PAGE SIX 4-Mile Relay Team Sets Track Record Freebairn, Bill Ash Pace Lions To Penn-Relay Win On the strength of sparkling miles by Bill Ashenfeltei and Bob Freebairn, Penn State averted a complete shutout in the Penn Relays with a thrilling, come-from-behind, four mile relay championship Saturday. Although the Lion quartet of Bob Parsons, Don Ashen felter, Bill Ash and Freebairn and the track weren't up to breaking the carnival record of 17:16.2, the 17:24.6 clocking of the Nittany foursome wiped out the Penn State record of 17:30.7 set by Shuman, Williams, Karver, and Horace Ash in 1948. Parsons Does A 4:23.9 Starting of f for State's only victory, Parsons hung back around sixth until th e stretch straightaway of his third lap where he spurted into the lead. In the stretch of his final lap. Bob dropped back to third with a mile recording of 4:23.9. Don Ash followed Parson's strategy by running fourth until the far turn of his third trip around when he moved up to second. Losing ground on the gun lap, Don (4:24.5) sent brother Bill away 50 yards behind. Ash Closes in Running a finely paced mile (62-68-65-62) in 4:17.2, Big Bill narrowed the gap to only 10 yards when he touched off an chorman Frecbairn. Freebairn closed the hole on his first lap and he raced into second behind Indiana on the far turn of his third lap. At his 3 / 4 mark Bob bolted in front. On the backstretch of the gun lap Manhattan's Bob McNeill stepped in front as if in a hurry to accept the winner's gold wat ches. But Freebairn hung with McNeill until coming off the last turn where State's Bob cut loose. Freebairn hit the tape with plenty to spare after a torrid 60 second final quarter and a mile to a 4:17.9. Roclerer Close Ted Roderer came closer than any other Nittany to winning a Penn Relays medal- He got off a 199'6%" javelin toss to go into the finals in third place. In'the final throwoffs, Indiana's Smith pitched the spear 209 feet to gain second place and push Roderer back to fourth . in the high jump Vic Fritts just m'qglerl clearing 6'4" on his final jump so he had to settle for a three-way fourth place tie. The Lions' J Herb failed to clear 64f0. won Fourth After scaling 12'6" in the pole vault, Owen WiWingert couldn't enr,:ine,lr 13 feet so he wound up in a mu; iple tie for fourth place. 13:11 Lockhart, Bill Polito, John Lanet. and Gay Kay weren't essyskll ,o Manhattan's speed in Vat relay fins S even though Itivic 42.8 clocking was only 1.1 barind the winners. Sixth w the final state standing. Opponents Tough Varsity mile relaters toed the meek against too much speed in Can and Morgan State. Lock bark Bob Roessler, Lauer and Say ran last to a terrific 3:131 Carnival record breaking effort by Gorrieß. • 011ie Sax's 50 second anchor quarter for Norm Gordon's fresh man mile relaymen still wasn't enough. to keep his mates Ted Mortenson, John Milsom and Bill Kilmer from finishing among the also ris. Prendergast Files Suit Against Baseball Clause UTICA, N.Y., April 30 (W) Jim Prendergast, former Syra cuse Chiefs pitcher, filed a $150,- 000 suit against organized base ball today to test the legality of the game's reserve clause. Th e 33-year-old lefthander contended the reserve clause was monopolistic and violated anti trust laws. The suit was filed in the north ern district of federal court here. Nick Thiel, Penn State lacrosse coach, advocates shortening the game to enhance its spectator ap peal By JAKE HIGHTON Indians Get Brissie In 7-Man Shift CLEVELAND, April 30—(W)— Cleveland captured pitcher Lou Erissie from Philadelphia today in a major three-club, seven rlayer deal that also involved the Chicago White Sox. Beating the other contenders to the much-sought lefthander, the Indians gave up rookie infielder Orestes Minoso, relief pitcher Sam Zoldak and third string catcher Ray Murray. But Brissie could "make" their southpaw poor staff. Here's the way the deal works: Cleveland gets Brissie from Philadelphia. Chicago gets Minoso fkom Cleveland outfielder Paul Lehner from Philadelphia. Philadelphia—gets Zoldak and Murray from Cleveland and out fielders Gus Zernial and Dave Philley from Chicago. The value of the seven players was conservatively estimated at well over $300,000. Zernial, po tentially a terrific power hitter, was sought by Philadelphia ever since Jimmy Dykes, his old boss, became manager. "It's the kind of a deal a club makes when it's going all-out for the pennant," said Hank Green berg, Cleveland general manager. "We gave up - a lot of power but we think we made a good deal," said Frank Lane, Chicago general manager. "Paul Richards (Sox manager) has been wild about Minoso ever since he caused him so much trouble in the Pacific Coast League." Min oso batted .339 for Sa n Diego while Richards managed Seattle. "I think we -made a good one," said Art Ehlers, A's general man ager. 'We're going to keep mov ing players." The A's have lost 10 straight. Brissie, it seems, had the only objection. "Why did they have to trade me?" he asked. "I never thought that would happen. I know I've been 'bush' so far, but I never thought am (Dykes) would do that." Feller Seeks Third Victory NEW YORK (A) —Probable pitchers for today's major league games (won and last records in parentheses): American League New York at Chicago—Raschi (2-1) vs Cain (0-1). Philadelphia at Detroit—Scheib (0-1) vs Trout (0-1). Boston at Cleveland (night)— Wight (0-2) vs Feller (2-0). Washington at St. Louis (night) —Haynes (0-0) vs. Johnson (0-0) or Overmire (0-0). National League St. Louis at Boston (night)— PohoLsky (1-1) vs Spahn (1-2). Pittsburgh at Brooklyn—Cham bers (1-2) vs Newcombe (2-0) or Hatten (1-0). Chicago at New York (night) Minner (1-1) vs Hearn (1-2). Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night)—Ramsdell (0-2) vs Ro berts (2-1). Dick Cripps, of Drexel Hill, Pa., defensive tackle on the foot ball team, is a shot putter on the Penn State track team. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, .TATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Mittman Lose To La fayette,s-0; Play Dickinson At Home Today DON MALINAK, freshman end, streaks down the sideline after taking a long pass from quarterback. Frank banana. A strong con tender for an offensive end post, Malinak impressed Coach Rip Engle with some fine blocking in the scrimmage with Bucknell Saturday. - Lion Gridders Impressive In Scrimmage With Bisons After four weeks of drills in the fundamentals of the winged-T, Penn State's football team began to click against Bucknell Uni versity in a scrimmage Saturday afternoon, and at times were very impressive on both the offense and defense. . Although no official score was kept, State definitely came out on top of the extra long game. The scrimmage with the Bisons marked the second time the Lion gridders have seen action against another college since the spring practice drills began. Coach Rip Engle's crew met Navy at Annapolis two weeks ago, Although Engle was very con servative in his comments on the scrimmage, he did say that the Lions played much better ball against the Bisons than they did against the Middies. Some 200 spectators at the scrimmage weren't so conserva tive in their criticism. Many were impressed by the lightning scor ing punch the Lions displayed in spots. Of the offensive backfield men, Ted Shattuck, Bob Pollard, and' Chan Johnson raised many an eyebrow with some fancy run ning. All three are playing in compar atively new positions. Shattuck was a fullback last season and has been changed over to left halfbaCk to fill graduating Tony Orsini's spot. Pollard and John son saw most of their action last season on the defense. Rip has switched both of them over to the offensive wingback spot and if their performance Saturday was any indication of things to come, State is well fixed at that position. Room for Improvement The all-important quarterback slot which has been the big wor ry, of Engle, was capably handled by Tony Rados, Bob Szajna, and Frank Minana. But Engle still thinks there's room for improve ment at the signal-calling spot. Defensively, Engle was im pressed with the play of Don Eyer, John Terry, Wayne Wolfkil, Jimmy Russell, and Minana. Freshman end Don Malinak gave a good account of himself with some good offensive blocking. The Lions wilt wind up spring training Saturday when they play the Blue-White intra-squad game on the State College High School field at 2 p.m. Top candidates for the all important quarterback slot in Rip Engle's version of the football wing -T at Penn State are Tony Rados, of Steelton; Bob Szajna, of Reading; and Frank Minana, of Johnstown. All are newcomers. By ERNIE MOORE Improved Play Robinson Paces NL In RBl's, Batting Avg. NEW YORK, April 30 (W)— Jackie Robinson really meant it when he said he was going to cut loose and give it everything from the start this spring. The Brooklyn second baseman tops the National• League in hit ting with a .396 average through Sunday's games. He also leads in runs batted in with 13 and hits with 19. Jackie may run out of gas before September but he's off and running. In fact, the heart of the Dodger batting order from Duke Snider in the No. 3 spot through Robin son to Gil Hodges in the No. 5 position dominates the league. Snider Leads in Runs Snider, coming into his own as one of the game's real power hitters, leads the league in runs scored, 13. Hodges, starting at a sensation al pace, has hit six home runs, tops in both majors. Sam Jethroe of Boston is second with five. Just as Brooklyn dominates the league batting figures, the Bos ton Braves take charge of the pitching. Max Surkont, Billy Southworth's fourth man, has the only 3-0 record in the league. The Braves' Warren Spahn, strikeout champ in 1950, has started the same way, with 20 to his credit, in three games. Leading Pitchers Behind , Surkont in the won lost column come Preacher Roe and Don . Newcombe of Brooklyn, Harry Brecheen and Gerry Sta ley of St. Louis and Murry Dick son of Pittsburgh, all with 2-0. Cincinnati's Ted- Kluszewski leads with 5 doubles and the Reds' Bobby Adams has most triples, 3. Sherm Fogg is the only mem ber of the Penn State staff who serves as head •coach in two sports. His sports are skiing and tennis. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1951 By DAVE COLTON The Nittany baseball team will attempt to get back on the win ning trail when it plays Dickin son on Beaver Field at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. Dickinson brings a 5-3 record to today's game. The Lions concluded their two day weekend trip by bowing to Lafayette, 5-0, at Easton, Satur day. Inability to hit in the clutch against Lafayette cost Joe Be denk's team a chance to repeat its thrilling 2-1 win over Eastern contender, Rutgers, Friday. Homers Aid Leopards Righthander George Davidson limited State to five singles with his sharp, breaking curves. Bill Everson matched Davidson until the sixth inning when first sacker Jim Dojan lofted a homer into the right field stands with one man on base. In the seventh the Leopards added another tally when Ray Huber, center fielder, hit a four sacker into the same place. Lafayette iced th e game by scoring twice more in the eighth on a walk, a triple, and a long fly. The Lions repeatedly had men in scoring position but failed to deliver a timely hit. With two out in 'the second, Davidson walked two but Clarence "Bussy" Buss flied to right. Again in the fourth Davidson walked two men after two outs but Harry Little, star in the Rutgers game, struck out to end the threat. Fail In Clutch In the sixth two singles and an error by the third baseman gave the Lions another oppor tainity, but Davidson fanned the next batter. The right hander walked tw o more men in the eighth but again retired the nett two batsmen to stifle this rally. Davidson walked seven but was effective in the pinches and fanned ten. Everson gave up only one free pass, but was touched for a double, triple, and two homers. Bedenk plans to use the same line-up today that has compiled a 3-2 record thus far this season. Ether southpaw Owen Dougherty who has a 2-0 record or right hander Bill Bair with a 0-1 slate will hurl for the Nittanies. Same Line-Up Stan Laganosky will be at first, Bill Mihalich at second, Paul Mowry, shortstop; and Harry Lit tle at the hot corner. Henry 6 ..lbright will be in left field, Sil Cerchie, center, and Bill Hopper in right. Buss will be behind the plate again. Saturday's Line-up Penn State AN R Enafayette Ab R Albright,lf 3 01Foxx.ss 4 0 '1 Little.3b 5 01Fluber,cf 4 .1 2 Cerchie,cf 5 11Angle,3b 4 0 0 Hopper.rf 3 01.Stedge,rf 4 0 1 Lag'sky,lb 3 .1111111,c .4 1 1 Mowry.ss, 3 01Dojan,lb 3 2'2 Mihalich,2b 3 11Leslie.lf 4 1 2 3 11Hunt,2b 3 0 1 Everson.p 2 01Davidson,p 3 0 0 Schoel'k'pf 1 01 Totals 31 51 Totals 33 5 10 __a—struck out or Everson in ninth. Mixed Archery Team Takes Second Place Penn State's mixed archery team took second place in the In tercollegiate Invitational Arch ery Meet at West Chester, Satur day. The Lion team, composed of Captain Janet Herd, Ted Yarosh, Jerry Robinson, and John Kirch, scored 2008 points compared to the winning Swarthmore total of 2079. Individually for State, Yarosh set the pace with a 642 total while Kirch totaled 514 to nab runner up spot. Last Golf Match Here Penn State's golf team will close its match season against the University of • Pittsburgh June 9 on its home course. The match, originally slated for Pittsburgh, was changed at the request of Pitt officials.
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