FRIDAY. MAY 20. 1049 Wertz' Average Still Rising In Nittany Hitting Contest Penn State’s baseball Lions, heading into the homestretch of the 1949 season, are still led in batting by their slugging first, sacker. Dick Wertz. In the two games with Pittsburgh and Wednesday’s clash with Bucknell, Wertz boosted his hitting average to .422. The lefthanded clouter also heads the team in two other depart- ments, and is tied for the first spot in another. He has tapped out the most hits, 19, and has smashed 4 doubles. In addition, he is one of the five Nittanies who have smacked home runs this year. EXTRA. BASES In the . last two games, the Lions have gone on an extra base hitting spree, marking up a triple and two home runs in the second tilt with Pitt, and hitting four doubles and a four-bagger against Bucknell. Little Joe Tocci, who has been playing regularly since the game with Navy, has climbed into the second spot in the charmed circle. Tocci is batting a very respect able .391. Clarence “Buss” Buss raised his average seven points and grabbed a firmer hold on the third spot. The Nittany catcher has hit enemy pitching for a .360 mark. 11-GAME STREAK Captain Hal Hackman, who pulled his average aboye the :300 mark in the Bucknell duel, owns a hitting streak of II consecu tive games. “Hack” was held hit less in the season’s second game, which the Lions won from Penn, 12-10, but that is the only game in which he has failed to connect. Hackman, the Nittanies’ mer cury-footed shortstop, has stolen bases 18 times, and is the top run scorer with 16. The speedy team leader has pilfered home three times thus far. Catcher Jack Kurty has hit two triples to head the squad in that department, while Stan Laganosky, Hen Albright, Hack man and Bill Ondick, in addition to Wertz, have clubbed home runs. Cy Miller, with six wins, tops the pitchers, but is only third best in average. A 1 Tkac, with three victories, and Bill Bair, with two, boast 1.000 percentages, while Miller was on the mound when the Blue and White lost to Rutgers. Miller, the ace of the staff, has pitched better than 59 innings and has given up but forty-one hits. His strikeout total has reach ed 45. G AB R H Aver. IS 45 13 19 .422 6 23 10 2 9 2 3 3 11 .333 Benyish 18 49 16 15 .306 IS 48 12 13 . .271 18 47 11 12 .266 12 86 10 8 .222 8 24 1 6 .208 Hackman Albright Ondick Tegtmeyer Laganosky 8 33 7 6 .182 Solomon 8 27 7 4 .148 Dougherty 5 14 8 2 .143 Softball Called Rin forced postponement of last night’s intramural softball con tests, now in the semi-final play offs. The teams will play last night’s schedule tonight. Games start promptly at 6:30 p.m. Robertson Wins Putting Tourney Last night Laird Robertson, Delta Upsilon, walked away with top honors in the IM golf put ting tournament. Robertson, who won the All- College golf championship last year, sank two aces, on the tenth and thirteenth holes respectively, to win from Don Clem, Sigma Nu, by a score of ten to eight. Both players were pretty even ly matched through the game. Robertson picked up a one point lead on the thirteenth hole and made the last hole in two shots to win the tournament. Robertson advanced to the finals by defeating Charley Cy phers, Pi Kappa Alpha, 3-2. Clem defeated Carl Goldenberg in the semi-finals, 1 up. Robertson has been active in IM boxing and wrestling also. In his first year at the College he won the IM boxing tournament. Rain Postpones Dorm Softball A cloudburst last night caused postponement of the second game of the Nittany-Pollock champion ship softball playoffs. The score was tied 1-1 in the third inning. Dorm 34, regular season Silver League champion, had men on first and second with two outs when the rains came, Shortly be fore in the same inning Pete Peters had socked a home run to tie the score. Dorm 10; Blue League champ ion, scored first in the game. In the second inning Dick Kepner opened with a line drive homer to centerfield. Although Bartle baugh followed with a single and Olzinski a double, Dorm 10 could not push across another tally. In the top of the third Dorm 34 came back to knot the count on Peters’ home run. Learn sing led, but was out at third after Radomsky’s Schup tar hit to the second basemen, Duriant,. who bobbled the ball, putting Radomsky on second and Schuptar on first with two outs. Here rain stepped in and tHe game was halted. Tom Schuptar started the ab breviated game for Dorm 34 and gave up three hits. Neal Mohler Continued on page six 9 .391 3 9 .360 8 .333 6 .313 FREE CLOTHING REPAIRS We sew on or tighten buttons, meno small pocket holes, tack trouser cuffs, and repair broken belt loops FREE *when you bring your cleaning or quick pressing to Hall's Dry Cleaning Shop. Entrance on Allen St. underneath the Corner Room. Open daily from B—6. Bring youi clothing in today for free repairs' LLEGTAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA THE DAILY CO Major League Results AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday Nlghf. Result* St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 6 Washington 6, Detroit 3 Yesterday’s Results f’leveland 3, New York 2 f'hicago 7. Boston G Detroit 10. Washington 1 Standing* W L Pet. W L Pet. N. Y. 18 10.613 Wa-sh’ton 15 15.500 Detroit 16 12.571 Cleveland 11 12 .IT.’ l rhiln. 15 14.517 Boston 12 14 .462 Chicago 15 14.517 St. Loui* 9 20.310 Today's Games Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston St. Loui* at Washington CNi Detroit at Philadelphia fN) NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Re-ults Rnst.on 3. Pittsburgh 2 New York 6, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia at Chicago, bad weather Brooklyn at St. Louis (N) Standings W L Pet. W L Pet N. Y. 17 11.607 Phila. 13 15.464 Boston 17 11 .607 Pittsburgh 13 16 .448 Cincinnati 15 13.536 St. Louis 10 14.417 Brooklyn 14 13 .519 Chicago 10 16 .385 Today's Games New York at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Chicago Boston nt Pittsburgh fN> Brooklyn at. St. Louis (N) All-Star— Continued from page four expects Navy Coach W. H. “Din ty” Moore, who is handling the South, to base his attack around the high-powered play of All- American attackman, Lee Cham bers. If abundance of All-Americans at one vital spot is an indication of pre-game odds, then the South will draw the nod two to one at the goal spot. In that all-im portant position the North can point to Rust of Army, No. 1 all- American goalie last year. But Navy will supply the number 2 and 3 men with Dick Seth of Navy and Tubbs of Duke. LION SENSATION In the 1948 encounter, mid fielder John Nolan, outstanding Lion grid star now playing pro football with the New York Bull dogs, was the sensation of the game which was played in Balti more. Alternately the villain and then darling of the crowd, the rugged, 200-pounder played a savage midfield game to spark the North to a 15-3 conquest. According to the rules of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Con ference, only seniors may be en tered in the all-star game. Througfi this ruling Coach Thiel’s squad will contain 19 seniors and 2 juniors. The juniors are from Continued on page six In cities and towns all over Pennsyl vania, you'll find telephone men and women There are more than 32,100 of these men and women employed today operating, installing, and maintaining telephone equipment sq that you may enjoy round-the-clock telephone service. You know many of these men and women. They are your friends and neighbors. They share your interest THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA Baseball Team Aims For 3 Weekend Wins Engage Colgate Nine Today Play Syracuse Twice Tomorrow Seeking its 10th straight win, Penn State’s baseball nine tangles with Colgate's powerful diamond aggregation today at Hamilton, N. Y. Coach Joe Bedenk’s Nittanies are fresh from a 7-2 triumph over a plucky Bucknell crew, a team which the Red Raiders from upper New York State trounced by a 19-6 tally two weeks ago Colegate ran roughshod over a fairly good Army team Wednes day. The Raiders ran up a 12-2 count over the Galiffa-powered Cadets The Nittanies,’victors in eleven games and losers of one, play an afternoon' doubleheader with Syracuse tomorrow PITCHER UNCERTAIN Coach Bedenk is still undecid ed as to who will start on the hill for the Blue and White to day. Either A 1 Tkac or Bill Bair will throw for the Lions, but the diamond mentor had not made his final choice when the team left town yesterday after noon. 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Cy Miller may be used in tomorrow’s second garhe, for it is only scheduled to go seven innings. Miller may not be ready, for he blistered a finger on his throwing hand in beating Buck nell Wednesday. Jack Kurty will catch today, v/hile Dick Wertz, Jo Tocci, Cap tain Hal Hackman and Bill Tegt meyer will take the infield posi tions. Hen Albright, Bill Ondick and either Stan Laganosky or Owen Dougherty will make up the Lion outfield. Utility players making the trip include Jim Masticola, Bill Ben yish, Gene Solomon, Clarence Buss, Dick Ford, Warren Trav ers and Bill Brown. in your community, attend your church, send their children to your school, work with you on local charity drives. They shop where you shop, bank where you bank, play where you play. They are, in short, good citizens . . . as important to the welfare of the com munities in which they live as the welfare of the telephone business is important to them. PAGE FTTb, INFIELD 3*sB*.'
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