Hard-`'Ming, Steady Catching Shapes Up As '5l Lion Strong Today the Daily Collegian's 1951 baseball prospectus looks at Coach Joe Bedenk's catching sit uation. This is the second in a series of articles pertaining to the coming Nittany diamond campaign. * * * * • * • re any criterion of judging ;atisfied to have as fine an If pre-season diamond workouts on Beaver field . baseball talent, then any coa c h would be more than array of catching prospects as the 195 . 1 Nittany nine o Penn State's backstopping corps is led by veteran Clarence "Bussy" Buss, now in his third year with the varsity. An all-around A RIGHT-STEADY STICKER. Jolui "Guss" Vogt is boomed as one of Penn State's outstanding catching prospects fbr the 1951 season. A solidly-bult individual, Vogt propels a long ball and has been especially singled out for his ability to deliver at the plate. * * * athlete at Watsontown high schoo Buss' main stock in trade the diamond which goes a long Still, in 1949 the squat receiver rapped out a .357 average. He did not see too much action last spring. Leonard High Up The number two backstop post could fall into the capable hands of Bill Leonard, who did his pre college hitting for State College high school. Leonard also played football and basketball for the Little Lions. Bedenk freely ad mits that Leonard has probably the strongest ,throwing-arm among the catching candidates. Emporium high school prepped John "Gus" Vogt for the Nittany baseball squad. Vogt, a junior, packs a long wallop in his six foot frame. He will no doubt stick as Bedenk's third-stringer. Vogt also possesses a strong throwin:- arm and a great knack for steady ing his pitcher. Hirsch A Fine Prospect Still another fine prospect is Bill Hirsch out of Drexel Hill, near Philadelphia. Bedenk has a lot of regard for this sophomore receiver and believes he will het the experience this year to be one of 's2's aces. More praise from pilot Bedenk goes to Gene Harding who is aid ing greatly in smoothing the rough edges off his crew of young hurlers. Tomorrow: the pitching staff Tennis Candidates Varsity tennis - candidates are asked to meet with Coach Sherm Fogg in 217 Willard hall at 5 p.m. today. V-Ball, H-Ball Entries Due Mon. deadlines for intramural The volleyball teams will be volleyball and handball doubles divided into leagues and the corn entries has been set by Dutch petition will be of the round- Sykes, assistant IM director, for robin type; the individual league Monday afternoon at 4:30. Entry winners then competing against can be made in the Rec Hal] each other. intramural office. In handball sepaiate tourna- Both independent and frater nity tournaments will be sched uled and will permit two teams from each organization. If two teams are entered from one organization in volleyball, one must be designated as the "A" team and the other as the "B" team. A roster of ten names should be submitted with each entry. By LOWELL KELLER .• • • • ....., •••,,,,7:;fi:i.,.:::,:i:i?..,....,:i..:'•.:1... .i....101ikt..:11-1.i.,.:1;i4iii!...11,..i.iri.i.:i.:,:trii.:.;:,.:•;.....ii•..i.:;.,:,..,...;!....;,..•:,:i'....;; .01.ii1]....„:E:.Q::'.!..Vi5ci1..:]..':.4 ... ,......,...,,x,.,,:.,,,......,.,.:.,......,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,.,:.:.:" ''''''''.•,...--....,,. ...........,...„,..,..,,.,,,.,..,...„.•,,,,,,„,.„<„...... . ..,;•,:,:,„........- :,..„„„„....,,,,:„:,..,.,...... ~.., —Collegian Photo by Sullender baseball, soccer and basketball a constant line of chatter on ay in calming his battery mates. Lamle Joins AP Ist Team AII-Pennsylvania Quintet Lou Lamie, Penn State's 1950-'5l .hoop captain, yesterday was named by the Associated Press to its first-string All-Pennsylvania collegiate basketball team. Only Temple's All-American J. Maurey Gets SCHS Mat Job Jim Maurey, captain of last year's Nittany Lion wrestling team, was named varsity wrest ling coach at the State College high school. He replaces Lind Yerg, under whom he served as assistant this past year. Maurey carries an enviable record into his new position to help him in his work. At the Col lege he lost only two dual bouts in three years, was Eastern run ner-up at 145-pounds in 1948, and was first in 1950 at that weight. He was injured in mid-season of his junior year and did not com pete. In his freshman year at Lock Haven State Teachers college he captured the 155-pound State Teachers college title and the 145-pound Cleveland Interstate Tournament championship. At. Clearfield in his high school days, Maurey also won numerous titles and, state-wide recognition. ments are scheduled for both fra ternity and independent entries. Entry fees for handball are 50 cents each and for volleyball $1 per team. There were 138 different match es in the recent two-day Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling' associ ation championships held in Rec THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE.. PENI:SYLVANIA MEM * * * Corps Point Oberg, Hoover Finalists In IM F r a 1 Handball Arthur Oberg, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Edward Hoover, Phi Delta Theta, advanced to the finals of the intramural handball tourna, ment last night by winning their semi-final matches at Rec Hall. Oberg, last year's intramural champ, beat Leonard_ Bartek, Sig ma Phi Epsilon, in a hard fought first game by a score of 21-10. By making use of a powerful serve, he managed to keep in front of his• opponent all during the game. In the second contest, Bartek tired near the end and Oberg easily won 21-5. Hoover won •his.. match from David Bischoff, Sigma nu, in two straight contests also. In a closely contested first game, he pulled ahead and managed to win, : 21-11. He took ;the second game by. a 21-5 score. The four semi-finalists had rained their positions by scoring wins. in matches played Tuesday night:' In these • games Bischoff beat Owen Dougherty, Kappa Delta Rho, 21-5, 15-21, 21-8; Hoov er beat Philip Benedetti, Delta Upsilon, 10-21, 21-4, 21-15; Oberg beat Fred Levin, Phi Sigma Del ta, 21-11, 21-9; and Bartek beat Robert Kolarik, Lambda Chi Al pha, 21-12, 21-10. Bill Mlkvy and Larry Hennessey, of Villanova, were able to garner more points in the 1951 AP selec tions than the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Arnold, Pa. "hesitation shot" pro ponent. No other Penn State players were selected for either second team or honorable men tion posts. Lamie received 69 votes for first-team honors. Mlkvy, AP All- American, received 93 points, while Hennessey earned 75. Strung out behind Lamie in order of selections are Ernie Beck, Penn (66); George Davidson, La- Fayette, (63); Carl Pachacha, Du quesne, (60); Andy Mestrovic, ' Wash-Jeff, (51); Al Murawski, Lebanon Valley, (51),; Mike Be lich, Pitt, (48) and Pat King, Westminster, (39). Only last week the Nittany Lion pivot star—praised by for mer Penn State basketball Coach John Lawther as the most ac curate shot he has seen here since 1936—was named to the tri-state area second team. This past winter Lamle broke both the Penn State one and. three year scoring marks. Conference Proposed HARRISBURG, March 12 VP)— Pennsylvania's State Teachers colleges agreed today to recom mend formation of d Teachers College Athletic conference for all major sports. The move, taken by repre sentatives of 13 of the state's 14 teachers colleges, culminates two years of planning and 'efforts by many of the state-owned insti tutions. Freshman basketball Coach Joe Tocci is a former , standout Penn State basketball and baseball player. Tocci played guard for the basketball team and second base :or the baseball team. He was co captain of the quintet last year. L PI 1 a._ ,„, „ . . •••• • • • S b3.iY...i.VtZ ~T'.f,<..n ti,n.: ....:x;.n '. a`': ~...,:.: ~F~ ,n.,..,n ~..,. x .<.. .~.r Home runs by Eddie Waitkus and Riehie Ashburn gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 7 to 6 win over the New York Giants at Clearwater yesterday. . Both came in the sixth inning Waitkus hit his with the\ sacks loaded and Ashburn followed im mediately with his blast. The Giants had scored six runs in the third inning off southpaw Ken Johnson after the Whiz Kids had taken a 2 to 0 lead in the bottom of the second. Jocko Thompson was the winner. Russ Meyer hurled the last three innings for the Phils and held the one run lead. Sheldon Jones and Jim Hearn pitched well for the New Yorkers. Walks spelled victory for two other teams in the grapefruit leagUe. Seven walks in the eighth inning gave Detroit's Tigers a 10 to 8 verdict over the St.' Louis Cards, and three free passes were the margin of victory for the Bos ton Red Sox over the Baton Braves. Until that eighth inning the Cards had things pretty much their ow way. But their pitching suddenly fell apart at.the seams and the Tigers walked off with the game. Rookie Larry Ciaffone, of the Cardinals led his mates Tatia3DAY, MARCH 15,1 ' 951 JCUIF By JOE MAHONEY It Dropo PLAYER WHO HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN L HES UDST COUNT, BUT WHO IS NOW i THEM CFF THE FENCE FOR THE RED A BASKETBALL. STAR AT THE. UNI - CF CONNECTICUT AND WAS SUCH A PLAYER THAT THE CHICAGO FOOTBALL ---% HIM , AS 'THEIR EIGI-DH DRAFT The Cirto S Dope By JOE BREU and erased a four run Giant read. to a big lead with a bases load ed homer and two singles in four trips to the plate. DEM The three walks that doomed the Braves were-among 21 issued by the hurlers of both teams. They came in the bottom of the tenth inning to force in a run and hand 'the Red Sox the game, 9 to 8. Norman Roy was on the mound for the Braves at the time. Walt Dropo, Red Sox, and Walker Cooper, Braves, clouted home runs. First baseman Earl Torgeson of the Braves had four hits. Ted Williams had two doubles for the Sox, one into left field. Richie Ashburn
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