'WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1949
Bischoff Plans
Another Huge
IM Program
Touch Footba 11,
Tennis Singles'
To Open Show
Another exparisiye intramural
program, embracing 17 different
sports and running through the
complete school year,.will go , into
action early' next mbnth, with
touch football, tennis singles and
swimming starting the parade.
Eugene C. Bischoff, director of
intramural athletics, announced
this week 'that plans, are going
ahead to make this yeai even big
ger than last season, • the most
active year on record at the Col
lege.
Bischoff, and his. assistant,
Clarence "Dutch" Sykes are par
ticularly, interested in, persuading
"independents" to . participate.
Fraternities are . "naturals", for
competition because of - the rival
ries betwe e n . • the individual
houses. •The„ onlyway to boost
the IM program into a bigger and
better activity is to persuade in
dependent men to participate. "
Entry fees this year are the
same as for previous years. Team
entries must be accompanied by
$l, while individual 'entry -fees
are 25 cents. • • • •
"Any regular .undergraduate
student is eligible to compete, in
any intramural sport provided he
hasn't won a college:letter in that
sport," Bischoff, explained. :
Sports to be conducted this sea
son will include . ' touch football
(nine-man tearris);•••tennis singles
and swimming in , thelall; boxing,
basketball, • handball .;singles and
doubles, wrestling, badminton
and volleyball (4Wmaii.' teams) in
the winter; golf (six-man teams),
golf putting, .. tennis.; doubles,
horseshoes, soccer
,softball and
track in the, sprin g . •
Basketball, 'last year, - provided
the greatest participation' • More
than. one in every,-fiv e: men At the
college participated •in the sport.
Volleyball was' — close behind.
Football, boxing slid'' wrestling
kicked up the greatest. spectator
- interest.
Sigma Nu swarit to the frater
nity championhhip . tftif the second
successive year.v.'.. •-•
Individual medals,,will be pre
sented indepAndent, winners,
while trophies' Will" be' awarded
to the fraternity' 4Champien in
each sport.
Intramural announcements.,and
game results' willY appear, 'cohtiri.u.-
• ously throughout 'the season 'in
the. Daily:Collegian. .
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'Athretei male and female, real
and pseudo. will have many on
portunities to try their talents in
the College's Recreation Ball and
in„.• a.t.h e r recreation • centers
„?Jhri:Moout the, ,camnus— •
irf•Riereation Hall, the .cen
..toi pt ; ' , athletic . activity . at. Penn
4§tate located 'on• the northwest
~,corner of, campus, basketball;
',baclmititati, volley. ball, and hand
cou#S„ are available ••fc,t, male
_ students throughout the day. Box
, ing ~,and.. .wrestling mats and' a
board ..track are also
' 'indoors, while outside
the' Ibnilding are, 16 clay. tennis
, - eCouc,tS;.,o outdoor wooden track,
rrs9slioe pits . and ,an . 18-hole
.
olf , course.
''" GIRLS' SPORTS
For jhe female snorts en-
Alind4ols, White Hall, just across
;•frOirr Athe . rton HO.II. has facili . -
`,tias,fOr ',bowling; rifle shooting,
• iWirnming, table • tennis; basket
ball 'ind` Many other games.
' All . athletic. activities for White
Rail ire'handled by the WOrnen's
• •Recielitidzi As.soeiation, while
athletic . contests are sched
',uled the Intramural :Depart- .
• The College also owns ten acres
of land adjacent, to Nittany Dorms
which has been turned into foot-
AMR ET4, softball fields. •
Tor"
. SW ete s IMMERS
' aihl of 'the inaiirie
I - Variety, the Cmllege maintains
' a:• pool in ,the
.Glennland.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Ash9nfelter, Lancaster,
Gehrdes Star In Summer
•
Althoue athletics usually stop with the closing of school, Penn
State's track . representatives kept on goihg and on June 18 Horace
Ashenfeltericapped his collegiate career by winning his second
straight National Collegiate two-mile championship.
Running :the distance in 9:03.6, the Collegeville runner ran an al
most perfect race to beat Warren Dreutzler of Michigan State by 35
yards in the highlight of the two
day meet.
Ashenfelter, •who made the trip
with Coach Chick Werner and
teammates Jim Gehrdes and Wil
Lancaster, climaxed his collegiate.
career with the best two-mile col
legiate effort since the days of
Greg Rice.
Ex-Penn Stater Curt Stone and
Fred Wilt are the only Americans
who have bettered Ash's time
since before the war.
Although he ran the fastest
time of his career, hurdler Jim
Gehrdes was nosed out in the
220-yard low hurdles by Craig
Dixon of UCLA.
Dixon won both • the low and
high hurdles in the NCAA tourna
ment.
•
Repeat Performer
HOrtACE ASHENFELTER
Geed Time
ing. One' of the' largest indoor
pools in t Pennsylvania, the' pdol
,is opened twice .alweelclor rec-:
reational swimming., Campus Bee-.
reational birector Ray Cenger, i :is
in charge of ari,ifigen4rit'S and' is
'expected to release the - pool ached
' ule shortly.
For • those .who engage in less
'Strenuous activities, the Tempor
ary Union' Building is equipped'
withlable tennis,: Chess and 'Cheek
.er tables. The. TUB as it 'is called;
is open to both men, and women
and besides ..the recreational
equip - tient, is ftirnished: with a
dance floor and record player.
HURDLES
In the high hurdles, Gehrdes
ran third to ' Dixon and Dick
Attesley of USC. Dixon. topped
the timbers in 13.9 while Gehrdes
was timed at 14.2.,
Jim 'almost upset Dixon in the
lows. Dixon has done the race
in 22.5 this , season and .Gerhrdes'
best time was 23.2. The Nittany
Lion captain-elect stayed 'right
with Dixon for the first 150 yards
and was Inches behind him at
the finiSh.' Dixon won in 22.7,
the - same timing • awarded' to ,
Gehrdes.
Wil Lancaster, Lion sprinter,
was sixth in the 220-yard dash,
won by Southern Cal's Mel Pat
ton in 20A seconds. Lancaster's
time was 21.4.
Ashenfelther's victory in.- the
two-mile was called by many ex
perts the best-run race of the day.
The Lion captain had the race
under
,control all the • way and
turned in, the first mile in the'
time of 4:27.5.
NAAU
. JuSt- a week after the collegiate
meet, 'another former Penn State
runner, Curt Stone, hit the track
spotlight by winning the NAAU
3,000 meter steeplechase. Just ;50
minutes later he came back to
'place in the 5,000 meter run.
Ashenfelter, who , also ran in the
5,000 meter run, led up ,to . the
last lap when Fred Wilt of New
York, overtook him• and shunted
him back to second. place, 50
yards behind at the finish of the
race., •
Gehrdes ran fourth in the 200
meter low hurdles after winning
hiS.'heat in 23 seconds flat. Craig
Dixon of 'the Los Angeles AC
tied the nine-year old record of
22.6 in winning the finals.
Mix 'ran sixth in his 110-meter
high hurdle heat and failed to
qualify.
Wil Lancaster, third Nittany
Libn' running on Saturday 'night,
finished 4ifth in the 200-meter
dash. The event was won by Andy
,Stanfield of the Long Branch
"Shore ' AC 'in the record-tying
time' of 20.4 seconds.
Lancaster qualified for a first
in the third heat of the 200-meter
finals in 21.2 seconds.
Lion Guard Tapped
Joe. Drazenovich, Penn State
football guard, has already been
tapped by the experts as a prog
pective all-American.
Toretti Joins Grid Staff
As Assistant Line Coach
Sever Toretti, football coach and supervisor of athletics at *lli
liamsport High School last year, was signed as assistant coach at Aeon
State September 1.
Announcing Toietti's appointment, Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean at
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the School of Physical Education
and Athletics, stated that Toredf
will also become an assistant so
fessor of physical education.
A Nittany alumnus of lift,
Toretti was one of Head Coach
Joe Bedenk's first choices for pule
of two assistantships to be filled
before September. The recent ad
dition of Frank Patrick brings
the staff to. full power.
Gains Recognition
Speaking of Toretti, Bedeak
said, "As one of our boys he b
done outstanding work in the
field so far. We're glad to home
him here at State."
Toretti moved to Williamstkst
to take charge of high , School
football after two years at Steel
ton High School. At Steelton,he
produced top-caliber teams which
attracted state-wide attention.
His Williamsport team won Jour,
lost six, and tied one.
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