‘Batter Up' Calls Sixteen Big league
Teams Into Pennant Contention Today
It will be “batter up”'for all
into high gear with a full schedul
That is, if the weatherman is
washed out and the other was
played in weather better suited
for football. ... . /
The largest crowd is expected
for the New York Yankee-Boston
Red Sox game in Yankee stadium.
Fifty-five thousand fans are ex
pected to be on hand to see Bill
Wight of the Sox face big Vic
Raschi of the Yanks. It will be
the first look at rookie wonder
Mickey Mantle, by. the Yankee
home fans.
The big interest in the National
league will be in the two games
in the east where the four teams
listed as contenders for the flag
will clash. Top billing . probably
belongs to the Brooklyn Dodgers-
Philadelphia Phillies battle in
Brooklyn. The Dodgers will send
Carl Erskine against the National
league champs’ Robin Roberts,
twenty-game winner last year.
Thirty thousand' are expected.
Bickford To Start
Boston’s Braves will send Vern
Bickford to the mound against
the New York Giants in Boston
before an expected crowd of
20,000.- Manager Leoi -Durocher
will counter with righty Larry
Jansen.
The other senior loop games
f.i n d St. Louis invading Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati traveling to
Chicago. Pittsburgh will try to
make it two straight, having
beaten Cincy amid snow flurries
yesterday. The Pirates will send
! lurry Dickson against TomPo
holsky, a rookie, of the Cards.
thousand are expected to
be on hand.
Ken Raffensberger will face
the Cubs and his mound rival will
be Frank Hiller. Expected atten
dance is 28,000.
The first night opener in
American League history will pit
■the Washington Senators against
he Philadelphia Athletics in the
Quaker City before 10,000. Bob
K.uzava will hurl for Washing
ton against Bobby Shantz.
Indians Meet Tigers
Cleveland and Detroit will
match talents in Detroit with
54,000 expected to watch the pro
ceedings. Bob Lemon, top win
ner in the majors'a year ago, will
lace Hal Newhouser.
The final contest will be played
at St. Louis with the Brownies
claying host to the Chicago White
Sox. Ned Garver will pitch for
the Browns'' against Chicago’s
Bill Pierce. The attendance is
expected to be 15,000.
The total attendance at the
eight games is expected to be
close to 242,000.
Both races stack up as three
team affairs with one other team
in each league given an outside
chance. In the American loop,
New York, Boston, and Cleveland
figure to make strong runs for
the flag with Detroit given a
chance to break in.
Brooklyn, New York, and Phil
adelphia are favored to grab off
the top three spots in the na
tional. Boston is the dark horse.
Mantle Still No DiMag—Henrich
NEW YORK, April 16—(API-
Just how good is Mickey Mantle?
For the benefit of those who
have been too engrossed in the
President Truman - Gen. MacAr
thur rhubarb to read the sports
pages lately. Mantle is the sensa
tional youngster who has made
the big jump from class C to the
New York Yankees in one season.
Nearly all who have seen the
19-year-old lad from Commerce,
Okla., have hailed him as the
rookie of the generation. Those
who haven’t seen him can’t be
lieve what they’ve heard. Those
who have, find it hard to believe
their eyes.
Henrich Tutor
An opinion worth considering is
that of Tommy Henrich, the Yan
kee outfield coach who was some
thing of a slugger in his own right.
Henrich has been handed the as
signment of tea'ching Mantle, a
natural shortstop, all the tricks of
the outfield.
"l hate to disillusion you,” the
over-frank Henrich said.' “Mantle
is a rare youngster. He has great
potential. He is one of the finest
looking kids I have ever seen. But
By JOE BREU . .
16 major league baseball teams today as both pennant -races swing
le of four' games apiece. i '
; in. a better mood today than he was yesterday when one game was
Flag Winning Managers
Casey Stengel
Eddie Sawyer
NCAA Committee
To Study Grid TV
CHICAGO, April 16 (/P)—The
television committee of the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic associa
tion will meet in- Washington
Wednesday to study proposed ex
perimental football television
next fall. ■ _
. The NCAA headquarters here
confirmed scheduling of the
meeting, but said details of the
12-man session would have to be
announced by Tom Hamilton,
Pittsburgh, committee chairman.
Previously, it had been expect
ed the meeting would be held ip
Chicago following outlining of a
steering committee’s plan for
test telecasting last week at New
Haven, Conn.
Earlier this month, the steer
ing committee had met in Wash
ington to explain the status of
the anti-video football ban voted
by the NCAA at its annual con
vention in Dallas, Tex., last Jan
uary.
The convention ban, however,
left an opening for experimental
televising. In the wake of con
stant pressure by state legislators
and other factions, the NCAA has
turned more and more attention
to the experimental possibilities.
this stuff about his being another
Joe DiMaggio at the plate, another
Ty Cobb on the bases and a future
Tris Speaker in the outfield is just
so much bunk.
“It just goes to show you what
publicity can do. Only a iew
months ago, Mantle was playing
at Joplin. He was doing the same
things he is doing today. But no
body ever heard of him. Just be-
THE DAILY CO- r '' T • '■' r \’ n £
State Linksmen
Defeat Lehigh
In’ Steady Rain
Penn State’s golf team cap
tured it’s opening- match Satur
day with a win over Lehigh, 5%
to 3%.
A surprising number of,, fans
braved a cold wind and steady
downpour to watch the Blue and
White golfers conquer a, pre
viously undefeated Lehigh team
on the Nittany links.
The visiting team brought only
six men, thus requiring the
match to be scored on a nine
point basis instead of the usual
seven 'pc'..its. Three points are for
best ball and the remaining six
were individual.
Number one man for Penn
State was Ted Robertson who
defeated Dave Baldwin six and
five. Jack Wylie, in his first ap
pearance with the Nittany var
sity, lost to Larry Carpenter who
topped him six and four. Lehigh
won the best ball one up.
Tom Crampton secured a point
for the Brown and White by de
feating State’s Captain Joe.Dur
niak two and one. George Maz
anowski defeated Lehigh’s Bob
Kiesling five and four. Both
Crampton and Mazanowski bird
ied the eighteenth hole to tie for
best ball.
Ray Artz scored another point
for State by defeating Larry Lund
six and five. A newcomer to Pehn
State’s squad, Hud Samson, de
feated Cliff Lasto six and five.
Penn State won the best ball six
and five.
In spite of the unfavorable
conditions remarkably good
scores were turned in. Robert
son’s medal score—7o—was only
one over par. Larry Carpenter, of
Lehigh, came very close with a
71.
Phils Sell Donnelly
To Boston Staves
PHILADELPHIA, April 16
(AP) Blix Donnelly, veteran
righthanded pitcher, was sold by
the Philadelphia Phillies today to
the Boston Braves.
The purchase price was not dis
closed but it was understood the
figures were in the neighborhood
of the $lO,OOO waiver price.
Donnelly, 36, came to the Phils
in the middle of the 1946 season
from the St. Louis Cardinals. He
was used chiefly in relief roles,
appearing in 14 games last season
for a record of two victories and
four defeats..
cause he’s with the Yankees, he
becomes the marvel of the age.
Such stuff may hurt the young
ster.
' “Sure, Mickey has a lot of power
and he runs like a scared rabbit.
But nobody knows how good he is.
Why not wait until he faces big
league pitching when it counts.
What everybody forgets is that he
hasn’t played a major league game
iyet.
“Mantle has lots to learn. He
hits with amazing power but he
can be fooled by certain pitches.
Maybe not too often, though. And
he has more to learn about out
fielding. He must learn how- to
Adapt himself to different situa
tions.”
How does Mantle compare to
DiMaggio when Joe broke in 15
years ago?
“There is no comparison,” an
swered Henrich. “Mantle is a raw
youngster who appears to have a
great future. Joe was a finished
player when he came up. Not only
in the field but at the plate. There
was only one Joe DiMaggio.”
Robby Tops Baldwin
Lois lo Learn
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Lacrossers Whip W. Md.,
Fall Before Navy, 10-1
Amig Defaults
In IM Wrestling
Don Amig, Tau Phi Delta’s de
fending 145-lb. ; champion, unex
pectedly bowed, out of the IM
wrestling tournament in last
night’s action at Rec hall.
V Amig defaulted midway in the
second period to John " McCall,
ATO. Before the default, it look
ed like a battle between Amig
and A 1 Pancerev, Phi Kappa Psi,
for the 155 honors. Pancerev' re
mained unbeaten last night when
he pinned Jim'Miller, KDR, in
4:46. Other action in the 155 class
saw Bob Pawloski, Kappa Sigma,
pin Carl Liachowitz, ZBT, in 3:30;
and Vic Straub, Phi Kappa, won
by forfeit over Bob McFadden,
Phi Kappa Tau.
165 Class
Three decisions and a pin regis-
:ered in the 165-pound class, Bob
Gower, ATO, decisioned Rich
Style, SAM, 9-1; Joe Policastro,
TKE, defeated Dick Cameron,
Beta Theta Pi, 5-0; Marv Bor
ing, Phi Psi, defeated Sam Sand
ers, Triangle, 7-4; and in the lone
fall of this division, Bob Far
quhar.-Phi Gamma Delta, pinned
Ed Barber, Delta Chi, in 2:30..
In the 175 class, • only two
matches .were Scheduled. Will
Luridgren, ATO, ’ edged' Ted
Geary, Phi Gamma Delta, 4-2. In,
the other bout Jim Diehl, Sigma
Nu, won a forfeit- over Phi Psi’s
Link Van Sickle.
•Heavyweights .
The heavyweight class saw Les
Burdette, Delta Theta. Sigma, and
Bob Smith, -Beta Theta'Pi, ad
vance to the semi-finals, in this,
class:. Bufdette>'pinned'* Pat Mc-
Poland, KDR, ih : 2:sB while Smith
did the same to. Allan Weise, Phi
Kappa Tau.. 1 :,
Tom Runyan; Delta Chi, and
John Baffa, DU, also advanced
to the semi-finals in the 12! class.
Baffa pinned Charlie' Webb, Tri
angle, while. Runyan decisioned
Fred Fieni, Theta Chi, 5-3.
::.;In the; 128 • class,. Tom Lukas,
Phi Kappa Sigma, edged Frank
Randazzo, Alpha Phi Delta, 2-0;
and George Hamilton, Beta house,
pinned Ed Smith, Phi Delta The
ta, 1 in 4:51.
In the 145 class, Dick Rost
meyer, Phi Psi, pinned Dick Mc-
Quillen, Sigma Chi, and Jim Han
cock, Phi Sigma Kappa, also pirn
ned Norm Gage, Phi Delta Theta.
In the other match of the eve
ning, Bill - Sundius, Theta.-Kappa;
Phi, edged Dave .'.CoTtori; - TKE,
' Only two matches were run off
in the independent section. John
Clark, 145, pinned John' Note,
three seconds before, the final
whistle to’register a victory over
his opponent Ron Miller, 135,
won his second straight match
when he decisioned. Patti 'Whip
key, 9-2. In another bout ,in the
same class, Frank Wallis decision
ed Doyle Corman, 7-4.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17. 1,95!
Penn State’s lacrosse team split
its opening tw;o games , with West
ern Maryland and Navy this past
weekend as Coach’Nick Thiel
opened his 17th season as lacrosse
coach at Penn State* -
v The Lions literally wiped West
ern Maryland off the'field, 17-0, at
Westminster, Friday, afternoon.
However, State fared badly at
Annapolis against the
en Middies as the Midshipmen
bounced them, 10-1, Saturday.
State opened'up with three goals
inside three minutes against the
Green Terrors. Midfielder Bud
Wolfram scored two of. these; one
came, at 2:59 While the' other
crashed the nets, at 4:35. John Wil
cox sandwiched, the other goal be
tween Wolfram’spairat 3:12. John
Walker and Bob Koons also tallied
in this period as the Lions led, 5-0.
The second quarter told the same
story for the Lions as they pounded
six more shots into the Western
Maryland nets. All of\the" State
scores came within three minutes
of each other except the first..,
Epenshade Hurts Leg
Jack Espenshade, of Phila
delphia,,was lost to .the Penn
State lacrosse team for the
season when he suffered a leg
fracture in the opening game,
against Western Maryland.
He was admitted to the
Union Memorial Hospital, Bal
timore, after the game, where
he will remain .until; later,' in
the week.
. Dan Grove, of State College,
also suffered .m cheek injury in
the opening game but is ex
pected to return to the lineup
in another week.
State also began second-half
scoring in quick fashion when
John'‘Walker tallied just. 30 sec
onds after the-face-off,. Three more
goals by Paul; KaffShsperger and
W.ayne .Hockersmith, who .tallied
twice; gave the Lions a 15-0 lead
at: the three-qparter: mark. Two
additional tallies in the last quar
ter gave Penn State its 17-0 vic
tory.
Against the Middies; Thiei’s
team didn’t play too badly. State
made the grave mistake at the
start ;of haying its midfielders
come out-to meet the attacking
Navy team. This opened up a gap
in the defense which the'Middies
promptly took advantage of.
/ Navy Scores First
Navy’s Charlie McDonough
pushed the first one through at
o:ss:.This counter was quickly fol
lowed by goals by Bob Burch and
Larry-Treadwell. After a lapse of
17 minutes, in which the Lion de
fense tightened, Treadwell scored
again. Bill Earl then finished up
the first half scoring with a goal
at 26:12.
. State showed some signs of com
ing back in the second half when
Bud Wolfram took a. pass. from
John Wilcox to register for the
Lions.
Phil Benedetti, goalie for the
Nittany Lions, gave a superb dem
onstration at that position as he
turned away no less than 33 Navy
shots.