WEDNESDAY. MAY 26. 1954 Trackmen 17 To In See Action B€ 4 A Meet A 17-man.track and field squad will represent Penn State Friday and Saturday in the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America championships at Randall’s Island, N.Y.- Head coach Chick Werner announced his entry list yes terday while the Lions prepped for their biggest hurdle of the spring season. Top track and'field men from ail over the nation, most' of them from the east, will participate in the meet and. from all indications a goodly-sized chunk of the asso ciation’s 70-college membership will be represented. Manhattan, champion for two years running, Penn State, and Yale head the fight for. the team championship. All three.have been given dn even chance for first place honors on pre-meet dope sheets, although the Jaspers’ votes -declined slightly after the Nittanies beat -them last Friday. Seeks 2d Championship Werner will be shooting for his second IC4A championship (the first came in 1942) and will .prob ably lean heavily on the corps, of veterans who provided the spark in Pann Stated 'four sweeping dual-meet wins. Art Rosey Grier, Chuck Blockson, Red Hollen, Ollie Sax, and Dan Lorch will probably car ry most of the Penn State push. Grier and Blockson will be Wer ner’s mainstays in the weights. Both men will enter the shotput and discus, ■ while Grier and Dan Hutchinson'will throw the jave lin, Lorch Unbeaten torch, the Lion captain, wasn’t beaten in the poie vault in dual meet. competition and. will be a strong entry in that event. His best vault this, year was a, 13’ 614” leap. Lightning Pollard, another un beaten Lion, will run both the 100 and 220-yard dashes along with Bruce Austin. -The sopho more swifty already has tied the Penn State record in the century with a :9-6 clocking and has been knocking on the door in the 220. Sax, Dave Leathern, arid Skip Slocum line up for the Lions in the 440-yard run. Sax should be a definite threat in a tough field. Hollen could be a life saver for the Nittanies. The lanky senior Baseball's Big Leagues PITTSBURGH, May 25, (JP)— The Pittsburgh Pirates announced yesterday that they have traded outfielder Cal Abrams to the Baltimore Orioles of the Ameri can League. The Pirates received pitcher Dick Littlefield in the exchange: Abrams came to the Pirates •from Brooklyn in 1952 and was never able to find a regular job with the Bucs. WASHINGTON, May 25, (/P)— Bucky Harris, manager of the Washington Senators, was hon ored last night for his long service with the Senators before his team squared off with the New York Yankees. Harris, in his 30th year as a major league pilot, was presented with a new car and an air con ditioning' unit from the Washing ton Touchdown Club. His players presented him with a silver tea set. Washington owner Clark Grif fith, hailed Harris as one, of the greatest men who ever played baseball. / ST. LOUIS, May .25 (/P)— Aug ust Busch, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals said yesterday that he would be willing to sell the Car dinals said yesterday that he would be willing to sell the Car dinals if. he could get his entire investment. back and could be assured that the team would re main in St. Louis. Busch’s statement came in re ply to 1 Sen. Edwin. Johnson, of Colorado claimed that ball and beer don’t mix Johnson was re fering to Busch’s presidency of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. By dick McDowell scored a double win in the mile nnd two-mile against Manhattan. Unbeaten in the two-mile, he’ll concentrate there this week alorig with Ted Garrett. Werner. indi cated however, that the Red Head might get a crack at the. mile again, depending on the time be tween the two events, and the final entry lists. . Definite starters in the mile will, be Doug Moorhead and John Chil rud, Moorhead owns two' wins this season. Werner Will send Don Austin. Roy Brunjes, and Bob Matz into the rugged 880-yard run, and Brunjes will see action, again when the Lion rnile relay quartet moves to the starting line. He’ll run the second lap behind Slocum, the leadoff man. Leathern will carry the baton for the third day and Sax will take the anchor po sition." Ron Youkers will be Werner’s lone eritry in the hurdling events, Youkers will run in both the 120 high- and 220 low hurdles. The squad will leave for New York.tomorrow afternoon. Quali fying heats in the 100, 220, 440, 880,. relays arid hurdles will be held Friday along with the pre liminary trials in the shot put, discus, and javelin. The pole vault, mile, and two-mile competition will take place entirely on Satur day. . Bostonians ylv Mesh. hundreds of open windows to catch the slightest breeze astir- Easy fitting Mansfields styled for cool, lightweight living—no matter how high the mercury soar;; Ha*Ts.« HAsßE»o<Aaric» W©« THE DfWP Epimsmsj sT#ff G&Oggg jack Harper Quite a Collection ... THIS COLLECTION of trophys, ihe regards of a nearly completed year of intercollegiate ath letics, went on display yesterday at the Athletic Store. The big trophy in the center is she ro tating trophy held by ihe National Collegiate gymnastics winner. Beside it (right background) is the permanent trophy. Other trophies (left to right) are ihe Olympic routine trophy won by the Penn Slate riding club at the University Spring Sports Near End Spring sports schedules come to a close this week • when three Penn State teams play their final scheduled opponents. The Nittany golf and tenms teams play their closing matches today, and .the baseball team is slated to fit three games into the final four days of the week,- Both track and lacrosse ended Phone 8-8301 AN OPEN LETTER TO 2500 FRATERNITY MEN There's an old story told in many circles about the middle aged woman who lost her balance and fell out of a window . into a garbage can. A passing Chinese remarked; "Amelicans velly wasteful, that woman good for 10 years yet." Did you ever stop to think how many corners you can cut on house expenses by making the old new and making it do? We're referring to your furniture—yes, that stuff you move outside on big weekends when the saints come marching in. Have you bounced on one of your couches lately? It doesn't feel the same somehow —a get up and go feeling gets you.. Your springs are sprung. This is only half of it. The coverings are showing wear, where? Everywhere! Like a Model T they need complete overhauling and we're the plastic surgeons whb can make those old gray couches and- chairs just what they usbd to be. You needn't worry about losing your favorite television chair, that would be like taking Joni away from James—we'll do it during the summer and have it right back on your doorstep in September. Besides giving your house that new lopk, paving yourself many sheckels, you'll still be in solid with your alumni—the funnel from their pockets to your treasury will take a breather. We want you to be proud of your new facelifting. Choose your own . colors and materials—NOW—before you leave and you won't recognize your ''frat lodge" when you return in the Fall. Save embarrassment when people drop in—a man should always look his best, even slouched in a couch that's been re upholstered by our expert, Mr. W. R. Wptts. EM/frg their seasons Saturday. However, the Lion thinclads will enter the Intercollegiate meet at New York Friday and Saturday. Baseball top. could continue action after ■the close o± the week. The Lions are still in the running for. a bid in District Two playoffs to the National Collegiate tournament in Omaha, Neb The • selections will be made Monday.' D,le Waysije N Home Furnishings Horse Show, The NCAA, third place trophy, w©a by the basketball team; and the Liberty Bell Mile relay trophy, won at the Penn Relays. In cluded in th<e display are pictures of other nationally-ranked teams, Perm _ State's hexing and wrestling teams, both third ib_ the nationals and eastern tournaments, are pictured. Indi vidual national champions, boxer Adam Kojs and gymnast Jon Cronstedt (four titles), are pictured along with several eastern champs. Hamel Keeps Vow Bob Hamel, delayed by Classes, had to grab a taxi and overtake the bus in order to join the Perm State lacrosse team for its road trip into New York State. Vowing he’d get a goal for every dollar of the seven the cab cost tH,p Mineola, L. 1., sophomore did even better by scoring eight times against Hobart to establish a new Nittany Lion single game scoring standard. Previous record was 6. 710 S. Atheiton St. Very truly yours, 'lAJay.iide May 25, 1954
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