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List Hurls One-Hitter
In IMSoftball Race
ATO'S Outlast DU'S 1-0;
Beta's Take Disputed Tilt
Frank List, Chi Phi’s sensational pitching star, is fast becoming
the most talked-about softball tosser in intramural ranks.
List, Tuesday night, racked up his second straight shutout vic
tory, this time a one-hitter over Alpha Chi Rho, to give his mates
a 7-0 win and a third-round berth in the fast-moving tourney.
The Chi Phi’s jumped all over
Bill Schoaf of the losers for three
markers in the initial frame, add
ed three in the fifth and another
in the sixth for the easy win.
ATO • DU
But List’s superb mound job
was overshadowed by the replay
of the Alpha Tau Omega - Delta
Upsilon battle deadlocked with a
resounding Bill Nagom v homer
last Friday night.
Friday’s tilt ended in a 1-1 tie,
and both squads fought nine more
innings Tuesday before the ATO’s
produced a game-winning single
with the bases loaded.
Bob Hicks was on the mound
for the DU’s again, but this time
his backers forgot to supply him
with that single run that might
have meant victory.
Bob ITerr,tine of the victors
matched him pitch for pitch, and
the two might have continued in
definitely if the ATO’s hadn’t
socked Hicks for that run in the
last of the ninth, for a 1-0 win.
With all the scoring coming in
The Nitlony Realm
Continued from page five
the hurdles and dashes for a triple win to lead the Lions to a
58%-52% win over vaunted Notre Dame.
HIGH SCHOOL STAR
The Altoona-born Gehrdes has always been a track natural.
During his sophomore year in high school he ran the century dash
in 10.6 besides capturing District 6 high jump laurels.
His hurdling talents became evident his junior year at Altoona.
At the 1943 PIAA-track championships Jim came to his own. He
ran the 220-low hurdles in 22.3 seconds and the 120-high hurdles in
14.8, thus setting two PIAA-schoolboy records.
After a short “vacation with Uncle Sam,” Gehrdes returned to
the hurdling wars. Wanting to matriculate in a midwestern school
he enrolled at Drat' University, Des Moines, lowa.
But after a ycai .; stay at Drake, Gehrdes returned to the Key
stone State. “The Nose,” as his fraternity brothers commonly call
him, then enrolled at the College. Drake’s loss was the Lions’ gain—
tenfold at least.
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES
His outdoor record shines. He garnered a triple win at Michigan
State, winning the 100-yard dash, 120-vard high and 220-low hurdles.
He set a Penn State record at the Middle Atlantic AAU’s in the
high hurdles with a 14.2 clocking.
Jim trains vigilantly to keep his weight down to the 150-pound
mark, yet likes to eat, “most anything” as he puts it. But banana
cream pie is still at the top on his list of favorites.
Much of Gehrdes’ success can be traced back to the expert
schooling of Nittany track coach Chick Werner. As Jim says, “I
give Chick a ‘helluva’ lot of credit for making a pretty good hurdler
out of a mediocre one.”
By Bob Kotzbauer
the sixth inning, Phi Gamma Del
ta pummeled Pi Lambda Phi, 7-2,
in another second-round contest,
and the independent Ramblers
finally found the weak-spot in the
American Society of Civil Engin
eers’ armor to sink the society,
6-3.
Wednesday night, Beta Theta
Pi reversed the tables on Sigma
Alpha Epsilon in the game that
the IM department ordered re
played after Monday’s SAE win.
The two teams that had pound
ed out a total of 22 runs between
them two nights before, fought to
a 1-1 stalemate Wednesday, until
in the last of the ninth, the Beta’s
put together four hits for the
winning run. The final score was
2-1.
The Penn State Club and Cody
Manor played off their Monday
6-6 tie, PSC pushing out into the
lead in the second inning and
holding the van all the way for a
5-2 win.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Weekend Sports Schedule
4 p.m.—
Baseball: Pittsburgh. . . Home
Lacrosse:
Hobart Geneva. N. Y.
Tennis:
Colgate .. .Hamilton. N. Y.
TOMORROW
1 p.m.—
Track: Michigan Staie..Home
2:30 p.m.—
Baseball: Pittsburgh.. .Home
4 p.m.—
JV Lacrosse:
Swarthmore Center.. Home
Lacrosse:
Colgate .. .Hamilton. N. Y.
Tennis:
Syracuse.. Syracuse. N. Y.
Golf:
E.I.G.A. Atlantic City, N. J.
Par—" One of Those Things"
To Golf Mighty Mite Smith
When Tommy Smith. Nittany Lion golfer, shot an average of
69% in four matches in the Regional E.I.G.A. last weekend, his par
and sub-par scores were nothing new to him. Little Tom has been
working at the game since he was “old enough to hold a stick” and
has learned to use it well enough to become a threat to par he is
likely to encounter on any course.
Being interrupted from a few
Well-earned winks of sleep did not
dim the good nature and quiet
manner of the junior Lion sen
sation, as he submitted to quest
ioning concerning the whys and
wherefores of the great game of
golf he has been playing for Coach
Bob Rutherford.
Golfing Family
It all began before Tom was
born. In fact, it began with the
birth of the first of five sons to
Mrs. Smith. Golf balls were as
prevalent in the Smith household
as silverware, so it was natural
that Tom should one day trip
over one and decided to try hid
ing a few in the cups of the
Greensburg Country Club greens.
Watching his brothers, he natural
ly thought the easy way was with
a putter. That’s the way 'he’s been
doing it ever since.
When the small-framed links
man moved out to the Penn State
golf course last year to try out
for the varsity, team play was
not exactly new to him. In his
sophomore year at Greensburg
High School, Tom qualified for
and played in the P. I. A. A. finals
here. That was before he had
made a name for himself in the
Greensburg district as an up and
coming golfer.
C & F Major
Following a two-year hitch in
the Navy, Tom entered Penn
State in the commerce and
finance curriculum, the business
field being another tradition in
the Smith family. Last year, his
sophomore year, the Lion star
made the team that went unde
feated in eight matches to win
the E. I. G. A. title. Tom has
noticed a general improvement in
his play since last year.
“Bob Rutherford has given me
a lot of good points,” he said.
With the entirely new team we
have this year, Bob has done quite
a bit in the way of inspiring con
fidence among the players*.”
Smith asserts that although his
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By Frank Conti
Lion Golfers To Enter
Final ElGATournament
Field At Rivervale Country Club
Includes Yale, Navy, Brown
The Penn State golfers, newly crowned regional E.I.G.A. cham
pions, left yesterday for New Jersey where they will take part in
the finals to be held at the Rivervale Country Club. The tournament
field will be made up of four regional winners which include Penn
State, Yale, Navy and Brown.
Coach Bob Rutherford left with a seven-man squad and one
alternate on the three day trip.
By leaving yesterday, the team
will have an opportunity to try
the unknown course at least once
It's In the Family
TOMMY SMITH
approach shots are probably the
best part of his game, he practices
more on his putting. These long
hours of practice must account for
the Lion sensation’s ability to
threaten to break par on any
course he has played.
The Nittany golfer thinks his
best game was played on the Mt.
Union course in which he shot
a record three under par 72, to
qualify for last year’s State
Legion tournament.
As for going professional, Tom
has turned thumbs down on
that.
“I’ll enter the business field
just as my brothers have done,”
says the Lion sparkplug.
One thing is certain. If the
business he enters has a record
to be broken, par breaking Tom
Smith will be out to crack it.
First Aide
New football aide, Sever Tor
etti, already has assumed his new
duties. He was asked to report
May 1 when Earle Edwards, the
former first assistant, left the
campus to assume his new posi
tion as end coach at Michigan
State.
ERIDAY, MAY 13, 1949
before actual play starts tomor
row.
Elimination Matches
The match will be an elimina
tion, the two morning winners
playing the afternoon contest for
first and second positions, while
the two forenoon losers will vie
for third and fourth places in the
afteT lunch rounds. Penn State’s
first match is scheduled with Yale.
Making the trip are Joe Boyle,
Lion captain, Tom Smith, George
Mazanowski, Joe Durniak, Marvin
Goldenberg, Tom Yerkes, and
Rav Artz with Bob Kunkle listed
as alternate. This is the third year
in succession that the Nittany
golfers have made the trip to the
E.I.G.A. finals. Joe Boyle and
Tom Smith are the only Lions on
this year's squad who are making
the trip for the second time.
Record
The varsity linksmen have a
season’s record of four won and
one lost in dual meet competition
and three won and one lost in
E.I.G.A. play. The Lions won four
straight dual meets after dropping
their first to Georgetown, and lost
only to Cornell in E.I.G.A. play
here.
Shoe Tossers
Win 2nd Round
Eight horseshoe doubles com
binations tossed their way into
the IM tournament’s quarter
final round this week.
Alpha Zeta won its second
straight match defeating Sigma
Chi, 21-4, 21-3, as Jim Yetter and
Olin Simpson tossed ringers for
the victors against Bill Phillips
and Ed Root of Sigma Chi.
Bill Belden and Bill Cregar,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, chalked up
two straight wins, first downing
Bob Wampler and Vane Lee
Henry, Phi Gamma Delta, 21-4,
21-6, then dropping Howard
Bland and Gil Goldstein, Beta
Sigma Rho, 21-8 10-21, 21-2.
Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma
Nu also played into the quarter
finals with second-round victor
ies. Jack Hanby and Pen Hallo
well, Alpha Gamma Rho, dropp
ed George Freeman and Bob Pat
novich, Phi Kappa Tau, 21-3, 21-
11, after the latter combination
had dropped Martin Rice and Bill
Hoffman,, Delta Sigma Phi.
Sigma Nu won two victories:
Phil Monaghan and John Kulp
of that house defeated Bill
Kjelgaard and Hal Fink, Sigma
Phi Alpha, 21-11, 16-21, 21-7, then
beat Art Lorber and Myron Sloan,
Zeta Beta Tau. 21-19, 7-21, 21-8.
Trackmen—
Continued from page five
ches last year. Ed Yorkgitis, Theta
Kappa Phi, holds the broad jump
mark at 20 feet, 3% inches.
Eugene C. Bisehoff, intramural
director, yesterday warned all
men entered in the running
events to bring their physical ex
amination cards with them for
the time trials Monday.
Scoring will be as follows: first
place, 5 points: second place, 4
points; third, 3 points; fourth,
4, and fifth place, 1 point.
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