FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13
Oscar's
To Ath I
Four men with over a l
lative 64 years of ser
the University's athlet
gram as equipment ro
tendants an d supery .
athletic equipment hay'
pleted the stocking an
chasing of supplies ne:l
start Penn State's 1.957-'
letic program.
Oscar Buchenhorst," su
of equipment, has serv'
Lions since 1941, while tht
cal education towel roo
dant, Dick Hanscom, has
in Recreation Hall sine;
Buchenhorst's two assista,
Franks, 10 years, and Ral.l
17 years, round out the
ing equipment room men I
The attendants are b
year around and when
as to what was their busi,
son, Oscar said, "We
slack time but the winte
is busier than most of t
times."
Buchenhorst is in ch.rge of
the Beaver Field locke . room
and the newly-built t aining
room in the Nitlany a ea, in
addition to his duties in Recre
ation Hall. All physical ekduca
tion classes that dress n Rec
Hall use the towel room facili
ties of Hanscom.
Buchenhorst has the responsi
bility of supplying towels and
equipment to the Glennland pool
and White Building in addition
to his men's program." We also
make minor, repdirs on equip
ment and do a "little of every
thing," he said.
High School -and collegiate
tournaments held at the Uni
versity put an added burden on
the equipment room and the
staff put in over 16 hours per
day during last spring's EIWA
wrestling tourney while serv
ing the needs of the visiting
teams.
"We have one of the best repu
tations of any school for supply
ing equipment to visiting teams
and supplying them with any
equipment which they may have
Opposite the Main Gate
Drawing Materials
Stationery
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—Daily Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson
EQUIPMENT MANAGER Oscar Buchenhorst inspects new equip
ment with his two assistants, Ralph Wert (left) and Mel Franks
(right) in preparation for the opening of the 1957-58 Penn State
athletic program.
forgotten, to bring along. Onelmor in this business," he said,
football team several years ago referring to keeping all of the
coaches and athletes happy and
arrived without eight pairs of iproperly st.pplied.
gridiron shoes for"their team and Buchenhorst travels with the
we supplied them,". Buchenhorst football team and made the trip
said. to Omaha for the NCAA Base
" You need a good sense of hu- ball World Series this summer.
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White Sox Whip Boston
BOSTON, Sept. 12 (W)—Right
ihander Jim Wilson finally pitched
phis I4th victory today and it
couldn't have come at a more ap
propriate time for the Chicago
White Sox wh(, whipped Boston,
7-1.
The victory inched the runner
up Chicagoans to within five
games of the front-running Yan
,kees whom they meet in the op
ener of a critical series in New
'York tomorrow night.
Wilson had tried on four other
I occasions to win his 14th and
picked his favorite enemy in the
The winners scored once in the
Red. Sox.
opening inning, added two in the
'fourth, Luis Aparicio hit his
third homer for the fourth Chica
go run in the fifth and a cluster
of three runs in the seventh
nailed down the decision.
Wilson, who leads the league
in shutouts with five, 'lost his
sixth whitewash job in the sev
enth when the Red Sox scored
an unearned run. Ken Aspro
monte, who had doubled, scored
as Ted Beard dropped pinch hit
ter Mickey Vernon's sinking
liner.
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