FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949 Between The #406 • Lions_ By Tom Morgan SPORTS EDITOR Topnotch Most of the current season is still left to play and Colgate's basketball co-captain Ernie Van deweghe, who'll perform for a bulging Nittany house-Rill tomor row night, has already scored 1007 points in three seasons of varsity competition. With freshman no longer eligible for varsity play (as he was three years ago) Vande weghe's mar will probably stand forever in Colgate's books. They tell us he's a cinch to pus the 1300 mark during the Raiders' 19-game current sched ule. From the Morgue) Warren Davis, crack Colgate football center who made the Nit tany all-foe team, has been elected captain of next year's Colgate eleven even though he'll be a junior. This fellow who the Lions 'called their top opposing center of '4B will be the first non senior to be elected in Colgate since 1910. So Penn State is not the only school to recognize Davis' ability Syracuse has released its '49 football slate, which in cludes Penn State at State College October 29 Lion card is still incomplete. Lions Slate 6 Gym Meets Lion gymnasts will engage in six tilts including the Eastern In tercollegiates at Philadelphia, ac cording to the official schedule released during the Christmas vacation- Michigan State's Spartans will help Gene Wettstone's charges in augurate the 1949 gym season at East Lansing, Mich., February 7. The Lions will not have an op portunity to defend the NAAU title won last year since they have not been scheduled to com pete in the meet. Only two opponents, Army and Temple, will appear in Rec Hall. All other meets are slated for foreign soil. The complete gym schedule follows: Feb. 7—Michigan State, E. Lans ing, Mich. Feb. 12—Syracuse, Syracuse, N. Y. Feb. 19—Army, State College Feb. 26—Navy, Annapolis, Md. Mar. s—Temple, State College. Mar 12—Intercollegiate, Phila delphia, Pa. No Swimming Recreational swimming today in Glennland pool has been,,can celed, according to Varsity Swim ming Coach Bill Gutteron. Best Time Best two-mile of the 1948 col lege year was the 9:13.2 posted by Penn State's Horace Ashenfelter. Clearance Sale NOW GOING ON Drastic Reductions - - Take advantage of the savings TODAY SMART SHOP THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Colgate Co-captains ERNIE VANDEWEGHE and ED BRETT Lawther Primes State Cagers To Stop Colgate's Vandeweghe VANDEWEGHE! STOP This will be the battle cry of Penn State's collegiate cagers to morrow at 8 p.m. in Rec Hall as the Nittany Valley hosts don their working clothes in preparation for the invasion of Colgate Univer sity and its All-American center, Ernie Vandeweghe. Coach John Lawther will delegate the unenvied job of holding down the 6-foot 3-inch Canadian- born ace mainly to Marty Costa, who is stationed in the middle of the Lion mentor's zone around which Vandeweghe operates. Flanking Costa, under the Centre Countians' defensive buck e t, Lawther will use Terry Ruhlman and Lou Lamie. The Lion boss-man's biggest headache—and largely responsi ble . for his team's one-and-three yecqrd—is still the absence of re bound strength. Unless the much needed backboard control is found, the chances of the green Lion varsity against the experi enced.,l-lamilton, N. Y., outfit are considered doubtful. In one of last year's frays (which Colgate copped 61-60) the New Yorkers captured 50 per cent of their own offensive re bounds. Card Nordblom, not expected to scrimmage against the Red Raiders because of a sinus infec tion earlier this week, has re turned to school and will prob ably be in uniform, but his chances of entering the fray are doubtful. Nordblom was expected to carry a large part of the Val ley host's defensive burden. Lawther will start his two fire ball playmakers, Milt Simon and Joe Tocci, at the guard spots. Be tween the two of them the pint sized courtsters have tallied 64 points in four games. As usual, 6-foot 6-inch Costa will hold the center slot with Ruhlman and Lamie . verin g the forward spots. Indoor Track Sessions Open; Schedule Not Yet Complete Perm State's indoor track team, with competition listed for the winter months still lacking a dual meet schedule, officially opened practice this week in Rec Hall. Although no dual meets have been scheduled, the team will com pete in the Michigan State Relays and the IC4:-A meets during the winter. Many invitational meets are on the Nittany agenda begin- ning with the Inquirer meet on January 21• "An indoor season is necessary if we want a good outdoor sea son," said Assistant Track Coach Norman Gordon. "Since we don't have a field house we couldn't practice the events necessary for a regular indoor meet, but the in vitational meets will give our runners competition in individual and relay events." The assistant coach stressed the fact that he and Coach Chick Werner are always looking for new men to appear at practice and that experience is not the prime factor in building a good runner. Anyone interested in trying out for track should report to either Veteran Cornell Tank Crew Engages Nittanymen in Opener Tomorrow will pit the youngsters against the okistests voles& Nittany swimmers encounter the Big Red of Cornell to own time 1949 swimming campaign. The meet begins at 4 p.at. in Giestab land pool. Cornell is bringing a large well-balanced team keded milk veterans from previous seasons, while the State team is made up Boxers Train For First Foe Of '49 Season Drazenovich To Seek Revenge for Defeat Laying aside their pencils and scorecards and discarding their roles as judges of the recent in tramural boxing tourney, Johnny Benglian, captain elect, and Chuck Drazenovich, defending Eastern heavyweight titlist, have begun the sgrious work of pre paration for the oncoming boxing campaign which • opens January 29 at home. The ring Lions are earnestly prepping for their opening en counter against Western Mary land, which they hope will be the stepping stone to their most successful fistic season since be fore the pre-war "Penn State golden boxing era:' REMINISCING The Western Maryland tussle will have special meaning for Drazenovich for it was last year against the Green Terrors that Continued on page four Chick Werner or Norman Gordon at the indoor track in Rec Hall any evening after 4 p. in. College To Host Gym Loop in '5O Penn State will play host to th e Eastern Intercollegiate Gym nastic League for its 1950 cham pionships. Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, is the newly-elected president of the league. Last year Penn State was the site of the National AAU Gym nastic championships and Olym pic gymnastic trials. S 4:. • almost entirely of new and un tried collegiate performers. While there are a handful of men who performed for Coach Bill Gutter on last year, just two Lions in the swimming events and one exper ienced diver can be classed as possible winners. The invading New York tem sports the same strong relay crew which came through with a wia in last year's meet won by the men from Cayuga, 52-23. Much trouble is expected hum Zern, Cornell's ace backstroke man who has recovered from the broken hand that kept him out of last year's Lion encounter. He has been posting ocesistentl* fast times. CORNELL STAB BACK The Big Red's outstan= sprinter, Hill, will also be to harry Lion mermen. Although a sprint man, Hill participated m the 220-yard swimming race last year. In the Blue and Whike ea Captain Bill Schildrnacher l 2l Cal Folsbee, number one dives, ar e the two most seasoned men on Gutteron's squad. Folsbee captured second place in the 1998 Eastern Intercollegiate tourna ment. Captain Schilchnacher is a sprint man and also competes in the 220-yard event and Ow four-man relay. The other man to join Foisbee on the required two-man diving team will be chosen from Sid Manes, Dick Hannah, and Body Valentino. FIVE BREASTSTROKERS Breaststroke competition is completely wide open at present- Gutteron has five raft front whom to choose for this event. Ralph Fritz, Walt Munhall, Bill Steiner, Ed Sweeten and, GA Goldstein are the aspirants for this event A vast improvement is expect ed in the backstroke event in which Penn State was weak last year. Rod Waters, Bob Conrad, John Bruckner and Jim Wood ward have improved fast since the beginning of the practice ses sions. According to Coach Gutteron, there will be room for 150 spec tators at the season's opener. Students need not show AA books at the door. Spectators will be seated on the pool floor and is the balcony which is being opened for the meets. 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