Of; rnr-R Thiel Names State Trio For All-Star Lacrosse Tilt Finley, Kissell, Nestor to See Action, State Coach Generals Northern Team Three Nittany lacrossemen, John Finley, Dean Kissell and Rodger Nestor, have been selected to represent Penn State in the annual North-South All-Star tussle at Troy, N. Y„ June 11. In announcing the State trio Coach Nick Thiel said that while not all three will be in the starting lineup, they will be vital cogs in the North’s search for its eighth win. This year’s game will be played in the North.for the first time. Coach Thiel has been selected, (for the third time), to master mind the Northern forces against expected powerful Southern competition. Not overly anxious to predict an outcome, Thiel said, “On paper, at least, the South always shows to better advant age.” Offsetting the supposed South ern balance of talent and experi ence, the North has shown a con sistant tendency to overpower statistics. In seven all-star tilts they have won four, lost two and tied one. SOUTHERNS RIVALRY Thiel views the North's sur prise advantage in the light that below the Mason-Dixon line rivalry is at a peak and difficul ties are faced in all post-season encounters. In the Northern camp, contrarily, all is harmony and spirit is at a high level. “Every time we have beaten the South it has been through individual effort alone, as oppos ed to the team play style used by the opposition. Up North the emphasis is placed on individual dodging and stickhandling and this factor has been decisive the past few years. Going over his three choices, Thiel gave star billing to Kis sell, a well-set, 180-pound defen sive star from Johnstown. “I’ve taken defensive players to the all-star game before, in fact Dean will be my fourth defensive choice to be ratified, and only former Lion defenseman George Ritter surpasses him. NESTOR “Nestor, who was our team captain this year, is a clever stickhandler and playmaker. Over a season’s play Rodger wll probably hand out more assists than anyone on the team. Ed Finley has just completed his fourth year of lacrosse for me. He is big and fast, a consistant scorer and an excellent defen sive midfielder.” The veteran Lion stick mentor Continued on page five NOW BUY TO SAVE With Prices That Are within everyone’s reach 16.95 4 3.95 CORD COATS 50.00 All Wool 3A.SO Gabardine SUITS .... 2.45 to 2.95 Long sleeves 3.19 Pastel shades » FANCY SOX 3Q r Per pair J7l* All JEWELRY & WALLETS 10% OFF 6 White Handkerchiefs Satin 4.00 Border • 2.95 8c 3.50 3.79 PAJAMAS * Come In Today To See The Finest Selection Of Men’s attire in the College at— The Young Men's Shop 127 South Allen Street STATE COLLEGE State Netmen Whip W&J, 9-0; Meet Pitt Next Sherm Fogg’s Nittany Lion tennis team yesterday won its second match in as many days by crushing Washington & Jefferson 9-0, on the home courts. The Lions defeated the Buck n e 11 Bisons Wednesday. The victory was the fourth in the last five starts for Penn State land gave the netmen a season’s record of four wins and four losses. State has only two matches | remaining; the Pitt Panthers come here Saturday and Syracuse will provide the oposition on the following Saturday. In the first singles event, Jim Howells dropped the first set to Jack Eaton, 6-4, but came back to take the next two, 6-1 and 6-4. Captain Herb Beckhard chalked up State’s second singles win, downing Dave Knoche, 6-4 and 6-3. Sonny Lando nadded another victory to his already impressive total by trimming Dick Davies, 6-0 and 6-3. Bill Aiken and George Ogden won their matches, \iken beating George Bartley, 6-2 and 6-1, and Ogden tripping Duncan Goslin, 6-4 and 6-0. Spence Boyer, just up from the JV ranks, made his first varsity start, a winning one by defeating Stew McCombs, 5-7, 6-4, and 6-4. In the doubles, Beckhard and Landon captured the first one, 7-5 and 6-4, in downing Eaton and Knoche, Howells and Aiken de feated Bartley and Davies, 6-3 and 6-4, and Frank Pessolano and Bil Gray trounced Cal Griffiths and Howie Tobocco. 6-1 and 6-0. The sumamry: Singles: Howells, Penn State, d- r e.->ted V.' f “ 1 and 6 -U Beckhard. h»enn State, defeated Knoche, W&J, 6-4 and G-.'l ; I.nfidon. Penn State, defeated navies. W&J, 6-0 and 6-3 ; Aiken, Penn State, defeat-d Bartley. W&J, C-2 and P™" State, defeated (loslin, W&.l. 6-5 and f>-0; Boyer. Penn State, ' created McCombs, W&J, 5-7, 6-4 and 6-4. Doubles: BeiUhnrd and Land on, Penn State, defeated Eaton and Knoche. W&J and 6-4; Howells and Aiken, Penn >tate, defeated Bartley and Davies. W&J, >-3 and 6-4 ; Pcssolano and Gray, Penn . flefen ' H Griffiths and Tobacco, .Y&J, 6-1 and 6-0, At Your Warner Theater NOW! C^athaum Bing Crosby William Bendix "CONNECTICUT YANKEE" .State Claudette Colbert Fred Mac Murray "FAMILY HONEYMOON" I Roy Rogers • Dennis Day Ethel Smith • Fred Waring "MELODY TIME" In Technicolor mih ij/mi.y i ni * i it, Ct d.,t.,F,CF, PENNSYLVANIA Weekend Sports Schedule TODAY Baseball: Colgate, Hamilton, N.Y. TOMORROW 1 p.m.— Track: Notre Dame Home 2 p.m.— Tennis: Pittsburgh Home Baseball: Syracuse (2). Syracuse, N.Y. Golf: Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. The Nittony Realm “Boy, I sure feel great.” The speaker was Herb Beckhard, captain of the Nittany Lion tennis team. He was referring to his victory Wednesday afternoon over Jack Nothell, Bucknell’s number one singles player and con queror of Beckhard earlier in the season. Herb’s decisive 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over the Bison star was doubly weet. He not only got revenge for the earlier loss, but the conquest marked his first singles'decision of the 1949 net season. , Referring to his string of six consecutive defeats in the past "ew weeks the Lion captain remarked: “Sometimes you get into a slump. That’s just what happened to me. At the beginning of the year I was sluggish, wasn’t playing my usual game, and lacked confidence. Last Sunday, playing against ‘Sonny’ Landon (his doubles partner), I began to hit my stride for the first time all year, and now I think I’m back on the right track.” As his collegiate record shows, the number one Foggman is a much better performer than his season mark of one win and six losses indicates. In three years of intercollegiate competition Beck hard has triumphed 18 times while dropping only 8 matches. Last year he wound up with a 3 won 4 lost mark playing against the best racqueters the East had to offer. The good-looking 6'l" athlete, like most tennis men who take the game seriously, began his career at a tender age. He was only 12 when he initially hoisted a racket on his shoulder and marched out on the courts to face his first opponent—his mother. “Even at that I started the game at a rather late age,” he re marked. “Most really good tennis stars start playing when they’re around 7 or 8 years old.” Looking at it from that angle. Herb was practically a graybeard when he began his net apprenticeship. Still he progressed fast enough so that by the time he was a senior in Woodmere, N. Y.’s high school, he was runner-up for the New York interstate title. • In his first year on the varsity, 1944, he established himself as a future Lion great, copping 7 decisions while dropping only 1. A stretch in the Navy interrupted his career for three years, but once back on the home courts he picked up where he left off and in 1947 downed 8 opponents while losing matches to but 3. 2.66 ALL-COLLEGE Off the courts, Herb is just as much at home as when he’s swing ing at a whizzing tennis ball. He has a' 2.66 all-college average which is just a little over par for the tough architectural engineer ing curriculum in which he's en rolled. The list of honoraries and ac tivities he has entered are amply demonstrated by the eight keys that dangle from his key chain. In fact about the only thing the] 23 - year - old all - around athlete can't, or won’t, do is Smoke. j After his graduation in June, Beckhard plans to enter Prince-1 ton for graduate work in archi tecture. | AFTER GRADUATION “If I have time, I’ll still play tennis in some of the amateur tournaments, but I certainly don’t intend to devote my life to it,” Herb remarked. So it looks as if Jack Kramer, whom the Lion netters considers the world’s best tennis ball returner, won’t have to glance over his shoulder to find the Woodmere flash reaching for his laurels any time in -the near future. ~ 1 $ sodded ddnjoynient Zburin 9 Ifour Weal Dinner Music SCHAD SIRING TRIO Enjoy the background music of a trio composed of a violin, cello and piano at your teas and dinners For Fur Phone ThincladstoMeet Irish In All-Star Track Meet South Benders Flaunt Speed In Dash, Distance Races For the second time within a week, Penn State’s track team will play host to one of the nation’s power-laden track teams when the Lions tangle with Notre Dame on New Beaver field tomorrow. Also for the second time within a week a large share Of the spotlight will be on the individual battles in addition to the meet itself. The Fighting Irish boast of a number of standout performers By Red Roth 18-8 RECORD A GRAYBEARD by the FRIDAY. MAY 20. 1919 on its veteran squad. Four members of the Notre Dame team who will give Coach Chick Werner’s Nittany thincalds more than a little trouble on" Saturday are Captain Bill Leon ard, Bob Smith, Steve Provdst and Paul Schwetschenau, all run ners. Leonard will offer competition to Penn State’s 880 and Wile runners. He has turned in a 4: 15.7 mile in his career and in 1943 did a 1:53, 880-yard run at the Penn Relays. DASH The Nittany Lion’s Wil Lan caster, who turned in a great per formance against Michigan State last week, will have to be just as well this week when he faces Notre Dame’s Bob Smith. Smith, a native South Bender, has done the 100-yard dash in 9.6 seconds and the 220-yard dash in 21.1 seconds. He has also turned in the best time of any member of the Irish team in the 440-yard sprint, covering the distance in 49.5 seconds. Provost is also listed for the 440-yard dash. A senior, his best ': in. the event was the 50.5 > turned in against lowa in 1*945. Like the other three mem bers of the quartet, Provost is a letter man. SCHWETSCHENAU The third South Bender who will probably go in the 440-yard dash is Schwetschenau. His best time in the event was done against Bradley Tech last year when he covered the distance in 49.8 seconds. Penn State’s ace hurler, Jim Gehrdes, will have to be in top form Saturday if he hopes to re turn to his wining ways. Jumpin’ Jim’s competition will come from Bill Fleming, considered to be one of the top collegiate hurdlers in the nation. HURDLER Fleming’s best effort in the 120- yard high hurdles came this sea son in the Southern Relays when he topped the hurdles in 14.2. His best time in the 220-yard low hurdles is the 23.7 he did in 1948. But the Irish charges of Coach Doc Handy are not strong in the track alone but als9 in the field events. In this division the South Benders are led by John Helwig, star shot put and discus tosser. Helwig set a new Notre Dame record in the shot put this sea? son when he heaved the iron ball 52 feet, 1 inch against Pitt. He was second in the same event at the Drake Relays three weeks ago GERWIG Southpaw Larry Gerwig, Nit tany Lion javelin thrower, will have to turn in his best perform ance of the season if he hopes to retain his undefeated streak. His opposition will come from the Irish’s Jim Miller, who turned in his best performance at the Southern Relays where he tossed the javelin 193 feet, 3% inches. Track Coach Chick Werner iates Bob Freebairn, Penn State sophomore, a comer in the, mile. Freebairn is a former Philadel phia Public High School League champion. FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW »- 4- : NEW YORK Four-Year Evening Course Three-Year Day Course ■ m CO-EDUCATIONAL d«nb«i’ Ami. of American Law Schools Matriculants must bo Collovo graduates ind prosont fall transcript af Collage ro tord. Classes Begin Sept. 26th. 1949 For further information address Registrar Fordham University School of Law, 302 Broadway. New York 7,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers