FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949
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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.
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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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