P.^..";F: SIX
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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.
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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
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• 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.
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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.
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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
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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. Anyone who has not re
ceived theirs, should contact the
intramural office in Rec Hall im
mediately.
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