TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 195:3
The Lion7Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
.;It was like asking a man who had just br
legs, teeth, nose, neck, and sacroiliac, "How about a state•
ment for the' press?" You just didn't have the heart to talk
to Nittany lacrosse Coach 'Nick Thiel about anything yester
day except the weather. Two successive weekend drubbings
by, SwarthmOre, 22-6, and Navy, 19-1, were topics of conver
' sation - about as pleasant as eating lunch in a septic tank.
However, Nick, in the words of fight announcer Bill Corurrx,
was "dead game." Bravely forcing a smile, he said, "I've probably
got my poorest team ever."
Now this dispairing lament may prove to be true, but it's hardly
fair to , say it so early, in the season. After all, Navy's perennially
hardy bloomers from the nation's hothouse of lacrosse 'defeated
State even worse last year-21-0, and they weren't using football
scoring rules. What's more, in the 19 years that Thiel has been coach
ing the Lions, his teams never have •beaten the Middies.
- No wonder Nick says he will "drop 'em before he will beat 'em."•
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Although the lacrosse team own
one of the few Penn State :teams
reasons are abundant. One reason
—and' enough in itself—is the fact.
that Nick has to teach first, and
then coach. Practically 90% of his
pupils arrive needing a kinder
garten education. They have to
be taught the game first. Nick
cannot polish and iron out flaws
as, in college' level education—his
players • have to 'be given some
thing to polish and iron out• first.
Thus, when you ask Nick about
requirements for a Penn State
lacrosse-. player he will tell you
bluntly: "two arms and two legs."
Elaborating, Nick says there' are
nearly 100 freshmen out for var
sity football. Of this number, only
25 are likely 'to be on the squad
in the fall. Any number of those
who fail at football; can succeed
at lac r o s-s a— a game featuring
rough _body contact which most
football players 'revel. in.
To make a tale of woe shorter,
there is only one high school in
the whole state of Pennsylvania
which plays lacrosse—Lower Mer
lon. This makes it easy to see
through -the fact that last fall's
freshman class'had only four men
who had ever played the game
before. And the football coaching
fraternity has the nerve to wring
out crying. towels. Shame!
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Despite the lack of finesse due to inexperience and learning
pains, Nick's Indians play a thrilling game. Whether or not State
wins or loses when it plays its home opener against Hobart Sat
urday, the persons who attend can be guaranteed spills 'and
excitement in' the old North Amer`_ can Indian game which is
frequently 'giyen the picturesque modern nickname, Murder on
the Lawn.
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DOWN THE CREASE: Thiel got his master's degree in the back
busting, sport at Syracuse where he was first team All-American
. . . Nick has only scouted opponents once. The first experiment
years ago proved a dismal failure since the three teams Thiel scouted,
Army, Navy, and John. Hopkins, all licked the Lions . . . With seven
first team seniors, Nick figures he will "thin next year." If" things
get any thinner for State, wise-guy sportswriters will be drubbing
the lacrossers the Thin Men.
Thorpe Buried
SHAWNEE, Okla., April 13 (IP)
—Oklahoma buried its' most fa-
Mous Indian son today—the leg
endary Jim. Thorpe, who was laid
to rest after traditional rites of
the Sac and Fox tribe and Cath
olic church.
The body of the collegiate,
Olympic and professional star,
who died in Lomita, Calif., March
28, was placed in a mausoleum
until a shrine can be built to im
mortalie li i m as the world's
greatest athlete.
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Nick Thiel
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Navy Defeats Lacrossers;
Foggmen Await Opener
A smooth and talented Navy lacrosse squad
handed Coach Nick Thiel's Penn State stickmen
their second defeat of the season Saturday, down
ing the Lions, 19-1, at • Annapolis.
It was the second game in tv
Nittanies. Friday the team lost
College ' 22-6, on the latter's field.
Thiel had his men employ a zone
defense against the Middies, and
for a time it worked wonders.
Navy was forced to shoot mostly
from outside. Tom • Goldsworthy
scored the Lions' lone goal of the
day in the first period, (with Dick
Klein assisting) and at the end of
the period the Midshipmen had
but a 3-1 lead. A Navy tally came
when Lion defenseman Jim Dean
accidentally deflected a Navy
shot into the Lion goal.
But from thg second quarter on,
Coach* Dinty Moore's team had
little difficulty breaking through
State's zone: They smashed eight
tallies into the nets in the second
stanza, three in the third, and five
more in the last period to cop the,
Verdict. -
Ten Middies broke into the
scoring column, with Midshipman
Bernard leading with four, and
Bill Hargrave and Bill Hunter
following with three apiece.
HERE AND THERE: Navy took
87 shots in scoring their total . . .
Penn State's next three games are
all at home, meeting Hobart :this
Saturday, Penn and Syracuse fol
lowing . . . Lacrosse newt pushes
aside everything else on news
paper sports pages around Balti
more—the sport's that big down
there . . . 'Tis said that with the
Baltimore Orioles baseball team
and the Johns Hopkins lacrossers
in town the same day, Hopkins
will outdraw the minor leaguers
every time.
Navy Pos. Penn State
Vosseller G McCullmigh
Hubbell D Dean
Martin D Hay
Swanson D Schaeffer
Roepke M Hockersmith
Kinss M Pawloski
Horner M Arnold
Hargrave A Goldsworthy
Deale A Klein
Hunter A Bostmeyer
Navy ___ 3 8 3 6-19
Penn State 1 0 0 0— 1
Substitutes—Penn State: Erwin, Bickel
haunt, Youtz, Girard, DeVie, Steinmuller,
Horikawa. Navy: Wright, Smith; William,
Bernard, Hamilton, Hoover, Koonce, South
worth, Brendel, •Xurrisr, Youce, Morrison,
Snivels, Mcickas, Kolmorgan, Krumiviede,
Farnermt.
Scoring—Penn State: Goldsworthy (assist
by Klein at 1.0:32Y. Navy: Bernard 4, Har
grove 3, Wright 2, Hunter 3, Ulcickas 2,
Smith, Tirie, .Brendel, Turner, Morrison.
Track Manager
Penn .State's graduate -man
ager of athletics, H. R. "Ike" Gil
bert was track manager as an un
dergraduate.
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By 808 DUNN
o days for the
to Swarthmore
In intramural volleyball action
Friday the Iron Men dumped the
Rebels, 15-9 and 15-10; Joe's Boys
skimmed past Big 10, 14-16, 15-13
and 15-4. Dorm 34 . . defeated the
Ex.• 9'ers, 15-5 and 15-12; Charlie
(NROTC) whipped the Engles, 15-
9, 13-15 and 1542; Beaver House-
B stopped the Penn Club, 1541
and 15-10.
Sigma Nu's A team beat Phi
Kappa Tau A 15-9 and 15-8; Al
pha Tau Omega-A defeated. Theta
Xi-A, 15-7 and 15-9; Sigma Chi-A
dropped Beta Sigma Rho-A 15-7
and 16-14; and Phi Sigma Delta-
A trimmed Sigma Alpha Epsilon-
A 8-15, 15-6 and 15-9.
Umphlett In Center Field
BOSTON, April 13 (IP)—lt's of
ficial now. Tom Umphlett can
play centerfield for the Red Sox
when the Boston American Leag
uers open the 1953 baseball sea
son here tomorrow against Wash
ington.
The Sox signed Umphlett to a
contract today. The speedy rook
ie had been a member of the
American Association's I LouiSville
Colonels until today. He won the
starting centerfield assignment
two' weeks ago.
Lion Boxers
it 30-29 for Kois while the others
voted for Zale, 30-28 and 30-28.
Zale used a longer reach to good
advantage, taking most of Kois'
blows on the arms. Kois kept go
ing in but couldn't get through
Zale's guard effectively. The Nit
tany puncher lost one point in the
final round for holding and
punching in the clinches.
119=VIC KOBE, Idaho State
125—MIKE GUERRERO, San Jose
132—PADDY GARVER, Idaho State
139—CAL CLARY, Lonisana State
147—PAT SREENAN, Wisconsin
156— ELLSWORTH WEBB, Idaho State
178—RAY ZALE, Wisconsin
Hwt.—ART STATUM, North Carolina A&T
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Varsity tennis Coach Sherm Fogg and his
1953 contingent will put in their first appearance
of the season April 21 at Lewisburg when they
take on the Bisons of Bucknell in State's tra
ditional net opener.
IM Results
VOLLEYBALL
(Continued from page six)
By GEORGE BAIREY
Last year the Nittany net crew split two
matches with the top-rival Buck
nell, dropping the curtain-raiser,
7-2, at Lewisburg, and capping off
a five-match win streak at the
season's close by nipping the Bi
sons, 5-4.
Rain, as well as inexperience,
hindered last year's 'outfit from
bettering its 6-3 seasonal mark.
This year, said Fogg, one-half the
problem has already been licked.
State's squad is no longer plagued.
with inexperience, he explained.
Fogg has six first-line perform
ers—all lettermen—r et u r ning
from last year's team. Veteran
lettermen returning this season
will be senior Captain Bill Forrey,
juniors Dick Robinson, Bruz Ray,
seniors Dick Gross, Bill Ray, and
sophomore Bill Ziegler. Also fig
uring highly in this year's singles
ladder will be transfer student
Lou Landon. Landon, a junior and
formerly of Lycoming College,
Williamsport, was forced to sit
out last season because of the
eligibility-transfer ruling.
Others included in Fogg's early
season plans are junior Bill Wallis
and sophomore Otto Hetzel, John
Cleary, Tad Potter, and Gordon
Sterner. Only losses through grad
uation are last year's captain, Ed
Davis, and Gus Bigott.
This season the Lions will wade
into an 11-match schedule with
five, home matches. - They will
play such ace Eastern t ennis
schools as Navy, Maryland, and
Colgate (twice).
' Barring bad weather, the Lions
will play all the home contests on
the College clay courts next to
the caddy house. If the courts are
too wet, the home matches will
be shifted to the asphalt com
munity courts.
Home opponents this year are
Syracuse, Maryland, Pittsbuigh,
Bucknell, and Colgate.
Two-Way Athlete
• Penn State's ace pitcher, Keith
Vesling, of Clarendon, also is right
halfback on the football team.
Here's a Spring
favorite men won't give
up. Ease and comfort
are its prime considera
tions. It looks its best
with the cool, color
ful, relaxed summer
clothes pattern.
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