The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, July 06, 1945, Image 6
PAGE SIX No Summer Sports, Fleming S • ys; Twilight Football Practice Begins College Discontinues Four Varsity Squads There will be no sports pro gram for the summer months, an nounced Neil M. Fleming, grad uate manager of athletics. Foot ball and soccer, whose schedules call for games to be played dur ing the summer semester, will open their seasons with home games on September 29 and Oc tober 6 respectively. When asked what brought the change in policy from last sum mer when there were contests in baseball, lacrosse, tennis, and track, Mr. Fleming listed the fol lowing causes: Most of the schools the Lions usually schedule have cut out summer sports program leaving very few opponents. Transportation difficulties have grown acute in the past months and it is difficult to get the neces sary accommodations. There are not enough candi dates available to make summer sports successful, the dearth of servicemen being an important factor. The student body showed very little interest in summer. sports last year and attendance at the various contests was hardly more than a handful. The athletes themselves are not desirous of participating in sports during the summer .months. Although intercollegiate con tests will not be played until fall, students will be able to attend intra-squad football and soccer games. Varsity Booters Replace Jeffreys Soccer Will be one of the two varsity sports active next fall, football being the other. Coach Bill Jeffrey will field his 20th straight team at the College after returning from an Army sports mission. In the meantime newly selected Captain He 01) tMendt and letterman John Hamilton, Navy trainee, have taken over the coaching chores. Jeffrey holds one of the most amazing records in intercolleg iate circles, his teams having been defeated only 13 times in 19 years. A schedule of seven games for 1945, all against long-time op ponents, has been announced by Neil M. Fleming, gfaduate man ager of athletics. Four of the sev en games will-be played on home soil. Army, Navy, and Colgate will be played away from home. This year three Latin-Ameri cans are seeking positions on the team. Besides Mendt, a re turning letterman from Vene zuela, are Rene Rodriquez of Chile and• Julio Mario Santo Do mingd of IColumbia, 'both new comers. . • The schedule: • Oct. 6—Bucknell Oct. • 13-41VIdhleniberg Oct. 20—Temple Oct.. 27—at Colgate Nov. 3—at Army • Nov. 10—Cornell Nov. 17—at Navy Against all of these opponents, the Lions claim a decided edge in games won and lost, boasting ten undefeated seasons during Jef frey's regime. In 134 games since 1926, the Jeffreymen have rolled up 441 goals to 104 for the op position, The wily Scot, who played in his native country as a youth and later, as a professional in this country, is hoping for a good year to compensate for last year's pit falls. His 1944 eleven lost more games than it won for the first time in his coaching career. All-America players have beeh Trainer Hulme Witnesses Paris V-E Day Celebration "The trip to Europe was quite an experience but its great to be back again," said Trainer Jack Hulme. One of the unforgettable spec tacles "Jack" witnessed was the celebration that followed the an nouncement of the German un conditional surrender in Paris. "ft was simply terrific," re marked Mr. Hulme. "The crowds sang, marched, and made merry far into the night. The Champs Elysees was filled from curb to curb with rejoicing mobs; traffic was impossible. "Later that night the Arc de Triumph was illuminated for the first time since the outbreak of the war. The roar of the crowds when they saw this was over whelming. That is one scene I shall never forget as long as I live." Trainer Hulme went overseas in March with a specialik group attached to the Special Service Division of the European Theatre of Operations including Ossie So led), University of Syracuse foot ball coach; Dr. J. H. Nicholas, Di rector of Physical EdUcation at Oberlin College; A. D. Dickinson, track mentor at lowa State Teach ers; and Arthur Huchins, the head Of the Southern Conferedce Foot ball Officials. After landing in Scotland, Mr. Hulme went to London and from there across the Channel to Par is. His job was to organize, train, institute, and introduce into the Army athletic program a new set up i•n the prevention and care of athletic injuries. To carry out this mission, the veteran Penn State Trainer taught classes and lec tured to groups of army offifcers and doctors at the University of Paris, who, in turn, would relay the information to the men in the ranks. 'E sides his regullar work in Paris, Mr. Hulme went into com bat areas to bring his vast store house of knowledge direct to the Gl's. His•travels took him to Bel gium, Holland, and Germany. Throughout his journey, Mr. Hulme met many Penn Staters, among them. Lt. Elmer Gross, captain of the 1942 'basketball team, who was recovering from wounds received in France and Captain William Smith, star per former for the 1942 cross-coun try team. A former doughboy in the first World War, Trainer Hulme re- Football Managers 'Men students who are interest ed in becoming second managers for the varsity football team should sign up in the Athletic Office, Old Main, tomorrow or next week, Head Manager Paul Burns, announced today. Penn • State itas played 477 games since its intercollegiate football debut in 1887. a specialty of the Nittany tcoach, who has brought this distinction to his players 44 times in the last 19 years. There has not been a year since 1926 that he has not produced at least one all-Amer ica player. QUALITY FOODS at FAIR PRICES • MEATS • FRUITS • FRESH PRODUCE • CANNED GOODS TEMPLE MARKET FREE DELIVERY 131 W. BEAVER PHONE 4921 THE COLLEGIAN visited some of his former battle grounds at St. Mihiel, Verdun, ,Soissons, Chateau Thiery, and the Argonne Forest. Hulme came to the College in 1937 and has had over twenty five years experience in the train ing and conditioning of athletes. He is at present trainer of all var sity snorts. • • • •••••• " . COACH JOE BEDENK Bedenk To Head Baseball Group Lion Baseball Coach Joe Bedenk . was named chairman of the exeicu tive committee of the newly or ganized American Association of College Baseball Coaches at a meeting held at the New York Athletic Club, June 29 - and 30. Bedenk and Coach Eippy Barnes of Colgate University were the in itiates in a movement to revive in terest in collegiate baseball and also to promote organization of sectional leagues or conferences as a postwar project. More than 40 coaches attended the first meeting at which time a national organiza tion was effected. Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers and George R. Trautman of the American Association at tended the meeting representing organized baSeball. Intercollegiate interests were represented by Asa S. Bushnell of the Eastern Central Office and by William A. Reid, Colgate University athletic direc tor. Ray Fisher of the University of Michigan, Jack Barry of Holy Cross College, and Jack Coombs of Duke University spoke on behalf of the college coaching fraternity. Also present were Grantland Rice and Hugh Fullerton Jr., sports col umnists. Topped 100 Once Penn State rolled up its high est score in football when it de feated Lebanon Valley by a 109- 7 score in 1920. 15 Candidates Report; 'Many Lettermen Return Summer football practice started Monday, with 75 candidates re porting the first night. Head Coach Bob Higgins intends to continue the drills until August when prac tice will be suspended. For the first time in the history of the gridders, practice is being held at twilight, from 7 to 9 p.m. Resuming practice after Labor Day, the squad will go through more rigorous training and put on the finishing touches for the open ing game of the season with dVluhl enburg at New Beaver Field on September 29. The schedule for the 49415 season follows: Sept. 29—Muhlenberg Oct. 6—Colgate Oct. 43—at Navy Oct. 20—at Bucknell Oct. 27—open date Nov. 3—Syracuse Nov. .10—,Temple Nov. 17—at Michigan State Nov. 1 24—at Pitt Judging from the first few ses sions, Coach Higgins intends to get down to work without delay. At present, the squad is drilling in shorts and concentrating on• fun damentals such as passing, punt ing, basic plays, and other non contact work. Starting his liGth season as head coach for the Nittany Lions, !Hig gins will be assisted by Joe Be dank, line coach; •Earle Edwards, end coach; and Al Michaels, back field coach. Marty Mac Andrews, former freshman coach, will help out with the dine.• Prospects for the forthcoming season} look brighter than they have .been in recent years as 19 men have returned who at one time played for Penn State.. These Welcome Students REMEMBER, YOU MAY WIRE FLOWERS ANYYMERE MOIR. OODRING'S FLO AL GA 1 11 DENS PHONE 2045 1.17 E. BEAVER Clearance Sale DRESSES EVENING GOWNS JEWELRY TEE SHIRTS SHORTS COTTON BLOUSES 1 / 2 PRKE Charles Shop FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1945 Beta Sigs Cop Title In Softball Beta Sigma Rho copped the All- College 'civilian softball champion ship by defeating Graham's, 6-2, in a game played on June 12. Capitalizing on walks by Gra ham's Hurler "P. P." Scherer and by bunching their hits, the 'win ners of the ITC League pushed across all their runs in an early inning. Graham's, Independent League champs, were held hitless for the first five innings by Beta Sig Pitcher TVlery Wilf. They broke into the hit column in the sixth and seventh frames, and with a few walks, pushed over their two tallies. Iry Stiefel, Dick Frontman, Murray Glibin, and Bdb Weiss sparkled in the field for the win ners while Al Rich, Ted Himlka, and Fred Dombetto were out standing for the defeated Graham's team. Jack Seitchik captained the vic torious Beta Sigs and Al Rich headed Graham's. The 1945 season will mark Bob Higgins' 16th year as head coach of football at Penn State. men are Dino Taccalozzi, quarter back; Elwood Petchel, diminutive tailback; Chuck Staple, a promis ing tailback during the '43 season until sidelined by a knee injury; Ralph Ventresco, ex-serviceman who played fullback on the '4O and '4ll teams; Larry Cooney, wing back; Al Bellas, fullback; and Chuck Willing and Larry ppericer, wingbacks. Also Bronco Kosanovics„ center; Bob McKay, center; Marino Mar chi, tackle; Howard Caskey, tackle; John Simons, guard; Fred France, guard; Jim Mathews, gu'ard; Carl Dimmerling, guard; Bob ''RutkOw ski, guard; Don ilVliltenberger, end; Bob Gernand, end.