PAGE, TEN Vast Intramural Sports Program To Begin Soon An expansive intramural sports program embracing 17 different tournaments will begin next, month with touch football, tennis singles and swimming. Eugene C. BischofT. director of intramural sports, this week urged the thousands of incoming sophomore men to enter intra mural competition in one or more sports. He said: “Any regular undergraduate student is eligible to compete in any intramural sport provided he hasn’t won a college letter in that sport.” In 1168 contests played in 17 tourneys last year, a total of 5461 men students participated (with some duplications where players, took part in more than one sport). In basketball alone, more than one in every five Penn State undergraduate men com peted. SPORTS NAMED Sports to be conducted this year will include touch football (nine-man teams), tennis singles and swimming in the fall; boxing, basketball. handball singles, handball doubles, wrestling, bad minton and volleyball (six man teams) in the winter; golf (six man teams), golf putting, tennis doubles, horseshoes, soccer, soft ball and track in the spring. Intramural touch football games will be staged at night on New Beaver practice field. Entrance fees, as last year, will be $l.OO for teams and 25 cents for individuals. "New independent men are es pecially urged to take advantage of the intramural program,” Mr. Bischoff said. ‘‘Fraternities are traditionally avid participants in intram/iral sports because of their great organizational abilities, but we also urge independent men to take part in every sport offer ed by the department.” He stated, “Getting indepen dent teams and individuals out for sports is our major problem, since fraternities are already or ganized to supply competitors." MEDALS, TROPHIES Individual medals will be pre sented independent winn e r s. while trophies will be presented successful fraternities in all in tramural sports. Last year's victorious fratern ity in the intramural cup race was Sigma Nu. which copped crowns in boxing, wrestling, vol leyball, handball singles, track and golf. In competition last fall. Phi Ep silon Pi emerged as the fratern ity touch football champion in a torrid race, while the Hot Rocks annexed the independent foot ball toga. Mr. BischofT added, “If we give Oho (West Heaver Ave. and Allen St.) STATE ill COLLEGE ’ S g. H| MOST MODERN M AND LARGEST TEA ROOM W Service each day— DINNERS 4:45 - 7:45 these boys a chance to partici pate in sports they like to play, under reasonably good conditions, then I think we're accomplish ing something.’’ In the mammoth task of organ izing and supervising the Col lege’s vast intramural program. Director Bischoff is assisted by Clarence “Dutch” Sykes. Intramural announcements and game results will appear contin uously in the Daily Collegian. Maryland Only Soccer Newcomer The University of Maryland is the only addition to the 1948 Nit tany soccer schedule released this summer by Harold R. Gilbert, graduate manager of athletics. The Lions ha\ • never before encountered the Terps on the soc cer field. Last year Coach Bill Jeffrey’s hooters copprd five decisions, losl two and tied one against eight of the nine opponents carded for the coming campaign. Foes this year will include Army, Bucknell, Navy, Maryland, Colgate, Syracuse, Cornell, Tem ple and Penn. Over a 22-year span as Nittany coach. Mentor Jeffrey holds a soccer record that has never been surpassed. His teams have tri umphed in more than 80 per cent of their games. Soccer Schedule VARSITY Oct. I—Army . .West Point Oct. 9—Bucknell . . . . home Oct. 16—Navy . . .Annapolis Oct. 23—Maryland .... home Oct. 30—Colgate Nov. 6—Syracuse Nov. 13—Cornell Nov. 20—Temple Philadelphia Nov. ?s—Penn Philadelphia JUNIOR VARSITY Oct. I—Army .... West Point Oct. 23—Frostburg S. T. C. Frostburg, Md. COME TO Hen ere A l LUNCHEON 11:30 - 1:30 OLLEGfAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA THE DAILY ( Here's Barney Ewell, left, ex-Penn Slate speedster, winning the 100-meter race in the Olympic tryouts at. Chicago early this summer. Second is Harrison Dillard, of Baldwin Wallace; third is Mel Patton, pf Southern California. Later in the Olympics at London, Ewell finished a close sec ond to Dillard, who lied the Olympic record of 10.3 seconds to win the event, while Patton finished iifth. Sophs Eligible as Candidates For Assistant Managerial Posts Of prime importance to the College’s athletic teams are the stu dent managers and assistant managers for they are the backbone of the “behind the scenes” work of every athletic team. Under the direction of the graduate manager of athletics, Har old R. Gilbert, student managers care for the equipment, serve as greeters to referees and other officials, handle expenses on away trips, submit accounts of athletic contests for official records and carry out many other duties in assisting the coaches, players, of ficials and visiting teams. All soDhomore men are eligible for candidacy as a second assist ant manager for fall, winter and spring sports. SIGN UP NOW Sophomores who are interested in managerships for football, cross-country and soccer are urg ed to apply at the Assistant Grad uate Manager of Athletics’ office in 107 Old Main anytime this week or next Within two weeks following the completion of the season of each sport, three first assistant man agers are chosen to serve for the following year. With this ad vancement more responsibilities are delegated to the first assist ants, including the supervision of the second assistant candidates and the accomoanying of the team on away trips. One head manager is chosen from the three first assistant man agers. The head manager serves in that canacity his senior year while the iwo defeated first man agers are considered associate managers in that sport the suc ceeding year but they are inac *ive. Ithaca As manager of an athletic team one holds an enviable and re spectable position on campus. Full responsibility in every line of service to a team during prac tice sessions, on a trip and at at home games is delegated to the head manager. Athletic awards are given to the head manager and associate managers for each sport. With fo itball considered the major sport at the College, both the var sity letter winners and the head manager receive eight-inch block letter “S”. For all other sports varsity let ter winners and head managers receive six-inch block letter “S”. Associate managers in all sports are awarded 4 Vi-inch block “S” letters. All award winners receive sweaters with their awards. Grad uating seniors, besides their let IT'S NOT ONLY A TRADITION . . . BUT . . . A PENN STATE INSTITUTION SHOP AT Hatter Haberdashfr Tailor —Photo Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. ter, receive a gold award and also an engraved certificate of the let ters that were awarded to them and the year they received them. In the past, student managers have rendered a great service to Penn State’s athletic teams in the fulfillment of their duties, accord ing to Gilbert. Harriers Slate Home Contests Nittany fans will have two chances to see Coach Chick Wer ner’s cross country team in action this year, with a pair of meets carded at home. Opening the ’4B season with New York University away, the Lion harriers will then play host to a celebrated Michigan State outfit. Then the Wernermen travel to Cornell, after which they clash with Manhattan at home. IC4-A competition is slated for New York Citv, with the annual national collegiates scheduled for Erst Lansing, Michigan. Last year, the red-hot Nittany har riers emerged national champs at the Michigan meet. In Michigan State and Manhat tan, local fans will see two per renial cross-country powers bat tle the Lions on the Nittany home grounds. In dual competition last season, the Blue and White harriers copped three matches while dropping two. N.Y.U., Pitt and Cornell fell before the Nittany men, while Michigan State and Manhattan humbled them. Cross Country Card Oct. 9—N.Y.U. . N. Y. City Oct. 23—Michigan State home Oct. 30—Cornell Nov. 6—Manhattan home Nov. 15—ICAAAA N. Y. City Nov. 22— NCAA East Lansing MONDAY, SEPTEMRER 20, 1048 Between Lions— Continued from page eight Soccer Situation On the soccer field. Mentor Bill Jeffrey will be counted on to field one of his annual cracker jack outfits, despite the fact that Ken Hoslerman. one of his scor ing aces, will not be available. Hosterman's leg, which was broken in mid season last year, is on the mend but physicians have advised him against pre- mature activity. Jjj In his 22-year tenure as Lion so.c c e r tutor. Jeffrey’s hooters have won the Jeffrey amazing total of 89 contests out of 126 played. Twenty of those 126 were deadlocked. Cross Country Traditionally listed with Man hattan and Michigan State as one of the nation’s top trio of cross country kingpins, the Lion team under Coach Chick Werner should again roll. Last year the Nitlany harriers copped Penn State's second na tional collegiate crown in three inches of snow at East Lansing, Michigan. Thouoh Werner will be minus Jerry Karver, celebrated cross country and track star, via grad uation, there'll still be Horace "Ash" Ashenfelter, harrier cap tain. and several others to carry the Lion load in cross-country. Winter Agenda December will usher in the winter sports slate and those three-or-four-sport banner at tractions in Recreation Hall. To make a long tale short, bas ketball under John (sliding zone) Lawther, wrestling under the wing of Charley Speidel, boxing coached by Leo “Fred” Houck, fencing under Dr. Arthur Meyer, swimming coached by Bill Gut teron, skiing tutored by Sherm Fogg and gymnastics under Gene Wettstone will show Lion sports followers something to rave about. The '4B boxing cantain will ha Johnny Benglian. clever south paw who copped the Eastern 127- oound honors in '46. In gymnas tics, Coach Gene Wettstone loses U.S. Olympic performer Ray Sorensen and other key men, but Billy Bonsall, head cheerleader and another star of Olympic cali ber, is back, as is Bill Meade, number one Lion tumbler. Spring Sports In the spring, the Nittany Lions will claw many a foe in baseball coached by Genial Joe Bedenk, track under the tutelage of Chick Werner, lacrosse guided bv Nick Thiel, tennis un der the eye if Sherm Fogg and golf skippered by Bob Ruther ford, Sr., dean of the Nittany coaching staff. Last ye a r's golfers swept 77 of a possible 90 points to cap ture the Eastern championship, and Rutherford is already scan ning the newcomers to the Col lege's golf links to replace de parting jeniors. And Bedenk's battlers on the baseball diamond ought to come close to last spring's excellent mark of 12 triumphs and four defeats. In general, it’s easy to paint a rosy outlook for Nittany Lion teams in ’4B-’49, because many of the squads are packed with re turning talent. But there are still weak spots on many squads, which prompts coaches to encourage incoming sophomore men to try out for varsity teams. Ithaca Last year's Nittany editions in all sports demonstrated that sophomore athletes who pos sessed a true competitive spirit "made out" in their initial year on campus. This year will be no different. Tenth Grid Coach Bob Higgins is the tenth coach to serve Penn State in 61 years of intercollegiate football competi tion. New Welcome Mat A new and larger entrance to the football stadium is under construction on campua.
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