PAGE FOUR Between The Lions " By BEN FRENCH Penn State's intercollegiate athletic program has two strikes against it and the immediate future doesn't look too rosy. First of all. the fact that we have no freshmen on campus and probably won't have any for two years at the minimum, gives each of our opponents an advantage. Each of the three teams that Joe Bedenk's baseballers have met this season have had at least three first-year men in the starting lineup. The same thing holds true with the other Penn State opponents. The return of cx-GI pre-war stars has given the Lion teams a boost, it is true, but the other teams have their pre-war luminaries and freshmen too. The effect of our banning of frosh athletes will begin to show next Fall when the pre-war stars begin giaduating and leave us with pre-war stars and freshmen. SCHOOLBOYS DISLIKE THE FARM Outstanding high school athletes in the state wanted to come to Penn State before the war. They still want to, but they don t want to be farmed out to a small college. Even sons oi Penn State athletes in the past are registering at Put, Temple, Penn, Lehigh, and other colleges in the state that are accepting and soliciting freshmen^a thlet bee n luc k y compared to the other coaches. A plan was set up under which promising football stars in the freshman class were all sent to California State Teachers Then a Penn State coach, Earle Bruce, was sent down to coach the team. The Penn State-at-California lads were undefeated last season and will do a fine job filling in the holes on the Higgms eleven next Fall. COACHES IN QUANDARY The other coaches haven’t fared so well. Next Winter when Leo Houck issues a call for his boxing team, he won t have the slightest idea what to expect. All the Will be at least sophomores and will probably never have boxed before in then lives It will be the same story for soccer, track, basketball, baseball, and the other varsity sports. The coaches will be forced to play men who have had no experience. That can mean only one thin 0 Penn State athletic teams will not be winning teams. . • Strike number two is the lack of facilities for the extensive athltic program that is carried on here. One day last February we walked up to Rec Hall and counted the different varsity teams prac ticing in tlie one building. There in one small corner were the boxing and wrestling teams. Out on the. floor proper were the gym, baseball, laci’osse track, and basketball teams. The baseball team couldn t go outside ’because the ice hockey team had its rink on the diamond. BEDENK FORCED TO CUT Joe Bedenk had to cut nearly 40 candidates from his baseball team this Spring because of the lack of facilities. With only one diamond and nearly 100 men out for the sport it was impossible foi one man to judge each individual fairly. Some of those who were cut from the squad protested that Bedenk had not given them a fa r chance'to display their talents. ' .. , . The coach admitted this in a letter of explanation he wiote to Dean Schott, when he made the cut. Only 18 men can piactice at once on the one diamond, according to Bedenk, and he had to pick a winning combination before the opening game two weeks later. With these two strikes against them, Penn State s athletic coaches face serious difficulties that it may take years to non out. Track Fans Can Take A Look At Team In Preview Tomorrow Track fans will have one of their few opportunities to view Penn State’s promising cinder squad in action, tomorrow, when Coach Chick Werner holds his last time-trials before the Penn Relays. Following the Relays the Lion, trackmen will engage in three dual meets and clso take part in the IC4-A and NCAA champion ships. Michigan State is the only IT’S HOUSEPARTY k,L 1 (AMPUS RESTAURANT * THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA home competition on the sched ule. FIELD EVENTS AT 2:30 Saturday’s time trials are sched uled to get under way at 2:3.0 with the field events. Trials will be held in the following events. Discus, shot - put, high - jump, javelin, bread-jump and th e pole vifult. High lights in the field events promise to be the perfor mances of Dav e Pincus in the dis cus, Lang in the javelin, and Willing in the pole vault. At 3:10 the track, trials are slated t 0 begin, with th e clock being held on the .100, 220, 440, and 880 yard dashes, the 120 low and high hurdles, and the mile and two mile runs. With Coach Werner predicting a mile time that will easily brgak 4:20, plenty of fast action is ex pected from the runners. Karver, Stone, Ashenfelter, and Long necker are slated to go in the mile, while Bates. Auman, and Feiler are set for the two mile haul. Penn Stale, Syracuse Tie Penn State and Syracuse Uni versity are now deadlocked for top honors in the Intercollegiate Boxing Association. Each has won seven team championships iii .24 years of post-season tournament competition. WEEKEND! REMEMBER, FOR THE BEST IN FOOD — YOUR DATE WILL LIKE TO VISIT Wielding Big Sticks . . . Lacrossemen Face Loyola In Home Ope •-!! * * Stick Mentor COACH NICK THIEL Golfers Meet Hops Twice Coach Bab Rutherford has sent his top eight Nittany golfers to Washington to compete against Georgetown this weekend.- The eight men, chosen from a 14-man squad, are Joe Boyle, Alan Hack,-Don Hart, Jack Har per, Boib Klein, Jim Noble, Ramon Peterson, and Gerry Smith. Coach Rutherford hopes all eight of his men will see competi tion and gain experience against the Hoyas, so that next week’s chore of picking six men to face the Pitt gollters in State College will b e simplified. This weekend’s match against Georgetown opens ‘'Pop” Ruther ford’s 26th season as Lion golf coach, and is the first of five matches scheduled for the squad this year. , Maker of Champions Leo Houck’s Penn State boxing champions number 51 over a 24- year period. there’s o “know how” in landscaping Now is the time to reap the most, in beauty from your trees and flowers. You can do this ■best by reading our latest books on landscaping and gardening, which cover every aspect of your job. Written by authors such as Coffin, Johnson, Ortloff, Raymore, Faulkner and Moreland, these books will save you preciou's time and an swer all the problems which mlight arise. From “How to Landscape Your Grounds/' “Garden Planning and Building,” “Plowman’s Folly,” “Practical Guide in Successful Farm ing” to “Landscape Effects,” residing will beau tify your home faster, more efficiently and eco nomically ! See these books today at. . . KEELER’S ner Contest Coa'ch Nick Thiel’s Nittany la crosse team will open its home sea tomorrow -afternoon when they lace-off against an experienced Loyola College ten on New 'Beaver Field at 2 o’clock. This will toe the first game of. the season for the Greyhounds, who boast players from the Bal timore area. The Nittany stick wielders defeated Loyola last sea son 17-3. SHIFTS TEAM Thiel has shifted his starting team around to stop the Grey hounds, who promise strength in all departments. Coach Bish Baker’s stickmen will have a strong defense when they take the field tomorrow. In an attempt to break into the winning cdlumn,. Coach ’Thiel will use Art Tenhula, John Pfirman and Trv Smith at the three defense positions and haivp veteran “’Wild Bill” Hollanlbach in the. goal. LOCOTOS STARTS The starting centerfield -combi nation is still undecided as the Lions hold drills today. Captain George Locotos will hold down his regular face-off post and Ernie Baer will start on one of the wings’. The other midfield position will be filled toy either John MoCleary or Rog Nestor. McCleary has been showing ability to score during practice sessions, said Thiel, and may get the nod over Nestor. Veteran Ken Ker-win will be at the attack ptost that he has held for the' past two seasons. Baer’s left home position will be taken over by Art (Lorenz, and Harry Fisher or Buddy ’Thomas will com plete the offensive trio. LOYOLA STARTERS Goalie Skip Barry and the de fense trio of Ray Wittelberger, John Mohler and Jim Connolly will start for the Greyhounds. Ken Wittelberger will toe seen on the close attack for Coach Baker’s team with Gene Conor and either John Rodgers or Bill Walker getting the nod for the other attack post. The midfield trio -for. the (Loyola stickwielders will consist of Bob Miller. Jim Hughes and Vrn'ce Me- Guiness, all three Baltimore area prep school veterans. Thiel expects to use two mid field combinations throughout the game to try and stop the Grey hounds. Also he will probably use more than the starting trio on the attack. » FRIDAY, APRIL 18, .1947 Back on Books Johnny Jaffiurs and Lou Palazzi, both professional football play ers, are attending Penn State this semester. AVC ANNOUNCES A POLICY OF SUNDAY Jam Sessions TOP FLIGHT TALENT ‘ -AT. SKYTOP 5 P. M. —-? BUSES LEAVE CORNER 5 P.M. and 6:15 P.M. BUSES, FRIDAY & SATUR DAY NIGHTS. 8:15, and di rectly following Thespian Show Join A.V.C. Today at Student .Union or Skytop I SKYTOP A.V.C.’S CLUB HOUSE DEMUTH Pipes Available at NiflanyiNews tfl W. iNlttany lA.vejr :
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