MARCH 26,1946
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Future Brighter
For Nittany Nine
Prospects . became brighter this Week for a better than average
baseball season as slugging Orient "Ozzie" Martella returned to the
practice sessions at the New Beaver Field diamond.
Martella, first string catcher for the Bedenkmen in the pre-war
days and also 175-pound boxer and lineman for the varsity football
team, played two seasons as catcher for the army nine at Camp Lee,
Va. Assured of being one of Coach Bedenk's starters behind the plate,
he will glive`the team additional
power at bat
A pre-season game has been
scheduled twin the Olmstead Field
Flyers ;from the Middletown Air
Technical Service Command to be
played on the Middletown dia
mond April 6. The Flyers have
been top team in the Harrisburg•
Baseball league, a semi-pro loop
of itesims around the capital city
and sport - at leaSt three former
pro players in Rudy Campbell
and Herman King, , pitchers,. and
Andy Giemnak, catcher.
Pitching Worries Bedenk
ißedenk's chief worries still
concern the pitching dtiatf. With
not a veteran left from the '45
squad; as completely new group of
starting and relief hurlers must
be trained in the few short weeks
remaining.
Don Miller, Ken Yount, Hal
Watsit, John Boykin, Adrian
Swain, Jack Weber and Bob
Soltaisif are being whipped into
college-ball !calibre under the
guidance of Cdach Bedenk. All
.are ,freFkimen or Naval ROTC men
except Weber a nd Yount, veterans
from 'lprevious editions at the
tepin -Who have turned pitcher
this year.
Five Veterans Return
•Reiburning sluggeris from last
year's nine are "Stet" Steller in
center field; Joe • Tepsic in left
field, sihoritstop Dan Hopkins;
Andy , DeLorenzo, last year's sec
•Ond• baSeinan and lead-off hitter,
and Joe Leith, first base. Leith
has been sv, , iitched to might field
this year to irnake , way for Chuck
Harry Places
Thlid . .l:n N CAA
Sam Harry, 1946 Eastern' Inter
collegiate 128-pound wresting
Champion, captured third place
in;this weight at the National Col
legiate Wrestling Tournament at
Stillwater, Oklahoma Saturday..
In doing this he repeated his
earlier triumph of 1942' when he
to:* the same place in. the same
class. -This time he defeated Iggy
.Konrad of Michigan State 2-1 for
third place. •
KachiroUbas of Illinois,
Big Ten. champion, defeated Harry
11.3 in the, semi-finals and went
on to take the title.
jgn Friday the State wrestler
Was . - the only man. to drarvi two
opponents to get past the first
round. He beat Ted Brothers,
Davidson College, in the first
clash of the evening and again
went on the mats in the final bout
to defeat Hary Manus, Wyrnong
- ,Cellege, 10-2.
:After his defeat by Kachirou
bas,- he , wrestled T. A. Hearn,
IslOrth Carolina, and Konrad, de
feating both and gaining third
p4ice among the nation's colleg
iate wrestlers.
- .Coach Paul Campbell, who ac
companied Harry to the tourna
ment,: said that competition . was
tough in the lighter weights, while
heavyweight entrants were lack
ing.
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Madrarland, first sacker on the
'43 squad.
Alone- with MarteHa behind the
plate will be Will Tease r Don
Herb, Glenn Hanna and "Rei"
Jaco'bs. Vying for the "hot spot"
z. - it third will be 'Burlaic and
Sutherland, both returnees from
pre-War teams.
Ray "Whitey Kurow.ski, Ma
rine trainee who returned this
year as a civilian student, will re
sume :his former station alt sec
ond base. .Other 'infield candi
dates include Herman Jorgenson,
Bill Mather; Joe Pascia, lenny
Kleinman, and Gene Bixler.
Members of the pasture-tending
group besides Leith, ITepsic and
Stetler include Fred Bell, Paul
Masterson and Larry Bitting.
Bedenk stressed that none of
the positions are certain and that
the starting line-up will incluoe
only "hustlers."
The Last Round
Smitty has taken the final count
Paul Smith, Penn State's -box
ing veteran of three years, who
was captain of his team, never
woke up from his sleep Sunday
morning.
A veteran of the Naval Air
Corps, Smitty was in the June
graduating class and would have
received his B.A. in Physical
Education.
Paul Smith was liked and re
spected by classmates and team
mates. As the 1945 team's out
standing member, he was award
ed •the Frank J. Goodman Boxing
Trophy.
And Smifty loved fighting and
sports, and the feel of keen com
petition and fair play in and out_
of the ring, winning' or losing:
Yes, Paul Smith was most of all
a team player who gave his all
up until the last round.
Now the last bell has rung, and
Paul Smith has hung Alp the gloves
for good. The last round is over.
Naval ROTC
. . . bowling league Will mark
its, beginning tonight at the State
Bowling Centre. lit. Taylor, re'-
creation officer,' expects to field
at least four, and possibly eight,
five man teams for 'this intra-pkt
toon .competition.
I'MA
. . . invites all men to a Meet
ing in 401 Old Main at 6:30 to
morrow night to discuss a ping
pong tournament and an indepen
dent softball league.
`'Adoif Buipip's Observation en the
damdge be saw in Gerimaniy: "our
accuracy bombing Was very good.
Our lboys missed every stadium,
brewery arid distillery."
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Lion Roars
The old saying is that when you
have had your fill you Should
have your say. Alter last week s
boxing ;banquet we're sure' we
have something to say.
,Anyhow, it was a good ban
quet, from the food angle and the
tributes paid Coach Houck by
members of his team. Although
such boxing 'devotees as Dean
Carl P. Schott of the School of
Physical Education and Dr. Car
roll' D. Champlin of the psychol
ogy department were 'absent, the
sincere remarks by the boxers
and Shollt ;talks by Coach Houck
and Sports Director Jim Coogan
made the affair worthy of com
mendation.
'47 Boxing Tourney Here
Coogan gave a stilrnmary of Lion
'boxing 'achievements under Co..ten
Houck and also announced that
Penn State would be the hoot
:school for the 24th 'annual boxing
initercollegiates next year in honor
of . Coach Houck's 2.5411 season
with Lion boxers.
The Lion mentor, in speaking to
the group, praised the boys for
their season and told them that
you can't let one defeat get you
down.
"Deinpsey was a great fighter,"
the coach said, "and he WiaS
knocked out before he became
champ. You can't let any defeat
stop you . . . one defeat doesn't
make you a loser."
Milk, Nose Drops
Like all other suoh affairs, the
banquet had its "payoffs." Awards
were presented to Jim Cassidy,
lightweight, and Jack Settehick,
155-pounder. "Gentleman" Jim,
the team's ace milk drinker, re
ceived a quart of the body Ibuiider
(which, incidentally, was emptied
at the end of the feasit),_ while
Seitchiek, The team's sniffler, was
the recipient of. is bottle of nose
drops, while Coach Houck an
nounced "hope that this will cure
you for next season."
And quipster Goldberg, who
Coogan aptly named the boxing
team's Jack Benny, was in rare
form all evening. As he was in
troducing featherweight . 'champ
Selinny Benglian, Coa.oh, [Houck,
sitting beside him, whispered,
"don't forget he's chalmp." And
ad-litbing Goldiberg, "I read 'the
papers, 'coach."
-We remained to see the screen
ing, of the fights of the ifix'st Wis
consin-Penn IStalte dual meet, atter
Which 'the 11946 edition of the Nit
tany Lion boxing teaim bowed out
and we felt sure that with such
"profitens by experience" as Cas
sidy, Seitch!cic, , ChristmeS, Stus
arczyk,•.charnp Benglian and oth
ers Still around the words of one
of them might be a prophecy. -
"Wait still next year."
Weekly Sports Laugh
In 'Carnegie Hall , last (Friday
one returned veteran glanced up
from the spoils page he ways read
ing to say Ito e !friend, "I see Where
the Sine. Sing football team wants
to play West Point 'next UR."
"Now Why the (censored) .woul - I
Sint Sing what to play the Army?"
asked the friend. •
"The only reason I can see,"
smiled the veteran, "is that :they
want to grove tale pen is !mightier
than the sword." , . —Leo
, !athleticofficials, aotmg
throutgt the 'National -.ALNU, have
invited Gene Wettstone of Penn
State to coach the iCulban gym
team (for the foci coming South
Amenitan • Games.
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Know Your Coaches
Sixteenth Year For Bedenk
By LEONARD MALINOWSKI
On April 6 Penn State will open its 1946 baseball season while
Joe Bedenk, head coach, inaugurates his sixteenth. His best previous
record was set by his 1940 outfit which claimed 14 victories in their 16
con tests
Bedenk is a graduate of the College, leaving here with the class
of '24 after a notable four-year athletic career. He captained the 1923
gridiron combine that marched all the way to Pasadena, Calif. to play
in the Rose Bowl. But tragedy
struck ,for he never saw action in
the game. His fractured rib, suf
fered during a practice session,
precluded it. He achieved the
zenith in athletic honors that year
when Walter Camp Chose shim as a
guard on his All-America eleven.
Winning Streak
His name was included on the
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'football progrants with such Penn
State luminaries as Ted Ai tlet and
Harry Wilson. It was during the
early twenties that the Lions Were
receiving nation-wide 4omments
on their excellent gridiron , elev
ens. At one time in that period,
Penn Staite had defeated 312 suc
cessive opponents before Navy
smashed the string with a 14-0
win in 1922.
IUVon graddation, Bedenk left
to coach the University of Florida
and Rice Institute teams, serving
in the eaVacity line coach in
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football and head coaoh in base
ball.
1929 saw his return to his Alma
Mater, this time as the gridiron
line 'coach. One year later he
was selected to assist 'Hugo Bez
dek with the baseball 'chores.
Then, in 11 , 931, he assumed the
head coaching position 'when Bet
dek left and retained 'his position
as the line conch of the football
teem.
Ace Coach
As a baSeball mentor, Bedenk
ranks , with the best. His .aggre
gallons have always been rated in
the upper brackets of. the nation's
schools. Aside tfrom *rat reputa
tion he is known for his effi
ciency , and exicellent jUdgrnent as
a football scout. His handling of
the forward wall is regarded
highly and is recognized alongside
of the game's best.
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