THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 19 Lion Boxers Open Practice Sessions Starting practice sessions yes terday, Coach Leo Houck's box ers face a stiff schedule this win ter. Lion ring fans will be able to witness five home meets this year with their first chance to view the Lion boxers on January 17 against Bucknell. The 1947 boxing schedule: Jan. 17—Bucknell Home Jan. 24—W. Maryland Home Feb. 7—Army Away Feb. 14—Syracuse Home Feb. 20—Wisconsin Away Feb. 28—Michigan State Home Mar. 6—Virginia Home Mar. 12-13—Intercollegiates Charlottesville, Va Polsklan Ranked Among Best Ends End, co-captain, 183 pounds, 24 years old, 5-11, Brownsville, Pa. Potsklan played before the war, was a member of a very fine team in 1941, then went to war, and returned in 1946. It looked for awhile as though he might be lost to football. He was in the Army Air Forces, and when the Germans knocked his plane down over Belgium, he was badly wounded. His shoulder was just a mass of wounds, and it was highly que< 4 'nnable whether he ever JOHN POTSKLAN again would play football. The shoulder has bothered him from time to time, but has never kept him out of football. During the war, incidentally, he was a pris oner of the 'Germans for eight months (until the war ended), and during much of that time he served as interpreter for a Rus sian doctor who also was a pris oner of the Germans and who was commissioned to serve pris oners. Even before Potsklan went to war, Coach Bob Higgins and his aides looked upon him as a top flight end and his play this year has borne out that estimate. A good diagnostician, he gets the ultimate out of his 183 pounds, is a tough man to remove from a play, and within a few minutes of a ball game earns the respect —and attention—of the opposi tion. There's no question about hi courage; he's fearless, and won't hesitate for a moment to smash through any interference cordon which might come his way. He's no ball of fire on the receiving end of a pas t s; but defensively. it's doubtful whether he has a peer anywhere. Penn State Grid Foes Finish With .293 Mark Losing 56 games and winning 22, Penn State's opponents com pleted their seasons Saturday with a weak .293 mark. Of the four Lion foes who played their last tilts, only West Virginia could boast of a win—a 17-2 de cision over another Nittany foe, Pitt. Fordham and NYU fought to a 13-13 tie, and Navy lost to Army 21-0. Their records: W. L. T. Pct.• Washington State 3 7 0 .300 Buckriell 2 7 0 .222 Fordham 1 6 1 .198 Syracuse 3 6 0 .333 West Virginia 6 4 0 .600 Colgate 2 5 2 .333 Temple 3 6 0 .333 Navy 1 7 1 .167 Pitt 1 8 0 .111 Total 22 56 4 .293 • Ties counted as half game won and half !me lost. Between the Lions A wise wielder of the printed word once wrote: "doing easily what others find difficult is talent." Perhaps the author of this wis dom wasn't thinking of football players, but we are, and the talent is not hard to find in the case of two brothers named Joe and Chuck. ,Learning to play winning football was a natural thing for the brothers Drazenovich, whose good Croatian name, incidentally, gives each of them the dubious honor of being no friend of the typo graphical union. In spite of any weak protests from the press about "how you spell it and why can't they find a guy named Jones," the name Drazenovich graced the starting lineup twice in eight of Penn State's nine football frays this year. (An injury side lined Brother Joe in the opener.) This is a good index to Coach Bob Higgins' opinion of the talent inherent in these brothers, who pack 415 pounds between them, who are key cogs in a great gridiron machine, and who will again answer the practice call in 1948 and 1949 when the Penn State coach searches his ranks for material seasoned and skilled in his pet football maneuvers. Hailing from West Brownsville. Pa.. the Draz boys caught the victory bug in 1943 as members of the Brownsville High School eleven that captured the WPIAL championship by cop ping ten straight wins under Coach Earl Bruce. (Bruce is now head grid mentor at California State Teachers College, some times called the Lion's "farm team" for freshman gridders.) Coach Bruce was instrumental<•••••-$:....-- •:: • the brothers' coming to Penn • :ate and, in fact, helped pave thel:'.:!!:'• , ay for three other Brownsville igh stalwarts John Potsklan, an Simon and John Wolosky— •;•:: • don Blue and White togs.!Ai:: - :•!,•" • This abundance of Brownsville (..• • f; Ars on the 1947 State roster (ac- • T!!'•, • • tally none of the five lives with- ' the town's limits) prompted ••i•: : .•• ,ome Lion foes to crack jokei • about w "hether we're playing „ State or Brownsville." But the strong tie with the _ _ CHUCK southwestern Pennsylvania town has truly paid dividends, not the least of which is the hard-charging 20-year-old blocking back, Chuck D., or his other half and one year his senior, the fast, crackerjack guard, Joe D. They are an integral part of the nation's foremost defensive football unit in a decidedly of fensive-minded year. As with most brother duos, all was not sweetness and fra ternal love between the Draz boys as they grew up in West Browns ville. Commenting, Joe said: "When we were little we fought like cats and dogs. Chuck was clumsy and I was a year older, so I beat him up every time. But when he turned 15, the tide turned because he got bigger. Right now I don't want any part of him. He's tough." Now Joe and Chuck fight a common foe—th Lions' opposi tion, and form one of the few brother acts in State's football annals. Each saw one previous season of action with the Nittanymen, Joe in 1944 and Chuck a year later. After that, the Army beckoned and, now, for the first time since that championship high schobl squad in 1943, Joe and Chuck are together, as mainstays on a Nittany team that challenges comparison with fabled elevens of Penn State grid history. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA by Toni Morgan Intramural Boxing With Seven Bouts Seven bouts are on tap for the opening of the intramural boxing tourney, which starts this afternoon at 5 o'clock in Rec Hall. One bout, between Andy Pipa of Phi Kappa Sigma and Bert Agnew of Sigma Phi Epsilon, has already been decided. Agnew has been declared the winner by fr•rfe The schedule for tonight: 128-pound class—Brauncgg, Al pha Sigma Phi, meets Jerry Cooper, Phi Epsilon Pi; 145- pound class—Bob Blum, Phi Epsilon Pi, meets Tom Owens, Alpha Zeta: Ed McMillen, Alpha Gamma Rho, meets Dick Han nah, Pi Kappa Alpha; Lou Di Nunzio, Alpha Phi Delta, meets McKillip, Sigma Chi: 155-pound class—Tohn Steimer, Sigma Nu, meets Chuck Altemus, Chi Phi: Bill Vernon, Kappa Delta Rho, meets John Long, Sigma Chi: 185-pound class—Bob White, Sigma Nu, mom—'s Do n Varga, Mama Phi Epsilon. Three of last year's champions are vying for titles again this year. Georgie Schantz, Delta Upsilon, 121-pound king last year. is fight ing in the 128-pound division. Lou Di Nunzi o of Alpha Phi Delta, winner in the 135-pound class last year, is the only defending cham pion to box today. Di Nunzio will be fighting in the 145_pound class in this year's tournament. Fritz Lennox, Sigma Nu, champion in the 165-pound class in 1946, will try t o duplicate his championship honors in the 175-pound class. RUNNER-UP In addition, Ed Hanford, Pi Kappa Alpha, runner-up to Len nox last year, will also be in this year's competition at 165-pounds. FRATERNITY CRESTED JEWELRY FOR BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE Penn State Class Rings L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE "SUSSEX" ° , ' ''„wet ‘,..,4vai.N.... ...,:".,...7' ~,,,,, ~,,, _;..\\ i ' • SI ~ ' "... ~ '.,,, If.:'‘' Price $3.25 and up. DO CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN? Send for your free copy of "The V.n.it, When and Wear of Men's Clothing"—a handy guide for men who uant to dress wisely and well. Write to: College Dept., Cluett. Peabody & Cu.. Inc., 00 East 40th Street, New York 16, N. Y. ARROW SHIRTS and TIES UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS t over Pipa, who is ill Winners of the individual classes last year were Shautz, 121- pounds; Paul Gebert, Sigma Nu, 128-pounds; Di Nunzio, 135- pounds; Goldie Soster, Alpha Phi Delta, 145 pounds; Lennox, 165- pounds; Johnny Potsklan, Sigma Nu, 175-pounds, and Bob Ziesen heim, Delta Upsilon, in the un limited class. Delta Upsilon will be striving to retain the intramural boxing crown it won last year in a light to the finish with the Sigma Nu. Nine bout s are scheduled to be fought tomorrow. The tournament will continue for two weeks with the finals temporarily slated for December 17. Track Candidates Candidates for assistant track managerships are asked to re port to Don Miller, hes ' track manager, at Rec Hall after 3 p.m. any weekday. State College, Pa., Dec.—Penn State's team triumph in the NCAA cross-country championship marked its first outright victory in national competition. 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