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.
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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.