` i I.o ' . .;u I. lu7o 'On The Ball' / Sa t/ / • i• BY RAY KOEHLER Sports Editor Has "Little Joe" Tocci started a trend toward giving the little uy hisjuit desserts amid the giants•of State's athletic whirl? Only 5-feet 5-inches tall, Tocci last year co-captained one of State's most success ful basketball teams in recent years. With the completion'of the '5O spring sports calendar two more 'Davids' were named to captaincies. They are Phil Benedetti, lacrosse goalie, and Joe Durniak, a golfer. Will the next trip to the patent office by lacrosse Coach Nick Thiel and his handy aide, Ernie 'Bugs' Baer, be prompted by the invention of a, small hip flask filled with milk of magnesia to help his boys not only figuratively—butactually—"cream the goalie" when in scoring posiiion? Now that Penn State's gridiron board of strategy contains such illustrious names as Rip Engle; Joe Bedenk, Sever TorettL Frank Patrick, Jim O'Hara, Earl Bruce and Joe Paterno, won't Nittany fans be seeing more talent on the sidelines than on the playing field? • Since Engle is still at liberty to choose two additional coaches to his staff (making it an all-time high of 9) will the College have to set up a separate dining hall and training table just for the grid in structors? . . Why wasn't Al Tkac, the rnainspring of Coach Joe Bedenk's 1950 baSeball team, tapped by Majoe League scouts prompt ly at the conclusion of the college season? High school kids are being given large ,bonuses to sign and here's an athlete who has demon strated his hurling ability in the college ranks and has clearly an nounced his big league ambitions. Now that soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey has traded his bagpipe for a Brazilian ocarina will he also promote a bullfight as a pre game special to lure some of Rip Eftgle's football patrons over to the golf course, soccer ... Is it true that Thespians have signed 'Silent' George Weber, former JV 'crosse flash, to play the feature , role in "The Lives and. Loves of a Bengal Lacrosse man"? Owen Landon continue his rapid rise in the hot competition Of Eastern collegiate tennis play—and do Nittany sport fans realize what a star they have in their midst in the blond net captain who makes his only mistakes in practice? . . . Why didn't Penn's Ben Kreitz'berg "own up" after his disputed 100-yard dash "victory" over Wii Lancaster, of . Penn State, in the Penn Relays. If a reliably re ported conversation 'after the rice, in which Kreitzberg was clocked first, is true—then the Perm- dashman expressed surprise over the judges' close decision: He thought he hadn't won at all, and was in deed surprised that the .judges picked him. ' Whom does Ralph Kiner, Pittibuygh slugger, have the most respect for when it comes to tossing a hot rock? None other than .yoUng Curt Simmons, Egypt; Pa.; hurler. Ralph said he wasn't a bit ashamed of striking out twice against Simmons the other day Is it true that "Luscious" Lou Lamie's picture, along with a brief sketch of his basketball activities at Penn State (he's captain this year) will appear in a national magazine late this fall? Do the gals who date Penn State's No. _1 football hero, Fran `Hunk 'a Man' Rogel, know that the 5-foot 10-inch, 205-pounder cares not a whit for femmes who drink and smoke but would rather go out With the home-lovin' type? How long are varsity and student tennis enthusiasts going to have .to slip around on the sandy varsity "clay" courts? They were supposed to have been resurfaced ages ago. . . . When Penn State's grid team journeys to Syracuse, Oct. 14, viililhey" find an all-Negro backfield, heralded by the , feather-like passing of Bernie.Custis, waiting for them? . • • • - The • r iris! . National. Bank • • Of. State- College • • .NTember 0,1 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reseive System '1 I-, c ~11..ii...1‘,11.11 L'AiLLEGL'.. , I. STATE COLLMGE , I. PENNSYLVANIA What's the Story? Appearing a bit apprehensive before plunging into the Glenn land Pool waters, Phyllis Fay, Janie Alexander, and Gloria Walk- . ei (left to right) pose prettily for the cameraman at one of the-Sum mer Recreation Department's coed swim parties held every Tues day and Thursday nights. U.S. Track Team --- (Continued from page four) ly cloudy. As is the case with Stone, he is awaiting the Olym pics and until that time he can not obtain certain positions which would classify him as a profes sional and exempt him from the Olympic picture. Ashenfelter, while still a com paratiVe newcomer to thei track at Penn State, was helped consider ably by the presence of veterans SUMMER SALE MEN'S CLOTHING and APPAREL Tropicals Gabardines and Worsters SUITS Reg. 32.50 Now 26.00 Reg. 45.00 Now 33.75 Reg: 60.00 Now 44.75 Catalina and Jantzen SWIM WEAR ALL REDUCED 33 1 / 3 % • " All Types Of TROUSERS - Reg. 6.50 Now 4.95 Reg. 7.50 Now 5.45 Reg. 12.95 - - Now 8.95 —Collegian photo by Bill Boyles Student Press Grant A grant of $8,200 to be added to a fund for a student press at the College was the gift presented by the class, of 1950. Stone and Gerry Karver on the same squad. It was at that . time that teammates began calling him "Fearless Fosdick" because of his willingness to run against any body regardless of their reputa tion. KALIN'S MEN'S SHOP OF NATIONALLY ADVERTISED ALTERATIONS WILL STATE COLLEGE Georgetown Is Ist Team To Test Engle's Wing 4 Georgetown and Rutgers are the only newcomers to Penn State's nine-game 1950 football schedule. The Washington, D.C. insti tution will be a football oppo nent for fhe first time, while Penn State and Rutgers collided in 1918 in their only previous meeting. Georgetown, coached by Bob Margarita, former Brown Uni versity and professional star, will furnish the, opposition in the opening game at State College, Sept. 30. This game will also, mark the debut of Charles A. "Rip" Engle as Penn State's first non-alumnus coach since 1929. Engle coached at Brown before accepting his new post. Rutgers, the other newcomer, will help the Nittany Lions close out the home season November 18. The Scarlet eleven is cloached by the veteran Harvey Harman, former University of Pittsburgh star and former University of Pennsylvania coach. Black Knights Back Back from last year's schedule are Army, Syracuse, Nebraska, Temple, Boston College, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh. Last year, Penn Staie suffered setbacks at the hands of Villa nova, Army, Michigan State, and Pitt while rolling over Boston Colle g e, Syracuse, Nebraska. Temple, and West Virginia. Another Ash An'Ashenfelter will captain the Penn State track team again in 1951. Bill Ashenfelter, younger brother of Horace, is the newly elected leader. Horace, who's •a post-graduate student at his alma mater, captained the 1949 team. T-Shirts, Gauchos Long and Short Sleeved SPORT SHIRTS Reg. 1.95 . Now 1.45 Reg. 2.95 Now 2.15 Reg. 3.95 Now 2.95 Lightweight and Regular Weight SPORT COATS Reg. 13.50 Now 9.95 Reg. 25.00 Now 18.75 Reg. 29.50 Now 22.75 One Group of Cotton Argyle SOCKS Reg. 1.50 1 .1 0 Now BE MADE AT COST . PAGE FWE Rip's Debut
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