The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-07
|ACTNE PROGRAM FOR
Penn NEXT WEEK

! State College, IA. Feb. "a box
T, ing meet with the University Of Penn
| s.-lvania, wrestling scrap with Lee
high, and basketball set-to with
George Washington university, are the
attractions at Penn State for the com
! isg week-en and they furnish an
athletic bill OF indoor winter sports
the equal OF which has never before
been served to a local audience. The
bias etballers will have their contest
on Friday evening. the wrest!ers will
gu 1t on Saturday afternoon. and the
biz boxing meet with Penn Is staged
for Saturday evening.
More interest is centered at this
time on the outcome of the boxing
hcuts than anything else on this card
State and Penn met in the ring last
year In their hrst intercollegiate box
ing meet. the spoils going to the Red
aud Black mitmen. four bouts to two
With the exception of Henney, last
years captain the state team is in
tact again this year with several ex-
perienced men returned from the SER
vice who are putting up game fght
for positions.
All are anxious to come back" and
win from Penn next Saturday.
Captain McFadden and Aiken. win
nars last year In the las and l6o-pound
classes. are holding their own this
year in their respective classes.
though Weiss is pushing Aiken for
the job. In Kahley and Friedman.
Coach Harlow has a good pair for the
lis and 125-pound classes. both having
experience. skin and ability to punch
a. the right time. The 1885 pound class
II still toss-up between Iaifev and
Croner, both being good men and the
| latter n member of last years team
lieck. the football star. has easy call
for the heavyweight class. with Stein
r'rnin~ eecond, The college champion
ships will be determined today and
these may bring some unexpected de-
! velopments in the line of possible
| varsity material
! WeII-known boxing enthusiasts from
I Philadelphia and Pittsburg have beer
| invited to act as officials for this meet
and interest in it has spread through
| cut intercoiie giate circles where the
sport is Just coming in for recogni-
ton as one of the most valuable on
the collegiate list. Penn State will
( meet the Navy. Lafayette and posi-.
( BILE the University of Toronto In its
! first oAc ia boxing schedule.
| Trial. for positions of the wrestling
team that will meet Lehigh win be
| Eeld during the coming week and pros
rects for winning team are bright
/ 81 irk and Jones look best for the light
weight honors. and CARRIER and Tee
Gan are destined to fight it out for the
l35-pound class. Captain Elect Mills
, has not yet returned to college and
/ Dollar, captaln-eieet last year, win be
able to hold down that job with ease
/ The 145pound class Is ou b u l.
| Spangier and Mowerer. the latter at
intercollegiate champion last year
are out to battle hard for the I5s-
pound honors, and ivy Brown is sure
OF the 17s-pound class with Wetxe
/ to give him a chase.
! tina Lehigh meet OPENS one of the
/! hardest wrestling schedules ever ar
| ranged for a Penn State team. On
| successive weeks the Blue and White
will go to the mat with Cornell, Penn
Navy. a second meet with Iehigh and
one with Princeton. State will enter
I thu intercollegiate championship meets
with very good chance of taking the
honors for the third consecutive year
Hugo Bezdek issued his first cali fol
! varsity and freshman baseball candi-
dates on Wednesday and upwards al
$50 students responded. Excellent
varsity material Is on hand, many o,
/ the men having played on the team
for one and two years. Restricted in.
door work will compose the practice
for the time being. and this win star,
about February is.