:yTcrt Barbell . Club lIM program Rates , Open to• • i 'With Nation s Best Freshmen ,By EARL KOHNFELDER - I Due to a unique. but highly-practical "one-office" system The Penn State Barbell Club, of administration, Penn State boasts one of the most efficient one of the most rapid g rowin g lintramural programs in the country recreational organizations at the( Combined with. the almost incredible enthusiasm ex- Uniyereity, is one of many such hibited by intramural director Gene Bischoff and his assis- If past pet fi,:mances an, indicative of the future then Charles groups open to ambitious fresh- ltant, Dutch Sykes, this system has provided Penn State stu manfor extra-curricular activityidents with a smooth-operating) * * * "Rip" Engle, Lion football roach. will need a few extra towels during the school year. to cry on befine the 1956 se. -on ends. Rip known for his perennial , The Barbell Club wastab- 'sports, ranging from basketball' pessimistic mood, is en.barki ig on what will probably be the rough- lished in 1948 to promote w e .e s ignt. Ito wrestling ts. - I cat schedule of his Penn St; • e career. lifting—popularf in Weste r n, schools tinmn oto horsesho y e ities ad fhoerr each unve intramural' The Lione' schedule las year wasn't the easiest in the East I s i g i l e to E ol a s. t. but lacking support inl m / ! sport is entrusted toasamiiitucernat by any means. but this yea tops them all. Of the nine opponents Penn State weightlifters are at-) ot i whose her acties necessitate la slow and arduous method of the le been e Lipms will play five , e picked in the top twenty ; -nlempting to put the sport on the pre-seison polls and three o' these are listed in the top ten. which'same intercollegiate competitivel m m e a n n t ge i m s e n n e t e:de W d h c e n n ne a ern s i n n ap- a ju f d o g r - - , can oily spell trouble, trot:•le and more trouble. The five listed, level as football, baseball. or l feit replay, for example, the sta in- the nation's "murderous 1 w" are Ohio State (5). Army (7). Pitts-'wrestling by active club mom 'dent leader is generally indis bership. A member need not posed or hard to locate. burgh (10), Syracuse (14), at 'I West Virginia (20). !spend any time working with thel But in 202 Recreation Hall The Lions face Ohio Sate. West Virginia. and Syracuse on ,equipment in Recreation Hall—i (just to the left of the main en successive weekends which -Flake things tougher for the simple all the club wishes is * that each' trance) where Bischoff and 'reason that it is difficult fo a team "to be up" for three straight tae memberan interest attend tt t i n e meetings and, Sykes hold sway, the phones i the team. are _jangling continually as necks against football team of this caliber. • , , After-joining the club ($1 in- both make certain that Bill The remaining four teat's—Penn, e—Penn, Holy Cross, Boston U., and • :elation fee). each member can . Jones can make it to his bad obtain expert instruction from minion playoff or that the North Carolina State—are :II daneerous with the exception of. Boston U. I any member of the club. Comets have paid their small ( I Penn State's "barbellers" own entrance fee for the basketball Many writers and stude e consider Penn a sure win, hut one the distinction of competing inl tournament. thing has to be remember& Penn has lost 18 in a row, a streak the first inter-collegiate match in( The 'seventeen sports are di it wishes to break shortly, 3 - 4nti State is the opening game of the' Pennsylvania when they met vided into Fall, Winter, and , , West Chester State Teachers Col-'Spring seasons. Included in the season which, by winning, e .eild give them added morale for he ,West on February 18, 1955. (Fall season are touch football. remaining games. and last tl Quakers. under the tutelage of Stevel In 1955 the club also met , tennis-singles, swimming, bowl- Sabo, have been rebuilding - 'r two years. resulting in an exper-•Shippensburg Legion in a non-c01...,ing, and golf-medal. fenced team. All these fact: nell-out trouble for Penn State. 'legiate match. They lost both first- , Basketball, boxing, wrestling, year meets. hand-ball singles, hand- b a I 1 Army, the second gang ef the year, displayed an awesome) During the past year, the doubles, badminton. and volley-, running attack in most of it "antes last rear and an overpowering , little-experienced muscle-men , ball comprise the Winter season. ! line. Three men have since h • that backfield, but Coach Earl Blink lost to Shippensburg. 14-9; In the Spring, students may corn-' has lost only one man frorr his line. If Blaik can find a capable dropped the first match to West ,pete bl in horseshoes, tenn i s- Chester. 12-9; whipped them in dou es. g.olf-team. soccer, and quarterback his team might ank even higher than the anticipated track. the return meet, 15-6: and fin- seventh place it is predietee `e - I - ished second to Shippensburg , At least one week before a In its first home game P. a State faces a team whose potential' in a triangular meet. season is to begin, an announce • ment will appear on this page is riding on a knee—Bill Sr . "-ors knee to be exact. If this knee' The team has scheduled six concerning entrance fees and is strong then Holy Cross .en expect to zip through the season n m e a ) t i c a h n e e s th fo er r p t o b s i s s ,i6 y t e lt a t, r .. with Cor , entry deadlines. All entry-fee with an overall strong eleve Smithers is potentially the best ball' Intercollegiate competition con- money is used to purchase awards! carrier among quarterbacks i 'be East and he is particularly effec- sists of three Olympic events—, live running the multiple-T . •• e'' .military press, snatch, and the Separate tournaments are con ducted in all the sports mentioned clean and jerk—in eight weight The powerful Buckeyes 1 ern Ohio State host the Lions in the classes starting at 128 pounds. for l both independent and Crater-; season's fourth game. This I e Ten school is out to win its third; The press is simply lifting the pity groups and individuals. straight Big Ten crown, a fee never accomplished before. Although weight to the chest, pausing. and! All regularly mal egularly students enrolled a re - under then pushy, the bar overhead us-'gr ad uate g aua Coach Woody Hayes lost lii nalong Cassady, everyone's All-Amer-sing only the arms. f ra ble to compete in intramurals f. ice, he still has an outstan - ig backfield spearheaded by Frank, The clean and jerk consists • accordance with certain rules. No Ellwood, quarterback, and Ji , Roseboro, halfback. Jim Parker. 6-3.' , of the lift, but the weighiman member of a varsity or freshman 248 pounds. is back and is't c•nvanstay of the line. He has been may use his body to push the squad may compete in that same • IM sport. Any man who has earn bar up. This event usually uses pre-season picked to be "lire -en of the year ed a varsity letter in any spoit or the most weight. 'West Virginia comes to l'. , Nittane Nralley for the fifth game, The snatch consists of cleanly has been declared a professional of the year and second home nntesl. Coach Peppy Lewis will have jerking the bat off the floor any be ineligible in I to get along without Bruce'l -ley and Sam Huff on the line and over the l head while doing a leg, 1 The intramural department , Freddie Wyant in the back; ' , l but otherwise his team is well-( s p lit, ilnintheoncechsoomrA,tha operation. th lb 1 supplies all necessary equi- fortified with depth, speed, i , d beef. Only one team in the nation holds an annual improvement enet club) ment for games. Even those in- probably boasts bigger men " , an what Lewis digs up—Minnesota. test and this year will also choose. forested in officiating side The Mounties have beaten V e Lions two years in a row an d a a Mr Penn State—the best Imo- l i n f tramura a sporlt office sh and?uld contact make i.t the portioned male student on cam third time would tickle their ' acv. I known. pus. Any questions not answered Syracuse writes finis to ilea ten ible month when it seeks to t The winner of the improvement 'here revenge last year's oneepoii ' d-feat on its home grounds. The contest is the contestant who, iew fullest erl" b satisfactioneanswienreitleto infra-! I Orange have one of the best : rms in the East and one of the best - ebho‘r measurethe most improvement in mural office. Dutch Sykes and. halfbacks in the nation in . 1 -ininy Brown. The only thing that at the end of thriel ecompetition r e e o s s m e s Gene than ßischoff like nothing better' to bend the ear of an inquir- i can possibly keep Syracuse ft ei an all-winning year is its schedule,' pared to his beginning measure ling freshman and point out to him, which is one of the toughest •-‘ 'he East. ments aria lifts 'all that the intramural program I ' Boston U. can be regarded - the only - breather" in the schedule. - has to offer in making for a better Coach Buff Donelli has a cry 'i of newcomers out but the veteran Mullen Receives Penn State. cosh feels his team is one )7( r away. He can field a veteran team. . Memorial Award but he lacks depth. This gam twill be played on Beaver Field. Scanning SPORTS By FRAN FANUCCL Sports Editor GRIDDERS FACE ROUGHr ST SCHEDULE! A newcomer to the Liom .ehedule—North Carolina State—has p Dean Mullen. Weissport: Pa..' Paul Smith o l f lastyear., l one of its best teams in reces ' years. It features the halfback coin-;aasl named winner m bination of two of the best rto -ners in its history—Dick Christy and ; awarded annually to theo r u o tsfa h nii ' '' Dick Hunter. Christy was tb team's top ground gainer last year ing senior in the College of Phys-; with a per-average carry of 1. 1 . Coach Earle Edwards. former Penn ical Education and Athletics at Unh'er sity. State assistant coach, is in need of a quarterback although two the , The trophy, established ten players are improving here. years ago in memory of the for-i And on Nov. 24 is what (very Penn State fan waits for—the mer Lion boxing captain, wa si e ch t o o l r s i:i Mllen in reco t gni Pitt game. The Lions seernee to make it a habit of upsetting the oafwahri ai_ uh p, activities.c harac m a t- er,tiunodn, Panthers, but this year an up t almo,t nil. One chance the Lions extra-curricular may have of beating their a. '--r;vals stems from the Pitt schedule. len. veteran tennis player, wa• which should make any coati hair stand on end. president of the newly-organized Varsity 'S' Club. - Pitt begins with Syracut-. then proceeds to play California. Duke. Oregon, Minnesota, I( Ire Army. Penn State, and Penn State's first baseball win Miami (Fla.) Somebody in 21? Pitt administration must be angry of 1957 will bring Coach Joe Be-' d } l .7 victorytotal to an event with the team or with the co 1-h to arrange that schedule. Playing wins. 1 .- 29 d - e 3 , f e e a a r ts ch 3 ar t t ie spows 299, teams i.: ''is caliber week afi week could possibly hurt Pitt to a neonit ciegrct: y I - . re a Penn State tr , .ct ic loore n feasible. That's the Lion'f sehedule v...th t , is : notation: Now you 'ce tt by Fr.2le uses the, cry m~ low 11 , and why he NVII ih in MOrC than ever 1111, T 0 N Y !S BARBER SHOP Haircut L• turn or lappo4ltlMent 231 E. Beaver AD 8-eOl2 THE DA ILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA f li , e ,f \tit,*-:..,/ A. -. • COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF SENIOR BOARD Meeting Sunday, Sept. 16 Collegian Office 7 P.M. For, the first time since 1950.: and for only the second time in . ten years. Penn State football; will be led by a single player; in 1956. Chosen captain of the team is Sam Valentine, of Du-' 1 Bois, a guard who excels on de-, fense in the backer-up. position.; Owen Dougherty, of Dunmore, captained the 1950 eleven. Penn Slate's Rip Engle again will be a member of the coaching staff for the East-West Shrine postseason football game. . Welcome Freshmen to the Friendly, Convenient Corner We want you to feel at home at the hang-out of all Penn Stters • • the Corner lit, flitea SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1956 Gene Bischoff IM Director Dutch Sykes TM Assistant Packer-less --- (Continued from page fifteen) Navy on Nov. 16. Catholic Uni versity on Nov. 17. and Temple for an Nov. 20 engagement. They close the season with Pitt on Nov. 24. Last year marked the second consecutive season that the Nit tany soccermen came in for na tional honors—in 1954 they were declared N a t i o n a 1 Champions while last year they shared the national title with B r o c k p or t State Teachers College. It was the second time in Hosterman's three years at the helm that his squad gained national recognition. A hometown boy. Joe Eber)y, has been named captain of the 1957 Penn State tennis team. suc ceeding Charles (Chuck) Chris tiansen, of Washington, D.C. Eb erly is an outstanding student in the difficult physics curriculum. Earle Edwards. erstwhile Penn State football player and coach, will direct North Carolina State against his alma mater in 1956.
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