PAGE BIX The Nittany Realm Uonald Longenecker, Nittany Lion harrier ace, has participated .n numerous races in his three years of collegiate running, but prob ably his greatest race is the one against age which threatens to cut short his competitive running career. Up until now Longenecker seems to have more than held his >wn against the Old Man with a scythe. The balding senior, appro riately enough called “Pappy" for short, actually seems, like good 'hiskey, to improve with age. Just two weeks ago he climaxed a successful three-year colle iate career by leading the seven-man Lion aggregation across the inish line at the Natiorial Collegiate varsity cross-country meet taged at East Lansing, Mich. The fact that Captain Horace Ashen, dter was running on a seriously-injured ankle helped considerably, -nurse. At an age when many men limit their physical exercise to i silting through crowds at a stadium to witness a football game, .ongenecker is just beginning to ’ome into his own as a distance unner. “I’m still improving, despite the act I’ll be 33 years old in less han three months,” the short tatured runner declared. “I don’t '\ink I’ve even hit my peak as a stance runner yet.” His life before entering college almost as fabulous as the fact hat he is still a top harrier de ?ite his accumulated years, far lore than most other collegiate oen-fleld runners. After graduation from West ■fewton High School in his home town, Longenecker began a voca tional career that is equalled in he number of positions held only ■■y the diversity of those positions. In rapid succession he worked s a loader in a coal mine, a con traction worker in a steel mill, a farmer and a grocery clerk, among other jobs. Then came 1940 and Don, then 24, enlisted in he Army Air Forces. He was stationed at Hickam field on December 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. For the next four years Longenecker was busily engaged play- (Continued on page seven) Are you Stocking Stuffer? -n that case, add that final touch by phooeing a handsome— PARKER 'sl' or SCHAEFFER ’en and Pencil Set XEELER'S By R*d Roth DISTANCE RUNNER THE DAILY COLLECT AN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Heavyweights Thrill Big IM Fight Crowd Heavy-weights have the punch! Another overflowing crowd around the varsity ring in Recrea tion hall whetted its appetite on 11 exploding “preliminary” bouts last night, then erupted with roaring violence as John Smidansky, Sigma Nu, battled furiously to another win in the unlimited class, this time over stocky, determined Bill Dale, Sigma Phi Epsilon. The intramural department hit a new high with 9 fights of a scheduled card of 12 coming off. Twelve more brawls are listed for tonight at 5 p.m. SMIDANSKY WINS Smidansky, who roared with comparative ease over Bob Young in his first bout, found the going tough with Dale in last night’s warfare. Forced to box and counterpunch instead of slugging in the first and second rounds, the heavy Sigma Nu rocker ripped into his opponent with set lips in the final minute. Dale swung his fists savagely trying to stem the tide, but a one two burst by Smidansky in the last 15 seconds pulled the cur tain. Ski Coach Fogg Needs Jumper For Lion Team By Joe Coppa Ski Coach Sherman Fogg has a cal problem on his hands! Up until now he has qnly eight .nen out for the varsity team, which has been working out for the past three weeks. They are: Sterling Banker, Huston Brosius, Francis Curry, Robert Drew, Wil liam Graf, Howard James, George Keenan and Otto Pfefferkorn. Brosius, Graf and James are sen iors; Banker, Curry, Drew and Pfefferkorn are juniors, and Keenan is a sophomore. Of these men, only Graf has a berth clinched, while Brosius is rated highly by Coach Fogg. The other candidates are inexper ienced but are working hard in an effort to make the team. Clifford Carts, last year’s captain, is in eligible for competition this sem ester but may be able to perform in the Spring. “Our real problem is to find another jumper besides Graf and Brosius, since three jumpers are necessary to obtain a team score although others may compete in dividually. Penn State ski teams have always been weak in down hill slalom, but I’m hoping some of the men who are trying out (Continued on page seven) Tamburo On INS 'AH' Team Sam Tamburo, brilliant Lion end, was chosen for the offensive team on the International News Service Double Platoon All- America. The tall senior, a pass-catching wizard from New Kensington, Pa., although playing on thd offense as well as on the defense, was selected for his superior per formances while on the attack. A four-year college football vet eran, Tamburo was highly re garded as a smart, clean football player. Charles Bednarik, Penn center, and Joe Henry, Army guard from Clearfield, Pa., were the other Eastern selections for the offen sive unit on the two-platoon team. JUMPER DIAL EXT. 263 For Student and Gift Rale* FORTUNE THE ESQUISSE AGENCY LEATHER FLIES Peltih’ Vince Chominski, Theta Kappa Phi setting the stage for the heavy riot, gave Paul Thorpe, Sigma Chi, a sample of what it feels like to be caught in a wind mill in th e175-pound class. Chominski, standing out of reach of Thorpe’s mitts then springing in with leather flying wide and handsome, cut Thorpe down in the last stanza with a lightning right bouncing off the loser’s temple. These two bouts were worth waiting for, but the waiting wasn’t bad either. Fighting 15 this season after winning the 145 crown in 1947, Chuck Hoyt, Chi Phi, staved off wicked sallies by Lou Trioni, Sigma Nu, but unable to connect often enough himself, gave up the decision to the pok er-faced white stab wearer. Some fans questioned the decision, but judges Chuck Drazenovich, Ma jor Robert Halpin, and referee Glenn Hawthorn lifted Trioni’s hand for cooler work under fire. Other atomic exhibitions saw Edward Data, Phi Gamma Delta, left jab his way to his second de cision, beating Dick Evans, Delta Tau Delta; 165-pound George Mitchell, Lambda Chi Alpha, stagger Bob Chapman, Kappa Delta Rho, in the first round then win on a TKO; Slick Bob Win slow, Kappa Delta Rho, fend off the attempts of southpaw Bob Coyne, Theta Kappa Phi, and win the bout. Pi Kappa Phi’s Herold, catch ing up with fast-stepping Dan Durth, Delta Tau Delta, pulled through the decision on fancy punching; Bill Curtin, Phi Delta Theta, weathering an early storm, came back with fast connecting lefts to decision Martin Wozniak, Theta Kappa Phi; and Burton Raymond, Pi Kappa Phi slugging all the way, won the nod over RUss Herman, Alpha Chi Sigma. Penn Staters Remember your parents and friends this Christmas with a new.... 1949 Engagement Calendar * 55 new Penn State scene* * Space for daily engagements * A separate page for each week * Handy for desk or telephone table * Attractive In home and office $l-00 Moor on safe a# Student Union and Afomwf Office, 104 Ofd Main WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1940 Between Lions OSS? By Tom Morgan SPORTS EDITOR The Unexpected Balm . . Lion Lacrosse Skipper Nick Thiel called a halt to winter prac tice last week in anticipation of customary State College snow flurries which aren’t conducive to lacrosse. Now he’s sorry he did, ’cause of this balmy pre-Christ man weather (balmy for Decem ber, that is.) Thiel will attend the 60th an nual meeting of the Intercolle giate Lacrosse Association in New York this weekend. Ex-Reporter An old hand at sports report ing is Wrestling Coach Charlie Speidel, who used to write up some of his own wrestling bouts. Consequently, he knows what an approaching sports scrivener wants and recently bowled Us over by producing pencil ahd paper and jotting down these sig nificant words for us and fob the fodder of the fans: "We're on the mend after a difficult post-war adjustment period, and wil be r. real threat in our sectional wrestling com petition this year." Charlie put it another way by declaring: “I can’t avoid telling people our prospects are excel lent. Otherwise, if we do come up with a good team this year, they’ll say I was too pessimistic.” ON Vandeweghe One of the best basketball teams Penn State meets this season will undoubtedly be Col gate, headed by Center Ernie Vandeweghe. Holder of vir tually every individual Colgate scoring record and possessor of 1007 points in three seasons of play, Vandeweghe is an in tegral cog in the Red Raider floor attack. Much to the discomfort of op posing teams, however, Vande weghe is not the whole Colgate show. “No “ball hog,” he passes off to teammates as often as he shoots himself (at the basket, that it.) What’s disturbing about it all is that his cohorts can make baskets too. Look out, Penn State! From the Morgfue) Line Coach Joe Badenlc lad Fearless Fallback Franny Rm*l spefee Monday night at the high school football banquet of Ridgeway. ... As movies of the Cotton Bowl game were shown, Rogel modestly gave a running account (ha amassed SS yards in that game to lead both teams in total offense) ... . . . Wrestling Coach Charlie Speidel and his assistant, Charlie Ridenour, conducted a high school wrestling clinic at Lewistown over the weekend. . . .
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