Ken Joins Hal As Marksman All-American 'iCen Yount, captain of the Penn State 7 rifle team and star baseball player, now can loin the Ail-American ranks with his older brother. Capt. Harold W: Yount, coach of the Nittany Lion niinrods. The National Rifle Associatioh has reported that Yount’s score of 277 in the sectional' competition at Pittsburgh in March, has en titled him to All-American rating. ’Hal. co-captain' of the Lion team as an undergraduate, won All-American honors in 1942. Ken fired a 385 at Annapolis that year* arid would have placed third: in the competition, except that he was a freshman and therefore in eligible for All-American, consid eration. 1 ' ■Shooting three positions at Pittsburgh, Ken led the individual competition although his 277 was considerably lower than thie 289. arid 288 he had fired in meets earlier in the season. 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Fit tenger. who lost his life on the German front in April. 1944. • Pittenger. an outstanding player as an undergraduate.-had played on the Lion teams of 1941. 1942 1943. He was killed in action less than a vear after he had left. thd campus. Former .teammates of Pittenger. and other lacrosse alumni of Penn State, ioined hand* in the estab lishment of the award, which will be known as the George R. Pit tenger Memorial Trophy. Kerwin. ■' who played an inside attack position -during his three years of ■ varsity play, was . the unanimous choice of the selection committee headed by Coach Nick Thiel. .Thiel described Kerwin as “a team, player who best. exemplifies the spirit of this award.” Navy Commends Speidel For Pacific Recreation Work Speidel, Lion wrestling coach, has been commended by the Chief of Naval Personnel for “exceptionally outstanding serv iced as officer in charge of fleet recreational on the island of Mogmog, in the South Pacific * Speidel, Naval ■ Resei was, in . c nand of- Navy’s rest ven on the Lthi atoll fi October 1.- I'. to September 1945, and in i period icate to .‘the reci tional needs hearly 2,500,. battle' - i w e a r y men. : Speidel’s work on Mogmog en deared him to thousands upon thousands of - servicemen, many of whom still' correspond with him. and also prompted John Dos Passos. inoted author, to include a sketch, of the veteran mat coach in his book. “Tour of Duty.” Spei del:spent four years .'in- the:;serv ice. two of them at Chanel Hill as officer-in-charge of' wrestling in the Navy’s Pre-Flight Program. . Jack. Harper - and ; Bob Klein,- both standouts , on the Lion golf team, are Purple Heart-veterans; ■ Moves to Ft. Worth JOE TEPSIC. former Lion star at. football and baseball who signed a Brooklyn Dodger con tract las! season for a reported $17,000, is now playing for Fort Worth, ' Dodger farm team in -the Texas; League. Tepsic ,guii -the' Dodgers early this when.'they ship p e d him to Mobile in the Southern Asso ciation, but later joined the organization in St. Paul. it commander in the United States Pfirman Awarded Paul Smith Troiihy . Owner of the Purple Heart, and Air Medal with four clusters, 24- year-old Johnny Pfirman Has been named the finst winner. of the Paul. Smith Memorial Trophy at -Penn State. *• The ’ trophy, an award dedi cated to the- memory of Paul Smith, war; veteran and boxing captain, was voted - Pfirman on the basis of scholarship, character, and all-around athletic ability. Pfirman. married - and father of a two-month old son. graduated from the College- June 9 with the: degree - of - bachelor .of science in physical education. ' SPEIDEL The trophy;, was , created by student subscription shortly after, the death, of Smith, .a Hollidays burg youth who had made- an-out standing. record in boking. track and baseball. -Only. - graduating seniors -in the School of. Physical Education • and Athletics ' are eli gible. for the award. Eye Olympics , ■ ' Gerry Karver, Curt Stone . and Barney Ewell, ; all of Lion> track fame, have Olympic ambitions in 1948. ' • ■ ALL WOOL SUITS Made to Measure "i , Guaranteed Fit Moderately Priced ■. , - Home Land Tailors, Inc. •- . v OFFICE Ist Floor Ist Door Right 142 SO. FRAZIER ST. ' - - .- . / Ex-pro Houck Doesn't Urge Pro Ring for Lion Boxers Houck, wno turned out 51 collegiate champions in 25 years as Penn State boxing coach, has. yet to recommend the professional ring to any of his proteges. “Only a few of my boys have gone into professional fighting,” Leo recalls, “and they made up their minds without my help.” It would be a mistake, however, to assume that the former middleweight puncher frowns om a professional boxing career. “Some college boys—the ones with rear talent—could go into the professional ring and make good,” Leo says, “but unless they’re extra j good, I advise them to. stay out I Hatter ' Traditional Shopping Cantor FLOWERS - 1 for , FOR ALL OCMSIONS MEMBER FLORISTS TELEGRAPH DELIVERY • ■ -,, ' • ASSOCIATION ’• . FLOWERS TELEGRAPHED ■ ANYWtiERE '; Bill McMullen, Florist 135 S. Allen St, _ . Phone 2434 THEMUr’CROCM •Records •Sheet Music •Radio Service •Radios PHONE 2311 Glennland Bldg. 203 E. Beaver Ave. Statq College and pursue the careers for which they prepared in college.” . The Lancaster native pointed oUt that the average college boxer has no professional ambitions, but adopts the sport only because he likes to box. HAaenoAat-tei* for Pohn State Mon ir AljrL titA
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