PAGE FOUR
Lions Split With Orange;
Drop First To Colgate
Joe Bedenk’s- Nittany Lion baseball club lost a 5-4 game to Col
gate Friday and then split with Syracuse, winning the first, 4-3, and
losing the nightcap, 5-7, Saturday night.
A five-run rally in the second inning Friday chased starting
hurler Bill Benyish and proved to be enough runs to stop the Lions’
six-game win streak.
Ken Yount, playing at first base against Colgate, was spiked and
was unatble to start on the mound
against the Orange the next night.
GEHRETT REGISTERS
The opening game starting
mound assignment went to Bob
Gehrett and the Penn State vic
tory brought Gehrett’s record to
tour and two. Benyish started the
second game at Syracuse and
dropped his fourth assignment:
Johnny Potsklan was thrown
out at the plate attempting to steal
home with the tying run in the
action packed game against Col
gate
The Bedenkmen scored two
runs in the first inning as Ken
Yount scored Hal Hackman from
third with a long fly to left and
Eddie Sebastianelli caused the
Colgate faces to turn maroon as
he stole home.
Penn Stale meets Bucknell on
New Beaver Field at 4 o’clock
today. The season finale against
Villanova will b e played Friday
at 2:30 p.m. Boh Gehreti and
Ken Yount will probably be
the mound choices for the two
games.
A triple by Fo-sklan in the
third scored Chuck. MacFarland
from first. Hal Hackman’s third
single of the day scored George
Mac Williams with tho Lions’ final
run in the seventh inning.
PYER DROPS FIRST
In his first mound appearance
this season, Warren Pyer re
placed Bemyish after the disas
trous Colgate second inning. Pyer
allowed five hits and. no runs in
six innings of play. \ . /
The Lions waited until the first
of the ninth to push across the
winning runs. in- the first ■ game
against Syracuse. Pitcher Gehrett
aided his own cause with a double
as did Don Stark. For tin. third
straight game, Johnny Potsklan
connected for a triple.
SFtour infield, errors contributed
to the loans’ seventh loss as Syra
cuse took the nifiSbt-oap 7-5. Be
dinniTr chose Benyisih to take the
* ° r - til! e
■ straight
day and he last-
until the sev-
inning
'&§ vhen he was re
-18 t i e v e d by Bdb
his
’second ■ mo u n d
GEHRETT atpearan'ce
of the night.
Rerun State scored four runs in
the top half of the second inning
rind added another in the fourth,
but Syracuse scored three hi the
second, one in the fourth, and the
winning three runs in the seventh.
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' a^ BBa
Syi acuse pitching held, the
Lions to tour hits WhiU the New
Yorkers connected tor nine
safeties.
Kulsenkow Records Win
Mike Kutsenkow, Nittany div
ing star, successfully defended his
title of indoor senior low-board
diving champion of the Allegheny
Mountain Association last Friday
evening at the Irene Kaufman
Settlement pool in Pittsburgh.
The meet was sponsored by the
AAU.
Runner-up was Carl Follans
bee, a farmed-out Penn State
freshman who represented the
Erie Aquatic Club. Bill Leffler, of
Pitt, was third in the field of 14
divers.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Tennis Team Downs Pitt 7-2
For 2nd Straight Triumph
Outscoring the University of
Pittsburgh net team, 7-2, the
Blue and White courtmen scored
their second consecutive win; re
maining meets with Penn and
Syracuse will give Coach Sher
man Fogg’s squad a chance to
complete the season with a four
won and seven lost performance.
A makeshift team took the Pitt
courts for the Lions, as regulars
Dick Greenawalt, Bob Tuttle and
Dick Clarkson were unable to
make the trip. With but three
regulars playing, the improved
Blue and White again meshed
their gears into high and cap
tured the win.
Herby Beckhard, competing in
the number three slot, gained his
fourth consecutive victory as he
outlasted Ellsworth Horn 6-4,
7-5. Against Horn’s stronger
stroke, Beckhard countered with
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Go If Results
Lion leadoff man, Jack Har
per, shot a par 71 over Pitts
burgh’s Shannopin course Sat
urday as the Penn State golf
team defeated Pittsburgh, 7-2.
Don Hart and Jim Noble
registered the second and
third best medal scores of the
day. Noble posted a score of
72 and Hart 73.
his effective net game and despite
increasing tiredness, held on to
his lead and scored the victory
Stenger Aces
Captain Walt Stenger, bom
basting his opponent with a ter
rific serve, garnered a 6-1, 7-5 de
cision over Stan Weil of the
Panthers.
Only Lion losses resulted from
Lyle Johnston’s singles’ setback
and Fink and Pessolando’s dou
bles’ decision to the Pitt number
two combo.
Ray Fink, Frank Pessolano, and
Del Helt recorded singles’ tri
umphs, while the doubles combi
nations of Stenger and Beckhard,
Helt and George Kline were win
ning.
Graduating from this year’s
sextet will be Cautain Walt Sten
ger, Dick Clarkson and Dan Mos
es.
Swarlhmore Shades Thielmen 11-9
Despite a potent display of second half offensive power that
enabled the Penn State lacrosse team to tie Swarthmore at the end
of four regulation quarters, the Thielmen dropped their fifth game of
the season to the Swarthmore stickmen, 11-9, in the second overtime
period. ' 1
The Swarthmoremen registered 1
two tallies to the Lions’ one in
................... •:;; •-'each of the over
:l time periods to
; . pocket their 9th
■ victory of the
: season. The Lion
record now
stands at 5 wins
.and 5 defeats.
4 Art Tenhula,
Iveteran defense
s’ ma n, provided
Ithe Swarthmore
(attackers with
plenty of action
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with his bolstering of the Lion de
fenses.
Leading the Nittany offensive
was John Finley with four mark
ers, while George Locoto's, Eoger
Nestor, Ernie Baer, Cliff Sullivan,
and Bob Louis tallied one each.
Track Team
Gerry Karver was elected cap
tain 'of the 1948 track team at the
team banquet last night. Karver,.
who is also cross country captain
next year, succeeds Charlie Krug
and Bill Shuman.