PAGE FOUR Boxers Open Campaign, Meet Gopher Sluggers Sulkowski Makes. Coaching Debut Ailing Leo Houck To Be Honored By GEORGE VADASZ Tomorrow right will be Leo Houck Night at Rec Hall, and an evening of firsts•in Penn State boxing history. 1. It will be the first time that Boxing Coach Leo Houck has missed an opening meet after 27 seasons with the Blue and White. 2. It will be Acting Coach Eddie Sulkowski's inaugural contest since he broke into collegiate boxing circles this year. 3. It will be the first time a Penn State boxing team has met Minnesota. 4. It will be the opening• meet for both the Nittanies and the Gophers. ' Houck, critically ill in his Lan.. caster home has' handed over coaching duties to •Sulkowski, and, although hampered with manpower, shortages in the lower weight classes, ;the 'newly. ap pointed, acting coach has molded together a strong mitt aggrega tion to represent the Lions against the nation's best. LAST'YEAR'S RECORD. Hot slugfests in daily elimina tion' bouts .have been tapered down and the Nittanymen will be out to: last year's medi ocre 2-3-1 record. The boxing .botits" follow immediately after the wrestling meet with Cornell. The Nittariy forces are. nude used around two-time Eastern Intercollegiate heavyweight ti tlist, Chuck Drazenovich. Al though "the Draz" found battling a little rough after a highly suc cessful sophomore year,, he con cluded, last year's, campaign by copping the EIBA title via a. de cision over Syracuse's Marty Crandell who went on to win the NCAA crown. • Dirninutive Joe ,Reynolds re ceived the starting nod. in the featherweight class, .while sur prising John Hanby, an intra mural finalist this year in the 128-pound class,' will , represent the Lions at 130 pounds; he'll meet Minnesota's Dave Mackey. • UNDECIDED As yet undecided about start ers in the 135 .and 155 weight di visions, Cos.& Sulkowski 'plans to send •either John Albarino or Harry Papacharalambous into the . ring -at 135, while either last year's .:155-pounder Pat Heims or Penn State ring new comer, Lou Koscarek, - will don gloves in that class. To either Koscarek or Heims gill • fall the roughest assign ment 'of the evening's fireworks, .Edinboro Five Caaptures Lead In Leaguef Batkeball Race •Edinboro of Independent. League'F moved into the league lead Wednesday night. as, it Smashed the Sorry Lot, 33-15, for its third straight win. Winderest and• the Mohawks of League G• also added number three to, force a three way tie with Murgas for the leader ship. In League the Phils topped the _Dutchmen, 17-16, in a close game. The Red Flashes continued undefeated as they whipped Pie Pugh, 34-16, and the Boppers won by forefeit from the Jungle Bees in the seine league. BAGGERS WIN The Brown Baggers of League F stayed close behind Edinboro by taking its second win at the expense of twice beaten Navy, 23-16; while the' McAlly Cats de feated the Clarkers, 'l6-15, for their first victory. Windcrest continued its•winning ways by bouncing Simrnong 33-12, in League G. The Mohawks handed the Jets their second de feat by topping them 28-17, and 8.T.0. downed the Crusaders, 18-17, SCHEDULE Tonight, both the independent and fraternity halves will play nine games each. The schedule is as follows: 7 o'clock—Ritz A.C. vs Ramblers, X.M.S.T.C. vs Lod gers, Musketeers vs Tigers• 7:40, , Altoona vs Choppers, Matilda Chi vs Jayvees, Beaver House vs .Sec tion 10:' B:2o—Shrimps vs Jordan Hall. Nittany Co-op' vs Bullets, Whiz Kids vs Barons. Nine o'clock— Phi Delta Theta ~s Beta Sigma Rho,. Phi SigMa appa vs Pi Lzunkmia . PIA. Phi THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. sTATF, COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA DAVE MACKEY, fighting at 130 pounds for the first time, will pair off with John Hanby of State in tomorrow night's battle between the Gophers of Minnesota and the Nittany Lions. Mackey last year whipped ri vals from Syracuse, John Car roll, Miami and DePaul, losing to, boxers from Washington State and Michigan State. for representing the visitors in the-155 class is National. Champ ion Cody Connel. Connel. who captains, Minnesota, brought •the Badger institution its first indi vidual NCAA titlist in the his tory 'of the school by winning the title last year. The veteran' Paul Smith, now in his third varsity season, will be' the Lion's starting 165-pound er, while Jack Bolger, the most improved boxer on the squad, will step into the ring at 175 pounds. , NEWCOMER Frank Gross, promising look ing; ring prospect and the most ringwise of the newcomers, is expected to make a topnotch de but in the 145 division. Minnesota standouts are in the 125-130 and unlimited_ weight -1 classes. Neil Ofsthun, a north western Golden Gloves champion ',whet). only 16 years old will 'fight at 127 pounds Dave Mack ey, fighting at 125 pounds last season, finished with a four and two record. He will fill the 130- pound spot this year. Giant` 6- foot, 4 250-pound football tackle, Ron Raveling will meet Drazenovich in the evening's fin ale. Only Two The Carnegie Tech basketball squad lists only two players as non-Pennsylvanians. Conrad Hammann is la West Virginia product and Robert McCullugh hails from Oregon. Kappa vs Acacia: 9:35 Theta Kappa Phi vs Sigma Phi Sigma, Sigma Phi Alpha vs Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta vs Tau Phi Delta; 10:05'—Sigma Pi vs Delta Chi, Kappa Sigma vs Alpha Chi Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha vs Zeta Beta Tau'. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AS WISE AS HE IS- r .\..... TO KNOW THAT YOU 111 1 SAVEi • ,_ xfai..,,,,,,,.._. with SALLYS , Wholesale Candy . . . 85c per carton STATE COLLEGE CANDY CO., 146 S. Pugh St. Youngest Maurey Hot on Heels Of Brothers The fans attending the Virginia- Penn State State wrestling match Saturday roared their approval when the time ,of Captain Jim Maurey's first period fall was an nounced at 1:18. A few minutes previously, Jim's younger brother Don had pinned his Cavalier foe in the first, per iod, too. But 136-pound Don, making his first appearance for Penn State, had somehow wasted time and it took him 1:19 to touch his opponent's shoulders to the mat. Perhaps the tale should end here, but it doesn't, Wrestling for - Clearfield High School the same iclay was a sparkling 138-pounder. His name? Jerry Maurey; and he is the last of the Maurey wrest ' ling clan at Clearfield. Jerry, a senior, is a three-time PIAA State champion. He upheld the Maurey tradition by pinning Boswell High School's representative in the first period. The time of the, rail was 1:20. Trackmen Vie In Washington indoor Trials By JOE BREU Coach Chick Werner will take a 13 man track team to, Washing ton for the Washington Star meet tomorrow. Heading the Lion thinclads will be Captain Jim Gehrdes, who will run in 'the 70-yard high hurdles event, " Vic Fritts will be the lone Blue and White in the high jump, and newcomer Owen Wilkinson the sole Nittany entry in the pole vault. Fritts' best effort came last year during the outdoor season when he cleared 6 feet 4 inches. For Wilkinson, it will be his first start for Penn State. • Cross • country runners zom prise the two mile relay team. Bob Parsons, Bob Freebairn and the two Ashenfelters, Don and Bill, will blend their talents in an ef fort •to capture the event. Wil Lancaster, Bill Lockhart and John 'McCall and a fourth member yet. to be named will run in the mile relay. Lancaster is the leading dash man on the Nit tany team, having run the 100- yard dash in . 9.7. Lockhait set a new Penn State record in the quarter. mile against Notre Dame last spring. The fourth member of the quartet depends on late weekend practices. Jack St. Clair and Al POrto Will be the Lion runners 'in . the two-mile. Both were top members of last lairs strong cross country, team. Penn State's two graduate stars, Horace Ashenfelter and Curt Stone, will also make the trip to the nation's capital. The meet will be the first of the year for all of the Nittany team except Gehrdes. Jumpin' Jim fin ished third to Bill Fleming of Notre Dame and Craig 'DiXon of Southern California in the Sugar Bowl meet on New Year's Day. Coach Werner, in commenting on the race, pointed out that it was the fastest hurdle race ever run at that stage of the season. Grapplers Seek 2nd, Test Cornell Matmen Cornell University's Jayvee and varsity wrestling squads invade the Rec Hall mats tomorrow to challenge Penn State's varsity and Lion Cubs in dual meets. The Cubs will battle the Little Red at 4 p.m., while the Lion first teamers will take to the mats at 7 p.m. Mat Mentor -Charlie Speidel anticipates no changes in his start- Wrestling Captain JIM MAUREY ing lineup for the Big Red duel. but last minute shifts in two weight classes may see, new fates on the Nittany roster. At 128 pounds, Dean Harbold is• running ahead of Ted Kolbe for the right to wrestle againSt Pete Bolahis of Cornell. Harbold tied Co-captain George Morse, of Virginia, 1-1, in his initial outing for the Blue and White, while Kolbe has improved sharply in practice - sessions this week. Cornell's Bolanis is one of the top 128-pounders in the East, but lost to Lehigh's brilliant sopho more, Geolge Feuerbach '7-4, in the first meet of the season. Le high gained revenge for an up set at the Ithacan's hands in 1949 by soundly thrashing the Red. 31-5. 155 POUNDERS Mickey Silverman ,and Cec Ir vin seek the 155-pound „spot •for tomorrow night. Silverman rep resented the Lions against Virgin ia and won a 4-1 decision.• Irvin saw action' in a few bouts' as a sophomore; but wasn't out for the squad last year. The remainder of the State lineup will probably. •be run changed. Johnny Reese will.. at-. tempt to hit the win column after osing to Virginia's Bill Morse, a terrific counter-wrestler, at .121 pounds, while speedy. Don Mau rey will have his skill tested', by Captain Bob Stedge of the New Yorkers at 136 pounds. Stedge forced Dick Kelsey, Le high's two-time Eastern Intercol legiate Wrestling Associate king pin, for three periods before bow- • • • Th . e First National Bank • Of State College • • • Member of • Federal Deposit. losarance- Corporation . Federal Reserve System • • . . JANUARY 13, 1950 By ED _WATSON UNSETTLED ing by a 3-2 count. This match will show the younger M4urey what kind of competition he can exPect the remainder of the sea son. CAPTAIN JIM Captain Jim Maurey will be at 145„pounds for the Nittanies, and will grapple newcomer Barry Pusch. Jim is after his fifth straight triumph over the past two seasons, and he has suffered only one loss in his collegiate career. Bill Santel has been working hard all week to perfect his rid ing style, which was somewhat disappointing against Virginia. Santel displayed a lot of prowess as a sophomore and Coach Spei del is hoping he can pull through. RUBINO, BARR Mike Rubino will tangle with ‘ - eteran Chuck Taft at 175 pounds. Taft pinned his Lehigh • foe to pick up Cornell's only points. 'The People's Choice," Heavy-, weight Homer Barr, will be .the unlimited choice for the Statemen in tomorrow's final battle. Other Cornell starters will be Earl Wilde, 121 pounds, whom Reese beat by 7-1 last season; Sid Laibson, 155 pounds; Bill Bartels, 165 pounds; and football er • Chippi Chappouras,, heavy weight... • • • The Jayvee lineup is still scrambled and final selections for: various classes will not be made .until. today. 'Tony DeJulius or Al Zavis , will fight at 121 pounds;.' and either Harbold or Kolbe will be at 128. Schulze or Al Fasnacht will be at 136 pounds, while Dori Arbuckle or John KirVitSeek .the 145-pound berth. Others are Silverman or Irvin, 156; Riss, 165; Bob Markle, 175, and either Lynn IllingWorth or Pick Cripps, heavyweight. 'The PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Frazier St.,-Beaver Ave. Morning Worship 10:45 Guest Speaker: The 'Rev. Clifford J. Earle r,7ening Service 7:30 Films: Into The Good Ground Daybreak JAYVEES
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