Scribe Sees Phils W Lnrung light
National Loop Race; Giants 2nd
By JOE BBEU
So you liked the close pen
nant r aces of the past few
major league seasons? Well
brother, you haven't seen a
thing yet.
By the time the curtain drops
on the National league battle,
there should be more stomach
ulcers per square baseball ‘fan
than at any other time in the
history of the game.
The 1951 senior loop flag
chase promises to be one of the
greatest three team fights ever
Lion Boxers In First
NCAA Tests Tonite
All four of Penn State's boxing entries in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association Boxing Tournament in East Lansing, Mich., this
weekend will meet their first opponents tonight. The tournament
gets underway at 2 p.m. today,
and continues tonight, Friday,
and Saturday nights.
In the second bout of the even
ing, the Nittany Lions' 125-
pounder, Sam Marino, meets
Idaho's Franky Echevarria. In
drawing Echavarria, Marino faces
the toughest of the Lions' four
opponents. Echevarria has an
8-2 record. He is the current
Northwest Invitational and Pa
cific Coast bantamweight cham
pion
The Icial - o titlist was defeated
in last year's NCAA tourney in
Rec hall by Minnesota's Neil Ofs
thun in the quarter-finals. This
bout will mark one of the few
times this year that Marino will
have an opponent who does not
tower above him in heighth, and
have the advantage of a longer
reach.
Gross vs. Reilly
In the fourth bout, State's
135-er, Frank Gross, draws an
other tough foe in the person of
Jim Reilly, from Gonzaga Uni
versity on the West Coast. Reilly
is also a veteran of last year's
NCAA's, having been defeated
then by Louisiana State's Tad
Thrash in the 130-Ib. semi-finals,
after defeating Minnesota's Dave
Mackey in his first bout.
Reilly has a season's record of
4-2-2, as • compared to Gross' 7-2
log. Seeking honors in the Pa
cific Coast Conference, Reilly fin
ished runnerup this year at the
135-Ib. post. Gross finished run
nerup in the Eastern Intercolle
giates this year. •
Albarano vs. Orsak
Following Gross' bout, John
Albarano will toss leather with
Louisiana State's Danny Orsak in
the 145-Ib. class. Orsak is a new
comer to the tournament, but has
piled up four wins against two
defeats this season. Albarano has
an 8-2 record to protect. He is
current Eastern champion at 145
pounds.
Albarano faces tough opposi
tion in this class, with defending
champion Len Walker back for
another go at the title, and last
year's runnerup at 135-lbs., Paul
Kostopoulos, who has moved :up
a weight this year.
The Lions' other Eastern
champ, Lo u Koszarek, 165-lbs.,
tangles with Leon Hamilton,
Michigan State's middleweight.
Hamilton and Koszarek are both
newcomers to th tourney. Kos-
Chuckran Receives
Lansford . Grid Job
LANSFORD, PA., April 4—(iP)—
John Chuckran, former football
star at Penn State college, has
been chosen coach of the Lans
ford high school football team.
Chuckran coached the Saxton
high school team of Bedford
county last season.
A stellar quarterback at Lans
ford high, John entered Penn
State in 1943 and was a standout
player in his freshman year.
Later, he entered the Army and
coached a GI team in Japan.
Returning to Penn State, his
football playing career ended
abruptly when he suffered a leg
injury. He graduated in June,
1949. Chuckran's appointment was
announced last night.
staged. The power-laden Brook- or without Branch Rickey. And
lyn Dodgers, the scrappy New don't be fooled by any fast start.
York Giants, and the champion It happens every. spring.
Philadelphia Phils are going to How will it all end up? Well,
spend the summer smacking with a hope and prayer, here'
each other and the five remain- goes.
ing clubs around. The Philadelphia Phillies to
Tough Year For Rosie ' win in a race that will see no
Those three form the top stra- team ever get more than a three
ta. The second flight includes game lead. The Whiz Kids are
the Boston Braves,' the St. Louis the forgotten people because of
Cardinals, the Cincinnati Reds last season's late fold. But no
and the Chicago Cubs. They'll one recalls the sensational Aug
battle for positions four to sev- ust play that gave them that
en. The Pittsburgh Pirates are seven game lead;,
doomed to the cellar again, with The catching is no worry with
Andy Seminick and Del Wilber
to do the•receiving. And the in
field is the best defensive unit
in the league. The outfield is
adequate on defense.
Right Church-Good Year
The Phil's strong suit is pitch
ing despite Curt Simmons don
ning of the khaki. They still have
Robin Roberts, headed for an
other 20 game season. They also
have ace reliefer Jim Konstanty.
To pick up the slack left by Sim
mons is Bubba Church, who is
going to surprise a lot of people,
and Russ Meyer, who appears set
for a repetition of his banner
1949 season.
The Phils wom-under pressure
last year, knocking off the Dod
gers when all the chips' were in
the pot. This will give them add
ed poise.
Leo _Durocher has the New
York Giants in contention for the
first time in a decade. He has
a wonderful pitching staff, a good
defensive infield, although weak
ened by the lack of a topflight
first baseman, and an adequate
outfield.
An expected return to top form
by Bobby Thomson will perk up
the offense and make the New
Yorkers tough to beat.
Brooklyn Power
Games See
reeks In Action
Intramural volleyball opened
Tuesday night with 24 fraternity
teams seeing action.
Chi Phi-A and Phi Delta Theta-
A showed power as they trounced
Omega Psi Phi-A and Delta Chi-A
by 15-0; 15-9 and 15-3: 15-0 scores.
It took Beta Theta Pi-A, Pi
Kappa Alpha-A, and Pi Lambda
Phi-A the full three games to
down Lambda Chi Alpha-A, Al
pha Chi Sigma-A, and Alpha -Phi
Delta-A.
Acacia-A team was decisioned
15-13 and 15-13 by Phi Sigma Del
ta-A; AGR-A took Pi Kappa Phi-
A by 15-9, 15-10; and Phi Epsilon
Pi-A won over Delta Sigma Phi-
A, 15-12, 15-7.
Alpha Chi Rho-A beat Phi Sig
ma Kappa-A; DTD-A over Phi
Gamma Delta-A; Alpha Sigma
Phi-A over SAE-A;' and Delta
Theta Sigma over Phi Kappa-A.
When a fraternity enters two
teams in competition, the differ
ence is symbolized by A and B
teams.
zarek sports a better record, with
7-0-2, as compared to Hamilton's
4-3.
Koszarek may be closer to the
top of the heap at 165-lbs. than
many of the contenders realize.
Not only are both the defending
champion and rtiimerup out of
the race via graduation, but also
the other two men who got into
the semi-finals at this weight
last year.
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Stan (the Man) Musial's title of "National League Terror" is in
danger.
The power-packed slugger jeopardizing the position of such an
esteemed person as the St. Louis Cardinal clouter is Cincinnati's
Thumping Theodore Kluszewski.
Muscular Ted continued his sen
sational citrus hitting when he
walloped a double with tfie bases
loaded to provide the 3-0 margin
by which the Redlegs blanked the
Washington Senators yesterday
in Orlando, Fla.
. Still, greater cause for Cincin
nati stock to soar is the' splendid
five-hit whitewash job pasted on
the Nats by the old, but still ex
tremely effective portsider, Ken
Raffensberger.
A big winner to go with the
swift side-armer Ewell Blackwell
could be cause for rival managers
to hit the aspirin bottle
When a pitcher supplies the
only Boston Red Sox home run
you know it wasn't a good day
for Steve O'Neill's sluggers.
The Jacksonville Tars, using the
Bosox's home-run poison to per
fection, yesterday slammed four
round-trippers to upset the Bean
TIT"' * - N. TT V COLLEGIAN. !":iTAT C . •
In the third spot are the Dod
gers and all their frightening
power. Here is a line-up in which
each and every man regularly
propels a baseball into the stands.
Here is a team with a top de
fensive infield and outfield. Here
is a team with first class reserves.
But here also is a team with sec
ond division pitching.
Last year the Bums had but
three men on the staff on whom
they could call with any hope
that he might last out the game.
They were Don Newcombe, Prea
cher Roe, and Ery Palica: The
latter is at present in the Army.
So now they haVe two.
In the second flight, Boston is
favored by most experts to win
fourth spot. Here, however is our
real longshot—Cincinnati. Ewell
Blackwell is set for a great sea
son and, with Howie Fox and
Ken Raffensberger to help, is
going to take the... Reds into the
first division.
The
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Dope
By JAKE HIGHTON
towners, 8-7, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Pitcher Willard Nixon, who
struck the only Red Sox homer,
fell victim of the Sally Leagurer's
fifteen hit, circuit clouting assault.
S7Y L V,~NIA
Hancock Scores 0:23 Pin;
18 IM Wrestlers Advance
-Eighteen IM wrestlers advanced to second-round and quarter
final berths in the third night of action at Rec hall.
One of these, Jim Hancock, of Phi Sigma Kappa, scored the
fastest fall thus"-far when he
pinned George Glazer, Alpha Ep
silon Pi, in 0:23 in a 145-Ib. match.
In other matches in this division,,
Norm Gage, Phi Delta Theta, took
a 6-3 decision from Tony Pinnie,
'Alpha Phi Delta. Jim Shull, Sig
ma Phi. Sigma, won via forfeit
over Al Gibson, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Four 128-pounders advanced to
quarter-final berths in this class.
George Hamilton, Delta Sigma ,
Phi, pinned Elwin Orton, Delta
Theta Sigma,'in 1:56, for the lone
fall in this class. Other victories
were turned in by Ed Smith, Phi
Delta Theta, and Sanford Hertz,'
Phi Sigma Delta, who decisioned
Bob Veit, Pi Kappa Phi, and Ger
ald Loughran, Alpha Chi Sigma,
respectively, by 3-0 and , 2-0.
In the 135-pound dais, Bob
Sundius, Theta Kappa Phi, pin
ned Armond Shelley, Triangle, in
4:32. Three forfeits were also reg
istered. Art Nemeroff, Pi Lambda
Phi,forfeited to John Davies, AZ,
when the former moved up a
weight class. Ed Russ, Phi Sigma
Kappa, scored a forfeit over Dick
Gray, Delta Sigma Phi, Dave
Colton, TKE, also won a forfeit
over his- opponent.
am Lundgren, ATO, pinned
Bill Abbott, Beta Theta Phi, who
had work a previous first-round -
decision. Don Brainerd, Triangle,
and Ted Geary, Phi Gamma Delta, .
both scored forfeits in this class,
the 175-Ib. division.
In the heavyweight division,
three falls were registered: Bill
Hockersmith, Pat McPoland, and
Les 'Burdette all scored pins over
their-opponents.'
Bedenk Issues
Batting Order;
Cerchie Fourth
Only one first-year man will
be in the starting line-up of the
Penn State baseball squad for its
'5l debut against Western Mary
land, Saturday, according to
Coach Joe Bedenk. Sil Cerchie,
hard-hitting center-fielder, is the
fone rookie to get an opening call.
The lead-off spot will be occu
pied by Hen Albright, left field,
then Chris Tonnery, -third base,
Cerchie, center field, Bill Hopper,
right field, Stan Laganosky, first
base, Paul Mowry, shortstop, Bill
Mihalich, second base, Bill Leon
ard, catcher, and Owen Dougher
ty, pitcher.
Bedenk announced that Jack
Krumrine, the 6-foot-3-inch con
trol artist from State College, and
Tom Campbell, another control
hurler from Pottsville, will do
relief work in case Dougherty'
gets into trouble.
Campbell, Krumrine Possibilities
.
"Campbell and Krumrine, are
my best looking sophomore hurl
-4,r5," Bedenk said, "and later on
May be used as starting pitchers."_
Cerchie, at this early stage,
looks like one of the best ball
players to come to State since the
days of Joe Tepsic, a '47 Lion dia
mondman who later played for
the Brooklyn Dodgers.,,Sil, a tall,
wiry outfielder, packs most of
his power into left-center field
'at bat and possesses a great deal
of base-running ability, being ex
tremely fast afoot.
Another big boon to the out
field is newcomer Bob Schoell
kopf, from Reading. He is also
hitting at a rapid clip, and can
fill in any of the outer-garden
posts. In the infield, first-base
man George Bope, third-baseman
Al Nerino, and shortstop Dick
Hart look to be the best among
the rookies, according to mentor
Bedenk. Hart is a senior, Bope,
a junior, and Nerino, a soph.
Other Rookie Hurlers
In the pitching department, Be
denk also has a host of promising
sophomores. }resides Campbell
and Krumrine, ttlere is fast-bailer
Bill Millard, .curve-ballers Dick
Christiansen, Jim Kelz, Joe Ash
by, and submarine-ball twirler,
Bill Bernotsky, who has been
with the nine only one week.
There is an odd twist to the
Penn State line-up in that six
outfielders will occupy starting
berths. Besides, the regular trio of
Albright, Cerchie, and Hopper,
former outfielders include pitch
er Dougherty, th i r d-baseman
Tonnery, and first-sacker Lagan
osky.
The contest with the Green
Terrors starts at 2:30 p.m. on
Beaver Field.
+Wl.....Doubles
.T00:oey Starts
Action got under way Tuesday
night in the intramural handball
doubles tournament at Rec hall
with eight matches being com
pleted.
In the games played Robert
Kolarik and Clifford Hoch, Lamb
da Chi Alpha, beat Harold Wolf
ram and David Crum, Phi Kappa
Psi, by forfeit; Jack Di•eibelbis
and Carmen Troisi, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, beat William Johnson
and Jack Moran, Kappa Delta
Rho, 21-0,, 21-3; David Bischoff
.and. Kenneth Weiss, Sigma Nu,
beat William Heinz and Leroy
Guccini, Phi Kappa, 21-0; 21-5.*
Elmer Feller aid William Mc-
Donald, Tau Phi Delta, beat
Charles Wilson and John Kook
er, Alpha Gamma Rho, 21-6, 21-
11; Robert Ward and Bernard
Whitehill, Theta Kappa Phi, beat
James Spinelli and William Beck,
Chi Phi 21-0, 21-4; Arthur Betts
and Ed Hoover, Phi Delta Theta,
beat Robert Miller and - HarrY
Kaufman, Phi Epsilon PI, by for
feit.
John - Wylie and Edward Davis,.
Phi Kappa Sigma, beat Richard
Seidel and Richard Blythe, Pi
Kappa Phi, 21-5, 21-7; and Owen
Dougherty and Pat McPoland,
Kappa Delta Rho, beat George
Watson and Jack Schonely, Sig
ma Phi Sigma, 21-12, 21-9. •