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Treat for Fans as . . .
Eastern Lions Baffle Western Lions
In Infra-squad Grid Fray Tomorrow
Nittany Lion gridmen will stage
an East-West intra-squad con
test on Beaver field at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Mentor Bob riiggins has divided
the huge football squad into two
"teams," one representing eastern
Pennsylvania and the other hail
ing from the western part of the
state. In releasing the team lists,
the Hig indicated that several ad
justments were made to divide
players evenly in certain posi
tions where one end of the state
boasted more representatives.
"But for the most part, the state
is well divided," he said.
Named as captains for tomor
row's encounter are Joe Colone,
of the East team„ and Larry Joe,
of the West.
Members of the East eleven
follow:
Ends—Bob Hicks, Dennie Hog
gard, Dan Kline, Mervin Metz;
tackles—John Finley, Don Mur
ray, Alvin Ijerman, Tom Reese,
Charles Vinscavich; guards
Paul Kelly, Tom Smith, Gene
Shaffer; centers—Charles Beatty,
Howard McCoy.
Quarterbacks Walter Falmer,
Jack Murray, Jack Miller; left
halfbacks—Elwood Petchel, John
Chuckran, Bob Harter, Russel
Leib; right halfbacks Wally
Triplett, Harold Elicker; full
backs—Joe Colone, Albert Bellas.
Following is the West team:
Ends—Sam Tamburo, Dalton
Rumberger, Lloyd Amprim, Jack
Storer; tackles Negley Norton,
Norman Erikson, David Platt, Bob
Titus, Norman Restaine; guards
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Quarterbacits—Cnuck Drazen
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Track and Field Clinic
Nearly 100 Pennsylvania high
school coaches and athletes are
expected to attend the track and
field clinic at the College today
and tomorrow, under the direc
tion of track coaches Chick Wer
ner and Norm Gordon.
An informal discussion, led by
Werner, will take place in Old
Main tonight, with the forthcom
ing Olympics being the central
topic.
Training films wil be shown in
tomorrow morning's session, in
cluding 12 reels on track and
field events, narrated by sports
caster Bill Slater.
Tomorrow afternoon, Lion ath
letes, supplemented by alumn .
Barney Ewell and Curt Stone
will demonstrate proper form and
techniques in the various events.
Nittany time trials, for the ap
proaching Penn Relays, will com
plete the program.
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Bedenk Names Gehrett
To Twirl Inaugural Today
Captain Bob Gehrett, bespectacled right hander, will be on the mound today when the 1948 ver
sion of Coach Joe Bedenk's baseball team is unveiled against Dickinson College on the New Beaver
Field diamond. The game is scheduled for 4 o'clock.
Gehrett, whose last season record was five victories and two defeats, will be striving to keep in
tact a three-gatne winning streak carried over from last year.
The big question in the minds of players, coaches and fans on the eve of the opening battle is, how
good is this year's Lion nine?
"The actual ability of the squad is still a mystery to me," Bedenk said yesterday. "I have the
starting lineup set, with the possible exceptions of third and second base. However, the ability of these
sophomore rookies is still a ques
tion." 'ticola, another right hander, would
SOPH QUESTION MARKS start against Western Maryland in
tomorrow's game at New Beaver
Biggest reason for the air of an
ticipation is the fact that four of Field.
the starting nine men are sopho
mores, playing their first year for
,he Blue and White.
Three of the rookies, Dick Wertz
at first base, Gene Solomon or Ray
Smeltz at second, and Tom Hogan
or Red Mayer at third, will hold
down infield spots. The other new
comer is Al Tkac in right field.
The team as a whole seems to be
Ace Batter
Slate Gym PIAA's
For Recreation Hall
Only two individual champions
will be missing when Lower
Merion High School seeks its firth
straight team title at the 1948 re
newal of the annual PI•AA gym
nastic championships in Recrea
tion Hall Saturday afternoon. The
meet will begin at 1 p.m.
Pacing the championship Ard
more team, which needs only one
more victory to equal the total
Previously achieved by Pottsville.
will. be Gene Zeiner, winner of
the horizontal bar last year for
the second time and winner, for
the first time, in the parallel bars
competition. Larry Jamieson. side
horse champion in 1947, will seek
his second straight title.
Also entered. aid a ton-heavy
choice to win his third straight
title, is Leo Minotti. of Ellwood
City. who equaled the existing
record of 4.0 seconds for the 18-
foot rope climb for the second
time last yea r. The missing
champs. both of them 1947 win
ners, are George Wile, of Potts
ville, in the flying rings, and Rudy
Valentino, of Lancaster, in tum
bling.
Pottsville and Ellwood City
will. as usual, furnish the cham-
Pionshiri Lower Merlon team with
its main competition.
PIAA Finals
Penn State's sport facilities
once again will be turned over
to Pennsylvania's schoolboy ath
letes for the annual P.I.A.A. track
and field championships, Satur
day, May 22. Golf and tennis
championships are booked for the
same day.
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Today's probable starting line
up:
31 Smeltz or 21 Solomon 2b
20 Heckman ss
22 Stark if
30 Potsklan cf
33 Gehrett p
25 Wertz lb
71 Tkac rf
26 Hogan or 32 Mayer 3b
23 Holler c
well set in the pitching and catch
ing departments, but appears weak
on hitting power, and the infield
remains a puzzle.
VETERANS HELP
Veterans returning to bolster the
squad are hard-hitting Don Stark,
last season's leading batter in left
field, John Potsklan, who will be
batting in the cleanup notch in
center, Hal Hackman, second only
to Stark last season in hitting, at
short, and Ed Holler. a weak hit
ter but an excellent receiver, be
hind the plate.
Stands have been erected along
both the first and third base lines
to accommodate the fans who plan
to attend this afternoon's opening
game. The field is in excellent
condition, and barring rain will
be dry and fast.
Bedenk indicated that Jim Mas-
56 Nittany Lion Athletes
Receive Varsity Numerals
Varsity letter awards, accredi
ted to 56 Nittany Lion athletes
and head managers of five varsity
sports, have been announced by
graduate manager of athletics H.
R. Gilbert. Boxing \ letter winners
will not be announced until the
annual boxing banquet next week.
Concurrent with the naming of
the letter winners was the elec
tion of managers for the 1948-49
winter sports season.
Clayton Hill, Jr., was elected
head manager of next season's
basketball squad. Associate mana
gers will be Robert Vatz and Carl
Goldenberg. First assistant mana
gers named were Stewart Dunlap,
John Jones and David Karp, while
serving as first alternate will be
Joseph Fitzgerald, and as second
alternate, Louis Gilbert.
VARSITY LETTERS
Varsity letter winners were
Irwin Batnick, Jack Biery, John
Kulp, Carl Nordblom, Willard
Parkhill, Terry Ruhlrnan, Milton
Simon and manager Joseph Sudi
mack.
Selected as head manager for
the 1948-49 fencing team was Ri
chard Shafritz. Melvin Frankel
and Nathan Kushner will serve
as his associate managers. First
assistant managers will be John
Gerstenlauer, David Silverberg
and Joseph Witkowski, while Al
bert Podolsky will be first alter
nate.
Letters were awarded to Floyd
Eberts, Robert Hollis, Harry Mc-
Carty, John McCreary, David Oza
row, James Stewart, Robert
Thompson, Rolf Wald, Arthur
Ward and manager Harry Crabbe.
Awarded the post of head gym
nastics manager for next season
was Robert Sankey; to serve as
his associate managers will be
Francis Felder and Abram Boater.
William Morris, Robert Anderson,
Jr., and Milton Thrasher were
elected first assistant managers.
First alternate will be John Eng-
FRIDAY, APRIL 9„1048
PiKA's Rip Alpha Chi Rho
In IM Volleyball Circuit
Pi Kapa Alpha won easily over
Alpha Chi Rho by scores of 15-
3 and 15-5 while Phi Kappa Sig
ma-A was having a similarly
easy time with Alpha Gamma
Rho, defeating them 15-2 and 15-
5 Wednesday night in the IM vol
leyball tourney.
Sigma Chi-A strapped Delta
Sigma Phi 15-3 in the first game
but was hard pressed to stop the
Delta Sig's determined bid 16-14
in the second tiff. Theta Chi-A
won over Beta Sigma Rho-A t -
6 and 15-6.
Kappa Sigma over Alpha Chi
Sigma-A 16-14 and 15-6, Phi Sig
ma Delta-A over Phi Delta Theta-
A 15-3 and 15-4, Pi Kappa Phi
A over Phi Epsilon Pi-A 15-9
and 15-9, Sigma Phi Sigma over
KDR-A 15-8 and 15-9, and Phi
Kappa Tau-A over Alpha Phi
Delta by forfeit.
Soccer Trophy
A 22-year-old trophy has. been
retired from competition by the
Intercollegiate Soccer Football
Association of America, and form
ally presented to Penn State. E.
Paul Patton, secretary-treasurer,
of Philadelphia, said the Lion
boaters had been crowned cham
pions four times, co-champions
five times, since the original
award in 1926.
lish, with Jacques Levan to be
second alternate.
Fifteen gymnastic letters were
awarded, with the recipients Wil
liam Bonsall, James Clark, Byron
Emery, Stephen Greene, Peter
Howachyne, H. Richard Klotz, Mi
chael Kurowski, Morwood Law
fer, Joseph Linn, Wendell Loma
dy, William Meade, William Mor
ris, Raymond Sorensen, Donald
Stogoski and manager Stephen
Martin.
Robert Bench is the elected head
swimming manager for next sea
son; his associate managers will
be Joseph Daniels and Albert
Hirshfield, Albert Hinkle, Jr.,
Donald Koontz and Edwin Meyers
were named first assistant mana
gers. Serving as first alternate will
be Donald Holtzman, while sec
ond alternate will be Stanley Reis
man.
SWIMMING LETTERS
The 17 varsity swimming letters
were awarded to Donald Baker,
Jr., Milton Beckett, John Brunner,
Lewis Eble, Calvin Folmsbee, Ro
bert Grossman, Kenneth Hill, Da
vid Hughes, Michael Kutsenkow,
John McGrory, Robert Meyer,
Donald Peck, James Reasman,
William Schildmacher, Irwin Ten
zer, James Woodworth and mana
ger Joseph Succop.
Robert Witman will serve as the
head wrestling manager for the
1948-49 season. His associate mana
gers will be James Johnson, Ro
bert Templeton and Daniel Velo
rick. To serve as first assistant
managers will be Fred Auch, Louis
Epstein and Richard Russell. First
alternate manager will be Hillard
Madway, while second alternate
will be Richard Gridley.
Eleven varsity wrestling letters
were awarded, with the recipients
Donald Arbuckle, Wallace Chain
bers, Ernest Closser, William Cor
man, Robert Hetrick, Earl Long,
James Maurey, Laird Robertson,
George Schautz, Albert Vigilante
and manager John Holmes.