TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1948 Watch on the Shrine One of the major tortes of intercollegiate boxing, the University of Wisconsin, has initiated a complete investigation of -this sport. Spurred into this action by a motion passed at a 'regular faculty meeting, the athletic department and athletic board nave agreed to a full-scale probe and will conduct this according to the plan out lined by the faculty resolution. The resolution sought elaboration of boxing's effects on "the probgbility of mental and physical injury, spectator behavior. the function of boxing in maintaining 'or advancing the cultural stan dards of institutions of higher learning or any other matters that may be of value to the faculty in the performance of its duties with respect to the control of athletics." Speculating on the reasons for the investigation of this sport which the economics professor who proposed the motion called a "moronic activity," there a re numerous possible factors which might be advanced as the causes for this action. In almost every college which sponsors this sport, there are anti-iboxing elements. To this group, boxing is valueless. In the NCAA's, held at Wisconsin a year ago, six Badger belterS grained their way into the tourney finals. Only two of these were able to emerge with national crowns, and the boos which greeted the announcements of the opposition champions reputedly left a black mark on Wisconsin's sportsmanship record. Within the last year or so, professional boxing has sustained several deaths, ana although pro boxing is a far cry from the col legiate brand, this may have been another log for those building the fire. The Wisconsin athletic departmen t commented that Badger boxers were advised against professional ring careers and that only one had ever joined this vocation, and he fought for only several weeks. In this year's NCAA's at Madison, the high number of nine eye cuts occurred; this, along with the fanciful swan dive which Vir ginia's Ralph Shoal executed when he was blasted into kingdom come by Badger lightheavy Cal Vernon, may have been additional logs. Incidentally, Shoaf's comment on his defeat was, "I took all of nis Sunday punches up to that point, but when they start that Mon day one, well . ." .Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the Penn State Physical Education School, a member of the national rules committee, stated tw o fur ther reasons for this inquiry. Schott interpreted the Wisconsin fac ulty sentiments as stemming from (1) an emphasis in some circles on knockouts and the intention of some boxer s to rende r their op ponents unconscious. (2) The fear that boxing leads to frequent brain injuries, which fear has, however, not yet been substantiated. Also, within the last year or two, frequent articles and organi zations have opposed this sport. The American Medical Association has railed against high school and college boxing, but its decision wv.§ based heavily on profesaonal boxing. Nittany Lion ring coach Leo Houck has always been a foremost advocate of college boxing and Leo's emphasis has long been on =kill. The ideals which Leo upholds and teaches his team certainly merit praise and imitation. Houck has stressed clean competition, and one of his first les sons has always been for his boys to take a backward step immedi ately after a clinch. Virginia, Syracuse and Wisconsin repeatedly fail t o comply with this ruse and time after time their boxers take advantage of this and add illegal blows. Here, referees are very often negligent. Referees are to penalize a boxer on such an offense, removing a Point for the first illegal blow, and disqualifying him the second time. This is not observed closely. Adopted by the national association for optional use in future years was a light headharness. This can be used in actual competi tion and will protect the forehead and temples. Eyecuts, which Leo attributes not to sharp" blows but to collisions between boxers when the sharp bone above the (.0 e dig s into the opponent eye area, will be greatly reduced. Also, during this next year, there will be complete investiga tions of college boxing from a medical point of view, to be con ducted concurrently by Wisconsin and Minnesota Universities. These findings will be correlated. Head of this.plan is Dr. Anthony Curreri, former Wisconsin boxer and present member of the rules committee. Curreri has pledged complete objectivity both to the investigation and to the release of the findings. Subject s for anal ysis will be ex-college ringmen I•t is commendable that full co operation has been given by the boxing association and the Wis consin athletic board 1 0 these in quiries. Through the years, inter collegiate boxing has emphasized skill and technical proficiency. CHALLENGE This investigation ch.es pose a challenge to intercollegiate box ing and it is hoped that more stringent enforcement el ru:es psi 1 be maintained by relerces. coaches and competitors alike. Columnist Hugh Fullerton Jr. comments that in college boxing one is in much less danger of be ing seriously hurt than in foot ball. Intercollegiate. boxing place s ringster on his own and forces him to exercise rapid judgment, to move swiftly and surely. A competitive s pirit is instilled in the boxer. There are many values to this sport and this investiga tion offers the opportunity For the boxing association to rai,e itse.t to an even higher level. Soccer Olympics Gene Graelmer. Ralph man. ;,nd Dean Witmer. l.i. Lure(' Lion soccerinen %%Ito uarti-ipiiteLl :n the preliminary Olympic try , outs at Pittsburgh two weeks ;i.o. have not been uc•eeuted to i'Lr ther tryouts. The Inn,. and \Vii Looters were Cle only entered in the Pittsburgh ulayott. By Ted Rubin 1947 NATIONALS OPPOSITION OPTIONAL HEADGEAR Albums OR SCRAPBOOKS WE HAVE THEM! ARE YOUR SNAPSHOTS and MEMORY ITEMS in PRESENT ABLE CONDITION ? AN ALBUM or SCRAPBOOK WILL HELP YOU PRESERVE PHOTOS, CLIPPINGS, PROGRAMS an d OTHER MEMENTOS. SEE OUR MODERATELY PRICED STOCK TODAY! PHOTO CORNERS PASTE-IN TUBES and JARS RUBBER CEMENT AT Keelers OF COURSE Cathaum Theatre Building SINCE 1926 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE IM Volleyball Action in the IM volleyball tournament will close with Thursday's schedule and play offs of league champions will begin on April 19. Tonight's schedule: 7 o'clock: Sigma Phi Aloha— Delta Upsilon-A (1), Triangle -- Alpha Zeta (2), Phi Phi--Sigma Nu-A (3). 8 o'clock: Lamb.ia Chi Alpha-A Alpha Epsilon Pi (1), Phi Gamma Delta-A— Beta Sigma Rho-A (2), Sigma Chi-A —Thet a Chi-A (3). 9 o'clock: Sigma Phi Epsilon -- Alpha Chi Rho (1). Phi Kappa Tau-A —Pi Kappa Aloha i 2), and Phi Sigma Kappa-A- Sigma Pi-A (3). Trackman Finish First Time Trials; Prep for Relays Penn State's track team will practice this week to smooth off the rough edges shown by Satur day's time trials and to line up the squad for the Penn Relays April 23-24. Highlighting Saturday's com bines trials and track coaches' clinic was the win by George Thomas, a newcomer to the Nit ,any squad, in the 100-yard dash, and the 12-foot 9-inch height cleared by pole vaulter Chuck Willing. Thomas. captain of last year's Bloomsburg State Teachers Col lege team, took the sprint event in 10 seconds. Just behind Thomas came Wilbe-' Lancaster, Jim Robinson, an,. Rea Carrel. Running in a field of six Penn State milers, Jerry Karver flash ed his last second spurt to outrun Horace Ashenfelter for a 4:21i.: mile time. Ash finished one sec ond later and Mitch Williams ano Bill Shuman crossed the line in 4: 24.5. Jim Gehrdes gave a hurdling demonstration to the 200 coaches and fans attending the clinic and then easily took the 120 yaro aurdles at :14.8. Following Gehr des were Bob Harrison, Johr Senior and Gene Love. In the quarter mile, Ike Evans .rossed the line in 52.4 followed by John Grey while in the 880 bard stint, Paul Koch broke the tape in 2 minutes 1 and 1-10th seconds. Nick Nicastro. Ted His .il!3, and Bob Bour finished after Koch. KARVER WINS VT-VANIA Diamondmen Prepare for Pitt After Belting Marylanders, 18-1 With the initial win of the sea son tucked away, the Nittany Lion baseballers are looking con flidently ahead to the two-game series with the Panthers of Pitts burgh, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at New Beaver Field. Especially heartening to the Lions was the display of hitting power, one of the big question marks in pre-season predictions, as they routed Western Maryland Satuday 18-1. Every starting player on the Nittany Lions hit safely at least once. as 17 hits were rapped out. three of them for extra bases. against three enemy Ditchers. GEHRETT IMPRESSES Equally good from the point of view of the Bedenkmen was the mid-season form exhibited by starting pitcher Bob Gehrett. Gehrett held the visitors hitless until the third inning, and gave up only five singles in the seven innings he worked. For all prac tical purposes Saturday's contest might have been called at the end of the second inning. Eleven Nit tanyites went• to the barrier in that big stanza, and starting pitch er Ernie Leap was chased to the showers as six runs poured across the plate. After Gehrett had grounded out to secondto start off the in ning, Tkac and Wertz both walked and everyone was safe when Leap held the ball after picking up Hogan's easy roller. With the bases loaded and one out Holler singled to drive in the first two tallies, advanced to sec ond as Babb fumbled the ball in left, and scored behind Hogan when Solomon singled sharply to left. Hackman grounded out, sec ond to first, for the second put- smart collars Von Canon for smart scholars Von Preen Von Housen puts variety into collar design- gives you short points, long-points, wide spreads, button-downs ... all featuring new low-setting "Comfort Contour" collar styling. These and many more campus favorites on line white broadcloths and oxfords and in exclusive patterns all boasting Van Hansen magic sewmanship. Suntorized—a new shirt tree if your Van Heusen shrinks out of size! $3.50, $3.95 and $4.95. PHILLIPS-JONES CORP., NEW YORK t, NEW YORK. e e._. 1 1 tANIMMAAAANAN You're the mew► most likely to succeed in 0 Van Heusen Shirts 'I lES • SPOWI SHIRTS. PAJAMAS STATE COLLEGE Exclusive Agency for Van Heinen Shirts out as Solomon advanced to third. Solomon scored a short tithe later on Stark's base hit to right. A double by Potsklan and a walk to Gehrett, up for his second trip e loaded the bases for the second time in the inning. At•this point Ken Volkhardt, a right hander, replaced lefty Ernie Leap, and Al Tkac greeted him by beating out a hit to deep short, scoring Stark with the sixth run of the inning. However, Potsklan, also trying for home, was trapped between third and the plate and tagged out by Volkhardt k sod the rally. Don Stark and Gene Solomon shared hitting honors for the home team, each collecting three hits. Stark had a homer, two singles, and two walks in six times at bat and drove in three runs. The box score: PENN STATE Solomon, 2b Smelts, 2b Hackman, se Stark, If Polaklan, cf Gehrett, p Mastirola, p Hill, p Ditmar, rf Tknc, rf Wertz. lb Hogan, 3b Holler. c McCarthy, Total WESTERN MARYLAND Adamovich, 2b Thompson, I b Bnbb, It Margarita, rf Formwalt, cf Tereahinski, 3b Dyke, as Gorman, e Douglas. c Volkhnrdt, p Gage. p Van Brill Van Ciro ~< I.) a/ / PAGE Mtn' Mgr hposo 423112 111020 6212 4 2 4 1 3101 421300 41103• 000000 000000 010 0 0 0 311000 3221310 4 2 2 320 422 3 2 • 000 1 0 1 as 18 11 21 is $ 432 6 • 419 3 • il3 0 • 511 0 • 31 0 1 413 2 0 31 1 1 201 2 1 202 2 • 301 1 • 100 0 • 26 1 924 14 4 Van Idea Button-Down Aso
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers