ESDAY, JULY 5,195 e ertz, Batting ing, Is 'Ball- players' Idol There is much to be said about ; Dick Wertz, Penn State's version of Stan The Man', who as a sen tior the past year batted over .350 to lead his Nittany teammates for the second successive year. And yet, it is hard to pick out the individual things that make Dick an outstan the things th, make, him outstanding mar All these poinl oseeni to b blended into hii and all give re; son • why he called a, 'ball player's ballplayer.' Dick is a holler guy, a hustler, a winning ballplayer. His teammates thought he was enough of a holler guy, • a win ning ballplayer, and a hustler to name, him captain for - the past season. His fellow students in, the Phys Ed school thought enough of him 'as a good guy, a scholar and a clear thinker to elect him presi dent, of the Phys Ed Student douncil. • • But you'll *never learn any of these 'things by talking to Dick, for • to employ a mueh-used word, he is 'modest'. 'One thing Dick will say is that he is a ballplayer, for baseball is a part of . him. Like all youngsters, Dick want ed to become a pitcher but after ,getting banged around on the Newport sandlots, he' decided to try. his hand At first., base. In his sophomore year at State, Dick and 14 other:guys tried out for the first base job. Dick was quite worried about making the squad,.let alone ,a starting job. But the other 14 guys went their way and when the season started Dick had the `lb' beside his name in the -lineup. • FOr three years' now he has been: a fixture at first for the Lion nine, each year hitting well into the .300's and fielding with Quiz Answer • It was PI a r n. Lawrence e'Larci" Shields;. 'l9. who 'ran ihe anchCeled.of.the relay. that UndOubtedly 'one of penn Slate's • all-time greats . in; the Larry -*on the in;. terVallegiale. One 7 mile champ lonihip•- in 1920. 'establbhing 'record of 4:22.4.' - In 1922 'he. won the national acid IC4A e -titles and. placed third in the half;mile at the na tionals. . • ' Also in 1920, Larry. Inn a Member ofthe 'Olympic team, ..; ge e s now in charge of alumni • and *fund .raisiing,,aCtivities at IPhilips','Academy, Andover. pciiis.:Bill . . AtOnfinned from Page Ten) lieink formed. Tem' ' will be Scheduled to play two games weekly, and anyone. interested in entering a team is requested to contact , 'Dutch' Sykes at Ro6m 213, Recreation Hall. Athletic equipment will be available at the equipment room in:Dorm 34 each afternoon. Mon day through Friday, fr0m,5:30 to 8 i 343 p.m. .The Recreation Hall will also be open to students except when classes are: in session. Equipment can' 'be obtained from the towel taorn. (South Locker) daily from 11 ) to 5 p.m. Men can purchase towel tickets at: the Bursar's Of -,Se and use the towel-locker ser A;ps • planning parties' or pie qy obtain game, equipment, ndl xecords at .the Reere- THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Penn State Sports In Review The long-waited National AAU' seventh, and broke the tape with high hurdles duel between Dick a three-yard lead on the Altoona Attlesey, Southern California's Express man of destiny, and Jim Gehrdes, the Nittany Lions lanky whiz kid, finally became a reality at Col lege Park, Md. While Penn State's Gehrdes did not take home the winner's tro phy, he played his part in push ing Attlesey to a new world's record of 13.6 in the 110-meter event, clipping one-tenth of a sec ond off the old mark Attlesey, NCAA 120-yard high hurdle kingpin, had to come from behind to nip the speeding Gehr des who had to be content with a second-place finish. 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