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Baseballers Blank Pitt;
Meet Mules Tomorrow
Striving to stretch their present winning streak to four
games, the Nittany Lion baseball team, after their shut-out
:victory over the Pitt Panthers in the "Smoky City" Saturday
will take on the battling Mules from Muhlenberg on New
Beaver Field at 4 p. m. tomor
Muhlenberg comes to the
credit over the Lafayette
baseballers, the only team to
outscore the State diamond
nine this season.
Ken Yount, possessor of vic
tories over Bucknell and Olmsted
Field, will probably be Coach Joe
Bedenk's choice to toss them in at
the Mules tomorrow. Yount has
proved himself to be a capable,
steady hurler who looks just as
good in the ninth inning as he
does in warming up.
Gehrett Pitches
Bedenk's other ace, "Rapid: Rob
ert" Gehrett, pitched a skillful six
hitter in clowning Pittsburgh 2-0
Saturday for the Lions' second
straight shutout. Gehrett, who ac
quired his nickname because of
his similarity to Cleveland Indian
star Bob Feller, chalked up his
second win in two starts this sea
son.
Pitt's six hits were well scatter
ed and Gehrett found hlmsell in
trouble in only one inning when
Smodic, Panthe r • rightfielder, led
.off with a triple. A putout at home
soon placed the Lion hurler back
in full control of the proceed
ings.
Score on Errors
State scored both of their runs
on wild throws. Floppy Hopkins
led off the first by drawing a walk.
Whitey Kurowski 'claimed inter
ference at the plate and was ush
ered to first base. Chuck 'MacFar
land bounced to third baseman
Kuzio, who threw wild over first,
enabling Hopkins to scamper
home with the first Lion marker.
The scene was repeated in the
ninth for the benefit of the fans
who missed the first act. This time
the principals were Ogie Martella,
who scored, and shortstop Barnes,
who made the error. State again
played errorless ball.
The Panthers will journey to
State College, Saturday, for an
other game with the Lions after
meeting West Virginia in Pitts
burgh this afternoon.
The Box Score
AB H PO A
Penn State
Hackman, rt
Hopkins, ss
, 1 1 2 1
" 4 0 10 1
Kurowski, 2b .
MacFarland,
Tepsic, I
Hosterm-a•n, 11 ... 3 0 1 0
011=113
Bitting, cf
Gehrett, p
3. 627 11
AB H PO A
Totals
Pitt
. 4 1) Ci
Gennock, lf
Kuzio, 3b
Smodic, rt
... 2 0 4 1
40 3 3
... 3 1 7 0
Barnes, ss
Wasiecko, 2b
IVlarsiglio,, lb
Yankus ' 1 '0 0 0
Connelly, of 3 0 2 0
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By BEN FRENCH
Lions' lair with a win to their
Hopkins Trips
Lacrossemen
Nolan Out of Action
With 'Shoulder • Injury
Paced by inside attackman,
'Milt Roberts, the Johns Hopkins
experienced and clever stick_
'handlers peppered the Nittany
nets for 19 tallies as Nick Thiel's
lacrosse Lions lost to the Blue
Jays 19-4, on New Beaver Field
'Saturday.
Nittany captain, John Nolan,
was put out of action early in the
second quarter with a shoulder
injury that will keep him side
lined for at least two weeks. Nol
an was an honorable mention on
last year's All_American lacrosse
squad.
Milt Roberts, the Baltimore ace
attackman, flipped in six scores
as the Blue Jays romped over the
Lions for the victory. He collect
ed three tallies each half and
sparked the superior Jay stickmen
who swished the nets for seven
in the first half and twelve more
in the last.
The Penn State lacrossemen
were able to score only after the
Jays had taken a three point lead
in the first quarter as centerfield
er Ernie Baer took a pass from
Nolan, cut . from the left of the
goal, and shot the ball past the
Blue Jay netman for the initial
Nittany tally.
Of the four State scores, Baer
made two, getting his second
early in the third period. Left
bander, Howdy Taylor, chalked
up a score in the third quarter
for the Lion lacrossemen, and re_
serve centerlielder, Robert Rocha,
dropped in the . fourth Nittany
tally late in the last quarter on a
side shot that hopped by the Hop
kins goalie.
50 1 0
Schwanberton, c.. 3 1 6 1 0
3 1 2 3.
Calder, p
Totals .
Penn State
Pitt
10 0 0
Stolen bases—Barnes,'Wasiecko,
Smodic, Hopkins, Sutherland.
Double plays—Gehrett to MacFar
land to Hopkins. Base on balls—
Off Calder 3, Gehrett, 2. Struck
out,--by Calder 4, Gehrett 3.
41 5 3
30 2 0
4 0 11l 0
Penn State's
4 '3 2 0
. • first opponent in boxing,
cross-country, golf, and lacrosse
was the University of Pennsyl
vania.
By JERRY TRUMPER
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THE COLLEGIAN
Lion Track Squad Downs Colgate, 841/2-41%;
Takes Ten Firsts; Sykes Sets New Record
Penn State's Werner-coached cinder squad raced to its second meet win of the spring
season at New Beaver Field on Saturday afternoon. by defeating Colgate University, 84 1/2
41 1/2, after taking 10 first places in the 14 events.
Featuring Sattirday's impressive win over the Hamilton, N. Y., squad was the Nit ,
tany high-jump veteran, Jim Sykes, who soared to a new Penn State record in the event.
The ex-G. I. performer cleared the bar at 6 feet, 5 1/2 inches, bettering the - mark set
by Dick Smith in 1940 at 6 feet, 2 inches.
In the 440-yard run, Jim McGuire, Colgate ace, who was
clocked at 47 seconds in winning that event in the IC4A's last
year, lost a spiked shoe on the second turn. Despite this han
dicap, the fleet McGuire hit the finish line a close second to
team-mate Al Meeker
Saturday's dual meet pro
duced a double winner in Al
Meeker of Colgate who took firsts
in the 440-yard and the 880-yard
runs. Lion Dan Pearson placed
in three events copping a third
in the shot-put, second in the dis
cus.throw, and second in the broad
jump.
In his second broad jump which
snared second place, Pearson fell
heavily on his right knee anti. ag
gravated an old football injury.
He will probably be lost to the
squad for several weeks.
- Trailing Colgate's Camps and
several other performers until his
last throw, Larry Gerwig heaved
the spear a tremendous 181 ft. 3
ins., a good 30 ft. better than his
Gym Season Ended
With Good Record;
Six Stars Remain
By LUCY SEIFING
Taking a long-range • estimate,
Coach • Gene Wettstone predicts a
strong and well-balanced gym
team for next season's • coMpeti
don.
Although Hal Frey, George
Hearn, and Ed Hobart will be
graduated this semester, such
mainstays as Bill Bonsall, Steve
Greene, Tim Petroff, Ray Soren
son, Charles Warrington, and Stan
Wirtshafter will be back to bolster
the team's hopes next year.
Hal Frey set a good gym record
while at State, according to Wett
stone. In 1944 he was National
AAU and Eastern Intercollegiate
all-around champion, and this
year he placed third in the Na
tional AAU competition.
Ed Hobart, NROTC, placed
third in the rope Climbing event
at the National AAU meet this
year by defeating two Navy men,
Jones and Davis, who had scored
over him in the dual meet with
Navy.
Because of a spinal injury suf
fered at the beginning of the sea
son, George Hearn was unable to
enter the parallel bars and ring
events and therefore entered the
Indian clubicompetition.
"I'll bring
the Coke'
By DICK SARGE
best , previous throw, and copped
the javelin event. Saturday's mark
was Gerwig's best effort of his
collegiate career.
As was expected, Colgate scored
most heavily in the 220_yard dash
and the 440-yard and 880-yard
runs. Meeker, McGuire, and John_
son were the stars in these
events. By sneaking past Steed at
the tape in the 120-yard ,high
hurdles, Colgate's Benzoni added
the only other first place for the
visitors.
Penn State took all places in
two events, the high jump and
the one-mile run. In the jump it
was.. Sykes, Charlie Krug, and Bill
Reynolds. Don Longnecker cop
ped the mile event in - 4:43.2, fol-
Graduates Play Varsity
In Exhibition Soccer Tilt
By LEO KORNFELD
Interfraternity soccer continues
play this week with six games
slated 'to be played. In games
run off last week, Kappa Sigma
blanked Phi Epsilon Pi, s_o; Al
pha Gamma Rho eked out a win
over Phi Gamma Delta, 2-1; while
Sigma Phi Alpha topped Lambda
Chi Alpha, 4-0.
Highlighting the week's soccer
shn•mishes will be an exhibition
soccer tilt 'between the varsity
squad and a team; composed of
graduating seniors and graduates.
The game will be played •on the
golf course field, at 4:30 tomor
row afternoon.
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The results:
Pole Vault-1. Williges, State;
2. Johnston, State; 3. Tie•betWeen
Willing, State, and Wiedman, Col_
gate. Height, 11 ft.
High Jump-1. Sykes,' State; 2.
Krug, State; 3. .Reynolds 'State.
Heigt, 6 . ft. 5 1 / 2 ins. (New Penn
State record.)
Shot Put-1. Krug,
State; .2.
Orlando, Colgate; 3. Pearson,
State. Distance, 45 ft. 11 ins.
One Mile Hun-1. Longnecker,
State; 2. Rhoad, State; 3. Dixon,
State. Time, 4 mins. 43.2 s ecs.
440-Yard Run-1. Meeker, Col
gate; 2. McGuire, Colgate; 3. Shu
man, State. Time, 50.3 secs.
120-Yard High Hrudles--1. Ben
zoni, Colgate; 22. Steed, State; 3.
Cuticle], 'State. Time, 16.6 secs.
Discus Throw-1. Garbinski,
State; 2. Pearson, State; 3.. Fish
beck, Colgate: Distance, 132 it. 5
ins.
Javelin Throw—i. Gerwig,
State; 2. Camps, Colgate; 3. L.
Smith, State. Distance, 181 ft. 3
ins.
100 - Yard Dash-1. Kritzer,
State; 2. Johnson, Colgate; 3. Wil
liams, State. Time, 10.2 secs.
Two Mile Ritn-1. McCall,
State; 2. Longnecker, State; 3.
'Henderson, Colgate. Time, 10
mins. 40.9 secs. •
880-Yard Run--1. Meeker, Col
gate; 2. Shuman, State; .3. Steub
ing, State. Time 1 min. 59.5 secs.
, -Broad Jump-1. Reynolds, State;
2. Wiedman, Colgate; 3. Pearson,
State. Distance, 21 ft. 7- ins.
.•.
220-Yard Low Hrudles-1. Dot
termush, State; 2. •Benzoni, COl
gate; 3. Steed, State. Time, 25.2
secs.
220-Yard Dash-1. McGuire,
Colgate; 2. Kritzer, State;; 3.
Johnson,, Co!gate. Time, 22.5 secs.