PAGE SIX 65 Out for Lacrosse Squad; Face Army in First Match With a turnout of 65 aspirants for Coach Nick Thiel faces the problem of ball club in time for the opening April 13. Lee&aumer, a letterman: counted on heavily as one of field, has been drafted. Coach Thiel ha?! moved Merv Sny def, veteran inside defense man froife last year’s squad, into the -fenterfield to try and strengthenjgthe midfield attack. In. prewar seasons Thiel has produced -Hearns that have held their owmfegainst the best com binations ip the East. Last season John Nolaf; this year’s team cap tain, and*; 'Tom Smith received mention dri; the All-American la crosse squad. .. , Two of„the three inside attack men from’.last season’s team, Ken Kerwin anil Howie Taylor, are working tout 'in the dally scrim mages. They have tough competi tion from ttyo men that saw action last year, fGeorge Sample and Frank Tigqemann, and newcom ers to Dave Faloon and Clif Sullivah- Captain'John Nolan leads the men who afe contending for the Student-.; managers in. la crosse ard.vneeded. All students that are in trying out for ijdanager should; sign up at" thd' A. A. office in Old Main and then report to 2-21 Rec Hall any afternoon after 3:30. andd field positions. Veterans from the 1945 team who are shaping into the field are Mike Ciramella, Lyle Koenig, George Locotus, Bob Rocha, Merv Snyder, Walt Stev ens, Bob Stratton; Four men, new to the squad, •who show promise in centerfield are Don Kay, Ken Kaufman, Fred Poisson,. Augie Thomas. Bronco Kosanovich is the only returning letterman in'the inside defense while Pete Johnson, vet eran from the 1932 and 1944 (teams, is back and will probably fit in a first team berth before the open ing game. Others, that are show ing up well in pre-season practice are John Everett, Larry Klepper, Art Tenhula, Bob Wetherby. • i Last year’s team’s weakness in the goals is strengthened by the return of the regular net man from the 1943 team, Bill Hollenbach, and a former Swarthmore High Schobl goalie, John iSchobinger. George Meeker, last year’s alter nate net man, and Jack Reid, a midfielder from the 1945 team, complete the number of men out for the tough net job. An addition to the schedule in the last issue of Collegian is the Syracuse game -which will be played at Syracuse on Friday. May 24. Connie Mack has picked the N. Y. Yankees to win; the Amer ican League pennant this year. Well, bring on the football sea son. the 1946 lacrosse squad, rounding out a winning game with Army on ;rom last year’s team, who was the mainstays for the center- Coach Thiel Attention Gridmen— Spring Practice Begins Spring football practice will be gin next Monday afternoon, As sistant Coach Earle Edwards an nounced today. All members of last year’s squad and others who are inter ested in playing football are re quested to get a. physical exa mination at the dispensary before Monday. Equipment will be dis tributed at the water tower lock er rooms starting tomorrow af ternoon. Assistant Coach Edwards will conduct practice sessions until the return of Bob Higgins, who is not expected back from Japan until the first or second week in April. Boxing Pictures . . . will toe taken of the tdam tonight at the Photo Shop at 6:3:0. The banquet honoring the squad! will toe held at the State College Hotel at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The tea'm managers iwill notify those who are to toe in the picture and the members of the .team -that are to attend the banquet. This will be Joe Bedenk’s 16th year as head coach of b'aseb'all at Penn State. He also is a mem ber of the football coaching staff. THE COLLEGIAN cjCion l^oat's Greetings, Penn Staters! Not to be outdone by our brother and sister scribblers on the ed page— foundlings with dark and bitter looks -and our bosomy pal Fer dinand, the Bullosopher (who, truthfully speaking—if youi can keep a secret —does convey a bit more bull to his readers than truthj'J wT who write of the homeruns, touchdowns, and goals have decided on. our own weekly stint, simply titled Lion Roars, The Roars, editor informs, are to be loud or soft, praising or condemning. In either case, un like the method of our bulloso phic Ferdinand, we expect to hinge on the real or factual ne,ws in the sports world. To became serious, as J. C. Every says, is “every man s folly- Every man must have a folly, then, as every man sooner or later does become serious. And. so will this column from time to tir The Roars in this column will be Roars for and against certain of Penn State’s sports. We will discuss national sports, the tive merits of'major leaguers, and also act as a campus rover, pick ing up bits of interesting sports news around practice fields,- locker rooms, and classes. We’ll even digress from straight facts sometimes to offer you our idea of the sports laugh of the week. As for example, we think of the following rib-tickler, read only yesterday in one,, of the sports columns of a'tofge daily. (And they still allow ; the stuff to be printed.) "At the end of the fifth race yesterday afternoon the tired horse simply dropped dead from fatigue, while the rider was pitched into maternity. But we’ll try not to give you too much of that. On the other hand, we would like to hear what you have to say, about the sport ing scene today. Possibly you don’t like our athletic program, or the coaches method's, or maybe you have some interesting sports information, ideas or jokes that no' one else knows about but should be presented before the student body. If so, send in your troubles or your thoughts to the Collegian Sports Editor, Carnegie Hall. They will be quickly judged and if newsworthy printed in Lion Roars. ■Until next week. Ex-Penn State Gridmen Attracted By Pro Ball Ex-Penn State athletes just back from the wars are evincing more and more interest ini pro fessional football. Ex-Marine (Mike \ Kerns, .of L'ansdowne, who hopes to obtain his degree this summer, has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Profes sional League. Bob Davis, Monongahela youth and ® stand-out in. service foot ball, plans to launch his own in surance business and play for the Pittsburgh. Steelers, also of the National League. Harry Seeks NAAU Crown Saim Harry, Eastern Intercol legiate 128-pound wrestling cham pion, and 1 Coach Paul Campbell will fly to Stilltwafter, Oklahoma this week where Harry will seek the 128-pound crown in itlhe Na tional iAAU championships Friday and Saturday. The Nationals, which will he held at Oklahoma A. and CM. Uni versity, ■wall produce some of the atiffest competition an the land, according .to Coach Campbell, will include tliwo termer Nationals champs in the I'2B-pound, class. Harry wais undefeialted during the past season, climaxing his Licxn malt career toy capturing, the Intercollegiate crown for the sec ond) time, and toeing named as 'the 1846 tourney’s outstanding wrestler. Only one Penn State grappler. has ever won a National Collegi ate Title and that was Red Johns ton, who captured .the 165-poiund title back in 1935. Paul Campbell, wartime Nittany mat coach, produced three Eastern intercollegiate Champions during, his wrestling regime. They are: Glenn Smith, Grant Dixon, and Sato Harry. Charlie 'Speidel, j,ust out of the Navy, will take, over cdalcbin.g Of the wrestling team next season. > Charlie Speidel ~ wrestling coach, has re quested any student interested in wrestling to report to,the mats at Recreation Hall after 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Speidel hopes to develop ma terial for next years team from those who -attend. No previous experience is required. An instructor predicts that''the donee iwill never die. Not as long as they let some of otir heavyweights fight. THE WORLD'S MOST HON ORE D WA T CHt WINNER OF 10 World Fair Grand Prize 2 8 Gold Med a and more honors f< - —Leo accuracy than an , other timfepiece. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 3946 Bedenk Bemoans Hurler Shortage On Baseball Nine While most of the population is bewailing the shortages of butter, nylons, Scotch and.' white shirts, Baseball Coach Joe Bed enk’s main shortage worry is the acute scarcity of pitchers out for, practice this season. . Faced with a tough 17-gatoe schedule, Bedenk’s plans were given a jolt when Masticola and Garcia, last of the experienced hurlers, went to the service. ■ But before 'Lion fans get the impression that State will field an. eight-man team this year or that Coaches Bedenk and Houck plan to take the mound, it should l toe. pointed' out that tjie tedm does, have pitchers and some promising l talent at that. Ken Yount, outfielder, and Jack Wetoer, first baseman, are. back from the services; and Bedenk' has them tooth out in thp bull pen as prospective pitchers. Then too,, there are several freshman mound prospects that may de velop into starting hurlers toy the opening of the season. - - Infield stock went up a few. points last week when “Wtoitey”, second baseman in ’44; . reported for practice. Kurowskr. is ? a brother of “Wfoitey” Kurowski, infielder for the St. Louis Card inals. . Coach Bedenk divided ..the squad into four teams. Saturday and two practice games- were played for the first time, this 1 season. ; Two games have been added to . the schedule. They are:—May. 5, :) Georgetown, away,;and 25, Gol- : gate,-; home. • Three of Penn State’s star . freshman backs . in.. 1942—Boibfoy., Williams of Pittsburgh, Larry Joe of Derry Township, . and Joe • Colone of Bepwi.ck—hope to foe , reunited on the gridiron next fali.. All are out of the service.
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