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by Tom Morgan
SPORTS EDITOR
From the Mail Bag
In a recent issue of the Daily
Collegian we bewailed the fact
that Penn and Penn State do
not meet annually on the foot
ball gridiron, and that there is
no immediate came in sight
between the two.
Following is a letter on the
subject, received from a Penn
student:
• "Dear Tom: I should like to
make a comment or two on
your column in which you de
plored the fact that Penn and
Penn State do not have an an
nual gridiron rivalry.
"There seems to be some ques
tion in your mind as to what
Penn's football policy is. Actu
ally, it is not an inscrutable mys
tery as you make it out to be.
'Penn, as an Ivy League
school, maintains athletic rela
tionships with other Ivy League
schools. These ancient rivalries,
encrusted in Ivy League tradi
tion. are of long standing, and
many of them have become tra
ditional with, the school. So it
is natural that Ivy League
teams should be prominent on
Penn's football slate each year.
"In addition, Penn traditionally
plays each of the two service
academies. In fact, Navy Week
end, one of the most important on
our social calendar, is built
around the Penn - Navy game.
These teams, plus one or two
inter-regional or inter-sectional
teams, comprise Penn's gridiron
schedule each year.
"Many of us here at Penn
would like to see more frequent
encounters with Penn State,
and we hope that such will be
possible in the near future.
However, I do not know what
you mean by your statement
that Penn puts a deep cleat
wound in any suggestions on
our football scheduling,' unless
it means that we have refused
to sever older, traditional con
nections.
Sincerely,
Cyril Canterman,
U. of Penn Dorms,
Philadelphia 4, Pa."
Space does not permit us to
reply fully here to Mr. Canter
man's letter. We shall do so to
morrow.
From the Morg(ue)
Harold "Dutch" Elicker, a top
Lion wingback prospect early last
fall till a knee injury felled him,
is now in the army at Fort Knox,
Ky. . . . As a freshman at Cali
fornia State Teachers College,
"Dutch" made the first eleven on
an undefeated squad and, as
such, was a prime blocker for a
plunging fullback named Rogel.
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Benglian, Smith, Bolger Vie
In NCAkßoxing Tourney
Three Penn State boxers--John Benglian, Paul Smith and Jack
Bolger—and their coach, Leo Houck, will take Horace Greeley's
advice and "Go West," to compete in the National Collegiate Box
ing tournament at Michigan State, tomorrow through Saturday.
The trio of sluggers, who consistently turned in winning per
formances for the Lion mitt aggregation, entrained at Altoona last
night for the trek to East Lansing.
Of the three ringmen, Lion cap
tain Johnny Benglian is the only
one with previous NCAA tourney
experience. Last year the south
paw boxer advanced into the
semi-final round of competition
at the tournament at Wisconsin.
JOHN BENGLIAN
Benglian, an Eastern Intercol
legiate titlist at 127 pounds in
1946, is given a good chance by
Houck, to cop a National crown
for the Lions. A three-year ring
veteran, Benglian graduates this
June.
Smith, State 165-pounder, and
Bolger, 175-pound contestant, will
taste their first competition
against National collegiate stand
outs. This duo of sluggers were
consistent point-getters for Coach
Houck all season.
The strongest field since pre
war years is expected to be en
tered in the 12th annual NCAA
boxing tourney. No less than five
defending champions and a 1947-
titlist are to be on hand.
' • TITLE THREATS
Team title threats will come
from every part of the country.
Rating title chances are San Jose
College, the Pacific Coast stand
out; Syracuse, newly crowned
Eastern champ; Louisiana State,
the class of the deep South; Wis
consin, last year's champ, and
Michigan State, last year's run
nerup, from the Mid-west; Mary
land, Virginia and Penn State
from the Easters seaboard.
RETURNING CHAMPS
Individual champions due back
again are Ernie Charboneau,
Michigan State 112-pound king,
who this year will go at 125-
pounds; Steve Gremban, Wiscon
sin 119-pound champ, who'll also
go at 125-pounds.
Chuck Davey, Michigan State's
three-time champ, who will be in
th e 145 weight division; Don
Dickinson, Wisconsin's 147-pound
titlist, who will also be active at
145 - pounds this year, and Herb
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A field of approximately 75
hand-picked contestants, eight to
ten in each weight class, was cer
tified for NCAA competition on
the basis of their winning records
this season.
Bedenk Eyes Diamond Opener,
Grooms Miller for Slab Job
Cy Miller, elongated right-hander, looms as Coach Joe Bedenk's
first-ranking hurler as the Penn State diamondmen prepare for the
baseball curtain-raiser with Temple next Wednesday. Miller, one of
the five returning lettermen, owned a 4-and-1 record last season.
Other potential starting twirlers are Al Tkac, Jim Masticola,
Bill Bair and Warren "Lefty" Travers. Tkac, regular right fielder in
1948, Masticola and Bair are all
right-handers, while Tr avers
lives up to his nickname by fling-,
ing from the port side.
Coach Bedenk will probably
carry three catchers on the trav
eling squad this season. Clarence
Buss, Dick Ford and Jack Kurty
head the catching candidates, but
the number-one backstop spot is
still a question mark.
Bill Hill, Bill Benyish, Joe Kel
vington, Jim Townsend, Bill
Brown and Arnie Jurin rank
closely behind the first five pitch
ers,
Following the Temple encoun
ter, the Bedenkmen challenge
Swarthmore and Pennsylvania on
successive days. All three con
tests are on visiting fields.
Pitchin' Star
Chuck Medlar, athletic trainer
for the College, pitched a 2-hit,
10-2 win over Western Maryland
in 1939. Medlar was a sophomore
at the time.
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IM Entries
Teams and players entered in
handball doubles and badmin
ton singles should report to the
Intramural office immediately
if they have not yet received
their schedules for the sports.
The schedules were mailed
out yesterday, reported Gene
Bischoff, IM director , and
should be in the hands of team
managers already.
Badminton competition be
gins at 7 p.m. tonight with
handball joining that activity in
the spotlight tomorrow at the
same time.
Jeffrey Speaks
Penn State Soccer Coach Bill
Jeffrey addressed the tenth an
nual coaches' spring conference
of the New Jersey Interscholastic
Athletic Association in New York
over the weekend.
The conference was attended
by more than 400 high school
coaches from Connecticut, East
ern Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and New York. Clinics were held
in basketball, football, soccer and
track.
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Lion Golfers
Long-driving Joe Boyle, of
Aliquippa, and Tom Smith, of
Jeannette, represent Penn State's
main hopes for the 1949 golf cam
paign.
Boyle and Smith are the only
regulars left from the 194 g team
which went through its schedule
unbeaten, then on to its first East
ern title in the championships at
Atlantic City.
The Nittany Lions, playing
their 28th season under the direc
tion of 68-year-old Bob Ruther
ford, Sr., open the new campaign
in two matches against George
town April 22 and 23.
The defending champions will
play host to Cornell, Pitt and
Army in the Eastern regional
play-offs May 6 and 7.
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legian sports editor, wrote, `Tenn
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atm "Penn State MUST beat
Cornell" once. Cornell beat Penn
State that year 47-0-!!
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