FRIDAY. MAY 5. 1950 'On The Ball' By Ray Koehler SPORTS EDITOR Up around that sandy-colored caddy house where Coach Bob Rutherford and his links cronies hold sway, the talk these days s all about a 6-foot sophomore from Hershey named Ted Robertson. The reason for all the discus sion? Less than three weeks ago when the Niiiany golfers open ed their season at Gettysburg, Robertson was barely clihging to the No. 7 slot—literally the low man on Rutherford's' ioiem pole. H,e had arrived on campus a golfing unknown and only through an accident was his pres ence brought to Rutherford’s at tention. Now he’s challenging Penn State’s little but long-driving goif Captain Tommy Smith for the No. 1 spot. “It’s funny about the way we found the guy,” the junior mem ber of the Rutherford clan remi nisces. "We were gasin* around the shop just a little while before our first match, and I happened to mention that we were really scraping the bottom of the old apple barrel trying to round up 10 or 15 guys who could break 90—on the front nine. “Someone mentioned that he knew of a pretty fair golfer, new on campus, who lived nearby.” .. .Of course, not in possession of a subsidization fund,. Rutherford is always on the prowl for talent. He gave the curly-headed Robert son a phone call, thinking all the that here was just another publinks Sammy Snead who would blow sky-high under the pressure of any sort of rough op -position; . didn't realize at that ■ precise time was that the Chocolate City lad had been a former PIAA high school golf ' riinrierup and had ranked fourth in National Junior College com petition. “We finally got him out on the course and had him hit about 20 or 30 balls,” Rutherford continued. “Although he hadn’t swung a'club since Fall his timing was just about perfect. “We all knew he really had it.” Since Ted's first match his scores have grown progressively better. To dale his 70 in lourna . ment play represents Penn State's low. His collegiate aver age stands at 71. and he has yet ' to go over a 73. IM Deadline Entry deadline for fraternity and independent IM golf put ting horseshoe ’ doubles and track has been set for Tuesday, 5 p.m., in the Rec Hall intra mural office. Intramur Soccer Four more first round games in the IM soccer league were played ■Wednesday night, and two close games featured the evening’s play. Both wound up as 1-0 scores. Pi Kappa Alpha eked out a narrow win by virtue of a lone goal in the second period, nipping Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon got one in the first period and held the narrow margin through out to edge Sigma Pi by the same 1-0 score. In a slightly more lop-sided af fair, Sigma Phi Sigma laced Beta Sigma Rho, 4-0, getting two goals in each period. Beta Theta Pi scored two in the first period arid then held on to win 2-0. Three more games remain in first round play, with the rest of the teams bying into the second heat. " Chuck Bray ton, Washington State College letterman in foot ball, baseball, and basketball, is trying out with the Spokane “Iri dians” of the Western Internation al League. Brayton is trying for a Stickmen Meet Orange At Syracuse Tomorrow !h-L s %/-=~ ''/•r The Nittany lacrosse team finished pre-game drills last night and will leave this afternoon for tomorrow’s game with Syracuse. Coach Nick Thiel’s men will be without the services of defenseman John Hagerman and midfielder Burt Raymond who' are sidelined with injuries. Saturday’s game will probably be the toughest for the Lions this season. Syracuse has 20 lettermen returning from last years squad which won 14 and lost only 1. This season the Orange has won seven games while dropping one. Penn State has won only 1 game in four starts. The Orange stickmen are paced by their All-American center Bill Fuller who teams with Bill Arch bold and George Cody in a mid field combination that has been clicking for three, years. Last year, Syracuse led the country in scoring with 236 goals, averaging better than 16 per con test. With this in mind, the Lions have been practicing a man-to man zone defense in an attempt to stop the C.-ange’s dodge-and s ore tactics. The starting-lineup for State will have Go-Captain Ed Belfield, Jim Reed and Ned Herring at the close attack. .Co-Captain Bob Louis, Jack Wilcox and A 1 Fulton compose the midfield. Thiel was especial ly pleased with Wilcox’s showing against Western Maryland. The lanky junior played at both the midfield and close attack and came off the field with three goals for individual scoring honors. At defense, the Lions will have Vance Scout, Joe Drazeriovich and Jack Amber with Mervin Snyder also a possible starter. Five-foot-four inch Phil Bene detti will do the goal tending. Champs Crowned In H-Ball Finals John Frassinelli and Phil Bene detti, DU,'won the interfraternity handball doubles championship Wednesday night, defeating Steve Meisel, and Moe Levine, Alpha Epsilon Pi, 21-2, 21-10. Milt Silberman and Joe Mrn arovich won the independent handball doubles crown through default. They were the only team still in the double elimination tournament not to have been de feated. Trassinelli and Benedetti, upset Pi Kappa Alpha’s Art Oberg and George. Emig, 21-17, 21-20 to qualify for the finals. Meisel and Levine came from behind to defeat a favored Phi Delta Theta duo of John Hager man and Bill Luther, 17-21, 21-15, 21-16, to reach the finals. Silberman and Minarovich clinched at least a tie for the in dependent doubles crown by downing Rudy Federicci and Mike Callahan, 21-10, 21-9, in the round-robin tournament. I Results Delta Chi and Tau Kappa Ep silon came through wih first flight victories in the fraternity intramural softball tournament, while the Brown Baggers sur vived their test on the indepen dent side 'of the ledger. Delta Chi did a 13-0 white wash job on Theta Xi, and Tau Kappa Epsilon slugged out a 14- 3 victory over Triangle. . The Brown Baggers rang up a 6-3 tri umph over the Penn State Club. A scheduled third game be tween Theta Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Sigma was called be cause of darkness with the teams tied at 17-apiece. The game had been rescheduled for last night. Phil- Benedetti, who at 5 feet 4 is the smallest irian on the squad, looms as the prospective star of the 1950 Penn State la crosse : team. The Philadelphia goalie’ was cited ‘by his coach, Nick Thiel, for outstanding play against Loyola and Navy. •'■hi.: n.AILY COLLEGIAN wtatE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Starting Lineup Softball Lion Co-captain Photo by Ken Carter Bob Louis Major League Results American League • Yesterday’s Results Chicago, 15; New York, 0 Detroit, 8; Philadelphia, 5 Cleveland, 5; Boston, 4 St. Louis at Washington (night) Standings Standings: W L Pet. W L Pet. 7 3 .700 Cleveland 5 5 .”00 6 4 .600 Chicago 3 5 .375 7 5 .583 St. Louis 3 6 .333 9 7 ,560Phila. 4 9 .307 National League Yesterday’s Results Breokyn, 10; Chicago, 2 Pittsburgh, 3; New York, 1 Boston, 12; Cincinnati, 6 Philadelphia at St. Louis, (night) ' Standings: Detroit Wnshint’n New York Boston W L Pet. W L Pet. Brooklyn 9 4 .G 92 Chicago 4 4 .500 Pittsburgh 8 G ,571 Philn. 7 .500 St. Louis 7 6 .538 Cincinnati 4 8 .333 Boston 8 7 .533 New York 2 7 .222 Coltecjc Sportswear SALE Men's Slacks All Wool Sharkskins g g Gabardines Worth $12.50 and more 40% Wool *2*3 60% Rayon fe||i m B Worth $6.95 Plus Alterations SECOND FLOOR Bargain Room 103. E. BEAVER AVE. T Party Theme Song 'Some Changes Made' If you wander out to Beaver Field one of these afternoons to take a look at Penn State’s 1950 football team running through Spring drills, you’ll see there’s been a change. It’s more than a change to Rip Engle and the winged-T. There’s a new spirit out on the field, And that’s the change that has given birth to a revival of hope for the forth coming Fall grid season. “We’re going to surprise a lot of people this Fall,” com mented one observer who but a few weeks ago took a dark out look on the 1950 grid campaign. It goes almost without saying that Engle has been the torch that has lit up the Lions. The gray haired gridiron sage is a livewire. And whatever he touches can’t help being magnetized Enthusiasm Engfe’s enthusiasm is such that sometimes while explaining a play to one of the assistants or a ballplayer he gets out of breath and has to stop to catch up. He’s so anxious to get close up on a play that just the other day a back going in motion bowled him over. Picking himself up from the turf and dusting himself off, En gle moved back a little further and told the boys to run the play over again. “This time I won’t get in the way,” he said. Engle himself is. happy about the spirit of the squad. 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