WEDNESDAY, MARCIi 22, 1950 Relayers Crack Records In Winning Three Meets Three meets—three - wins—three records. That sums up in a nutshell the history (31 ) Penn State's mile relay team in the last six weeks. Coach Chick Werner's boys lowered the boom on their third record of the indoor season Friday night in the. Cleveland Knights of Columbus meet. And while they were at it they decisiVely.defeat- ed the Western Conference mile relay champions, Ohio State. The Lion quarter thus definite ly established itself as one of the nation's top eight furlong teams; It has not only beaten the best in the east but now has also added, the best in the midwest to its list of victims. The Nittany foursome of..C4P tain Gehrdes, Wil Lancaster, Guy Kay and Bill Lockhart set a new meet record of 3 minutes' and 22 seconds, breaking a mark which had stood since 1942 and had withstood the challenge of many topflight teams. Iloweyor, it was eight-tenths of ' a second slower than the :Penn • State, re& , ord which this same team set two weeks ago in the New York K of C meet. DOMINATE MEET 1 Coach Werner's . athletes com pletely dominated .the meet. •In addition to the , relay team's ex ploits, high jumper ' Vic Fritts tied for first while Gehrdes' and Lancaster captured • runner-up positions in individual perform-. ances. Captain 'Jim was second to Harrison Dillard in the 45. yard high hurdles 'and Lane followed Michigan -State's Fre'd - Johnson home in the 45-yard dash. In the mile relay, Gehrdes got the Lions off to a good start when he . picked up a .two-yard lead over" Harder of Purdue. Kay in creased the lead 'to three yards over Gene. Cole' of Ohio State, national • interscholastic quarter mile record holder. Snow---10 lncres of the Stuff--- Becomes Bruce's 20th Problem Witek,inch. layer of snow that covered Beaver practice field becaMe the 20th prciblein facing Earl Bruce as he leads Penn State's 1950 football hopefuls through Spring practice. Bruce's 19 other problems are the replacements he will have to find for. the varsity poiitions Vacated 'by graduating seniors PRETTY THIN "We're pretty thin everywhere" is BrUce's terse comment upon tie completion . rof the, first week of the month and a alf Spring sgs siorf. The squad held a skull session yesterday • in- the Beaver Field dressing room. The team:will re main indoors until weather con ditions permit it to. return to out dcior drills. Bruce plans a full dress• scrimmage as soon •as weather and ground • conditions are right. . About the only place the Lions will. have some of that necessary depth will be •in the. backfield where six lettermen are .prepar ing for Fall action. The backs are led by. Captain Owen Dougherty, leading -ground-gainer last sea son. • SHEPHARD Fullback Len Shephard looked good in filling in for Fran Rog el while the Mt., Nittany battering ram recovered from an injured ankle, and the , 6 foot 210-Pound sophomore is the manjo Deatibr the fullback position. 4 .Dougherty seems sure to retain his starting berth at wingback while 'Vince O'Bara, gained valuable exper "Aerds your Party By JOE BREU The lead was boOsted to eight yards in the third leg by Bill Lockhart and finally to 10 yards by Lancaster at the end of the race. Lanc matched strides with Harry Cogswell, former .Western Conference quarter mile champ. Gehrdes' time for. the 440 yards was 52.4, Kay's 50.2, “ Lockhart's 49 8 and Lancaster's 49.6. Besides Ohio State' the • Lions downed Purdue and Illinois, the two 'runner-ups in the Western Con ference indoor meet three weeks agr.. Fritts, the IC4-A high jump title-holder; - tied ?kith Bill Jones of Purdue 'arid ffim • Ficke , of Miami of Ohio, Each of the three jumped 6 feet,, 3. and %ths inches. It was Vic'S win . of the sea., TRAILS DILLARD Gehrdes• trailed Dillard for the second titrie: , ":Trid'ar ( ti . ight; Dil lard's time WaS , 6.sVifter.'Jtimpin' Jim came Craig firmer. _UCLA ace,' and;l3illY IViitehell of Georgetown. The performance:'of 'Lancaster wag the former' Philadelphia star's highest finish in a final this season. •He had previouSly'tapped Johnson, the. winner, in .a semi final heat Friday night. , The Blue and White thinclads will close their' indoor campaign this weekend in the -Purdue Re lays then turn their attention to getting ready for the .outdoor season which. is only a month away. ' • ience in filling in for starter Bill Luther at the tailback slot. Tony Orsini, a sophomore,, can be counted on for the wingback role. The graduation. of Chuck Dna . - zenovich and Chdrley Murray leaves the blocking back assign ment to John Podrasky, whom Bruce thinks is "along pretty far for a sophomore." Chan Johnson, a sophomore wingback, was used mostly on defense last-year. The problem gets desperate up front where John Smidansky is the only starter remaining. Three other linemen—center Ken Bunn, tackle - Chuak GodlaskY, and guard Jim. Barr—earned.letters for their, play. • . • Bruce was pleased with the performances during the first week, of Len Bartek, a ,6 foot 200 .pound.guard from last year's Var sity, and Bill Hockersmith, a •6 foot 5 inch, 240 pound tackle from ,New Cumberland,•Pa. Standing . - joke among base ball players is .the Penn State "fieldhouse," the name given to the practice area under the Beaver Field stands. s.K I 00iy 05 the money-awing way to boy prey'' Famous ' lee Cittam,foi special and ntgelar home uat. choJpg of ktiOr.".includitte t itroortrVapi,lllo: • 13fticiAceYCieam•tii, 29173 • THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Lacrosse 'Ex's' Varsity To Play The varsity lacrosse team will play host to an alumni team made up of former Blue and White stars in a practice match Saturday afternoon on the prac tice field at 1:30. Weather per mitting it will be the first match of the season for Coach Nick Thiel's charges. The probable starting 'lineup foi the varsity will have Bud Reed,' Bud Wolfran, and Co captain Ed' Bellfield at the close attack positions; Co-captain Bob Louis, Paul Raffensperger, and Tony Eagle at midfield; Jack Haggerman, Indian Snyder, and Don. Copelin at defense; and 'Phil Benedetti at the goal tending spot. :• For the alumni, Thomas Aug ustus, James Wolf, Ken Kerwin, and Shorty • Hausman, former All-American at Army, will be - the attack men; John Hughes, Rocco lannetta, John McCleary, George Locotos, Thomas Smith, lacrosse coach at F&M, and Ernie Baer, assistant lacrosse coack,.dt Penn State, will 'play P 4. 0 7 SOOing 'Clearance Hur's once' again brings you values that can't be found elsewhere . . . you ask how they can sell merchandise at such drastic reductions' . . . and here's your answer Hur's are closing out a few of their lines, such as, Tru-Val, Cape Cod and many ether -shirt lines and other nationally advertised brands; thus, you will have the opportunity to stock up on needed items. Another of their well-known lines, the House of Worsted-Tex, is going out of business and Hur's have reduced their lop coats and suits for this sale. . • Two _Big _Groups , • • TOPCOATS Values to . $4O $23.95 Value. $29.95 to $55 This. includes Society Brand and Knit-Tex Topcoats One Group SPORT COATS • $lO . These coats are much • • • below coat •• Three 'Big Groups HOSE Values to : • . $2 75c Values to • 85c 3 for $1 Values to 41.10 2 for $1 RAINCOATS Just 6 Pieces • $5 • LUGGAGE 30% OFF • • HUB'S MEN'S E.*Colliege Ave. Riflers Extend National Champs; Lose To Terps By Four Points Penn State dropped its first shoulder-to-shoulder match of the season Saturday to Maryland, last year's national rifle champions, by a 1412 to 1408 score. The 1408 was the Nittany Lion riflers' best total in any match since 1947. Nelson Bevard shot a 284 to lead the Blue and White team. Rod Ingleright shot a 282, Sam Carnahan and Jack Hepfer fired 281's, and Captain Gerold Prange shot a 280 to complete State's scoring. Two other rifle squads finish ed behind State in the meet, which was held at Maryland. George Washington was third with a 1393 score, while •Western Maryland fired a 1348. Penn state will meet Maryland again in the National Intercol legiate, sectional-rifle competition April 1 at Annapolis. About seven or eight teams from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Vir- the midfield positions. At defense, the alumni will have John McHugh, assistant coach at Penn State, Wayne Bittner, and John Pfirman. Hur's Annual SHIRTS We are discontinuing from carry ing in stock such lines as Tru-Val, Bruxton, Wings, and Cape Cod. Buy' these white and colored shirts at cost or lower. Values to $4.50 SUITS Values to $4O Values to $52.50 $24.95. $34.95 Values to $65 $42.50 SWEATERS One group valued at $4.95 One group valued at $7.95 By :HUB ENDRES 1.99 $l.OO $2.130 ginia will compete in the sec tional. SECTIONAL MATCHES Twelve sectional matches are held throughout the United States. Team and individual scores of the sectional winners are then compared to determine the National Intercollegiate team and individual champions. Results in telegraphic matches foie the weeks ending Mar. 4 and Mar. 11 show Penn State scoring four wins against two losses. This makes the season telegraphic rec ord 18 wins and 10 losses. The latest victories were over Law rence Tech, Queens College, Northwestern and Denver. Final telegraphic matches of the season will be fiired against Cornell and Wentworth Institute. 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