PAGE FOUL Hard Luck Plagues Yount In First Pro Pitching K.en Yount, leading pitaher on Joe Bedenk’s Lion baseball te a «i for the past two years, is having tough luck in his first year in pro fessional ball. Signed last month by the Cleveland Indians, Yount pitched fiv p hl }- es !i mni ", gs the Indians against their farm team at Harrisburg and then dropped two heart ■ breakers in his first two appear ances on the mound for Harris burg The tall right-hander, who was sent to the minor league team for experience, gave up only two hits in his first game but lost 1-0 on an. unearned run. In his second mound tour, he lost a 4-3 tussle; THIRD TO TURN PRO Yount now joins Joe Tepsic and Orient Martella as Joe Bedenk’s contributions to Organized Base ball in the past year. Tepsic sign ed with Brooklyn and is now with Fort-Worth while Martella is now with the Philadelphia Phillies’ farm team at Utica. The Kittanning youth played at first base apd in the outfield when not pitching for the Lions and ended the season with a .314 aver age. He connected for a long sin gly in his first four times at bat for the Senators. > , Coach Bedenk, who changed Yount from an outfielder into his most dependable hurler, believes that his protege has “the stuff to make the big time” in spite of his two setbacks and reports that In dian officials are pleased with his pitching. In addition to baseball, Yount participated on the. varsity rifle team at the College and was listed as one of the All-American selec tions for 1947. 'Hig r Coaches Stars A team coached by Bob Hig gins. Lion football coach, will op pose an eleven coached by Harold (Red) Drew, of Alabama, in the fifth annual Ohio Valley all-state scholastic football game at Wheel ing, W. Va„ on August 16. The game will feature a coaching school College in which the two coaches will participate; CjjfcM FLOWER MISI Summertime Is Blue Grass time; i: the season to discover anew Its talent to cool and refresh you offer the bath, to mist your hair with fragrance, to surround you for hours with its clean, fresh beauty. NOW, AT NEW LOWERED PRICES ... 1.50, 2.75, 5.00 prJco plot taw McLANAHAN'S S. Allen Stale College THJE SUMMER COLLEGIAN—STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA KEN YOUNT Golf Tourney Opens; 69 Entries Qualify The Summer All-College Golf Tournament started Friday after noon with a record entry list of ninety - six qualifiers, including students and faculty. The Tournament is match play and is divided into six flights with sixteen players in a flight. .Bach flight will have a champion by the end of the tournament. Prizes will be awarded by the College. The first matches were to be played by Monday and the sec ond by Friday, Several of the better golfers on campus who are playing in the tournament are Jerry Smith, Don Hart, Chick Werner. Jack Har oer. Bill Gross, Bob Higgins, and Dave See. Veteran Timer Registrar Bill Hoffman has been dining athletic events at the Col lege for nearly-a quarter of' a cen- Special student .. _ cations for the Lion-Washing ton State football game at Her shey Stadium.' September 20, can be obtained at the Student Union desk in Old Main. This game will not be included in the AA books. *4150 A SELECTED VARIETY OF CAN AD 4 DRV BEVERA6ES Centre Beverage Co- Higgins Expects Wartime Talent To Aid '47 Lions .Wartime talent from the fresh man-dominated teams of 1944 and 1946 will be the source of at least a dozen players when Penn State’s 1947 football squad assembles for pre-season drills late in August. Among the 65 players whom Coach' Bob Higgins expects to in vite to the early drills are Johnny Chuckran' of Lansford. Larry Cooney ot Pittsburgh, and A 1 Bel las of Kingston, all outstanding backs who are now returned to civilian status. -Of the linemen with prior ex perience. the more outstanding are Charles Drazenovich, center, of Brownsville, and hi s brother, Joe, who plays either guard Or block ing back; Bob Hick of Lancaster and Don Miltenberger of Easton, both ends: Johnny Simon guard, of Brownsville, and Negley Nor ton,, tackle. of Altoona. LUTHER BACK Although he was called to serv ice before he had an opportunity to play, college football. Coach Higgins anticipates great things from Bill Luther, prospective' triple threat, who was outstand ing as a schoolboy back at nearby Osceolo Mills. Luther showed to advantage in Spring drills, and is expected to prove a capable re placement for Chuckran in ’47. EXCHANGE MOVIES Penn State and Washington State are launching their home and-home football series on a co operative note. The rival, coaches. Bob Higgins and Phil Sorboe, have agreed to exchange motion pictures of their 1946 games. Neither team had an opportu nity to. scout the . other in 1946. since the 1947 game was*not ar ranged until early this year. Already, the two coaches have exchanged their first set of pic- DIAL 2462 Refreshing Beverages Just Off The Ice! REAR 218 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE Summer Musing Bob Gehrett, baseball captain, is pitching this summer for ; county league team m Lewistown. Other Bedenkmen who are 01 the local diamonds t are Hal Hackman, Whitey Kurowski, and Bil Davis in the Centre County league; Boxing captain Jackie Tighe took the marriage vows .last montl in Scranton and is back at the College for the" summer session wit! his bric(e....ElßA 127-pound champ in 1946 Johnny Benglian, wh< was out last season with an injured back, may replace Glenn Hawthorne at 130 pounds next sea son Hawthorne, who won both EIBA and NCAA crowns before he graduated last month, had dh operation on his nose several weeks ago and stated that he would never enter the ring again. Glenn is now taking graduate Ag work on campus. The Athletic Association is still looking for a swimming coach, to replace Lenny Diehl, who died last month Bob Galbreath, who instructed th? tankmen before the war, has his hands full as veterans’ advisor. . A Break for Little Joe The College has worked out a solution to the problem of what to do with the sports candidates who don’t make the varsities. In the establishment of junior varsity teams' they have the ideal answer. Without; the pre-war freshman teams; the only chance an athlete had of v participating in inter collegiate competition was making the inner circle of the varsities. " ' Now the boys who play “for the love of playing”-can see action and who knows, there may be a few stars developed who have poteh tiar greatness. With the limited facilities available before, coaches had to pass over many likely prospects. Now Little Joe, the average guy, has a chance. .. tures. and others will \ follow j son for, both elevens.' will be throughput the summer months. , played Saturday night, September The 1947 game, first of the sea- 1 20, at Hershey Stadium. ' . 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