THURSDAY, JUNE 1, Me The Ball' BY RAY KOEHLER • Sports EditOr Last Saturday afternoon ' a red and white clad comet by the' name of Jimmy Finn start led local track enthusiasts by 'streaking through three PIAA dash events to chalk up first place finishes in the 100, 220 and 940 yard runs. It marked the first time in Pennsylvania track competition that a schoolboy had won' three running events. When, the final „MC; tape had been .1 1V/00 snapped the WU ' liamsport youth, a tired but happy boy, was mobbed by teammates an d well - wishers alike and half carried, half dragged off the cleat-pocked Beaver Field cind ers. w, , ' r rh , ' ft k e , i lidiy ig fri '“ 11171 r r 1 i 1 4/0 1 1 1 1, lii 41 19 11 P4: I , ? I li' 1 / rill , 7/ I: Pik! l'i' ' ' illii oil 0,1 k,,, „,,, ,$,,, llii ,ki F , ' , l l l +1 1, 1 , ' (1 i 4 No sooner had Finn completed his iron-man stunt then the grape vine began to shake' with re ports that the 155-pound speeds : - ter had decided to enroll at Penn State. One of the first to shoulder his way through the boisterous mob surrounding Finn as he sobbed for air after: his final amazing , 21.8 in the 220 was -Rip Engle. Interpreting the gleam in Engle's eye makes it appear very likely that the Penn State back field may soon have another `Gal lopin' Ghost' (Finn's build. may be described as that of a some what stocky. Elwood Petchell, commonly referred to as the 'Fly ing Fragment' during his grid days here). Taking in the past weekend's sports carnival here was a famil iar sight to those who followed the fortunes of Perin State's great Cotton Bowl grid team of 1947. He was Ed Czekaj (pronounced Check-eye) whose gold-g if te d toe earned .hiin such nom-de plumes as 'Automatic Ed' ' and `Dead-eye' Czekaj-... The Landons, of. Williamsport, really had a day of it on the local tennis : courts Saturday. Final readings showed a 50-50 score..., CoMpeting in PIAA tennis singles far Williamsport High School, 17-year-old Lewis Landon drop ped a hard-fought" 8-6, 9-7 match to veteran Don: , Bossart, of La trobe . . . Brother Owen, Nittany net captain, then retrieved family honor by defeating Bill Lust, Col gate tennis ace, and thereby defi nitely established himself as one of the East's top court entries. Stoudt Elected Rifle Captain John Stoudt was elected Cap tain of the 1950-51 rifle team at a banquet held recently at the Eutaw House. Harold Boyer was appointed head manager succeeding Donald Hei.hy, and Williain Erickson and Joseph Hartman were chosen first assistant managers. Men receiving Aetters were Capt. Gerald Prange, Sam Carna han, John Stoudt, Rod Ingleright, Nels Bernard, Orville Schwanger, Jack Hepper, Dick Kirk, Clarke Young, Dave Young, and Man ager Heiny. Baseball Captain Bill Ondick, two time letter winner, was elected captain of the 1951 baseball team at the annual baseball banquet last night. Sixteen men were awarded letters at the dinner. Locker Refunds Students who ' have lockers or baskets in Rec Hall are re , !Nested - 10 have them emptied and have towels and locks handed` in to the towel room before• June 12' to receive the ~,tigan44 P ) iii. 50 4 . / '.-...- . % • /•i' Tim Tops Lion Hitters; Bair. Leading Moundsman Al Tkac, an outfielder who turned pitcher, led the 1950 ver sion of Penn State's baseball team in the batting averages re leased this week. State has one more game here with Quantico Marines, June 10. Tkac posted a .364 average with 12 hits in' 33 times at bat. Cap tain Dick Wertz was second with a .356 with 26 for 73 times at bat. . Bill Bair, with a record of five wins and no losses led the Nit tany hurlers, with ' Merle Gun net (2-0) second. Dalton Rumberger, who pitch ed four. games and played one in the outfield, had the highest, batting average, .128 with three hits in seven AB's. Tkac led the pitchers in the win column with six. , Wertz and Bill Hopper (.333) were the leaders in home runs with three each. Catcher Jack Kurty (.286) and Joe Toed. (.306) had two each, while Chris Ton ery (.230) and 'Harry Little (.232) had one apiece. Tocci had 18 runs batted in to lead the team, with Kurty• second with 15. Tkac led the pitchers in strikeouts with 32, Gunnet second with 17. WertZ led the infielders in fielding with .975 .and Hopper led the outfielders with .972. Player AB R H RBI Ave. Ramberger 7 1 3 1 .428 Tkac 33 12 12 6 :364 Kurty • 70 11 20 16 , .286 Dougherty 64 12 15 10 .234 Little 69 17 16 9 .232 Toney 74 14 17 12 .290 Ondick 25 3 5, 4 .200 Laganoetry . 5 0 1 0 .200 Troisi 21 9 3 3 . .143 Buss 7 2 - 1 2 .143 Albright Mantle°la Gunnet Solomon Everson Mowery Totals GIRLS : Be prepared for those play days ahead. Pick out fabrics from our selection of all the new shades for your summer sport clothes: EGOLF'S THE DAILY corium/km STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA. Lion. Batting 73 18 26 10 66 14 22 14 72 18 . 22 18 16 4 2 1 39 8 5 9 .128 5 0 0 0 .000 5 2 0 1 .000 - 0 0 0 .000 2 1 . 0 0 ' .000 2 0 0 0 .000 656 146 170 108 .269 • denims • waffle piques ,9 cotton gabardines before you g? home E. College Ave. DU Fraternity Wins IM Trophy Delta Upsilon won the frater nity athletic trophy for the 1949- 50 • school year in the biggest intramural program ever pre` sented at Penn' State. Phi Delta Theta was in the runner-up position. There were no' .repeat wins this year in the competition which saw the low est winning score ,in several years, 951. NAME CARDS for Graduation Announcements Commercial Printing Inc. 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With one out, Howard Jenkner reached first on an error and Bob Manning walked. Curt Schafer then slammed a triple to right field, scoring Jenker and Man ning. Joe Breu then dropped a single behind first base, scoring Schafer. Rap , Simpson got on base on an error, but Don Wenning popped up to the catcher. Art Anthony, however, singled through the box to bring Breu home with the fourth run. FOR THE SUMMER PHI KAPPA Room $4 Weekly Phony 3907 DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS r.)". LET THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN KEEP YOU IN TOUCH • with . T . r -- PENN STATE 6 Issues by Mail, 30c TENTATIVE PUBLISHING DATES July 5, 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8 NAME ADDRESS CITY State Write SUMMER COLLEGIAN, Box 261 STATE COLLEGE, PA. SELL THOSE BOOKS Fri., Sat., Mon., Tues., June 2,3,5, & 6 ==l:=l By 808 VOSBURG Fraternity Tilt Halted By Rain Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon were halted by a rainstorm in their quest for the championship of the fraternity intramural championship last night. The game will be replayed Friday. When the rains came in the bottom of the fourth, ATO was on the long end of a 2-0 count. Eddie Oresky, ATO, who had pitched two consecutive no-hit ters, was facing SPE's Bob Her stine in a mound duel. Vets! Get Free Mexican Summer & 9 College Cred its. Others—only $l7O. Also Fine European Tour Plus Papal Visit and 6 Weeks of IL of Fribourg $649. See Dr. Newman, 506 W. College or Call 6354. rid t raw b en y CE CREAK )erries blended with Bee, gokles it's Breyers famous Fresh Straw ... Cream. Get a hand -dipped quart moneysaving Galion or lialf'Gnelen froin your Breyer Dealer. CHICAGO 1;14 7 * le 4 , • 6 Z;)
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