FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1949
Boxers Attempt
Ring Comeback
Hoping to hop back on the victory bandwagon, Coach Houck's
varsity sluggers board the Pullmans tonight for their invasion of
East Lansing tomorrow.
The Lions, out to gain their third victory of the current boxing
campaign, meet a mediocre Michigan State ring unit whose big
bright spot is Chuck Davey, triple 135-pound NCAA champion. He
has yet to taste defeat in four
years of collegiate ring competi
tion.
Davey, a ring natural, is one of
five men ever to win a NCAA
title three times. He's gunning for
his fourth this year. His brother,
Bert, a sophomore, filled in at the
135 slot while Chuck moved up a
weight division. Both Daveys won
against DePaul three weeks ago
but a week later Bert suffered a
pair of broken legs and other in
juries at the hands of a hit-and
run driver and will be on the
shelf until next season at least.
' Last season's 112-pound NCAA
title winner, diminutive Ernie
Charboneau, is: another Spartan
standout. The little Frenchman
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ther-cbached team is one of
cautiously working the ball
around for the best chance of
making a shot. On the other
hand, fast - breaking means
trying to outrun the defense to
the other end of the floor.
(Penn State sometimes resorts
to a form of the latter when
there is a possibility of out
running the foe, viz. Wednes
day's American U. game in
which playmaker-forward Joe
Tocci several times streaked
the length of the floor, drib
bling through a mase of op
ponents.)
The argument between Law
therism and the fast break is
similar to that between the
single wing as Penn State stu
dents see it and the "T" in foot
ball. Whereas the Lion single
wing is methodical, eats up time,
has little razzle-dazzle, relies on
tremendous power, and is based
partly on keeping possession of
the ball, the "T" seeks quick
scores on long gains, which, in
effect means turning the ball over
to the opponent more frequently.
Lawther's sliding sone —in
which the players take fixed
positions, guard certain por
tions of the court and move as
a unit—has incited active pro
tests from opposing teams and
coaches.
Classic examples of this con
cern Pitt and Coach H. Clifford
"Doc" Carlson, who has ordered
his boys several times to "freeze"
the ball, regardless of the score,
in a last-ditch effort to pull the
Nittanymen out of their zone.
The first time this happened,
it resulted in a 5-2 score at
halftime. Then on a vote of
the players, Pitt resumed its
normal style of play in the
second half and lost, 32-13.
Another time Carlson staged a
similar protest which allowed
only five points to be scored in
the first half, with a final score
of Penn State 15, Pitt 12. All this
in an age of racehorse basketball.
From the Morg(ue)
Wisconsin boasts an all-time
boxing meet record of 15 wins
and one loss against Penn
State. . . . The Badgers' John
Lendenski, who decisioned
State's Paul Smith last week,
is a Pennsylvania boy, hailing
from Natrona. . . . Lendenski
was once awarded a trophy for
being adjudged Wisconsin's
"Fightin'est Fighter," to which
"PO" Smith—a fighter himself
—will attest. . . .
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By George Vedas:
Track Squad
To Compete
In IC4-A Meet
By Eliot Krane
For the first time since the Le
ginning of the indoor season in
January, Pehn State will be re
presented by an indoor squad
when it competes for the top col
legiate meet of the board track
season, the Intercollegiate 4-A at
New York Saturday.
Although Jim Gehrdes, gener
ally recognized as the nation's
top collegiate hurdler, will be
making his seventh appearance in
indoor meets and his fourth in
New York, the remainder of the
team will be making its, New
York debut Saturday.
Captain of the Nit t an y team
and defending two-mile cham
pion, Horace Ashenfelter, will at
tempt to make it two in a row in
the 1.C.4-A meet but competition
in the distance run will be stiff.
"Ash", who broke his foot in the
1.C.4-A cross-country meet last
fall. has been exercising since the
cast was removel.
Outstanding distance runners
like Bob Bla c k, Rhode Island,
Dick Church, Syracuse, Tom Ir
men, Michigan State and Armand
Osterberg, NYU, will attempt to
wrest the crown from Ashenfelt
er's head in one of the featured
events of the vening.
Gehrdes will have two running
mates in Bob Harrison and Bob
Hackman as "Jumpin' " Jim goes
after the title Harrison Dillard
held last year. Dillard has grad
uated but competition will be
keen from hurdlers like Bill Mit
chell, Georgetown, Paige Christ
enten, Michigan State and George
Sylvester, West Point. Gehrdes
has never lost to a collegiate
hurdler in his seven tests this
season and is expected to capture
the hurdle title in the meet Sat
urday.
Sprinter Wilbert Lancaster will
have his hands full in the col
legiate meet with two-time I.C.
4-A winner Joe Cianciabella
leading the opposition which 41-
eludes Ira Kaplan of N.Y.O and
possibly Lorenzo Wright of
Wayne.
Johnny St. Clair will run with
"Ash" in the two-mile, Vic Fritts
will compete in the high jump
and Doug Scherer will enter the
shot put competiti.on.
The Nittany mile relay team is
three-fourths complete with John
McCall, Paul Koch, Bill Lockhart,
but the fourth man is still to be
decided upon. George Kline, Ike
Evans, Mitch Williams, Bob Bour.
Jack Stevenson, Wally Schlegel
and a few other runsiers will
compete in a time,4eral to de
termine the fourth man on the
squad.
"Michigan State looks like the
probable winner of the 1.C.4-A
title," said Coach Chick Werner.
"They have good men in every
client and judging from their
times in the Michigan State Re
lays, they're really hot."
The Spartans cracked the dis
tance medley relay mark set last
year by Penn State at the Michi
gan State Relays. The foursome
of Mike Rogual, Bill Druetzler,
Bill Mack and Jack Di anett,
raced the quarter, half, three
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
"ASH"
LANCASTER
SPARTANS
Chuck Davey, Michigan
State 145-pounder, who is a
triple NCAA-crown winner.
Tickets Available
For High School
Wrestling Bouts
Students desiring to attend the
Bellefonte-Clearfield high school
wrestling meet in Rec Hall at 2
p.m. Saturday may purchase
tickets at the front window of
Rec Hall Saturday afternoon or
at the Commerce Club, 108 W.
College avenue, until Saturday
noon. Tickets are priced at 75
cents.
This meet will bring together
two of the top high school wres
tling teams of Central Pennsyl
vania. The Bellefonte Indians
have a string of 21 straight vic
tories while the Clearfield Bisons
have run their victories. to 37
straight. Bellefonte's string goes
back to 1947, while Clearfield's
has been intact since 1945.
Athletic Associaiton tickets are
not valid for this meet.
Ranks Ninth
Pitt's basketball squad, whech
split even in two games this year
with Penn State, ranks eighth in
the country in percentage of field
go al attempts completed. The
Panthers tried 916 and made 332
for an average of .362.
quarter and mile distances in
10:13.5, while Penn State's squad
composed of Ike Evans, Bill Shu
man, Horace Ashenfelter and
Jerry Karver covered the dis
tance in 10:20.3.
Penn State did not compete in
the Relays this year since they
conflicted with the Boston A.A.
meet.
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Gymnasts Face
Midshipmen
At Annapolis
Lions Seek Second
Victory of Season
By'Red Roth
Determined to salvage a rem
nant of glory from the 1949 sea
son, the Nittany Lion gym team
will entrain today for Annapolis,
Md., and a dual meet with the
Middies tomorrow.
If the Lions are to achieve an
Eastern Conference win this year,
tomorrow's tilt will probably be
their last opportunity. Next Sat
urday the Nittanyites tangle with
undefeated Temple, rated the
strongest gym combine in the East,
and Coach Gene Wettstone's boys
are given little chance to upset the
Owls.
Like the Lions, the, sailors have
found the competition in Eastern
Intercollegiate gym circles a little
too rough this year.
TRIUMPHS
Although the gymnasts from the
Naval Academy can boast of three
triumphs, none of them have been
registered against conference foes.
In its only two meetings with
league opposition the Navy team
has wound up on the losing side
both times. On February 5 they
bowed to Syracuse, the team that
snapped the Blue and White's 13-
meet winning skein, and last Sat
urday dropped a dual meet to
Temple.
Despite their mediocre record,
the Middies can count on the serv
ices of two of the finest gym per
formers in the East in the persons
of Captain Roy Grayson and Mary
"Chimp" Schenker.
CONTENDER
Grayson, who placed third in
Eastern Intercollegiate *c ompet i
tion on the side horse last year, is
this year's leading contender for!
top side horse honors. Schenker
is the outstanding performer of
Coach Chet Phillips' squad.
Only a second classman at the
Academy, he last year annexed
the Eastern Intercollegiate rope
climbing championship and a
fourth in the National Champion
ships.
The rope climb, which has been
bad news for Coach Gene Wett
stone and his team all year, will
not be brightened any if past per
formances of the Navy squad are
any indication.
In addition to Schenker, the
Middies are represented by John
Green, who has already shot up
the hemp in 4.3 seconds. That time
is two-tenths of a second faster
than the best time recorded by a
Penn State performer.
BONSALL
Bill Bonsall, Nit tany captain,
should give the Wettstonemen an
edge in his two specialties, the fly
ing rings and the horizontal bar.
Sophomore Rudy Valentino and
Bill Meade, two of the finest tum
blers in the East, are good bets to
finish one - two in the tumbling
competition.
Meade, along with Mike Ku
rowski, will also be a threat to
naval supremacy on the parallel
bars. Grayson is favored to take
top honors in the side horse.
The Lion gymnasts, already
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