SATURDAY. MAY 21. 1949
Sports Agenda Continues
Despite Semester Close
Although the Spring semester officially closes at noon today,
Lion tennis, track and baseball forces will not wind up their cam
paigns until June 4 when the Nittany diamond nine lowers the
curtain, on its already successful campaign, against Duquesne at
New Beaver Field.
After closing their short three-game dual-meet slate today, the
Werner-tutored cindermen will
prep for the IC4-A track meet
slated for New York City next
Friday and Saturday. The track
nationals are slated for a later
date this Summer at California.
The Bedenkmen, victors in 11
out of 12 outings, will match base
hits with Bucknell next Tuesday
on the Nittany diamond.
Next Friday and Saturday, May
27 ar.d 28, the Lion-nine will be
the opposition for Washington and
Jefferson’s hitters in another
home engagement.
On June 4 the Nittanies close
their 1949 campaign and against
the highly touted Duquesne Blue
Devils.
Coach Sherm Fogg’s netters end
th: ,r season next Saturday when
they meet, for the second time
this year, the tennismen of Syra
cuse University on the Penn State
courts.
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Baseball—Bucknell, 4 p.m. State College
Mar 24—Baseball—Bucknell—home
Mar 27-28—Track—ICAAAA—New York
Mar 27—Baaeball—W and J—home
Mar 28—Baseball—W and J—home
Mbr 28—Tennis—Syracuse—home
June 4—Baseball—Duquesne—home
IM Activity
Breaks Record
Activity in intramural ath
letics reached an all-time high
this season, with all but two of
the 17 scheduled sports going
over the top in participation.
Approximately 5852 individ
uals played in 1430 different con
tests, according to intramural de
partment statistics released yes
terday. Softball figures were
estimated since the season is not
yet completed.
The figure, 5852, represents
the total of the number of dif
ferent men who engaged in each
sport, a player being counted
only once in each sport no matter
how many games he entered.
Last season th total individual
participation was 5461, represent
ing a gain of 391 this year. Two
hundred, sixty-two more con
tests were played this year than
last, 353 more being scheduled.
Total participation, statistic de
vised by the IM department to
show the number of men- who
played in games regardless of
the number of times they ap
peared in a sport, was 15,128 in
comparison with 12,879 in 1948.
IM Softball
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fifth inning, Jerry Roth was mast
er of the situation as Phi Sigma
.Kappa trounced Alpha Chi Sigma,
11-3, for the other fraternity final
berth.
Chi Phi and Phi Sigma Kappa
meet on New Beaver diamond
three at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the
championship game. In case of
rain, the game will be played at
6:30 p.m. Monday.
Fraternity hitting stars of the
day were Jack Sweigert, Phi
Sigma Kappa, and Wentzler of the
Chi Phi’s. Sweigert socked a triple
to add to a flock of singles by his
teammates in the 11-3 Phi Sig
victory. Wentzler’s homer with
Walt Letkiewicz on base was a
booming blow into left-center
field. It was labeled “game win-
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Thiel Faces 1950 Stick Campaign
With 5 Returning Lettermen
Coach Nick Thiel sat at his desk looking over the roster of
lacrosse warriors returning next year slowly shaking his head, and
the veteran Penn State stick mentor had reason to wonder.
From a list of 21 stickwielders who received letters this year
16 will be graduating this spring, leaving only five experienced
players around which to build State’s 1950 squad.
Those lettermen who will re
turn for another fling next spring
are Ed Belfield, John Hagerman,
Bob Louis, Waldo Weaver and
James Worley.
Even with the 21 veterans, the
Lions, after a hot start this spring,
tapered down until .at the com
pletion of the campaign they bare
ly managed to eke out a plus-. 500
average.
FIVE WINS
When State won its fifth game,
against four losses, it marked the
Nittany Valley college’s 97th win
since its first complete season in
1913.
State opened its 1949 slate with
three consecutive victories over
Penn, 9-3; Western Maryland, 14-
5; and Washington and Lee, 9-4,
before stumbling over a tough
Virginia foe, 8-7.
Returning to State College from
their Southern tour, State’s la
crossers were jolted on successive
Saturdays by three of the East’s
top-ranking aggregations. The
losses were inflicted by Loyola,
6-4; Navy, 19-7 and Syracuse,
12-7.
BEAT HOBART
Smarting from the memory of
four successive defeats, the Lions
made it a five and four season by
staging a grand comeback, toppl
ing unbeaten Hobart, 13-12, and
then trouncing Colgate, 14-2, the
following day.
In nine games Penn State scor
ers tabbed 84 points while at the
same time holding the opposition
to 71 goals. Statistics show the
Lions scoring an average of 9.3
goals per game to the enemies 7.8
per contest.
Navy drove through to score the
most number of points against
Penn State in one game with 19.
State compiled its greatest total
against both Western Maryland
and Colgate’s hapless Red Raid
ers, scoring 14 against both clubs.
BELFIELD, THOMAS
Individual scoring stars during
the season were Belfield, 1950
team co-captain, and Buddy
Thomas, Pittenger award winner.
Belfield scored a quartet of goals
on two occasions, against West
ern Maryland and Hobart. Thomas
got his four against Virginia, in
State’s precedent arc-light en
counter.
Unlike the Penn State basket
ball team which had a record of
eight straight defeats on the road,
Lion lacrossemen • could not point
toward a single win at home, all
five wins coming on foreign
grounds.
ner” from the crack of the bat.
• Playing members of the inde
pendent champion Ramblers will
each receive the standard IM
medal award.
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Thomas, Louis Pace Lacrosse
Buddy Thomas, who was given
this year’s Pittenger award for
outstanding lacrosse services, and
Bob Louis, 1950 co-captain elect,
scored 16 points apiece during
the past season to pace the Penn
State stickmen in individual
scoring.
Scoring six goals in State’s
final two contests, Eddie Bel
field finished strong to take run
nerup laurels with 14 points.
Trackmen—
Continued from vage four
State star at last week s meet with
the Spartans of Michigan State.
However, Coach Werner expects
him to be even better this week.
ONE MORE WEEK
Following this weeks meet, the
Nittany Lions will have one more
test before bringing down the
curtain on the season. Next week
end the Blue and White squad
will travel to New York City for
the annual IC-4A meet.
The following line-up has been
nominated to start for the Nittany
Lions today:
100-yard dash—Wil Lancaster,
George Thomas and Harrison
Feese;
One mile—Horace Ashenfelter,
Bob Freebaim, and Bob Parsons;
440-yard dash Bill Lockhart,
John McCall and Bob Bour.
120-yard high hurdles Jim
Gehrdes, George Kline and Leon
Cottrell;
880-yard dash —Mitch Williams,
Paul Koch and Bob Auman;
220-yard dash Lancaster,
Thomas and Bob Giron;
Two mile—Horace Ashenfelter,
Bill Ashenfelter, John St. Clair
and A 1 Porto;
220-yard low hurdles—Gehrdes,
Kline and Cottrell;
Shot put—Doug Shearer, Chuck
Drazenovich and Bob Krayer;
Pole vault—Ron Coder, Merle
Sieber, Vic Lunch and Chuck De
witt;
High jump Vic Fritts, Bill
Reynolds and Leroy Lewis;
Broad jump Reynolds and
Lancaster;
Javelin Larry Gerwig, Jim
White and Wilson Bertram;
Discus Buck Moyer, Max
Schlienger and Tom McDermott.
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Big John Finley, picked by
Coach Nick Thiel as one of three
Nittany star;; lo cavort under
Northern colors in the annual
North-South all-star fracas, was
third in point production with
10 counters. Waldo Weaver and
Ernie Baer closed out for the
first five with 9 and 7 points
respectively.
John Lux tabbed five goals
and Captain Rodger Nestor, an
other of the three who will make
the all-star trip, found time be
tween playmaking and feeding
to score lour times.
Up to the second last game,
Thomas and Louis had waged a
fierce duel for scoring honors.
Against Hobart Thomas scored
three times, while Louis was
countering twice, to take a one
up lead. However, in the sea
sonal closer the husky midfielder
rammed home three goals against
Thomas’ two to merit a tie.
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Rifle Team
Holds Banquet
The College rifle team honored
outslanding members at a ban
quet Tuesday evening in the
State College Hotel.
Capt. Carl Unrath, coach, pre
sented awards to Gerald Prang*
for placing second in the Eastern
Regional individual matches, fo*
placing fifth in the National Rifl*
Association matches and for be
ing selected on the second team
of the All-American Rifle squad
This latter honor carries with i'
tjie Golden Bullet Award pre
sented annually by the NRA
Prange was also elected captain
of the team for next year.
Coach Unrath also presented
six inch letters to the following
members of the team:
Sam Carnahan, Alfred Dar
rach, Allen Decker, head mana
ger, John Hepfer, Rod Ingle
right, Richard Kirk, Robert
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