FKIDAY, MAY «, 1»4»
Bedenk Choses Bair
To Face Dickinson
Bill Bair, sophomore righthander, will take the mound today
against Dickinson for his first action since he spun a 4-hitter in the
10-1 Swarthmore win April 14.
Coach Joe Bedenk’s once-beaten baseballers left State College
early this morning for Carlisle, where today’s game will be played
Tomorrow, Navy plays host to the Nittany batsmen at Annapolis, Md
Bair’s batterymate will be Jack
Kurty, who is currently batting
at a .333 clip.
Miller of Tkac
Coach Bedenk was undecided
on his hurler for the clash with
the Sailors tomorrow, but planned
to use either A 1 Tkac or Cy Mil
ler, with Clarence Buss catching.
Miller copped his third on Wed
nesday, setting Gettysburg down
with six hits as the Lions tri
umphed, 4-1. In his last two
starts, Miller has limited the. op
position to a total of eight hits.
Joe. Tocci is a potential starter
at second base in place of spunky
Gene Solomon, but it is likely
that Solomon will take to the field
when the game begins.
“I might use Tocci at second,
but I hate to break up a winning
combination,” Bedenk said.
In addition to Bair and Kurty,
the Lion lineup will be composed
of hard-hitting Dick Wertz, first
base; Solomon or Tocci, second;
Captain Hal Hackman, short
stop; and Bill Tegtmeyer, third
base. Hen Albright, Bill Ondick,
and Stan Laganosky will com
prise the Blue and 'White outfield.
Seven Pilchers
Seven pitchers are included on
the traveling squad which left to
day. Bair, Miler, Tkac, Jim Mas
ticola, Warren Travers, Bill Bqn
yista and Bill Brown are the toss
ers making the two-day jaunt.
Dick Ford, sub catcher, and
utility out-fielder Dwen Dougher
ty also made the trip to Carlisle
and Annaopolis.
Next home engagement for the
Statemen is with Villanova’s
Wildcats Tuesday.
Fraternities Active
In IM Golf Tourney
In the opening round of the
intramural golf tournament Al
pha Tau Omega blanked Pi
Lambda Phi, 6-0; Beta Theta Pi
trampled Alpha Gamma Rho,
6-0; Phi Delta Theta defeated
Delta Chi, 6-0; Pi Kappa Phi
whitewashed Sigma Phi Sigma,
6-0'; and Sigma Phi Epsilon won
over Lambda Chi Alpha, 6-0.
Acacia won over Alpha Chi
Rho, Alpha Phi nosed out Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, 4-2; Delta Up
silon defeated Alpha Chi Sigma,
and Sigma Pi out-drove Phi Ep
silon Pi.
Joe Does Capture
IM Volleyball Title
Joe Does captured the IM inde
pendent volleyball crown at Rec
Hall Idesday by defeating the
Ridge Runners, 15-4, 9-15 and 15-
12.
Sparked by A 1 Tkae, the Joe
Does had no "trouble taking the
first game but ran into consider
able trouble in the second and
third matches when the Runners,
paced by Bob Czapiewski, ex
tended tre winners to the limit.
The victorious squad is made up
of Tkac, Doqg Shearer, Steve
Varga, Al Kline, Jim Masticola
and Spence Boyer.
The Runners’ roster includes
Wilbur Hankey, Glenn Haney,
Millard Groben, Dennis Wolf,
Paul Shogren, Walt Edinger and
Czapiewski.
Coaching Job
Paul “Manny” Weaver, former
Penn State gridder and pro
fessional football player, was re
cently appointed coach of the
Mifflinburg High School football
team.
During the 1948 football sea
son, Weaver acted as a scout for
the .Penn State team.
First Grid Mooting
Purdue and Penn State will
meet on the gridiron for the first
time at Lafayette, lad., in 1951.
By Ed Watson
DICK WERTZ
Softball, Tennis Take IM
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Alpha Chi Sigma Trimphs:
4-Hitter Downs Sigma Nu, 2-1
Bunching three hits for a pair of runs in the fourth inning Wed
nesday night, Alpha Chi Sigma bumped Sigma Nu out of the intra
nural softball tourney, 2-1.
Both Jack Brukner of the winners and Joe Colone drew the strings
on the hitters, each allowing only four bingles, but the Alpha Chi’s
could boast the more timely socking.
Sigma Nu came back in the
last of the fourth to put Brukner
in trouble, but the -winning
moundsman had enough to get
out of the jam with only one run
scored against him.
Acacia wasted no time putting
its game with Lambda Chi Al
pha on ice for pitcher Charley
Hable. Batting around in the
first inning, the Acacians plugged
for 10 big. tallies, then added
three in the sixth for a 13-7
victory.
Sigma Pi battered Jack Kemper
of Theta Kappa Phi for an easy
12-7 triumph. The winning runs
came in the middle stanzas when
the Sigma Pi’s tallied 11 times.
ASCE WINS HANDILY
The American Society of Civil
Engineers continued to wallop its
adversaries by wicked counts last
night as they downed the Mac
Hall Waiters, 10-1. In two gatriqs,,
the ASCE. has pounded out a
total of 23 counters while holding
its opponents to 6 tallies.
Tuesday night, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon exploded in the late in
nings to down Tau Kappa Ep
silon, 9-5; Delta Sigma Phi’s six
runs in the third inning proved
plenty of margin over Kappa
Sigma as Marty Costa “Black
welled” a shutout job.
PiKA'S TRIUMPH
Pi Kappa Alpha piled up a 12-0
lead, then coasted to a 12-9 vic
tory over Sigma Phi Epsilon for
its second straight triumph; and
the Penn State Club and Galla
gher’s Cruisers punched furious
ly for seven frames before the
PSC emerged with an 11-10 win.
Mary’s Muggs won a protest
on the 1 300 Club’s victory Mon
day night.
Tonight, Delta Upsilon and Al
pha Tau Omega, past winners by
heavy scores, meet at 6:30 p.m.
At the same time, Phi Delta
Theta and Alpha Sigma Phi bat
tle for their second wins, and
Delta Tau Delta takes on Alpha
Zeta, All the former games are
on the New Beaver Field dia
monds.
In the independent tourney,
Mary’s Muggs meet Penn Haven
on the golf course field at 6:30
p.m.
Continued on page ten
THJG Dfuiul uxjuL.s&fls\ry:
Major League Results
AMERICAN LEAfll'E
Wednesday's Results
Washington 8, Chicago 1
New York 10, St. J/oui* 7
Detroit 5, Boston 1
Cleveland 1. PhildnMnhi'i '
Yesterday V Rm»l|*
New York 7, Chicago •>
Detroit 6, Philadelphia i
Cleveland 7, Boston 3
Washington at St. Louis fN)
W T, Prt. W I, Pet,
New York 13 3.813 fhila. 3 3.47!
Cleveland 8 4 .GG? Boston G 8.423
Detroit 9 5.643 Wash'ton 711 .31
Chicago 8 8 ~700 St. Louis 3 12 .200
Standings
Today's Schedule
New York at Chicago
Philadelphia at Detroit
Washington at St. Louis fN)
NATIONAL LEAGI'E
Wednesday’s Results
Brooklyn 5, Cincinnati )
Nrw York 11, Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 7 (N>
Boston l, Chicago 3 tN»
Yesterday’s Results
Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 5
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2
New York 3, Pittsburgh 2 i 10)
Standings
W L Pet. , W L Pet.
Boston 10 G .025' Phils. 8 9.471
New York 9 7 .563 Cincinnati 7 8 .4G7
Brooklyn 9 7 .568 Chicago G 8 .429
St. Loui* 7 7 .500 Pittsburgh 6 10.375
Today’s Schedule
St.' Loufa at New York
Cincinnati at Boston <N>
Chicago at Brooklyn (N»
Pitaburgh at Philadelphia fN)
His Third Bid
Penn State’s Nick Thiel will
coach the all-North lacrosse team
for the third time in the North-
South all-star game at Troy, N.
Y., June 11.
By Bob Kotsbauer
Tennis Singles
Back in Action
Last fall’s tennis singles tourna
ment sprang back into action last
week and Paul Hallman, Sigma
Pi, defeated Dick Schweiker, Phi
Kappa Sigma, 6-1, 7-5, in a cham
pionship flight.
Bill Aiken, Phi Delta Theta,
pummeled Bill Mallory , Phi
Gamma Delta, 6-0, 6-2, to work
himself into the semi-final round
of the fraternity tournament.
In other games, John Kulp, Sig
ma Nu, battered Leonard Bern
stein, Beta Sigma Rho, 11-9, 6-3,
but then lost to Bill Mallory by
forfeit.
Donald Hecker, Phi Sigma Del
ta, socked Harry Colvin, Alpha
Zeta, 6-3, 6-0, and was dropped
by Dick Flemming, Delta Upsilon,
3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Jack Weidenman,
Sigma Nu, won by forfeit over
Ray McClenaghan, Chi Phi.
In the IM doubles Jenkins and
Marker, Phi Sigma Kappa beat
Almon v and Fink, SPA, 3-6, 6-3,
6-3. Krakauer and Effross, P:
Lambda Phi set back Tronzo and
Fahringer, S.P.E. 6-0, 6-2, Nick
ols and Black, Lambda Chi Alpha,
beat Cody and Gainsburg, Zeta
Beta Tau, 7-5, 6-4.
Schimmel and Bachman, Beta
Sigma Rho beat Senior and An
derson, Pi Kappa Phi, 6-1, 7-5,
Hall and Walls, Sigma Pi defeat
ed Brown and Hetrick, Chi Phi,
.3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Luerssen and Ruhl
man, Sigma Chi beat Amprim and
Delp, Kappa Delta .Rho, 6-0, 6-4.
Leib and Flemming, DU beat
Davis and Neville, Delta Chi, 6-0,
6-1, Fisher and Helm, Pi Kappa
Alpha, beat Nickeson and Col
vin, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0. Weidenman and
Atwood, Sigma Nu, defeated Solo
mon and Levine, Sigma Alpha,
6-0, 6-0. Suda and Hetrick, Alpha
Tau Omega, beat Kipfer and Ev
ans of Theta Chi, 8-6 and 6-0.
Stickmen Face Orange
II n Home Comeback Try
Penn Slate’s final home lacrosse tilt of the 1949 season against
Syracuse on New Beaver field Saturday will find the Lions attempt
ing to snap a losing streak which has approached the three-game
mark.
The Orange of Syracuse wil
bearing an unsullied mark of five
ROGER NESTOR
Spotlight
Sigma Nu Enlarges
Intramural Lead;
Phi Delts 2nd
Sigma Nu increased its all-year
point award lead in intramural
athletics by 95 points over sec
ond-place Phi Delta Theta in the
three indoor sports just complet
ed last week.
With returns in for handball
doubles, badminton and volley
ball, Sigma Nu, who has been
ahead of the field lor the entire
season, jumped from 504 markers
to a total of 806, 149 ahead of sec
ond place Phi Delta Theta.
Phi Gamma Delta forged ahead
of Phi Epsilon Pi, and Pi Kappa
Alpha worked itself into a fourth
place tie with the Phi Eps for the
only changes in the first five fra
ternities.
With nine sports completed, this
is the way the top ten fraternities
lineup:
Sigma Nu—Bo6
Phi Delta Theta—6s7
Phi Gamma Delta—4so
Phi Epsilon Pi—437
Pi Kappa Alpha—437
Delta Upsilon—34o
Phi Kappa Sigma—29o
Phi Sigma Kappa—27o
Pi Kappa Phi—267
Sigma Alpha Epsilon—2s6
Sigma Nu racked up its big in
crease in volleyball where the
house grabbed first position and
170 markers. It also took seconds
in handball-doubles, lor 60, and
badminton, for 62 points.
Phi Delta Theta's first place in
badminton and second in volley
ball netted the house a total of
207 markers, but the Phi Delts
failed to earn a point in handball
doubles.
Pi Kappa Alpha’s advance can
be laid to handball-double s where
it earned 85 points for a first spot.
Independents Win—
Milt Silberman and Herb Ross
man grabbed the intramural in
dependent handball champion
ship for doubles last Wednesday
night by downing A 1 Tkac and
Wait Cominski twice, 21-10, 21-
10, on the Rec Hall courts.
The match win was Silber:«**:i-
Rossman’s second straight over
Tkac and Cominski, and then
fourth in a row in the fight for
the crown.
Tkac and Cominski finished
the season as runnerup with a
record of three wins and one
kiss.
By Ray Koehler
I enter Saturday afternoon’s tilt
straight wins which is below par
for (he course. Slate will attempt
to push its own .season mark
above the .500 mark. The Lions
have won three while losing a
like number.
The Slate stickmen will again
be put on their mettle in facing
what has been called the strong
est lacrosse team in the North.
When Virginia recently snapped
R.P.l.'s undefeated streak at 39
games, it automatically put the
Syracusans at the head of the
Northern class.
FIVE STRAIGHT
Syracuse’s most recent victory
came over Union, 11-4, Wednes
day. In order the Orange has
crated CCNY, 17-6; Rutgers, 17-9;
Alumni, 18-7; and Dartmouth, 17-
12. They have one of the highest
scoring machines in the land,
averaging 17 goals per contest. In
its first five contests to date, Syra
cuse has roiled up 80 points.
The Roy Simmons coached out
fit is reputed as having its strong
est pre-war team, standing on a
par with the New York collegians’
lopnotch 1923 international team.
GOOD MIDFIELD
Press releases coming from the
out-of-slate college indicate the
Orange has a hard-driving mid
field, buoyed by a potent close
attack, but represented by a some
what loose defense. Their op
position has rolled up 38 goals for
a game average of 7.3.
It is a big rough squad with
plenty of know-how and stick
handling ability. Also to their ad
vantage, the Orangemen can
muster more reserve strength
this year than has ever been the
case before. Sophomores dot the
roster liberally, especially aiding
the v inside attack spot.
In 1948 Syracuse won eleven
games while dropping only three,
defeating Penn State 9-5. The
New York team holds a 14 to 7
game advantage over State, not
including one lie.
FULLER
The Orange attack will be based
about its All-American midfield
combination, comprising Bill Ful
ler, George Cody and Bill Arch
bold.
The Saltine Warriors’ attack is
improved override 1948 version
(which was dangerous in itself),
with Captain Bob Severance the
recipient of valuable assistance
from Jim DcNicola, Jack Britton,
John Podbielski and Warren Hyde.
Sonny Merritt, classy goalie, is
back for another term, while
gridders Jack Castle, Ted Kubi
hus and Scott Smith will be on
hand fo toss their weight around.
The defense is paced by veteran
Sam Stemple.
PRESS BOX CHATTER: For
Coach Nick Thiel, in addition to
trying to halt his team’s losing
span, Saturday’s game will mean
something extra. It will bring
Together one of those sports oddi
ties—a master versus pupil situa
tion ... in 1933, in the role of an
All-American attackman for Syra
cuse, Thiel played under Sim
mons. The following year, follow
ing his graduation, the present
State mentor served as assistant
to Simmons in a lacrosse* capacity
• • • Coach Thiel, his National
Lacrosse Newsletter, reveals that
Bill Harkness, of Yale, and Ben
Martin, of M.I.T. will be on hand
to aid him as assistant coaches in
the annual North-South webbed
stick game June 11th at Troy
New York . . rumors have it that
1 nil Benedetu, jay vee goal ten
der, may soon be shunted to the
varsity tor a trial and experience
. . . after Wednesday’s 11-9 defeat
to the Penn State junior varsity
Jimmy -Yahoo" Wolf, colorful
and dynamic Harrisburg Center
gencial, found that the game
wasn't the only thing which was
lost . . . anybody see anything of
a hoarce voice floating around'*
. traditional steeped Syracuse
ranks as one of Penn State’s old
est rivals on the lacrosse field,
starting relations in 1916, three
years alter the Lions fust stick
contest in 1913.
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