filed ficoelwi lily bicycle @cplcol chuecdoy lEve Tonight, Illinois Tech's fighting cagers journey to Elmhurst, Illi- nois to battle Elmhurst College in a return match. In their first en- counter this season, Elmburst cap- tured a close game by a score of 35-30. Last year, the Techmen won one and lost one to the Red— birds. Coach Meyer’s quintet will be seeking its fifth victory in four- teen starts. The starting five will undoubtedly consist of Jack Byrne and Captain Hank Sliwa at the guard positions, Ray LaGodney tipping off at center, and l-lowie Pendlehury and Mike Carey fill- ing the forward spots. Tomorrow evening, the Tao hawks close the 1940-41 season ac they take on the North Central Cardinals at Naperville. North Central was the victor in the game played in Chicago earlier in the schedule. . “Whip Qmml Rapids Our ecarlet and gray men of HT fared fairly well on their re cent road trip on which they tackled three Michigan ccluoole, Grand Rapids, Lawrence Tech and Detroit Tech. Tech’s firm game was wail Grand Rapids U. Tech jumped oil to an early lead, but Grand Rapids put on a scoring spree so diet. at half time the score was 25 to 23 in favor of Illinois Tech. The second half was a nip and tuck battle with the difference be tween scores never greater than six points. Pendlehury led lill~ pols in scoring while Brolciofll took honors for Grand Replace. Byrne and Brierley left. lhe game for four fouls. The ilnai more was fill to 48 for Illinois; Tech. This victory was the first in elev- erai years for Tech, on lbeir an- nual road trip to Michigan. Como Close a t bawrcnce Friday, February 7, the five was guest to Lawrence Tech in De» Emit. The game was the grealcet oi” the year for HT, although “lilo team lost by a score of 40 to 36. Illinois took the lead at the Mart of the game. It maintained this lead for 38% minutes before Lawrence forged ahead to win by four points. The boys fought hard, and showed great spirit for they were trying to avenge last year‘s defeat by the Michigan lads. A vie. ital“ u: this; game was Ed Swanson, captain of Tech’s team for the 19384939 season. Detroit Tech Wins Tech’s last game on the trip was with Detroit Tech. Size wae the chief factor for Detroit’s victory over HT, by a score of 49 to 36. The first half was slow with De- troit leading 19 w 15 at half time. Detroit because of its size had con- trol of both back boarde which is a vital factor in any game. in the second half Detroit jump» ed to a large lead which the Tec- hawks could not overcome. Lewis; Sophomores Ci‘iCll lenge Bowlers At‘ the last meeting of the Sophomore Class of Lewis it was decided to form a bowling team that would bowl over all other bowling teams at 1.1.T. It was agreed upon that Tuesday after- noons would be the time for meet- ings, also that the bowling would be done at the Madison Square Bowling Alley where student rates are available. As soon as the team gets going they plan to chal. lenge the other classes to matches. TECHNOLOGY NEWS Charlie Rickci't, lilinolo Tech wingmzm. bouillon puck ill: Southwest Falcon hockey game, omelet/oil by 'llcclimcii {left to rigid) Dick Metcolic, doienooman: lvo limiu‘li-kc, doicnoomon, and Bill ‘Watoon (extreme cigill}, center. The Falcon player elbowing inlereot in the play is unidentified. Photo by Amloruon, ll ”illvilg will ll Ely 'Wawoo Expim in the last issue of. Technology Name, Free Dellioncy, the sports collim- oi” that publication offered over lilo pages and his; column, 3?ch illrcms, to his succescor, ex- "M'l’ig sincere wishes for sue. co in the furtherance of the cause of good athletics at Illinois Tech. Thus we take up our pen in the hope that the job we do mu); cowl abut of our fine predo— cos ~: and that illinois Tech will oil . beyond all expectations in lite sporting world. relating ii‘ cell i does; to the education of Tech . student. body. We step into the Tech Elbow; and at the came time introduce a new deviaiion in the form of the column under this name which will appear, as its name im~ plies, when we may pause to take a necessary “Time Ont to talk over a siluaiion with the coaches, play‘ ere, faculty, or students. Siepping in with the building plan. of like new Tech campus we wish to call to the oitention of flame concerned that under the presenl seem} the fimi step is the consimction of a library Imildipg (m the present sile of Ogden Field. If this be the first step, what then is: 119 be used for a moi/cation field until such time up the proposed field house and track are complete, which probably would be some long days from the dedication of the first proposed building. No matter how poor the present field may be, the builders cannot go ahead with a structure on 0g- den Field without simultaneously providing a properly laid out and equipped field for perhaps tem- porary or permanent use for base— ball, track, intramural sports, or even, with an up and coming hockey team, a smooth area for ice skating. “loch Mockcy gelled iwooce ”Willem; filouloue Elmo By ‘Hul’ Davey lilinois ’l‘ech’o hockey tcum is; Still cocking its first victory after dropping 3. weekend game to New: llama at South Bend by 7.2 and leaving a thriller to the South View Falcons the next, (lay by 85. in broil: games the playoll Witte kimli at goal was outstanding. but, hie defense failed him in the pinches. The map to watch on the Irish scmzil woe Bertelli, speedy center, (remodeled by Eddie Shore of the Boston lli'uim'; to be the best ama- teur hockey player in New Eng- land. licz'ieni scored four of No? e Dame’s izoven goals in last . ..countcr. HQUERY LiNEUE’ Eliiuoio Tech Notice flame W ilick ind; Goal Kyle Crawford Left Wing Patterson Marlineic Right Wing Reilly Woman Center Bertelli Metcaii'e Left Defense Stewart Buddcke Right Defense Tobin Referee: Lari-y Sullivan, ND HT Spares: Rickert, Parke, Brown, liaomussen. ND Spares: Hallein, Lane, Bar— ry, Fallon, Patten, Herzog. Saves by goalies: Kyle, 19; Wit tkekindl, 32; Lane, 2. _ ._...J The Falcons game was hard, clean hockey from the opening whietle wilh no penalties on either side, in marked contrast to the slugfest match with Lake Forest two weeks ago. Four dill feront men tallied for Illinois Tech against the Falcons, George Crawford scoring twice, once un- assisted, and Metcalfe, Watson and Parks accounted for the re- maining three goals. In this game, Tech was handicapped by injuries which deprived it of one complete line of forwards and two able defense men. The boys are Reliable .elclice completely recovered now and rarin‘ for their first win of the season. Chicago and Northwestern have been booked for the near future plus; games with Hammond and a return match with the Falcons. how Battle to Lake Forum illirzois ’l‘cch’s fighting (and we do mean fighting) hockey team lost a bruising battle to the Lake Forest city team during the be- tween semester holidays. The final SCUM? was 7-4, but the game was much closer than the count indicates, as the 'l‘echawks, in their first official start of the year after five disappointing cancella- tions, played the experienced and ably coached Lake Forest team to a standstill in the final two periods. After spotting their opponents three goals in the first stanza, Tech finally broke the ice early in the second period when George Martinek crashed through, two (le- fense men and beat the goalie on a brilliant shot. Before the per— iod had ended George Crawford, ace of last year's Tech sextet, scored after an assist by Bill Wat- son. Chuck Rickert, newly en- rolled Techawk and former Dart. mouth college star, tallied on a brilliant shoulder high shot. The Gili'oy brothers added two more for Lake Forest, making it 5—3 after two periods of furious play. Techs Defense Rolmes Shortly after the final, period he- gan Watson scored for Illinois Tech after a wild scramble just outside the Lake Forest crease. Play from this point on was sav- age even until the closing minutes when Tech‘s defense went to sleep and Lake Forest rapped home two counters in three min~ (Continued on Page Seven) TWO TECH BOXERS IN GWEN CLASS OF GOLDEN GLOVES 13y John Butkue After weeks of careful condi» tloning and preparation, the Illi- nois Tech boxing teem entered the North Election of the Golden Gloves Tournament. The boys entered competition on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, at the Loyola gym. This was the first of the three evenings devoted to find the Novice Division champions. The team displayed very well the skill and technique taught by their coach, Sonny Weissman. But, un- fortunately, Sonny was; unable to advise his team during the con- teste because his duty as a referee in the tournament kept him far away from Chicago. Monty oil Knoclmuto Jerry De Georgi, 135, was put out of competition after his sec- ond bout which he lost by a deci- sion. His ferocity in the first fight earned him a win by a knockout. Roy Erickson, boxing in the same weight division, started out in a similar manner. The second bout was: won on o decision by the timely display of speed and warl— ness. An injury received in an earlier bout kept him from fur- ther competition. ” Two Mill?“ in Open Divioion Bob Lukep, M7, and Bob Mer- rick, 160, after receiving a fine start in the contest, lost in their second attempt by knockouts. By quick thinking and hard hitting ~ivo Buddekc, boxing in the 175 pound division, became one oi“: the North Section champions. The elimination of his opponents by three K.O.'S and a- default entitles him to box in the Open Division at the Coliseum this Week. Marry Ellis, 118, will be the other Tech repreoentative. Because of weight and injuries, Colant, Obergi’ell, and Young were unable to compete. @ouevu ”Welululph @vcc Wolpcl voice Valparaiso invaded the Tech campus on Friday, February 14, to engage the boxers in their first intercollegiate contest to be fought at Illinois Tech. Since the boxers were in good condition as a result of the Golden Gloves. they were able to defeat their oppon- ents by a score of 21/2 to 1A:. Three Men Carry iiiattlo The visitors, because of eligibil~ ity rules, were unable to supply men in live weight divisions. Therefore for this reason only three bouts were staged. Ellis, 118, started the Tech’s victory fight by outpointing Simon. These bouts, by the way, are three-round ai~ fairs. Three minutes; are devoted to each round with a one minute rest period in between. Erick-sou Dioplnyu Talent. Colam, 128, outfoughi. his man to take every round; thus winning his match. Last year Hurch, 135 lb. captain of the Valparaiso team, gave Erickson a beating. However, when they faced each other this time, the two provided the hottest battle of the day. Neither gained an advantage so the fight was considered a draw. On March 7, the team journeys to Valparaiso for a return bout. Augustana engages the Tech wrestling team in the school gym on Saturday, February 22. The 'I‘eelimen halve hopes of repeating last year’s victory. W. ”mm!