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
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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. • ••
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èreshments
. ~ ~r t
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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.
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THE DAILY COT.T.FGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
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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
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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.
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