FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1048
Between the Lions
You've got to be big in baseball, too.
Joe Bede*, the guy who has guided the fortunes of the Nittany
Lion nines for the past eighteen years, rested against the desk in
111 Larnegie Hall, aria lacect Professor .Senlaoaen s sports writing
class. — .l.axe LOH oiarx for example, - ne
"'there's a kiu wltit as great a pair or Jutting wrists for his size
as you COLIICI pussiuty nnu, out lie 11 never play ucti.er man 5000101
ban. wily! rte s too slnall. rte only weigns lac; pounds.
"Ma)or league seneuules are 10± games 011 u playing Dase
ball for a couple of nours every uay is a toL,gn grinci. it may seem
like fun from mime stands, but it 1611 C. .11111/1.11 imu-season Inc pounus
begin to lust melt away.
Tillit.a.r. - .EN STRAIGHT GAMES
"Several years ago," said Bedenic, "we had a buy named Bastian
who loved to pitch. tie could du it too. We convei Led him lrom a
second baseman and he won thirteen games in a
row. But there wasn't a major league team that
.✓ould look at him. He only weighed about 135
ounds."
Then someone in the class wanted to know
what you had to have to make the grade in the
big leagues.
Bedenk hesitated for a moment. "Well," he
said, "you've got to have a strong arm, a lot of
speed, good wrists and great coordinating ability."
"Some of you may remember Joe Tepsic," he
eyj said. Joe was a natural. Against Syracuse, in his
.first year, he hit two home runs that sailed over
Lhe centerfielder's head. Both measured more than
BEDENK 400 feet. Five major league clubs offered him $5OOO
the first semester he was here
"But along came the war and Joe was with the First Marines
in Guadalcanal. When he came back he was nervous and jittery.
He couldn't sit still, and he didn't want to gd to class.
McKechnie, who was then manager of the Cincinnati Reds,
wanted him, and I would like to have seen him go there. McKechnie
was the fatherly type and could have helped, Tepsic. The . Reds
offered Tepsic $15,000.
,"Tepsic said he wanted $25,000, but he finally signed with the
Dodgers for $17,500, and a clause in his contract that said he couldn't
be shipped out in his first year.
"There was an immediate clash of personalities when Tepsic
got to Brooklyn, and with that he was still troubled with his lack
of effectiveness against the change of pace ball. He didn't last."
"Ircial know," Bedenk said, "college baseball is one of the toughest
sports 'to sponsor on a college campus. If a kid can throw or hit at
all, the pro's have him."
The kids who do make the best college ballplayers, he said, are
those from Mineral Industries or Engineering. They have to hustle
in their classes and they bring that hustle on to the field with them.
"Not the boys from Liberal Arts or the Physical Education
majors," he said. "They get into the habit of having too much time
on their hands."
Down the Alley
The sixth game in the second
round of the IMA Bowling League
finds the Btyflysks and the 7-11
Club in a tie for first place with
the high average of .750.
Their close competitor, the Ale
and ... Quail crew, promises stiff op
position in the contest at the Dux
Club tonight.
Mayer of the Btyflysks inde
pendents led the night's individ
ual scoring with a high of 245.
Klein of the Hellions five took
second place honors with a total
of 2115. .
The top three game tally of 534
was registered by John La bash
representing Beaver House while
John Lux of the Lazy Five and
Vanacek of Ath Hall group each
chalked up a 514 high for the
evening.
Team Standings
36 12 .750
36 12 .750
7-11 Club
Ale & Quail 34 19 .708
28 20
Ath Hall
Beaver House 27 21 .552
24 24 .500
Kaufman Club 24 24 .500
22 26 .458
22 26 .458
Hellions
PH's
Nittany Co-op 20 28 .416
Stellar Five 18 30 .375
Penn Haven 17 31 .354
Lazy Five 14 34 .291
Dorm 13 14 34 .291
Tenzer Outlasts Riggs;
Advances in IM Handball
Irwin Tenzer, Phi Sigma Del
ta, advanced in the IM handball
playoffs Wednesday night when
he made a strong finish and de
feated John Riggs, Sigma Phi Sig
ma, 21-13 and 21-20 in the tw,)
final gomes after losing the first
21-15.
TKE, Frank 'Faucher, won two
of three from Tom Smith. DU.
Smith won the first tame 21-11;
and Mueller the two finals 21-
14 and 21-12.
Beta Sig's Sam Fir( stone h:ici
little trouble deft uti , .1.1t114..r
Strunk, Acacia„ 21-1 and 21-11.
The National St4d , .:-nt Relief
Committee has inaugurated this
year summer work seho!drships
for needy students who have ex
hibited leadership ability.
By DAVE ADELMAN
TEPSIC WANTED $25,000
Scholl Releases
Rules for Courts
Rules for the use of the College
tennis courts were today released
by Carl P. Schott, Dean of Physi
cal Education and Athletics.
In order to reserve tennis
courts, call College operator and
ask for Extension 87J. The tennis
court checker will make reserva
tions.
Reservations may be made daily
oxcept Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to
12 noon; from 1:30 to 5 p.m. On
Sundays reservation may be made
from 1 to 8 4).M.
Recreation courts are numbered
1 to 12. starting wllh the court
Recreation f - 1•111. Varsity
courts are numbered 12 to 16,
.;tartim:c, with the court clo.iest to
the fraternity houses. Alpha Zeoi
court number 19.
Doan Schott emphasized that
.11 players must wear rubber
()led, hoelle.;.: shoos.
the following set of riles will
•
enforced at all College c)urts:
I. First consideration is given
) regular College classes.
2. As:de from classes, College
..tudents and employee's have
equal rights. Non-College people
:ire nut permitted the use of the
courts.
3. IZeservalion 11laNT be made
only a day in advance and for
only one hour. The College has
too few courts to allow one per
son to monopolize them for sev
eral hours i.t a time.
4. No person is required to hive
t 1) ;1 court except upon pr•escnc,.-
thin of written I . , servation signed
by the De: in of Physical Education
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
THE ESQUISSE AGENCY
Boxing Lessons Help
Teach Blocking,
Crisler Says
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;yes opk..n,i' sada Lrisier.
- .tie must Keep his eyes on the
Larget. Boxing helps him do that
—it • teaches the boys to keep
their eyes open," the veteran
coach concluded.
Veterans Bolster
Lion Golf Hopes
For New Season
Confronted with the pleasant
Prospect of starting the season
with a golf team composed of
many of last season's regulars,
Coach Bob Rutherford is looking
forward to April 30. and to a suc
cessful season.
Last year Penn State finished
third in the Eastern Intercolle
giate Golf Association playoffs at ,
Cornell behind Princeton and
Navy.
Back from last year's team are
Captain Don Hart. Jack Harper.
last year's captain. Bob Klein,
Alan Hack, Joe Boyle. Ramon
Peterson. Jim Noble. and Gerry
Smith.
Marvin Goldenberg. winner of
the All College golf tournament
last year. Tom Smith and Dick
Bastings, although not members
of last year's team. are expected
to_ give the veterans competition.
"However," Coach Rutherford
said. "the positions are still wide
open and the team will be chosen
by cdmipetition. Each player will
qualify or be eliminated."
There are 16 teams in the East
ern Intercollegiate Golf Associa
tion. divided into groups of four
each. Rutherford's men will com
pete with Cornell, Army and Pitt
in the EIGA at Pittsburgh on
May 7-8. The winner of the
matches will advance to the finals
at Atlantic City held on May 15.
Swim Team Banquet
Planned for Monday
Election of a new swirn.r.ing
team captain will highlight a ban
(wet to be given at the State Col
lege Hotel at 6:15 p.m. Monday.
Ike Gilbert, graduate manager
of athletics, and Walter I-luster•
man, assistant graduate manager
of athletics, have been invited as
guests of the squad.
Following the dinner plans have
been made to release the tank
schedule for next season.
and Athletics or by an instructor
in the same school.
5. All reservations must end at
the stroke of the hour as sounded
by Old Main's clock. The next
reservation will be effective at
once. If the possessors of the court
are in the middle of a game, they
may finish as long as it doesn't
require more than 15 minutes.
6. A reservation must he taken
uo by 15 minutes oast the, hour,
otherwise it is automatically can
celled. Anyone has the ri , 4 14 to
nlay on those courts not reserved.
7. Courts are not to be used
'.hen wet.
14 Lettermen Form Nucleus
Of Theil's 14th Stick Squad
l'ourteen lettermen from the
nucleus of Coact' flick lniei's
ediLion of Lne isiittany Lion
iiel.ossu team. 'mei, bei ; inning
nis year a., neau coact' of the
Liue and white s ~I.CI{IIICII, Was
ucen wuriimg daily with a squad
UI approAirm,L,iy oU candidates.
lne Lions open tried' season
ILXt xrivay 111 with
Llrexei, lui,uweci by a oatuivay
uato with. Penn.
LETTERIvizN RETURN
Lettermen returning to the
—ittany fold incluue. Captain
vv ild tionerthacn, cieorge
—ocotos, last year's captain; Jonn
olan, second team All-Ameri
can and captain in 1946; "Bugs"
Baer, John Einley, Dean Kissel,
Art Lorenz, Bob Lewis, John Mc-
Cleary, John Nehoda, Hog Nestor,
Tom Smith, Buddy Lewis and
Jim Wolf.
Coach Thiel plans a jayvee
team for the first time this sea
son. The Lion cub aggregation
will be made up entirely of
sophomores, and will be coached
lacrosse ace.
Coach Thiel's biggest problem
thus far has been in developing a
suitable defense. Last year's reg
ular defensemen have all grad
uated. Also lost via graduation
was Ken Kerwin ace point
maker, who received the first
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A UNIT OF THE BELL 0 SYSTEM SINCE 1882
George R. Pittenger award as the
outstanding lacrosseman of the
1947 team.
p%..tuetL) OF NO VLOES
vr silowa nave a oeLLer-Lnan
-64..a.Ani,' Lae veteran
ouL you LILUSt. con
-I..Latt, WILLI Laic ex.4.:ep Lion, we
prouaLay tue only coaege in
//le t:ounLry teat nas a squad of
k aayers wno never played la
,russe before entering college."
That exception is Zddie Bel
rieid, sophomore from Swath
more, who played lacrosse at
6warthmore high school.
The nine-game schedule con
tains teams that are annually
among the leaders in the country.
Two Lion opponents, Army and
Navy, are considered in the "big
live" of lacrosse, which also in
cludes such stalwarts as Johns
Hopkins, Maryland and Prince
ton. Army was runner-up to
Hopkins for the National cham
pionship last year.
Sport Clinic
Three Penn State coaches will
serve on the teaching staff of the
University of Connecticut sports
clinic at Storrs, Conn., in late
August. Coaches who have ac
cepted assignments are Bob Hig
gins, football; Joe Bedenk, base
ball; and Bill Jeffrey, soccer.
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