SATURDAY, MAY 'l3, 1950
'On The Ball' Brother Bill
NEWS ITEM—Fred Wilt, his lungs gasping for.air, crossed
the finish line of the Boardwalk Mile in Atlantid City, N.J., in
4:05.5, the fastest an American has ever run the distance out
doors.
That was the lead of a story which excited track fans
throughout the nation scanned some two weeks ago, but for
Penn State followers the real meat of the article lay buried
some four paragraphs below ... . and in fourth place, Bill Aih
enfelter, Penn State.
Behind that small item lay a pretty good story, for when
Bill finished, some .5i seconds behind Wilt and his brother
Horace, he had run the fastest mile ever recorded by a Nit
tany runner in collegiate competition.
His 9:11 sliced 6 seconds from the previous low set by
Gerry Karver, several years ago. The sad part is that Bill
cannot claim a record because of the ruling which states
that a runner must win the race-in which he is competing
in order to set a new standard.
His togs still damp from his previous day's efforts in the
Penn Relays at Philadelphia, Ash entered the Atlantic City
event in the place of Curt Stone, who was also supposed to
be running in Utah the same day.
As soon as it was found that 'Stone was unavailable, Bill,
who had , made the Sunday trip with his brother and Parents,
was persuaded to enter the feature race. Milling around the
starting line anxious for the run to get underway, Bill found
himself in the company of such 'outstanding milers as Wilt,
Horace Ashenfelter, John Twomey, Browning Ross and Irish
Johnny Barry.
"It was a fast race right from the start. We ran the
.first quarter . in .57 and I kept up with the first three until
the half. After that Horace and Wilt faded out in front.
But I really felt good after the race was over."
Several years ago as a freshman at Kutztown State Teach
ers College in the eastern .part of the state, the writer hap
pened to make the acquaintance of the lean, lanky farm lad.
At that time his only claims to prominence were a pair of
tremendous, ham-like mitts and rather large size 11 brogans.
The middle man in our initial encounter introduced the
grinning, loquacious individual as Bill Ashenfelter.
Ashenfelter? Are you the brother of Horace, that runner
at Penn State? we asked him. "Delighted," he smiled proudly.
Because of Ms running ambitions and .)Lis • famous ,€
brother, Bill took plenty of kidding in those days (he
still does) but he always gives back as much as he takes.
As on the track—he's a hard man to get past. •
Finding that he had intentions of following in the foot
steps (we can't say shoes because of the physical impossi,
bility involved) of his big .brother, we laughingly asked him
to give us special rights to his life story when be became
famods.
Up to this point the junior in hotel administration has
had the last laugh.
The Nittany Lidns' celebratdd basketball Mutt and Jeff
duo of Joe, Tocci and Marty . Costa both have received feelers
from the pro people.
The 5-foot 6-inch Giiiseppi, a native New Yorker and
a cinch to go down in ,Lion court history as one of its
greatest ball-handlers and play - setters, has received an
invitation -to try out with the Minneapolis Lakers.
The Lakers during the past professional season scattered
all opposition as they won the B.A.A. playoffs and as an added
selling featuie the letter forwarded to Tocci- told of the thrill
of playing with such greats as Georgelyfikan, Jim Vollard, etc.
'Costa, Coach Gross' affable, easy-going workhouse who
set two all-time. Penn State scoring records during the past
winter when he tallied 32 points in , one game and then went
on to collect a season's total of 299, hasbeen tapped for a look
over by both the New York Knickerbockers and Washington
Caps. ,
While Marty isn't one to•-turn up his, nose at the money
to be made in the professional cage circuits, he still realizes
the rigors of . a full 60-game-plus B.A.A. schedule.
"If I can get a job in some .nice-sized city, I believe I
can have just as much fun' and, incidentally, pick up a:
couple of bucks on the - side by playing in a league a little
closer to my level," Costa figures.
DU Victorious
In IM Soccer
Delta Upsilon continued to ride
over its opposition Thursday night
in the IM soccer tournament, sink
ing Phi Kappa. Tau, 2-0. Lieb and
Khammash scored for the win
ners.
Delta Upsilon will meet Phi Ep
silon Pi in its next game to deter
mine who will play in the semi
finals. Phi Epsilon Pi defeated Phi
Gamma Delta Thursday, 2-1, with
the Cohen brothers, Lou and Irv,
doing the scoring.
Phi Delta Theta won a close one,
1-0, to earn the rght to next meet
Sigma Phi Sigma, a 2-0 winner on
Thursday.
The winners of these next
• Steps Out
sosyt
By Ray Koehler
SPORTS EDITOR
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TKE I,7ll . in*.. : ?ind
In IM.Siiiftbiill
Tau Kappa Epsilon chalked up
its second straight lopsided vic
tory in downing Beta Sigma Rho,
14-1, in a second flight intramural
fraternity sofetball tilt Wednes
day.
The first flight of fraternity play
was concluded as Delta Theta Sig
ma downed Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
5-1, and Delta Upsilon eked out a
6-5 win over Phi Kappa Tau.
Simmons Hall walloped Donn's
Burris, 20-3, in the second flight of
the independent tournament.
games will meet to decide the
finalist as the intramural soccer
season draws to a close.
ME DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Engle High
On Koerber;
Drills End
Dick Koerber, a nonentity in the
IPenn State gridiron picture two
weeks ago, looms as one of the
top contenders for the vital quart
erback role as two weekS of in
tensive training in the intracies of
Rip Engle's winged-T came to a
close yesterday afternoon.
Engle is quick to make it clear
that the ball-handling job is still
"wide open," but he acknowledges
that the lanky 185-pound Koerb
er has shown the most progress.
Koerber, who suffered a sprain
sed back Tuesday and has not
played since, has done "remark
ably well while he , was in there,"
according to Engle.
Reports to Engle
Not out for the first six week
session of Spring drills, Koerber,
who played under center at Pitts
burgh's Carrick High School, re
ported for practice when Engle
called the team out again upon
his arrival here. Koerber's ball
handling, passing, and faking,
combined with • his ability to
adjust himself to the Engle sys
tem, is what has catapulted him
into prominence."
Effective• at deceiving the de
fense with his fakes, Koerber
comes close to. filling the specifi
cations required of Engle for his
ball-handler---"a boy who can call
plays, pass, and take pride in fool
ing the Other fellow with slight
of hand." These were the qualities
Engle has been looking for in .a
quarterback, and although Koer
ber still has some rough spots to
smooth out, he has made more
progresd than any of the other
quarterback hopefuls,
When the squad returns to
campus in the Fall, however,
Koerber will have to work hard
to sew up the position. He will
face stiff competition from Vince
O'Bara 'arid Len ShePhard, two
good passers, Bill Patterson, and
Jack Strucher, all of whom have
shown improvements.
The squid put the finishing
touches on the prolonged eight
week session ' yesterday with a
two-hour scrimmage on thq Beav
er Field , practice area. , With Shep
hard, O'Bara, Patterson and Stru
cher running the squad from un
der center, the squad • clicked
through its routine with more of
the required precision than it had
shown before.
Although the varsity folded up
camp, Engle and the rest of the
staff will go through an addition
al week of drills with about 40
freshmen from, cooperating col-.
leges and centers. The frosh will
arrive on, campus May. 29 and en
gage in two' drills daily.
Wetistone Given
Coaching Award
A commemorative medallion de
scribing him as "one of America's
top coaches" and citing him for
"his many contributions to the
sport of gymnastics" is the newest
honor conferred on Gene Wett
stone, Penn State gym coach.
Wettstone, who coached the 1948
Olympic team, and Roy Moore, of
New York City, chairman of the
National AAU gymnastics com
mittee, were .both honored by the
Helms Athletic Foundation, of Los
Angeles. Both received medallions
from W. R. Schroeder, managing
director of the Foundation, at a
dinner in Los Angeles.
In 11 years as Pqnn State coach,
Wettstone's gymnasts won four
team titles in the Eastern Inter
collegiates, one , in the National
Collegiates, and three in National
AAU competition. Three of his
protegs won places on the 1948
Olympic team, and his individual
titlists now number' thirty-two.
• Two shutsouts featured Thurs
day's second flight fraternity
games. as Pi Kappa Alpha white
washed Phi Gamma Delta, 3-0,
and Alpha Tau Omega blanked
Alpha Gamma Rho, 4-0. In the
other fraternity fray Phi Kappa
Sigma banged out a 14-2 decision
over Sigma Phi Alpha.
Ath. Hall moved into the second
flight of the independent division
by blasting the Crusaders, 8-1.
Stiff Competition
State Lacrossemen Meet
Strong Cavaliers Today
Coach Nick• Thiel's Nittany lacrossemen entertain one
of the better stick teams in the country when they take on
the flashy Cavaliers from West Virginia University this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the
golf course practice field.
The visitors have a veteran
squad built around their two all-
Americans, Bill Hooper and Bob
Proutt. Twelve other lettermen
grace the Virginia lineup.
Last year, State dropped 'a
close, 8-7, decision on the Cava
liers home field. But the Lions
have only four lettermen back
from those who played in that
contest.
"Virginia is one of the best
teams to come here in years,"
said Thiel. And he added "they're
very skillful and have a color
ful, scrappy crew."
All-American Coach
The Cavaliers are coached by
former all-American at Navy,
Charlie Guy. Also a football and
wrestling star, Guy was voted
"outstanding senior athlete" at
the Academy in 1945.
This season Virginia holds vic
tories over such lacrosse stalwarts
as Syracuse, Washington and Lee,
Loyola and V.M.I. Only Maryland
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