THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950
Nine Wins Opener, 11-0;
Snowstorm Halts Game
In Top of sixth Inning
Coming up with five runs in both the second and third
innings, Penn State's diamond forces opened the season yes
terday afternoon with, a ; six-inning 11-0 win over. Western
Maryland.
The game was called in the sixth because of a small snow
storm.
Starting Nittany pitcher Al Tkac gave up three hits,
walked two, and struck out
four. Dalton Rumberger, who
pitched the snowy sixth, 'struck
out two. At no time did either of
the State hurlers even come near
anything resembling trouble from
the visitors.
DOUGHERTY STEALS HOME
The Lions used hits by right
fielder Owen Dougherty, Tkac,'
and second-baseman Toe Tocci,
a walk to sophomore shortstop
Carmen Troisi and an error by
the Western Maryland catcher
for the first five runs. Dougherty
stole home to score the first
counter of the season.
Stolen bases, walks, errors, and
even a few 'hits figured in the
third inning scoring.
Catcher Jack Kurty, who came
up twice in the rowdy third,
belted a 400-foot homer straight
down the left field foul line to
start things moving.
Captain Dick Wertz, Dougher
ty, and Tkac all had singles, Tro
isi, Hen Albright, and Tocci were
issued passes. Dougherty, Tkac,
Troisi, and Albright added stolen
bases to the fun; Troisi setting
sail from third on a slow-windup
by the pitcher.
WERTZ HITS HOMER"
Wertz ended the game's scoring
in the fourth with a four-bagger
over the left-fielder's head.
Heavy rains halted the fracas
in the third, but play • was re
sumed ten minutes later. In the
fonith inning, eagle-eyed watch
eis spotted heavy clouds moving
in over first base, and an im
mediate howl for the boys "to
hustle it up" came from the State
dugout.
, .
Try as they - might, the Nittan
coudn't'seem to let the rather
timid Terrors get them out.
, The laughing Lions swung at
everything and Troisi finally
struck out, only to hav,e the visit
ing, catcher err on the play.
As the skies darkened, Troisi
cautiously tiptoed down the first
base line lest he be called safe.
After what seemer like an eter
nity, he was tug out a foot from
the bag.
TROISI SHOWS WELL
Nature came to the" aid of the
Blue and White, and under clear
in skies,' Western Maryland was
forced to take their bats and make
it, a legal game.
• espite. the somewhat hectic
conditions the 'game was played
under, the Lions may .have given
some indication of how they will
show against rougher opposition.
Newcomers Troisi and third
baseman Chris Tonnery did wall
the field, Troisi using his rifle
like 'arm to good advantage and
Tonnery figuring in a fast double
play.
No real indication of the team's
hitting power was in evidence.
Kiirty's homer was a solid smash,
but the Terror hurler made th t e
mistake of grooving a fast ball
for the husky receiver.
Wertz's hit was a double in any
league, and a high hop carried
it far • out of the reach of the
left-fielder .
Only better pitching and tight
er fielding will tell just how geod
the Lions really are.
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Let It •Snow! -. .1.- - --:..-!. •
Penn State Ab R'll West. Md. Ab R H
Albrighta 1 1 0 Gianelli,rf 3 0 1
Tocco.2b . 2 1 1 Spencer,c 1 0 0
Tonery,3b 4 0 1 Douglass,a 1 0 0
Little,3b - 0 0 0 Phipps,2b 3 0 0
Kurty,c 4 1 1 Shook,H 3 0 0
Busa,c 0 0 0 Tereelc'i,3b 3 ,0- 0
Wertz,lb 3 2 21 Urian,rt 3 0 2
Hopper,el 3 0 01 Kaufman,lb 2 0 0
DouglOrty,rf 3 2 2 Docld,ss • 2 0 0
Troial,aa 1 2 0 Bartl,p 1 0 : 0
Tkae,p . S 2 2lHallmarek,p 0 ,0 , 0
Rumb'ser,p 0 0 OlGordon
1• 0 0
ILa 0 0 0
Totals 24 11 91Totabs throum,p
.23 0 8
By GEORGE GLAZER
Golfers Await
Spring's Debut;
Rain Halts Drills
tii
Whether Bob Rutherford, , Jr.,
will be' able to display a success
ful season in his first "at bats"
as Penn State's varsity golf coach
appears• to boil down, to the
amount of cooperation he'll re
ceive from a mischievous rain
cloud which seems to be making
its base of, operations over the
Nittany campus.
Needless to say that following
an allowance of only three or four
days of good golfing weather dur
ing the past month and with his
first match with Gettysburg only
11 days off, the junior Rutherford
COACH 808 RUTHERFORD Jr
will attempt to wring every min•
ute out of the remaining time in
preparation for the opening of his
10-match campaign.
"I'm forced to keep the team
here over Easter," he said re
cently. "All drills held% so far
have been purely on the play- •
er's own initiative as the spora
dic rain and snow have com
pletely blotted out chances of a
formal workout."
.NINE GOLFERS REPORT
To date nine golfers have re
ported for varsity drills. Seven
regular positions (plus an alter
nacy) will have to be filled.
Last year's letter-winning re
turnees are Captain Tom \ Smith,
Jim Yerkes, Joe Durniak and Bob
Kunkle while Pete Kalandiak and
Alex Monroe are also back. New
comers include Billy Albert, Jerry
Drenan and James Mullard.
Pins have not yet been placed
in the greens, however, the. Col
lege groundskeeprs have already
begun "spring cleaning" duties in
anticipation of the official course
opening scheduled for somewhere
between the 20th-25th of April.
Practice putting difficulty looms
as Rutherford's major problem
child. Because of recent "dewey"
conditions the putting area gener
ally used beside the caddy house
is , still in a spongy, unkempt
state.,
And as the old story put it,
"Three-fourths of the golfing
matches are won or lost on the
greens."
Schedule:
April 15 Gettysburg, Gettysburg
21 Georgetown • State
22 Georgetown State
26 Navy Annapolis
29 Syracuse State
May 1 Westminster , State
5-6 E.I.G.A. Round Robin
West Point
• • 13 E.I.G.A. Finals
(Site Pending)
20 Colgate Hamilton, N.Y.
27 Bucknell State
THE 'DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Starting His 20th Season . . . .
Lacrosse Team Meets Loyola
Tomorrow, Annapolis Saturday
Coch Nick Thiel's Nittany lacrossemen will get their last work
out today before leaving tomorrow for Baltimore where they will
meet Loyola and then take on the midshipmen from Annapolis on
Saturday afternoon.
"We'll have to be at our best
like to beat Navy since we have
don't want to be optimistic. It
looks like a tough spring ahead,"
said Thiel.
The Lion 'practices have been
concentrated on scoring plays al
though some defensive work has
been done. Thiel explained that
with the "green" squad he has, he
must stress both offense and de
fense and the best way to do that
is under actual game
,conditions—
intra-squad scrimmage. •
Against Loyola,' • the starting
Lion lineup will remain practic
ally the same which started
against the Annapolis Lacrosse
Club. At the close attack will be
Ed Belfield, Bud Wolfram and
Jim Reed, but Jim Case has been
giving Reed competition l and
might cop the starting berth.
Probable mid-fielders will be
Bob Lewis, Paul Raffensperger
and Al Fulton. At the defensive
posts, will be• John Hagerman,
Mervin Snyder and Don Copelin.
Joe Drazenovich has looked good
in practice and will probably see
a lot of action at defense, along
with Vance Scout.
Phil Benedetti will again handle
the net chores for the Nittanies
with help from Dick Hannah and
Dale Sheffer.
NM V-Ball Teams
Notch 2nd Wins
Play was resumed in the frater-,
nity IM volleyball league this
week as Delta Upsilon-A, Alpha
Sigma Phi-A, Theta Chi-A, Alpha
Chi Rho-A, Delta Sigtha Phi-A,
and Beta . Theta Pi-A notched
their second league wins with
out a loss.
The powerful Beta Theta Pi-A
sextet easily rolled over Theta
Kappa Phi-A squad 15-0. 15-6,
DU-A scuttled Lambda Chi Al
pha-A 15-8, 1-15. 15-8, Alpha Sig
ma Phi-A came back to top 'Sig
ma Pi-A, 9-15, 16-14, 15-9. Theta
Chi-A turned aside Chi Phi-A.
15-7. 15-12, Alpha Chi Rho-A won
handily from ZBT-A. 15-1. 14-16,
15-1, while Delta Sigma Phi . -A
was carried to three games before
dumping Alnha Chi Siarna-A,
15-8, 10-15, 15-4.
In other games, the Alpha Epsi
lon Pi-A team won a thrilling
contest from Acacia-A 13-15,
18-16, 15-10. Si cima Phi Sigma-A
rapped Tau Kappa Epsilon-A,
15-1, 16-14. Phi Delta Theta-A
ontspikeci Kappa Delta Rho-A.
15-5, 15-12, Alpha Tau Omega-A t
downed Alpha Phi Delta-A. 15-9:
15-10, Aloha Gamma Rho-A
trounced Sigma Phi Alpha-A,
15-0, 15-4 and Delta Tau Delta-A
lost +n Pi Kappa Alpha-A by a
forfeit.
JOE BEDENK
LOYOLA LINEUP
to beat Loyola and .I really would
never beaten them before. But
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PAGE THREE
Four Remain
In Handball
Four contestants moved into
the semi-finals in the fraternity
section of the intramural handball
singles race in matches played
at Rec Hall last night.
George Freeman, Phi Kappa
Tau, entered the semi-finals by
defeating Elliot Krane, Zeta Beta
Tau, in a hard-fought match. The
scores of the match were 21-20,
21-16.
Owen Dougherty, Kappa Delta
Rho, dropped his quarter-final
match by forfeiting to Art Oberg,
Pi Kappa Alpha.
Jo Lane, Delta Upsilon, moved
by Bob Hoover, Phi Delta Theta,
21-20, 21-10 to qualify for the
semi-finals.
In by far the outstanding match
of the evening Phil Benidetti,
Delta Upsilon, edged Steve Mei
sel, Alpha Epsilon Pi, 21-13, 5-21,
21-18.
IM Handball
Entries for intramural hand
ball doubles and badminton
must be turned into the Intra
mural office by 5 o'clock to
night said Gene Bischoff.
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