WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1951
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Although it's comparatively early in the season it's no secret
that Coach Joe Bedenk and his Nittany diamondmen will have an
uphill battle to gain a berth in the NCAA District II playoffs.
Princeton and Georgetown are currently tied for the district
lead, but one will be deposed when the two teams clash Saturday.
Rutgers, striving to repeat as collegiate champion, dropped in
the standings after weekend de
feats by Penn State and Lehigh.
Both Georgetown and Princeton
have won ten games and lost two.
Rutgers now has an-. 8-5 record,
and is almost out of contention
for district honors.
Other contenders for the title
are Hofstra with a 10-3 record
for the campaign, and Seton Hall
which has won six of eight con
tests. In a list of high ranking
teams recently released b y
Everett D. Barnes of Colgate,
chairman of the election corn
mittee, no upstate New York
or Pennsylvania teams were
considered since most of the
teams have not played enough
to rate consideration. Lafay
ette, who defeated the Lions
Saturday, was listed as a pos
sibility along with Colgate, who
State will play at Hamilton,
N.Y., May 11.
Barnes' committee selects the
team to represent the district in
the eight-team College. World
Series at Omaha, Neb., June 13-17.
The winning team seldom has
more than three or four losses
and since Bedenk's stickmen have
already suffered two defeats the
future doesn't look too rosy. Be
sides the Colgate game, the Nit
tanies play doubleheaders with
West Virginia and Syracuse, and
also encounter powerful Navy
and always dangerous Pitt.
Bad weather, ineligibility,
and injuries have hampered the
Thielmen Seek Third Win;
Meet Syracuse Saturday
Coach Nick Thiel will face his Alma Mater when the Penn
State lacrosse team takes the field against Syracuse this Saturday
on the State golf course.
Thiel, a former lacrosse All-American at Syracuse in 1933, will
be out to win this contest at all costs—not only because he played
with the Orange, but also because of the unmerciful trouncing the
Lions received at Syracuse last
year. Syracuse really taught
Penn State a lesson in the art
of lacrosse as they dumped State,
17-3.
Syracuse Sixth
Last year, Syracuse was rank
ed sixth in the national rankings.
The only teams to top the New
Yorkers in the standings were
John Hopkins, national champ
ions, Princeton, Maryland, Army,
and Yale. Syracuse had a rank
ing of 93.0.
This ranking was verified by
the fact that the upstaters were
defeated but twice in 17 contests
last year. Virginia administered
one of these with-a 13-7 pasting
while Army brushed them aside
in the other, 18-12.
Two Advantages
However, the Lions will have
two distinct advantages when
Saturday's match rolls around.,
"The Time Is Ripe"
"TODAY
IS THE DAY
Place—Schwab Auditorium
Time-111:00 A. M.
By DAVE COLTON
Nittany nine this, season. Be
sides the usually late start
which State baseball teams. get
because of the cold weather,
the monsoon season has not
helped the diamondmen's bat
ting eyes. Bedenk's charges
have played only five games,
while some of their opponents
have completed as many as ten
or 12 games. This extra con
ditioning and practice can mean
much towards a championship.
Two of Bedenk's key players,
third baseman, Harry Little, and
catcher Clarence Buss missed
several important weeks of train
ing • while, on the
_soccer team's
trip to Iran. Against Ithaca, these
fine fielders committed five er
rors, an oddity itself. Chris Ton
nery, veteran infielder, broke his
ankle in the opening game and
will be out for the season. Prior
to the Western Maryland game
Carmen Troisi, smooth fielding
shortstop, was ruled ineligible be
cause of a grade deficieny and
last week Tom Campbell, sopho
more pitcher, met the same fate.
Bedenk was counting on the right
handed Campbell for relief work.
While the loss to Lafayette
really hurt the Lions, their vic
tory over Rutgers, last year's
champions, shows that the team
has potentialities. The pitching
was good on the weekend trip,
and if the team can begin to hit
in the clutch it should make it
tough for any team.
trust, they will have the advan
tage of playing on their home
field, and second, they will be
facing a reasonably inexperienc
ed team.
The New Yorkers lost 15 men
via graduation, which includes
All-American midfielder Bill
Fuller. Fuller also played in the
traditional North-South contest
and chipped in two goals for the
victorious North squad.
Another problem for the Up
state champions will be to find
a capable replacement for Fuller's
sidekick at midfield, George
Cody. Cody, like Fuller, was an
All-American. Whereas Fuller
was a first team choice, Cody
was named to the third team.
Penn State, on the other hand,
fields a team which is spearhead
ed by seven lettermen. .
ME DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Deadline. Set
For Intramural
Track Entries ,
Intramural tra c k champion
ships will be run this year on
May 22, 23, and 24, but all en
tries must be in Dutch Sykes' IM
office in Rec Hall by Tuesday,
May 8.
Fraternity an d independent
athletic chairmen, should concen
trate on and'take special note of
the physical examination proce
dure -which is a requirement for
participation.
Physicals
Field event participants require
no physical but all men entered
in the running events must be
examined.
Upon filing entry into the IM
office, a specific date for indi
vidual examination w ill be as
signed over the two week period
between May Bth and 21st.
Maximum Of Eight
Each team is allowed a Maxi
mum of eight physical exams.
Events to be run this year are:
100-yaid dash, 440-yard run, the
880 relay (each man 220), the high
jump, broad jump, and the 16
pound shot put.
• Each organization m a y only
enter two men in each event but
just one relay team is allowed.
Independents may enter as a team
or compete unattached.
Individuals are permitted to en
ter only two of the three running
events but in addition may com
pete in all the field events.
Entry fee is $l.OO per team or
for independents, 25 cents for un
attached individuals.
Eleven Advance
In Badminton
Eleven men advanced to
round-two play in the intramural
badminton tournament in games
played Monday night at Rec Hall.
In games played Joseph An- .
thony, Sigma Chi, won by for
feit from Bob Houseworth, Tri
angle; Richard Phillips, Sigma
Phi Alpha, beat Kurt Herman,
Phi Sigma Delta, 15-8, 15-5; Dick
Seidel, Pi Kappa Phi, beat James
Reed, Sigma Pi, 15-7, 15-5.
Jack Pickett, Phi Delta Theta,
beat William Fike, Delta Theta
Sigma, 15-9, 15-10; Broz Ray,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, beat Mike
Miller, Kappa Sigma, 15-1; 15-4;
Carl Schrock, Alpha Chi Rho,
beat Mike Rubino, Alpha Phi
Delta, 15-1, 15-1.
Art Oberg, Pi Kappa Alpha,
advanced by forfeit when no op
ponent was chosen, John Condit,
Delta Sigma Phi, beat Peter
Longmire, Alpha Sigma Phi, 15-
2, 15-1; Dave Bischoff, Sigma Nu,
beat Tom Shreffler, Acacia, 15-
4, 15-12; John Wylie, Phi Kappa
Sigma, beat Howard Wolfson,
Zeta Beta Tau, 15-1, 15-2; and
Phil Benedetti, Delta Upsilon,
beat John Bernard, Phi Sigma
Kappa, 15-6, 15-10.
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Against
With four consecutive triumphs under its belt, Penn State's ten
nis squad will be pointing for win number four this afternoon on
the varsity courts when it opposes a surprisingly-strong Bucknell
team.
Match time is 3:30.
Although the Foggmen took the measure of the Bisons (6-3)
earlier in the season, anything
apt to happen, and probably
Coach Sherm Fogg summed it
up very nicely yesterday when
he said, "When you're on top,
everybody is gunning for you."
Fogg a 1 s o added, "Bucknell
would rather throttle us, more
than any other team on its card."
_ Bisons Triumph
Last Friday afternoon, the
Bucknellians scuttled a highly
touted Pitt aggregation, 6-3,
while State barely eked out a 5-4 ,
conquest over the Panthers.
Since its a good policy to stick
with a winner, until otherwise
proven wrong, we'll stick with
the Nittanies in this one.
The starting lineup as an
nounced by Coach Fogg should
see Captain Owen Landon, No. 1
man for State, matching his skill
against Paul Renney.
Dick Wieland, Fogg's No. 2 se
lection, will tangle with the
Bison's captain, Gray Rogers.
Bill Aiken is pitted against
Bucknell's Bil Reitz in the third
singles set.
Davis No. 4
In the fourth singles event,
State's Ed Davis will wield his
racquet with Nick Fchloeder as,
his opposition, and Bill Wood
takes on Jim Hess in the fifth
fracas.
The only change in the •start
ing role will be in the final
Seek sth Win
Bucknell Today
singles tussle. The 1939 veteran,
Gus Bigott, will not participate
in the singles, however, he will
toy in doubles. The Venezuelan
product is currently suffering
from a "tennis elbow" ailment.
This athletic disorder, Coach
Fogg said, is similar to a sore
armed pitchers' troubles in base
ball. According to him, "Usual
ly, it won't' heal overnight."
Captain Landon and Wieland
will oppose Rogers and Fchloe
der in the first doubles matches
of the afternoon. Aiken and Da
vis will form the No. 2 duet for
State, while Wood and. Bigott are
slated to play in the third fray
for the Lions.
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