WEDNESDAY, MARCH .19, 1947 Baseball Season Two Weeks Away Forty Candidates Battle For Varsity Diamond Posts coach Joe Bedenk and the 40 meriibers of the Nittany Lion baSebali team ate , awaiting the last of the snow on the New Beairer..field diamond.. Loaded_l,Vith holdovers from last year's teatn,, Bedenkt is waiting 'for the_sun to come but and dry the diamond Yckr 'the first.:outside drill. \ • . •", • r The stealm .bas been • Working Out sincfr-early p Fprkfary2at Bee Hall. in,?;ireparatton. Sor. - the.seaoph eheii - #kainst Penh at philadelyihta . blireegarite:;. road . tt lip' which A iD&liictlik) , ,O'rrio§att..l4o:4T*9ll; n tlk o P, With . ;•V>lVlA'•'•abet Vii st ii}gEo?%'a s n Le l aArtl.l se thq tiikr,s; sehed3lie •T. g4inst,,,,gorin with Jess than -two' weks' batting than ,two 1 weeks ; battingi praettce;.•, First home game .;at , •New vee ..field.' :is with ,DickinSon. "dry April 12.• The. field ha . S been kin.-- proved •this season With the in-. stallation of concrete. dug-outs.. The,. ;permanent stands planned for the field have not arrived and wilt not b e installed before next season: YOUNT._ AND GEHRTT Bedenk's - two starting pitchers last year,. Ken Yount and Bob Gehrett, are ,w,orking out daily and will receive assistance in mound .duties, this year 'from D'on Miller, Art ,Bohard, and ,George Earnshaw as well_ as a liost of other prospects. ; The Lions won , ten .prnes last year while Losing one, nett and Xount were on the mound , for all contests. , • . A complete infield , also xettir ns from last•year's team. ChcaseklVlAC- Earland at first, Ray "Whitey" Kurowski, second base, Dan "Hoppy" Hopkins, shortstop, and Gene ISutherland at third will acrossemen Conlinte Practice For ioOener Again.itilue-tWijs Hoping to offset the loss of four regulars from last year's lacrosse team, Coach Nick Thiel is whip ping his squad of 55 men into shape for the southern road trip which opens the seapon. UNAVAILABLE Not available this , season are. John Nolan, Mery Snyder, Cliff Sullivan and Howdy Taylor.. Sn yder. and Taylor are in the service, Nolan will not return to College until the Fall, and• Sullivan is in- Fighting it out for goalie on this year's team are Bill Hollenbach and Jack Neod a. Hollenbach started in the nets, in 1945. . John Fenley, John Hayes, .Pete Johnston, Bronco KosanoVich, John Pfirman, Iry Smith and Dean Kissel' are . all .in the run ning for Starting..sbot,s,,on,defnse. LOCOTOS AT 'CENTER Captain= George Locotos will probably .hold down, the center post at midfield with Art Tenhula moving I.ip frorn defense to one of the remaining spots. Others competing for midfield NRE COOD'IALLY INVl t itb TO AVC'S HOUSEWAOMING PAW 4 4. • •• • gt." k . I s • èreshments . ~ ~r t t ; form a oqmlbination that will be hard for any rcokie to . crack. Ogle Martolla will be missing behind the plate this year but Bedenk has bon Herb and Will Tease from the 1945 squad. The outfield positions proved to be Bedenk's biggest worry last year. Veterans fighting for the pEsture-tending roles this year include 'Fred Bell, Ken Koster_ man, Bud Davis and Elwood Stet ler. None of the outfielders will be chosen until the first game. Eddie Sebastianelli, another pre-war veteran will give the Lions additional ;power at the plate. • • Leo ilduck will join the, team later this month as lassistant coach. A recent . Collegian listed the NROTC rifle team as undefeated. Although the Navy sharpshooters Went undefeated i.wo webs ago as they downed Missouri, Nebraska and New Mexico in postal match_ es, their record for the season is 18-9. • NFtOT,C pistol team record is now 9_6 as it scored victories over Northwestern, Oklahoma and the NIROTC staff. 'positions are Walt Stevens, Rog ,, Nestor, John McCleary . , John Watkins and Gene Graebner. Without the services of Taylor: and Sullivan, Coach Thiel has only Ken Kerwin from last year's, attack trio. ' Ernie Baer and John Scho binger; reserve goalie from IaSV season, are currently being used on attack with Harry Fisher and Red Cramer also in the running. ANs ANo All VEE TfIEIR GUESTS Free - Trail~s M THE DAILY COT.T.FGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA 'JOE, Ift tiENK OUTFIELD A WORRY Correction nt~eitaidni n'l ~' ; 1 ~~ :~ Intramural Sports Badminton Intramural badminton opened play Mcnday at Rec Hall with the following results: Dave See defeated Dan Pearson, George Strohm over Jack Krusen, Sohn Schrader ove r Norm Marlin, Bob Troxell over Bob'Bossler, Bill Dingfelder over, Bill.Ohristy, Jerry Markowitz over George EarnShaVv, Sulkowski over Dick Webber, LeS Strickler over O'llora, and G. Pringle aver JackTarbOX.• °Forfeit Wins , were . IPdsteil 'Stan ' JaCobs 'over Frank lqattern; lkob Stabley over Jerry Cooper, john McCreLiryclVer-Yrqt, F,funk,' Don Hill over. - Bud . -Themas,•-jaiik . hSeitehik over. Frank Franco, M. ;X.iorenzo'bver ClaSter. over Oyer arke, , '.•• G°•. .and:Dan Ihaner ove r Beb IVIINer. • . .• .1 • °' • :• • -vonerrail •,•• :p*atm,urrat . yoklAylball sceres. ; ter• :oTrie . s,-,Plsy#4lnd ,41eaYz . y4re Theta, Xi eve r Tau• kap,pa ;Epsifon,. p.:113 ) i and, 15:1.1; Bittha • chi . l oVer • Phi.-tpsilon Pi, 1541 1 0, 1:1-115, '', , . Delta 'fa," foiffelb, and Phi•G;arrLrna Vete "8" over Phi Sigma kappa '"B," forfeit. • • - • Theta Cihi-"B" beat Acacia "B," L5_113. and 154; Beta :Sigma Rho "B" took a forfeit from Sigma Nu "B"; Kappa Delta Rho "C" dcwn ed Triangle, 15-s and 15_12. Pi Kappa Alpha whipped Phi Delta Theta "C," 15-'6, 1315, and 154; and Pent Haven dropped its second to Lazy . Six, 15.)11, 12-15, and 15-110. Handball Fligh U. ,. • 111 and 12 of ; the intra mural handball series were played Of last Thursday night at Rec Ha 11... Flight 1.11 scores were Rain Za goudis over Robert Fore, 214 and 21.:11; William Quay over Donald. Maize, ,forfeit;•'Louis Eble over Wilbur SdhnoPp, forfeit; and Paul Conbiero over Ridhard Owen, 13- • 21, 21,44, and 21.J13. Flight 12 scores .were Burton Reisanan. over George Weill,sfor felt; Robert Henry over Curtin Roop, 2127 and 2 , 14; Albert stein over J. Wilson, forfeit; and ,Harry Felder ove r William Eohelmeyer, 21-al and 21-115. • - * ' * . Harold Wausat tripped Bob Ar nold, 21_8, 21-.4 ; Monday night as intramural handball completed its first round. Other results were: FrankMank ove r Larry Gerwig, "You Can Get it at Metzgers" Set% Athletic Goods Now on Display - FISHING TACKLE TN'S —GOLF, 'Etc. SPiEb--0-011T MINEO6IIAPH MACHINES INK -- 'PAPER STENCILS, Etc. Two and Four Drawer STEEL LEITER 'FILES .Ixs Ik6-sxB-6x9 STEEL CARD FILES CASH AND DOCUMENT BOXES CARD TABLES AND PLAYING CARDS MAGAZINES -- GREETING CARDS SHOP at mET2Gtitis 111. 115 lWs Street ana 1 1 12 t. Aiienue forfeit: Tim Petroff over Dick Charles, forfeit; Bob Bossier over Dcn Lederer, forfeit; John Misie wicz over Bcb Foote, forfeit; Dick 13erk over Gene• Sutherland, 21-4, 2148; Bruce Parker over Don Mil ler, forfeit; John Dellolacano over Bcib Widkham, fonfeit. Wrestling Floyd Lang wrested a 5-5 ref 4r.ee's.,decision frott Joe .Col One q.nd DU's DU's husky Lyle Koenig whipped Glenn Yeagley as intra mural wrestling entered its third round last night at Rec Hall. Last night'§ sunrinarieS: , ••.; , 121-patindi , Knritief "threw .Wilbent uy.g and Ted Holly threw 'I/Trid ' • t .Wright .threcwr • Si3,ste . r, Charles .IVloser,--..decisigned-,Robert Aurnan, s:2;,,%nnilo3tu4e,l3lauch over Al Aii:keLicknalot ;forfeit., - 135 =pound: -Reggie Kimble' de 4isioned R. &filth, 5-3; Schultz. thiew Tom%Hill, and Dick Willis dectiSionPit.Bill , ,Beetetni 3-0. , 145 -pound: •W..Brinker ihrew COldren; Weil threw Tscherfiiider rind. Paul Orner threW Dick Mc- Kibben... . . ,un„ 155-pod: Horace Kurtz threw Lew Markel, Sam . Firestone cisioned Bob Lohse, -2;0; Ronan bach decigioned,Strathmeyer, 5-0, and McConnell threw R. Henri. 165pourid: G. Roye over Whitey Von Neida, forfeit; George Chap- Hawthorne To Make Trip To National 'Boxing Meet Glenn Hawthorne, EIBA 130- pound champ, will appear in the National Collegiate Boxing tour ney at Madison, Wis., next week, Coach Houck said last night. Hawthorne had previously de cided to pass by the tournament to concentrate on his studies. Also making the trip will be captain Yapkie Tighe, EIBA 165-pouni), champ, B attis t a Soster, 135 Pounds, and Jim C a s s i dy, 145 pounds. The annual boxing banquet will be held at the Hotel State College, 6 p. m. tomorrow. Penn State Class Rings L. G. BALFVUR COMPANY LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC sTortt PAGE 77tAM 47 Candidates Report for Grid Spring Practice Penn State's first post-war spring football practice began with 47 candidates reporting to Coach Bob Higgins. The gridders, including 30 hold overs from last yeaes Squad, are going through preliminary, paiyai cal conditioning on New Beaver field every afternoon. Three practice games. are con templated before, spring- practice i ends Aprl:?q,',.bui - Plans„have not yet been &triPleted for these eon tests. The entire . squad:: Will: norii-fle . neict 00,c'Pts rnen,fo re)oo,r, l t, .ccilleges 3/4kere they 'played daring their fiesth4ll.ap..year. . . men : aka fOr the sciitad should repoßt c ,tp,Ae dispensary for a .physteal examina - bon and then 'see Oscar Bitiehen horst• in the ,athletic supply room in the water tower. . . man threw C. Horn, and ,Frank threw * Bob ,'Eldridge, , 175-pound: Bill Dindfelder over Karl Spaeth, forfeit; Dan 'Pearson decisioned R. Little, .7=5, i ,and Larry Joe decisioned Gauthey, 6-Q. •Unlimitea: Suhey- threw Prenchy LaFleur and Bronco Kosanovich threw Beerbovier. GET YOUR FROTH TODAY c-. r i
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