SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 194
Houckmen Seek Second Against Army;
Sophs Shine
. After' successfully lifting the cover of their '49 ring campaign with a 6-2 triumph over Western
Maryland, Coach Leo Houck's boxers have their mitts focused toward their second straight victory
when they tangle with Army's sluggin' Cadets at Rec Hall Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Black Knights from the Hudson come to the Nittany Valley with a .500 record, having
outpointing Michigan State in their opening meet by a 5-3 score and then dropping a 5 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 decision
to the Orange boxers . of Syracuse,
the Lion's ring opponent next
weekend.
The.loss of six lettermen makes
the Cadet boxing squad an "un
known quantity" at least until
the yearlings have proven them
selved competition. Outstand
ing performer of the Cadets is
Pete 'lVlonfore, a light-heavy who
last season was awarded the out
standing boxer trophy at the
Eastern Intercollegiates although
he- dropped a much disputed de
cision in the finals to Virginia's
Ralph Shoaf
HEAVYWEIGHT
Only other seasoned performer
to report to Herb Kroeten, suc
cessor to filly Cavanaugh at the
Army coaching helm, is heavy
weight Bill Kellum. Last ,season
the six-foot-three-inch Kellum
*as eliminated in the semi-finals
of the EIBA's and thus has not
met Drazenovich in the ring. He
is an all-around athlete, holding
down a first-string end position
on the Cadets' tmdefeated grid
machine last year.
At 125 pounds, Medon Bitzer
will represent the Cadets, while
Stanley Scott is slated to meet
the Lion's captain John Benglian
at 130 pounds. Thirdclassman Joe
Lafleur will enter the' squared
circle fighting in the 145 division.
165-POUNDER
Bob Keller, the Lions' hard
hitting 165-pounder, will sit this
week's fight out with a pulled
back muscle. Lanky Paul Smith
will fill his mitts battling Cadet
Tom Hastings at 165 pounds.
The Lions' sophomore slugging
duet of Lou Guthrie and Jim
Maloney will receive its second
test under fire by meeting John
Cunningham and Ken Herring in
the 135- and- 155-pound divisions,
respectively. There is a possibility
that 011ie Wallace may replace
Guthrie in the line-up.
Guthrie and Maloney, both
newcomers to Pen State boxing
wars, stole into the limelight last
Saturday in the Lions' 6-2 rout
over a much-outclassed Green
Terror mitt team.
GUTHRIE, MALONEY
Fighting at 135 pounds, Lou
Guthrie, a Wiliamsport battler,
kept weaving in and out with
cobra-like speed to easily outpoint
his opponent, while in the 155
class, Jim Maloney, an aggressive
ringster who believes offense is
the best defense, carried the fight
to his opponent to gain the nod
for the three-round battle.
More than 5500 mitt fans were
no more disappointed than was
the Lion's heavy, Chuck Drazeno
vich, when his revenge bout
against Joe Corletto was stopped
after the first round when one of
the Brownsville Bombarder's
blows inflicted a cut over' Corlet
to's eye. RIBA rules state that
any contest that is stopped before
the second round is declared a
draw although Drazenovich
copped the first round by a 10-9
margin.
CROWD PLEASER
The crowd pleaser of the even
ing 'came in the third round of
the Sheehe-Sieland struggle when
the 'Veteran Sheehe, using vicious
right uppercuts, apparently out
pointed his quickly tiring Terror
opponent, but Referee Di Fillippo
gave the , nod to Sieland in a dis
puted 'decision.
Lefty John Benglian copped
three easy. 10-8 rounds to com
pletely outclass his green oppon
ent with his lightning like left.
Fred Smith, replacing Dave Evans
Schoolboys
Penn State's 5500-seat Rec Hall
will be turned over to schoolboy
w r estling for the Bellefonte-
Clearfield duel Saturday, Febru
ary 20. The two schools, rivals
for the first time, both boast ex
tended winning streaks in Penn
sylvania competition.
Holimi3Oromin
ail-Pennsylvania east rep
resorts Penn State on thewrest-
Meg sob Does this sesson.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
hi 6-2 Opening Win
By Georg, Veda=
JACK SHEEHE
who injured his hand the day be
fore the fight, garnered the Lion's
first point of the evening by de
cisioning Torn Doolittle. At 165
pounds, Bob Keller, the Lion's
best conditioned ringman, corn
pletely smothered his apponent
into oblivion. Jack Bolger, last
season's jayvee heavyweight, was
held to a draw in a bitter dragout
battle.
Lion-Western Maryland
Boxing Summary
124 pounds—Smith, Penn State, deci
sinned Doolittle, 30-27.
130 pounds—fienglian, Penn State, deci.
sioned Mueller, 30-24.
186 pounds—Guthrie, Penn State, deci
sioned Lefew, "80-26.
146 pounds—Seiland, Western Maryland,
decisioned Sheehe. 30.28.
166 pounds—Maloney, Penn State,! deal
sioned Gerrit, 30-25.
166 pounds—Keller, Penn State, deci
sinned Kelly. 30-25.
176 pounds—Bolger, Penn State, and
Solomon, Western Maryland. draw, 30-30.
Heavyweight—Drazenovich, Penn State,
drew with Corleto, Western Maryland,
when bout was stopped at end of first
round.
Referee—V. J. DiFilippo, Newark, N. J
The Nittany Realm
A few years ago a small, sharp-featured ex-GI with a confident
but not cocky attitude had to make one of the most important deci
sions of his life; whether to play pro baseball or enter college.
Today, Joe Tocci, the ex-Navy man, is confident that he has made
the right choice. Adding more followers to the Tocci fan club every
time he treads the boards, "Little Joe," as he is dubbed, is making
Lion fans sit up and take notice by showing 'em how the pros do it.
DECISION
But the mighty mite from Ridgewood, N.Y., was still a long way
from Old Main's cloistered halls when he made his decision to enter
college in search of a physical education degree.
You'll have to credit Ed Wagner, then Athletic Director at Mo
hawk Junior College, with an assist for bringing the talented Queens'
athlete into the Lion fold. But
for Wagner's astute salesman
ship, Joe's name would at this
moment, in all likelihood, be
gracing one of the New York
College rosters.
His junior college term lasting
only two years, Tocci found him
self out in the cold after com
pleting his four semesters at
Mohawk. But already the big
time college Lorelei's were beck
oning him.
Rhode Island, Utica and Col
gate were all hot on his trail. In
fact, until Wagner, present grad
uate physical education instruc
tor at the College, lured the
Italian-descended playmaker to
Penn State, Carl Lawrence, Col
gate's basketball sachem, had
visions of Tocci coming into the
Red Raiders' camp.
What makes Joe such a stand
out? Oldtimers call it poise. His
iceberg attitude under pressure
is one of his standout qualifica
tions
Although not likely to come about in the near future, Tocci's
greatest ambition is to go back to his home town and play in Madison
Square Garden with a championship team, a dream which he is not
alone in holding. In his senior year in high school, Joe, white teeth
flashing, said he realized his biggest thrill when his team went to the
Garden while he cavorted with Grover Cleveland Hi in New York's
PSAL league .
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Being a native New Yorker and having the opportunity to judge
some of the best basketball players in the land, the swarthy ball
(Coatimted on pave teal
Lion Gymnasts
Face Spartans
In Opener
As if things aren't bad enough
for Coach Gene Wettstone's
gymnastic Lions, already rid
dled by losses through gradua
tion and to the armed forces,
schedule - makers seem to be
working overtime to make the
1949 gymnastic debut a bit
rough.
The Ni t t any gymnasts ate
scheduled to meet Michigan
State's Spartans at East Lansing.
Mich., Monday.
This forces the Wettstonemen
to open their season on foreign
soil right on the heels of the be
tween-semester layoffs—not the
most advantageous spot to inau
gurate a new season.
The trip to the Spartans' lair
made it necessary that the gym
nasts taking the journey cut
short their between-semester va
cation.
Michigan State is a new foe on
this year's gym card, a foe Wett
stone's charges did not encounter
as they romped through five op
ponents last year.
The Spartans, however, are not
being lightly considered. In an
ticipation of their opening meet,
the Nittanyites have been work
ing out daily on the Rec Hall ap
paratus and mats, hopeful of
making their 1949 curtain-raiser
a successful one.
BONSALL
Only two headliners, Bill Bon
sall, who placed second in NAAU
all-around competition, and Bill
Meade, last season's ace tumbler,
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By Ray Koehler
AMBITION
LAYOFF
One of the topnotch basketball players in the country, Ed
Stickel is enjoying a sensational year with the powerful Syracuse
five which invades State College Saturday. Stickel totaled 320
points last year when only a sophomore.
Tough Orange Matmen
Hinder Nittany Streak
The Nittany Lion wrestling team faces its toughest assignment
of the season Saturday night at Syracuse, N. Y. Its opposition is a
high-geared Syracuse University mat combination, loser of only one
dual meet. That loss was suffered at the hands of Franklin and
Marshall's power-laden outfit in an early season tangle.
The Orangemen are led by
Pascal Perri, defending cham
pion of the 165-pound class in
the EIWA, and Ken Hunte, re
nowned 155-pounder. Last year,
the Nittanies fought to a draw
with the Orange, 14-14.
The Lion grapplers left State
College this morning at 8:30 for
the Orange stronghold. Coach
Charlie' Speidel announced his
probable starting lineup before
the final practice yesterday after
noon. Injuries have beset the
Speidelmen this week, and Jim
Maurey, ace 145-pounder, will
not see action. In addition, a gap
must be filled in the 155-pound
division because of the gradua
tion of Grant Dixon on Monday.
REESE
Undefeated Johnny Reese will
be at his usual 421-pound post,
and will encounter rugged com
petition in Jim Fogarty. Jack
Dreibelbis will wrestle at 128
pounds and Al Fasnacht will go
against the Orange's outstanding
Joe Settani at 136 pounds.
Replacing the ailing Maurey
will be Larry Shalicross, who has
shown plenty of improvement
since the first practice sessions
began. Bill Santel, a new sopho
more, will have a man-sized job
on his hands when he meets Syr
acuse's Ken Hunte in the 155-
pound duel. Hunte's coach, Joe
McDaniels, calls him .a potential
Eastern champ.
Bob Hetrick will be at 165
pounds, but for the seco n d
straight week, he faces top-Right
competition. His foe at Syracuse
is Perri. Bob Markle makes his
second varsity appearance when
he meets Captain George Geb
hart, runnerup in the EIWA
tourney at 175 pounds in 1948.
BARR
• Homer B a r r, stalwart Lion
heavyweight, will seek his fourth
win when he squares off with
Fred Gunther, promising Syra
cuse sophomore.
Last S a t u r d a y, the Penn
Staters were white-hot as they
applied the skids to any hope
that the Army mat team had of
leading the Eastern Intercollegi
ate Wrestling Association by
cracking the Cadets under a
24-6 score before a capacity
crowd in Rec Hall. It was the
By Ed Watson
home opener for the Lions, and
their third straight victory.
The Black Knights from the
Hudson never stood a chance.
From the sound of the bell start
ing the 121-pound clash between
State's Johnny Reese and Joe
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Lion Cubs Cop
Second Victory
Penn State's Jayvee wrestling
team copped its second consecu
tive win of the season by coining
from behind to edge •a strong
Lock Haven Teachers College
squad. 18-14. Wednesday. The
meet was held in the Lock Haves
gym.
Wally Chambers, Lioa Cub
heavyweight, clinched the Mee4
for the Lion juniors when he
pinned the Eagles' Nava • in 4!.45
with a body press and revev
nelson.
Other fall winner s for the Blue
and White Jayvees were Mickey
Silverman and Johnny. Pekers,
165-pounder. Silverman: threw
Mock in 5:06. Using a crotch .tiord
half nelson, in the 155-pound
clash, while Peters tossed Kis
singer in 7:20. He was leading
by a 2-1 score when he touched
the Lock Havenite's shoulders: to
the mat with a bar arm and re
verse nelson.
Bucky Edinger wou his sec
ond Jayvee bout by decisioning
Haroptson, 3-2. Edinger scored
a takedown in the last period to
edge the T.C. grappler in the 13B
pound bout.
Lion Cub decision losers were
Kryder Mattern, Wally Maurer
and Carl Everett, while 121-
pound Bill Dux was the victim
of a first-period fall.
121 pound, -Iliceoy (IJII Waned Diaz ith
36 with ba.r arm and ehuncerv.
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Mattel n. 10-4.
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