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.