PAGE TWO laedenk Opens 14th Year With Proctor On Mound Pvt. Wee Willie Proctor from Denver, Colorado, will walk out on the mound to open Joe Bedenk's 14th season as baseball coach this afternoon, when the Nittany Lion base ball team dig their diamond cleats into the Navy field at Annapolis. Behind the plate will be Ed Holler, civilian veteran now awaiting an immediate call from the U. S .Navy, after pass ing his draft board physical 4. 4. examination earlier this week. Leading off in the batting lineup for the Penn State nine is Bob Urion, guarding the left field gardens. In the number two spot will be Dale Bower, mainstay on thd Lion team last season, in and cut of the Army on'a medical dis charge several months ago. Marine Pvt. Gerry Carle from :Minnesota will swing in the third notch on the batting order, and blanket the hot corner at third base, while Earl Bruhn, another Marine from the North Star state, will bat in the cleanup position, and play centerfield. Twenty-one year old Whitey Kurowski will get the starting nod for the second base position. Ku rowski, whose brother was World Series hero several years ago, and still playing for the St. Louis Car dinals, came up from high school and sandlot baseball in his home town of Reading. From the Lion football sqUad comes Marine Al Richards, Mia misburg, Ohio, youth, who . will get the nomination for first sack chores. Johnny Schlesiger, final Marine to get' the starting nod, will be . varsity man at shortstop. His home is in Yutan, Nebraska. • Tomorrow, another civilian gets a pitching assignment, when eith er Mike Wardrop or Joe Golem beske starts against the Swarth more nine. Wardrop was varsity man for several seasons, and is now awaiting call to the Navy with Holler, after passing induc tion physicals this week. Holler will be behind the plate for both games, but Marine C. S. Dellago from Minnesota will see action in one of the weekend tilts. Both opening opponents have seen games alreaCzy this Spring, with the Midshipmen playing in nearly ten games, and the Swarth more nine engaged in four frays. Last Saturday 'the two teams met each other at Annapolis, the Mid shipmen squeezing in a 1-0 win Mayor's Son Is Star . Mike' Millikin, Penn State, la crosse star, is the son ;of Mayor Millikin of Harrisburg. Pete John son, another lacrosse veteran, is the son of a former Lion grid 'luminary: I `STARS : CHARLEY GEHRINGE ONE OF I}ls GREATEST/No BASE— MEN IN BASEBALL HISTORY—. mosr VALUABLE PLAYER 1Ni937! MRCVS' NOWA LereNAlr rflg (LS N.A. SERVING Ar MARY'S PRE-PLIGAer SCWOOL. BIN WAO, 80/V .6? Thn"..T'.l,Fic t . 3, „ JOE BEDENK starts his 14th year at the helm of the Nittany Lion baseball team this after noon, when his Penn State baseballers meet Navy in the 1944 opener at Annapolis. To morrow afternoon, the Bedenk charges go to Swarthmore for the second half of their week end start. Gymnasts to Seek NAAU Title for Second Time Penn State will seek its second National A. A. U. team title when the 1944 gymnastics , champion ships are held at Philadelphia on Saturday, May G. Gene Wettstone's collegians, 1943 Eastern intercollegiate chain pions, won their first A. A. U. crcwn in the 1943 Nationals. At this year's intercollegiates the Lion gymnasts captured three in dividual titles. Dramatis Is Ex-Champ "Chicken Every Sunday," new Broadway stage hit, was drama tized by Julius Epstein, former Perm State boxing champion, and his brother, Phil, who competed in intramurals as an undergrad uate. seßvice ;:;:.;~; . . . . THE COLLEGIAN Villanova Will Run Villanova today accepted the Pittsburgh date on the Penn State track Schedule, and will meet the Lions here May 6. Pitt had previously announ ced its intention of dropping track this season. Rain Decrees Fate Of Tennis Opener Colgate Opposition If Courts Are Ready Weather permitting, the varsity tennis team will open its home season with the Colgate Red Raid ers on the Nittany courts tomor row at 2:30 p.m. Handicapped by the elements since the 'start of practice several weeks ago, Coach Ray Dickison's netmen are casting a hopeful glance at the greying skies with the hope that they may clear in time for the scheduled meet. The groundkeepers,• who had the varsity courts rolled and lined two days ago, saw their work wrecked by the deluge of yesterday. Bar ring more rain, the courts should be ready for tomorrow's contest. A• little sun would provide •a fair playing surface for the racquet eers. After a '6 . -3 loss to Swarthmore two weeks ago, the Lions were rained - out of their scheduled con test with Navy. Walt Stenger, varsity holdover from last year's .squad and one of the two singles winners at Swarth more, will oppose the number one singles man for the Red Raiders, while Ed Meyer will play his first varsity contest for the Nittany team when he starts in the second singles spot and teams up with Stenger in the first doubles bracket. Bob Tuttle is Coach Ray Dicki son's choice for third singles and Bob Rossheim, winner against the Garnet two weeks ago, will play in fourth singles position. . Ed. Perry, formerly of North western, will start at the , fifth singles slot and Herb Beckhard is slated for action at number six. Tuttle and Perry will team up to face :the opposition!s offerings in the second doubles bracket while Coach Dickison has named Rossheim and ißeckhard as his third doubles combination. Little is known about the Col gate net squad except that V-12 talent will probably make up the bulk of the team. Johnny Schroyer Missing On Italian Beachhead Johnny . Schroyer, ' who shared top billing 'with. Johnny Lujack at Connellsville High School a feW years ago and then made good as a freshfnan footballer' at Penn State, has been reported missing in action on the Anzio. beachhead. The War Department announce - ment said he had been missing since 'February 18. HiS mother, Mrs. Phyllis Schroyer of COnnells vine, is convinced, however, that he is safe. She expects word hour ly that the is a prisOner of the Ger mans. • Schroyer; rangy 18 0-pound blocking back, understudied Aldo Cenci on the 1942 team, and made good .from the start. His staunch defensive play established him as a fixture in the all-plebe backfield that also included Joe Colone of Berwick, Larry Joe of New Derry, and Bobby Williams of Pitts burgh. He is the first ex-Lion gridder to 'be reported missing in action in World War 11. One other, Gil Rad :cliff of Norristown, is a prisoner of 'the Japs. There are several ex- 'athletes :among the 100 Penn Staters . listed dead or missing !in action, but none' cif 'them played' varsity football. Runners Enter Penn Relays Track Coach George Harvey's statement that Navy has the nation's second best cinder squad was confirmed to an emphatic de gree last week when the Lion spikesters scored but 13 points-a gainst the Midshipmen track combination, who poured 113 points into the lop-sided contest. But the meet with Navy gave the track mentor an idea which men have, the •necessary qualifi cations meriting them posts in the 1944. Penn Relays tomorrow in Philadelphia. Veteran John Dibeler, one of the three ci,vilians on the team, will run in the mile relay. The remaining three berths will be handled by Bobby Jones, Rich ard McCown and Edward Long. Dibeler, Jones, and McCown will also compete in the sprint medley. The fourth spot in this event is a toss-up between Paul Smith and Bud Long. Coach Harvey named Edward Buch, former Northwestern boy, as the man to hold the shot posi tion. Frank Raenear, by dint of past performances, has been post ed to enter in the broad jump. Next week the Penn State trackmen will meet Villanova in the first home meet of the season for the Lions. Since Villanova scored but 13 points against Navy, the same number which the Lion squad was able to chalk up against the midshipmen, the dual meet promises to be a nip -and tuck affair according to Harvey. Former Bison Baseballer Is. Now with Yankee Nine If - Infielder Joe Bozas manages to stick with the , New York Yankees after his tryout this spring, he will be the 19th Buck- nell athlete to break into the big leagues. Heading the list, of course, .is Christy Mathewson, but .Buck, nell also contributed four other pftchers; three . catcherS, five in fielders and five outfielders. Plessey in Panama Promoting athletic events for servicemen in the Panama Canal Zone is the wartime job of Lt. Barney Plesser, former Penn State track star. ,w. :=0" ' -P4'",V.,.f( Metiers Day SUNDAY, MAY 14 . . • Greeting Cards NOW ON DISPLAY tationery New Stock of • Coloured Styles Keeler s of Course! FRIDAY, ,APRIL 28,1944 Lion Lacrosse Team Faces Navy In Away Contest After its opening game loss to Army, Penn State's lacrosse team is due for no let-up in the caliber of opposition when they face the Navy stickmen at' Annapolis to morrow. It was the Middies who last season bumped off Johns Hop kins, perennial giant of the. stick circuit,, for the Doctor's first loss of the season. This year Hopkins turned the tables on Navy, 'beating them in a close 3-2 scramble last week, but the Middies won their first two games from • CCNY. and Swarthmore- by wide margins. In preparation for the battle with Navy, Coach Nick Thiel will nominate Art Lorenz to replace Bill Batkin on attack. Mike Mill likin and George ißishop will start again at the remaining attack spots. Dale Hamilton, Don Bretherick and Echelman will probably get the nod from Thiel to start. in the midfielder posts with Frank Martinas, Al Auer and Bob Car son facing the Midshipmen from the defense line. Pete Johnson will be in the nets for the home forces. The Lion coach is taking two full teams down to the Severn in an attempt to . spot his best com bination under game conditions. Coach "Dinty" Moore, Annap olis mentor, has but two of his last year' s starting: combine left over—Capt. Al Giorgis at field and Charlie Guy at defenie —but has put together another strong team from second-string and jay-vee material. . Advances from the Severn front indicate that the Lions will have trouble getting the ball past the Middie goaltenders. Jack Al bright, from lait year's reserves hoids down the post, but is facing keen opposition for the honors from two other players: Ernie Litty, recently elected varsity basketball captairi for rest yeai7, will . start at one of the defense positions. for Coach Moore. Only form postcards have been received from Capt. Gil Radcliff, former pep.n . State grid star, since lie was interned by the Japs . in the Philippines.