WIIRRIMDAY, MARCH 16, 1949
74 Grid Lettermen, Hopefuls
Turn Out for Spring Drills
Despite icy winds and snow flurries whipping across the football
practice field, 74 lettermen, jayvees, scrubs and hopefuls turned out
yesterday afternoon for the second day of "spring" practice.
Some of the gridders who will be seniors next year have taken
Coach Joe Bedenk's advice and will try out for baseball or track
this spring. These lettermen will run through signal drills from 5:30
to 6 p.m. for their football prac
tice.
Assistant Coach Earle Edwards,
aided by Al Michaels and Jim o'-
Hors, instructed some of the re
cruits in a few of the basic Nit
tany plays.
COLD
While the newcomers were
learning the fundamentals, some
of the returning juniors organized
a touch football game to stave off
the biting cold.
Although yesterday's drills were
just the second workouts of
spring practice, the squad wore
full equipment. No contact work
was on last night's agenda, but
Coach Bedenk expects to have
the gridders blocking and tack
ling by the end of the week,.
Two practice games, the first
with Duquesne and the second
with Bucknell, wil be held toward
the end of the five-week practice
period.
CANDIDATES
Men who have been issued uni
forms for opening practice are:
Bob Hicks, Dalton Rumberger,
Dan Kline, Jack Storer, Lloyd
Amprim, John Smidansky, Bill
Durkin, Bill 'Brown, Mark Bor
land, Negley Norton, Don Mur
ray, Bob Ross, Norman Erickson,
Charles Godlasky, Tony Shums
kas, Tom McDermott.
Joe Drazenovich, Paul Kelly,
Fred Felbaum, Joe Sarabok, Pete
Chiesa, Val Troy, Bill Mathers,
Chuck Beatty, Ray Hedderick,
Ken Bunn, Al Peluse.
Jack Miller, Owen Dougherty,
Tony Orsini, Bob Harter, Chuck
Drazenovich, Charles Murray,
Jack Murray, Fran Rogel, Clar
ence "Pete" Gorinski, Herbert
Kurtz, Fran Smutney, Bill Luth
er, Vince O'Hara, John Chuckran,
Tony Pileggi.
George Jacobs, Cal DiValerio,
700 Compete in IM Volleyball
118 Teams Vie for Titles
Penn State's huge 1949 intramural volleyball program got under
way last week in Rec Hall as 24 fraternity teams battled in open
ing matches.
Eugene Bischoff, intramural director, has announced that
approximately 700 men are competing in the 23-league program
which Will run until April 11, opening date of the championship
playoffs.
Fraternities have entered 85
teams in their 17 leagues, while
the six independent leagues have
a total of 33 squads in action in
six circuits. Exclusive of play
offs, the schedule calls for 260
matches.
With contests slated for every
40 minutes from 7 to 10 p.m., 12
matches can be held every night,
except Saturday and Sunday, on
the three courts. Each team, to
be victorious, must win the best
out of three games. Each game
must be decided by a margin of
at least two points.
OPENERS
In opening matches March 8,
Kappa Delta Rho-A trounced AL
pica Phi Delta, 15-2, 15-2; Delta
Upsilon-A walloped Phi Kappa-A
twice by 15-0 scores; Sigma Chi-
A defeated Sigma Phi Epsilon-A,
15-10, 15-3; Alpha Chi Rho-A
won over Alpha Gamma Rho-A,
15-8, 15-12.
Beta Theta Pi-A took 16-4, and 15-11
matches from Sigma Pl-A, which managed
to take one tilt, 16-14; Pi Kappa Phi-A
trimmed Alpha Tali Omega-A, 15-10 and
16-5; Delta Sigma Phi forfeited to Chi
Phi-A; Delta Tan Delta-A defeated Delta
Theta Sigma, 15-11 and 15-10.
Triangle lost to Phi Sigma Kappa-A,
16-8 and 16-5; Tau Kappa Epsilon-A won
SPECIAL
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Lawther Selects
NCAA Entrant
John La wth e r, recently-re
signed Penn State basketball
coach, fulfilled one of the last
official cage duties last week
when, along with Lou Andreas
of Syracuse and Frank Cappon
of Princeton, he chose Villanova
as the NCAA District 2 tourna
ment entry.
Immediately following the
Wildcats' 65-57 win over George
town, Andreas, chairman of the
selection committee, submitted
Villanova's name as the board's
choice.
Lawther said that the choice
had lain between Duquesne and
Villanova, but the Wildcats' tri
umph clinched the tourney bid
which opens next Monday at
Madison Square Garden.
Paced by their high-scoring
center who tabbed 25 points the
first half, Villanova rolled to its
twenty-second win against only
three losses.
Jack Strucker, Lincoln Van Sick
le, Charles Shenot, Al Spinner,
William Barber, Tom Reese, John
Young, Charles Wilson, Kick
Koerber.
James Connell, George Wil
liamson, William Porter, James
Brown, William Lendo, Cyril
Troyon, Charles Koester, Frank
Moritz, Michael Rubino, Guy De-
Rasmo, Ray Seevers, Richard Kep
ner, Charles Correly, John Sei
decki, Pat McPoland, Henry
Steward, Nick Seandale, John
Elwood, Edward Sandini, Rich
ard Mengle, James Shaffer.
over Beta Sigma Rho-A, 15-4 and 15-9;
Phi Kappa Psi-A scored 15-4 and 15-3 wins
over Tau Phi Delta besides dropping a 15.-
13 tilt ; Theta Kappa Phi-A took over
Sigma Phi Alpha, 15-10 and 15-7.
INDEPENDENTS
Independent games last Wednesday were
featured by the Spiker? 15-1 and 15-3
victories over Matilda Chi; 15-14 and 15-13
wins for the Directors over Mines; and
the Exers' 16-19 and 16-11 triumphs over
Ceramics.
The Torpedoes defeated the Sea Lions,
15-11 and 15-12, in addition to losing a
15-5 contest; Depth Charges forfeited to
Sword Fishes; Ridge Runners defeated
Broken Hearts, 15-13 and 15-6; Nittnny
Co-op walloped Atherton Hall Men, 15-6
and 15-8.
Miners dropped twin 15-10 decisions to
Red Flaahes; Bachelors won over Dorm
10, 15-9, before losing out, 15-13 and 16-
14: Joe Does trimmed Dorm 37. 15-8 and
16-12; Woodchoppers tok 16-14 and 15-13
decisions from Ale and Quail Hotel Greet
era defeated Century Boys, 15-11 and 15-8,
besides losing a 15-10 match.
THURSDAY
Pi Lambda Phi-A defeated Alpha Epsil
on Pi-A, 15-13 and 15-11; Alpha Zeta-A
walloped Pi Kappa Alpha-A, 15-2 and
15-2 Sigma Nu-A trimmed Sigma Phi
Sigma-A, 15-1 and 16-6 ; Sigma Alpha Ep
silon-A took over Sigma Alpha, 15-5 and
15-9.
Theta Chi-A lost to Phi Kappa Tau-A,
16-6 and 16-4; Phi Kappa Sigma-A won
from Phi Gamma Delta-A, 17-15 and 16-5;
Theta Chi-11 defeated Theta Xi-A, 16-4 and
17-16 ; Phi Ep , ilon Pi-B trimmed Delta
Higgins Announces
)aughter'sWedding
To Steve Suhey
There's another All-America in
the Higgins family today.
Bob Higgins, who resigned Sat
urday as Penn State head football
coach, yesterday announced the
marriage of his daughter, Virgin
ia, to Stev e Suhey, of Cazenovia,
N. Y., a guard on the Pittsburgh
Steelcr pro team.
Suhey r,-.!.s named to Collier's
and Associated Press' All-Amer
icas in 1947 awhen he was a mem
ber of Higgins' unbeaten Nittany
football team. Higgins wa s an
All-America end, himself, on
Walter Camp's 1919 selections.
Suhey is now atending th e Col
lege between pfb football seasons.
The Nittany Realm
"We could have had the best wrestling team in the East if
things hadn't happened," said Charlie Speidel, veteran Nittany mat
mentor, during practice one day.
"Doc" Speidel was referring to the many mishaps that had
occurred within the team's ranks during the season just completed.
Undoubtedly the hardest blow struck at the fortunes of the
Lion grapplers was the loss of Jim Maurey, ace 145-pounder, whose
injured knee broke up the Blue and White's "Pin Pair."
Combining with Maurey as the other half of the "Pair" was
unbeaten Homer Barr, heavyweight. Until Maurey was injured, the
two ex - Clearfielders had each
racked up three straight fall
wins.
Maurey and Barr both began
their mat careers under the tute
lage of Art Weiss at Clearfield
high school, long a schoolboy
wrestling stronghold, and each
of them copped a PIAA title in
their senior schoolboy year.
Barr captured the 185-pound
diadem in 1943, his only year of
high school wrestling, while
Maurey snagged the champion
ship of the 138-pound class in
1945.
Jim, who lost to Navy's John
Fletcher in the finals of the 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling
Association tournament, seemed to have clear sailing toward the
145-pound title this year until his knee was hurt.
Last year, Maurey won six of seven dual meet bouts—four by
falls—and suffered his only loss to Fletcher, EIWA champion and
NCAA second-placer.
, In his freshman year at Lock Haven Teachers, Maurey won ten
straight bouts by fall, and was winner of the State Teachers Col
lege 155-pound crown. He climaxed that season by earning the 145-
pound title at the Interstate Invitational Tournament in Cleveland.
Jim had an operation performed on his knee late in February
and until last week, entertained high hopes of seeing action in the
past weekend's Easterns.
Homer, blond Nittany heavy, finished his first year of collegiate
competition with a log of eleven consecutive victories, including the
EIWA heavyweight crown. Seven of his triumphs were achieved
by pins.
The undefeated Lion matman thinks that Don Berndt of Lehigh
was his stiffest competition this season. Barr decisioned Berndt by
a 7-1 score.
"But," he said, "Clark of Cornell seemed - to be pretty good. I
pinned him the first time, but I don't know whether I can do it
again."
Homer "prepped" for collegiate mat wars by holding down the
heavyweight berth on a strong Clearfield YMCA wrestling aggrega
tion for three years. He placed third in the National AAU run-off
in 1948.
Ranking as the prime favorite in the heavyweight class, Homer
encountered little trouble at the EIWA tourney last weekend and
trounced Lehigh's Gus LaSasso, whom Barr did not meet during
the season, in the finals.
Lion mat fans are looking forward with anticipation to next
year. By then, Maurey's ailing knee should be in top shape, and
once again, the Blue and White "Pin Pair" can roll in high gear.
Chi-B, 15-8 and 15-13, with the losers win
ning once, 15-12.
Sigma Chi-B won two out of three from
Zeta Beta Tau-B, taking 15-5 and 15-4 de
cisions while losing once, 16-13; Kappa
Delta Rho-B defeated Pi Kappa Alpha-B,
15-10 and 15-8; Phi Kappa Sigma won two
from Phi Kappa Psi-li, applitting 15-10
tilts and winning the other, 15-0; Lambda
Chi Alpha-B trimmed Theta Xi-B, 15-9 and
15-0, in spite of losing one tilt, 15-9.
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Houck Expects to Enter
3 Nittany Boxers in NCAA
Names of three Lion boxers were submitted by Coach Leo
Houck to the National Collegiate Athletic Association for approval
for the NCAA boxing championships to be staged at Michigan State
April 7-9.
Heading the Lions' entry list is this year's captain and former
EIBA 127-pound champ, John Benglian. Names of Penn State's
Lions in Command
Two former Penn State athletes
are in command of varsity teams
at the University of Illinois' Navy
Pier':n Chicago. Harold Frey, of
Lehighton, is in his sccond year
as coach of the Navy Pier Gym
nasts, while Jackie Tighe, of
Scranton, is in his first year as
athletic trainer and boxing coach.
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165- and 175 pounders, Paul
Smith and Jack Bolger, respec
tively, were also submitted for
approval. All three ringsters
were runner-ups to titleholders in
the recent EIBA championships
staged at Rec Hal].
The Blue and White's lone East
ern crown wearer, two-time
heavyweight champ, Chuck Dra
zenovich by-passed his chance to
compete in the Nationals.
"I am planning to go out for
the track team to throw the shot
put and besides that I'll be busy
with spring football drills," the
Draz commented last night, "to
top It all off I have to keep up my
school work so I don't think I'll
be able to compete in the NCAA's
this year."
Last year, for similar reasons,
the Lion heavyweight turned
down a bid to compete in the
championships held at Wisconsin.
Benglian, after winning four
straight at the outset of this sea
son, found the homestretch tough
a s he dropped two much-contest
ed decisions to the current EIBA
titlist in the 130-pound class, Al
Hollingsworth of Virginia. Ben
glian's record for the year stands
at five wins, two losses and one
draw.
Last year he was the only Lion
representative to go to the NCAA
tournament. After advancing to
the semi-finals, h e lost a deci
sion to Badger Jim Sreeran.
Bolger, a jayvee performer last
season, was one of the most im
proved men on the Houck squad
this year. The hard-hitting 175-
pounder pounded out four wins,
one draw and two losses, both of
the losses to the present Eastern
champion, Pet e Monfore of Army.
Smith compiled the best record
of any Lion contestant th,s year
by winning six of eight contests.
He'll battle in the 165 weight di-.
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