'WLIINESDAY, APRIL 21, 1940 Between The A NL ... 4 . • Lions uw :„. 1 ;„ ! „,, Via. 9 By Tom Morgan SPORTS EDITOR High Jumper Fritts The life story of Vic Fritts, Nittany Lion high jumper, is an almost incredible one of arduous toil toward athletic proficiency, a goal blcicked for him by a seem ingly insurmountable obstacle—a a mal-formed foot. When Vic was born, doctors were amazed to dis cover that his right foot was turned completely backwards. To correct this, Vic underwent a series of nine operations cover ing a period of 13 years. Through out those 13 years, he was in and out of hospitals: when in, he was flat in bed: when out, he walk ed in either a .plaster . cast or brace. When doctors finally saw fit to release him at the age of 13, he still had to rely on crutches for a year. Then, after his right ankle became stronger, Vic tried out for •freshman basketball at Hatboro high school in suburban Philadelphia. He made a success of it: in his sophomore year he was varsity material as a gang ling center. ..Despite his weaker right foot and ankle (which are even to day not the equal of his left in size and strength), Vic decided to try out for track too. His moth er was unaware that he was high jumping for Hatboro until a week before Vic reached the State finals. He won the State title (1947) by jumping 5 feet 10 1 / 2 inches, later captured the State Teachers College championship as a fresh man at Lock Haven with a jump of 6 feet. As a Penn State soph omore this year, he did 6 feet 2 3 / 4 inches in the IC4-A, has done 6 feet 3 this season in practice trials. Returning to basketball, Vic's second love. he crowned his high school career by captaining. as a senior. Hatboro's best team in 21 years. All this from a guy who was born with feet turned in op posite directions. He turned down a chance to go to Temple on a basketball scholarship, instead came to Penn State for track (without the scholarship, since State doesn't give them.) Vic now says about his right foot, "It's getting stronger all the time. You might even say it's nearly normal" It can be called normal if one discounts the inconvenience of wearing a different size of shoe on each foot for life. That, Vic's right foot is smaller necessitates buying two pairs of shoes at a time. At present it's sizes 9 and 11. Vic has at home an assort ment of about 36 odd shoes— everything from sneakers and dress shoes to loafers and saddle shoes. These are the unworn left overs—down through the years— from Vic's double shoe-buying. IM Softball Teams Start Play Today The thud of bat against soft ball will ring out across four in tramural diamons today when the vanguard of the 1949 IM soft ball season steps into action at 6:30 p. m. Pi Kappa Alpha tangles with Tau Phi Delta on diamond one; Section 10 meets the American Society of Civil Engineers on two; Sigma Phi Alpha bats against Sigma Nu on three; (the three diamonds In the New Beaver area), and Sigma Chi match?s pitches with Phi Sigma Kappa on the golf course diamond. A total of 46 fraternity and 13 independent teams are raring for action in the tournament which this season is hampered by lack of diamonds. However, if the weather is favorable, the IM of fi c e expects t o complete the schedule in good order. All games will be played at 6:30 p. m. Th. toomm's comfit!! 11 4111101 P I # 41+ Image bee ye* sem benne e M. $. Air Mee milker end allot —wet& dheellal THE DAILY COLLEGIA 4 4, irlierLe Cdtfirtit, Nittanies Drop First, 6-2; Face Lafayette Today • NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., April 26—Penn State's baseballers fell victim to Rugers' eleven-hit attack, and suffered their first dia mond defeat today. The score of the tussle was 6-2. Cy Miller was the chief target of the Scarlet batsmen, and was , nsmen clocked nine hits off the charged with the loss. The Que slender Lion righthander in 5 2/3 innings. He was relieved by Bill Benyish and Jimmy Masticola. Southpaw Dick Weber went the distance for the winners, who captured their ninth win in eleven starts. Weber was in hot water three different times, but tighten ed in the pinches against the Nit tanies. THREATEN In the second inning, the Blue and White loaded the bases, but Stan Laganosky flied out to end the threat. Again in the fourth frame, Weber was confronted with the sacks full of Lions. How ever, first sacker Bob Suba made a leaping catch of Joe Tocci's foul pop, and Jack Kurty was picked off third. Captain Hal Hackman fanned to end the in ning. Kurty made up for the pickoff by singling across the Bedenk men's two markers in the fifth stanza. Dick Wertz and Bill On dick had singled, and third sack er Bill Tegtmeyer was hit by a pitched ball. After Kurty's smack, Miller clubbed a liner to center, but it was hauled down and Tegt meyer was doubled at the plate. SCORE IN BURSTS Rutgers scored in bursts of two in the second, sixth and seventh innings. Masticola did a remarkable job of silencing the noisy Rutgers Summary-- Following is a summary of Saturday's track meet in which Penn State trounced Navy and ,Penn: 120-yard high hurdles—Won by Gehrdes, Penn State, second, Okamoto, Penn; third, I Harrison, Penn State; fourth, Woods, Navy. Time-0:14.5. Mile run—Won by Ashenfelter, Penn State; second, Freebairn, Penn State; third, Kirvian, Penn; fourth, Oberholtzer, Navy, Time-4:19. 440-yard run—Won by Strasenburgh, Penn; second, Lockhart, Penn State; third lialdler, Navy; fourth, Hour, Penn State. Time-0 :50. 100-yard dash—Won by Lancaster, Penn State; second, Lamb, Navy; third, Thomas, Penn State; fourth, Robertson, Penn. Time-0 :10. 8140-yard run—Won by McCall, Penn State; second, Koch, Penn State; third,, Parsons, Penn State; fourth, Kirwan, Penn. Times-1:56.7. Shotput—Won by Shearer, Penn State;l second, Beeler. Navy ; third. Detorre,' Penn ; fourth, Drazenovich, Penn State. l Distance-47 feet, 7 inche,. High Jump---Won by Brannon, Navy and Fritts. Penn State; third, Walter, Navy ; fourth, Jones, Penn and Reynolds, Penn State. Height-6 feet. Broad jump-- Won by McCullough, Navy; second, Reynolds, Penn State; third, SW, Navy; fourth, Lancaster, Penn State. Distance-22 feet, 7 1 ,. inches. Pole vault—Won b y Barrow. Navy, and Kirk, Penn; third, Hardy, Navy, and Itumain, Penn State. Height-12 feet. 6 inches. 220-yard dash—Won by Lancaster, Penn State; second, Robertson, Penn; third. 'Phonies, l'enn State; fourth, Lamb, Navy. Time-- 0 :22.. Two-mile run—Won by St_ Clair, Penn State; second. Hart, Penn; third, Bates. Penn State; fourth, Porto, l'enn State. Time-9:18.1. 220-yard low hurdles—Won by Gehrdes, Penn State; second Kennedy. Navy; third, Pramann, Navy ; fourth, Kiri., Penn. Time -- Discus— Won by Moyer, Penn State: second, Smogue, Navy ; third, Beeler, Navy ; fourth. Ely, Penn. Distance-135 feet, s! ; ', inches. Javelin—Won by Oerwig, Penn State; second. Lawrence. Navy; third, White, Penn State; fourth, Simons, Navy. Die tanee--180 feet, 1 inch. Mile relay—Won by Penn State (Boer. Human, Lockhart, Steven,oni ; second, Penn; third, Navy. Time -3:27.2. Team scoring—Penn State 87!,,, Navy 12!, Penn 32. Major Home Meets Michigan State and Notre Dame both are carded for track meets at Penn State in May. Treble Singers Concert Friday, April 29 MOO P. M. SCHWAS AUD. ADMISSION FREE Special to The Daily Collegian bats in his relief stint of one and two-third innings, allowing only one ^afety. • Today, Al Tkac will attempt to put the Lions back on the win ning trail against powerful Lafay ete in a clash at Easton. Clarence "Buzz' Buss will do the catching. Lafayette copped the District 2 NCAA honors in 1948. Blue and White Tennis Team Battles Bucknell in Opener Sherm Fogg's Penn State tennis squad leaves at 12:30 today for Lewisburg and the opening of its 1949 campaign with Bucknell. The traveling roster includes Captain Herb Beckhard, Lonny Landon, Jim Howells, Bill Aiken, Bob Ogden, Frank Pessolano, George Law ther, Jerry Gearhart, Bill Gray and Head Manager Bill Brickford. Little is known about the Bisons except that they are expected to provide stiff competition for the Foggmen, who will stage their home inaugural Saturday against a potentially-powerful Colgate squad. A spirited battle was still in progress last night .for two un filled singles spots. Fogg said that he would choose among Pess- Sigma Nu. Cops V-Ball Crown Sigma Nu-A annexed the IM volleyball fraternity champion ship last night by defeating Phi Delta Theta-A, 15-9 and 15-12, at Rec Hall. Sparked by John Kulp and George Ralston, the Sigs were in no trouble to speak of and won going away. Kulp •was es pecially outstanding in his spik ing, and, with Ralston, scored the majority of their team's points, Kenny Weiss, John Smidansky, John Steimer and the other Sigs contributed a big share to the' victory with their excellent set ups. For Phi Delta Theta, John Daugherty, John Hagerman and Joe Porter stood out in defeat with their spiking efforts. They were ably helped by Jack Sheehe, Bill Aiken and Vince O'Bara, who set up the plays and were out standing in defense. Aiken Outhits Lieb In IM Badminton Bill Aiken, Phi Delta Theta, slammed into the tournament semi-finals in intramural bad minton at Rec Hall Monday night. Pounding the bird for 15-6, 15-11 victories over Ted Lieb, Phi Kappa Sigma, Aiken chalked up his sixth win without a loss. He will meet the winner of the Joe Tocci - Jim Worley duel for the fraternity championship. 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Besides the Red Raiders from Colgate, the schedule lists Du quesne, Bucknell, Washington & Jefferson, Pittsburgh and Syra cuse as teams to meet the Lions on the home courts. Away contests are slated with Bucknell, Navy, Lehigh, Colgate and Syracuse with the last three teams being met May 11-14 on the State eastern tour. Major League Results AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results New York 5, Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 1, St. Louis 0 Detroit 6, Chicago 2, Ist Detroit 7, Chicago 6, 2nd (10) Washington at Boston, rain Standings W L Pet., W L Pct. New York 7 1 .876 Chicago 5 4 .567 Detroit 6 2 .714 Boston 3 4 .429 Cleveland 4 2 .667 St. Louis 1 7 .125 Phila. 6 4 .558 Wash'ton / 7 .125 Today's Games Philadelphia at Boston Chicago at Cleveland St. Louis at Detroit New York at Washington (IV) NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday Night's R4UIOIIII Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 2 St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 3 Yesterday's Results Brooklyn 5, Boston 2 Philadelphia 12, New York 11 (11) Cincinnati at St. Louis, rain Standings W L Pet. W L Pet. Brooklyn 5 8 .625 St. Louis 3 3 .500 New York 4 3 .571 Cincinnati 3 3 .600 Pittsburgh 4 3 .671 Chicago 3 4 .429 Boston 4 4 .600 Phila 3 6 .333 Today's Games Brooklyn at New York Cincinnati at Chicago Boston at Philadelphia (N) Pittsburgh ■t St. Louis (N) A Broadway Hit, Light Romantic Comedy! ALL DESCRIBE THE PLAYERS' PRODUCTION "JOHN LOVES MARY" TO NI GIVEN IN SCHWAS AUDITORIUM MAY 5,6, 7 TICKETS GO ON SALE NOON, MONDAY, MAY 2 AT THE BOX OFFICE IN STUDENT UNION Golfers Clash With Bisons On Home Links Back in home territory after last week's matches with George town University, Penn State's varsity golfers meet Bucknell University's squad on the College course at 1:30 p. m., today. After tasting defeat for the first time since 194'7 in Friday's match at Washington, D. C., the Nittany golfers started on what they hope will be a new string of vic tories by rebounding to top Georgetown in the final contest on Saturday. The Bucknell match, Nittany home opener, is another non league warm-up for the Eastern Intercollegiate matches next Fri day and Saturday on the varsity's home links. Th e Rutherford coached Lions have one more match this week and one next week with Colgate and Gettysburg to prepare for league play then. In their weekend games, the varsity showed a team which,, al though green, has possibilities of achieving a good record. With only two holdovers from last year in Joe Boyle, Lion captain and Tom Smith, a junior, the squad will meet the Bisons from Buck nell with five new faces. Besides the two veterans there are four sophomores, Ray Artz, Bob Kunkle, Jim Yerkes, and George Mazanowski; and a junior, Marvin Goldenberg, on the Lion team. With 'work progressing on the new fifth and sixth holes the teams will be forced to play the first and ninth holes twice on each round in the match today. 8 IM Soccer Teams Slated for Action Another eight soccer team? break into intramural play on the golf course field today. Theta Kappa Phi meets Alpha Tau Omega and Alpha Chi Sigma kicks against Sigma Pi at 4:34 p.m. Alpha Phi Delta and Theta Chi will play at 5 p.m., the sam time scheduled for the Beta Theta Pi-Chi Phi battle. Article Published "New King of the Hurdles?." an article written by George Vadasz, promotion co-manager elect and soccer and boxing writer of the Daily Collegian. appears in the current issue of Huddle, Western Pennsylvania sports magazine. Subject of the article is Jim Gehrdes, topnotch Lion track hurdler. Solve Your Laundry Problem! Machines will wash your laundry in less than no, time. 9 lbs. for only 30c Quick, Courteous Service MARSHALL'S AUTOMATIC LAUNDRY 454 E. College Ave.—Rear Plenty of Free Parking Space Filled With Laughs! PAGE THREE
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