WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1955
Penn State Sports-.
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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.
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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.,
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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)
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