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football Outlook
Dims As Petchel
Wails Induction
The bright outlook for the corn
ing football season was dimmed
today when it became known that
Elwood Petchel, star tailback, is
subject to Army call at anytime.
Draft board officials have not set
an induction date as yet, and there
is still hope, but slight, that he
may start the season.
: The Easton youth, who scored
six touchdowns last season, figured
prominently in the plans of Coach
(Bob Higgins. His passing and
kicking ability, plus speed and
shiftiness, mark him as a triple
threat man, the mentor said.
When he leaves the squad, the
nice for the starting assignment
as tailback will 'be wide open
with Joe Tepsic, Wally 'Triplett,
and Bob Kritzer in the running.
Since the resumption of practice
earlier in the week, most atten
tion has been given to passing.
The gridders have been running
through pass plays besides reg
ular passing drills. The punters
have not been idle, and Tepic,
Petchel, and Triplett 'hav e shown
good form.
Drills are being concentrated on
fundamentals presently, but it
will not be long before contact
sessions, and scrimmages begin.
Daily skull practice is being held
Sri the Little Theatre. With the
opening game only four weeks
off, the attitude of the players and
coaches has become more serious.
Bucknell Cancels
First Soccer Game
ißutknell's decision to withdraw
from soccer competition this year
will postpone Penn State's 1943
debut until the second week in
October, it was learned today.
With Bucknell as the opening
opponent, the Lions originally
planned to play eight games be
ginning October 3. Now, IVluhlen
berg will come to the College for
the season's opener October 1 13.
'The delay may prove a mixed
(blessing, however, ?ince it will give
the Lions an extra week of work
under Coach 'Bill Jeffrey before
the season starts. Jeffrey, who's
now in Italy as a civilian sports
consultant for the Army, expects
to return to the campus about mid-
September.
After the Muhlenberg engage
ment the Lions will meet Temple,
home, October 20; Colgate, away,
October 27; Army, away, Novem
ber 3; Cornell, home, November
10; and Navy, away, November
17.
Former Missomi Gridiron Mar
Added To Lion Coaching Staff
Harold W. Harris, former grid
star from the University of Mis
souri, has recently been appointed
student assistant football coach.
Harris started his college career
at the University of 'Miami in 1939,
and transferred t:, the University
of Missouri in 1941. A thirteen
month hitch in the Army Ai:
Corps interrupted his undergradu
ate work but he returned to gradu
ate in 1944 and Obtained his mas
ter's degree in 1945.
Ex-State Swimmer
Wounded Third Time
Cpl. Mickey Becket, former
Penn State swimmer, used a boat
to get across the Rhine, but insists
his fellow-doughboys "went swim
ming in half of Germany's canals'
the night of the cmssing.
Becket, a native Philadelphian
who was wounded twice at Anzio
before transferring to the West2rn
trout, where he , Ntql:, nicked a .third
time, writes Swim Coach Bob Gal
braith "1 was in the first boat to
reach the opposite shore, and was
the first one out--probably the
scaredest one, too."
'The former Lion diver, who told
of' meeting a Wormer classmate
while waiting to cross the Rhine,
has been .with the Seventh Army
Galbraith Names
Best College
Swimmers
Robert E. 'Galbraith, the English
composition professor and ex
swimming champion, tells all and
names Bill Kirkpatrick '4l as
Penn State's ibest student swim
mer. He also puts Bob Cowell, who
is now 'captain of his swimming
team at Annapolis, and Abel Gil
bert, Ecuadorian merman who
went to the National Collegiate
finals in 1944, at the top of the
list.
"The swimmers of today get bet
ter all the time," slated the swim •
ming coach. "Besides this, they
work harder because of tougher
competition, and it is not unusual
for unknowns to spring up over
night."
According 1.0 Professor Gal
braith, some of the outstanding
swimmers oI the past fifteen years
include Marshall Wayne, known
as "The American Adonis" and one
of the greatest divers of all time,
and three Ohio State champions
coached by Mike Peppe, Patterson,
Patnick, and Clark.
Professor Galbraith began his
swimming career at the High
School of Commerce in New YorA:
and at the New York Athletic
Club. In 1918 and 1919 he had the.
distinction of swimming with the
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta •
tion, which won the natioqal
championship. After the war, he
swam with IMarquand Prep and
Rutgers University.
Among the outstanding swim
ming honors won hy the College's
English professor were the Junior
Metropolitan Amateur Athlet!c
Union championship in 1915, and
Eastern Collegiate Swimming As
sociation in T.ll, '22, and '24. He
won all prep school contests in
which he competed while at Mar
quand, including 'Yale and Prince
ton. In fact, he was successful in
capturing the Eastern Collegiate
Championship in 1924. This was
his grand slam year for he also
walked off with the National Col
legiate Championship to top it off.
Smiling, Professor .Galbraith
looks back to the time when he
worked for the United Press and
the New York Times simultaneous
ly. He started for the I UIP at 7:33
a.m. and was finished at 4:30 p.m.,
but at .53.0 p.m. his New York
Times t!lay was jus+ starting, and
he stopped at 12:30 a.m. Of this he
says, "Everything I ever did wrong
in my youth later turned out to be
useful."
Commenting on the future out
look of the Lion water team, the
champ said, "There will probably
not be a regular taam this fall, al.
though swimmers Bill Christy and
Clyde Bell are expected to return
in November."
Baseball and boxing are the
two favorite sports of Leo Houck,
Penn State ring coach.
A standout on the' issouri team,
Harris played in. the Sugar Bowl
game of 194.1. Before 'completing
his undergraduate work he coach
ed the Columbia, Mo., University
High School football and 'basket
ball teams in 1943. The basketball
team reached the state quarter
finals before being defeated.
The following year Bill Harris
coached practically all the sports
at Abingdon, 'lll., High School. The
football team won seven games
and lost one.
Coach Harris intends to study
.for his doctorate in . physical edu
cation, after which he intends to
resume his coachinv career.
ex-athlete to he credited with a
"first" in the drive on Berlin.
Capt. Jim Contc of Pittsburgh,
an ex-footballer, 1 3:eviously report
ed that his regiment was the first
to reach the Rhine, while the en
gineering battalion commanded by
Lieut. Col. Dave Pergrin of Clair
ton, also an ex-gridder, is credited
with laying the first pontoon bridge
across the river.
PENN STATE CLASS RINGS
L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY
LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
Former Niffany Mailmen, Coach
Serve On World's Battlefields
Penn State's hardy matmen,
perennial title contenders uncle:.
Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Speidel, who
went off to the wars with his boys
three years ago, are doing a yeo
man job on the battlefields of the
world.
The veteran coach,„ on leave
since 1942, is commanding an
island in the Southwest. Pacific to_
which battle-weary seamen gol)r
rest and recreation. il‘/I . ajor Frank
Gleason of Wilkes-Barre, one of
his erstwhile , captains, and cham
pions, set a notable example by
leading a band of 16 demolition.
specialists on an amazing mission
of destruction in Jap-occupied
China.
Two Die In Action _
Two others, Lt. George Ellstrom
of Bethlehem and Lt. 'Warren El
liott of Philadelphia, have paid the
supreme price. Elictrom, who fin
ished at Lehigh, where he - als3
played football, was 'one of tne
few airmen stationed at Bataan
when it fell early in the war. Lt.
Paxton Sherwood of Washington,'
Pa., also an airman, is a prisoner
of the Germans.
Two marine captains, Larry Tate
DreXel Hill and Frank Horpel
of Upper Darby, are back in this ,
country after partielpating in the
Guadalcanal and other Pacific
campaigns. Also iback- in this coun
try, alter 186 missions over "Thc-
HuMp" where he earned all kinds.
of decorations, is Sgt. Jack Henry
of Port Matilda and the 'Air Trans
port Coriimand.
Expected at his home momen
tarily, after 28 months overseas,. 0
Lt. Glen Alexander of . State Col.
lege, who captained the title-win
ning 1912 team and also won the
Eastern intercollegiate 1145-pound
championship. As motor officer of
his battalion in the Army aviation,
engineers, he has been cited 'for
his service in the North Africa and
Italian campaigns.
.Pookman Receives Bronze Star
Still another State College boy,
Pvt. Willis IPoorman, has - been
awarded the Bronze Star for de-
IF Tennis Results
Results of second round matches
of the Interfraternity tennis
tournament must be handed in at
Student Union by 4 p. in. Tues
day. Participants in games and
the results of completed matches
are posted in the Corner Room.
Results of completed tourneys
indicate that Sigma Phi Epsilon is
leading with 29 points, followed
by Phi Sigma Delta, 17 points;
Alpha Chi Sigma and Phi Kappa
Sigma, 12 points each; and Pi
Kappa Phi, 11 markers. •
DARK
livering food to the front ]ine3
under fire, in Italy, while Marine
Cpl. Mike Kerns of Lansdowne,
who also achieved fame as a foot
baller, has followed in his men
tor's footsteps by teaching hand
to-hand combat to marines at theft
stations in this country.
Lt. Clair Hess,- Army para
trooper of !Blairsville, who was
wounded twice in Europe, has re•
„covered and is eager for more ac
tion. Another Blairsville boy, Lt.
Joe Valla, is with an anti-aircraft
unit in 'ltaly. The Craighead twins,
'John and Frank, are both lieuten
ants in the Navy and, since its in
ception, have been ,associated with
the Naval Survival Program at
North Carolina Pfe-Flight, •where
they teach Navy fliers how -to
come back alive no matter where
they crash.
Pre-War Track Stars
Set New Army Records
- Two pre-war track stars at the
College, Gerry Karver. and ißarney
Ewell, are still setting records, but
now under United States Army
colors.
Competing for the aVlediterran
ean Zone at Frankfurt-on-Main,
Germany, Lieut. Karver set a new
Army record of 4:02.1 for the
1,500-meter run. The touring Boy
ertown youth still has two years
of college competition remaining.
Pvt. Ewell broke the • existing
Niagara lAAU district mark for the
300-yard dash by sprinting the
distance in 30.8 sec'nds at Buffalo,
N. Y. The Lancaster sprint, star is
competing under the auspices of
Camp Kilmer, N. J.
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Magazines—Candy
Tobacco
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1945
Lion Stickmen
To End Drills
The first successful summer la
crosse season will soon be brought
to a close, said Coach Nick Thiel
today.
The mentor, well pleased with a
turnout of 45 candidates remark
ed that this is the first time since
1942 that he has been able to hold
a summer practice session.
The squad, bolstered by men of
the Navy V-12, has been round
ing into shape during the past two
months. For the first time since
the beginning of the war, Coach
Thiel will be faced with the pros
pect of starting a season with ex
perienced men to work with.
Two of the standout players of
last season. Bronco Kosonavich
and John Nolan are outstanding
prospects for berths on the foot
ball team.
Navy Begins
Grid Tourney
After finishing their softball
tournament last week, the V-12.
unit is getting right back into the
sports world with a touch-football
tourney beginning Monday.. The
games will be played on the, golf
course at 4:30 Monday, Wednes
rhy and Friday.
The teams, representing the
Navy barracks, will consist of nine
men each.
The complete schedul e follows:
September 10—Barracks 36 vs
Barracks 9 and Barracks 26 vs
Barracks 13.
September 12—Barracks 37 vs
Barracks 13 and Barracks 36 vs
Barracks 26.
September 14—Barracks , 9 vs
Barracks 26 and Barracks 37 vs
Barracks 36.
September 47—Barracks 13 vs.
Barracks 36 and Barracks 9 vs.
Barracks 37.
September 19- , --Barracks 2g vs,
Barracks 37 and Barracks 13 vs.
Barracks 9.
September 21—Barracks
Barracks 37 and Barracks 13 vs.
Barracks 26.
September 24—Barracks 9 vs
Barracks 26 and Barracks 36 vs
Barracks 13.
September 26—Barracks 37 vs.
Barracks 13 and Barracks 9 vs.
Barracks 36. .
September 28—Barracks, 26 vs.
(Continued on page seven)
Phi Sig Wins In Softball
Phi Sigma Delta, 'behind Stan
Beals' pitching, overpowered Phi
Epsilon Pi's softball squad to the
tune of 8-2. By winning their sec-.
and game, Phi Slg is now tied for
first place in League 93 with Alpha
Chi Sigma.
Gridders To Return
Cpl. Mike Garbinski and Sgt:
Ted Kratzke, regular guards on the
Penn State football team in 1244,
anticipate early discharges front
the Army Air Corps, and expect to
re-enter college for the fall semes
ter. The return of these, two men
will give' the squad added strength
for contests with Syracuse, Tem
ple, Michigan State and Pitt—the
last half of the 1945 schedule.