TRXTRSD.4kT , ArtiAti 9, 1953
Lion NCAA . Hopes Ikea on 3 Pon Boxers
Sant Merino - ' - Tony Flare - I Adam Nob
119 Potinder , - 139 P7nder , 178 pounder
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Their imaginations' - fired by the pre-Easter national championship winning efforts
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' ,of Penn State gymnastics and wrestling teams, three Lion boxers begin their bids for NCAA.
boxing crowns today in Pocatello, Idaho. , ..
Eastern champions Sam Marino and Adam Kois and unbeaten dual season cani
. paigner Tony Fiore the best the . East has in their respective weights—will be attempt
ing to wu for Penn state its first individual NCAA mitt title since 1950. The heavyweight
Chuck prazenovich nabbed the
honor.
Quarterfinal action begins at
1:30 p.m. today and continues at
8 pan. tonight, Tomorrow the
semi-finals will be held at 8 p:Tn.
and Saturday at 8 P,m. the cham
pionship bouts will be decided.
(Idaho time starting times should
be figpred two hours behind East=
ern Standard Time.)
Team Chances Slim
At latest report a total of 'lB
. schools had entered 65 boxers.
' Some of the powerhOuses are Wil
consin, Louisiana State, Idaho
State, Michigan
_State, Minnesota,
San Jose State, and Idaho.
Although it is highly possible
that any one of the three Nittany
leather craftsmen can' bring back
NCAA individual - honors, it is
quite unlikely that Perin. State as
a team, can cash in on the title.
It would take a highly improb
able twin sweep and one rurinerup
for State to snap defending:cham
pion Wisconsin's most frequent
titlists. I ;
This tournament, the 16th an
nual, has only seen 'Penn -.State
victorious once. That once was'` in
1932 in the first NCAA boxing
tourney ever held-.a 'meet which
saw Penn State and its renowned
Coach Leo Houck as host
Marino Chances Good
As to . individual champions,
State has gained six. In addition
to Drazenovlch, Dave Stoop (1932);
Al Lewis -(1932), Frank: Goodman
(1936), Paul Scally (1941), and
) Glenn 'Hawthorne (1947), won
crowns -for State.
Marino, tivo-tithe EIBA cham
pion and NCAA runnerup, is fig
- ured as good a chance 'as any 'to
win the 119 pound title: With
125 pounds the lowest weight class
in operation during dual meets,
Marino often spotted foes as high
as eight pounds. However, 119 is
neatly tailored to Sam's size.
State's other EIBA titleholder,
-Kois (178) packs -the heavy - guns
which' could win a title. Adam
was unbeaten on the- dual season
even against two • topnbtch West
ern opponents from Wisconsin and
Michigan State.
Despite his upset ih the EIBA
semi-finals, Flore' has the class
to win against the r o ugh 139
pound division. Flore's biggest ob
'stacle is his own inability to be
at his best in tourney competition.
However, during dual meets he is
just about as stylish a fighter as
colleges produce
Lacros,sers to Ploy
Penn State's 1953 lacrosse
team:, will play its .first two
games on foreign sdil, meeting
Swarthmore . at Swarthmore to
morrow, and Navy at Annapolis
Saturday.
Penn State's Eastern and' Na
tional Collegiate all-around gym
nastics champion, Jean 'Cron
stedt, is • a Finnish orphan.
By JA.KE iileliTON
TKO - clads to.
in - 7 .. :, Meets
The Lion track squad will, compete in seven meets this sea
son, aartini with the famed Penn Relays April 24-25, and ending
with the IC4A's, May 29-30.
The 59th annual Penn Relays will be held in Philadelphia's
Franklin Field, Last year State's tqp two-miler, Lamont Smith, fin
ished 'second to favored Dick
Shea of Army. Red Hollen finish
ed seventh in the 47-man two
mile field,.
Nittony
Notes
Baseball Season Opens
Three games in five days will
test the mettle of Penn State's
1953 baseball - team as it ushers
in the new campaign against Le
high tomorrow. Villanova will be
the opponent Saturday and
Western Maryland on April 14.
Sherry is Court , Captain
Jack Sherry, of Philadelphia,
who - gained distinction in foot
ball and basketball during the
past year, has been elected cap
tain of the 1954 Penn State bas
ketball team. Sherry came to the
campus unheralded as a school
boy. .
Gymnasts Score Triumph
.Penn State, for 'the second time
in six years, scored a .smashing
`:triple" in intercollegiate gym
nastics. Gene Wettstone's 1953
gymnasts were unbeaten in dual
competition, and wo n Eastern
and' National Collegiate titles.
knickerbocker Forward
Lost for NBA Playoffs
NEW YORK, April 8 (JP)---Al
McGuire, New York Knicker
bockers' flashy forward, will be
lost to the Eastern division win
ners for: the, remainder of the Na
tional Basketball Association
championship playoffs.
McGuire, who fractured his jaw
in an auto .accident last Feb. 17,
was examined by Dr. Vincent
NardiellO,- .who said the jaw had
not healed sufficiently to permit
McGuire to play. The wire pro=
tection will 'not -be removed for
another two weeks.
* Knickerbocker CoaCh Joe Lap
chick said , McGUire's place would
be taken by - Jerry Fleischinan, re
cently released by . the Philadel
phia Warriors.
• Penn State's National cham
pionship wrestling team will lose
three starters froin its unbeaten
1952 team.
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Vngage Middies
Although Lion entries in the
440, 880, and 2 1 / 2 mile relays fail
ed to qualify, - State copped laurels
in the pole vault and two-mile
relay events. Dan Lorch got a
second, place in the pole vault
competition as, he cleared the bar
at 12-6.
The Lion two-mile quartet of
Dave Pierson, Bob .Gehman, ROy
Brunjes, and 13ob Roessler placed
fifth in the finals last year.
After the Penn Relay s the
trackmen ,Will travel to Annap
olis to take on the Middies May
2. The following Saturday Mich
igan State will be host to .the
Lions and four days later Ohio
State will come to State College
to give' Chick Werner's crew a
chance to display, its hospitality
for the first time this season.
`53 Schedule -
On May 16 the Nittanies will
journey to Pittsburgh to compete
with the Panthers. The Jaspers of
Manhattan will invade • the town
for a meet May 23. The IC4A's
will be held in New York City.
Penn Relays, April 24-25,
Philadelphia
Navy, May 2, away
Michigan State, May 9, away.
Ohio State, May 13, home
Pittsburgh, May 16, away
- Manhattan, May 23, home
IC4A's, May 29-30. New ;YorkCity
Pennsylvania's • schoolboy—golf,
track and tennis athletes once
agaip will hold their . champion
ships at Penn State, May 22-23.
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Coach Glenn (Nick), Thiel's Penn ,State lacrosse team boards a
bus at 3:30 this afternoon on the first leg of its weekend trip which
will open its season by battling Swarthmore and Navy.
With the forthcoming tilt tomorrow afternoon with the Garnet,
the Lions will be starting their ,40th lacrosse year. By the same
token, this is Tillers 18th season as Lion mentor. The c9ngenial
coach shows a record of 67 wins, and 85 losses over that span.
Five lettermen are returning to the Nittany fold this year. They
include Captain Wayne Hock.ersinith, New Cumberland; Dave Ar
nold, Athens; Dick Rostmeyer, Baltimore; Tom Goldsworthy, Secane;
and Dick Schaefer, Yeadon.
Opposition Has linproved.
Coach Thiel, after Watching his boys work out since FebruaTy,
is hoping the Lions can improve on their 2-6 log iof last year,• but . *
not overly_ optimistic,
"We're pretty green and rough in spots;' he said yesterday,
"Our schedule is much the same as last year, but every one of our
opponents, with the bossible exception of Hobart, seems to be
improved..?
"For the first time in quite a while, we'll have to rely a lot on
sophomores in the lineup. Dick. Klein on attack and defenseman
Jim B . ay are two second-year men I plan to start against Swarth-
more," Thiel said,
The Lion's opening lineup seems set as of the moment. Hockey-
smith, Arnold, and senior Bob- Pawloski will carry the brunt of the
load at the midfield position, with Rostmeyer, Klein and Golds
worthy on, attack, Jim Dean will help out Schaefer and Hay on
defense, and Bill McCollough• at goal.
• Jim DeVoe, and sophomores john Steinnluller and Luke Girard,
midfielders, will probably see plenty of action. Attackmen Joe Erwin,
Ron Youtz, and George Bickelhaupt are front-line reserves, while
reserve defensemen Horb Horikawa, Everett Weidner, and Jack
Hogan are also being, counted on heavily.
The main weakness is attack defense and goal, according to
Thiel. "Dick Schaefer is our only veteran on defense," he said. "We
were counting on Burt Houseworth at goal but he is ineligible.
We're fairly strong in other spots, and we may do all right if we
can overcome our inexperience at defense."
• Travel To Annapolis
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Last year's Lion record, while not impressive, is 'somewhat de
ceiving. The Nittanies defeated Washington and Lee, 7-6, and Penn,
10-6, But two of their setbacks were by but one point. Rutgers edged
them, 16-15, in an overtime thriller, and Hobart emerged victorious,
9-8, Other losses were to Navy, Loyola of Baltimore, Cornell, and
Syracuse.
After engaging Swarthmore tomorrow, the Lions travel to An
napolis for a Saturday tilt with always powerful Navy. The first
home match will be April 18 with Hobart. The team is home for the
next two Saturdays, meeting Pennsylvania and, Syracuse.
' Rutgers on May 9, and Cornell on May 16 will be away games.
The Lions will close the season on May 23 against Loyola of Balti
more.
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Ex-Lion Gridder Named
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Assistant to Ike i
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s Glbert
Edward M. Czekaj, a member of Penn State's unbeaten Cotton
Bowl football team, was named assistant to H. R. Gilbert on the ad
ministrative staff of the College's intercollegiate athletic program
recently.
In his new role, the Mt. Pleasant native succeeds W. R. Roster
man, Jr., who resigned to accept a position with the Sylvania Cor
poration 'at Winchester, Ky. Cze—
kaj-, for the past few months, had
been pursuing graduate study at
his alma niater.
A veteran of World War II and
Korea, the 31-year-old Czekaj
first . came to the Penn State cam
pus as 'a Marine Corps trainee,
played on the 1943 football team,
and then returned to complete his
education in 1946 and 1947. He
booted 32 extra points' in 1947 to
set a new Lion record in this
department.
After his graduation in Feb
ruary/ 1943, he spent three years
'at Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore as physical education
instructor, baseball coach, and
football line coach. Recalled to
service, he was promoted from
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