FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1949
Fogg Greets Racqueteers;
3 Lion Lettermen Return
Three lettermen—Captain Herb Beckhard, Frank Pessolano
and Bob Ogden—greeted Coach Sherm Fogg this week as Penn
State's tennis team began preparations for the rapidly approach-
►ng season
Besides the lettermen, five members of last year's squad, which
won three and lost four, are back to bolster the Lions for their
opener at Bucknell April 27., • • •
These men are Bill Gray, George
Lawther, Jerry Gearhart, Harry
Schutte and Bernie Silverman, all
of whom saw considerable action
last season
Of the numerous candidates,
Bill Aiken, Lonny Landon and
Jim Howells have looked impres
sive in practice sessions so far,
according to Fogg. All three men
are new to the campus but have
lost no time in making their pres
ence known on the squad.
Other newcomers who have
shown signs of developing into
future aces are Alex Gregory,
Bill Wood, Dick Fleming, Jim
Cody and Coleman Gainsburg.
After the Bucknell match, State
opens its home schedule against
Colgate April 30. Lion tennis ad
dicts also will have the opportu
nity of seeing Duquesne, Buck
nell, Washington & Jefferson,
Pittsburgh and Syracuse in action
here.
Thiel OK's All-Star Lacrosse Bid,
Will Lead North Against South
The baseball Giants' manager Leo Durocher once coined a
phrase—" Nice guys don't win ball games," but a living refutation
of that statement at Penn State is Nick Thiel, lacrosse mentor, who
has just been appointed head coach of this year's North All-Star
team.
Thiel is scheduled to lead his Yankees against Southern invaders
at Troy, N. Y., June 11.. The
appointment marks the third
time that the Lions' moulder of
lacrosse power, units has been
named to general the North in
the annual classic. The game will
be played in the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute grounds
REPEAT
Thiel, whose '49 squad opens
against Penn next Wednesday,
was named head coach of the
all-stars in 1942 and again in
'46. In 1941 and '43 he was as
sistant coach. There was no
game during the war.
Voted the man who did most
for lacrosse in 1947, Nick, by
virture of also winning the hon
or in 1945, became the first man
to be so honored twice. Both
awards were made by the United
States Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Association .
NEWSLETTER
During the war, he instituted
a monthly newsletter for dis
tribution among coaches, former
players and newspapermen, with
the result that it is now re
cognized as the Sporting News
of the lacrosse world.
Of seven tilts between the
sectional rivals, the North has
surprised by copping four, los
ing two and tying one. Tradition-
Riflers—
Continued from page four
The Nittany rifles have a po
tential individual winner in Jer
ry Prange who has equalled or
exceeded last year's individual
mark of 288 on several occasions.
Team record for the season
stands at eighteen wins and six
teen losses.
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ally, lacrosse strength has been
fortressed in the South.
The Nittany Lions have av
eraged at least one player a
season on the all-star squad.
Bar-One on Sports
On a test given by the phy
sical education department on
the common rules of the major
sports, sixty percent of the Class
of 1936 failed to answer enough
questions to receive a passing
grade.
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Gridders Face
Dukes' Wing 'T'
In Scrimmage
The blaring bands and crisp
Fall air will be missing from the
cene, but the Nittany Lion foot
ball team will vie with Duquesne
on the New Beaver field at 2 p.m.
tomorrow in the first of two reg
ularly scheduled Spring practice
rimmages.
The "Dukes", coached by Phil
Ahwesh, will employ a wing "T"
formation in tomorrow's contest,
'while the revamped Lions will
use the single wing plus varia
tion:; on the theme.
EDWARDS
l'his will be the first intercol
legiate scrimmage for the Blue
and White under the tutelage of
Coach Joe Bedenk and Assistant
Coach Earle Edwards.
Coach Edwards, who has been
leading the team while Bedenk Ts
working with the baseball squad.
plans to use the entire Nittany
team in the scrimmage.
The practice will be run as a
regular intra-squad scrimmage
with no kickoffs and no extra
points. Each team will have the
regular four downs to make 10
yards, but after the touchdown.
the ball will go to the defendine
team on its own 40-yard line.
LINEUP
John Smidansky and Jack Stor
er will start at the end posts.
Charles Godlasky and Torn Mc-
Dermott will be at the tackle pos
itions and Fred Felbaum and Joe
Sarabok will fill in the guard
spots.
In the center slot, Ray Hed
derick will take over the passing
duties. A backfield of three soph
omores and one junior rounds out
the Lion starting team list.
Vince O'Hara, Owen Dougherty
and Herb Kurtz will fill the tail
back, wingback and fullback
posts, while Charlie Murray, a
junior, will hold down the block
ing back position.
Exchange
Dick Harlow former Western
Maryland coach, led the Nittany
Lion football team for three days.
Harlow and Higgins exchanged
jobs during Spring practice so
that both teams would learn
something of the other coach's
system.
Track Recor
Continued from page tow
ant-day Penn State stars, claims
the records in both the 120-yard
high hurdles and the 220-yard
low hurdles. Jim raced the first
event in 14.2 seconds and did the
'atter in 23.2 seconds. Both rec-
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The Nittany Realm
Continued from page four
and her name now graces the stately mountain, the peaceful valley
sheltering the College, and the Nittany Lion.
When Nitanee and her fellow brethren were roaming the state,
the Nittany Valley was Lion country. In 1866 eight were killed in
one week by local hunters. The last Lion to be shot in the state was
a Centre County specimen, killed in 1886.
Lions wer estill in the valley for at least 30 years after Old
Main was completed. They did some unforgettable howling and
roaring until the hammering and building had ceased and all was
peaceful again on the 600 acre campus below them.
On snowy nights the mountain lions crossed the Penn State
campus and professor's dogs stopped barking to let them pass un
molested to their haunts in the barrens.
STRONG AND COURAGEOUS
Nittany Valley settlers termed the mountain lions as "strong
and courageous" for when they had to die they used their teeth and
claws in a bitter death struggle.
But the rush of studenis to the campus and to classes pushed
the mountain lions from their haunts and dens on Mount Niitany,
until now the only lion than can be seen in these parts is the low
crouching beast that symbolizes the spirit of Penn State at his shrine
near Rec Hall.
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ords were set in 1948, Jim's sopho
more year, and hopes are high
that he will better both marks in
the next two seasons.
The Penn State varsity record
has withstood the test of time
longest in the relay races in that
set in 1919. In that year the team
of Daniel Taylor, Frank Thomas,
Jay Steele and John Demming
established the record of 3 min
utes 26.1 seconds in the mile re
lay.
Schuller Enck, Ed Carter, Joe
Edgerton and Allen Hellfrich
combined in 1923 to set the rec
ord for the two mile relay They
covered the distance in 7 min
utes 48.8 seconds.
RELAY
A more recent mark is that
chalked up last year in the four
mile relay. The record of 17 min
utes 30.7 seconds was placed on
the books by Horace Ashenfelter,
Gerry Karver. Bill Shuman and
Mitch Williams.
Present assistant coach Norm
Gordon is among the holders of
the sprint medley relay. Norm,
Barney Ewell, Marty Schiff and
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