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Runners Face Double„ Triple Duty
As Relay Weekend Begins Today
Sprinters Lockhart;
Kay To Carry Load
in Season's Opener
13y JAKE HIGHTON
Penn State runners, good but
lacking reserve strength, will be
forced to do plenty of double and
triple duty when they begin their
1951 track season today and to
morrow in the Penn Relay's gi
gantic weekend.
Sprinter Bill Lockhart will es
pecially bear a heavy burden.
Lockie has a 110, 220 and 440
ahead of him today, and if the
440 and 880 relay foursomes make
tomorrow's finals he has 110, 220
and two 440's to run.
Gus Kay will be busy too. He
is slated for the 400-meter hur
dles, both sprint relays today,
and four races tomorrow.
One of the keenest duels will
be the two-mile relay today
where the Lions touch off against
a swift Georgetown quartet. Last
wek the Hoyas did the distance
in 7:42.8 with splits of 1:56.9 for
Dave Boland, 1:55.7 for Joe La
pierre, 1:56.4 for Carl Joyce, and
anchorman Joe Deady sizzled
through a 1:53.8.
Could Do Better
The four running for State to
morrow, John McCall, Bob Par
sons, Don Ashenfelter and Bob
Freebairn or Bill Ash last week
did (from a dead start) what adds
up to about 7:47. Allowing for a
running start and competition the
Lions could hit around 7:37.
Four - mile relayers, Parsons,
Don and Bill Ash and Freebairn
have plenty of incentive tomor
row.
First is revenge for Penn's
-napping of their winning streak
in the event. (The Nittanies won
in 1947, '4B, and '49.)
Second drive is the Penn State
record of 17:30.7 set by Bill Shu
man, Mitch Williams, Gerry Kar
ver and Horace Ash. Final goal
is the carnival record of 17:16.1
owned by Indiana.
Practice Times
In practice so far Werner's run
ners have stopped the watch at:
Parsons, 4:26; Don Ash, 4:24; Bill
Ash, 4:19; and Freebairn, 4:20.
Addition shows an aggregate
time of 17:33 but knocking off
five seconds each for a running
start, competition and a faster
track, a mark of around 17:13
can be run.
Penn with Len Black, Dewitt,
Riede, and Phil Levy may be
"sleepers" again but don't appear
up to their last year time of 17:22.
Georgetown's second string
distance medley did 10:16 last
week but Lockie (440), McCall
(880), Freebairn ( 0 /1) and Bill Ash
(mile) have shown times of a
10:05 race.
Penn Defends
Penn, winner last year in
10:19, Villanova with John Joe
Barry running 'the anchor mile,
and Princeton are obstacles to
Lion win chances.
Frosh runners Tom Mortenson,
John Milsom, Bill Kilmer, and
011ie Sax don't appear up to the
Manhattan fr - /. man mile relay
quartet which did 3:20 last week.
Nittany anchor leg is entrusted
to Sax. He set a Penn State rec
ord of 49.7 last week, and may
with a running start kick in
a torrid 48 quarter mile tomor
row.
Pole Vaulters Laz,
Cooper Matched
DES MOINES, April 26 (IP)
The Drake Relays open tomorrow
for a two-day run—and definitd
ly there won't be a snowstorm
such as plagued the 1950 games.
The weather, in fact, is expect
ed to be good.
Top attraction of the forty-sec
ond annual games is the pole
vault in which record-smashing
Don Laz of Illinois and Don Coop
er of Nebraska are matched.
They are the only collegiate
vaulters who have gone above
15 feet. Both did it last Saturday
a few hours apart.
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GUY KAY, Niltany speedster, has a lot of 'running to do today
and tomorrow in the Penn Relays carnival. Kay is scheduled to run
in both the 440 and 880 relays and the 400 meter hurdles today, and
as many as four sprints tomorrow if the sprint teams win trial heats.
Stickmen Face
Penn Tomorrow
A University of Pennsylvania lacrosse team will come to State
College for the first time since 1941 when the Quakers battle the
Nittany Lions tomorrow on the golf course.
The match is slated to start at 2 p.m.
In that 1941 match, Penn State walked off the field with a
lopsided 15-4 conquest. During the war years, Penn dropped the
sport. However, the series was
renewed in 1948 at Philadelphia
with the Lions also taking that
one, 13-4 ,
State . also nabbed the 1949
contest as they took an easy 9-3
decision. This game was also
played in Philadelphia.
Former Lion
Penn is coached by a former
Penn State lacrosk player in the
person of Percy Belfield, who
was an All-American in 1931.
Belfield was the second of the
famous Belfields who played
their lacrosse at State.
Before the present-day . Penn
coach came Ed Belfield, who
played his lacrosse in the late
1920:5. The most recent of the
Belfields, Ed, was co-captain
along with Bob Louis of the 1949-
50 squad.
1-4 Log
Penn will come into Saturday's
fray with an unimpressive 1-4
log. Included in this record, how
ever, was a loss to a better-than
average Harvard team. The lone
Quaker win was a 8-2 decision
over West Chester.
Only one change will be in
Coach Nick Thiel's starting line
up against Penn. This will be at
the defensive position where Dan
Grove will replace Vance Scout.
Grove suffered a fractured cheek
bone in the opening contest
against Western Maryland.
Otherwise the Lion starting ten
will remain intact. Rounding out
the defense will be Barr As
plundh and John Henry.
High-scoring Midfield
The midfield positions will find
high scoring John Wilcox, Jim
Fulton, an d another prolific
scorer, Bud Wolfram. Thus far,
Wilcox and Wolfram have paced
the Lions in the scoring depart
ment. Wilcox has tallied six goals
while Wolfram has connected
four times. The second trio of
midfielders, Tony Eagle, Wayne
Hockersmith, and Paul Raffen
sperger will also see much - action.
Raffensperger, like Wolfram, has
also scored four goals.
Handling the attack spots will
be Jim Reed, Ed Herring, and
John Walker. The first two of
this trio are lettermen. Phil Bene
detti will handle the goal-tending
chores for State.
PHILADELPHIA The Phila
delphia Phillies defeated the
Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0, the Asso
ciated Press reported last night.
Major League Results
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
Boston 13 New York 7
Philadelphia at Washington (night)
Standings
Cleveland
x-Washington
New York
Chicago
Detroit 2 4 .333
St. Louis . 2 7 .222
x-Philadelphia j 1 8 .111
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
Brooklyn at Philadelphia (night)
Boston at New York (night)
Standings
W L Pct.
St. Louis 4 2 .667
x-Philadelphia 5 3 .625
x-Brooklyn ' 5 3 .625
x-Boston 6 4 .600
Chicago 4 3 • .571
Pittsburgh 4 3 .571
Cincinnati 2 6 .250
x-New York 2 8 .200
x--these standings do not include last
night's games. '
Raschi Versus
Parnell Today
NEW YORK (IF) Probable
pitchers for today's major league
games (won and lost records in
parentheses)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston at New York—Spahn
(0-2) vs Hearn (1-1). Brooklyn at
Philadelphia—Erskine (0-2) vs
Church (1-0). St. Louis at Chi
cago—Staley (1-0) vs Schultz
(1-0). Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
(night)—Blackwell (1-2) vs Dick
son (1-0).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Boston—Raschi
(2-0) vs Parnell (0-1). Philadel
phia at Washington (night)—
Consuegra (1-0) vs Hooper (0-1)
or Fowler (0-1).
Only games scheduled.
Nickeson Scores Highest
3 1 -Game Bowling Total
Richard Nickeson, of Alpha Ze
ta, Wednesday night tallied the
highest three-game total of the
season in the ITC Bowling league
at the Dux club. His individual
scores were 224, 204, /and 208 for
a total of 636.
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Lion Nine Hits Road,
Faces Rutgers Today
Coach Joe Bedenk's baseball squad is at New Brunswick, N.J.,
today to play Rutgers in what may be the Lions' toughest game of
the year.
The squad left yesterday by bus and after this afternoon's game
will travel to Easton to play a strong Lafayette team tomorrow.
State's hopes for, a post-season NCAA playoff berth may count
heavily on the outcome of these
two contests. '
Thus far this season Rutgers
has compiled an 8-2 record, in
cluding an 8-5 win over Lafay
ette. The Scarlet nine is coached
by George Case, former Washing
ton Senator outfielder. Last year
Case's team won 20 of 26 contests
and participated in the Eastern
play-offs.
Path Cleared
For'Happy's'
Resignation
NEW YORK, April 26 (R)—
Baseball's executive council to
day clearell the path for the im
mediate resignation of Commis
sioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler
by yielding to his demand that
the secretary-treasurer of base
ball, Walter Mulbry, go out at
the same time.
The decision was reached fol
lowing a lengthy meeting be
tween Chandler and John Gal
breath, president of the Pitts
burgh club and an emissary of
the council, it was learned from a
highly authoritative source. The
two talked for more than five
hours last Saturday in Cincinnati.
Galbreath, whose mission was
to "get Chandler to resign im
mediately," returned with the fol
lowing Chandler ultimatum:
"Tlf go only if Mulbry goes."
Chandler Won't Discuss
Neither Chandler nor an
member of the four-man execu
tive council would discuss the
reported decision.
"No comment," were the terse
words of Chandler when asked
for a statement. Those words were
echoed by President Will Har
ridge of the American League,
owner Torn Yawkey of the Bos
ton Red Sox and General Man
ager Warren Giles of the Cincin
nati Reds. President Ford Frick
of the National League, the other
council member, could not be
reached.
W L Pct.
6 1 .867
5 1 • .833
6 3 .667
Once close friends, Chandler
and Muibry became bitter ene:
mies in the course of the uproar
during the winter in which the
16 major league club owners vot
ed not to renew Chandler's con
tract. Since then, the owners have
been trying, without success, to
buy up Happy's $65,000-a-year
pact which does not expire until
April 30, 1952.
5 3 .625
4 4 '.600
Walker Cup
Team Leaves
For England
NEW YORK, April 26 (P)—
America's Walker Cup golfers,
minus Frank Stranahan an d
Dick Chapman, got in a final
practice round today before sail
ing for Liverpool and their match
against Britain's top amateurs
May 11 and 12 at the Birkdale
Golf club.
Stranahan and Chapman re
ceived permission to travel apart
from the main group, which em
barks on the Parthia tomorrow
afternoon and reaches England
on May 5. Stranahan, the present
British Amateur champion, ex
pects to fly across within a few
days. Chapman has indicated he
will follow his teammates on a
faster boat.
"Both have promised they will
be there to meet us when we
reach Birkdale," said Joe E. Dey,
Jr., executive secretary of the
LLS.G.A., who will chaperone the
group on the Parthia. "Both said
they had some things to attend
to before leaving."
It, may be only coincidental
that' Stranahan and Chapman are
among the game's •most diligent
practicers and count the day lost
that they are not on a golf
course. There was reported to be
some grumbling among other cup
players that they are being fer
ried across on a slow boat in
stead of flying. But they made
no protests as a group.
F.:,IDAY, APRIL 27, 1951
By DAVE COLTON
Set Theft Record
Case, champion base stealer
while in the majors, has apparent
ly taught his team some of his
old tricks for the. Scarlet set- an
Eastern intercollegiate record of
79 stolen bases last year. Case
boasts two of the finest players
in collegiate play in pitcher Tom
Foster and All-American out
fielder, Ray Van. Cleef. Foster has
won three of the team's eight
victories this season, while an
other veteran hurler, Al Willen
brock, has also won three games.
Van Cleef is currently hitting
a torrid .421 *Me performing in
center-field. Right-fielder Ted
McDonough is powdering the ball
at a .410 pace, and left-fielder
Jim Monaghan is rated a good de
fensive man. Catching appears to
be the weakest spot in Case's
line-up since he has no returning
lettermen.. Several men who star
red on last year's freshman squad
are sharing the backstop duties.
.392 Team Average
- Bedenk plans to use the same
line-up that has won two of three
games this Spring. If the team can
coninue its terrific team batting
average of .392 it could upset the
highly , touted Scarlets. Right
fielder Bill Hopper is leading the
regulars with a .500 average, and
fifst-sacker Stan Laganosky fol
lows with a .461 mark.
Clarence Buss will handle the
important catching spot; and will
undoubtedly have -his hands full
against the speedy. Rutgers nine.
Buss is batting .500 with three
safeties in six trips to the plate.
Owen Dougherty 'who has one
victory this season will probably
take the hill against 'the Queens
men, with Jim Icelz and Tom
Campbell available for relief
chores.
Bair Or Everson
Besides Laganosky at first, the
rest of the infield will consist of
Bill Mihalich at second, Paul
Mowry at_shortstop, and Harry
Little at the hot corner. Henry
Albright will be in left-field, Sil
Cerchie in center, and Hopper in
right.
Bill Bair or Bill Everson will
hurl against Lafayette tomorrow.
Right-hander Fred Kroog, one of
the most heralded pitchers in the
East will perform - against State.
Kroog recently pitched a no
hitter against New York univer
sity, and has a two-hit win over
Army.
Gene Bearden
Sold To Tigers
DETROIT, April 26—(fP)--
Handsome Gene Bearden, whose
story-book exploits won a pen
nant for the Cleveland Indians,
will now try his hand at helping
the Detroit Tigers.
The big left-handed knuckle
ball pitcher, who was bought to
day by Detroit from the Wash
ington Senators fo r an undis
closed price, will join the Tigers
immediately.
Bearden, 30, unimpressive this
spring in exhibition and league
games, will become the' Tigers'
fourth left-hander.
"I plan to use him as a relief
pitcher and a starter at certain
spots," said Manager Red Rolfe.
Rolfe's left-handed corps already
includes starters Hal Newhouser
and Ted Gray and reliefer Earl
Johnson.
"I don't know exactly what
Bearden's trouble has been," said
Rolfe. "But I think he'll •be able
to help us."