rit I DA T , DECEMBER 19, 19.52 Freshtifien'Cagelos.Meet Aitocitipt( 7 7 . Crento .. Tonight Boater Hap Irvin . New Lion Captain Penn State's soccer team, known for its choice selections' of captains a la Littles, Colemans, and Klauses, rolled along in fine tradition, last week when it selected Harold "Hap" Irvin as its 1953 leader. Irvin, a block of granite at left fullback' for the Nittany kickers this season, succeeds Kurt Klaus as booter chieftain. The. 6-1, 170- pound fullback is a typical ex ample of the exclusive Lion boot er fraternity, which is probably the closest-knit athletic organ itation at Penn State. • Hap only hopes he can do as good - a job as center half back Klaus did this year at captaining the Jeffreymen. • "Kurt is a good model to look up to as a soccer captain," the sturdy youth from Kennett Square said. "If I do as fine- a job as he has done the past season, I will consider it a success." Girard College Product Oddly enough, Hap was strictly a lineman - before he came to the Nittany - campus and a good one at that. At Girard College he op erated at the center forward and inside left slots, receiving honor able mention on the All-Scholas tic hooter team in Philadelphia in his last year at high school. In eight matches that season he scored nine goals. Girard didn't lose any games during Hap's last two years with the club—except to a powerful Northeast High team in the in augural Terry Memorial Bowl in 1946, 4-3, in two overtime periods. Learned New Post ' After a stretch in Uncle Sam's armed forces, Hap enrolled at State—as a lineman. And in his first year on the varsity he oper ated at his customary center for ward slot. Coach Bill Jeffrey, however, felt the sturdy booten would be better adapted to a full back position. And so, with the advent of the 1952 season, Hap began to learn his' new position. Hap credits his running mate and right fullback Paul Dierks and Coach' 'Jeffrey with teaching him the finesse and finer points of the game. "In high school and on the Bombers Lead IM Cage Loop By TOM WERNER The Bombers blasted their way to clear sailing at the top of league H in independent intra mural court play at Rec Hall Wednesday night. George Simp son, with 12 points, piloted the squad to its fourth straight win in overcoming the• Iron Men, 22- 16. The Bombers are the only team in the league without a loss at the middle of the IM basketball season. Right behind the leaders are the Gilmores with.a. 3-1 slate. The Gilmores trimmed the_qx i e representing , Dorm • 37, - 20:48, keeping their three point lead at half-time, 11-8, throughout th e game. The losers are, at bat tom of league H with no'Wins and a pair of losses. Dorm 43 Wins ' Ford City' struggled to a 24-23 win over the Atherton Men. Johr Badura paced the Ford City at tack : with;' 33 markers while- -Bob McFadden did his best for'the los ers with ten tallies. Other league H action saw Hal lokek A.C. losing out to Dorm 43. 34-28. John Westhafer was top scorer-of the game with 18 points, Both teams with a 2-1 record are tied for' third place along with the Iron Men and Ford City fives. .In league I the battle for top spot—gathered momentum, Wit h the LOus and Dorm 38 squad:- pickiffg up their fourth wins over no losses to tieit_u.p for the lead. Dorm 38 Unbeaten The Lous had no trouble in set ting the Satan Seven back on their forked, tails, 31-21. Chief back setter for, the winning squad was Lee Maimon with 14 markers. Doprp % 38 remained unbcnt.7,n, tlFougb;,i4-gift win from the Mey- By 808 SCHOELLKOPF ," Vir:,:;!";;:z"I'.. club soccer team I played on be fore corning to State we were good hard soccer players, but we cer tainly never were `polished' in the way we handled the ball," Hap says. Hap's greatest thrill as a hooter came in last year's match with Maryland, which the Lions won, 1-0. Irvin, then playing center forward, slipped an 18-yard shot past All-America goalie of 1 951, Eric 13,aer, to decide the game. The switch Hap has made was a complete success. His fine play on defense has been a bulwark in the Nittany success story this year which shows seven wins, one loss, and one tie. • With a host of this year's win ning booter squad returning next season' to form another powerful eleven, from this scribe's view point the Jeffreymen couldn't have selected a _better man as their '53 leader than Hap Irvin. ermen, who failed to shOw up at game time. This enabled the for feiters to show the only none won-in-four-tries record in league - The All Stars wheezed past an unfortunate Dorm 10 quintet af ter going into an overtime per iod when the score showed 22-22 at the final whistle. The final score -added a win to the All Star slate, 25-24. In the same league Nittany Co- LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS We're all guilty of "putting things off." But, there are still some fine gifts at the Young Men's Shop . . . . at prices you can afford. *Arrow Shirts 3.95 up *Superba Repp Ties $1.50 *Esquire Hose . 65c up *Fleetway Pajamas $3195 up *Fur-lined Gloves $4.50 up *Plaid Robes $8.95 up Young Metes Shop 127 S. Allen Phone 3849' THE DAILY CPUIEGTM , STATE COLLEGE, PFMNMVAMA Hap Irvin Thef es h man basketba . r team,, victorious in one of its two starts thus far, will host the Altoona Center quintet in Rec Hall tonight. The game will be played as, the prelimi nary to the varsity-Colgate tilt and will get under way at 6:15 p.m. The frosh, after dropping their opener, 36-26, to the jayvees in an intersquad game, came back to capture the second contest against the same ball club Saturday, 58-44. In winning that game, the year lings looked very good. Their floor work was exceptionally smooth, and although their shoot ing was a little , ragged, it • was still. good enough to enable them to Score a respectable 58 points. Fields, Mori, Start Frosh Coach John Egli will be minus his number one floor man, Hal Brown. Egli's trickster guard will not be able to play, and that could seriously hurt the frosh's chances. A smooth passer and ball handler, he has been an outstand ing playmaker in the two contests and has scored a total of 18 points, 14 of which came in the Saturday night win. With the exception of Brown, Egli will start the same five he used Saturday, inserting Jim Brennan into- the lineup. Hugo Mori and Earl Fields will be at the forward slots. Mori, standing only 5-9. has poured 21 points through the hoops in the two con tests, while the 6-2 Fields has totaled 22. He scored 17 of these in the Saturday game to lead the freshman scoring. Fast Style Game Rudy Marisa, 6-3, and Brennan, 6-1, will be at the guard positions., with 6-6 Ed .Hauck at the pivot position. Jim Rudler, a husky six footer, may possibly start, but oth erwise will see plenty of action. The' aggressive forward came off the bench Saturday to score 10 points. Not too much is known about the Altoona quintet, but the game promises to be an interesting one in any case. The frosh play a fast, pass-and-cut type of ball game, mixing fast breaks and set play patterns effectively. Altoona is the first of three out side teams which will invade Rec Hall this season to meet the frosh. Following the center squad, they will engage the Bucknell fresh men and the Lycoming College jayvee team. op took a win by forfeit over the Lords. League J action took place in the presence of the 29'ers and Dorm 5. The 29'ers' retained their hold 'on first place by coming out on top, 26-20. Talented Toe Bill Leonard, with two field goals and 21 of 23 extra points, was Penn State's leading football scorer in 1952. • The Lion's Eye By SAKE HIGHTON Collegian Sports Editor DEAR SANTA, With the arrival of the Merry Christmas season, it has always been the customs, of the Daily Collegian sports staff to besiege you with a preposterous gift list—champion teams in every Penn State sport. As • strong as the temptation is to do likewise, we will be different. We won't even .ask you for: one championship team. • Instead, good St. Nick, we will thank you a thousand limes one thousand for making practically every Nittany sport season a Christmas -season. You have been so good to Penn State over the years that we wish to Show our , appreciation just in case stu dents and alumni have not. This letter then, is to thank you for the gift-bulging athletic stockings hanging above the Rec Hall fireplace. Thanks, Santa, for giving Penn State a wonderful bunch of coaches like Rip Engle, Al Michaels," Frank Patrick; Jim O'Hora, Earl Bruce, Joe Paterno, Sever Toretti, Bill Jeffrey, Elmer Gross, John , Egli, Charlie Speidel, Eddie Sulkowski, Gene Wettstone, Toe Bedenk, Chick Werner, Norm Gordon, Nick Thiel, Sherm Fogg, and. Bob Rutherford. Much thanks also for• those in close association with Nittany sports like Graduate Managers of Athletics Ike Gilbert, publicist Jim Coogan, "Doc" Grei.ss, trainers Chuck Medlar, Ray Ulenski, and Sulkowski, and radio men Bob Prince and Mickey Bergstein. And Santa, don't forget Dutch Sykes and Gene Bischoff, who direct State's vast intramural prograni. Then too, Santa;•"especial thanks for the good seasons State has had during the past year. Gee, you were good to us. Nearly every squad a winner. The basketball team won 20 and only lost six to make the NCAA district playoffs. For the second year in a row the wrestlers were unbeaten and- won the Eastern Intercollegiate title.• The baseball team won 17 and lost six and you gave Bedenk his first NCAA playoff gift. State's grid team had a better mark, 7-2-1, than any Lion eleven since 1948. The booters had a fine 7-2-1 record but for some unknoWn reason weren't given a chance for national honors by a soccer bowl bid. The .cross-country team matched the gymnasts with good 4-1 logs. The netmen were on the right side of the ledger six of nine times, and the golfers squeezed among the winners with a 3-2 showing. Thus only three of the Nittany teams failed to get your blessings. The lacrossers wound up 2-5, the boxers I-3-1. and the trackrnen, 0-4. But• shucks, you couldn't give us all winners. And anyway, all of State's athletes are grand guys whether they win or lose— they all "play the game." Before we forget, Santa. You probably have heard the rumblings all the way up in your distant North Pole about our new phys ed dean, Ernie McCoy. Thanks for him, too. And if you can arrange it, see that students stop crucifying him in letters like the following which was sent to us: "If you like McCoy's ideas. that's all right. If we don't, that's all right. Don't try to make , us like them! •Writing a column - is a powerful weapon. It should be used with discretion lest the weapon be turned against the writer. Stick to writing on sports, for other wise you may 'wind up on McCoy's rail. The one he rides out of town on." Really, Santa, people should have more of the tolerance of Vol taire in order to disagree with what is said, "but defend to the death the right tc say it." And do you know Santa, one day these same brickbat throwers may be singing the praises of a Real McCoy. Well. thanks again for everything. Merry Christmas and a Happy New: Sports Year to all. CHEERIO! Sports Thru PAGE SEVEN ,~;,~ 5 i) `~%~
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