Penn State Sports Magazine
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where I built ski areas, golf courses, scuba diving resorts and one of the first micro- breweries in New Jersey. There were a whole host of entrepreneurial businesses. I sort of turned my hobbies into busi- nesses. "Nowadays, I now spend my time con- tinuing to manage financial portfolios of equities and fixed income. I have offices in Teaneck, N.J., and Sarasota, Fla., and I work out of my home on Palm Beach Is- land." Early indoor practices The Holuba name might not adorn the indoor facility if Bob had played football for an esteemed academic school in the Ivy League as he had originally intended to do. More on that later. Describing how and why Holuba Hall was con- structed is a vital segment of this story that goes back to the brief life of Penn State's first indoor practice facility. There is an old building on Curtin Road, just west of the popular Berkey Creamery that now houses the 300-seat Pavilion Theatre. It was once owned by the school's agriculture depart- ment. For decades after the building opened in 1915, it was used for various agricul- tural activities, such as expositions, cattle com- petitions and dairy shows. About 10 years later, the football, track and baseball teams began practicing inside the arena's bull-ring during the winter and early spring. That con- tinued for several years but ended in the mid-1930s when Penn State de-empha- sized all sports, including the elimination of football's winter workouts and indoor practices. TURF BATTLE Players perform drills in Holuba Hall during a practice session in November. The Nittany Lions had to work out indoors during the latter stages of the regular season, as it extended well into December this year. Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics