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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
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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
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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.
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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.