FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1046
Between the Lions
Something is wro n g with Gerry Karver, said his coach,
Chick Werner, recently, "but we don't know what it is."
Karver has not lived up to expectations, the tall, dignified
track mentor said, but whether or not this is because he has passed
his peak is "something I couldn't say."
"It is not his physical condition. Karver underwent a com
plete examination and was attested perfect. It
is not his diet. It is not his lack of competitive
spirit, but whatever it is, we haven't been able
to find it."
The Nittany miler is not alone in this strange
predicament, Werner said. He cited Frank Dixon
and Les Mac Mitchell of NYU and Tom Burnham
of Dartmouth as only three out of a large list of
once great milers who seemed to have somewhere
lost their spark.
ISOLATING THE "X"
The nearest the veteran track coach would
come to isolating the "x" factor in this cinder
malady was "it seems to be something they' brought with them
out of the war."
It is true however, Werner said, that Karver does not like an
indoor track. "Last year, out in the open, he won everything in
sight." Werner expressed "high hopes" that once outdoors again
Karver would regain the effectiveness that made him second only
to Gil Dodds in the nation.
WERNER
The greatest threats to Karver's Olympics chances outside of
Dodds, Werner said, are Twomey, who is currently working out
with the Nittany forces, and Germann from Wisconsin. The
American team will take three milers with them when they travel
to England for the international games.
Passing over Curt Stone since the slender two-miler is almost
certain to win an Olympic berth provided he doesn't break a leg,
another, not be overlooked possibility, is the Lion's ace hurdler,
Jim Gehrdes.
"I think Gehrdes has a chance," Werner said, "although I have
never watched him run an outdoor College race."
"But the country is full of good hurdlers. Even Harrison Dill
ard has no right to count, on winning because accidents can hap
pen, especially in the hurdles.
The Nittany coach speaks from experience. It was just such an
accident that kept him off the Olympic team in 1920. He had been
widely touted that year as one of the foremost hurdlers in the
country. But in the Olympics tryouts, Werner's foot nicked the. bar
as he went over and he could never regain his stride. He finished
fourth. The first three across the line made the European trip.
Coach Werner predicts that, barring another war, someone will
run the much discussed "four minute mile" by the 1956 Olympics.
SPRINTERS RUN FARTHER
He explains how year after year records are still broken in the
persistent march toward that goal by saying, "instead of making
sprinters out of their fastest men, coaches, are training them for
the distance events."
"I once talked to Barney Ewell about becoming a miler,"
Werner said, "in the hope that the.theory would operate for him."
Ewell's comment was what Werner called typical of 75 per cent of
track candidates. "It's too damned far," Barney said.
Six Men Advance
In IM Badminton
Six men easily advanced 'xi the
semi-final round of the intramural
badminton league Wednesday
night. Most decisive win of the
evening was the 15-1. 15-0 vic
tory garnered by Sulk, Sigma Na,
over Hilty. Phi Kama Sigma.
In other contests, Worley,
Sigma Nu, topped Sturges, KDR,
15-6, 15-4: Creg a r, SPE, de
cisioned Davis, Triangle, 15-4,
15-11: Howard, Chi Phi, swamped
Cameron. Beta Theta Pi, 15-3,
15-4: Pierce, Phi Delta Theta, de
feated Tarbox, Alpha Chi Sigma.
15-2, 15-13: and Hogan. DU, out
lasted Nein. Theta Chi, 15-8. 15-10.
Close Matches Highlight
Handball Doubles Trials
Intramural handball doubles
eliminations moved to t h e
quarter-final round last night
with six teams recording wins.
Three close contests marked th e
competition with Riggs and Gift
SigmaPhiSigma, sliding by Kerlin
and Howard, Chi Phi, 21-20, 21-20,
Kline and Murray, SAE, squeez
GALLOPING GEHRDES
Booters Start Spring Drills;
Ten Lettermen Back for Duty
About twenty Lion soccer hopefuls have started spring practice
on the golf course practice tlield this week. Coach Bill Jeffrey's boot
ers have their sights set on a perfect slate this Fall and will be out
to avenge last season's setbacks to Army and Navy.
Jeffrey has ten of last season's monogram winners returning for
duty this Fall. The veteran soccer coach said: "It's too early in the
year to tell how we'll look in the Fall but I have some good looking
prospects out."
The boaters will be especially strong defensively with a quartet
of fullback s returning for service.
All four, Frank Taucher, Dave
Finns, Chuck Margolf and Jim
Kline, saw considerable action
last season. They will form a
strong bulwark of defense.
The los s of all-American Gene
Graebner will be keenly felt but
Jeffrey has two experienced goal
tenders for duty this season. "id
Watson, a lanky goalie who was
a standout on the Lock Haven
soccer team two seasons ago, and
Jim Doman, a husky goalie who
guarded the nets for the Lions in
ing out a 21-17, 21-16 win over
Firestone and Berg, Beta Sigm
Rho; and Luther and Hagerman
Phi Delta Theta, outlasting Lev
and Krane. ZBT, 21-15, 21-14.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Track Shorts
By Elliot Krone
During the track clinic Sat-I
urday, Coach Werner asked Curt
Stone, national distance champ,
to pace himself and run the quar
ter mile in 65 seconds. Perhaps
Curt was a little over-anxious.
He completed the 440 yard dis
tance in 59 seconds. •
A minute later, Stone, with the
determination that carried him
through many a grueling
race, trieu again. When he com
pleted the distance for the second
time he crossed the finish line in
65 and one-half seconds!
The most surprising and pleas
ing result of Saturday's trials was
~eorge Thomas' showing in the
dash. "Red" ran for the Forty
Fort track team a few years back
and after returning from the ser
vice went to Bloomsburg STC.
"I've never won a major race,"
said the speedy cinderman. "Ev
ery time I'd run in a PIAA or
inter- collegiate . championship
race, I'd foul up."
Judging from Saturday's per
formance, Red's fouling days are
over and he should soon be adding
'some of the honorary track de
grees held by other Nittany
runners to his name.
And while we are on the sub
ject of sprints, the quarter-mile
sprint relay team Coach Werner
used Saturday was a very rapid
outfit.
With Jim Robinson on the first
curve, Will .Lancaster and Red
Thomas on the stretch and Jim
Gehrdes in the anchor spot, the
sprinters racked up a mark of
43.8 seconds.
Penn State runners have domi
nated th e "London Looking
Glass," a Sunday feature in the
Philadelphia Bulletin, for the
last two weeks.
Last Sunday Jerry Karver re
ceived the plaudits of Earl Eby,
and this week Barney Ewell fig
ured in a story that called him
one of the "smartest runners in
the country."
Coach Jeffrey leaves today for
the Swarthmore Center to look
over prospective booters for next
season.
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Veteran Gridder Tamburo
The Nittany Lion'sc crackerjack left end, Sam Tamburo, has
been in the College infirmary since Monday.
Strong shoulder joint aches, which began occurring the latter
end of last week, forced Sam to turn into the infirmary for a com
plete checkup.
Team physician Alfred H. Griess stated yesterday that tests
failed to reveal any symptoms of
the rheumatic condition which
Sam had contracted in March,
1946
This condition compelled Sam
to drop out of college for the
Spring semester, 1946. Resultant
recovery was relatively slow, but
there had been no recurrence of
any sort since then. Sam in part
attributes this to a subsequent ton
sil operation, which may or may
not nave been the original source
Lions Scrimmage
Duquesne Eleven
Penn State's footballers will
scrimmage the Duquesne Univ;r
sity gridders on Beaver Field Sat
urday at 2 p.m.
The Nittanv Lion crew. which
engaged in a hard - fought inter
squad scrimmage last weekenct,
will be facing their first strange
competition of th e spring trairinA
session which started March 15.
College officials announced to
clay that the Lions will scrimmage
the St. Bonaventure gridders at
Eeaver Field next Saturday.
Penn State was scheduled to
meet the Army team in an infor
mal scrimmage at West Point. N.
Y.. last week. but an Army Day
Parade forced the cancellation of
that affair.
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of the condition
Barring any future aggravation,
Dr. Griess asserted that Tamburo
would be Bob Higgins' starting
end whe nthe 1943 curtain raises
in the Fall.
Out Until Fall
However, the team physician
will not allow the junior end to
participate in the remainder of
the Spring practice sessions, now
being conducted by Higgins.
The pain in Sam's shoulders has
been lessening daily, and his re
lease from the infirmary is due
either today or tomorrow. Said
Sam from his hospital bed yester
day: "I'm darn anxious to get some
fresh air. This is awful staying
inside now that Spring's really
here."
Whereas Sam's previous ailment
centered in his legs, the pain which
the New Kensingtonite has this
time is entirely in his shoulders.
Tamburo's play will be a neces
sary factor if the Blue and White
hopes to approach the peak
achieved last year. Sam is a hell
for-leather terminal whose slash
ing, aggressive play contributed
heavily to the Nittany Lion's de
fensive record.
His speed and ability to crash
through the opposition interfer
ence were very valuable comple
ments to the Nittany line. He is
probably the best defensive end
the Lions will have next year, as
Bob Hicks, Dennie Hoggard, Dal
ton Rumberger and Dan Kline, the
most promising of the other ter
minals, are chiefly offensive ends.
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