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    .May 20; 1938
Lion Nine Faces Mountaineers In Two Games
Meet W. Va.
After 7-4 Win
Over Mules
By 808 WILSON
lieVing fainted a very stubborn
.)liiitieriberg,..Muln all Over soggy New
Beaver Field to annex their third
straight win by a 7-4 verdict, on Wed
nesday, Joe Bede:ries Mutiny (Ba
ntam] forces -take on West Virginia's
Mountaineers In a Iwo-genie fend here
today. and tomorrow: The game this
afteriiiinn Will begin at 4 O'cloCk and'
tialitrilay'sctintfst in set for ti o'clock.
Today's tray 'Mallet the 20th meet
ing between Mountaineer and Lion
teams 'of a series which be
gan 'back in 1904. ttecords choir 14
against defeats for
§titie the tills 'already fillwed.
1 1 6 i. etiire - 1925 has_ a West
Tithe whipped the Lions. Both 'games
here last year went to the Nittanymen
by successive 3-1 and 4-2 mots,
Goodrich Will Start
Prat Oritirteh, big right bander, will
he Bedenk's mound eholee Sor today's
contest.. yrovhled Ben Slmoneelll's
hark injery is Ituffielently mended, the
!don Skinner will (to slah duty tumor
row.-In Wilidy Wear's absence today:
dlrOlitintre 'Bad' Sherwin will lie it
second hose. For the Invadars Via
Krenoslry and Ira Sehweinkerk will.
prnlialrly• handle the Weekend's Oink.:
:
KO'limit robot :pitching by Toni
Watts, who rescued bothering Jon
!Winger from a Muhleitherg onslaught
with 'one out In the fourth, this flaw
less 'hunting iifit the part of Martin
Valtirle and Ken Tralin gave the Lions
their sixth .ctiihistiSt of the, season,
which baltinees tiedeales hooks with
bait it dozen 'wins and as many losses.
Webb allowed the Mules bat two hits
and
no runs in six innings while M
iamir was butchered ter five bells and
Tour 'tallies in three Ironies.
lIIIh linntdeker, Midilennerg tosser,
Mulled the 'Lions to seven niell•bunek
ed clouts. 'Dick 'Busby; Mule second
sna4 and cleanup stagger, collected
Ilircirt•nrthe invaders seven hinglem.
"Squeeze" Play- Works:
With the 'connt knotted at 4-4 in the
seventh, Wear doubled; stole third.
then tallied after a 'perfectly execu
ted..-squeeze'i play; -ow:Valerie's-Mint: .
Knipp.Shappei . l; Mule,fillertgitep,
bleqlfieboft"!l Sitgiv roller and Viderie
went: . le Attica. Another. cleverly gle- .
celved squeeze'. scored Valerie as .
baked perfectly. 'Both Truing
and' 9fiehotf counted en Statues' wild
peg io ,Seeditdcinching the contest.
Slate "hot- two in the second When'
Areil-I.le !tingled 'and scored On Wear ; S .
.
singleton 'and GilleSple doubled to
ighatie Wear 'Mt around.. Two Lien
markets in the sixth tied up tile ball
ganie as Trohn and Adessa tallied on
socciesslve past balls to Nude catcher
%oh ;Shims. Muhlenberg registered
one . , 'in the first frame, one In the,
third, and two in the fourth.
Menife 'Facel 'Hitiers
Pant Mennle, sporting ii .841 tivOr 4
age With 15 lilts 'Met nine runs. in 44
trina, has moved inki first place In the
Mon batting race. Joe Meson, Nit-
Met slogger, dropped to the second
notch with 15 clout's ind 10 tallies
in 44 ailertipts 'for 'a mark 'of .81g.
Windy Wear. his :average_ steadily
mounting is in thlid place with a
mint of .315 for 12 hits and nine runs
In 30 "A lifies"Ot the plate.
• Coionosite halting averages to date:
• g ab r h Pct.
Sherwin ...... 3 2 1 1.. .500
Menzie 12 . 44 9' 15 .341
Adesna 12 14 la 84 .318'
wear 11 39 9 12 .310
G. 10 3 5 :313
(11IIiisple 5 17 4 5 .294
l'o6rx 12 44 6 •12 .273
111.0 lie 10 3.6 8. 10 .263
Valerie 8 28 4 6 .214
lIlelwlf• 12 54 3 10 .185
110i010011 :13 9 6 .181
81100nr - 0111 .... 7 23 1 .3 .130
Wr(gin). 4 8 1 1 .125
Watts li 9 . 0 .lll
Cr 09010,. 1 3 0 0 .0011
iVat6B 1 3 0 0 000
lioadrich 4 0 0 .1100
1/1411ner 1 4 1 0 .009
Totals • 12 413 30.101 .247
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INTRAMURAL
HIGHLIGHTS,
Noi:=Friiteriiit►/
Mughball:
Watts Hall 2 swept into the inuah- ,
'ball -finals with: a decisive 7-2 Win
'Over' Graham' A. C. Monday after
noon. The Hall hays will 'meet the
strong B. 13.. B. Outfit 'for the non
frateriay championship bite this af
ternoon.
Wade Mori did tirade duty for
Watts in the, win over, Crithath's 'as
'he hurled brillhint ball hod hit three
sitfeties.'inclUding a homer with i'ivo
do base. tloid Ickes caught for the
victors while it:fa'N Bill'
`Osterman "compriSed the hisers' bat
tery. INSher 'also slainined
fourAmkger for Watts.
The B. It. B.'s defeated the Penn
State Club, 6=4, Tbesday as they Welk .
'on a Sik:1.1111
"'spree in" the first 'in
' sing while taking• advantage of the
Club's numerous errors. The battery
for the winners—Bob Smith, pitcher;
Bill Bitting, catcher. For the -B. It:
B. team, Shorty Terbush,.star hurler
was on the mound as Jim Davis
caught his ofl'erings.
On WeithesdaY, B. It. -B. over
whelmed Reader House, 11-2, as
Shortstop John Chilicott hit two ho-'
nets in the lucky seventh. Terbush
nitched his, usual . brand.. of ball 'for
the B. R. while ,Billy Levitsky .
caught. For Beaver. }liaise, the. bat
tery consisted iif Art . Fritzinger and
Boli Beeman.
Fraternity Mushball:
Monroe Adler pitched his second
straight shutout victory as Sigma
Toa• Phi battered a Pi' Kappa Phi
' team to a 6-0 tune. Bob Siegel bang
! ad k heiner far the victors as team
mate Herb Reisenberg dill some spec
tacular fielding to hold the Pi Kappa
Phi's in hand.' Jack Wolgin caught
for the Sigma Tau's white the battery
for . the losers consisted of Elmer De-
Vor and prank Kapp. Bob Turk
sparkled at centerfield as Charley
Schneider did good work at third.
Inn 13-inning battle, the Phi Gams
edged out the Chi Phi's 13-11. Verne
Auhel hit a bonier for the loser's in
the first stanza with the bags Riede('
as, brother Jhck Berseth• hid. a per
fect day at hat with four hits. VII
* and ifteerbower comprised the
Phi Gain battery; Jack Sacks and
Johnny Pierce did service for the
•
-.Phi DeltlrThefir adVanced into the
ryaarter4inals by Virtue of a 2-1 win
over .Sigma Chi. Batteries, Phi belts
—Don Scheuer and Bill 'O'Brien; Sig--
ma . Chi-4 Babs Babiarz and Jack
Lewis. Pitcher Babiarz sent 10 men
doWn via the strikeout route.
Alpha Phi Delta took over Beta
Sigant Rho, 8-3. Tony 'Rubino pitched
and Al. Zazzi caught . for the winners
while Howard
for
and Len
Prank hurled for the Beta Sign. Joe
Huvvitz and Jack Hirsh alternated
as backstops for the losers.
Alpha Sigma Phi beat Triangle,
6-5, in a 10-inning battle of numerous
errors. , Bill Green and Bob Givler
batteried for the winners; for • Tri=
arigle, 'John Phillips And Al Roberts.
Sigma Phi .Epsilon triumphed over
Sigma Nu, 9-9.
Frosh Stickmen Face
Strong Syracuse High
The freshman lacrosae team stacks
up against a much too powerful team
tomorrow .then they meet Syracuse
Central High School on the golf
course playing .field at 12:30 o'clock.
The 'high school boys, it is reported,
had a practice game with the Syra
cuse University varsity recently 'and
were defeated only by a score of 9' to
ThiS is the- second and Ink game
of the season for the Cubs. Against
Cornell in the season's opener, the
Lions flashed some brilliance in the
first part of the game, but Cornell
knew too much and it wasn't long
before the Big Red amassed 15 mink
ems to the locals' three,
for houseparty
AS HUSBANDS CO
a witty comedy
penn state players
AN OUTSTANDING PAIR
. .
... , .
Smitingly, Penn State's most valuable athlete, Windy Wear..(iefb) talks
.th . ings oVCr.iivith 'Sal. hiliehOff,:who was selected'today as the . recipient of
the Collegfan'S firCt'annual award to "the senior who has dOne most to
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tiring Minor and prestige to Penn State."
Carnegie Tennis
Meet Called Off
Rain,' Carnegie Tech's Cancellation
Of the :irieet scheduled for tomorrow,
then more fain—and as •-a result
State's tennis team will • remain idle
fm• the week-end.
The last regularly-scheduled }Mine
engagenient Was called off Wednesday
afternoon When Maryland's Terps ar
rived in the Nittany Valley, took a
look at the weather, and headed south.
The rain; however, stopped 'early in
the afternoon; and a crew. of men got
the courts in: shape for the match,
not knOwing of lifarYland's dePartiire
fin. home.
Carnegie \Tech . called off the meet
to be played in Pittsburgh tomorrow
because a new gratin of courts, which
were to be used, is still tinder con
struction. . .
An attempt was made to bring
Buckne Bison:: here yesterday to
play off the meet which was rained
out last , Saturday. Before definite
nrrangements could be completed;.the
rain again took control, converting
the carefully manicured . courts once
more into a mire.
Wednesday afternoon the Lions are
slated to face Army at West Point.
The Cadets rani: high in intercollegi
ate tennis circles, being - considered in
ferior only 'to the top-notch. tearris-
Navy, NOrth Carolina, and the West
Coast schools. 'TO:meet such an Out:
fit away after a layoff of almost two
weeks is a tough assignnient, and
Dink Stover will have his netinen'an
the courts as soon as they are' play
able in an attenipt h..teint . at
the peak of its ability up. the Hudson
for the last meet of the season..
Newspaner Columni st Dorothy Dix
awards $lOO annuallyi to the Wane
University student writing 'the. belt
'human interest story.
'7-17 PENiI STATE • COLLEGIAN
Frosh Trackmen
Meet Pitt Cubs
. . .
.Displaying a better .. litilanced outfit
than the one which howe to Cornell's
I?ein:ling
. tracknien
Chick Wei‘ner's freshinanlthinclads
leave today to oppose. u: . .strong Pitt
panther Cull squad in Pittsburgh to
morrow. -
Twenty Men will carry--Lion li9pes
of halting Pittaburgh's him-meet vic,
tory streak. Pitt's frock swept to an
88% to 2.851 triumph over:Kiski Prep
last Saturday, taking - all Itut, twco qrt.
places. Kislchnen ,won the bl•oad jump
and pole ,
'To. Take 8 Runneri
Walt Dean)ler,: Walt .:•llosternian,
and Dick 'GaineS will St 4 nut •in the
100 imd 220 against Pitt's speedo
crew whidh • sivdpt, both .dashes with
Kiski. Van' Hartman and Roger
Knickerbocker are slated ler the 440,
Pat Kjellman and Jim Williams in
the half mile, with 'Milt Keiser as
state's lane entry in the mile. nod two .
mile. , •
Ab Weinberg and Gearge'Reinbold
will start in both hurdle races, joined
by Dan Fo.i: in the lows; Demp
ler, and Rtins'KaW2l:will broad jump,
and is . the only pole vaulter,-
High jumping -Inc the Cubs' will he I
Earl. DeLodg and ,Dharles..fillferty.
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Varsity Golfers End Season
With 9=o Victory Over Tech
By PAUL
Varsity kolfers elided their 'seaso
Teel) lua;e Weilnes4ay.
itecoYering frinn a )(Mg defeats• at- the. hands of Eastern 1 . 11-
'tereolleglate Golf Association Opponents, the Nittany Lions outplayed the
.Tartans on every 1,1111111..
Low medal scores were tallied by
: Cantilin Bernie Burtett and Jack Ma
haffey. Both played a 71. Their near
est Tartan contender in low medal
scoring was Wasko, with a 77. All
:Lion golfers had !Owe'. medal scores
than their opponents in each two-
crossmen Play
Finals Tonmrrow
A. victory tomorrow nverE.ufayelte's
lacri - isSe iiefin tIII it 116 V the curtain
on 'the inns!. sit(iiSeiqnl scionii any
Peru Stale slielc Leant has seen since
the Inception of the sport here 01
NVitit fire wins to tliPir cretin so
'fitr season. the l4it,tnny
llttre Oct! ,the feat actioninlishrol by
last year's 'aggregation. A win in to-
Morrow's linnle will told to their laur
els anti tnalte..it six Of or •ebibt. the
tient. percentage ever gained by tine
;Ifni White slicitieleitlers.
The f.ltitts. tiefetti oil to their first
gaities . ef the ,ir;its,in ouch for-
Minable 'foes
, its Arthy anti Afarylitml,
eitnie:littelt lighting to overeonie Penn,
"l4ietirtlllllole. Cornell. Colgate. anti
Syracitse SilfiCPSSlCeiy. Art*" anti
ilittrylaitil aro yrinsitiereti two lir the
hest . temits in the Conntny.
4 ' End 'Career
TiiiiiiTrow's game. on New Beaver
Field Will MS° mark finis to the ca
reers of Captain Sells Cohn. Joe
Orciltsit, Al Simpson. and Joe'Snook as
cellege ladrossmeit. These' four. the
pitiless of this year's club. will be a
great kiss to Coluilt Nick Thiel When
next year rolls around.
Citim, All Anierkain diet Slot, last
real'. saw three years of varsity war
fare and is rated one of Thlel's most
coindstent ballplayers. lee Prolota. an
ether veteran of three seasons. was
commended last week by Roy Biome
ons.• Syracuse conch, as being , The of
the greatest defensive men he has
ever :4,e11. Simpson and Swink. also
veterans, attained glory on tin; field
and have proven great. assets to the
team.
The priihalile lineup against Lafay
ette will he Bud Meyer at. the goal.
George Ritter and. Alex Cowan, paints:
Prelima and Ott Wnensehel. defense;
Si:arisen. renter; Andrukhis and
Snook. and Cookery
nod. Cahn at the hinnies.
The gu na will begin o'clock.
Freshmen Nine Closes
'3B Season Tomorrow
Hoping to close the season tomor
row with , at least one victory after
having dropped their previous four
games, Coach Len Heucks Fresh ball
tossers have been working daily and
are pointing for a victory over Wy
oming Seminary 'on New Beaver
Field at 12:30 o'clock.
Bob Robinson, idle since the first.
game of the season, will do the pitch
ing with Bill Barrio, Johnny Miller
or Kegg doing the catching.
.Johnny Batr.and Ed Sapp will.cty
: er first and second respectively. Dick
Mack will Make his debut at third
base and Fred Ball will play short.
.iPeen'y Gates, Jay Minney, and Curl
Blank will take care of the fly-cbas.
Ml=
n ,sluannt against. Crirriegie
State Takes Foursome
' In the first four Some, Bernie Bu•k
ett defeated Wasko, Carnegie Tech,
,3 and 1;',Ioe-Seevenson defeated Heat
, on, Carnegie Tech, G and 5; and Penn
;'State won best ball, 4 and 3.
In the last foursome, Bud Miller
defeated Hubbard, Carnegie Tech, id
'and 8; : Jack Mahaffey defeated Baily,
!Carnegie Tech, (; and 4; and Penh
'State won best ball, 8 and
Mahaffey Leads Scoring
:Nei: Mahaffey, Bernie Burkett, and
:Joe Stevenson have individual sCor.
ins 'honors 'fi'om Penn State in the
.southern division of the EICA. Ma
haffey plit'yed five 'matches, won three
twosomes, two foursomes, and four
'points. Burkett played live matches,
won two twosomes, -two coursOmes,
'and! three points. Stevenson played
live matches, won two foursomes and
one point.
Tony Kaye, of Pitt, hail highest in
. dividital scoring honors in the entire
southern division of
.the league, with
live matches, live twosome wins, five
foursome victories, and set•en 'and
'one-half points to his 'credit. He was
the only contestant in both sections
who turned M a perfect score.
.EIGA championship will be deter
mined today and tomorrow when
Princeton and Harvard, southern and
nm•thern diviSion champs, meet rit
Stamford, Conn. to play for the
Page Tniee
Between
The Lions
By' HERB CAHAN
Sports Editor
In the Fall of 19:34 a small, fair
haired young man entered Penn State
—learned to play soccer, made the
freshman basketball and baseball
teams.
Today this same young 'man is
about to graduate from Penn State.
leaving behind him a record "that is
almost impossible to better—he has
gained the heights in three major
sports,
This same youhg man is to'day "the
senior who has done most to bring
honor and prestige to Penn State. -
Solly 'Atiehotf, besides your numer
als and nine .varsity letters, Penn
State has blessed you with no mate
rial award. The Collegian Trophy,
which will be presented to you tomor
row. is small reward for the glory
yOu have brought to your alma mater.
, May we add our congratulations
zind Meagre acclaim to these other
tributes front those who have known
you as an athlete, grand fellow, and
'First, the three reaches who have
indeed been privileged in having you
on their teams:.
John Lhwther, basketball--. When
the coaches of the Eastern Intercol
legiate Conference selected Sol Nile
hoff as 'all-Conference tor Ward they
were merely confirming what his
own teammates ..and coach knew
about the boy. He ranks among
the best of all the athletes I have
ever seen On a basketball court.
'His drive and fire made a great
Penn State team look mediocre In
comparison. His courage and calm
ness under fire were never more
evident thin when he tied up .the
Georgetown game with two success
ful foul throws, after the whistle
had bloWn with Georgetown two
point's in the lead. Again, at West
Virginia, he intercented the ball in
the lite moments of the game to
make It,possible to win that game
in 'an extra period. He conceals a
world of ability, and an indomitable
spirit In a body trained to such fine-
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