SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1951 The. Lion's Lair Athletes End College Career Once again we approach the end of another school year and another group of Penn State athletes will leave the Nittany. Vale— but not before etching their names in the Lion record books. Space will not allow us to name them all but we would like to mention a few from the Tall and Winter sports. , From the football team goes a quartet that Rip Engle will sorely miss next season. No longer will State fans see the passing combination of quar terback Vincd, O'Bara and end John Smidansky roam the grid iron for the Lions. Nor will they see hardcharging Tony Orsini busting through . opponent lines. For our money, Orsini was the most underrated back in the East. .Captain Owen Dougherty will no longer be around to mystify opponent pass defenders with his left-handed tosses while running to the left from his wing -back spot. We wonder who Bill Jeffrey will come up with to replace All- Americans Harry Little and Clar ence Buss, and Joe Lane, Ron Coder, and Red Emig on his soc cer team. It will take some pretty good booters to replace those men. It will be Penn State's loss when the Lion track and cross country teams no longer have an Ashenfelter on the roster. But both Bill and Don will run in their last meets for State this year. Bob Freebairn, Bob Parsons, Vic Fritts, and Bill Lockhart, also leave the Nittany track team. In basketball, Captain Lou Little Leaguer To Get Big Chaince By HUGO FREAK Managing Editor, Bedford Gazette BEDFORD, Pa., May 25—(?P)—Young Jim Wise is a big leaguer at heart—and he's ready to go the route. That's why Jim, the 13-year old son of Mr. and. Mrs. Donald (Nick) Wise of Bedford, is in Shriner's Hospital in Philadelphia for a series of three major operations. Jim loves sports just like his dad, who is president of the Bedford County Baseball League. He's pretty good, too. He pitched for the Lions team in the Little League last summer and was one of its best hurlers. Plays Football Too Jim also plays football. You should have seen him making a one-armed catch of a forward pass and scamper for a touch down. And he's won his numer als in basketball. Yes, Jim has the drive and ability and will to win. But Jim also has something which auto matically would put most boys his age on the sidelines. Jim has a bad arm. You don't notice it at first the way the kid scampers around making sensational one catches, or the way he steams a fast ball in from the mound with a stance that is in the pattern of the big leaguers. Arm Paralyzed Jim's left arm has been paral yzed since birth. He has to catch and throw a baseball with his one good arm. It's quite a trick— the way he catches the ball, flips the glove down on his wrist then throws the ball to a teammate. But that doesn't satisfy a fel low who's a big leaguer at heart— and that's Jim's driving ambi tion in life. Then came the big chance— to enter Shriner's Hospital. Jim is being sponsored there by two By ERNIE MOORE Sports Editor Lamle, holder of two Penn State scoring records, and one of State's greatest cagemen has played his last games for Coach Elmer Gross. He will leave along with Ted Panoplos, Junie Moore, and Tom Shuptar. Homer Barr, \ "The People's Choice" and one of the greatest competitors ever to wear a Penn State wrestling uniform will be missed by Lion wrestling fans next season. While we're naming wrestlers we can't forget Dandy Mike Ru bino and Johnny Reese. No more will we see those teeth-rattling body slams that made Mike one of State's most colorful athletes. Captain Pat Heims and Frank Gross will be missing from the Lion boxing lineup next year. In the 1950 NCAA tournament, Heims was the "Cinderella Boy," fighting his way into the finals, before bowing out. Gross cap tured the Eastern title this year and v;fai one of the hardest punch ers State has seen in a good while. Penn State's "human pin wheel," Rudy Valentino, won't be around to amaze gymnastic fans with his tumbling feats. shriners, Frederick Metzler of Philadelphia and .W. Freeland Kendrick, chairman emeritus of the hospital's board. Three Operations It will take three operations and Jim will spend his summer vacation in bed. Even then the doctors have told him they can't guarantee a thing. "The kid knows the odds," says his auto mechanic father, "and he wants to go ahead. We're grateful he's being given the chance. We, can only hope and pray it works out." Back in his home town of Bed ford, a lot of people hope so, too. They know a kid with a big leaguer's heart—and they're pull ing for him as he,starts out on the long route. Rip Engle, Penn State football coach, and Chuck Medlar, ath letic trainer, both have accepted invitations to address-the Eastern Pennsylvania scholastic coaches clinic at East Stroudsburg in mid- June. ALPHA EPSILON PHI PRESENTS "54e cLa4 Hitchcock Thriller and Excerpts from ne Swan cl i ate eatiet" at Hillel Foundation r MONDAY, MAY 28; 7-9, 9-11 TUESDAY, MAY 29; 7-9, 9-11 Proceeds to go to UNESCO's International Children's Community Fund Donation: 60c (tax included) THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Tennis Team Entertains Colgate The Nittany Lion tennis squad will be out in search of its ninth victory this afternoon on the var sity courts with Colgate provid ing the opposition. The match will start at 2 p.m. Presently owning an 8-3 rec ord, Coach Sherm Fogg's perfor mers will have their work cut out for them today, for the Red Raiders are loaded with a wealth of experienced talent. Prior to this week Colgate had a 17-3 record. Coach Perry Rock efeller's forces will be striving to continue their dominance over the Lions, having defeated State 9-0 last weekend 'at Hamilton, N.Y. Th e possibility of the Lions avenging last week's defeat was somewhat marred when Capta'n Owen Landon suffered an ankle injury. State's No. 1 man worked out Thursday and yesterday af ternoon and it appears that he Will be able to play today. . Colgate will place its hopes on Captain Bill Lust in the No. 1 singles event. Lust overpowered Landon last week in straight sets. National junior net champion finalist Ben Bishop will play against State's No. 2 man, Dick Wieland. ' Bill Aiken, who was, the only Nittany to come close to winning last week, will match strokes with the Red Raiders' Vo. 3 man, Dan Barker_ . Davis vs Bicknell In the fourth singles fray, Lion No. 4 man, Ed Davis, is slated to oppose Stew Bicknell. Bill Wood is scheduled to go for the Lions in the fifth match against Ed Stern. • - -Playing in the final' singles fracas will be Gus Bigott, and Colgate's Ted Stanton. Doubles , In the doubles activity, Landon and Wieland will join forces against Lust and sophomore Bi shop in the No. 1 event. Aiken and Davis will combine their talents in the third doubles match. Rounding out the start ing doubles combination for State will probably be Bigott and. Wood. The Lions conclude their sea son on Wednesday when t hey host Dusquene University on the varsity courts. Kostanich Tops PIAA Golfers Peter Kostanich, of Baldwin Township, took the lead late yes terday afternoon on the College course in the first round of the PIAA golf championship. Kostanich, the last man to fin ish in the 33-man field, posted a sparkling 72 on the par 69 Nittariy course. Bill Gabal, of Ambridge, and Mike Di Venanzio, of Springfield, paced the early finishers, scoring 73s for the first 18 holes of the 54 hole test. Right behind them with 74s were Jim Sykes, Chel tenham; Warren Gittlen, Harris burg William Penn; Frank Ara sin, Shamokin and Ed Krancic, Penn Township. ' By JOHN SHEPPARD Beat Lions Once Landon vs Lust suouTsccur mByAHOEN EY THER BILL, PLAYING A FROSH GAME WITH COUJM/31A,BROKE HIS THE SAME AFTERNOON! Lacrossmen Close Campaign At Cornell Four of Penn State's starting ten will be making their final appearance for the Nittany Lion lacrosse team when the Lions battle Cornell in their final match of the year at Cornell today. State will be hard hit at midfield where its two highest scorers this year in the persons of Jack Wilcox and Paul Raffensperger will be lost via graduation. Wilcox and Raffensperger are currently tied for - .first place in the scoring department with 18 goals each. Scout, Benedetti Lost The other two players who will be playing in their final match are defense man Vance Scout and goalie Phil Benedetti. Scout's clearing ability and Benedetti's brilliant goal tending will be sorely missed next year. Cornell has been drubbed twice by a team that State defeated handily. The Big Red dropped 12-2 and 12-9 decisions to Hobart. Coach Nick Thiel's team won a fairly easy 17-10 contest. 'Slow-Starting Club' However, as Thiel pointed out, Cornell "is a traditionally slow starting club. Cornell is also a little short on reserve strength, which is probably one reason why they fell apart in the second Ho bart match." The Lions will stick with the same lineup that has brought them three straight wins. Thiel will open with Dick Rost meyer, Ed Herring, and "Doak" Walker at attack; Barr Asplundh, Scout, and John Henry at defense; Al Fulton, Wilcox, and Bud Wol fram at midfield (although Raf fensperger will undoubtedly see plenty of action here) and Bene detti at goal. Seniors—Take Penn State with you. Join the Penn State Alumni Association now. 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