?AGE FOUR
110 Trackmen
Answer Call
For Cinder Drill
Wernermen Face
Tough Schedule
With the first meet less than
one month away, 110 candidates
tor the Penn State track team be
gan outdoor practice on New
Beaver field this week.
Many of the candidates are in-
experienced sophomores and
Coach Chick Werner and Assist
ant Coach Norman Gordon are
faced with a huge task in their
attempt to build a team to face
the schedule ahead, one of the
toughest in years.
As a nucleus around which to
mold, however, the coaches have
such veterans as Jim Gehrdes,
Bob Harrison and Steve Segal in
the hurdles department, Wil
1 Lancaster and George Thomas in
the sprints, and Horace Ashen
felter, John Bates, Bob Bour, Bob
Auman, Mitch Williams, and
Paul Koch in the middle distance
and distance events.
FIELD
In the field events the picture
is less rosy. The coaches have
but five veteran s returning—
Keith Shearer, shot put; Buck
Moyer, discus and shot; Bill Rey
nolds, high jump and broad
jump; Wil Lancaster, broad jump.
and Larry Gerwig, javelin.
"Most of our boys are either
seniors or sophomores," Assist
ant Coach Gordon said in dis
cussing the team. "There are few
juniors on _the squad. The soph
omores are largely inexperienced,
many being at centers last year
which had no track teams. The
lack of freshmen on campus also
makes it difficult to build a
team."
The Lions will open their sea
son April 23 at Annapolis in a
triangular meet with Navy and
Penn. The following weekend
the team travels to Philadelphia
for the Penn Relays and the week
after to Hamilton, New York, for
a dual meet with Colgate.
AT HOME
At home the next two weeks,
the Lions face two of the na
tion's top teams. May 14 Michi
gan State, intercollegiate cham
pion, will furnish the opposition,
and May 21 the Irish of Notre
Dame, Central states champ, will
invade the Nittany mountains to
battle the Lions.
The 1.C.4-A meet in New York
City the following weekend will
complete the schedule.
Besides the veterans already
mentioned, Coaches Werner and
Gordon will have the following
candidates from whom to choose
their team: Howard Anderson,
Donald Ashen felter, William
Ashenfelter, Fred Attinger, Steve
Barges, Clyde Bastian, Charles
Beatty, Wilson Bertrum, Steve
Blumenthal, Harold Borck, Sas
Borowy, Paul Bush, Rea Car-
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Silberman Twice Spills Tkac
For IF Handball Championship
Milt Silberman became the new independent hnill
champion by gaining a victory Tuesday night over Al Tkac by
21-15, 21-7 scores. Silberman had earlier beaten Herb itossinan
enter the finals, while Tkac defeated John Minarovich, 21-13, 21-3,
in his semi-final match.
In fraternity preliminary flights, 13 men completed competition
undefeated and will now play in
a championship flight to deter
mine the fraternity champion.
SEMI-FINALS
In semi-final matches, Ray
Ulinski, Kappa Delta Rho, won
over Harry Nelson, Alpha Sigma
Phi, 21-10, 21-3; Tom Smith, Del
ta Upsilon, beat Ernie Lieblein,
Lambda Chi Alpha, 21-7, 21-11;
Joe Tocci, Alpha Chi Rho, de
feated Norm Restaine, Tau Kappa
Phi, 21-11, 6-21, 21-12; John
Woche, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
beat Marty Costa, Delta Sigma
Phi, 21-11, 21-10; Hal Wausat,
Sigma Pi, won over George Bear
er, Alpha Tau Omega, 21-18, 21-
14
SNYDER
Duane Snyder, Tau Kappa Ep
silon, beat John Hayes, 21-14, 21-
20; Vane Henry, Phi Gamma Del
ta, conquered Dave Jones, Alpha
Chi Sigma, 21-8, 21-8; Fran Ro
gel, Kappa Delta Rho, defeated
12 Gymnasts
Earn Letters
Twelve Nittany Lion gymnasts,
three of them seniors, and the
head manager earned varsity let
ters during the 1949 gymnastic
season.
George Schautz, Athletic Asso
ciation vice-president, in an
nouncing the names of the letter
winners, also announced that
Robert Anderson was elected head
manager of the 1950 gym squad.
LETTER-WINNERS
Captain Bill Bonsall, Dave Ben
ner, Al Christie, Jesse Fehl, Bill
Hamel, Charles Kalbfus, Mike
Kurowski, Wendell "Fuzzy" Lo
mady, Bill Meade, Joe Mirenzi, Al
Postich, Bob Sankey, (head
manager) and Rudy Valentino
were Coach Gene Wettstone's let
ter-winners this year.
In addition, Bonsall, Lornady,
Meade and Sankey were cited
for senior awards.
Other managerships were
awarded to Bill Morriss and Mil
ton Thrasher, associates; and Bob
Fast, Bob Sharetts, and Jack Wet
zel, first assistants for next sea
son.
COMMITTEE
Members of the gymnastic ex
ecutive committee which selects
the letter-winners and head man
ager are Coach Wettstone; Har
old Gilbert, graduate manager of
athletics; Bill Bonsall, team cap
tain; Head Manager Sankey, and
AA Vice-President Schautz, who
voted in place of Joe Colone, AA
President, now practice teaching.
First assistant managers are
elected by retiring first assistants.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVArIA
Bill Wilhelm, Tau Kappa Epsilon,
21-14, 21-10; Bob DierufT, Aca
cia, downed Hagop Terzagian, Al
pha Chi Rho, 21-12, 21-13, Art
Oberg, Pi Kappa Alpha, bested
Dave Harman, Lambda Chi Al
pha, 21-13, 21-14; Bill Brinker,
Sigma Nu, beat Tony Orsini, Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, 21-6, 21-9; John
Frasinelli and Al Fessler won in
forfeits.
In order of flights, the final
results follow: Smith downed
Ulinski, 19-21, 21-5, 21-14; Tocci
beat Fessler, 14-21, 21-12, 21-12;
Woche took over Wausat, 21-7,
21-6; Snyder won over Bill Aik
en, Phi Delta Theta, 21-15, 21-13;
Bob Kolarik, Lambda Chi Alpha,
won by forfeit; Jim Geherdes, Phi
Delta Theta, was beaten by Mar
vin Goldenberg, Pi Lambda Phi,
21-5, 21-15.
George Freeman, Phi Kappa
Tau, downed John Finley, Sigma
Pi, 21-13, 21-12; Art Schneider,
Zeta Beta Tau, trounce r l Larry
DiGirolamo, Alpha Phi Delta, 21-
0, 21-1; John McHugh, Phi Kap
pa Sigma, won from Ward, Tau
Kappa Phi, 21-20, 21-14; Jerry
Wolf, Alpha Epsilon Pi, beat Au
brey Mcllvaine, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon, 21-14, 21-20; Henry bested
Rogel, 21-14, 21-10; Oberg won
from Dieruff, 21-2, 21-6; Frasin
elli defeated Brinker 21-9, 21-6.
AA Lists Mat
Letter Winners
George Schautz, vice-president
of the Athletic Association, has
listed 'l4 wrestling letter winners
for the 1949 season.
Four seniors, including Grant
Dixon, Bob Hetrick, Captain
Schautz and Bob Witman, mana
ger, were named to receive var
sity mongorams.
Don Arbuckle, Homer Barr, Bill
Corman, Jack Dreibelbis, Al Fas
nacht, Bob Marine, Jim Maurey.
John Reese, Bill Santel and Larry
Shallcross are other recipients.
In addition, Dixon, Hetrick,
Schautz, Witman and Cryder Mat
tern earned senior awards.
Fred Auch was selected mana
ger for the 1950 season, while
Louis Epstein will serve as his
associate. Hubert Axfort, Robert
Busch and Frank McKean were
appointed as first assistants, with
David Crum and Allen Golden
berg chosen as first alternates.
Voting members of the execu
tive committee on wrestling,
which designated the letter and
award winners, are Harold "Ike"
Gilbert, graduate manager of
athletics, Coach Charlie Speidel,
Schautz, who is both wrestling
captain and vice-president of the
AA, and Witman, retiring manag
er.
Runner-up Back
_ .
Sigma Pi's Jay Jensen defeated
George Kurtz, Lambda Chi Al
pha, in the IM wrestling finals,
135-pound class, last season.
Kurtz wrestled in the same class
this year.
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Boxing Captain . . .
Drazenovich,
McGrory Head
1950 Teams
Idol of Nittay football and
boxing fans, two-time Eastern In
tercollegiate heavyweight boxing
champ Chuck Drazenovich wa.
elected to captain the 1950 edi
tion of the Penn State ring team
at the annual boxing banquet [t
the State College Hotel last night.
At the same time the varsity
swimmers cast their ballots for
John McGrory. The Hazleton
merman will captain next year's
swim unit.
RING DEBUT
Drazenovich, often called the
"Brownsville Bombarder" made
his Nittany ring debut last year
by winning six straight after
dropping his inaugural bout. He
was Penn State's lone winner at
the Eastern Intercollegiates at
Charlottesville.
This year, the 210-pound, six
foot one-inch ring giant found
the ring wars a little more per
plexing. He drew his first two
dual-meets and then dropped
three decisions before winning at
Virginia.
He entered the EIBA's at Rec
Hall as an underdog, but the
hard-hitting Draz came back with
flying colors by decisioning
Army's Bill Kellum and Syra
cuse's Marty Crandell to cop the
Eastern heavyweight crown for
the second consecutive time.
During football season Drazen
ovich is number one blocking back
on the Lion grid machine while
this Spring he had planned to go
out for the track team. Recently
he cut his hand on a window pane
and therefore will be out of the
athletic picture for a few weeks.
McGRORY
A senior next year, John Mc-
Grory was elected by this year's
swimming letter-winners to head
the 1950 Gutteron crew.
"John is very dependable."
commented Coach Gutteron, "I
switched him into different events
and he always came through, es
pecially in the Pitt meet."
McGrory, originally a 220-yard
er, was switched to perform in
the 100-yard dash and the 440. He
also swam with the relay team to
give the mermen better all around
strength.
Wrestling Again
Fred - Shihadeh, Phi Kappa S;g
me 128-pound 1948 intramural
wrestling champion, wrestled at
135-pounds this season. His run
ner-up last season was Ted Holly,
Kappa Sigma.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1949
Between
• The
Lions
Lions PliNlii"‘
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by Tom Morgan
SPORTS EDITOR
The Wildcat '
Mike Rubino, the wrestling
wildcat of the intramural mat
tournament just •finished, would
have been varsity material this
past season had he not been a
transfer student.
Varsity Coach Charlie Spei
del rates Rubino, 175 - pound
IM champ, a crackerjack per
former. Says Charlie:
"He's a little R o gel— he's
rough and gives anybody a
hard time on the mats. Al
though he's new at Penn State
and has to put in a year before
he's eligible, it looks like we
missed something this season
on the varsity team. He'd have
been a wonderful addition to
our squ ad in one of two
weights, 165 or 175."
On Lawther
Although many fans were not
particularly wild about the type
of basketball Coach John Law
ther taught in his 13 years as
State skipper, his fellow coaches
recognized him as one of the
greatest defensive tutors in bas
ketball.
To begin to appreciate his
basketball genius, one has only
to lift the veil that has con
cealed some of the difficulties
under which he worked.
Basketball has never been a
"big time" sport at Penn State.
Furthermore, the fact that one
building, Rec Hall, is forced to
shelter all the men's athletic en
deavors has many times allowed
varsity basketball team practice
sessions that were picayunish
compared with those of scheduled
opponents.
Because the Nittany basket
ball player "receives" nothing
but his meals during the sea
son, Penn State cannot hope to
compete—in caliber of person
nel—with certain other schools
that "provide for their boys" in
some fash i o n. Yet Lawther
sported an outstanding '4l-'42
team that competed in the
I'ICAA tourney.
Furthermore, he won 62 per
cent of his games at State, using
boys who were perhaps not the
best available basketball players
on campus but who surely pos
sessed a quality called deter
mination . . . this 62 per cent
while playing perennially teams
like Syracuse, West Virginia, Col
gate, Georgetown and Temple.
Although not blessed with
the best material, from the boys
who reported each year Law
ther was usually able to mold a
respectable outfit. Lawther rel
ished beating the best oppo
nents more than he did just
winning. Even with a losing
team, he managed to surprise
one or two top foes each year.
This season it was Syracuse
that felt the ax.
An even better example Was
last year's tiff with West Vir
ginia. The Lawthermen finished
the season with a mark of nine
wins and ten losses, while West
Virginia blasted 17 of 20 foes.
Yet Lawther inflicted a 50-46
blow on the Mountaineers.
As the Williamsport Gazette
described it: "... The game was
played at State College, and
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