Well, this is it. This is the last time we will sit down before the
trusty old portable and beat out copy for the Collegian. This last
column we would like to dedicate to the graduating seniors and use
it to recall some of the outstanding moments in athletics during our
three year stay in the Nittany Vale. We can't hope to include all the
thrills and disappointments but here are a few of the big ones.
Probably the biggest athletic happening during our three year
- :me of 1948. Only the seniors will
remember firsthand the tremen
dous buildup and excitement the
game created. The entire season
depended upon that single, soli
tary. game.. Both teams went into
the game undefeated (State had
not lost since , 1946) and both
ranked high nationally. Its won
derful to knock off Pitt but to
defeat Penn is the greatest thing
that can happen to a Lion team.
And the game lived up to ad
vance notices. It was well
played, bitterly-fought battle
The 13-0 State win still leaves
a good taste in the mouth. We will never forget that game and
doubt if very many who saw it will ever forget' it.
REMEMBER?—How grateful Jim Gerhdes looked as he glided
over the hurdles ... Pitt's attempt to freeze State out of a basketball
game in 1950 which ended in a 34-21 win for the Lions ... The top
flight soccer teams of Bill Jeffrey and their two bowl games ... The
"Big-time coach for a bigtime college" campaign . . . Lou Lamie's
breaking of the one-year State scoring record.
The Coaches ought to be glad to see us go. There was quite a
turnover in personnel in the coaching ranks during our stay on the
Penn State scene. The first to drop out was John Lawther who
turned over the basketball job to his assistant and student, Elmer
Gross. Then' Bob Higgins retired from the football mentorship
after long years of service and Joe Bedenk took over. But not for
long. Bedenk found the football and baseball jobs too much for one
man and chose to stick to baseball. So in came Rip Engle and his
new "winged-T". The death of Leo Houck left a gap in the boxing
ranks which was filled by Ed Sulkowski. And then last year Bob
"Pop" Rutherford stepped down and turned over the duties of
golf coach to his son, Bob, Jr.
AND REMEMBER?—Pitt's 7-0 win in 1948 to end our winning
streak in football . . . But on the other hand, our 21-20 victory over
the Panthers last fall . . . Joe Lemyre's 17-10 loss to Navy's Don
Thomas in this year's wrestling Easterns which, in or book, is an
all-time classic ... The reviving of freshman sports last fall after an
absence of quite a few years as the frosh came to the campus for
the first time since the war.
We had the fortune to watch three undefeated teams in action.
The first was the 1948 football team which, actually, did not com
plete its season unmarred. But we caught the tailend of the 17
game unbeaten streak. Then it ran into Pitt. The second was last
fall's cross country team which was national champion. The team
swept through its dual meets with ease, copped the IC4-A title to
prove its eastern supremacy, and then captured the NCAA to settle
any doubts about its claim as the nation's best. The other team was
the most recent edition of the wrestling squad. It won eight meets
and then walked off with the Eastern's, picking up two individual
titles along the way. , .
There it is. These are the things we will carry away with us to
our little foxhole in Korea. Probably we've overlooked about 420
dozen different moments which will remain as part of your memories
of Penn State. But to us these are the highspots. So-long, its been
good to know you.
Stickmen Battle Penn Saturday
When Penn State's lacrosse team plays its second home
match this Saturday, it will collide with an old, arch rival in the
University of Pennsylvania.
Last year, the two teams did not meet in lacrosse competition
Nevertheless, if the national
rankings m can anything, State
had the better team. The Lions
were ranked 19th last year while
the Quakers were in the 34th
spot.
However, this year is some
thing else. Both squads boast
identical marks of a lone victory
against two losses. Here again, if
comparisons mean anything, the
Lions should be accorded th e
better ball club.
Lions Extended Loyola
Against tou g h competition,
Penn State has fared much bet
ter than its Quaker City rivals.
The Nittanies did receive a bad
beating at the hands of Navy,
10-1, but, on the other hand, they
extended Loyola of Baltimore,
14-12.
Pennsylvania has also en-
WHAT'S
BREUING ?
By JOE BREU
'Ass't Sports Editor
between two really good teams.
gaged in two f airly tough
matches. Whereas State gave a
good account of itself in the 'Loy
ola contest, Penn was not quite
so fortunate in its two games.
Against an average Harvard
squad, the Quakers were wal
loped, 18-1. They had little bet
ter luck against Delaware as the
Mudhens trounced them, 13-8.
The only victory scored by Penn
this year was an 8-2 decision over ,
a weak West Chester squad.
Thus, come Saturday and the
match with the Quakers, the
Lions should have a decided edge
as far as concerns good compe
tition. They should be at an ad
vantage offensively with such
-corers as Bud Wolfram and
John Wilcox.
AILY C
Tennis Team
Wins 'Third
Match, 8-1
By JOHN SHEPPARD
Playing with a revamped line
up, Penn State's unbeaten tennis
team posted its third consecutive
victory yesterday afternoon by
defeating Juniata, 8-1, on th e
varsity courts.
The win enabled the Foggmen
to run their streak to 3, having
previously beaten Bucknell and
Georgetown.
Despite the absence of Captain
Owen "Sonny" Landon, No. 1
man, and Dick Wieland, No. 2
man, in the singles, the Nittanies
got off to a fast start, copping 5
singles events and 2 doubles
matches.
Aceing his opponent by aim
ing his fast serves into the cor
ner of the service court, State's
No. 1 man, Bill Aiken, started
the Lions off on their scoring
spree, winning 6-3, 6-4, over let
terman Steve Finckel.
Ed Davis, Lion No. 2 man, us
ing effective forehand and back
hand drives, easily eclipsed Ray
Hollinger, Tribe captain, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 3 man for State, Bill Wood,
placed his serves accurately to
garner th e locals third point,
downing Bob Frain, 6-2, 6-1.
Ageless Gus Bigott's effective
forehand drives and steady back
ha n d slices proved to be the
downfall of the Tribes' No. , 4
man, Jim Marr, as the old "pro"
registered 7-5, 6-1 wins.
Ray Beaten
The Tribes' No. 5 man, Bob
Rauck ended State's blistering
scoring drive temporarily, edg
ing Bill Ray, 4-6, 5-7.
However, Nittany No. 6 man,
Bill Forrey continued to pour it
on for the Lions, as he copped
two love matches.. The sopho
more ace's scores were 6-0, 6-0.
So potent were Coach Sherm
Fogg's doubles combination that
the three combos encountered
little trouble in registering
State's 6,7, and 8 tallies.
8 Men Record IM
BadMinton Wins
Both fraternity and independ
ent men saw action in the intra
mural badminton tournament
Tuesday night.
In the fraternity games, Wil
liam Fike, Delta Theta Sigma,
beat Dick Collodi, Delta Upsilon,
15-7, 6-15, 15-0; Mike Miller, Kap
pa Sigma, beat John Gazlay, Al
pha Gamma Rho, 15-1, 15-4;
James Jones, Chi Phi, beat James
Conway, Phi Kappa Sigma, 15-
3, 15-3.
Dave Bischoff, Sigma Nu, won
over Allan Kates, Beta Sigma
Rho, by forfeit; John Wylie, Phi
Kappa Sigma, beat John Mc-
Carthey, Theta Kappa Phi, 15-4,
15-0.
In the independent action,
Dick Karfunkle beat Richard
Swank; by forfeit; Williiam An
derson beat Peter Lansbury, 15-
3, 15-4; and Gus Biggott beat
Irwin Nerenberg, 15-10, 15-15,
15-2.
Suit Action Begins
Against Ex-Pitcher
HERKIMER, N.Y., April 25 (1P)
—A $lOO,OOO negligence action
against Hal Schumacher, former
New York Giants pitcher, opened
in state supreme court today.
Schumacher, now sales man
ager for McLaughlin-Millard bat
company of Dolgeville, is being
sued•by Mrs. Sophie Hymkus, 50,
of that village. She seeks to re
cover for injuries allegedly suf
fered Nov. 4, 1949, when she was
struck by a car driven by Schu
macher in Dolgeville's main
street.
Harold "Hap" Irvin, of Valley
Forge, who was in Iran with the
Penn State soccer team on its
good-will sports mission, fills a
"bit" pa r t in the newly-com
pleted movie, "This Is Penn
State," which depicts student
life on the campus.
Pitt Saturday
Rutgers / LafayetteToTest
Nittany Nine This Week
* * *
Powdering The Ball
Stan Laganosky
Lion Track Squad
Opens At Penn
Relays Tomorrow
Nearly 3000 college and high
school runners will churn the
Franklin field, Philadelphia, cin
ders tomorrow and Saturday in
the 57th annual Penn Relays.
Not likely to be obscured in
Ile East's biggest footracing ex
travaganza are 22 Lion trackmen
who will open Chick Werner's
18th season.
Opening the meet tomorrow at
1 p.m., the Lion's Guy Kay will
race the best in the 400 meter
hurdler Cornell's Charley Moore
z)Von the quarter
.= •
mi
4le hurdles
event the last
of i t ,,Atwo years and
holds the record
of 51.5.
In tomorrow's
440 relay trials,
' 4 B ill 'Lockhart,
Bill Polito, John
Bill Lockhart Lauer, and Kay
will have to beat Manhattan,
Morgan State, and NYU. The
Jaspars did 41.4 last week, which
is only .1 from the Lion's win
ning time last year.
The 880 relay 'trials, also to:
morrow, have Seton Hall in ad
dition to Manhattan, NYU and
Morgan to contend with. The
same foursome , sprinting 110
yards in the 440 relay dash goes
220 in the half mile relay.
2 Mile Run
Going in the two-mile run to
morrow for the .Nittanies are
Jack St. Clair and Dud Foster
who have IC-4A X-country
(Continued on page seven)
INI Volleyball
Results
Phi Delta Theta B
Phi Kappa Tau B
Omega Psi Phi B
Phi Epsilon Pi B
Phi Kappa Psi B 15-10-15
Tau Phi Delta 10-15-8
Kappa Sigma B Won.
Lambda Chi Alpha B For
Pi Lambda' Phi B
Kappa Delta Rho B
Phi Delta Theta A Won
Alpha Chi Sigma A For
Alpha Chi Rho A
Omega Psi •Phi A
Pi Kappa Alpha A 15-14-15
Sigma Pi A
.9-16-12
Sigma Phi Sigma A
Phi Sigma Kappa A
Acacia A 15-15
Lambda Chi Alpha A 10-11
Phi Sigma Delta A Won
Sigma Phi Epsilon A For
Phi Kappa B
Sigma Alpha Mu
Sigma CM A 15-15
KDR A • 11-9
The Penn State 'baseball team
will leave the familiar Isurround
ings of New Beaver baseball field
this weekend to meet two' of the
East's more powerful nines in
Rutg e r s university at New
Brunswick, N. J., Friday, and
Lafayette college in Easton Sat
urday. If the Statemen can come
through with victories over ei
ther of these squads, it will def
initely
. b oo s t their chances , of
winning a NCAA (section two)
play-off berth at the end of the
current campaign.
Rutgers reached -the play-offs
last year, and boasts two of the
best college ball-players in the
country in pit Cher Tom Foster,
and all-American outfielder, Ray
Van Cleef. The Scarlet are
coached 'by George Case, former
Washington Senator base-steal
'ing champion. He led them to
20 victories in 26 contests last
season. To date, Rutgers has won
eight of ten tilts, including an
8-5 win over Lafayette last Sat
urday. Foster has captured three
of th e Queensmen's triumphs,
while Al Willenbrock, another
veteran hurler has.won` three
others. Still another veteran, AI
Stull, has twirled the remaining
two wins.
Catching Weak
Catching may be one of Case's
weaker departments since he has
no returning backstops. 'How
ever, he is relying on several
lood sophomore catchers who
(Continued on page seven)
Major League Results
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
New York 4 Philadelphia 0
Chicago 8, 4 St. Louis 6,7
Wsishington at Boston (postponed--.
rain)
Standings
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
Philadelphia 2 New York 1
Pittsburgh at St. Louis (night)
Boston at Brooklyn (night)
Chicago at Cincinatti (night)
Standings
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x—Chicago • 4 2 .667
x—Pittsburgh 4 2 .667
Philadelphia 5 3 .625
x—St. Louis 3 2 .600
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x—Boston 5 4 .556
New York 2 8 .200
Cincinatti 1 6 .143
x—these standings do not include last
night's games.
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