WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1955 Penn State Sports-. ON THE LINE Recreational facilities—for YOU ... All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. How true. And here at Penn State there are many recreational facilities at your disposal. You're paying for them, so make use of them. Perhaps you're too busy right now to think about recreation, but once the confusion settles you'll find there is time for it. If you want it, Penn State has it. From badminton to weight lifting. It's here. Many different programs are sponsored by varipus organiza tions and are handled by administrative and student groups alike. One recreational facility most of you are already acquainted with is the Hetzel Union Building. In the HUB you'll find a listen ing room with a wealth of varied record selections; a comfortable lounge; a snack bar; meeting rooms; and auditorium; a ball room; ping pong tables; and shuffle boards. Also, for the amateur photographer there's a well equipped dark room loaded with expensive equipment and supervised by competent instructors who will show you how to use the facilities properly. The Penn Stale Camera Club charges a fee of $1 for membership in the club, which gives you access to these facilities plus instruction. In addition to the usual dances and mixers, held the year round, there is a wide and varied intramural athletic program for both men and women. Also, co-educational programs have been started at Recreation Hall on Sunday nights. Penn State's intramural program, which is housed' in Rec Hall, gives the male students a well-rounded program including basket ball, badminton, handball, football, volleyball, boxing, wresting, soccer, tennis, track, and golf, to name a few. And the women? No. they don't sit back and watch at Penn State. They have a similar intramural program, which has a strong following.. In White Hall the girls can find swimming, volleyball, basket ball, and bowling facilities: The Women's Recreational Association (WRA) handles tourneys for competition among the women in these and other sports. Each Sunday night co-educational programs, including bas ketball and volleyball are carried out at Rec Hall for men and women. The most recent addition to Rec Hall will supply a new haven for the athletic-minded groups. Twelve bowling alleys and a rifle range will soon be open for use. Details on both additions may be found in this issue on page 15. Also, last winter Penn State's out door ice skating rink opened and enjoyed successful turnouts of skating enthusiasts. Maybe you still haven't found what you like? How about chess or checkers or ping pong? The Chess Club enjoys a solid member ship, and ping pong tourneys are popular in the dormitory areas. Talk to your dorm counselors for information. How about fishing and hunting and the outdoors? Yep. we have you this time, too. This end of the program is well handled by the Penn State Outing Club. Last year this club had more than 560 members. Its program is packed with outdoor activity including hikes, trail blazing excursions, and outdoor mixers, such as wiener roasts, picnic lunches, and swimming parties. In addition the club spon sors square dances and its own parties. Watch the sports pages of this paper for information about it on Friday. Ever been in a cave? If you have you'll be ,glad to know we have a spelunking club bete too. For those who have never tried the somewhat strenuous but captivating trips through the caves of the local mountain ranges, try it sometime. This is one organ ization which is gobbling up new members _each week. For the tennis fans there are 17 tennis courts. Twelve of these are located behind the dorms for freshman men on Curtin Road in f?ont of Beaver Stadium. Five more courts are located on Route 322 near the golf shop. These courts are all-weather courts, but they may not be used until after 1 p.m. on Sundays according to Uni versity regulations. Softball fields are located on the golf course near the Navy water tunnel. There are six softball fields located in the Pollock- Nittany dormitory area for students there. Believe us now? This is just a brief rundown to show you what Penn State offers you for your leisure hours where you can "blow off some steam." As you can see there are many courses to divert your al tention-.-away from the "books." These facilities are not placed at your disposal to replace your studies and educational habits. They are designed to accompany Penn Slate's educational pro gram for your benefit. Use them wisely and with discretion. WELCOME FRESHMEN Bennett's Sky View Restaurant Dinner - Sandwiches - Soda Fountain By ROY WILLIAMS Sports Editor 7 Milos North on Rt 0322 ;HE DAILY, COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA " t*; v Nittany Harriers Begin Conditioning By ROG BEIDLER With the opening cross country meet only 2 1 / 2 weeks away, Coach Chick Werner is putting his Lion harriers through two-a-day workouts in order to round them into shape for the coming campaign. The veteran Lion track and cross coun try mentor is currently working with ten re turning distance runners and expects several others to join the team before the end of the week. The harriers taking the morning-afternoon conditioning workouts include Captain Doug Moorhead, Don Woodrow, Jim Pastorius, Dick Mohler, Paul Roberts, Norm Shoup, Bruce Aus tin, Bob Matz, Alan Jones, and Gus Ornrod Moorhead, Pastorius and Aus tin are seniors; Woodrow, Moh ler and Roberts are juniors; and Shoup, Matz, Jones and Ornrod are sophomores. Another junior, Don Matz, who ran last season, is scholastically ineligible this year. Werner said that the squad would not be trying to be in com petitive condition for their first meet with Navy Oct. 1, because it would be physically impossible. He also pointed out that the Mid dies would , not have the same handicap because their school term continues all summer and they would have a, much longer time to get into condition. Eace Tough Slate The Nittany harriers will be facing a tough five-meet slate this fall as it opens at Navy Oct. 1. The Lions will host Cor nell one, week later and then travel to Michigan State Oct. 22. Pitt will invade the Nittany Vale Oct. 29. and 'the Wernermen will round out their dual meet sched ule Nov. 5 in New York City, against Manhattan. The IC4A meet will also be held in New York City Nov. 14, and the season's action will close with .the NCAA meet at East Lansing, Mich., Nov. 28. 1-4 Mark Last Year Last year the Blue. and White harriers ended upon the red side of the ledger by gaining one vic tory against four setbacks. The Lions proved they weren't a weak squad as they defeated the Mich gan State runners, holders of the Big Ten and IC4A titles. The Wernermen began the season by • dropping a - triangular meet with Navy and Villanova. The score was Navy 38, Villanova 39, and the Lions 43. The second setback was delivered by Cornell to the tune of 21-43. The Nittanies then posted their 23-36 upset victory over MSC before drop ping their third 24-33 to Pitt. In the season's finale, the harriers were edged by a highly rated Manhattan aggregation, 25-31. Post Season Rally Despite the apparently poor showing during the season, the Lions showed their worth in the post season encounters. They fin ished fourth in the IC4A's behind Manhattan, Pitt and Villanova, the latter being only two points better than the Nittanies. In the run for the national title, the Wernermen left the above three teams in the dust. They finished fifth in the NCAA's, and were beaten by Olahoma A&141, Syra cuse, Miami of Ohio, and Kansas., 1 1 equals 2 COFFEE SPOT plus PASTRY - SPOT ' equals fine food! Now DELICIOUS MEALS Large, Tasty Selections of PASTRY Baked Fresh! We are very happy to have you with us Coffee Spot and Pastry Spot Doug Moorhead Cross Country Captain Champ, Moore Ease Training In Final Week NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Sept. 13 (A))—A close to peak Archie Moore boxed a leisurely two rounds today, sharpening up the punches with which he hopes to take away heavyweight cham pion Rocky Marciano's crown on Sept. 20 in Yankee Stadium. The 38-year-old light heavy weight ruler sparred both .rounds with Jesse (Gorilla) Brown, a low slung heavyweight who tries to simulate Marciano's pressing style of attack. Archie concen trated on counter-punching. Moore has boxed an even 100 rounds to date. He plans to box Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and probably will go only two rounds each day. GROSSINGERS, N.Y., Sept. 13 (A") Rocky Mercian°, world heavyweight king, rested again today but kept his weight for the coming title defense against Ar chie Moore at 187 .pounds. Both manager Al Weill and trainer Charley Goldman said that Mercian° was overtrained for the Yankee Stadium bout. They expressed little concern. Weill said Marciane would box tomorrow and Thursday, rest again on Friday and end his training grind with boxing on Saturday and Sunday. He will go to New York on Monday and hide out until the weigh-in Tues day noon. PAGE THIRTEEN Like to Run? Here's Your Chance to Try Any freshman interested in run ning, regardless of whether he has had any experience, may tfy out for the freshman cross coun try squad, Coach Norm Gordon has announced. The frosh harriers will begin daily drills next week in prepara tion for the coming season. The yearlings will compete in w o dual meets—the first with Cornell on the Nittany course Oct. 8, and the second with Navy at Annan olis Oct. 22. The freshmen will al so be eligible to compete in the IC4A met in New York City Nov. 14. Gordon expressed his beli^l that there are students at the University who, although they have never run in competit'on, could develop into top notch &s -tance. He said candidates wou' receive physical examinations th's week and would start workouts with the varsity next week.' Gordon pointed out several ex amples of men who had never run before entering Penn State and developing into the nation's top runners. Bruce Austin, now a member of the Lion cross country and track squads, never had any (Continued on page fourteen) Subscribe Today Let your parents and frient3s at home know what the Nittany Lions are doing Daily Collegian CAMPUS State College, Pa.
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