Stickmen Host
Hobart College
By ERNIE MOORE
The 1950 version of the Penn State lacrosse team will go
after the ninety-ninth lacrosse victory in the 38-year history
of the game at Penn State when it takes, on Hobart College
tomorrow afternoon.
The contest is scheduled for 2:30 o'clock on the golf course
field.
Starting the season only three wins away from the cen
tury mark, the squad has been
able to add only one victory to the
count while dropping five games.
The squad could add a little
sparkle to a not-so-hot season and
notch a spot in Penn State's la
rosse history by reaching or pass
ing the century mark
With the rough part of the sea
son by the boards, 'chances are
pretty good that the Thielmen
can reach the coveted mark des
pite there being only three games
left on the schedule—two of these
away from home.
Hobart First Hurdle
Hobart furnishes the first hur
dle tomorrow afternoon. Last year
the Lions edged the Statesmen in
a nip and tuck battle, 13-12. But
the losers have dropped only
four men while State has only
four returning lettermen. •
This season Hobart has won
five games while dropping three.
The Statesmen hold victories over
the Onondaga Indians, Ithaca,
Cortland Teachers, Ohio State
and Kenyon, losing to Cornell,
Dartmouth and Syracuse.
Coach "Babe" Kraus' squad is
paced by attackman Bob Demuth
whc as a sophomore last season
led the individual-scorers with 35
points. Joe Kraus, son of the'
coach, Gordon Satterley and Cap
tain-elect Jack Hartney all re
ceived All-American honorable
• mentioh last year.
Weather Hurts
With the weather playing havoc
with practice sessions, the Nit
,taiiies have been able to get only
two good practices in since their
23-12 loss to Virginia last Sat
urday.
Coach Nick Thiel has been ex
perimenting with the squad hop
ing to insert more scoring power
into the lineup. The big change
was the switching of sophomore
Bud Wolfram from attack to a
midfield position and, inserting
Ned Herring into the attack. Her
ring has been improving right
along and has finally earned him
self a spot in the starting lineup.
Thiel has also formed a new
second midfield combination
around Jack Long, Larry ,Atkin
son and Paul Raffensperger to
spell Co -Captain Bob Louis, Jack
Wilcox and Wolfram.
The other starting positions
will have Jim Reed and Co-Cap
tain Eddie Belfield teaming with
Fraternity Track
To Finish Monday
Unfavorable weather cancelled
the scheduled fraternity track
finals last night, so the 100, and
440 yard dashes, and the 880
yard relay events will be held
Monday night on Beaver Field
track.
All three events will have top
flight competition and the fight
for positions will be more dif
ficult than in the semi-finals.
Alpha Phi AlPha's quartet of
Chan Johnson, Earle Mundell,
Don Carroll, and Jim Gillespie,
Set a new intramural record of
1:36.6 in the 880 relay Tuesday
night. Since competition should
bring out the best in these four
somes, another new IM mark
may be established Monday.
Eight men are competing in the
440 yard dash, since three per
sons tied for sixth place. Once
again, the IM record is endanger
ed. Three of the finalists came
close to the 51.4 record in the
trial heats. 'Hub Taft, Delta Tau
Delta, Dave Timothy, Delta Tau
Delta, and Owen Dougherty, Kap
pa Delta Rho. and Horner, Theta
will be the wen to watch in
the 443 Clue,. Jo'nnaon, Alpha Phi
Alpha, finished third in his trial
heat, but still qualified for to
night's finals. John Doppei, Al
pha Zeta. Robert Cramer, Sigma
ri, and Carl stone Sigma Chi,
are :11 the fuzals also.
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Bud Wolfram
Herring on the attack; John Hag
erman, Joe Drazenovich and
Vance Scout at defense; and lit
tle Phil Benedetti at the goal
tending spot.
From The Crease. . .the rivalry
with Hobart began in 1914, Penn
State's first year at the game. Ho
bart holds the edge in -the series
halting won seven, losing five and
tieing one . . . The Statemen's
mentor "Babe" Krause is in his
twenty-fourth year as head la
crosse coach at the school which
is believed to be the longest con
secutive lacrosse coaching record
of any tutor at any one school.
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Soph Bats Cleanup Slot for State;
Clouts Some Long, Long Balls
By DAVE cpLTozi
Although Penn State lost the second baseball game of the year to Rutgers University,
spectators at the game may remember it for a long time, for they saw one of the longest
home runs ever hit at New Beaver Field. This prodigious clout was hit by Bill Hopper,
sophomore centerfielder, and carried approximately 410 feet, over the centerfield fence.
Hopper, who is currently bat
ting clean-up for the College, has
been hitting hard and proving
himself as good as his previous
record indicated. Last year at
California Teachers he divided his
time between pitching and the
outfield, batted .391, and hit three
homers
The husky outfielder; lives in
Crafton, Pa., and played four
years of varsity baseball at Craf
ton High School. During his junior
year he was named to the Hearst
All-Stars and played at Forbes
Field, Pittsburgh. After the game
he was selected to the United
States All-Stars, and played in
the Polo Grounds against the New
York stars.
Hopper also had several other
opportunities to play in Forbes
Field. His senior year in high
school he performed for a WPIAL
team which played against the
Pittsburgh All-Stars, and he pitch
ed against Sharon High School
in a championship game at the big
league ball park.
Saw Better Pitching
The best league he has played
in is the Greater Pittsburgh
League, where he plays in the
summer. College pitching has not
been as good as the pitching in
that league so lar, he said, but he
expects it to improve as the sea
son progresses. Hopper thinks
State has a better team than the
'record indicates, and should have
a successful season.
Hopper believes making the
varsity team his first year at State
has been his biggest thrill in base
ball. "I think Joe Bedenk is a
good coach, and Dick Wertz, our
first baseman, is tops," he said.
Bill also has high praise for Al
Tkac, number one pitcher for the
team.
' During the summer he works
out with the Pirates, who are his
favorite team. Hopper, is a corn
merce and finance major, belongs
to Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and
is a member of Druids, sophomore
honorary. Of course, being a Pir-
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