goals
while Pvt. R. Becker set the
scoring pace for Company A with
10 points.
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Bathick Tops lion Cage Scorers;
Bozinski Rates All-College Team
Closing the season by bowing
to a powerful Temple five, the
Lion basketball team won 10 of
17 games played. Top scorer was
Guard Iry Batnick of Brooklyn,
N.Y., who rolled up 10 points in
the final game to bring his total'
for the , year to .113 points.
Sylvester Bozinski, runner-up
with 105 markers, won a place as.'
guard on the second team in the
Associated Press All
collegiate basketball selec
tions: Bozinski is a freshman
from Nanticoke and was one one.
of the ten former high school!
captains playing an Coach John
Lawther's varsity. Batnick .and
Navy Trainee Dick Light were'
given honorable mention in the
selections made ,by the Pensyl
vania sports writbrs.
Smith Captures Mat Title
Greene, Frey Take Honors
Capt. Glenn Smith copped the
155-pound championship in the
1945 Eastern intercollegiate
wrestling tournament at Lehigh
University to be the first Penn
Stater to win this crown since
1930. Coach Paul Campbell was
the last successful lion grappler
to annex this title when he was
an undergraduate student at the
College.
Smith began the season as a
165-pounder, but soon brought
his weight down to 155 pounds
and competed, in several dual
meets as a 155-pounder before
taking the intercollegiate title.
Navy and Ted Niewenhous of
Boxers Eder iniertollegiales
The Nittany Lien mittmen will
enter the . Eastern Intercollegiate
Boxing Association's 22nd annual
tournament at New London,
Conn., today and tomorrow. Des
pite their failure to win a dual
meet in seven starts for the first
time since 1919, Coach -Marty Mc-
Andrew's squad has been named
the darkhorse of the meet.
Capt. *Paul Smith, 135-pounder
and only man with varsity exper
ience before this season, an unde
feated Heavyweight Larry Luhrs
are favored to outpunch their
Coast Guard Academy, Army,
and Rennsselaer Polytechnic In
stitute opponents. Of the foul
teams vying for titles, Coast Guard
is undefeated, downing Army
twice and State once. Little is
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1945
Only Temple defeated the Nit
tany team twice, the first time
!battling on into five overtime peri- ,
iods before downing State, 63-60.
Meeting the Owls in Philadelphid,
Lawther's -men dropped the -tilt,
39-28. State broke even with
Pittsburgh when they swamped
the Panthers 53-36. During the
season the locals defeated Car-.
negie Tech and Colgate. twice,
lost singles to Army, Navy and
Muhlenberg, split with West :Vir
ginia, and won four other starth.
The first six scorers for the
season follow:
Player G F • T
Irvin Batnick 40 33 113
Sylvester Bozinski 49 7 405
Dick Light
Les Szepesi
Bill Nugent
He decisioned John Fletcher of
Lehigh in tournament. bouts.
Navy trainee Hal Greene took
second place in the 136-pourid
division and Hal Frey placed
third in the 145-pound champion . -
ship bouts.
The Lion matmen won .their
final matches from Lehigh, 19.41,
when Wisherd won by a fall and
Bob Crease, Greene, Smith and
Chuck Hall took decisions. This
was Hall's ,last match for State
because he was graduated at the
end of the semester. - Don Mil
tenberger, heavyweight, dropped
a 4-2 decision in an overtime
match:
known .about the R. I. P: mittmert
who are competing • Tor . the firAt
time.
Jim MacAleer,• a newcumer, will
replace Navy. Trainee Bob Fields
who was transferred and will seek
the 128-pound title. Other Lions
participating will be Navy Trainee
Bob Cramer, bantamweight; Navy
Trainee Eddie Davies, middle
weight; Navy Trainee Joe Bondi,
Welterweight; Jack Seitcheck -or
Alan F'ottasch, 155-pound class;
and Vaughn ,Stapleton , light;
heavyweight. • •
McAndrew's men lbst to Wis
consin Saturday, 5 1 / 2 -2Y2; for the
second time this season when.
Smith and Luhrs won and Davies
drew. They. held . Maryland to - a
4-4 tie the previOus week. - •
37 9 83
32 17 81
27 22 76
29 6 64