Wednesday, November 2,1949 1
Sulk Named Acting Boxing Coach
Former Professional
To Aid Ailing Houck
Edward Sulkowski has been appointed “acting boxing coach
for the duration of Leo Houck’s absence,” according to Carl P.
Schott, dean of the School of Physical Education.
Sulkowski, better known as Eddie Sulk, graduated from the
College in June of this year. He is now an assistant physical edu
cation instructor ahd also assistant trainer.
He served as an assistant to
Coach Houck during the past two
boxing seasons. During his four
year stay in the Armed Services
he acted as boxing coach of var
ious teams in the European, area.
RING CAREER ''
Before entering the Army, Sulk
participated .in nearly, 400 fistic
bouts, the last 19 being profes
sional engagements. .
Sulk is now busy grooming the
current boxing unit for its open
ing meet against Minnesota in
January. Approximately 39 ring
enthusiasts have reported to the
newly appointed acting-coach.
No contact work is planned by
Sulk until after Thanksgiving,
the main stress now being on con
ditioning and roadwork.
leo Houck
Leo Houck, for the past 27
head boxing coach of the
Libiis, is at present recuperating
in his Lancaster, Pa. home from
an abdominal operation.
He was taken ill . this summer
while teaching a boxing course at
the College and had to be rushed
to St. Joseph’s ‘ hospital immed
iately.
Houck plans to return to the
Nittahy Valley as soon as his phy
sicians pronounce him fit to take
ov*r the strenuous duties which
go along with coaching a boxing
tearp. 1 - '
IM Tennis Fight
Nears Completion
Play in the intramural inde
pendent and fraternity tennis
tourftahient is in its final stages
and the remaining racketeers are
getting set for the fight for in
dividual championship honors.
In the independent half of the
tournament, Ben Myers defeated
Steve Slovenkai, 6-4, 6r3, in a
semi-final match last night and
will meet Dick Weiland for the
championship.
FRATERNITIES
In the fraternity bracket, six
of, the eight flights winners have
been determined. The flight whi
ners will' meet in the champion
ship'flight-,to determine the fra?
ternity champion. V
Ed Davis, Phi Kappa Sigma,
topped Rusty Leib, Delta ;UpSi
loh,' B=2, 2-6, 6-4, to cop the first
flight. Don Brown, Chi Phi, rout
ed Sam Stewart, Kappa Sigma,
6- to win the second flight.
Harry Kaufman, Phi Ep. Pi,
downed Bill Walls, Sigma Pi, 1-6,
7- , 8-6, to win the_third flight.
' OTHER WINNERS
Mark . Borland, . Phi Gamma
Delta, itbojc-honors in the fourth
flight by defeating - Stan Myers;
Phi Lambda Phi, 6-4, 8-6. Bill
Wood, Delta Chi, advanced to
the championship round by de
feating Frank Luerrsen, Sigma
Chi, 6-3, .8-6, in the sixth flight.
Flight seven will be. represented
in the- championship round by
Bill Erb, Phi Kappa Psi, who de
feated Mayer Amarnek, Alpha
Epsilon Pi,'’6-1, -2-6, 6-4.
The champioriship matches
will be delayed until the winners
in flights - five and eight have
been determined. ,
Lions Hold Edge
We6t Virginia has defeated
Penn State only, four timgs in a
rivalry that dates back to 1904
and includes 15 games; Three of
the four Mountaineer, wins came
on their home gridiron,, and were
the only games played in Mor
gantown. The teams played;, to
one tie, 13-13, in 1923.
Nose Trouble
Ten times in bis football career,
Charles (Chuck) Beatty has suf
fered a broken nose. But the Penn
State center was not distressed
until it happened in the Michigan
State game. Reason: he had to go
home to Marty, his bride of three
months.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Leads Pass Receivers
Nittany Gains
Still Behind
Rivals'Total
. Despite their free-wheeling 33-
'2l victory over Syracuse Satur
day Penn State Lions still trail
their opponents in total offensive
effectiveness.
, The six rivals to date have ac
cumulated a total of .1635 yards
against the Lions, '682 of them
through the ozone. The Bedenk
men have rolled up 1346 yards,
with 470 coming on aerials. ,
The average yardage gained
per game shows the opponents
with 272.5 yards and State with
224.3.
PASS AVERAGE
Though primarily a ground
attack team, the Nittanymen
have completed 34 out of 82 at
tempted passes, for an average
completion of 41 percent. The six
opponents have completed- 43
passes in 110 attempts for a per
centage of 39.
Most of the Lions’ aerial, ef
fectiveness rests on the right arm
of ; Bill Luthfer,: tailback, who
boasts a completion mark of .500.
with 1,7, . successes in 34 tries.
Luther’s passing has rolled up
195 yards and puts him far in
front of all other State backs in
total offence with 307 : yards..
Fran Rogel, who is .tied for sec
ond-place in total; offense ’ with
Owen Dougherty, • continues (to.
lead the rushing offense depart
ment. Rogel has 175 yards on, the
ground.
SMIDANSKY
John Smidansky leads,all State
players in pass receiving. Smi
dansky has pulled, down nine
passes, three of them for touch
.downs, to account for 157 yards.
Luther’s punt return of 80
yards against the Orahge boosted
his punt return yardage to 200,'
far above that on any .of .the
other backs. The Osceola Mills
tailback has done most of the
punting for; the Lions with 28
boots- good for 950 yards or 34
yards per kick •on the average,
Vince O’Bara’s average is better,
42.7 yards per kick, but he has
punted only, seven times.
Penn State fumbled more often
and lost. the ball fewer- times
than its opponents. The Lions
dropped the ball 19 times in the
six games but held possession in
all cases but nine. The opponents
fumbled 17 times and lost the
ball. 11 times.
WHISTLE STOPS
Penn State has been penalized
36 times for a total of 313 yards
while Lion opponents drew 42
penalties for a total of 350 yards.
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DU's, Delta Sigs, Eagles
Enter Grid Quarter-Finals
Delta Upailon and Delta Sigma Phi advanced into the quarter
finals of fraternity touch football competition and the Eagles ad
vanced to the quarter-finals of independent play with shut-out vic
tories under the lights of Beaver practice field Monday night.
Phi Kappa and Kappa Sigma completed the second round of
fraternity swimming with tri
umphs in Glennland pool Mon
day afternoon.
The Eagles ran up the third
highest score of the season in
drubbing Nittany Go-op, 32-0.
Tom Strike scored twice, and Bill
Cainavan, Charley Wilson, and
Jim Hepler each tallied once.
STRIKE SHINES
Strike put the Eagles ahead
early in the first half when' he
took a 15-yard pass from Char
ley Burns in the end-zone. Wil
soh tallied .on a 20-yard aerial
from “Cap” Capcar,, and Capcar
tossed.to A 1 Zelinka to'give the
Eagles a 13-0 halftime lead.
A 60-yard pass play from Cap?
car to Walt Morris to Hepler ac
counted for the third score and a
heave from Morris to. Tom Ken
nedy accounted for the < extra
point. Strike'registered his sec
ond TD of the evening, when he
intercepted a pass ,and raced ten
yards. The final score came when
Capcar plucked a Nittany pass
out of the .air on his own 30,
tossed to Morris, who in turn
threw to Canavan.
FRATERNITY PLAY
Held to a scoreless tie at half
time by Alpha. Phi Alpha, Delta
Upsilon went on a rampage by
scoring three sedond period
touchdowns to record a 19-0 rout.
Rusty Leib, George Thomas and
Ned Hankins unleashed passes to
account for all three scores.
Leib tossed 20-yards to . Jim
Dougherty to put' DU ahead.
Shortly after, Thomas heaved 15
yards to Mike .Leßone and Leib
hit Don Parris for the extra point
to run the score to 13-0. A 35-
yard aerial from Ned Hankins to
Bob Girran accounted for the
final TD. , ,
Tom Whalen’s second half pass
to Jim ; Mayer enabled Delta Sig
ma Phi to squeeze by Phi Kappa
Sigma, 7-0, the play covering 20
yards.- 'Larry Gedda tossed 'to
Skippy Hanson for the extra
point.
SWIMMING
Dick Koerber and Jack Lavirt
gained twin as Kappa
Sigma' drubbed Alpha Zeta, 27-
10, and Phi Kappa defeated Sig
ma Phi Delta, 24-14, in swimming
meets,-: Kqerber, Kappa Sigma,
copped the .breastroke and div
ing, while -Lavin, Phi Kappa,
took first in the backstroke and
breaststroke,- ' •
- Ernie -Salsbury, Kappa Sigma,
add John Hall, Alpha Zeta, were
the , other individual winners.
Salsbury and- Koerber teamed
t•with Walt Conti and Art. Whi-
counted 15' touchdowns through
the first six .games. Of that num
ber,'Six were by rushing, six by
passing, two on intercepted
passes iand' one on a punt return.
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tier to win the freestyle-relay for
Kappa Sigma.
Corlon O’Malley triumphed in
the freestyle for Phi Kappa,
while Buhl Winter, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, took the diving honors,
Sam Casey, Jack Watson,"- Drew
Mahla, and O’Malley took the
freestyle relay for Phi Kappa.
Entries for intramural boxing
and basketball are being accept
ed in the IM office, 213 Rec Hall.
All entries-must be made by 5
p.m„ Tuesday, Nov. 8, Boxing
entries must be accompanied by
a 25-cent fee per man, and $1 is
required for each • basketball
team. Physical examinations are
required for all / boxing Contest
ants. \
Saturday’s Penn ' State—-West
Virginia game will necessitate the
Lions going to j Morgantown for
the first time since 1942.
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Bedenk Played
Joe Bedenk, present Lion head
coach, was guard and captain on
the 1923 Penn State team which
was held to a surprising 13-13
tie by the Mountaineers in New
York City. (Penn State’s record
that year was 0 won, 2 lost, and 1
tied.
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