FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 19 REMOVED FOR After spending f and working with all to write your last col The enjoyment ] traveling with Penn in words. But proba Lion sports events ca Without even pt that the most excitin lh» Lion football to October. . The tremendous 1 the game and the rid much to ever forget, reversal. We stayed at tl except for a few tho which built our hoi another loss. The Bi lobby when we appro Buckeye fan, who a{ my suitcase. "I'll give you 28jpoinis and State," ha said boastfully. I stopped for a second, thought for a minute and then turned it down. My reason was aided i|y the comparing of scores between Eastern Collages and Big Ten Colleges, Army beat us by seven points, but the following week the Cadets absorbed one of their worst lickings in history from Michigan. Michigan was rated a trifle under Ohio Slate on pre-season polls, so using swift mathematical skill I figured we would lose by at least four touchdowns. This was apparently the poorest logic ever used to figure out a win ner, as I was to see in about seven hours from the lime I was offered those 28 points. Other major thrills I had during my stay here were generally centered around the wrestling team. In the past month or so I saw approximately 400 wrestling matches and never was I tired of watching. Johnny Johnston’s winning the NCAA 130-pound title and John Pepe’s losing the 137 crown were the most tension-packed matches I saw this year. Pepe, nursing a cracked rib and an injured knee, was almost unable to climb out of bed the day of the finals, but yet he met and beat a champion in every match he wrestled, except for the finals. Lehigh’s Joe Gratto won on riding time, but to every Penn State fan it was a win for Pepe, who was told that ha would be lucky to reach the finals in his condition. These were the best moments of my four years on the Collegian. The most outstanding achievement accomplished by the sports staff was the promoting of the Dick Kadis Fund, which brought publicity to the Collegian and to the Varsity "S" Club from many parts of the stale. The honorary membership awarded me by the “S” Club for taking part in the Kadis drive was one of the most cherished honors I have ever received. And I’d like to take the time and space now, if I may, to express my thanks to the “S” Club and to all the coaches, IM and athletic directors,-ticket managers and players for the fine cooperation given this office the past year and a half. GRAND ELECTRIC 216 SOUTH NEW STORE - NEW LOCATION - AIR CONDITIONED THE ONLY FURNITURE-APPLIANCE STORE DOWNTOWN FREE GIFTS | DOOR PRIZES | • 1 For Students @ BULBS I furniture RADIOS for Townspeople LAMPS TELEVISION Bt —s^A o . ll .? leaB ** shades APPLIANCES 3rd—Electric 5h iver | I CUAUESIC ZENITH - HOOVER - EASY CIRCLE WIRING 9nBI jT and BUTTERFLY CHAIRS SUPPLIES and and EXPERT REPAIR REDAIRG - OPENING & 1 ! UMBRELLAS and BNDT6 ncrwina SPECIALS «p* Screw Driver Sets r«Hi* aiming SPORTS FRAN FANUCCL Sports Editor k PINCH HITTER! >ur years working on The Daily Collegian he personnel in Rec Hall it is rather difficult lumn and not feel slightly disturbed. received from interviewing, arguing, and state’s coaches is much tGo vast to describe jly the experiences I encountered covering n be more feasibly put on paper, using a minute io think, I can say candidly ig moment, or sports event. I witnessed was lam's stunning, upset over Ohio Slate last i oar of approval by Penn State followers after 1 s back from Columbus, via pullman, were too But the morning of the game was a complete e same hotel as the Ohio State team and, lghts of the Illinois upset a few years before >es a little, we just thought this would be ickeye team was roaming all over the hotel lached the cashier. I was stopped by an ardent pparently noticed the Penn State sticker on ——3o— lALS ON MANY NEW ITEMS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Baer Experiments with Plastics, Develops Athletic Repair Kit Oftentimes, a hobby can turn into' a profitable occupation. This may be the case f° r Lion lacrosse coach Earnie Baer, who is constantly looking for new ways to improve athletic equipment. Baer’s latest innovation i 3 a plastic repair kit for athletic equipment. He believes It to be the first such kit designed specifically for the repair of athletic equipment Baer first thought of this idea * * ' * ★ ★ while successfully searching for ' - -- - -- material to repair lacrosse sticks. During the search he came across fiberglass —an inexpensive ma terial which is easy to apply and requires few if any tools Baer found lhal fiberglass resists alkalies and acids, is rustproof and waterproof, and does not corrode. He was espe cially impressed with its amaz ing flexibility and durability. According to the Fiberglass* Evercoal Company, fiberglass is a "coating that has five limes the tensile strength of steel." Baer began using fiberglass in the repair of lacrosse sticks and found that it saved approxi mately $l5O during the first sea son it was used. He also dis covered that it adheres to almost any material found in athletic equipment. From this evolved the idea of the repair kit. Only seven items go into the kit’s composition. Baer uses plastic resin, one of the toughest bonding plastics in existence, a curing agent to cause the resin to become hard, a reinforcing fiberglass fabric, chopped glass fibers to make a putty when necessary, fiberglass -rovings for reinforcement in delicate repairs such as fishing rods and bad minton rackets, brushes to spread the resin over the object and cups in which to mix the plastic resin and its curing agent. The repair process itself is relatively simple. "Anyone can do it." Baer said. The first step is to remove all foreign mailer from the azea to be repaired. Baer advises the use of sand paper or a similar abrasive to do this—never a chemical re mover. The next step is to cut the necessary fabric and measure the amount of plastic resin and cur ing agent. Then the plastic resin is thoroughly mixed with the curing agent and the mixed plas tic and glass fabric is applied to the area to be protected. That completes the repairing process. The repaired item will be ready for use in four hours. If an infrared heat lamp is used, the item will be ready in only five to ten minutes. After experimenting success fully with fiberglass, Baer wrote an article in the January ISSB issue of Scholastic Coach describing the results ha ob tained through its use. The re- OPENING SUPPLY CO. ALLEN STREET By VINCE CAROCCI —Daily Collegian Photo by Marty Scharr Coach Eamia Baar Ke puts his hobby to practical use sponsa to Iht article was very good and he decided to draw up the kit. Baer himself does not manu facture the material used in the kit. After a thorough investiga tion, he found the best materials to use. He orders each material from a different manufacturer and packages them in the kit. The kit repairs anything from GO, VAN, Once upon a time, when the world was really evil, and a thief lurked behind every bush, cautious men had their 3hirts painted on! The reason for this is explained by a perceptive saying of those days: "Forsooth, nothing deters those rapscallions about town. They’ll steal anything that isn’t buttoned down." Rough days particularly for the shirt business, what with painters picking up all the profits. Until, suddenly, an idea of genius appeared. The button-down shirt! This shirt was actually buttoned on to Ike chest of the wearer, making it absolutely steal-proof! Today, inthesehonest times, we still feel its influence. It is Thti Van Ivy is only one of the many fine VAN HEUSEN shirts exclusively at . . . Hut’s miens B’ljoyi tennis racquets and fishing rods to boat hulls and canoes. Baer’s kit has been on the mar ket since September. He has al ready sent kits to every state i» the Union and believes that the interest will continue to increase. Mail order is the only way by which to procure one of his kits. In discussing his interest in ' (Continued on page eleven) GOGH! the true ancestor of that glort ous style—the shirt with the button down collar! Isn’t his tory interesting? Van Heusen—because they know so much about the but ton-down— has done more with it than anybody else. Take our new line called the Van Ivy, for instance. Here are button-downs in tartan checks and stripes. Van Ivys look marvelous with, suits and sport coat 3, and worn open at the neck give you a roguish look. They also have a button on the back of the collar, for authenticity’s sake. See them. $4.00 in short sleeve, $5.00 long sleeves. Phillips-Jones Corp., 417 Fifth Ave., New York 16, N.Y. PAGS NINI
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