FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1943
Nittany Baseball
Plays Last Home
Coach Joe Bedenk's first all-Marine infield and outfield in :his
:tory 'opens a major engagement against a strong Lehigh nine on New
Beaver Field at 3 p.m. tomorrow as they attempt to pull, out a two
game nose dive suffered last week
,at the hands of • Colgate.
Tomorrow's battle, which marks the last home game of tbe
season according to the present scheddle, will find - practically the
same team taking the field as opposed the Red Raiders in the fatal
duo seven days ago.
Only changes are at shortstop, where the Nayy?s representative,
Joe Bartlett, dotted the lineup last week. Bartlett has• been called
to his home, and will be replaced . by Bill Smyth, Marine from the
'University of Cincirtati. Jack Castighola, on whom • Bedenk .was
counting to handle part of the pitching chores or the left field post,
has been in the College hospital
for the past few days, recovering
from a vaccination inflamma
tion•
' Joe Zoul from Marine Barracks
64, and former Dayton University
baseballer, will move into the
garden spot vacated by Castig
nola.
• Penn State will use but two of
its former team in tomorrow's
fray, both in the battery posi
tions. Captain Mike Wardrop,
combination outfielder - hurler,
will do the pitching, while soph
omore Ed Holler' will be on the
receiving end. Sparky Brown and
Matt McKinney are being held
in reserve for further hurling du
ties, since both have seen action
in Lion games before this sea
son.
From Barracks 41 comes Leath
erneck Al Richards, who holds
down first base. Richards former
ly played for the University. of
Cincinnati, along 'with shortstop
per Smyth. Jim Gkaham, Marine
.from Barracks 9, guards the 'key
stone sack, after playing with
,George Washington University
last season.
On the hot corner is Bill Early,
Senior Marine trainee stationed
here after playing several years
with Toledo University. Although
Early will leave here at the end
of the semester, he can be count
ed on to boost the squads batting
average a considerable distance
the remainder of the current year.
Handling the center field and
left field ,position, are Marines
from Barracks 41, T,erry Reich
wein and Chuck Traeger. Reich
wein hails from Washington's
'George Washington University,
while Traeger was a student at
•fthe University of .Ohio.
Although Beclenk is Working
.wAli an almost entirely new
ea4 01 . 1 „ .1 ,W h9pes A. O
rthe win , column ;tomorrow.
'Both games were lost on last in
-ning.rallies last week, the Friday
tilt collapsing . :to Colgate in the
,:tenth by a score of 7-6, and the
, Saturday follower going to Col:-
yke,nint4l,
The season's home finale is
slated to start at 3 p.m., accord
, . •
ing to the Lion mentor, as he re
:minded students and servicemen
that although the stadium will
• seat capacity crowds, early arriv
• al must be made to assure good
seats. As in former seasons, there
.is no admission charge to attend
the game.
Mr f0rce9,01,0,41,s
MI Soffballers, 18-5
Air Force mushball team ran.
its present string of victories to
three with an 18-5 victory over
the Mineral Industries ten on
Community Field Tuesday even
ing. •
iVloore, the fliers' pitcher, held
the M. I. men to six hits, while
the victors hammered out 16. The
aviators' hits included three. dou
bles and two triples.
Score by innings:
Air Corps 316 040 202-18
Min. Industries 100 000 004— 5
Two base hits—Russo, Niedew
ski, Three base hits—
Shore, Potash. Struck out by—
Moore 3. Base on balls off—Moore
1, Charmbury 4. Winning pitcher
—Moore. Losing pitcher—Melz
y.er.'lnnings pitched—Charmbury
Tea
Game
;Lock Of Reserve Power
Hinders Lacrossemen
Hanclicapped'by an acute lack of
reserves Coach Nick Thiel's Nit
tany lacrosse team lost its only
game of •the summer season to
Navy at. Annapolis Saturday after
noon by an 8-3 count.
Using only ten experienced men
during the entire game, the Lions
were nevertheless able to hold the
national champions to a two-goal
lead until, the last six minutes of
play. From there on. the Middies,
bolstered by their greater number
'of substitutes, pulled away from
the tiring Nittanymen. The Lions
had had only three days practice
prior to the game.
The Navy's V-12 trainees sta
tione4 at
. State were . unable to
make. the trip at the last minute.
As a result Coach Thiel was with
out experienced replacements in
the game which saw Navy,. cur
rent.
national champs and unde
feated this season, field 26 stick
men.
Outstanding playing was turned
in at first attack by sophomore
Mike Milliken, by Bill Piper at in
home, and by Stu Sussman at
goal.
The traveling squad was made
up of Captain Larry Faries, Bill
Briner, who mate the All-Amer
ican third team last season, Rocky
Kern, Howie Hausner, George Pit
tenger, Dick Ross • Pete Johnston,
Bill Batkin, Bob Wallace' Jim
Raymond, Len Catanoso, and Will
Rogers.
Piper and Milliken were each
respOnsible for scoring a goal, the
latter with -two assists. Dick Ross
netted the other :point.
Freshmen and upperclassmen
W•ho wish to try out As assistant
track managers should contact Stu
Block, track manager, on the New
Beav_er Field : track at 4:30.
afternoon.
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THE COLLEGIAN
,Between
The Lions
By Pet. DICK McNAUL
Sports Editor
"Judging from the rate many
familiar faces are disappearing
•from campus, odr male population
very
. shortly will•be comprised of
nearly all Student-soldiers:
"Penn State's current sports
program will continue as is for a
few months yet, but' after May
they will• probably be. forced to
hang out the crepe—that is, if
there is anyone left to hang it
..ut."
That was the prediction made
.by Ben •Bailey, sports editor laq
semester and now an aviation
cadet, in this column last February
in looking into the future of Penn
State's intercollegiate participa
tion.
Since that time, the way things
have been breaking have made
Bailey's usually accurate predic
tions . all wet. The outlook is
brighter now. Here we are in the
middle of July with a full football
schedule carded for the Lions.
Baseball, track, and tennis are on
the agenda: What more could we
ask in times like these?
Hopes brightened for the foot
ball coaching staff with the'latest
letter from the War Department
to Colonel Ardery, stating that the
advanced ROTC men will be per
mitted to remain in school until
the end of the semester. Coach
Bob Higgins had been counting on
'Johnny Jaffurs, Aldo • Cenci, and
Sparky Brown until September 30
only. All three of these veterans of
Barracks .33 will form .the nucleus
of Higgins' team for at least four
games this fall.
SUNDAY
.LEAGUE
- .
Penn State needs a Sunday soft
ball league.
With thousands of service men
stationed in State College and with
recreation facilities (movies, swim
ming, etc.) limited as they are at
present. it appears that a well
organized inter-unit pr ogr a m
would ,ease .the situation. Competi
tion among Marines, Navy, Army
Air Forces, ASTP, ROTC, and per
haps some civilians would really
be something to see and take part
in. Let's hope it can be made
Possible.
foeThall Ake*lants Called
Candidates for second assistant
managerships. M football are to
. sign at the
. ..athletic office in
Old Main and report to the water
- tower at' 4 p.m. every• weekday,
~,accordipg- to C4air..,E., Eisenhart,
manager. .
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Jeffrey ‘Calls Candidates
For Soccer Practice
A few of last year's members of
the varsity and freshman soccer
teams, as well as a few new candi
dates, have been practicing on the
College golf course from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. daily. Coach Bill Jeffrey
asks that all other interested and
eligible students report there for
workouts at thattime.
Sammy Schnure, Tommy Wil
liams, Jose Lombano, Frank Klase,
and some of last year's freshmen
are the only holdovers, but some
help is expected from V-12 stu
dents. Klase is in V-12 and was re
turned here for this semester.
No schedule has been arranged,
but the team is starting practice
early so that as many games as
possible may be scheduled before
October graduation.
A practice game with the en
signs will be played on the golf
course at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July
30.
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Penn State's varsity track
squad has begun practice for its
first dual meet with Cornell Uni
versity at Beaver Field on July
31, Coach Ray M. Conger -an
nounced today.
Outstanding performers who
are out for the team include.
Hans Hermanes, formerly of the
University of Cincinnati who ex-•
cels in the two mile run; Frey,
former Pitt hurdle star; Fred
Fischer, broad jump; Shellenber--
ger and Ziegler, high jump;
Cfawford, ex-Ohio University
pole vault standout; Lou Borges,
javelin; and Johnny Dibeler, mid
dle distance runner.
The mile run and the high
hurdle position are the weakest
according to Coach Conger, who
urges all students, Marines, and V
12 trainees who have had any
track experience to try out for
the squad. Distance runners will.
have the opportunity to partici .
pate in the coming track meets
and condition themselves for then
coming cross-country season.
The present schedule lists only
two meets and both are with
Cornell. The first is slated for
Beaver Field on July 31 and the
other for Ithaca, N. Y., on August
14.
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