WEDNESDAY. MAY 26. 1954
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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. .
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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.
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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