TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1947 IM Softball Loops in Tie As the summer softball league draws to a close the competition not only gets to a high pitch, but finds a two-way tie for first place in both sections of the lea gue. In League I The Football House and J. E.M. are both undefeated and tonight’s game will decide the Championship for that sec tion of the league. Last week The Football House gained two victories- by defeat ing the Beaver House 3-2 and handing Larry Joe’s Winderest team a 6-5 defeat. Ray Ulinski pitched his. third straight victory- in as many games. The other undefeated J. E. M. team'also took both its games with, a 7-5 win .over the Beaver house on Tuesday night and on Thursday continued with a. close decision over a fighting Phys. Ed.’ team by the score of 7-6. Tonight’s game between lead ers of the League should produce a real thriller for the softball fan. Both teams not only have fine pitchers . in Ulinski and Veater, but • have - hard hitting players as well. The game will be played on the college golf course at 6:30 p, m. The battle for first, place in League II is hot and heavy as to night’s games approach. At the present time Phi Delt and Alpha Phi Delt are. tied for first place with-three wins and one defeat each. Delta Upsilon and. Alpha Zeta are both tied -.for second with , two wins, and ,the same number of loses. Not only is there a tie for, first and second but third place is: being held, by Phi Gam arid Pi:K Phi with one win and three: defeats; •’ There is a very good possibility that the games played this eve nirig will still -not . determine a champion, for League 11, but instead may erid in a two or three-way tie for first ■ place. If this should happen .the play off will then : be held , on Wed-: nesday night to • determine- a winner. In last week’s games in this section the Alha Phi Delt’s handed the Phi .Delt’s their first defeat 6-3 and placed ’themselves in a tie with Phi Delt for the first place. .The winners of the. two sec tions of the . League will meet in a best out of three game series oh Thursday, July 24, Tuesday, July 29 and if. a third game is necessary on Thursday, July 31. AT PENN STATE . I COLONIAL 123 W.Nitt any Aye. | Co/rr/or£aijWoi&rafe t- ALL. ROOMS WITH " RUNNING WATER j MEN’S FALL and WINTER SUITS and T OP CO ATS •Moderately Priced • Guaranteed Fit • Mad e *° Measure EX-CIV GOING TO COLLEGE Stop in today and ask about, our 3-payment plan HOMELAND TAILORS, Inc. OFFICE .Ist Floor let Door Right. M 2 SOUTH FRAZIER STREET LEAGUE I W L Pci. GB Football H-Ouse 3 . 0 1.000 ... J.E.M. . 3 0 1.000 ... Beaver House ’ 1 2 .333 2 . Phys. Ed. 1 .3 .250 2% Windcrest 0 3 ; .000 3 Games Today Beaver House vs. Windcrest Pi K Phi vs. Phi Delt J.E.M. vs. Football House Delta Upsilon vs. Phi Gamma A. Phi Delt vs. Alpha Zeta Delta Between the Lions , Five .years, ago this summer, Penn. State football fans weie feel ing pretty smug. “This is,the year,” was the cry 0 n everyone’s lips just as it is now. Those fans had a right to that s mug feeing for hadn’t the ’4l squad handed arch-enemy number one, the Pitt Panthex-s, a 3.1-7 'spanking for the Lipns,firsfwin iri Pitisbui-gih since 1919 to end a surprising season? Most of that ’4l team was back a nd then too, ther e was 1 an undefeated freshman team. ' . Star- of the' ’4l Frosh . was one Dave Alston, mild-mannered son Cunti. .he put On gridiron togs) cf a Midland Negro minister. Dave, a pre-med student, ran over all-opposition for Marty McAndrews’ first year inch-arid drew raves from sports editors from coast tc coast. „>. • In . August. Esquire magazine hit the stands with an article naming the-Penn Stater as "the top s ophomore football prospect" “arid as, a'pre-season All-American prospect. ■ Nittany Galley'thlt summer? Bob Higgins;had a perpetual grin and more speaking' engagements than he could handle. Then o ne Satur day, tragedy struck. It was unbe ievable. It couldn’t be true. But it was. A notice posted on the front of Graham’s A. C., verified all the rumors. Dav e Alstcn was dead! Saturday morning, Dave had gone -to the Centre ’ County hos pital for a tonsil ectomy at 9 o’- clock. By 9:30 the operation was finished and the patient was rest ing quietlv—anrfcher routine ton silertomy was fini-hed. At 10 o’- clock p blood clot formed which cut off the circu'ation to his lung and cpused ♦hem to collapse. At 11:45 a. m. Aucrusf 15, Pave Alston was dead. Penn State would miss Dave Alston, the banner story on the front page of Collegian said, not just beeau-e he could run like T1 ° G”=ri' CT e or becav=e he could kick and pas s over 60 yards, but because he,was one grand guy. PAVE ALSTON Immediately the Lions' stock dropped and became just another team to beat, the sports editors wrote. By the beginning of the season things looked even darker. ; Seventeen members of the squad had been draftd. ;The..first game, the annual warm-up with■ Bucknell, jeemed to prove the spWts. writers’ point! The Lions eked .out a 14-7 win over the Bisons. Then the Lions defeated a n unimpressive Lehigh team IS. 3 and. waded through the mud for four quarters to deadlock Cornell, .0-0. . , . Freshmen Bobby Williams and Larry Joe sparked the Lions . to a 13-10 win over s trong Colgate but a Iwice-beaien West Vir , ffinia eleven upset th e apple cart by winning 24-0. An overconfi- - dent Syracuse team was the victim as the Lions bounced back 18- 13—still not impressive: It would be a slaughter the next week a t Penn., The Quakers were one 0 f the best in the East. But the Higiginsmen. turned the brick as the cry was “Let\ take this one. for Dave.” Mighty .Penn had been humbled 13-7. The next week’s 14-6 win over Pitt was an anti-climax. Dav e Alston’s memory had .turned-a supposedly weak team into one of the best in the East. The CAMPUS Restaurant.... SERVING GOOD FOOD AT THE RIGHT PRICE. VISIT -132 E. College Ave. —TODAY THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN—STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Softball Standings W L Pci. GB A. Phi Del't 3 1 .750 .. Phi Delt 3 l .750 ... D.U. 2 2 .500 1 Alpha Zeta 2 2 .500 1 Phi Gam 1 3 .250 ' 2 Pi K Phi 1 3 .250 2 By Ben French LEAGUE II Smith Leads AlKolleoe Golf, is‘ " Finals Slated Friday Afternoon The Al.-College Golf Tournament is now in the final s tage, with most of the flights completed up to the semifinals. The final matches to decide the championship are scheduled for Friday afternocn, pro. viding the semifinal matches have been completed by this time. In the first flight, Jerry Smith has advanced to the finals. Smith defeated Sever Tcretti 1 up in the first elimination match, and con tinued to pay his usual steady game beating Bo b Klein 7 a nd 6 and then eliminating Dave See in a closely played match by 2 up. The hard-driving Smith, however, had to come from behind in the last nine holes to. defeat See who led the first nine holes, 1-up. The other finalist has not yet been decided. Don Hart, the win ner of last fal.’s All-College Tour nament, Nick Dietterick, a nd Jack Harper still have to meet to de cide Who will meet Smith in the final play-cff for the champion ship in this flight. Art Evans defeated Chick Wer ner in a well p ayed match by the score of 2 a nd 1 to place himself in the semi-finals of the second flight Other winners in this flight were Bob Clelanc who eliminated Bob Bernhardy 2 uip; Larry Roth stein won over Dave Levine 3 and 2. N. Shaak had to go 20 holes be. fore defeating A. Michaels. 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