Nvttany Hiae Faces Hoyas
Eh Two Weekend Games
With a 22-2 crushing of the Western Maryland nine under their
belts, the Nittany Lion baseball squad will be aiming for a double
conquest this weekend when they encounter a well-balanced
Georgetown team.
The Hoyas will make a dual appearance, playing at 3:30 Friday
afternoon on the New Beaver Field, and concluding the series Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30.,
Although they lost six men via
the graduation route, the Hoyas
will field a well-balanced aggre
gation. The Nittanies will face
stern opposition, as the Hoyas’
have an experienced pitching
staff, coupled with a great deal
of reserve holdovers who have
had previous experience
Coach, Former Senator
The Georgetowners are coached
by capable Joe Judge who has
been directing his charges for the
past 17 years. Judge learned his
baseball know-how, handling the
initial sack for the Washington
Sena’tors. Judge is one of the select
baseball immortals who has a life
time batting average over .300,
having accomplished this feat
during his 17 years with the
Senators and various other major
league clubs.
Thus far this season Georgetown
has compiled a 7-0 record, and
it will be risking its unbeaten
skein this afternoon against Penn.
The mound corp of the Hoyas
is composed of lefties Hugh
Merigh, Doc Dougherty, arid right
handers, Bob McNabb, and Frank
Mattingly. Of thd group, Mat
tingly, who did the signal calling
for the . Hoyas’ grid team this
past campaign, appears to be the
spearhead of their 1951 mound
staff.
Probable Line-Up
Coach Judge has announced
that his probable starting lineup
will have second-baseman Bob
WaU leading off. Bill Wolfer will
handle the third-base chores, and
Steve Korfonta will patrol right
field. Batting in the cleanup slot
win be center-fielder Tom Hardi
man. The remaining order will see
George Hughes in left, Dick Die
bold at first, John Hogan handling
the catching, and Hal Simon
playing at short
Owen Dougherty, who had little
difficulty in registering his first
victory over the Western Mary
land nine Saturday will be the
number one mound choice of
Coach Joe Bedenk.
Jim Kelz, Tom Campbell or
Bill Everson have been selected
to do relief work in case the fast
ball artist incurs any trouble,
Bedenk said.
Clarence Buss, 1950’s varsity
backstop, will make his initial
appearance since' returning from
his three week overseas tour with
the varsity soccermen.
Sophomore Dick Christiansen,
who has been progressing well in
pre-season drills, will probably
toe the rubber for the Nittanies
in Saturday’s game, Bedenk said.
Penn State’s individual Eastern
intercollegiate wrestling cham
pions number 59 as compared
with the Cornell high of 64.
Gov't Controls Baseball Wages
WASHINGTON, April 10——
Baseball player salaries were
placed under government wage
controls today.
A long-awaited ruling by the
Wage Stabilization board put a
ceiling over the salaries of the
top-priced star on each major and
minor league club at the 1950
level.
An individual plea to the WSB
in special cases is still open, how
ever.
And the board said lesser lights
can be granted merit raises and
bonuses provided such increases
remain within a general pattern
and do not exceed the salary of
the club’s highest paid player
last year.
The one big league star certain
to be affected by the declaration
is Stan Musial of the St. Louis
Cardinals. Musial is'understood to
have been awarded a $35,000 pay
jump over last season’s reported
salary of $50,000.
While President Fred Saigh of
the Cards said he thought the
By JOHN SHEPPARD
Nevers Selected
All-Time Fullback
On Dream Eleven
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April
10 (/P) —Ernie Nevers, who lent
pulverizing power to the great
Stanford teams of the early ’2o’s,
was named fullback today on col
lege football’s all-Time all-Am
erica.
This dreain eleven, plus second
and third teams, first ever chosen
on such a broad and representa
tive scale, are being picked in a
nationwide poll by the Associated
Press to provide nominations for
the National Football Hall of
Fame.
No player has yet been named
to the $5,000,000 shrine planned
at Rutgers University here, but it
is . probable most, if not all, the
players on these three teams will
be among the early selections.
The honors court of the Hall of
Fame '.will make' the final selec
tion. The shrine has been endors
ed by the National .Collegiate
Athletic association.
Nevers completes a backfield
that includes Walter Eckersall,
the famous little running and
kicking star of Chicago, a quar
terback, and the immortal Red
Grange, of Illinois, and Jim
Thorpe, of the Carlisle Indians, at
halfbacks.
Played for Pop Warner
This line-splintering ball-car
rier adds goal-line punch and all
around efficiency to a foursome
that has no weakness. ,
The ruddy-faced, blond bull
dozer played at Stanford in 1923,
1924 and, 1925 under coach Glenn
S. (Pop) Warner, one of the
sport’s eminent pioneers.
Warner repeatedly said Nevers
was the greatest football player
he ever saw. During the three
years Nevers was in the back
field, Stanford won 21 games,
lost five and tied one.
Nevers was an exceptionally
hard-running back, a splendid
passer and rock-ribbed stalwart
on defense. He was named full
back' on the 1925 all-America
team picked by the Associated
Press.
In the balloting, the Stanford
star received 317 points to beat
out Felix (Doc) Blanchard, of
Army, and John Kimbrough, of
Texas A and M, who followed to
make the second and third teams.
WSB would permit Musial to keep
his raise, officials here were of
the opinion it is very unlikely the
Wage Stabilization board would
permit Musial to be given such a
tremendous pay jump. They said
it is doubtful if a $35,000 increase
is within the general pattern of
the St. Louis Club.
A WSB spokesman said that a
man who has signed a contract
above his club’s 1950 ceiling will
have to make application to the
board. 1
The board said specifically that
wages paid baseball players in
1951 must conform generally with
club payroll practices of 1950.
Indicating that today’s decision
may be only temporary, the board
said it may modify or revoke its
ruling at any time “or as to any
club” as it proceeds with develop
ment of a more detailed wage
stabilization policy.
President Ford Frick of the Na
tional league said in New York
the ruling is fundamentally the
same as that enforced during
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE CC
4 Matches Begin
In Indie Division
Of Mat Tourney
The independent divison of the
IM wrestling tournament opened
last night at Rec hall with four
of the five regularly scheduled
matches being run off.
In the 128 class, Gordy Myers
scored a reverse nelson, inside
crotch pin to defeat Bob Fraser.
The other match saw Bill Brown,
a former Kingston high school
wrestler, edge Bill Taylor, 4-3, in
a better-than-average bout.
In the other two bouts, Ron
Miller pinned Irwin Miller in
1:27, and John Note decisioned
Tony Hrebar, 3-0, in the 145-
pound division. Frank Wallis, 135,
also won a forfeit victory.
Fraternity Action
In the fraternity section, John
Allison, Phi Kappa Psi, pinned
Bob Fitzgerald, Sigma Phi Epsil
on, in the lone 128-lb. bout. La
crosseman Phil Benedetti, DU,
and Gil Beinhocker, Pi Lambda
Phi, won forfeits in this class.
The 135-pound class saw three
matches wrestled with only one
forfeit. In this class, Andy Har
vey, Delta iChi, pinned Charlie
Rodgers, Phi Gamma Delta in
4:53; Harry Rhoades, Beta Theta
Pi, did likewise to Ken Wolfe,
Sigma Pi; Bob Hamilton, DU,
won a close decision from Mike
Kirshner, Sigma Nu, 5-4, with a
time advantage giving the nod
to Hamilton. Francis Houck" won
a forfeit decision in this division.
In the 145 division, Bob Luck
savage, Phi Kappa, defeated Art
Woodward, Acacia, 5-1. In other
bouts, Jack Donnal won a forfeit
victory over Carl Hazen, and Ed
Sweeten, DU, scored his second
consecutive fall as he pinned Ted
Matlow, ZBT. Paul Eddinger also
won a referee’s decision over
Dick Blythe.
In the 155 division, A 1 Pancerev
proved tha,t he was going to be a
tough man to beat when he
pinned A1 1 Hinkle with a cradle
hold in 1:46. Other decisions saw
Jan Ernest trip Gene White
house, 4-3; Martin Abramson pin
Don Nasonie; and Jim Miller win
via default from Lon Dillman,
who was leading, 4-2, until a
shoulder injury forced him to
stop.-
Only one match was wrestled
in the 165 class. This saw Dick
Dum, AGR, pin Mike Bassarik,
Phi Kappa Tau, in 4 minutes flat.
Bob Gower, Charlie Steeley, and
Rich Style won via forfeits.
Three forfeits also marred the
night’s action in the 175-pound
class. Connie Kearney, Bob Kun
kle, and Burt Bronk gained the
“easy wins.” The lone action of
the night saw Ron Coder, Phi
Kappa Sigma, pull a inside
crotch, reverse hold to pin his
Delta Sigma Phi opponent in
2:34.
In the unlimited class, Jim
Stanley defeated Stan Domosh,
5-0; Ralph Clark pinned Sal Dor
enzo; and Dick Allio and Chuck
Myers, scored forfeits.
The 128 class saw Charlie
Schutte and Ray Johnson win
quarter-final berths.
World War 11. And, in Chicago,
American league President Will
Harridge made the same interpre
tation.
. Today’s ruling was made upon
request of attorneys for both the
major and minor leagues. They
had asked the board whether
wages paid players were exempt
from wage controls.
The ruling applies only to base
ball. It is considered likely, how
ever, that similar rulings will be
made to cover pro football, bas
ketball and hockey.
The board did not define ceil
ings for players salaries other
than the pay of the highest priced
performer on each major and
minor league club.
Clarke Scholes, Michigan
State’s NCAA and NAAU 100-
yard free style champion, added
the Big Ten title to his collection
in his first conference meet, es
tablishing a meet record with a
:50.7 clocking.
Fast Fall
Three Forfeits
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In less than a week the 1951 baseball season will be underway
which means the veteran campaigners who slowly bring themselves
to a peak during the grapefruit season, are just about ready to start
the long 154-game championship schedule.
Boston’s Splendid Splinter, Ted William's, is getting close to his
peak form. Yesterday he thumped a two-run homer (his fourth) and
hiked his exhibition average to
.340 -while leading the Red Sox
to a 7-1 victory over the triple A
Louisville club
Maurey McDermott and be
spectacled Walt Masterson com
bined to set down the Kentuck
ians on four hits.
Even a 3-2 triumph for the New
York Yanks over the Boston na
tionals yesterday in Kansas City,
Mo., left the World Champions
hardly joyous.
Troubles are really pouring
down on the Bombers now. The
American League’s Most Valur
able player, tmy-mite Phil Riz
zuto, has a torn cartilage in his
left side and left the club to go
to Baltimore for a specialist’s
treatment.
Headed for the same un
pleasant port of call, are hurlers
Allie Reynolds and Joe Page.
Lefty Joe is getting a lot of “sta
tic” from his left shoulder and
Big Chief Reynolds’ elbow is sore.
Still greater cause for grief is
the questionable draft status of
the . Yank’s widely ballyhooed
rookie, Mickey Mantle. The 19-
year old kid, currently rapping
the horsehide at a .404 clip, must
take another physical.which may
change his present 4-F standing.
Leo Durocher’s Giants continue
to pound the ball and their pitch
ers, although not too sharp, have
been going the full nine inning
distance.
The Polo Grounders dumped
the Cleveland Indians, 10-6, yes
terday in Nashville, Tenn., with
Dave Koslo going the route al
though he was nicked for 10 hits.
♦ * *
In a 31-hit slugfest, the Cin
cinnati Reds dropped their second
straight to the Washington Nats,
14-12, in Durham, N.C., yester
day.
The Red’s Herm Wehmeier was
soundly rapped for the loss. His
teammate Johnny Wyrostek
starred in defeat with two cir
cuit clouts and a double.
* * * .
Orange Slices: The cellar-dwell
ing Philadelphia Athletics came
up with middle-of-the-o rd e r
home run punch from Sam Chap
man (two), Ferris Fain and El
mer Valo to down class D Tar
boro, N.C., 9-2 .. . Gil Hodges
walloped a grand slam homer
and Roy Campanella socked four
hits in Brooklyn’s 13-3 rout of
Greensboro, N.C. . . . Memphis
won, 4-1 over the Cubs; their
Windy City cousins, the White
Soxs 6-4 over Birmingham.
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Holdout Pollef
Inks. Card Contract
HOUSTON, Tex., April 10—(£>)
—Howard Pollet, last major hold
out in the big leagues, signed his
contract with the St. Louis Cardi
nals today after a brief conference
with owner Fred Saigh.
Manager Marty Marion was
understood to have smoothed the
way for the signing. Only last
week Saigh said he didn’t want
Pollet. on the- club and would
make every effbrt to trade him.
Pollet responded at the time by
saying that was the best news he
had heard all spring.
But it was different today.
“It took us about seven and a
half minutes to get together,”
Saigh said. “I can speak for both
of us when I say terms are mu
tually satisfactory.”
Terms were not disclosed. “Just
say we got together,” Saigh told
newsmen. “We don’t care to talk
the terms.”
HilleS Football Title
Goes To Phi Sig's
After several months’ delay, the
Hillel football league belatedly
crowned a new champion Mon
day night when Phi Sigma Delta
beat Alpha Epsilon Pi, 15-0.
The game was originally sched
uled to be played last fall, but
because of postponements and
bad weather it was delayed to
this unusually late date.
Scoring the two touchdowns for
the Phi Sigs were Freeman Sing
er and Fred Levin.
Wrestling Banquet
Tomorrow Night
Penn Slate's eastern wrest
ling champions will hold their
annual banquet tomorrow
night at the Eulaw house.
Next year's captain will be
elected at the banquet, and
letters will be awarded to this
year's team.
Captain Vince Magi, hard-hit
ting Michigan State centerfielder,
was the only senior named to the
1951 Spartan southern trip squad.
Eight sophomores and eleven
juniors dominated the 20-man
team roster.
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