PAGE EEC-HT WW. TEGUHNULUHY N lidWl’l él’jiNllllllllyl! 2.0, .1942 an More lifififi Mfigflfig gal“ .1gsl’dggt aEvfidl’i’i; poor "inmost fill: @ractlce fiessions Letterman Expected To Corry Attack Hampered by adverse practice facilities, semester exams, emer- gency war-time program and a small turn-out, the Illinois Tech track squad has begun its second week of practice. With its initial meet scheduled in the second week of February the squad has but a scant few weeks to get in mid-season form. “Rennie” Loads Team This, the first season under Coach “Bernie” Meyer, acting mentor for Norm Root, bodes to be less successful than other great seasons in the past unless more potent green material can he found. The sturdy hand of nine veteran lettermen, led by Cocap- tains Dick Barry and Wayne Mc— Cullough, are all practicing under severe handicaps. Nearly every- one is an upperclassman and hence carrying redoublod schol- astic programs due to war-time conditions. It is expected then that freshmen and sophomores, especially the fresh, will have to carry the brunt of the work on the squad. At present only four or five yearling candidates have responded, yet there are nearly thirty fresh in school who were track letter winners in high school. Kcrney has stated that more equipment will he lasuctl at. any time that at least twenty more outfits can be distributed. Loni Only (hoe llcttemian The track squad lost only one letterman last season through graduation, but more severe liloivs were struck when Coach Root was confined to a sanitarium and Manager Bill Vizard renounced his duties because of a heavy scholastic load. Then the weak response of candidates has failed. as yet, to bolster the team hopes. At present the eleven indoor events are being taken care or" liji‘ these men. CEO-captain Barry will handle both hurdles and narlicl pate possibly in the pole vault. Covcaptain McCullough can run lElZi-l itil’lli lithiifl GUNS Emil Willi lllinois Tech’s rifle team which is aiming for a national cham- pionship next March seems des~ tined to win the coveted crown. If the consistent improvement of the sharpshooters is an indica tion, the team is undefeatahle. Excellent Record Against Northwestern, two weeks ago, the team shot a 923 to tie the Wildcats. This 923 was one of the highest team scores in years. Then last week they won over State with a 933, a new all time school and team record. This week the team put to- gether an invincible 94.5 points out of a possible 1,000 against Missouri School of Mines. Being a postal match the match has not been decided but there is little doubt of the result. In this match, Norm Carey and Capt. George Borre led the team with 193 and 192 respectively. The other three placers are Bob New- man, 188; Ray Smith, 187, and Fil Witte, l85. A strong sixth man, although not considered in the score is Cwiak’s 182. Shatter Record Twice Thus in two weeks running the Tech gunners have shattered the all time team record twice. This is some shooting. any distance from the half-mile up to the two-mile. “Mac” can also double in the high jump and pole vault and on occasion ran a good leg on the relay team. Last year’s captain Harry Heidenrcich, all-around field event star, will be top man in the Tech pole vault and high jump departments. Harry’s specialty is the javelin throw of which he is the school record holder at 16 feet 4 inches. Jack Tregay, weightman extra- ordinary, will account for plenty of firsts in the shot put. Only other major letterman on the team is Bob Osborne, phenomenal freshman of last year who scored 118 points in 11 meets. “Oxzie” will specialize in the quarter and (it) and run the anchor leg on the relay team. tit her Stars Back Another sophomore who should come into his own this year is George Erkert. a very promising 880 and mile specialist. Don Keigher. veteran hurdle-r, will be one more expected to grab oil plenty of seconds and thirds in the high sticks. Ray Sauer will do his share” of point getting in the middle distances. Sophomore llill Parks although doubling in hockey may reach new heights in the high jump. in the nonlettor group of can- (iidates Chet Swan and lra llip< schutz are in the shot. Bill Wat son may star in any event. Rab nor, Matthews, Johnston are no- tentlals in the distance events. Mills looks good in the jumps. Need More Winn lie! the shove tracksicrs are only a nucleus, a framework. For a good all-around team at least double this number must be work. the out. No event is so fortified it could not do without at least two more men. lieuches fiemi-iinols intramural ping-pong at am moor is reaching its final stages. {)uly three quarterfinal matches remain to be played in the singles competition whereas the doubles teams have come to the semi. finals. Final examinations will hold up the tournament this week. However. Milt Pleva, intramural Manager, has stated that deadlines will be strictly enforced after school resumes. Penalty for not meeting the deadline will he a forfeiture by the participants. Close One Best game of the week was played by Bob Adelson and Jack Blame. Bob won 18-21,, 21-16, 22 20. Byrne took the first rather easily but could not maintain enough control over Adelson’s shots in the second game. The final match was finally won by Adelson after a love game. This contest puts Bob in the semi— finals. Participants in the quarter- finals include Pete Zemaitis play- ing Bob Johnson, Herschell Franks contesting Aaron Kolom, and Philip Huguelet challenging Leonard Shane. Upset in Doubles The upset of the week came in the doubles tournament, when Aaron Krus and Aaron Kolom heat Jack Byrne and “Lefty” Mon. geau, This put the two Aarons up against. Herschell Franks and Bob Adelson in the semifinals. Ed- win Franks teamed with Jacobs against Jim Gleason and Al Cole in the other match. By lVarron 8pm: Lightly tripping over the type- writor keys with two lingers, amidst the steady rattle of the linotype machines and presses, we, for the last time, gently lay to hell another sports column. We take this “Time Out” with memorous recollections of the past year. We feel very greatly gratified that in the new leaders of your paper, you will find hard-working and clear-thinking students, who are. despite much criticism, fight- ing every inch for a better, bigger and fully developed Illinois Tech. Congratulations, boys! To you, the torch of progress. Well, let's jump into a review of the news. {if course, one of the first. events we think of is the annual running of the. lllliuois ’l‘ccin Relays, loc- i-anso as a lrrshman this event earned your reimrtor his first hig story and liy-linc on the sports patrol; and. as a senior, in- looks lorwurd, more than ever to the Games, John Echoumwr. and their significance in ’l‘rrh's endeavor to he on top. Sometimes last March we wrote a column about letter awards. since then the l-Tech monogram has grown and will continue to mean something more than just another athletic award. Then came the opening of the baseball season, at the end of which. Tech had annexed the con‘ iercnce titlemthe pitching of Al Yumisw-the nine will miss him plenty. t‘amr (linen liomw m- we were sit-la, but our grunt sports stall carried on. Johnny, “liliiiiblen,” Micky. Don, Earl, illicit (1., Eddie. limb it... ”ink in, they‘ve (lone {i hml of a swirl] job all your. "The l’l‘SA banquet. if there was ever one like it, it will come in the future, but never was in the past. Then vacation. in the fall we returnch to edit- ing: the sports of “VP and enjoyed a great pleasure in helping to do our part in the instigation of the lr‘icidhouse Fund, our greatest Pep Rally. a terrific crowd at the Chi: r' .o basketball game, the hoapL ta .nlion plan and a better school. We saw ’l‘ech’s biggest dance and all-inall. the greatest year in the history of fight, pep. spirit —— achievement. So long. sports patron. May you routine/r (insuring: onir nation‘s (43 fort, to keep your oil‘m'ts worthy of your achrml and country. m'i‘hzmks alll lithfl fihifilflfi lhhhhlhi. The United States is at war—w total war! Not only (lo our Army and Navy need the Red ("rose but even you and ii and millions of other civilians like us, may he the beneficiaries of its mercy, for no one knows where total war may strike. To give to the Amer-hm: lit/ml Cross “War Relief Fund is not only patriotic, it is humane. Americans are givingw-not because they are asked, hut ho- cause they want to give. Your help as needed, and )3 hope that you will respond to this appeal promptly by filling in the Red Cross subscription cards and leaving them at the Cashier‘s of- fice at either the South or West Side campus. lllcnry 'l“. lllfeallli, President. FlNALang llli'lhlihiililfii‘l limit lhl'l’lthl’vlilllhi. WREETLENG filthlll llflmhlfi lfirihh’lllltlhlfililllfi leach Graduates In Service {ll Notion “WWW. lly illicit llmraon At least thirteen men whose names have been prominent on these sports pages during the past few years are now fighting for their country as they once fought for their schools. The Army and Navy Air Corps are predominant:- ly the choice of these sturdy ath- letes. but nearly all branches of service are represented in the so lections. Former Sports Editor of 'l‘eoli- nulogy News, and cage star, Jim Fahey ’40, is now serving; as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Selferidge Field, Michigan. Harold Anthon ‘33, tennis star, is also a lieutenant in the same branch, at. “Baker Field, California. Score {is instructors Serving currently as instruc- tors in the Naval Air Corps, are Ray Pilaum, Mech. ’34, and Wat» ren Umbright, recent Fire-Pro tect. Both were members of the basketball squad. Ray is station» ed at Pensacola, and Warren at Jacksonville, Florida. The Providence, Rhode Island, Naval Ordnance claims last seas— on's basketball and baseball co- captain, Ensign Bill Krause; whereas Frank Pfeil’er, last sca- son‘s shortstop, is located here in Chicago in the U. S. Army 0rd— nanre department. First Lieu- tenant Jack O’Connell, (3.11.13. ’38, is with the Air Corps active in the present hostilities at. Nicholas Field, Hawaii. Jack, incldently. is the brother of our current, cag- cr, Danny O’Connell. Former (logo Japtuiu Hank Siliva, (aptain of last ye. i baskcteers, holds down an ensign’s post in the Naval Ord‘ nance at St. Louis. Another ex- (tagc captain, Ed Swanson, is an ensign in the Air Corps attached to the Atlantic fleet. FPE‘ Charles Matt. is an Army Air Corps cadet at Victory Welt], Texas while Wally Rozanski, ’40 wrestler, is training at Kelly Field, Texas, and Jack Euenck, ’40 boxer, makes his home at Ran- dolph Field, ’l‘exas. Perhaps you’d be interested in the whereabouts of other of our grads and undergraduates who have joined the services. John Segne‘r, drummer in the band and orchestra from '39 to ’40, is; in the Army Air Corps, as is former Arch student, John Coyle, now located at Kelly Field. Bill Mc~ Cormack, soph met-h, recently left school to make use of his C.A. training in the Army Air Corps, and Leo Lackner, soph architect, left school to take a post in the Marines. {some Arch Students Former arch, Ray Ostegren, is joining his father. “Bobby” Oste- gren, former professor in the ar- chitectural faculty, who holds a reserve commission. Also, Lou Jacobs, ’39. and Henry Michalak, ’38. recently passed their State Board architect’s exam and are now enlisting as ensigns in the Navy. John VVeese, who left the arx department. last summer to join the l\rmy, has been promoted to the rank of corporal. ”honey” fielder Tourney To Climax Under the tunable direction 01’ “Sonny” Weissman, that affable pedagogue of the fine arts of wrestling and boxing, a very suc- cessful intramural tournament is rapidlyfldrawing to completion. In the. wrestling tourney, one champ has already been crowned and the other two clas. s have reached the finals, while the finals are just starting in the boxing elimina’ tion. liiilitt ‘Wino George lVlartinek tangles with A1 Glasgen for the 1'70 to 190 11:). title in the wrestling competition. Bill Watson takes on Sherman Sieman to determine who will meet Charles Baohman in the finals of the 140 to 1.50 110. class. Jack Enlitt has already copped the medal in the 135 lb. class by con- quering Jerry DeGiorgi. These are all six minute bouts with a one minute time advantage used to determine the winner. in all, 33 men participated in the wrestling and to date 20 in- teresting: bouts have been run off. The next action for the tug and toil team will be at, Beloit on Feb- ruary 14. On the 211st and 28th the squad will have meets with DeKalh, first there, then here. The season will be concluded at the Wheaton Invitational Meet on March 7th. Title to llmCivila Boll llaC‘ivita has crashed thru to the 1135 lb. title in the intra~ mural boxing tourney by out- poiniing; Eugene Demet. rl.‘he com» petition was tough in this class and the finals produced some classy clove toting. Ramon Man- kus and George Martinek will. meet for the. heavyweight title, while Hill Flice and Bill Watson will hatter it out for the 147 lb. championship. Flt. .lor 'lll‘l'iillay This ll‘riday at 4 pm, our Scat» lot and Grey squad will engage St. Joe college in a match in our gym. As an added attraction Paddy Kane, CYO coach, will referee the bouts. In the forthcoming Golden Gloves, Coach Weissman will on ter Leroy Simpson at 146, Warren Sadler and Ed Strauss at 135, Jer- ry DiGiorfg‘i- at 128, Bob Lukes at 145, and Arthur Ellis at 118. linkers Meet lit. loe Here This Friday With the Golden Gloves tourna- ment scheduled to begin January 28, seven Illinois Tech boxers are sharpening their hunches. Their punches are aimed at the best boxers of the midwest which they will come up against. Scheduled to carry the Techawk attack in the coming tourney are Art Allis, 118, Jerry de Giorgi, 128, Warren Sadler and Ed Strauss, 1.35, Co-op Roy Simpson. and Bob Lukes, 14-5, and George Martinek in the 175 pound class. The lads will have a chance to get into fighting trim before the curtain raiser, as St. Joe does not travel here until next Friday. The wrestlers will begin rolling,r again when they travel to Beloit on February 14. Following this, on February 21, the grapplers will battle TleKall) on the latter’s home mat. A "elul'ti match is sched- uled with these lads a week later on on the lllinois Tech pads.