P.^..";F: SIX iltff The Cuff" You can't always tell about eras. Sometimes when you think they're ending, it's really just a milestone that will be remembered in a continuing era. All this talk about eras was brought to mind Thursday night at the boxing banquet when retiring captain Pat Heims stood with bowed head and said softly, "I guess this is the end of an era for me." It brought to mind another era, that of the beloved Lion boxing mentor, Leo Houck. And it brought back the memory of the night Leo's death was an nounced to a capacity crowd in Rec hall. To most of us that night represented the end of an era Expendable? Why? Because who could pos sibly take the, place of the dean of collegiate boxing? Who could produce 48 Eastern champions and five national titlists during his coaching regime? Who could accomplish these things and still be worshipped by his boxers, thousands of students, and an even greater number of boxing enthusiasts , throughout the coun try? , But as it turned out, that wasn't the end of an era. It could well have been. Boxing at Penn State could have dwindled and lost all the glory that Leo had given it here in the Nittany vale. The reason it wasn't the end of an era is Eddie Sulkowski. - - Since taking over Penn State from your teammates." boxing two years ago, Sulkowski Sam Marino—" Don't worry, has not allowed the sport, to lose mom, they don't hit you in the any of its hard-gained merits, face in college boxing." Four Nittany Gymnasts Vie For NCAA Honors Today Four members of the Penn State gymnastic team' are in East Lansing, Mich. today in quest of National Collegiate honors. The Lion contingent to the national tourney, being held at the home of Michigan State, includes Rudy. Valentino, Dave Benner, Dave Douglass, and Dave Schultz. These men formed the nucleus of Catch Gene Wettstone's squad during the season, aiding in win ning three meets of the six-meet schedule. Valentino, captain of the Nit tany squad and 1950 Eastern tumbling champion, will be mak ing his first appearance in the Nationals, having been kept out of last year's tournament because of an injury. Benner was a fourth place finisher in the 1950 meet and will be attempting to gain an other medal in the sidehorse com petition. Douglass and Schultz, both sophomores, will compete in the parallel-bars and rope climbing events. Call Track Candidates There will be a meeting of old and new track candidates with Coaches Chick Werner and Norm Gordon today at 2 p.m. in the water tower locker room behind Beaver field. Pa. Team To Wrestle Japanese Squad A central Pennsylvania wres tling squad will attempt to put the skids under a touring Japanese team tonight at 9:15 on the Clear field armory mats. The American crew, made up of Hugh Perry, Charlie Ridenour, and Don, Jim, and Jerry Maurey, will employ collegiate r u l es against the Jap grapplers. Thus far, the touring Japs have lost only to lowa State Teachers, fourth in the NCAA's, while tying Cornell college of lowa. another mid By ART BENNING Sulk Continues Leo Houck Era He gets the most from his boxers because they believe in him. And important, also, but not paramount, he is producing win ners and champions. Confidence Builder Heims went on, "We weren't sure we liked the idea of Eddie being coach, because that meant he'd be on the bench with us in stead of in our corners. As long as Eddie was in ,my corner, I didn't care who was in the other one. I found out in my first bout for Penn State that Eddie knew what was best for me to do in the ring." Sulkowski had been a pupil of Houck's, and later served as assistant coach, assuming more and more of the old master's tasks as his health dwindled. He had the best training a coach could have, and today he is proving how well he learned the job. When his boys are in the ring, Sulkowski is there, too, taking every blow. As he told the boxers at the banquet, "They're all tough for me. When you box three rounds, I box 24." Quotable Quotes Harold "Ike" Gilbert never seen a Penn State boxer who didn't shake hands and con gratulate an opponent, wiy, lose, or draw." Pat Heims—"When you come out of the ring a loser, the great- est thing in the world is a pat on the back and a 'nice going' 15 Players! 5 Sick! But You Need 11 In Soccer! The soccer fans of Iran may have seen a rare sight yester day when the Penn State team took the field in Tehran. Either Coach Bill Jeffrey or Manager Neil See may have been forced to play, since a late cable to the State depart ment disclosed that five play ers were sidelined by "stom ach upsets." Only 15 players were taken on the trip. The loss of five men leaves the Nittanies one short of the regulation eleven needed. The men listed by cable as being withheld from the game are halfbacks Frank Follmer and Kurt Klaus, fullback Jay Simmons, goalie Ron Coder, and lineman John Pinezich. Coder was the only goal tender in the group. western wrestling powerhouse. For the Americans, Perry will wrestle at 115 pounds. Perry, who is the son of the Pitt mat coach, was undefeated as a frosh grap Basketball Practice Members of th e varsity and freshman basketball tams ar e asked to report to Assistant Coach John Egli and frosh Coach Joe Tocci in Rec hall Monday at 4 p.m. for the beginning of spring prac tice. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Penni State 1951 Lacrosse Fortunes Depend Upon Goalie, Defense Men Today, the Daily Collegian begins a series of articles on Coach Nick Thiel's lacrosse team that opens its season April 13 against Western Maryland. This, the , first article, looks at the goalie defense positions. The fortunes of Penn State's . 1951 lacrosse season could very well hang on the performance turned in by the team defense the goalie and the defenseme Football's adage, "the best of fense is a good defense" holds true in lacrosse as Well as on the gridiron. The goal-tending position 'is one of the brighter pictures Thiel has to look at as the initial game approaches. Captain Phil Bene detti will again be around to handle the goalie chores for the Nittany Lions. Probably the smallest man on the squad, Benedetti makes up for his tiny stature with an un canny knack of knocking down drives from outside the crease. Last season, Benedetti turned in some fine performances in the nets for the Nittanies. Thiel pre dicts that he will be one of the outstanding goalies in the country. this, season. Against Navy , last year, Phil's sparkling net play had the Mid dies praising him as the best goal ie to play against them. Behind Beneretti are Dale Scheffer, Robert Hartman, and Merritt Dinnage. Scheffer, a sen ior, saw action with the jayvee squad last year. He will be Thiel's number two goalie. Hartman and Dinnage are both sophomores. Hartman played at the Harrisburg center last year, while Dinnage played at Swarthmore center. Don Bell, a freshman from Rochester, N.Y., is ineligible for varsity competition this year, but is expected to see much action in the next few seasons. The defense poses Thiel's big gest problem with Joe Drazeno vich missing from the lineup. But as the season approaches, the problem is becoming smaller and smaller. Thiel -expects to field a junior defense line with its biggest draw_ back being lack of experience. Only Vance Scout was able to win his letter-last season. Teaming with Scout on the first line will be John Amber and John Henry. Amber, like Scout, played on the varsity last year, while Henry saw action with the State jayvees. Thiel's number four man will be Barr Asplundh, who saw limit ed action with the Lions last year. Following Asplundh is Danny Grove from the jayvee squad. Thiel also has Jay Stone, a mid fielder last year, who has been switched to strengthen the de fense. Four sophs, James Diehl, Rich ard Schaeffer, James Dean and Joe Simone are also making bids for positions. With more exper ience they are expected to de velop into fine defensemen. Allentown Favored To Win PIAA Title PHILADELPHIA, March 30 (IP) —Allentown's Canaries were given a slight edge over the Far rell Steelers tonight on the eve of the 32nd annual scrap for the PIAA Class A state basketball title. The two regional champions wind up Pennsylvania's 1951 pub lic school competition tomorrow night at the University of Penns ylvania Palestra for the state's top scholboy cage prize. The Pales tra's 8,200 seats are sold out. pier. Ridenour, State freshman wres tling coach, will be at 125 pounds for the Americans. He was also a former three-time EIWA titlist while at Penn State. At 137 lbs. will be the newly crowned EIWA champ, Don Mau rey, while holding down the 147 spot will be the youngest of the wrestling Maurey's, Jerry. The oldest of the brother act, Don, will be at 157 lbs. This weight class will be the heaviest one in competition. By ERNIE MOORE * * * * * They Shall Not Pass! ;A.Kti..n.:v...:v.n , . ~.: »......a..:i.... ~'f'£'~H^4!^>: ip ,. `M f ^ ~i v s .r,. ~ ~r:~i.:;..~.....w. • Peppery Jimmy Bloodworth, the Phillies' ace holler-guy, aban d9ned his favorite bench-jockeying role by swatting a tenth inning home run with two mates aboard to give the National League champs an 8-5 triumph over the Washing ton Senators yesterday afternoon in Clearwater, Fla. Earlier the Phil's reserve in fielder, in an unusual, bludgeon ing mood with six rbi's, rapped a circuit clout with two Phils on base in the third frame to square matters at 3-3. Eddie Sawyer's ace hurlers Robin Roberts and Jim Konstanty spaced seven Nat hits over nine innings but curve-bailer Blix Don nelly got the win with • a white wash job in the tenth. After sitting on the Phils' bench ' for two seasons because of the bonus rule, Stan Hoilmig was sent back to Baltimore yesterday. EMW.] Detroit's Tigers pulled up stakes on a dismal grapefruit stay at Lakeland, Fla. yesterday by snap_ ping a three-game losing streak with a 10-4 pounding of the Cardinals. Fred Hutchinson and Diz Trout scattered nine St. Louis safties while every Rolfeman except Johnny Groth pummelled Card flingers Ery Dusak and Harry Brecheen with 15 hits. It was only the Bengal's fourth win against 10 defeats. 1:=M:1 The Boston Red Sox'S vaunted power got help from unexpected quarters yesterday in Sarasota, Fla., as the sluggers from the Hub dumped Leo Durocher's Giants, 7-4. Red Sox rokies catcher Bob Scherbarth spanked a bases loaded double off Jim Hearn in the fifth inning to break a 4-4 deadlock. The wallop iced the game for the Beantowneis and earned them a three-game series sweep- Injury was added to insult when the Giant's catcher, Ray Noble (pronounced NO-blay), sprained his ankle sliding into the plate in the second inning. He will be lost to the New Yorkers for two weeks. Chicago's seventh place Cubs showed some of Frankie Frisch's Fordham Flash as they jolted the World Champion Yankees, 5-2, yesterday in Phoenix, Ariz. Penn State's all-time record in 43 years of intercollegiate wres tling shows 200 wins, 51 defeats, and 9 ties. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1951 The . t 1 aa ' . „.., Cl rl a t :4- 1 0- , , . ii ._ Dope r , , By JAKE HIGHTON IM Schedules Sent Out Schedules for the intramural volleyball 'handball doubles tour volleyball and handball doubles tournaments have been sent out to all those entered in the tourna ments. 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