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Lions Bow to Teachers,
15-14, In Overtime Tilt
Bloomsburg Teachers College defeated the Penn State
,baseball team 15-14 in a ten-inning game Wednesday.
Coach Joe Bedenk commented on the ten errors made by
the Lions, saying, "It was a very loosely played game on our
part."
The Bedenkmen will face
this season on New Beaver
field at 2:30 tomorrow. When
the Lions met the men from
Lewisburg on May 0, Buck
nell won 7-4.
Pitcher Bill Luther started the
Bloomsburg game for Penn. State
but was relieved in the fifth in
ning by. Bill Hill. The only change
in the lineup was Larry Williams
in right field in place of Andy
Pipa who became sick on the trip.
The ninth canto ended with a
tie score, 11-11.
,In the tenth in
ning three runs crossed the plate
for Penn State. The teachers man
aged to push four runs across in
their half of the inning, however,
to take the ball game.
Three hitters, paced by Guadal
canal Veteran Joe Tensic, have
been giving Joe Bedenk's team
much of its punch at the plate
this season.
Tepsic, who still bears the scars
of a Jab bayonet on his left shoul ,
der, leads the Lion pack with a
fat .500 average. The ex-marine
of Slovan, Washington county,
has hit safely 17 times in 34 trips
to the plate. Ho plays third base.
Right on his heels, with 13 hits
in . 27 trips to the plate, is Navy
Trainee Elwood Stetler of Phila
delphia. Th e Lion left fielder, a
former Olney High School ath
lete, sports a .481 average.
Third in line, and still Tn the
.400 class, is Navy Trainee Dan
Hopkins of Pittsburgh. Hopkins,
who is playing shortstop for the
Lions,,has built up a .409 average
with 12 hits in 29 trips to the
platter. He also excels in the field.
West Wins All-Star Game
In Independent League
The Independent League's All-
Star West team defeated the East
team 14-13 on June 'l. The game
turned out to bea hitting free-for
all as both teams combined knock
ed out a total of .52 safeties.
Players for the West team were
from the teams that finished first,
fourth, 'fifth, and eighth in the
final league standings. The East
squad was comprised of members
chosen from the second, third,
sixth, and seventh place clubs.
Representing the West team
from the Nittany Co-op were Ell
wood Rittenhouse, ill); Bernard
King, If; Walter Kohl, 3b; Tom
Ely, ss; Penn Haven, Floyd "Tub
by" Lang, c; Jim Wolf, %b; Bill
Renton, p; Beaver House, Clifford
Kirk, .cf; Walt Kazor, rf; Glenn
Hartsoe, sf.
'Playing for the East aggregation
representing.. Graham's A. C. were
John Bernardi, c; Ted Himka, sf;
Al Rich, ss; Joe Bardo, ib; Nick
Ranieri, cf; Fred Dumbetto, 3b;
Lutheran's, Paul :Wunz, lf; Bill
Spliethoff, 2b;.Foster Lodge, Alax
Kotch, rf; Penn State Club, Jack
Dickstein, p.
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Bucknell for the ,second time
JOHN LAWTHER, Penn State
basketball coach, will conduct a
coaching clinic at Virginia State
College, Ettrick, Va., June 25-30.
Ile will also join two other
coaches in a clinic at Ithaca Col
lege, August 26. Lawther is con
sidered to be the foremost au
thority on zone defense.
Barracks 37 Captures
Navy Softball Crown
Barracks 37 swept both halves
of the spring V-I2 unit softball
tournament to win the uncontested
championship when it took three
games in a row.
In the' final games, Barracks 37
defeated Barracks 36, Barracks 9,
and Barracks 36 again, 9-7, 5-4;
and 10-7, respectively. Barracks 13 ,
downed Barracks 36, 11.-4, and
Barracks 26 won over Barracks 9
twice, 24 and 7-5.
The final standings:
Team Won Lost
Barracks 37 7
Barracks 26 6 2
Barracks. 'l3 3 5
Barracks 9 2 5
Barracks 36 1 6
Beta Sigs, Grahams
Clash for Civilian Title
Beta Sigma Rho copped the In
tel-fraternity league 'championship
from Phi Delta Theta, 4-3, and
will play , Grahams A. C. for the
All-College civilian 'championship
at the golf course 6:45 p.m. Mon
day.
Beta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta
Theta, and Sigma Pi were the top
teams in their respective leagues.
Play-offs between the
,three 'teams
were staged last week with Beta
Sigma Rho drawing the bye.
Phi Delta Theta squelched Sig
ma Pi, 1043, and then clashed with
THE COT TXGIAIT
Slate Trackmen
Face Red Raiders
The Penn State track team will
meet Colgate in a return engage
ment' at Hamilton, N. Y., tomor
row. The previous Lion-Colgate
meet was held here May 4. In that
contest the Red Raiders were de
feated 75-51.
Although Coach George Harvey
expects to take about the same
number of .first places as in the
last meet, the final score will not
be as high in. the Lion's favor. In
the last meet, the Nittany team
took most of the second and third
places to boost its total. In this
meet the team is not taking as
many men, which Coach Harvey
says will give Colgate many of the
seconds and thirds.
Those making the trip and the
events they will compete in follow:
100 yard dash—Mel Chelosky,
Harold Dixon, and (Bob Gernand;
220 yard dash—Dixon and Ger
nand; 440 yard dash—Nick Martin
and Ernie Nugent; half mile—
Martin and Nugent; one mile—
Paul SMiih; two miles—Walter
Hopper and 'Perry Smith. •
120 yard high hurdles—Dick
Light, John Senior, and Bob
Steed; 220 yard low hurdles—,
Light, Steed, and Bill Dotter
mus ch ; high j ump—Holtzinger;
broad jump--Dixon, Chelosky,
and Chuck Willing; pole vault—
Hal Frey and Willing; discus—Al
Herman, Floyd Lang, and Bill
Mullins; shot put—Herman, Mul
lins, and Dino Taccalozzi; javelin'
—Taccalozzi and Lang.
In the last meet with Colgate
Paul Smith ran the mile in 4 min
utes 54 seconds. Coach Harvey ex
pects him to better that time to
morrow. Ernie Nugent who won
both the 440 and half mile May 4,
is expected to repeat, probably
bettering his time. Walter Hopper
should do the two mile in under
10 minutes and 30 seconds, says
the coach. Colgate's winning time
before was'Olhs2.4.
Lettermen will be announced
after this meet, said Mr. LHarvey.-
Elective Cards Due
.
Physical education 10 students
must hand in their elective cards
at 212 Recreation • Hall before
June 15, Nick Thiel announced
today.
Bill Hollenback, Penn star of
yesteryear, coached undefeated
football teams at Penn State in
1909, 1911, and 1912.
Beta Sigma Rho for top honors in
the league. Beta Sig will receive a
cup next semester as the prize for
their winning, Captain Jack Seit=
chik announced.
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Lien Lacrossemen Seek
First Victory in Return
Encounter with Cornell
Nittany Lion lacrosse team will
oppose Cornell University in a
return meet at Ithaca, N. Y., to
morrow. The Lions will be seek
ing their first win in six tries,
having .fhowed to the Big Red in
their last encounter, 1-6.
Latest regular to leave the
team is Dean Kissell, who was
drafted into the army. Kissell,
according to Coach Thiel, . was
one of the most promising play
ers on the squad.
Navy trainee Ed Bauer, a reg
ular starter the first few weeks
of the season, reported to prac
tice thiS week after a two-weeks
spell in the infirmary and should
see action in the Cornell game
Thiel said.
The team has been holding
daily scrimmages, despite the
bad weather, and should be in
top condition for the game, ac-,
cording to the coach.
In place of the depa'rted Kis
sell, the mentor will start Mervin
Snyder, flanked by Bronco Ko
sanovich and Bill MacDonald at
inside defense positions. Navy
trainees Hal Taylor, Eugene
Hannum, and civilian Kenneth
Kerwin will start at attack.
Holding down the midfield will
be mainstays Torn Smith and
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'FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945
PIRA Boosts
Ring Sport
Boxing may soon become a reg
ular part of the high school ath
letic program in Pennsylvania.
The ring sport was given a de
cided boost when the PIAA board
of control, in its spring meeting at
the College, named a committee
to study the progress of the. sport,
and also approved the conduct of
four clinics for coaches .and offi
cials in different parts of the State.
Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics at the College, agreed to
arrange the clinics and said Leo
Houck, Lion boxing coach, would
be placed in direct charge of the
program.
• Houck, in urging organization of
boxing on a state-wide basis, in
sisted that only competent coaches
and officials .be permitted to con
duct the sport. His ideas. will be
incorporated into the clinics now
proposed for Pennsylvania. •
Edmund P. Wicht, executive
secretary of the PIAA, reported an
increasing, interest in the sport and
agreed with Schott and Houck
that• an educational program would
enhance its chance of success.
Navy trainee John Nolan, and
Lee Gaumer, who will open• in
place of Jim Worley.
Jack nehoda will again have
to handle the net by himself, as
Navy trainee George ;Meeker is
out for the rest of the season.-