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Lacrosse, Track Here Tomorrow
Stickmen Meet Rutgers;
Overwhelm Hobart, 14-6
Winning their second game in five days, whipping Ho
bart, 14-G, on New Beaver Field Wednesday, Nick Thiel's la
crosse team will attempt to chalk-up its third victory of the
season when it faces Rutgers on New Beaver Field at 3 p.m.
tomorrow.
The stickmen's record now stands at 50 per cent, with
wins over Loyola and Hobart while losing to Army and Navy.
The Nittany victory Wednesday was the first defeat that Ho-
Bart has suffered at the hands
of State since 1932.
After a lapse of two years, Rut
gers has returned to the lacrosse
tiled. Under the tutelage of Fred
Fitch, in his 19th season at New
Brunswick, the team started its
current season with two wins. In
the opening game they laced City
College of New York, 9-4 , , and last
week defeated their Alumni team
in an exhibition. contest.
The Penn State - Rutgers con
test will start immediately fol
lowing the Penn State - Mary
land - Pittsburgh triangular'
track meet.
Rutgers' s tarting team will con
sist of three lettermen from their
19 , 13 squad and two members of
that year's freshmen aggregation.
Harry Cyphers, Livy Goodman,
and George Ranieri are the letter
men and Herb Omley and George
Volk are the hold-overs from the
freshmen. team. All are ex-ser
vicemen.
Nick Thiel will stick to the
same team• that defeated Hobart
for his starting line-up against
Rutgers.
Sullivan Leads Attack
Cliff Sullivan paced the Lions in
their victory over Hobart by top
ping the individual scoring honors
for the afternoon with four tallies
from his inside attack position.
State's captain, John Nolan,
racked-up three along with Ho
bart's captain, Bob Rodgers.
Ken Kaufman, reserve Lion in- .
side attaekman, zipped in two
scores in playing the last three
minutes of the game.
It took four minutes to pierce
the Hobart defense as George Lo
cotos scored first for Stale on a
shot that the Hobart goalie muff
ed. Hobart retaliated with three
goals before the Lions took con
trol of the game. In the last ten
minutes of the first half the Lions
pounded the nets with five tallies
as the half., ended with State on
the long end of the '6-4 count.
Reserves Score Three
The second half was all State.
Hobart was only able to collect a
goal a quarter as the Lions hit
their stride with four each period.
With Lion reserves holding their
Own and scoring three of the last
quarter goals, the•Nittany stick
wielders took the game 14-6.
Pete Johnson, Lion inside de
fenseman, who was ill and
couldn't take the Loyola - Navy
trip, started the Hobart contest.
Bronco Kosanovich, the Nittany
inside defenseman, who received
a shoulder injury in the Navy
LEV BROWN and the BAND of RENOWN ARE GOING TO BE THE FEATURE ATTRACTION AT THE ALL-COLLEGE DANCE,
This Dance Will Belhe-Big-Dance of the-Yearand is a t'MUS . M'on'4PBNIVSTATE'S Social Calendar. Make Your Dale -NOW!
Baseball Nine
On Two-Day Trip
Trying for their first collegiate
win of the season, the baseball
Lions journey down to Washing
ton, D. C. : to meet Georgetown
University this afternoon and. then
move on to Annapolis tomorrow
for a game , with Navy.
. Probable starting hurler for to
day's game is Bob Gehrett. Gehr
ett went in for starter Ken Yount
in •the Lafayette game and gave
up one run. This will be his first
start of the season.
Competition Tough
Georgetown has had a ;better
than-average season so far. They
lost to the star-studded Villanova
nine by one run in the last inning.
The game with the Naval Acad
emy will be the Lions' toughest
assignment of the season so far.
Navy has compiled an impressive
record so far this season. They de
feated the same Villanova team
by , a big score, even though the
Middle Pitcher walked ten men.
Bedenk has indicated that he
will field the same team that faced
Lafayette with the possible excep
tion of a change in the outfield.
-"Ogle" Martella, who led the
Lions , at the plate in the Lafay
ette game with two singles, will
catch at least one of the weekend's
games.
MacFarland Back .
Chuck MacFarland, husky first
sacker, has recovered from his re
cent illness and will handle the
put-outs at first. "Whitey" Ktfrow
ski will be at second, while short
and third will be covered by
"Hoppy" Hopkins and Gene Suth
erland respectively.
Joe Tepsic will 'chase the flies
out in the lea pasiture, while
practically any one on the squad
might hold down the right and
centerfield assignments. Fred Bell
and Harold Hackman seemed
. to
be high on the list of candidates ,
as the practices came to an end.
tilt, didn't start Wednesday, but
played most of the game.
The other team casualty, Mery
Snyder, centerfielder who has
been side-lined since the. Army
game, was back in action for a
short time against Hobart and
should be in shape for the Rutgers.
fray tomorrow.
LES BROWN IS COMING TO TOWN-MAY 24th
THE COLLEGIAN
Cinder Team
Host to Two
Penn State's fledgling track
team will have its 'first major
flight of the current season when
it engages the combined might of
the University of Pittsburgh and
the University of Maryland on
Now Beaver Field at - 1 p.m. to
morrow.
Pitt and Maryland bring teams
to New
. 13eaver Field which have
maintained good records during
early competition and each has
several stand-out men who will
provide a stern test for Coach
Chick iWerner's squad.
The University of Maryland's
Terps have three victories in three
meets and are coming to State at
full strength. Pittsburgh was the
winner two weeks ago in a dual
meet with a strong Ohio State
squad, 70-61.
An exhibition mile relay race,
pitting the Nittany Lions against
Pittsburgh, is scheduled for 2:35
p.m. This event's results will not
affect the score of the meet.
Events Time
1 P.M.
Pole vault—Willing, Williges,
and Johnson.
High , jump—Sykes, Reynolds,
Holsinger, and Krug.
Shot put—Krug, Pearson, Gar
binski, and Taecalozzi.
One mile run—M. Williams,
Dixon, and Longnecker. •
1:10 P.M.
440-yard run--;-Shuman, Harnfs,
and Gray. .
1:20 P.M.
120-yard high hurdles—Steed',
Gundel, and Love.
1:30 P.M
Discus throw—Turner, Pearson,
Garbinski, and Krug. -
Javelin throw—Ger:wig, Tacca
lozzi, Barowy, and Smith.
• 100-yard dash—R. Kritzer, A.
Williams, and Policastro.
1:40, P.M.
Two mile run—M. Williams,
Ashenfelter, and McCall
1:55 P.M.
aBO-yard run—Shuman, Steub•-
ing, Dixon, and Harris.
2 P.M.
Broad jump—Pearson, R. Krit
zer, F. Kretzer, Willing, 'Reynolds,
and Policastro.
2:10 P.M.
220-yard low hurdles—Dotter
mush, Steed, and Cleveland.
2:20 P.M.
220-yard dashKritzer, R. Wil
liams, and Policastro.
2:35 P.M.
. One mile relay (exhibitioni—
Penn State vs. Pittsburgh;
Nittany lacrosse mentor, Nick
Thiel, coached George Ranieri,
Rutgers letterman, on the' All-
North team in 1943.
College Gymnasts in New York
To Defend National AAU Title
Coach Gene Wettstone's Lion gymnasts will defend their
team title, which they captured last year, at the National AAU
gym meet at the New York At
tition at the meet will be very.
tor will be how well the boys
Gan perform under, the stress.
of nation al competition,"
Wettstone stated.
There . will be over .100 out-
standing gymnasts from all over
the country, plus Cuba, entering
the competition. Wettstone is en
tering ten men in nine events on
Saturday.
Steve Greene, veteran gymnast,
will be defending his rope climb
ing title and . will also perform on
the sidehorse and parallel bars.
Stan Wirtshafter will enter the
rope climbing event. Since 'there
are three outstanding rope climb
ers ,around the 4 flat mark, com
petition will be close among
Greene, Wirtshafter and Hoffman
of Navy according to Wettstone.
Representing Penn State in the
all-around competition will be
Ray Sorenson, just back from the
service. He will enter seven
events and the coach considers
him to have a fair chance to
place high in the all-around
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1946
hietic Club tomorrow. "Compe
close, and the determining fac-
event:, the sidehorse and the hori7
; zontal , bar.
'Warren Neiger is the other Lion
gymnast entering the all-around
event and six other events.
Returned Vets
Coming back from the 1943
championship gym team is Bill
Bons?11, who will enter the flying
rings and tumbling events. Char
les Warrington also from the 1943
team, will enter the sidehore
event and Wettstone predicts a
good chance for him to place in
that event.
Ed Hobart, NROTC, will enter
'the rope climbing event, and . Tim,
Petroff, NROTC, will enter the
tumbling.
Handling the Indian clubs will
be George Hearn and Hal Frey.-
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