PAGE POUR' Between the Lions Track Squad Weak in Sprint Department A weak spot in the current edition of the Nittany Lion track squad was overshadowed in the home dual meet with Michigan State by stellar performances in the distance race's and field events. That weakness should have been noticed readily by track en thusiasts as they witnessed results of the 100 and 200 yard dashes and the 120 yard high and 220 yard low hurdles. This season, Coach Chick Werner’s cinder team is even more poorly represented in sprint events than was the case in 1946 . Bobby Biritzer could usually be counted on for a place and points at the finish line. In the Spartan meet ten days ago, the Lion trackmen were pushed completely out of the scoring column in the 220 yard dash and the 220 yard low hurdles. They managed to place third only in the 100 and the 120 highs. A quick summing-up shows a point total of 34 for Michigan State against 2 for Penn State in the four short distance races. . The Wernermen fared reasonably well in the quarter and half mile and very well in the mile and two mile—what with Karver, Stone and Ashenfelter in the line-up. In the field events, too, and the jumps and vault, Penn State was near standard in distahce measure ments. But the hurdle and dash department was woefully inadequate. The answer might lie simply in the fact that dash material is lacking among track candidates. Or it might lie in the manner of sprint conditioning or lack of it. The former seems more likely con sidering the background of the Nittany Lion coach. While an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Chick Werner was holder of Big Ten and National AAU hurdle champion ships. Then, and after he graduated, he held world records in the 60 and 75 yard high hurdles and the 50 and 60 yard low hurdles. Cer tainly he is qualified to tutor hurdle men. Assisting Werner at New Beaver Field is one of the all-time track greats of the country in Barney Ewell. Barney’s dash history is leg end and needs no further comment. The coaching experience is there. Whatever the trouble is, Penn State needs point-getters in dashes and hurdles. One good Blue and White competitor in these events in the Michigan State meet would have brought about a marked differ ence in the final point totals of the meet, and Penn State would have topped off superb performances in other events with a dual meet victory. Stellar trackmen Gerry Karver and -Barney Ewell along with Coach Chick Werner depart for the West Coast and the Los Angeles Coliseum this evening. Karver will meet some of the nation’s best nailers and Ewell will compete with the speedy Mel Patton in the 100 and 220 yard dashes Saturday evening.' We .wish them a successful Journey. Penn Stale Riding Team Enters Competition Intercollegiate competition in a new field entered the Nittany sport scene Saturday afternoon when Captain Gregory Gagarin’s riding team of Mary Goodwin, Bob Post and Arthur Whittier per formed in the Penn Hall Junior College annual riding show. The trio, all novices to competition, captured three ribbons in the Team Jumping, Hunt Team, and Working Hunters classes. Very good for a first appearance find on unfamiliar mounts loaned by Penn Hall. The Penn State riding team stems from the student-sponsored Riding Club, now taken over by the physical education department, which offers a one-credit course in riding. Capt. Gagarin came here from the Grier School in Tyrone to be head instructor in September, 1946. Since last fall, he’s taken big strides. Among the plans of the new group are a Penn State riding show this Saturday at their show ring east of the trailer camp and opposite McClellan’s garage, and an. intercollegiate horse show next year at State College which will draw riders from many schools in Pennsyl vania. Their aim is to make Penn State the center of horsemanship in the state. \ ■ - WAHNLH BROTHERS . ' CATHAUM “A RARE ARTISTIC ADVENTURE” . . . Allied with stinging' satire and heart-shaking humor ... IN EVERY RESPECT A GREAT, PCTURE” THE INTERNATIONAL FILM CLUB PRESENTS: The Incomparable H A I MU BAKER’S WIFE The highly-entertaining French Hit— English titles by John Erskine “A perfectly scandalous story . . . we com mend it to you for many reasons, but chiefly as a true comedy, and a delightful one.” —F. S. Nugent, Times Feature Times: 1:48 3.-45 5:40 7:36 3:34 “Hilariously funny comedy and a mighty naughty comedy at time . . . but a comedy with a heart!” —Eileen Creiman, N.Y. Sun “A piquant comedy, beautifully played .. ribald and farcically cynical!” —Wm. Bohenel, N.Y. Telegram lIH TODAY and THURS.■ Sonny Tufts • Ann Blyth I in “SWELL GUY” | • . ... A:VfA}4NB-K-UHOS .THEATHh M - - - * ; '■ ' ■ By Dick Sarge TODAY and THURS. Tonight and Thurs. Olivia De Havilland “TO EACH HIS OWN” THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Herald-Tribune Bedenkmen Meet Temple Nine Bob Gehrett will be on the mound today for the Nittany Lions when they meet the Tem ple Owls on the New Beaver Field diamond at 4 o’clock. The Lions will be after their eighth victory of the season and their sixth straight as they face the Owls at full strength. The Lions leading hitter, left fielder Don Stark, will foe back in the lineup today, batting in third'place. Stark, who has been out for two weeks with a lame leg, is sporting a .417 average for the season. BATS .400 Gehrett, who is second in bat ting with an even .400 average, will be after his third pitching - victory of the rson. He suf ■ed two set rks earlier in season, but now won .wo in a row ncluding three - hitter -inst Bucknell last Wednesday. Hal Hackman, who connected for* three hits last Saturday to jump to third in the team bat ting averages with a .364 mairk, and will lead off the Lions.’ line up. Following shortstop Hackman will be Eddie Sebastianelli at second, Stark in leftfield, and Ken Yount at first base. Yount now ranks fourth at the plate with a .345 everage. MACFARLAND FIFTH Chuck MacFarland, right field, will bat fifth with Johnny Pots klan, centerfielder, Ray Kurow ski, third, George McWilliams, catcher, and pitcher Gehrett hit ting in that order. Today’s game will be the last chance this week for Lion fans to see the Bedenkmen in ac tion at New Beaver Field, as the team travels to Colgate for a Friday afternoon contest arid to Syracuse' Saturday night for an arclight doubleheader. You Can Get It At Matzgers PENN STATE HIGHBALL GLASSES ‘HISTORY OF PENN STATE/ Dunaway PARKER ‘sl’ PEN AND PENCIL SET PENN STATE ASH TRAYS SPORTS SHIRT TENNIS RACQUET BATHING SUIT GOLF BALLS SWEATER WALLET CAMERA PIPE A PENN STATE CO-ED Don’t forget—we take orders for name cards. You’ll want these when you 111-115 S. Allen St Lions Meet Bucknell Netter*. Still bidding for its first win of the season, the Penn State ten nis team will engage Bucknell on the varsity courts at 2:30 o’clock today. In this first renewal . since 1944 of the long-standing Lion- Bison series, Coach Sherman Fogg will again shake up his squad in an effort to maintain the Blue and White mastery over the Lewisburgers on the courts. In 1944, Penn State outscored the Bisons 7-2. STOPPED GETTYSBURG Bucknell recently defeated Announcing THE OPENING OF THE NITTANY DELL DELICATESSEN AND DAIRY STORE Open from 10 A. M. to 11 P. M. • SANDWICHES OF ALL KINDS to take out • MILK SHAKES • COFFEE We Specialize in HOFFMAN SEALTEST ICE CREAM The Nittany Dell OPPOSITE ATH HALL send your graduation invitatibns or anouncements Gettysburg 5-4 and dropped a 9-C verdict to a strong Lafayette team. At the number one spot for the Bisons will be Frank Haas, for mer Harrisburg William Penn High ace who was one of the sparkplugs of the Bucknell bas ketball quintet which split a pair of encounters with the locals this past winter. JR. DAVIS CUPPER Haas, son of the State Super intendent of Public Instruction, was stopped by Lion Walt Sten ger in the 1944 meet 6-4, 7-5. EVERSHARP PEN AND PENCIL SET LEATHER-BOUND DICTIONARY PENN STATE BRACELET A RECENT NOVEL PENN STATE ANIMAL PHOTO ALBUM SCRAP BOOK GOLF BAG INFORMALS STATIONERY SUITCASE DIARY VANITY SETS 112 E. College Ave. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1947
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