FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948 Dust on the Diamond This is the portrait of a pitcher. The subject?— righthander Bob Gehrett, ace of the Lion pitching staff, and captain of the team. Gehrett is a familiar sight to College baseball fans who follow the team faithfully. This is his third year of varsity ball under Coach Joe Bedenk, and prior to that he pitched freshman ball for one season back in 1941. Over this four year stretch the tall righthander has won 15 ball games while dropping only 3 for a percentage of .833. A native of Lewistown, Bob began his baseball career for the Lions back in 1941 as a freshman. That year he pitched in three contests and emerged with a record of two victories and one defeat. War interrupted both his scholastic and baseball career from the fall of 1942 until March of 1946. Bob stayed away from the dia mond sport for a short while after his return from the army because he feared that a shrapnel. wound which left several bone chips in his elbow had ended his playing career. Love of the game and the urg ings of Ken Yount, star of last year's team, and Bedenk, drew him back into baseball togs late in March of 1946, however. He finished the season that year with a spotless record, five wins and no defeats. It dispelled all fears that he was through as a pitcher. Gehrett, although he's a big man, isn't a fast ball pitcher wno likes to powder them past the hitters. He depends chiefly on control and a pretty good curve to carry him past the rough spots. All summer he's been develop ing a new pitch, a knuckler simi lar to the one used by Dutch Leonard of the Phils. The first Stickmen Batt In West Point Tilt Tomorrow The Lion lacrosse team jour neys to Hudson river territory for a game with a highly regard ed Army stick combination to morrow afternoon. Coach Nick Thiel will send the Blue and White lacrossemen after their sixth victory, and the Nit tanyites will b e seeking to end their two-game losing streak. The West Point ten rolled up a-record of 10 wins and two loss es last year, and have won 5 while dropping two this season. The Cadet losses were inflicted by Johns Hopkins, defending Na tional champion, and the Mt. Washington Lacrosse Club, Na tional Open titlists. However, Army lacrosse stock soared to a new high last week when the Cadets thrashed prev iously unbeated Maryland by a 10-1 count. The Cadet ten, which is coached by Morris Touchstone, Clover Club Picnic The annual Clover Club picnic for College agronomists will be held at Whipple's Dam Sunday afternoon. A softball game be tween the students and faculty will be staged at 4 o'clock. WSSF Dance The Newman Club and Phi Kappa fraternity will sponsor a benefit dance for World Student Service Fund at the Phi Kappa house on Sunday, May 16. No ad mission will be charged, but do nations to WSSF will b e accepted. Music will continue from 7 to 11 p.m. lEd Head Attends S. Lewis Land, head of the de partment of industrial education, is attending th e North Atlantic Regional Conference on indus trial education in New York City this week. The United States Office of Ed ucation calls meetings of this type annually to co-ordinate new methods of industrial training among supervisors, their assist ants and teacher trainers. Ag-Home Ec Picnic The annual Ag Hill-Home Eco nomics picnic will be held in Hort Woods from 1 to 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. In case of rain it will be held in the Stock Pavilion. Tickets will be sold at the picnic grounds. By Red Roth time he really used the pitch was on Wednesday against Duquesne University in a game which the Lions won 4-1. . Gehrett himself • doesn't know what's going to happen when the ball leaves his hand. "Usually it drops," he said, "but sometimes it turns into an up shoot, inshoot, or what have you. I haven't the slightest idea whan I throw it what the ball will do." Although Bob loves the game, he isn't planning on a major league career. He has a job in his chosen field, chemical engineer ing, waiting for him when he graduates, and only a very attrac tive offer could make him leave it. "My greatest thrill in college baseball," Gehrett answered in reply to a query," was being elect ed captain of this year's Lion baseball team." e Army Squad is captained by John McEnery, an outstanding defenseman. The Nittany stickmen hope to break into the win column after losing contests to Navy and Syr acuse. The Army clash will be the last away game for State, for Colgate invades the Lions' lair next Saturday. The starting lineup for the Thielmen will probably be the same as that which started the Syracuse game, but John Finley may replace George Locotos at a midfield spot. The probable lineups PENN STATE ARMY Hollenbach G Ruat 3zadziewlez D McEnery Kissell II Gerometta smith D Lange Nolan M Allen Baer M Hartinger Loeotos or Finley M Ford Lorenz A Marley Deltield A Bradley Thomas A Egbert News Briefs Glee Club Members of the Glee Club at tending the Dedication Service at Boalsburg will assemble in front of the Corner Room at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Transportation will be provided. Attendance of every one is requested. ILSA Party The Lutheran Student Associ ation will hold a surprise party at the Grace Lutheran Church 7:30 o'clock tonight. ?he evening will end with a wiener roast at Fairmont Park. Delta Sigma Pi All members of the last pledge class of Delta Sigma Pi, com merce honorary, are asked to pick up their shields at Student Union today. Hills! Foundation Special services will be con ducted at the Hillel Foundation at 8 o'clock tonight in conjunc tion with the establishment of the Jewish State in Palestine. New Catalog The 1948-49 catalogs are now available in 109 Old Main, Wil liam S. Hoffman, dean of admis sions, said recently. Forty Mothers Attend More than 40 persons attended the Mother's Day demonstrations and buffet luncheon served by home economics students at the College on Saturday morning. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA 'Golfers Need Luck'Coach "We'll need a little luck to make a good showing this year," replied Coach Rutherford when asked about the Blue and White's chances in the Eastern Intercolle giate Golf Association finals at Atlantic City tomorrow. "As you probably know, Georgetown is our first opponent and, although we have beaten them twice, scores can be mis leading. The two games we played with them were close all the way, and the fact that we played on our own links helped us a lot." But even so, Coach Rutherford isn't too pessimistic. "The team is stronger now than when we played our first game with Georgetown. So with just a lit tle luck, we'll have a good chance to finish near the top. Of course, every man will have to be on his toes, because a little misplay can mean the difference between a win and a loss." Whether the golf mentor is su perstitious is not known, but he plans no changes in the winning combination that teed off at Pittsburgh last weekend. Cap tain Don Hart, Jerry Smith, Alan Hack, Tom Smith, Jim Noble and Joe Boyle represented the Col lege at the EIGA semi-finals at Pittsburgh. Narrowing the field to eight men, the intramural golf putting to'urnament moved into the third round of play. In the second round, Bill Shade, DU, defeated Paul Holder, Phi Kappa Psi; John Swigart, Phi Sigma Kappa, eliminated Don Clem, Sigma Nu; George Kuzman, Theta Kappa Phi, won over Bob Lindy, Phi Epsilon Pi; Bob Ritt master, Phi Epsilon Pi, set down Bob Stirling, Delta Tau Delta. Bert Agnew, Sigma Phi Epsilon. eliminated Bill Brown, Sigma Nu; Bob Meinken, Phi Kappa Psi, won over John Roy, Phi Sigma Kappa; George Schautz, DU, defeated Jim Kjellman, Sigma Chi; Willard Agnew, Sigma Pi Epsilon, won over Reginald Kimble, Phi Kappa Psi. In horseshoe pitching elimina tions, eight fraternities advanced to the semi-finals this week. Winning houses are Delta Up silon, Acacia, Kappa Delta Rho Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Zeta and Triangle. Intramural soccer eliminations will go into the quarter-final round next Tuesday when eight teams vie for the fraternity championship. In Tuesday night's contests, Phi Epsilon Pi scored the largest number of points in the tourney thus far when they swamped Sig ma Phi Sigma, 4-0. In other games, Chi Phi blanked Sigma Phi Alpha and ZBT blanked Theta Xi by identical 1-0 counts. PiKA won the fourth contest of the evening by downing SPE, 2-0. Major League Results AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Only games scheduled Standings Team W L Pct. Team W L Pet. Phila. __ 12 6 .706 Wash'gt'n 8 9 .471 Cleveland ll 5 .688 St. Louis 6 7 .462 New York 12 6 .667 Detroit _ sl2 .400 Boston 910 .474 Chicago__ 313 .168 Today's Games St. Louis at Detroit Washington at Boston Philadelphia at New York Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE ' Yesterday's Results Brooklyn 9, Cincinnati 3 New York 5, St. Louis 0 Boston 2, Chicago 0 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (night) Standings Team W L Pet. Team W L Pct. St.Louis_ 10 6 .625 Phila._ ._ 11 10 .524 tiewYork 11 7 .611 Boston__ 910 .474 Pittab'gh 10 8 .556 Chicago _ 711 .589 Brooklyn 10 9 .526 Cincin'ti_ 715 .318 Today's Games Boston at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at St. Louis Cincinnati at Chicago Only games echeduleel NOT PESSIMISTIC Intramurals Golf C::] Horseshoes E::3 Soccer Lion Nine Villanova Opening their third invasion of foreign soil, the Lion diamod men face Villanova this afternoon at the Wildcat's field. Cy Miller is slated to open on the hill for th e Blue and White is an attempt to stretch the home team's embryo wismng streak to three in a row. Opposing the Lion ace will probably be righthander Ben Dorko hue, veteran of the Villanova mound staff, or Bob Green, who bad a perfect 3-0 record last season, his first year on the squad. Perennially a power in Eastern baseball circles, this year's Wild cat team is no exception. Coach Philip (Lefty) Weinert Cy Miller has a well-balanced club com posed mainly of sophomores, but with enough veterans to steady the youngsters. LITWA STARS Outstanding among the hold overs is outfielder Al Litwa, rated one of the hardest hitting ball hawks in recent Villanova his tory. The husky fly-chaser special izes in extra-base clouts. So far this year he has enjoyed a ban ner season, one of his best days being at the expense of Williams College. In that contest Litwa clubbed a homer, a double and single to drive in three tallies and scored two himself. Another regular back from last year's team is third baseman Norm Kline. Kline is also noted as a slugger of sorts, and has slapped out two round trippers this year. Four of the top rookies on the Mainliners squad are outfielders Mike Donaghue and Charley Comerford, and infielders Pete D'Ambrosio and Lar r y Aigel diner. 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One of these defeats was a 9-8 loss to ibe Nittany nine at New Beaver Field. Following today's contest the Lions move on to Annapolis far a clash with the Naval academy tomorrow afternoon. • Tomorrow's contest promises to give the Lions their stiffest op position of the current baseball year. NAVY LEADS At present Navy is sitting atop the Eastern Intercollegiate Base ball League, undefeated in cir cuit competition. Bedenk's choice to start tomor row's game is a toss-up, but there is a possibility he may send Captain Bob Gehrett, number one man of the staff, against the Middies to gain this important win. If he works tomorrow, he will be going against the Midshipmen with only three days rest. Wed nesday afternoon he hurled a five-hitter to lead the Blue and White baseballers to a 4-1 win over Duquesne University. PENN STATE VILLANOVA Solomon 26 kisieldiner, as Hackman, es Kline. 3b Stark, if Liters, of Potskktn, of Price, lb Wertz, lb Mont. rf rkae, rf 11/Olken, Holten, lb O'Malley, e Holler, e D'Ambrosio, 2b Miller. p Donohoe or Green., WHO CITIS THE MYSTERY IZEN? You Might Know and Wins TUNE IN THE UNDINE HOUR EVERY FRIDAY 7:00 P.M. WMAJ
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