Tuesday, May 17; 1932 - Between ' the Lions with The Sports Editor Director Bezdek's proposal to en liven collegiate baseball by cutting down' the strikes to two and the 'balls to three is interesting, to say the least. There is no doubt that base ball Is losing ground• steadily with sports fans of the younger genera tion. Fans trained to the speed of football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, and kindred sports cannot appreciate the leisurely performance of a slow pitcher, the general warm-up before each of the nine innings, or the wait ing policy of many batters While Director Bezdek's idea does not have as its main function the shortening of the game, this, to us, is the best 'feature of the proposal We don't know how you feel, but, personally, we're usually in a "going home" at titude by the time the seventh inning rolls around. Saturday's game was irrefutable proof that, under this new scheme, the time of the game is cut down considerably Sponsor, of college baseball, in general, would do well to consider the unique experiment Director Bevdek has suggested. With only two victories in five en gagements, Penn State teams, it would appear, did not fare so well in Saturday's competition The results are really better than they look on paper, however. Although the track team lost, Dunaway and King con tinued to display form good enough to land them Olympic berths. Then, too, it must be remembered that the Tar Heel eindermen are undefeated cham pions of their district. Conquerors of the lacrosse team, Maryland's twelve is also undefeated and is recognized as a leader in the Indian sport by all authorities. With Elm Paul, we feel the lowness of the score was in itself an achievement As for the fresh man baseball nine's defeat at Mc- Keesport High School's hands—well, yim can't score runs when you can't hit. Bubrick, of the visitors was one of the most promising high school pitchers we have yet seen. CZ= Turning to sarsity baseball, it's interesting to notice that Colgate tied the Lions for the Triangular Association leadership by shutting out Syracuse. + + + r This and that .... Toots panne clon and Skip Stahley were weak-end visitors ... When the Penn , A C. defeated Penn on Franklin Field Sat Urday, it must have brought back demonstrated their championship cal memories to Coop French, playing ibre by swamping the freshman team; left field against the Red and Blue 1.1-to-1, Saturday. r .. Coop ran wild on his last visit Bub rc k, McKeesport pitcher, fo the Quaker playground when State fanned sixteen of the yearling bat won a football game from the Phila. ters, and allowed only four hits, two delphians,l9-to-7 . . The manager in the first and two in the third inn -4f the Maryland lacrosse team is a ing. The lone freshman score came cousin of Tommy Loughran .. .. in the first inning When Daily, third patch Schloss threatens to buy water baseman, ciossed the plate. wings for his lacqueters . . . . f. ) .. . And then there'a the story of ow Freddy Kane greeted Stretch unaway Into ,Skull and Bones. • —SHB. H B. Dependability . . A new home industry that will take care of your clean ing needs and give you ten-hour service is now ready to MEIZEIB Latest Knovn Equipment Rugs Ladies' Apparel SO and Cotton Quilts Draperies and WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER State College Dry. Cleaning Works 1004 West College Avenue BatsinenC REGISTER FOURTH TRIUMPH OF YEAR Meade Pitches 4-Hit Game as Ball, Strike Experiment Shortens Contest E3=l Only two strikes and three balls were allowed the batter when the Nit tony Lion diamond representatives opposed Dickinson College here Sat urday, but thiit didn't keep the Lion batsmen from registering their fourth triumph of the season and their sec ond straight by a 5-to-3 score. The two strikes, three balls idea is the brainchild of Hugo Bezdek, direc tor of the School of Physical Educa tion and Athletics, and Coach Joe Be desk, who believe that much of base ball's loss in popularity is due to the delay in play awl length of the game. Accordingly they suggested shorten ing the batter's time at the plate as a means of speeding up the play, and Coach Joseph H. McCormick of Dick moon readily agreed to the experi ment Coaches Favor Move The idea Was v success from the standpoint of speeding up the play i for but one hour and twenty-five mm kites were required to complete the eight and one-half innings of play, instead of the customary two hours or more. Both coaches expressed them selves in faVor of the move after the game, and it Is likely that Bedeck will attempt to experiment further with the idea in the remaining games on the program. Southpaw Dave Mende was on the mound for the Lions and yielded but four scattered hits to the visiting bat ten, in addition to fanning eight A home run by Hughes, Dickinson first baseman, with Reeves on base in the sixth accounted for two of the runs gained by the visitors while the third was scored by Bass after he had singled and advanced on a pair of Cr- Lohr Stars At Shortstap Timely hitting, coupled with six Dickinson errors, gave the Lions their five runs, all of them coming in the first four innings of play. Taman osky, who did the hurling for Dickin son, was in almost as good a form as Meade, for he allowed only six hits and struck out six. Bill Lehr continued Ins sensational work in the field, accepting nine chances without an error at short stop. The slim shortstop hasn't made a miss in the last four games, hand hng twenty-five consecutive chances cleanly. Yearling Nine Loses McKeesport high school batsmen, last year's W. P I A. L. leaders Dydo pitched eight innings and past of the ninth for the yearlings, when Kalb and then Seltzer took the mound to stem a McKeesport scoring spree. The three 1935 twirlers were Wa Ties Make . Hats and Gloves You Suits and Look Topcoats Your and Best Other Articles Plume 955 nquerDickinsotiNine,s , Beide!? Advance§lorithiation To Speed Up Ba'seball Game Sponsors 2 Strikes, 3 Balls for Batter Experiment Baseball has failed to recognize the essential characteristic of all present , day popular sports—speed, believes Hugo Bezdek, director of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. "This failure to speed up baseball is one of the reasons for its decline in popularity among the younger gener ation," declared Bezdek in comment ing on the two strikes, three balls ex periment tried in Satuiday's varsity !Dickinson ganie. Believing that the time consumed by the batter at the plate is one of the reasons for the slow movement of the game, the Penn State director is sponsor of the plan for shortening the number of strikes and balls for the batter. More interest will be aroused when more players bat, he ,reasons, and the best way to secure this objective is to shorten each bat ter's time at the plate. Additional experiments along the same line are planned by the head' of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. The second plan provides , for a game of ten innings with four , outs permitted in each half inning, while still a third experiment will in troduce a seven-inning game with foul, outs and the customary three strikes and four balls. "I expect that the four outs per inning will develop more emphasis on base running defensive fielding," said Bezdek "It certainly should change the complexion of the game mater ially." The possibility of the game becom ing too short under the two strikes, three balls plan is expected to be overcome by the addition of the extra pounded for eleven hits by the nest ern Pennsylvania schoolboy cham pions. Chornock was substituted for Cal lahan, Lion cub left fielder in the fourth inning, while Mikelnnis, Don ovan, and Bassett pinch-hitted in the ninth. McKeespdrt's eleven runs came in the second, third, seventh, and ninth frames, with seven of the batters crossing the plate in the clos ing session. _ THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Suggests Change MIBE 'CZ OEIG inning or four outs •to an inning. Saturday's game with Duisin.on marked the first time that any ex perimentation has ever been attempt ed along the line of speeding up the play. Justifying the added strain placed on the batter, Berdek noted that usualCy but one chance is offered players in other sports to make good, as in the case of a football player about to catch a forward pass, so here as the batter in baseball is assund of three and four chances when he goes to the plate. CO-ED INTRAMURAL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT OPENS TONIGHT With seven teams entered, the first round of the women's intramural baseball tournament will begin to, night when Alpha Omricon Pi meets ' Framer street dormitory on Holmes field at 6:30 o'clock. Grange dormitory will play Chi Omege Thursday, while Alpha Chi Omega advances to the semi-finals on n bye: The semi-final round will he played on Monday and Tuesday of next week, and the finals will take plate on the following Thursday. -3; Nittany DUNAWAY BREAKS TAR HEEL RECORD Lowers Half-Mile Mark by 4 Second:. as N. C. Downs Lion Cindermen Shattering the Tai Ifeel-Liar lee rad as well as the Chapel Hill field record, Wayland Dunaway, star Penn State half-miler, ran the half-mile in one minute 55 4-5 seconds, to hotter the former record by four seconds, as North Caiolina defeated Nittany tiackmen 75-to-51 Saturday. The Tai Heels won nine first places tc the Lion's foul, to gain the edge Jr the thiee-meet relies Toys Noith Catolinr tratlimen also set new Chap-. e' Hill mantis, when Mullis tossed the shot 46 feet Sfs inches, and Le- Gale.° hurled the javelin Shift feet and 2 inches. Sayland Wins 2 Firsts Dale placed second in the 100 and 220-yard dashes to Farmer, North Carroll, sprint ace, while Baird and Cratsavage son second and Haul place^ respectisely in the quarter mile Third place an the halt-mile sent to Siesky, making 0 ptrantS for the Lions in that event. Hill made another first for the Lions, shear he captured the 120-yard high hurdles, sal. Byera in third place Var Keuren was nosed out by Slus sc star Tar Heel hurdler, in the 220 low hurdles, and too Nattany high Jumpers O'Shea and Sayland, came to the fore to tie with Stafford of North Carolina an the high Jump. An unexpected first also came Penn State, way, when Sayland broad Jumped 22 feet 1 1 / 2 inches Kershner captured second place in the pole vault and May, third. Completely outclar,sed in the mile NEW Bags, Scarfs, Berets, EGOLF'S -rackTeamLoses,7s Maryland Twelve Down Nittany Lacrossemen, Lion Stickmen Hold Powerful Terrapin To Low Score in Game Saturday Exhibiting the finest bi and of In cro,se veen on Neu Bonnet field this sear, Lion stickmen held the non er. f yland tenni to a 5-to-1 se ire Saturday. Croohe scored the single Lion tally late I n the first half Foul of the live Teri apin goals \sere also made before half time, giving Maryland a advantage at the end of the period Pugh Scores First On the opening play, Pugh, Mary land's all-American centei, took the dram. unassisted and scenic(' the fist goal thin ty seconds after the whistle aril before the ball had Leen in State's possession Hockensmith, Teunpin at tacl man, made the score 2-to-0 minute ,. talon Furious play for the next several minutes was climaxed with a long bounding counter by Steiher, Maly land stickman Hacking his ,s.a through the Lion defense, nonkin, Terrapin attack man, seemed the iourth tally for the visitors Crnohr's goal for State completed the scoi ing ir the first half. Starts Cramer at Center It was in the second pea and of the game that the Nittany ,tialsmen really looked good Fighting despot ntely to hold down Maly icon mi.,, the Lion attack men kept the ball run, Nittany iunnei, failed to phi‘, although Hughes made a di icing In ish King came final behind to cm tine the too-mile run, vaule Sig onus gaining thuds hi the oho. put and the discus. Chesterfield Radio Program MON a SHUR TOES Dal WED a SAT BOSWELE ATER RUTH SISTERS GRAY ETTING 10030pm.E DT 10.80 pm EDT 10pm EDT SHI I. KRET'S ORCHESTRA ovary night but Sundoy in then possession lot mad, ontira remainder of the gain etc:, Pugh had the hall lon neat the close of the hams hr second goal and the final of the afternoon Gtet nn and Meitfillen, voter hers, played at goal and poin Lions Day started at the co position uhde Kane, thlOp is ere used on the defens Ernie, Paul assigned the ten to CI amei. Captain Cartoon. Ciawfo Smith Oared at the attaC Cioolie and Edel took then toms at the homes There Lion substitution,. DOLLAR DAY WEDNESDAY STARK BROS. & HARP WANTED: 500 or More STATE,STUDEN TO DANCE WEDNESDAY, MAY 18th Frank Kneeland': Orchestra 15 pieces Admission 50c KISHACOQUILLA PARK Len iston n, Pa.
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