TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,, 1952
The Lion ,
s Lair
With the winter season nearing an end, tlioughts are turning
toward the Eastern tournaments, which get underway within two
weeks.
The boxing tournament comes first and it is of special interest
to Penn Staters because the EIBA tourney will be held in Rec
Hall, March 7-8.
Although Coach Eddie Sulkowski's' boxers have yet to win
a dual meet, the Lions stand al
good chance of ranking right near
the top when the tournament has
ended. Last season, the Lions
finished second in the Easterns,
and the team this year is as 'strong
if not stronger, in spite of its
record.
Five Penn State boxers stand
better than even chances of cop-'
ping Easte
crowns this yea
Johnny Alba
an o, defendi
champ at 1 ,
pounds, has yl
to lose a mat(
in Eastern col
petition this se,
son. His only k
caMe in the Wi
consin mat c
an d Wiscon:
isn't' in the E:
Lou Koszarek, defending
champ at 165 pounds, has lost
two matches this year but only
one has come at the hands of
an Eastern foe. That loss was
to Syracuse's Hooksie Miller,
155 pound. champion last year.
Miller moved up a weight to
fight Koszarek but will prob
ably fight in his own weight
in the tournament.
Incidentally, both Lou's defeats
were administered by champions.
His other loss came at the hands
Dorm 23 Wins Sixth;
League in 3- ay Tie
Dorm 23 moved into the IM cage League J's "big three" Friday
night by coming •from behind to . hand the Hawks their second set
back, 22-16.
With this victory, Dorm 23 once again threw tne league race in
to a three-way tie for first place. Dorm 23, Dorm 36, and the Sink
ers all have identical 6-1 records..ln Friday's skirmish, the Hawks
led at halftime, 10-7, but couldn't
halt the winners' determined sec
ond half attack. Jim McGinnis led
Dorm 23 with 11 points.
Palmerton, in its game with the
penn State Club, did what prob
ably no other IM team could do.
The leaders of League K entered
the game with a perfect 6-0 rec
4ord, were upset by a 14-13 score,
and still were left with no wor-
ries about the champiOnship of
the league. The reason is that no
(other team in the league has less
than three losses, and Palmerton
has only one game remaining.
Bears Win
" League K seemed to be full of
upsets as McElwain H a 11, 3-5,
dropped Ford City by a close 20-
19 Ford City had entered
the fray with a 4-2 slate. The
Triple A's notched their fourth
win by running roughshod over
Dorm 41 by a 43-21 score. Dorm
41, with one game remaining, has
a 4-3 mark. The Triple A's were
paced by the night's high scorer,
Sohn Williammee, who tallied 19
markers.
The Bears of League B finished
their season with a 6-1 record by
f trimming Dorm 30, 24-12, and by
so doing stayed -mathematically
in the league race. However, the
oily way in which the Bears
could tie for the lead is if the
league-leading Crusaders, 6-0,
drop their final game tonight to
the Beaver House.
Win First
Dorm 28 - ripped Dorm 5 by a
38-20 Margin-to hang up its fourth
Win. in LeagueNlC. Dick Matacia's
11 point,s were high for the win
ners. In League G, the Bagoonies
eylded their season play with a 33-
24 triumph over Penn Haven.
Both teams have 3-4 records.
The Alcoholics, after six con
secutive setbacks, fin ally won
their first game by coming from
. ‘ a 17-9 halftime deficit to edge the
Meeuries, 29-27.
The Foxes forfeited to Dorm 24
to 'set the victor's slate at three
wins and ,four defeats.
IFie Wears Glasses
Ron Weidenhammer, freshman
:basketball star at Penn State,
swears glasses on anti off the court.
By ERNIE MOORE
Collegian' Sports Editor
of Dick Murphy, WisconsirN na
tional king.
Sammy Marino, State's 125
pounder, has yet to lose a bout
in Eastern competition, although
he has two draws. His toughest
competition will probably come
from Tommy Coulter of Syra
cuse, with whom he drew.
Lion 178 pound boxer, Adam
Kois, will be one of the top con
tenders for the light-heavy crown,
but he has his work cut out for
him: Kois has shown plenty of
punch in his first year in the
ring and could be the dark horse
at 178. His roughest opponents
will be Jim Mclnerney of Army
and George Kartalian of Syra
cuse. Kartalian f ought in the
heavyweight division against
State but he's a regular 178
pounder.
-Tony Fiore is another dark
horse at 139 pounds. Fiore has
won three of four bouts, and
seems to be improving with
each match. Like Kois, Fiore is
a first year man.
Although they may go into the
tourney with an unimpressive
record, the Lions aren't to be
taken lightly. Syracuse will prob
ably .take the favorite, role, with
Army close behind, but' then Penn
State wasn't a favorite last year
either and it finished second.
Matmen --
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five times.
Breaking a tied match in the
third period with a pin, Doug
Frey won his second in a row
and fourth on the season against
two setbacks over 157-pound Mid
die John Godek. Frey stood Go
dek on his shoulders at 7:48 to
get the only fall of the match
and his second of the year.
Lynn Illingworth's heavyweight
replacement. Dick Waters, made
his first varsity start a 6-3 win
ner over Middle Tod Chinn. Wat
ers scored with two takedowns,
an escape and a time advantage.
Hud • Samson lost his second of
the year to Middie 177 pounder
Pete Blair, 7-4. Only a plebe,
Blair .matched Samson's two re
verses and won with a takedown
and riding time.
Do n Maurey had his season
mark evened off at 1-1-1 by be
ing held to a draw by Navy's
Art Jesser, 4-4. Don lost a point
for stalling in the first period,
and that was enough' to deadlock
the score. His, third period re
verse 'and better than two minutes
advantage, time only squared the
count.
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Newhouser
At Crossroads
Of Fine Career
LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 25—(W)
—Hal Newhouser, one of the great
modern 'day pitchers,. is at the
crossroads of his brilliant career.
In the next few weeks the base
ball future of the Detroit south
paWr will be/ settled. At the mo
ment, he's optimistic.
"I'm going to find out real
quick," he said ,at the Tiger
training camp. "If I can't do
I'll fold up shop and go back
home. There's no use kidding
yourself. I don't *ant to get paid
for not working.
"I don't want to be a dog, win
ning five or six games with a
bum arm and then going on re
lief. If I can't pitch I'll quit."
Nothing Radically Wrong
An arm - injury never m o r e
clearly diagnosed than a pulled
tendon—sidelined Newhouser last
season. He wound up with a 6-6
record and didn't throw a ball
after July 14.
"I've had all kinds of x-rays
taken. They show nothing. I've
tried about every treatment there
is. I know there's nothing radi
cally wrong but I just couldn't
pitch without an arm ache."
Newhouser said he first hurt
his arm in New York last June.,
After a 20-day rest he came back
to beat Chicago.
Hit 3-0 Pitch
"Four days later Red (Manager
Red Rolfe) wanted me to start ,
against Cleveland. I told him I
didn't think I could make it. My
arm was tender. I said I might be
able to go with a couple more
days rest.
"Hal White started but I had
to come in to relieve with the
bases full. I pitched to just one
man, Dale Mitchell. After throw
ing him three balls, he hit the
3-0 pitch into the stands. That
was it. I tried again in about a
week but I couldn't pitch."
Mrs. Newhouser urged him to
come to Florida ahead of .the club
and give his arm a good trial.
So Hal took off alone Feb. 1 for
his most important training trip.
Throwing Hard
"The first day I went out I
didn't want anybody to see me,"
he said. "Bob Swift, our catcher,
also was down there. So I took
him out back of the centerfield
fence.
"I've been throwing a little
harder every day. Last Thursday
I decided to throw real hard.
"The first time I reared back
to let 'er go, I was almost afraid
to let go of the ball. Not a thing
happened.- I threw for about 20
Minutes, even some curves. I was
throwing as hard then as some
pitchers throw in the big leagues.
"When I got home I called up
Charlie (General Manager Charlie
Gehringer) and told him I was
going to be all right and thought
I could help the club.
Honor Student
Hardy Williams, co-captain of
Penn St ate basketball, is an
honor student. He's enrolled in
the pre-legal curriculum.
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Penn State's gymnastics squad turned what was ex
pected to be a close meet into . a•rout when it took five of six
first places to down Syracuse, 56-40, Saturday at Rec Hall.
It was the Lions' third straight home win and second
straight victory.
Flashing his usual smoothness for State was Jan Cron
stedt, who, for the third time this
year. captured first places in the
horizontal bar and parallel bars
events. The "Flying Finn" is un
defeated on the h-bar and has
finished second only once on the
parallels.
Cronstdet was also the .high
point-getter for the meet with a
279 point total on the p-bars. Bill
Sabo put on his best performance
of the year when he garnered
263 points, good for third place
on the parallels for the Nittanies.
Al Wick,. back after a brief sick
ness, chipped in with a fourth
place
Barkal Second
Syracuse's three -event man,
Johnny Barkal, nosed out Sabo
by two points to finish behind
Cronstedt on the p-bars. The Or
ange's ace in this event: Milan
Trnka, broke during his perfor
mance and finished sixth.
• Placing behind Cronstedt in the
high bar event again was Barkal,
followed by State's Mario Todaro.
Barkal's 250 totar was three bet
ter than that of the small Nittany
gymnast.
The Lions' Earle Kerber tied
Hugh Goldstein for fourth place
on the h-bar, while Trnka again
failed the Orange as he broke
early in his exercise.
Score Two Ties
Another victory streak con
tinued to roll along when Bobby
Lawrence, State's brilliant young
sidehorse specalist, registered his
fourth s t r a i g h t triumph. Law
rence's point total of 271 was 33
points higher than his nearest
rival, Barkal.
Frank Wick, with 228 points,
and ID i c k Shaffer, eight points
lower, finished third and fourth
for the Lions in the sidehorse
event:
With Dave Shultz maintaining
a steady pace and Johnny Baffa
clipping a second from his usual
time, the Lions managed to score
two ties against the Orange in
the rope climb event.
Shultz's time of four seconds
tied Ferdie Fournies, Syracuse,
for first place. Baffa and Ed Katz
man tied for third place with iden
tical times of 4.3,,
Finisheg Fifth
Jim Hazen, State's ace ringman,
scored his third first of the season
in his specialty with a point to
tal of 253. Teammate Tony Proco
pio was at his best against• the
Orange and placed second behind
Hazen with 248.
Karl Schwenzsfeier's 196 points
gave him a fifth place in the rings
event.
Syracuse's ace tumbler, Jimmy
Sebbo, was as good as his press
notices, as he raised the eyebrows
of Penn State fans with his triple
wriarmarzap
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full twist at the end of his per
formance.
Bob Kenyon's 240-point total
was 36 shy of Sebbo's score, but
was good enough for second place.
OWen Wilkinson was the only
other Lion matmen to place—his
214 points accounting for a fifth.
VERO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 25
(4)) -- Manager Charlie Dressen
agreed that there was something
to the old saying "it isn't easy to
teach an old dog new tricks" af
ter his Brooklyn Dodgers held
their firSt batting drill today.
Gil Hodges, 'who has been prac
ticing the art of hitting to rigilt
in the batting cages for several
days, hit the ball only to leftfield
when he faced • live pitching for
the first time. Most of his blasts
today were of home run propor
tions.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., Feb.
25 (W)—Rain and chilly weather
curtailed the workout of the New
York Yankees today but before
they took cover, both, Ed Lopat
and Vic Raschi took extensive
workouts on the mound at Miller
Huggins Field.
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TUCSON, Ariz.; Feb. 25 (A 3 )—
Larry Doby ended his holdout to
day and signed a contract with
the Cleveland Indians.
_ The club did not 'announce the
terms to which the outfielder
agreed.
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