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With 16 Meets Behind Them. . . .
Davidson Rates as Favorite
In Lion Home Court Opener
Searching for the initial win of their young season, the Penn
State netters are tapering off drills prior to pairing off against in
vading Davidson on the varsity courts, 1:30 o’clock tomorrow.
Known nationally as one of the strongest tennis schools in the
South, the Wildcats will have a wide edge over the Blue and White
team in competitive experience.
With the tennis season beginning very early in North Carolina,
Davidson will have engaged in
sixteen encounters by the time its
squad arrives in State College.
Scores on its first seven meets
found the Wildcats triumphant in
all Lnt one, a 5-4 loss to strong
Kalamazoo. In winning over South
Carolina, Furman, Birmingham-
Southern, Vanderbilt, Colgate,
and Erskine, Davidson lost only
four matches. o
The 1946 Wildcat edition sur
vived the' complete season with
out suffering a loss and although
college competition is greater this
year, Davidson has an impressive
record and is again tough in in
tercollegiate ranks.
COACH .LUFFLER
Coached by Bill Luffler, a men
tor with considerable playing and
coaching experience, the North
Carolina institution has, except
for its number four man, its com
plete ensemble from last year.
Buck Archer, Jerry Robinson,
and Don Hatch, all feared men in
Southern court circles, are again
wearing the Davidson colors.
From its freshman class, the
Wildcat varsity has been using
three highly touted netters—Bo
Lion Track Team Hopes lo Smash
4-Mile Relay Record in Philadelphia
Penn State’s chances to smash a record at the Penn Relays in
Philadelphia this weekend hinge on whether four men can equal
their best performances.
Bill Shuman, Curt Stone, Horace Ashenfelter and Gerry Karver
—running in that order—are out to crack the American record of
17:16.1 in the four-mile event.
Karver, trailing Gil Dodds in the Chicago relays, crossed the
fhxi&h line in 4:1'2.9. Bill Shu
man’s top mark is 4:23 in the
Millrose mile.
Ashenfelter blazed trail for
Karver and Stone with 4:20.8 dur
ing the time-trials last week, and
Curt Stone’s best, 4:22, occurred
in those trials.
AVERAGE 4:19
This comes out to a 4:25 aver
age mile. But in order to clip one
tenth of a second from the Amer
ican mark the Lion milers must
average 4:19 flat.
Coach Chick/Werner announced
his entries in the Penn Relays to
day,
Penn State will run in the dis
tance medley and the two-mile
relay. Slated to go in the medley
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
WALT STENGER
Roddey. Jack Fan.ioy, Whit Cobb.
HANDICAPPED
In readying his team for this
engagement. Lion' Coach Sherman
Fogg has again been handicapped
by rain.
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are Mitch Williams. Shuman, Kar
ver and either Ashenfelter or
Stone.
Karver vand Stone, and either
Ashemfelter or Lennox ar P set' for
the two mile event. Bill Brown
will wear the Lion colors in the
pole vault, and Bill Reynolds and
Charlie Krug will compete in the
high jump events.
BROAD JUMP
Reynolds, Pearson and Krug
have been picked for the broad
jump, and Krug, Barclay, Moyer
and Pearson will enter th P shot
put competition for Penn State.
Dave Pincus and Pearson will
heave the discus and Tubby Lang,
Lou' Bartiletti and Pratt will
throw the javelin.
Lacrossemen Face
Powerful Middies
Locofos, Smith, Fisher
Unable to Make Trip
Without thf. services of three
regulars, the Penn State lacrosse
team leaves today for Annapolis
to meet the strong Middie stick
men at the Academy tom'orrow
afternoon, 3 o’clock.
Coach Nick Thiel will use a re
vised starting Lineup that will
lack Captain George Locotos, mid
fielder, defenseman Tom Smith,
and attackman Harry Fisher.
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
The Lion stick-wielders will
faceoff against the defending in
tercollegiate lacrosse champions
who have lost only one game this
season and that was to Princeton
8-5, last week.,
The Nittany record now stands
at on» victory and two defeats.
With the 6-2 Loyola win last
Saturday the Thielmen will’ at
tempt to trim the powerful Navy
team which Thiel says has, along
with Johns Hopkins, the best
stickmen in the South.
Navy will be the strongest foe
the Lions have or will face this
season. However, Coach Thiel
says the Lions will give the Mid
dies a battle.
PRE-SEASON PRACTICE
In a pre-season practice scrim
mage at the Academy, the Nit
tany stick-wielders rolled over
the Navy third and fourth teams
which have gone undefeated in
Junior Yarsity collegiate compe
tition this season.
Last year the Navy champions
defeated the Lions 17-3 early in
a season which saw the Nittany
stiekmen go on to hang up a rec
ord of six wins and three defeats.
Veteran “Wild Bill” Hollenbach
will again start in the nets for
the Lions with Art Tenhula, John
Pfirman and Pete Johnson at the
three defense posts.
The new midfield combination
will probably be Rog- Nestor at
the center-draw post and John
McCleary arid Ernie Baer at the
other two midfield spots.
All three saw service for the
Lions last year and' both McCleary
and Baer started in midfield for
the Loyola game.
AT ATTACK
At the attack positions veteran
Ken Kerwin. will again start at
the crease and Buddy Thomas and
Art Lorenz will complete the of
fensive trio.
The Navy team will count hea
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Golfers Meet Pitt
In First Home Match
Coach Bob Rutherford’s golf squad meets the Pitt linkmen in its
first home contest this year, 1:30 o’clock tomorrow.
Rutherford, now in his 26th yfeat as Nittany golf coach, is hold
ing final tryouts today to determine the squad to face the visitors.
Contenders for positions are led by four pre-war players and
Jack Harper, a hometown boy who played for the Washington &
Lee links team.
Harper, a former high school
star, is making the strongest bid
for the No. 1 berth, but is facing
stiff competition from ex-service
men, among them Joe Boyle, Jim
Noble, Don Hart and Ray Peter
son
Also fighting for places on the
team to face the Panthers are
Bruce Diettriok, Alan Hlack, Dick
Hastings, Bob Klein ; and Jerry
Smith.
The squad, which made its first
Jaffurs, Bell
Score IM Wins
Johnny Jaffurs and Clyde Bell
fought through to a 19-21, 21-17,
and 21-19 victory over Web Mor
iarta and Ken Cook in one of the
outstanding matches of the intra
mural handball, double* tourna
ment at Rec Hall Wednesday
night.
1 Successfully preserving their
undefeated status, Fred Annessi
and Ross Manley pounded out 21-
5 and 21-12 wins over Frank Hu
ron and Ed Blaile. •
Jim Ewing and Ed Taggert
snared a forfeit triumph from Jim
•and Bill Simpson.
Ivan Thompson and George
Moore downed Chuck McFarland
and Red Moore by 21-17, 16-211,
and' 21-17 counts, and Larry and
Norton Portnoff whipped hand
ballers Charles Kunes and Ken
Hosterman 21-19 and .21-15.
George Earnshaw , and Jackie
Tighe of Delta UpsilOn swatted
their way, to a 21-17 and 21-8
semi-final victory over • Harold
Wausat and Whitey -Von Nieda
of Sigma Pi at Rec Hall Wednes
day night.
Sigma Phi Sigma handballers
John Riggs and John Piron were
defeated by Dean Sears and Bob
Musselman of Delta Sigma Phi
who registered 21-20 and. 21-8
wink over the SPS combo.
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road trip since before the war
last week, tied and lost matches
to the University of Georgetown.
Jack Harper, number one man
Ml the squad, won his initial
match against the Hoyas,. but
with his partner Don Hart, drop
ped the second encounter, one up.
On the Washington course, Jer
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hi s partner Jim Noble shot par
to tako his pairing, 71.
Joe Boyle and Ray Peterson,
who also made the trip, tied their
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