SATURDAY. MAY 1. 1,94 Lions Meet Panthers ... Miller On Mound Against Pitt In Last Series Game Today The Lions wind up the second road trip of 1948 when they meet the University of Pittsburgh in the finale of a two gtame series at Pitt Stadium this afternoon. Coach Sedenk will send fast baller Sy Miller against the Pan thers in an attempt to close the Pitt series with a win. FINAL MEETING Either Sammy David or south paw Bobby Lucchino is expected to start on the hill for the Jungle Cats. It will be the final meeting of the two clubs for the 1948 season. Tuesday the Nittany baseball ers open a five game home stand, meeting the Bucjmeß Bisons in a replay ,of last Wednesday's post poned contest. On Wednesday they play host to Gettysburg at New Beaver Field. A banner double-header with Syracuse highlights next Satur day's sports program, and then on file .following Tuesday the Lions close out the home stay with a single game scheduled against Duquesne University. STAFF RIDDLED A badly-riddled pitching staff will be forced to perform heroic duties next week if the Blue and White diamondmen are to con tinue their winning ways. Jim Athticola. right - hander who set Muhlenberg down with two hits in his last start. aggro.- Varsity Riflemen Win 11, Drop it For .436 Average Coach Harold W. Yount's var sity riflemen have completed the 1947-48 season, showing a record of 17 wins and 22 losses for an average of .436. Among the schools beaten by the Lions were Purdue, Harvard, Drexel, Fordham, Clarkson, Ni agara, Massachusetts, Clemson Agricultural, LSU, Toledo, Tex as, Princeton, Stanford, Lehigh, Carnegie Tech, Hawaii and Du quesne. Those beating the Yountmen were Wyoming, Coast Guard, West Virginia, State University of lowa, Colorado School of Mines, Michigan State, Washing ton, Marine Barracks of Philadel phia, Ohio 1.1, Nevada, Oregon State, Brown, Rutgers, Dart mouth, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Cornell, Minnesota, Northwest ern, Ohio State. 'nr Georgia. 6TH EAST In the eastern sectional match of the national intercollegiates, the riflemen placed sixth in a ten-team field. Penn State's George Cleveland placed sev enth in a field of 72 seeking in dividual honors. Team personnel throughout the season included Joseph Agosta, Girard Calehuff, George Cleve land, Howard Eckert, John Ekey. Craig Frantz, Stephen Fritsch, John Hallman, Do Harvey, John Hepfer, John Jones, Robert Leary, James Norris, Robert o'- Knefski, Norman Phillips, Georg e Prange, Edward Root, Charles Seaton and Robert White. Those receiving blue jackets were Prange, Root, Hepfer and O'Knefski. Jackets previously were awarded to White, Cleve land, Norris and Jones. Philip W. Reed, senior manag er ,was awarded a blue cdat. Al len S. Decker has been elected senior manager for the 1948-49 season. CO-CAPTAINS Co-captains next season will be be Prange and Root. White, this season's captain, graduates. Captain Yount has announced that tentative schedule arrange ments ,have been made for next season. In addition to telegraphic meets, the team will travel to West Point, Pittsburgh and to the national intercollegiate' wherever they are held. Orange Lacrossernan Bill Fuller. sophomore mid fielder on the Syracuse University 14crosee team, is all-American timber. according to Coach Roy THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. P'ENNSYLVANTA E::] Right Gardener AL TKAC • a a vated a n arm-injury he suffered in 1946. This leaves Bob Gehrett who started yesterday's contest and SY Miller to carry the burden of pitching chores. In an attempt to bolster the mound corps Bedenk has brought Al Tkac in from right field and has had him performing light pitching duties for the past week. Last year Tkac was a pitcher for California State Teachers Col lege and boasted a record of two wins and one loss. He was not used as a hurler this season because the Lion mentor wanted to take advantage of his hitting power and speed in the outfield. Thirty Weight-Lifters Form Penn State Bar Bell Club Weight-lifting enthusiasts at the College recently formed the Penn State Bar Bell Club. Over 30 students attended the inaug ural meeting of the newly formed group. Although Weight-lifting is not on an inter-collegiate basis in the Eastern colleges, there are many schools in the South which have weight-lifting teams. A definite code of rules govern all weight-lifters whether amateur or professional. There are seven recognized lifts: the two hands military press, the two hands snatch, two hands clean and jerk, one hand snatch with right arm, one hand snatch with left arm, clean and jerk with right arm and clean and jerk with left arm. Six body weights govern the different weight classes. Bantam weight is 123% pounds, feather weight 132% pounds, lightweight 148% pounds, middleweight 165 pounds, light heavyweight 181% and the unlimited weight class. At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin "‘: L k ir....:_-_5.. % f , ‘ 1 13' ' 'I , ' ' 441 ii:kr i' i '‘1 ;:l I : , ' . ',L 1 ,i,> / 1 !II - <- I \„( , I ;,' / \ '*f:' ! ,g, % ~ i - c 3, 41,1 r From $ I 7.so—at HUR'S MEN'S SHOP OPPOSITZ MAIM CAMPUS E. College Ave, State College Olympic Gym Program This Afternoon 1:30 p.m. General warm-up for all competitors, music, Col lege Glee Club, general announcements. Specialty number, women's Olympic drill. Calisthenics compulsory, group I. Long horse compulsory, group 11. First trial, rope climb, all entries. Calisthenics compulsory, group 11. Long horse compulsory, group I. Completion of rope climbing. Calisthenics optional, group 11. Long horse optional, group I. Calisthenics optional, group I. Long horse optional, group 11. Rope climb winner presentation. Long horse winner presentation. Side horse compulsory, group I. Parallel bars compulsory, group 11. Side horse compulsory, group IL Parallel bars compulsory, group I. Finals in Indian clubs, all entries. Indian clubs winner presentation. Horizontal bar compulsory, groups I. and 11. Finals in trampoline, all entries. Trampoline winner presentation. ' Rings compulsory, groups I and 11. Tonight 7:30 p.m. General warm-up for all competitors, music, Col lege Glee Club, general summary of scores and place winners. Indian club demonstration. Specialty number, women's Olympic pole routine. Side horse optional, group H. ' Parallel bars optional, group I. Side horse optional, group I. Parallel bars optional, group 11. Side horse winner presentation. Parallel bars winner presentation. Specialty act, trampolining by three winners and comedy presentation—"Loken and the Ladder." Specialty number, acrobatic adagio. Horizontal bar optional, groups I and 11. Rings optional, groups i and 11. Horizontal bar presentation. Rings presentation. Tumbling finals. Tumbling presentation. Grande finale, presentation of the United States Olympic gymnastic team, coach and manager. 7:45 7:55 8:00 the United States entered a full team and copped one _individual title while the Germans won the team crown. Members of the newly formed bar bell club have selected a I steering committee which will take charge of the organization until officers are elected. Steering committee members are George Heller, Joe Erriga, Roy McClana ghan, Paul Boehmer and Bert Taylor. This group has planned regu lar demonstrations and teach ing at Rec Hall at 7 p.m. every Thursday. Personal instruction will also be available for in terested students Tuesday and Friday afternoons at 3 o'clock and Monday and Wednesday nights at 7 o'clock. Members of the newly formed club are planning a trip to the York Bar Bell Club on the week end of May 8. The group is in need of a faculty advisor. Any member of the faculty who is in terested in weight-lifting is asked to contact a member of the steering committee. CORDUROY JACKETS Just the thing for setting campus style this spring and anytime; these jackets have swept the nation. Made by top sportswear concerns in the east and available in five colors grey, maroon pea green, lawn and dark brown. Regular and cardi• gan. Sizes 36 to 44 regular and long. Come in today and see them! Odd Lois Tennis Vance Klepper out scored Jerry Wolf to claim the independent men's singles tennis crown. Klepper easily captured •the first set 6-3 but Wolf came back to score a 6-4 triumph in the sec ond. Klepper then returned to win the third and decisive set 6-3 to capture the championship. _ _ _ will you find patterns ~.iclusive Van Heusen stripes. These are truly tine fabrics, laundry-tested, Sanforized. A new shirt free if your Van Heusen shrinks out of size! In this season's smartest shades. on white and colored backgrounds. They feature the new low-setting "Comfort Contour" collar styling that's won its varsity letter on every campus in the country. loin the smart crowd today ... in Van Heusen stripes. $3.95 and $4.95. Putters-JONES Cour., Nsw Yons 1, NEw Yoss. You're the man most likely to succeed in ° Van Heusen Shirts TIES • SPORT SHIRTS • PAJAMAS Ua.v.AAALJ Net Team Boosts Average to .500 glasfs Bucknelt, 8-1; Meets Duquesne Today After overwhelming Bucknell's tennis team, 8-1, yesterday to boost the 1948 record to .500 per cent, the Nittany Lion netters play host to Duquesne on the var sity courts at 2 o'clock this stf ternoon. While topping the Bisons at Lewisburg, the Lions posted vic tories in all the singles matches and captured two of the three doubles matches. If the Lions win today they will tie last year's ea tire victory production. SIX SINGLES WINS In the opening singles match yesterday, Herb Beckhard bested the Bison nutriber one man, 6-4, 6-3. Lion captain Bob Tuttle stopped his opponent, 6-3, 6-2. Continuing the Blue and White victory march, Dick Greenawalt beat Bucknell's Linton, 6-1, 6-0. Del Helt was the victor over Linton, 9-7, 6-2. Ralph Peters blasted the Bison number five player, Hamre, 6-3, 6-0. Al Sopp rounded out the afternoon of Lion singles wins by romping to 6-3, 6-1 victories over Mathieson. In doubles competition, Beck hard and Greenawalt teamed .to stop Gillespie and Koch, 6-2, 6-4. Dave Miller and Frank Pessalano bowed to Nothel and Hamre, 6-1, 6-2. George Kline and sophomore Bob Ogden captured their match from Linton and Mathieson, 6-1, 6-4. VETERAN OPPONENT When the Lions battle Du quesne this afternoon, the net team will face a veteran oppon ent, paced by number one player Joe Short. Undefeated in college competition, Short is well known in amateur tennis circles. Last year he reached the third round of the Middle States Tournament at South Bend, Indiana and the semi-finals at a Pittsburgh dis trict tournament. Other possible starters , for the Dukes today include Jack Liv ingston and Frank Ruppen, both veteran court specialists. Ralph Laskey, Frank Sherwood, Pat McGrath, Jerry McKenna, Frank Mannion, Walt Clubertson, and Charles Dougherty complete the Dukes varsity squad. n stripes
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