WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16; 1953
Frosh
Track
By HERM WEISKOPF
In, the summer of 1952 the name of Horace Ashenfelter blazed
across headlines• of papers all over the globe. His spectacular upset
victory in the steeplechase race at the Olympic games in Helsinki
made him a national hero overnight.
But did . you know that the great Ash did not compete in any
track events until he established himself as a stalwart on the Nittany
cinders? Fro in an unheralded
freshman to an Olympic chathp is
quite a jump.
Ash came out ' for the track
team because he loved +to run and
because he wanted to give his legs
a chance to prove what they could
do.
Sigma Nu
IM Champ;
DU Second
Sigma Nu dethroned Delta Up
silon as intrnmural fraternity
champion for the 1952-53 season.
Sigma Nu copped the title with
1019% points while the 1951-52
champ Delta' Upsilon, placed sec
ond with 732.
Delta Upsilon took an early
lead when it placed second in
football and first in boxing. How
ever, Sigma Nu, came back to
win the wrestling championship
and handball singles ,titles. Dave
Girard turned the trick for the
champs in the handball singles.
The new champions fielded
teams, or individuals, as the sport
required, in all 16 sports offered
by the Intramural Department.
Beta Theta finished third
with 581 points and to o k the
swimming title. Theta Xi placed
fourth with 580 points, narrowly
missing a deadlock with the third
place Betas. Lewis Landon won
the tennis 'singles an d helped
pave the way for Sigma Pi's fifth
place showing.
Phi Delta Theta was sixth with
531 markers and came up with
the winning combination in the
tennis doubles in Thayer Potter
and Edwin Seiling. Pi Kappa
Phi's 473 1 / 2 points placed seventh,
while. Tau Kappa Epsilon's 473
resulted in an eighth place fin
ish.
The soccer championship was
won by Tau Kappa Epsilon. Sig
ma Chi garnered 460 chips to fin
ish ninth and Phi Sigma Delta,
the basketball' champ, placed
tenth with 457.
Three Win Streaks
Penn State's current win
streaks, number three nine
straight in golf and gymnastics,
and 29 straight in wrestling. The
latter string stretches over a four
year period. : The gymnastics skein
was started in 1952.
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The morale of the story is that
if you like to run and are in good
physical condition you should try
your hand (in this case feet) at
track.
Do you think Ashenfelter's case
is a one-in-a-million? True, it is
not any everyday occurrence, but
it does happen. Another Nittany
great, Curt Stone, had never
circled the cinders until he came
to State. Once Stone's legs got
into motion they carried him to.
victory after victory and ulti
mately to. a national collegiate
championship.
On the present team the Austin
brothers, Don and Bruce, carry
on in the line of these who never
competed in high school track.
There are dozens of others who
have performed the same feat at
Penn State and other schools.
Teaches Body Care
There are various reasons why
men such as Ashenfelter and
Stone did not compete before they
entered college. Probably one fre
quent reason is some high schools
do not have track teams.
Besides the possibility of grab
bing a share of the headlines for
yourself there are other distinct
advantages in competing in track
or cross-country. As Chick Wer
ner, head track coach, pointed out, I
"By competing you will learn how
to take care of your body."
The regulations governing those
who go out for track and cross-;
country are not too strict, Werner ,
emphasized. If you are worried
that participation may interfere I
with your studies and thereby
hurt your grades, fear no more
for Werner also noted that grades
are usually higher when students
are competing in track or cross
country
than when they are rest- I
ink during the off season.
If you would like to try out for'
the fall phase of track, cross-;
country, report to Rec Hall and I
look up Werner. He will be glad
to see you. Why shouldn't he, you
may be, another Ashenfelter.
e Back!
Why take less than the best?
"If it's not becoming to you ...
It should- be coming to us!"
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1954 Sport Schedules Announced
Schedules for three 1954 sports—basketball, baseball, and foot
ball—have been announced recently by Penn State sports officials.
A 19-game schedule for the 1953-54 basketball team, which opens
its season Dec. 5 has only one newcomer, North Carolina State.
•• The Lion courtmen, 'who faced the Wolfpack in the NCAA 'play
offs a year ago, will go to Raleigh for a single game on Dec. 19.
The Lions will oppose the Ameri
can University five at Washington
the night before.
The schedule:
Dec. .5, Washington and Jef
ferson; 12, at Penn; 18, at Amer
ican University; 19, at North
Carolina State. Jan. 6, Syracuse;
9, Colgate; 13, at West Virginia:
16, at Navy; 27, at Bucknell; 28,
Pitt.
Feb. 3, at. Gettysburg; 6. West
Virginia; 13, at Pitt; 19, at Col
gate; 20, at Syracu s se; 24, Get
tysburg; 27, Rutgers.
March 4, Georgetown; 6, Tem
ple.
Runner-up to Lafayette in the
1953 NCAA District Two playoffs,
Penn State will play 22 baseball
games next spring, opening April
10 against West Virginia.
The schedule calls for double
headers with the West Virginians,
Georgetown, and Syracuse. In ad
dition, the Nittany Lions will play
Pitt two successive days.
The schedule:
April 10, West Virginia (two
games); 16, at American Univer-
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games); 23, Western Maryland;
24, Lafayette; 26, at Dickinson;
30, Gettysburg.
May 1, at Lehigh; 4, Bucknell;
5, Rut ger s; 8, Syracuse (two
q a'rn e s );. 11, at Bucknell; 15,
Temple; 18, at Navy; 19, at, Vil
lanova; 22, Colgate; 26, at Penn
sylvania; .28 and 29 at Pitts
burgh.
The University of Illinois will
feature the opening of the 1954
football season in a nine-game
schedule. Illinois, Virginia, and
Holy Cross are the newcomers,. re
placing Wisconsin, Boston Univer
sity, and Fordham. Of the three,
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which is most favored by both university
and business men, this is it. For a fine
oxford grey flannel in the correct natural
shoulder model has an air of quiet good
taste that makes it a perennial favorite.
Note, please, the other characteristic
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which distinguish - the Penn Stater mod
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only Virginia played the Lions be,
fore, in 1393.
Virginia, West Virginia, Holy
Cross, and Rutgers will be home
attractions. The Lions will play
Illinois, Syracuse, Texas Chris
tian, Penn, and Pitt on the road.
The schedule:
Sept. 25, at Illinois; Oct. 2, at
,-.- rracuse; 9, Virginia; 16, West
7irginia; 23, at Texas Christian;
30, at Pennsylvania; Nov. 6,
Holy Cross; 13, Rutgers; 20, at
Pittsburgh.
Lacrosse Candidates
• Candidates for the 1954 Penn
State Lacrosse team, including
freshmen, are asked to report to
221 Rec Hall anytime from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Sept. 23. Coach Nick
Thiel has announced that the first
fall practice session will be held
soon.
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