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Three Lion
in All-Star
Captain John Nolan, Art Tenhula, and possibly Bill Hol
lenbach of Nick Thiel's lacroosse Lions will be selected to play
for the All-Star North stick-wielding team which will meet
the All-Star South combination at Baltimore, Friday even
ing, June 7. ' - 0 1 4111.11 t
Navy trainee Nolan has played lacrosse under Thiel for
the past two seasons. He re
ceived honorable mention on
the All-American lacrosse
squad last year and Thiel be
lieves that he has a good chance
for an All-American berth this
season. Nolan is fast, plays a
hard game, and leads the Nirt
•tanymen in scoring from his
centerfield post.
Ex-GI "Wild Bill" Hollenbach,
Lion netman, was goal-tender on
the 1943 stick team and has
proven to be a first rate goalie
this season. He turned in two
sparking performances last week
end to keep both Syracuse and
Cornell to only three, goals
zpiece
Rating a place on the All-
North team as he is the key man
in the inside defense for State
is Navy trainee Art Tenhula, big
blond defenseman for the Lion
lacrosse team. Tenhula is play
ing his first year at lacrosse and
according to Thiel he is the
strongest defenseman on the
Penn State team.
The three Nittany stick-wield
ers will be teamed with the best
of the lacrossemen in the North.
Representatives from Army, City
College of New York, Hobart,
Princeton, Penn State, Renssa
lear Polytechnic Institute, Rut
gers, and Tufts will make up the
20-man squad that head North
Coach Nick Thiel says will de
feat the Southerners.
Civilians, Navy
Fight It Out
Slashing action will keynote
the, inter-team lacrosse battle on
the golf course field, 2
,p.m. Sat
urday, according to Nittany la
crosse mentor Nick Thiel.
It will be a tough test between
the Sit:g \ling Ktviliants .and the
Nasty NRO'TC's when they meet
head on in the game of the year.
Because Of a dearth of talent on
the regular squad, the Navy is
importing a couple of "ringers"
for the occasion.
Stellar Standouts
Captain Nolan has asked; Sa
vino Vesco and Hubert Allenby,
star tiddly-winks and jacks play
ers respectively, to don the Navy
colors as, defensemen for the fray.
At midfield, the Navy will start
a smooth combo of "Nipper" No
lan, "Stringbean" Stevens, and
"Pinowl-iPounder" Podsson. Goal
will be handled by "Fatty" Meek
er, ex-trainee still loyal to the
sialty sailors. The other defense
berth will be filled 'by "Baldy"
Tenhula, hard-dharging regular.
Navy inside attack will be made
up of "Kewpie" Kerwin, "Lover"
Locotos and "Jerk" Reid. Under
studies for the game are: Ro!cha,
Klepper, Tiedman, and Anderson.
Civilian Lineup
Star 'Sizzlers for the eivilains
are: 'ißugs' Baer, "Sanilbo" Sny
der, and' "Pudgy" `Nestor at the
centerfield roots. Captain "Wild
Willy" Hollenbach will play goal
for the civilians. "Reet" Johnson,
"Vermin" Pdirman, and "Skon
ko" Kosanovich will form the
tight defense for the Sizzlers.
A fast: and wicked civilian in
side attack will be made up of
''Fuzzy" McAdams, "Slasher" Sul
livan, and "Flathead" Falcon.
Substitutes have not yet been
tamed, but anyone, even man
?gers, is twelcome to come out
and try his luck.
Master of ceremonies for the
contest will be Coach Thiel help
c43 out by assistant Roach Ameel.
Spectators are cordially invited
:o attend and cheer wildly.
Penn State
• . . will begin pre-season Toot
.lall drills in mid-August, Coach
Bob Higgins said today. The sea
::on will open October 5 against
.13ucknell. • • • •
Stickmen To Play
North-South Tilt
Batters Face
Colgate Away
Coach Joe , Eedenk's baseball
team will meet Colgate's Red
Raidel's tomorrow and Saturday
at Hamilton, N. Y., minus the
services o° stag• shortstop Dan
"HoT, , py" Hopkins.
Hopkins, who was injured' in
last Saturday's abbreviated con
test with the same Red Raider
team, is a patient in the College
Infirmary with an infected leg.
His services may be lost to the
learn for the rest of the season
Assistant Coach 'Leo Houck inch-
Icated last night.
Houck stated that Hopkins had
suffered a head injury when
struck by 'the ball just before
the game was called because of
darkness and rain.
The failing light had made it
difficult to see the rapidly ap
proaching ball. The shortstop mis
judged the ball and it struck Hop
kins on the head. An infected leg,
caused by a'recent spiking is also
giving Hopkins trouble, it was
reported..
Pete Berletic will probalbly be
Bedenk's choice to fill in at the
shortstop position., Berletic start
ed the season in he outfield be
fore he too gave way, to injuries.
Probable Pitchers
I Prdbalble• State hurlers for the
two games will be Ken Yount and
Bob Gehrett. Both moundsmen
have already faced Colgate this
season. Yount came out as the
winning .pitcher in last Friday's
14-7 game while Gehrett pitched
8 2/3 innings in - Saturday's 1-1
tie.
Co-captains Ogie Merlella and
Chuck LlVlacFarland will lead the
Lions making the trip. Both men
are tore-war veterans of the squad.
li , shington an d Jefferson,
scheduled to play here on June
5 'has cancelled the game, .Coach
Bedenk has disclosed. The next
home game will be with Syra
cuse June 7. ,The game with Penn
sylvania June 12 will wind up the
1946 !baseball season.
So far this season, the team
has won six games (Eve in inter
collegiate competition) while los
ing only to Lafayette by a" 4-3
count. Pitching records: Yount
-3 wins, I loss; Gehrett-3 wins,
0 losses..
THE COLLEGIAN
Coaches Choke
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v €.::...• .'s
OGIE• MARTELLA
Coach Bedenk's starting
catcher and co-captain of the
Lions. Oggie has caught every
game this year.
KEN YOUNT
Nittany hurler with a record
of four wins to one loss so far
this season.
Hertwig Wins All-College
Ping-Pong Tournament
In a three-game match James
Hertwig defeated Sidney Klenow
to win the championship of the
all-college ping-gong tournament
sponsored by Parini Nous and
IMA. The scores were 21-46, 11-
21, and 21-18.
Klenow had previously won a
semi-final match over Dick Lesh
er, 21,15 and 21-16. Champion
Hertwig will receive a gold key
and runner-up Klenow a Silver
one.
Dean Schott
. . . of the School of Physical
Education and Athletics at the
College is the first non-lacrosse
player to head the United States
Intercollegiate Lacrosse Associa
tion.
All-Stars . Pick
Two Bedenkmen
"Ogie" Martella and Ken Yount
are being considered as possibili
ties for the first annual East-Mid
west College All-Star baseball
game. This recent announcement
came from. the selection commit
tee of the American Association
of College Baseball Coaches. The
tilt will be played at Fenway
Park, Boston, June 14.
Veteran .Colgate diamond coach,
Everett D. "Eppy" Barnes, who is
president of the association, was
impressed with the two Nittany
Lions' performances against Col
gate last weekend, and both play
ers' names have been recommend
ed for the all-star game.
Yount, pitcher converted from
an outfielder this spring by. Lion
Coach Joe Bedenk, scattered nine
bits to , dieifeat Colga,te for his
fourth win in five starts for the
Lions.
Martella, ex-GI who caught
regularly
,for the Camp Lee, N. J.,
team last season, has beencabled!
"one of the top college catchers
today" by Bedenk.
Trackmen. Go
To Michigan
Coach Chick Werner'3 track
squad will meet Michigan State
in a dual track meet at East Lan
sing Saturday. Michigan State is
rated higher than our track team,
according to Coach Werner.
In the IC4A meet in which 34
schools competed, Michigan State
placed- fourth, and since the be
ginning of their season they have
improved surprisingly.
Running the 100 and 200 yard
dashes for Penn State will be Bob
Kritzer and Gino Polilcastro. En
tering the quarter mile event. will
be Bill Shuman and John Grey.'
The half-Mile will 'be run by War
ren Steubing and Bill lawman.
•Longnecker,. Ashenfelter, and
McCall will enter the mile and
two mile competition. In the high
hurdle event Steed and Gundei
will compete, with Steed and Dot-•
termusdh entering the low hurdle
competition.
For the Lion trackmen the pole
vault event will be entered by
George Williges; Jimmy Sykes
and Bill Reynolds will compete in
the high jump event.
Heaving the shot Will be Charlir
Kritg and Dan Pearson. Entereidl in
the discus throw will ibe Mike
Garbinski, Knug, and Pearson.
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946
Cyclones Top
NROTC Nine
'With• a sixth team qadded to its"
lineup, the NROTC softball lea
gue started the second Tounct
its chaimpionship race this week.
with all six teams seeing action.•
The recent addition to the-
Sailors' league is the Spare Gear*
team which was accepted after:
the league .acquired the • use of
a third field. Each of the six ,
teams will now play two games•
a week. •
Cyclones, who defeated the Ad
mirals, 4-3, in a crucial game last
week, head the league with an
undefeated record of four wins,
The standings
Team
1. Cyclones
2. Admirals ...
3. Skellers
4. Foote's Fools
5. Old Salts ...
6. Spare Gear .
Penn State
. . . anticipates a return to a
full program of intercollegiate
sports beginning 'next fall.
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