'WLIINESDAY, APRIL 21, 1940
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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.
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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
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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. Tocci
and Worley will meet tomorrow
night at Rec Hall.
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olano, Ogden, Lawther and Gray
for the vacant positions.
The other four singles spots
have already been filled by Beck
hard, Howells, Aiken and Landon.
In the doubles, Beckhard and
Landon shape up as the number
one pair with Howells and Aiken
ready as the second duo. Either
Lawther or Gearhart will team
up Gray for the third pair.
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)
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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.
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