THURSDAY, MARCH .13, 1947 Lacrossemen Open Season Against Duke Blue Devils Penn State's 1947 lacrosse team will play 11 games this. season with Duke University and Washington and Lee on its iirst; southern trip since pre-war days, Gradulate Manager of Athletics Neil M. Flem ing announced recently. • The . Lion stickmen open their season against the Blue Devils at Durham April 7, with the W. tS L. game scheduled for the following day at Lexington. Va. Five 'home games are booked for Coach Nick Thiel's team, with home-and -away games being played with Sampson College and single game, with Loyola College of Bal timore, Syracuse. Drexel and Swarthmore, NEWCOMERS Four newcothers, Duke, W. & L. ; Sampson .and Colgate. are•on the schedule and are expected to fie-1d experienced teams. accord ing to Coach Thiel. Last year's squad won seven while losing, to Army, Navy and Johns Hopkins—the big three of lacrosse.. Navy is the only opponent from the big three to Meet the Lions this season. "It looks as if I'll have to de_ velop new men to strengthen the squad whidh will compete against the 'strong competition...w.e hav e to face this season," said Thiel as practice sessions - began in prepa ration .for the opener les s than four weeks away.„ NOLAN OUT ;Jahn ) Nolan, 19.46 All-American, did not return for the. Spring. se mester because of illness at home and Thiel expects difficulty in finding someone to fill the gap in midfield., Holdover s include defensemen Ant Tenhula and goalie Bill Hol lanbach, both members of tlhe North squad in '46.• Both were named to the. '46 All_American la crosse squad. 'Tenbula will be moved to the midfield spot this season, Said Thiel. The schedule: April 7, ,Duke at. Durham, N. C.; 8, Washington and Lee at Lexixtg,- ton, Va.; 19, Loyola at State Col= lege; 26, Navy at Annapolii, MIL May 3, Syracuse at Stale' lege: 7, Sampson College at. Samp son, N. Y.; 10, Drexel at State Col lege; 16, Colgate at Hamilton, N. Y.; 17, Hobart at Geneva; N: Y.; 24, Swarthmore at State College; and 31, Sampson College at State College:- - , • • NROTC Rifle Team Wins,. ROTC Takes 2 Out of . 3 : By their recent victories over the 'Universities Of Missouri, •Ne toraska, and NeW Mexico, the NROTC has maintained their un defeated record in •rifle competi tion; while the pistol team also remains in the winning column with their victories over North western, Oklahoma, and the NROTC staff. • The ROTC rifle squad hi - s also added • the University of Pitts_ 'burgh and Montana State to their list of victories, but recently lost to the Oregon State cadets. Their match with. - the. Lehigh ROTC team has been cancelled.. •..., , s, . 4 _ Ifo i; , 4 " • [ 4 • • 11., , ,,5y • vS) , , Ifs " A . •S f • • SEMI - FORMAL Saturday, March 15 No Corsage Tennis Schedule Tennis, a wartime casualty at Penn State, will. be revived this Spring' with the opening match against Georgetoivn at Washing ton, D.C., April H. Neil M. l'sleming, graduate manager •of athletics, said matches have been, booked, sir at hone and six on the road. The schedule: April 18; Georgetown, at Wash,‘ ington, D. C.: 19, Maryland at College Park,, Md.: 26, Davidson. May Pittsburgh:. 6, Cornell: . 10, Colgate; 16, Syracuse,, at Syra cuse; 17, Colgate, at Hamilton: 21, Bucknell; 24, Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh; 28, Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; 31, Syracuse. Jack Biery High Scorer Jack Biery, averaging .12 points per game, led the Penn State scoring IParade in the 1946-47 baskett\all season with a total of 218 points in 13 games. • But it was Bruce , Dietterick„ re serve center at the season's begin ning, who set a new modern Penn .State scoring record in the Law alermen's last game of the season against' Colgate. His total for the night was 1 21' points. Biery had previously set the record at 26 points for a single game at Susquehanna in the sea son's opener also equalled his Rec Hall record of 22 points—set originally in 19 , 12—in the home West Virginia game. Second in the Lion scoring was Johnny Rusinko .With .points folloi,Ved by little Milt Simon with 142. • Incidentally, Jack Biery, Simon_were the only Nittany Lion capers mentioned on the AP All- Pennsylvania selections.. Bo t h made ;honorafble mention. The Lawthermen throughout the -season tallied - a total, of 870 points against 799 for their op ponents:Game average was 48-44 in favcr of the Lions. TOP SCORERS • G FG-F Pis. Biery 18 80-58 218 Rusinko .... 18 73-35' 181 Simon 18 59-24 147. • .Dietterick .. 18 47-33 127 Lawther ... 18 33-35 101 Hornstein .. 10 19-28 66 • Kulp 15 10- 8 28 Russell 12 .7- 3 17 • Bczinsky ... 4 2- 7 11 THE FIFTH ANNUAL Tr.-EE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA 'Mat Intramorals List 133 Entrants Wrestling intramurals began last night with twenty-eight first round contestants competing, on the Rec Hall mats. A record number of 133 entrants will compete for the championship, in the eight weight brickets. March 20 will b e the date for the finals in the tourney. One hundred and twenty-one, 128, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175-pound and unlimited classes comprise the entry list. Topping the other seven brackets in total number of registrants is the 135-pound division with twenty-one contestants. Volleyball' Beta Theta Pi "A" and Pi Kappa Phi "A" sent League 1 of the in_ tramural volleyball tourney into a deadlock by copping wins over Phi Gamma Delta "A" and Tau Kappa Epsilon "A" Tuesday night , a,t, Rec Delta Upsilon's Tom Smith reg istered a pair of decisive 211-0 and 21-il win's over Kimble of Phi Kappa 'Psi as intramural handball• playoffs, moved through 8 pf the 15 first flight matches, Tuesday 'n iglh t ' s volleyball scores .were Pi Kappa Phi "A" over Tau Kappa Epsilon "A," 15-7 and 15- 1 111; Bela Theta Pi "A" over Plhi Gamma Delta "A," 15_5 and 115-2; Theta Chi "A" over Kappa Della Rho "A," 6-15, 15-4, and 15-7; Lambda Chi Alpha "A" over Phi Delta Theta "A," 17-115 and 1.15_4;. Sigma Nu "A" ove,. Acacia "A," .115-3 and 15-2; and Phi Kappa Psi "A" over Alpha Chi Sigma "A," 15-13 and 15,12. Scheduled for tonight at 7 o'clock are Tau Kappa Epsilon "C" vs. Chi Phi (1), Alpha Chi Sigmla "B" vs. Pi Kappa Phi "B" (2), Beta Theta Pi "B" vs. Kappa Sigma (3). At 8 o'clock, Lambda Ohi Alpha "B" vs. Ddlta Ohi (.1), Phi Kappa The boxing intercollegiates last weekend proved to be a surprise to everyone but Lion , coach Leo Houok.. Leo .predicted that there would be many upsets and that Penn State would have a better .citnince than the dopeSters anititipated. Jim Cassidy is just as confused about that knockout in his Saturday night Sight as are the fans who saw it. Cassidy told us after the fight, "one minute I was boxing and the next thing I saw wa s Dr. Greiss looking down in my face." Na one seemed . to see a knockout punoh thrown. Only two solu tions are a short jab thrown in the 'clindh or Cassidy was butted down in the clindh. Only mark on Jim is a bruise unde r his right eye. Jackie Tighe was congratulated by his father, an exifighter him self, after the Lion captain won the 1.65-pound title. Jackie wa g pro tecting a , cut on his nicse received at the 'Michigan State meet the, week before. For a while early last week, Tighe, with three stitches in his nose, was doubtful if he could ente r the tourney. cßollier f Tiglhe's opponent in the finals, , foug,trt the same type of defensive fight at Syracuse a few weeks agc and the referee called it a draw. Goodman trophy winner Glenn - Hawthorne was rated by Coach Houck a•s the 'best looking boxe r i•n the tourney. Houck is trying to talk Glenn into making the trip to Madison, Wis. late,. this 'month fo r the National tourney but Glenn says he want s to concentrate on his studies and responsibilities as • father of his ten-month-old daughter Susan. Susan wa s at the fights Saturday and started to cry while her father was in the ring. Glenn said he could, recognize the cry and looked around a couple oil times during the fight. A picture of Susan, Mrs.-Hawthorne, and Glenn adorned- the sports page o 1 the Pittsburgh Press last week. music by and his orchestra IM Volleyball - Handball Between the Lions Handball Following ilre the results of Tuesday's handball tournament play: B: Christy - over W. Turner 21-14, 21.18; W. Neiger over P. Malley 21-8, 21-13; W. Hollen bach over J. Cooper 2M5, 21-8; Lubin over D. Herr, forfeit. T. Smith over R. Kimble 21_0, 21-1; Moriarty _.over J. Seitchik, forfeit; Dieruff over D'Ardeane, forfeit; Strathmeyer over L. Lit vin 21_5, 24-8. Scheduled for to night at 7 o'clock are J. Zagoudis vs. R. Fore (court '1) D. Wiens vs Reisman (2); at 7:45 o'clock, B. Quay vs. ,D.Mraize (d,- C. Roop vs. Henry (2); at 8:30 o'clock, L. Eble vs. W. Schnapp (4), A. Stein vs. J. Wilson (2); at 9:15 o'clock, Owen vs. P. Corbiere (I), W. Echel meyer vs. H. Felder (2). Sigma "B" vs. Sigma Phi Sigma (2),. Phi . Kappa Tau "B" vs. Sigma Pi "B" (S). At 9 o'clock, Phi Kappa Psi "B" vs. Pi Lambda Phi 01), Phi Sigma Delta "B" vs. Delta Sigma Phi (2), Fairmount Hall vs. Bark s Inde pendents (3). By BEN FRENCH DANCING 8 -12 Admission $3,60 Tax Included PAGE THREE
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