p \GE SIX TKO's Highlight IM Fight Card Fifteen Advance In Tourney By 808 DUNK Two fighters won on TKO’s as the IM boxing tourney fin ished its second day of action yesterday at' Bee Hall. Ten bouts were held while five others resulted in forfeits. Bob Galloway, hard-punch ing mittman from Phi Sigma Kappa, brought his bout with Joe Steuer to a halt after 45 sec onds of the first round in win ning over the latter. Sigma Nu’s Steve Haky also traveled the technical knockout route in turn ing back Ed Reiss, TKE, in the second round. Defending champion Delta Up silon got off on the right foot in its first match of the tourney when Fred Owlett copped a close decision from Mark Canaga, Sig ma Chi scrapper. Adair, Abbott Win In other scraps, Bill Adair of Pi Kappa Phi was decisioned by Chuck Myers, Delta Sigma' Phi, while Bob Abbott, Sigma Nu, was too much for Bill Baker of Phi Mu Delta. Steve Pierce gave Pi Kappa Phi its second winner of the after noon in decisioning Dave Groep ler, Sigma Phi Sigma. Sam Han cock of Phi Sigma Kappa and Bob Winter, Beta Theta Pi, came through with wins over Marshall Brooks of Sigma Pi and Len Mc- Neal of Tau Phi Delta, respec tively. Schofield Victor In another closely contested bout, Phi Delta Theta’s Jack Schofield edged Bill Saunders of Acacia. Haky and Reiss were battling toe to toe until the latter devel oped a nose bleed in the second round. Referee Eddie Sulkowski promptly stopped the bout, giv ing the verdict to the Sigma Nu fighter. The other technical knockout scrap was no contest. Galloway, the Phi Sigs victor, showered Steuer with roundhouse blows from the start to win out easily. Crowd Pleaser The DU’s winner, Owlett, and Canaga put on quite a show. Both were exceptionally fast and showed good head faking and jab bing. Both tired in the third and last round, but kept the crowd in an uproar by slugging it out to the end. Hancock, Phi Sig entrant, used his aggressiveness and longer reach to emerge victorious over Brooks. Phi Sigma Kappa could be troublesome in the tournament as they have already advanced three men into the second round, in addition to having defending 121-pound champ Jim McGraw in the fold this ’year. Forfeits Winners by forfeit were For rest, Sigma Phi Alpha, over Krat zer, ATO; Slocum of Acacia sur viving Edwards, Kappa Delta Rho; Bachtle, Alpha Gamma Rho over Lucas, Phi Gamma Delta, and Carver, Pi Kappa Alpha over Hogan, Phi Gamma Delta. Open Era December Basketball is the only winter sport which swings into action at Penn State prior to the new year. Boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, and indoor track begin active campaigning in January. EUTAW HOUSE POTTERS MILLS Featuring Thick Prime S T r '. K S Gene Bischoff Intramural Director Speidel, Gross To Head Clinics Two sports clinics will be conducted Saturday at the University. A wrestling clinic will be held at the Armory and a basketball program in Rec Hall. Charles Speidel, wrestling coach, will head the wrestling clinic. Elmer Gross, court men tor, will take charge of the bas ketball clinic. The grappler's action will get underway at 10:30 a.m., with Dean Ernest B. McCoy's opening address. The basket ball clinic is set for 1:30 p.m. Cards Acquire Rookie Infielder At Convention ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (^>)—The St. Louis Cardinals added shortstop strength today by acquiring rook ie Alex Grammas from Cincin r nati for relief pitcher John Cri mian and cash, amidst a flurry of news at the minor league base ball convention. Grammas, a .307 hitter and bril liant fielder at Kansas City last season, where he played on op tion from'Cincinnati, is expected to give Solly Hemus a battle for the regular job in the Cardinal in field. Hemus, in fact, might be shifted to third. Crimian was a 13-5 pitcher with Rochester, the Cards’ International League farm where he appeared in more than SO games. The Cards also completed an other deal when they sent vet eran left-handed pitcher Cliff Chambers to San Diego as part payment for pitcher Willie Luna, a Mexican southpaw who won i 7 games with his darting knuckler. Rollie Hemsley, veteran major league catcher and minor league manager, hooked on with the Philadelphia A’s as a pitching coach, rounding out the staff for new manager, Eddie Joost. Augie Galan and Wally Moses are the other’s. FLOWERS for MIL BALL! Prelude to a perfect 'C''"- / evening an exotic j flower for her. Stop in today and place your order for an -CLI Exquisite Corsage for the Mil Ball BILL McMULLEN, Florist 122 E. College Ave. Phone 4994 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Baseball Players Shun Frick ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (IP) —Ma jor league player representatives refused today to, talk business with Ford Frick after the base ball commissioner had barred their newly-elected legal adviser from the long-planned meeting on pension programs. The; 16 players, one from each big league club, formally elected J. Norman Lewis, New York at torney as their legal counsel to day and then sent Ralph Kiner of the Chicago National League club and Allie Reynolds of the New York American League team to see Frick. Although all 16 had been in vited to attend, at baseball’s ex pense, only the two league repre sentatives were sent to ask per mission for Lewis to sit in. When Frick refused to let the lawyer come to the meeting, the players returned to their associates with the news. The .16 players then held a three-hour session and decided not to meet with Frick under his conditions. Frick called a press conference late in the afternoon and explain ed his reason for not permitting the players’ attorney to attend. He said he had called an informal session and that .no legalities were involved, therefore no attorneys were needed. Frick added he had told his own attorneys they would not be permitted to attend. Frick said it is a prerogative of the commis sioner to call baseball players and officials into informal sessions at any time to discuss problems which may arise. Frick, who has been ill during his stay in Atlanta, will leave to morrow afternoon for New York with Charley Segar, secretary of baseball. West Virginia Grid Coach is Honored GREENSBORO, N.C., Dec. 2 (/P) —Art Pappy Lewis, who guid ed West Virginia to-the confer ence championship and the best record in Mountaineer history, to day was named the Southern Conference' coach of the year by the Southern Sports Writers As sociation. Lewis was voted the honor by the association on the 17 ballots of sports writers, sportscasters and college publicity men. Lewis, however, had a much closer battle for his honor than he did for the conference team championship. His 48 points were just enough to edge Jackie Free man of William and Mary, who had 43 points. During the 1952-53 school year the twelve varsity teams at Penn State compiled a 79-41-3 record for a .658 percentage. Refuse to Attend Frick Claims Rights Frosh Gagers To Meet JV's John Egli’s freshman cagers will battle the Nittany var sity Saturday in Rec Hall as a preliminary attraction to the Penn State-Washington and Jefferson contest. The frosh game will start at 6:30 p.m. and will be the initial encounter of the campaign for the yearlings. No definite starting lineup has been selected by Egli. He said yesterday that he would use all the players he could in an effort to establish a starting five for the next game. The freshmen will travel to the University’s center at Altoona Dec. 18 for a contest. Only two other games have def initely been carded so far for the freshmen. On Jan. 27 Egli’s squad will be pitted against the Buck nell frosh in a preliminary game to the Bucknell-Penn State game in Lewistown. The frosh will meet Gettysburg’s first-year men be fore the Feb. 24 home game be tween Gettysburg and the Lions. Egli said he believed his cagers were working very hard, but they were handicapped by a poor prac tice setup. The eourtmen practice from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; however, because of late classes many players are unable Sports Briefs Baseball Rule Change . . . ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (JP) —The major-minor league committee on playing rules today decided to limit the recently adopted sacrifice fly rule to fair balls. , James Gallagher, committee chairman and Chicago Cubs’ busi ness manager, said the decision to rule out long fouls that might permit a baserunner to score after a catch was made after much discussion. The sacrifice fly rule, adopted earlier this year in New York, provides the batter shall not be charged with a time at bat when his fly ball scores a baserunner. Sewell Named Manager ... ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (Jp)— Luke Sewell, former manager of the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, today was named manager of Toronto of the International League. Sewell, 53, a former catcher with Cleveland, Washington and Chicago in the American, was out of baseball in 1953 working for a rubber company. He left the Cincinnati post late in 1952. . Attendance Mark for Irish • • . SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 2 (TP) —Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish, disappointed at yielding the mythical national football title to Mary land, can get some solace from having' their greatest season in history at the turnstiles. A near capacity crowd of 55,000 is expected at Saturday’s Irish finale with Southern Methodist and this will produce a total Notre Dame season attendance—at home and away—of 610,000. Native Dancer Honored ... NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (TP) —Not that it is any great surprise, but Native Dancer was unanimously voted as the champion 3-year-old colt of 1953 today by the selections board of the Thoroughbred. Racing Association. Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s great grey got every one of the votes cast by the secretaries of the 37 tracks which make up the TRA membership. A year ago, the colorful Dancer was not only chosen 2-year-old champion, but was named the No. l horse of 1952, Ameri can champion, an unprecedented honor for a juvenile. Davis Cup Playoffs . . . MELBOURNE, Dec. 2 (TP) —A series of stunning reverses failed today to jar the confidence of the U.S. Davis Cup team, which is still sure it can recapture the trophy from the Australians later this month. “What happened at Sydney last week and here this week after all has no bearing on the Davis Cup,” Capt. Bill Talbert said. “I think its importance in relation to the Davis Cup has been over-exaggerated. We have some hard work to do sure but this thing of counting us out is ridiculous.” Penn State’s Jesse Arnelle av eraged 19 points per game in his first season of college basketball. Cathaum MIDMITE SHOW FRIDAY! Doors Open 11:30 p.m. RAHPOIPH^^^ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953 to show up for a full practice ses sion on certain days. The newcomers have displayed good rebounding, Egli pointed out. ; This year’s squad possesses good i height, with Jim Lysek, 5-10, of . Hellertown at one extreme and ■ 6-7 Bob Ramsay of Munhall at , th.e other. Egli called Lysek “a good ball handler.” ! Of the 13 men on Egli’s roster . only Lysek' is below 6 feet. Clif • Gleason of Edgewood, 6-5 is the i second tallest man on the squad. : Bob Benson of Haverford Hill and Jim Holmes of State College are both 6-4. Hugh Cooper of Slippery- Rock and Sam McKibben of Punx satawney are both 6-3. Jpe Harnett of Johnstown stands 6-2. Three freshmen, Jack Houser of State College, Ed Kramer of Westinghouse/ and Andy Pytel of Ford , City, are 6-1. Charles Sitch of Ford City and Bill Stoddart of State College are six footers. r,: ~~ Last Times Today Mickey Spillane's "I TIE JURY" Biff Elliot as Mike Hammer BEGINS TODAY Louis de Rochemont's ''MARTIN LUTHER" DOORS OPEN 5:30 James Mason Leslie Caron 'Story of Three Loves'
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