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Baseball Team Plays First
Of Two Game Series With
Pitt At Beaver Field Today
Coach Ralph Mitterling brings his Pitt baseball squad
to Beaver Field today for the first of a two-game,series with
State's diamondmen.
This afternoon's game will start
and tomorrow's contest will start at 2:30 p.m
son or Bill Bair will probably pitch for
The Panthers got off to a bad
start this season, losing six of
their first eight games. But they
seem to have righted themselves,
somewhat, and now have a 7-7
slate for the year. The Lion's 12-5
victory over Villanova Wednes
day raised their record to six
wins in eight games.
Weak Schedule
Pitt's most recent game was a
7-ti loss to Thiel. Wednesday. Al
though Mitterling's team has a
.500 percentage for the season,
tile Panthers have not played as
rough a schedule as the Nittanies.
Victories have been scored over
such teams as Clarion, Geneva,
Allegheny, and Bethany.
Notre Dame swept two games
from Pitt, 5-1, and 10-5; West
Virginia gained a 7-0 shut-out
victory; and Gettysburg downed
the Panthers, 6-2.
The Panthers have not been
hitting as well as expected, and
the team's fielding , has been poor.
Thirty-seven miscues were corn- 1
mated in the first eight games to
ruin Mifterling's pre-season hopes
for an NCAA playoff berth.
Panther Infield
Mitterling will probably start
Johnny Marhefka, who hit .305
last year, at first; Joe Scalzo,
sophomore at the hot corner; Joe
Ross, who has a two-year .287
batting average at . third; and
Steve Paviakovic, who has hit
.244 for the last two years, at
shortstop.
In the outfield the Panthers
will have Dick McShannic in
leftfield, Bobby Lewis, center
field, and Pat Murphy, in right
McShannic is a transfer student,
while Lewis has been a regular
for two years, and posts a .339
average. Murphy is, a .361 hold
over batter.
Sophomore 011ie Niemela has
been doing the catching since an
other soph, Chuck Gibson, hurt
his arm. Gibson was one of the
heaviest hitters on the team, and
may see action in the series.
Three Man Staff
Mitterling has been using a
three-man pitching staff most of
`the season. Righthander Bob Rus
sell had a 1-0 record last season.
Paul Lomond, another junior
right hander, also posted a 1-0
mark last year. Southpaw Ray
Hollis is a newcomer to the team.
Bedenk will probably use the
same starting line-up. Stan Lag
anosky will be at first, Bill Mi
halich ,second, Harry Little, third
base, and Paul Mowry, shortstop.
Bill Hopper, right field, Sil Cer
chie, center, and Henry Albright,
left field, will patrol the outer
garden. Clarence Buss will do
the receiving.
Frosh Runners
Beat Buckeyes
Lion frosh trackmen made it
three - for - three in telegraphic
meet competition last week by
defeating one of the nation's best,
Ohio State, 66-65.
The freshmen will close their
season this week when they op
pose Michigan State, Another of
the nation's top track teams.
Final trials fo r the Spartan
meet will be run this afternoon
with the two-mile, javelin, and
220 events having Red Hollen,
Bernie Kelley, 011ie Sax, and
Jim Finn featured.
Against the Buckeyes, Sax suf
fered his first 440 loss against
frosh "competition" when Ohio
State's McArdla recorded 'a 50.5
to beat Sax's 50.9.
By DAVE COLTON
Colgate
Hosts Net
Team Sat.
. The Nittany Lion tennis team
I will venture to Colgate tomorrow
in an attempt to extend its pres
ent, winning streak to three
straight.
With only three matches re
maining, two of which are against
the Red Raiders, the Nittanies
will have to be at their best for
it has been repored that Coach
Perry Rockafeller's combine is
loaded to the gills with seasoned- 1
talent.
Tough Opposition
Since the Red Raiders are per
ennially one of the most feared
net squads in the East, the Fogg
men's possibility of improving on
their present 8-2 record is in
doubt.
Thus far this campaign, the
Lions have successfully over
powered Buck n e 11 (twice),
GeOrgetown, Juniata, Pitt, West
ern Maryland, Syracuse, an d
Washington and Jefferson, while
their two setbacks were inflicted
by a twice-beaten Maryland
team, and once-beaten Navy.
Split Last Year
Last season the Statesmen re
corded a .500 percent against
Colgate, winning at home, 6-3,
and losing away, 8-1.
Incidentally, last year Colgate
was one of the three squads to
hold triumphs over State, the
others being Navy And Maryland
who have also duplicated the
feat this year.
In last season's win, the Col
gatemen copped every event ex
cept one in the singles action.
Captain Owen Landon garnered
the only Nittany marker when he
swept by veteran Bob Milgrim
in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.
Dick Wieland went down to de
feat, 8-6, 6-4, at the hands of one
of the highest-rated net perform
er in the country in the person of
Bill Lust. Incidentally, Lust, who
played No. 1 man• last season,
has been shifted to the No. 2
post this year,
College Economic Experts Cast
Cold Eye - On Baseball Situation
Members of the College's Bur
eau of Business Research recently
made a study • of professional
baseball in the State, and agreed
that the outlook isn't too bright
fo'r minor league clubs, the Asso
ciated Press reported yesterday.
"Several developments within
the last year are almost un
mistakable signs of trouble for
the baseball industry with con
ditions likely to get worse before
they get better," said the Penn
State pundits.
Penn State's Bureau of Busi
ness Research pointed a pessimis
tic finger specifically at the mili
tary draft, the effect of television
on minor league attendance and
a consolidation of farm system
operations.
"At best, basebalL is a pre
carious business, but in 1951
the uncertainties faced are far
greater than in the last five
seasons," said Dr. Roger B.
Saylor, Penn State associate
professor of economics, wh o
wrote the bureau's report.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, .6TATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLWANIA
3:30 p.m.,
Bill Ever-
the Lions
Pessimistic
Yanks Take
4th Straight
From Tribe .
The New York Yankees whip
ped the Cleveland Indians for the
fourth straight time yesterday
to .cling to their top-rung. Ameri
can League position."
Joe DiMaggio's clutch single, a
dazzling throw to the plate by
Hank Bauer and pitching by Allie
Reynolds gave the Yankees an
old-fashioned 1-0 triumph,
DiMaggio's single came 'with
two out in the first inning and
scored Bobby Brown from second.
In the only other American
League afternoon contest Con
rado Marrero, making an unex
pected start,' pulled the Washing
ton Senators out of their four
game losing streak by defeating
the Detroit Tigers, 11-6.
Fifth Straight
For Marrero it was his fifth
straight win. He was pounded
for 16 hits but wasn't in trouble
after the Senators scored five
runs off Freddie Hutchinson in
the third inning to, grab a 6-1
lead.
In the National League the lea
gue-leading Brooklyn Dodgers
were again jolted by the. Chicago
Cubs, 7-0.
Hank Sauer's three-run homer
in the fifth inning embroidered
a seven-hit shutout job by Frank
Hiller as the Cubs won the rub
ber game of their three-tilt series.
Kiner's Sixth
At Pittsburgh, Ralph Kiner
powered out his sixth home run
of the season and a booming
double to account for five runs
as the Pirates trounced the New
York Giants, 12-7.
Murry Dickson was the last in
the Pirates' mound parade, going
in fol. Bob Friend in the fourth
with two out. He lasted out the
storm to get credit for the victory.
The Cincinnati Reds were
staggering at the finish, but they'
eked out a 6-5 victory over the
Boston Braves to climb a little
closer to first place in the neck
and neck NL race.
Move tip
The Reds, winning their fifth
straight game and their seventh
in their last eight outings, ,moved
to within a game and a half of
first-place Brooklyn.
The Redlears did all of their
damage to Warren Spahn, Bos
ton's starting pitcher, in just two
innings. In the third, a base
clearing double by Johnny Wyro
stek produced three runs.
Baseball in general, but Penn
sylvania teams in particular,
came under the bureau's research
microscope.
26 Pa. Clubs
Of the 26 baseball clubs that
operated in the Keystone State
last year, only 15 started out the
1951 season, Saylor said. Included
are the state's three major lea
gue clubs—the Philadelphia Phil
lies, Philadelphia Athletics, and
the Pittsburgh Pirates.
"Attendance declines and play
er shortages have discouraged the
continued operatifig of the other
clubs," said the economics expert.
Dr. Saylor went on to say that
baseball magazines "wish they
knew• \the true importance" of
television as a factor in cutting
down attendance.
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Bu t besides television, he
said, minor leagues also must
face the fact the rising cost
.of living is forcing fans to cur
'tail recreational expenditures.
Dr. Saylor said the military
Trackmen Finish Dual
Sea.son Tomorrow At Pitt
Penn State's dual meet track season closes tomorrow afternoon
in Pitt Stadium when the Lions meet the Panthers with intent . to
balance the Navy loss of two weeks ago.
Not idle last Saturday by any means, State's cindermen got a
tuneup in the Blue:White Meet which should give them an added
The Pimpernel
Breaks Record
At Widener
NEW YORK, May 17 (AP)
The Pimp e r nel, two-year-old
che,stnut colt, established a world
record for four and - a half fur
longs , today by traveling down
the Widener Chute, at Belmont in
49 4 / 5 seconds.
The former world mark was
50 2 / 5 seconds, set on the -same
course on May 27 last year by
Black Douglas, another - two-year
old. .
The Pimpernel set the record
in winning today's fourth race at
Belmont, a $4,000 event for colts
which had not before won a race.
He was driven by Warren Mehr
tens and paid off at $8.20 for each
$2 ticket. •
The chestnut colt, owned by
William Goadby Loew, is a son 'of
Pavot out of Chalara, by Chal
lenger 11. He was bred by A. S.
Hewitt and is trained by D. J.
Byers. He finished second in his
only previous start on April 3.
Aiken, Pickett
To Defend Title
Bill Aiken and Jack Pickett of
Phi Delta Theta will defend their
intramural horseshoe crown to
night when they meet Don Raz
lett arid Eusebio Lavin, the op
posing finalists from Alpha' Chi
Rho.
These two 'duos survived a
field of forty-six entries to reach
the final round.
Th e Aiken - Pickett twosome
I won a hard threeLset match from
Sam Lemon and Len Shephird,
Sigma Nu, in the quarterfinals
and then won easily, 21-11 and
21-0, from John Pisano and John
Krupa, Theta Xi, in the semi
finals. •
Hazlett and ' Lavin defeated
Charles Harding, and John Wil
liams, Alpha Zeta, 21-5 and 21-20'
in th e quarterfinals, and .. then
won a three set victory from Al
Kovar and Paul -Eckert, Phi Kap
pa, in the semi's, 16-21, 21-3 and
21-4.
Baseball, football, - basketball
and track were the first four
sports established on an intercol
legiate basis at Penn State.
draft is creating "a considerable
fear" of a shortage of playing tal
ent in minor leagues which draw
their manpower from draft-prime
youths.
"Many minor league clubs can
not possibly operate without this
assistance from the majors," he
said.
But businessmen in minor lea
gue communities, said the Penn
State professor, are doing every
thing they can to hang - on to their
teams.
Asset to Community
"These actions indicate that
businessmen consider the pres
ence of a professional baseball
an asset to a community and
of direct or indirect .benefit to
business." said the expert.
The report 'summed up, the re
port on his final not •of gloom:
• "Recent developments, general
ly beyond the control,of local
people,- may make it - dificult for
many cities to avoid joining the
list of communities which for
merly had professional baseball."
BP JAKE HIGHTON
measure of sharpness.
To date, the Panthers have
split in two dual meets. Miami of
Ohio edged •the Panthers 61% -
60'%s but last week Carl Olson's
men defeated Notre Dame '76 1 / 2
631/2.
Olson Praises Kuzma
Possibilities are good for a
great race in the mile tomorrow.
Pitt's Frank Kuzma did .a 4:21
against Miami, but Olson figured
he could have done at least 4:17.
To test , Pitt's ace are the Lion's
best milers, Bill Ashenfelter and
Bob Freebairn. Bill did the dis
tance in 4:18.8 last week and Bob
did 4:19 but both are More than
ready to lower those figures if
good weather and competition are
present tomorrow.
State half-milers can also ex
pect trouble. Panther Johnny
Kountz did 1:54.5\ last week
against the Irish to bieak a meet
record, held by the fabulous
Johnny Woodruff.
Freebairn, Parsons In 880
Chief opposition for Kountz
will come from Freebairn , and
Bob Parsons. "Flea" did 1:56.2
against Navy and Parsons is com
ing around to his% old 880 zip.
Dave Pierson, who finished with
a powerful kick to win the 880
in• 2:00.3 last week, may also pull
a surprise for the Lions.
Pitt's captain and iqttarter-mil
er, Dick Firsching, did not run
against Notre Dame last week
and is a doubtful starter tomor
row, so the Lion's Bill Lockhart
may have his only obstacle to a
440 victory. removed. Last. year
when the Wernermen beat Pitt
72 1 / 2 . - 67 1 / 2 . Lockie was nipped by
the Panther captain in 49.6 440.
Against the Irish, Pitt's Bernie
Luteranick tied a meet reeord
with a 9:41.8 two mile, State's
Bill Ash, brother Don, and Jack
St. Clair can all hit that mark.
Gavilan Made
2 To I Favo-rite
NEW YORK, May 17—(M—A
flood of money on the challenger
boosted flashy Kid Gavilan to a
2 to 1 favorite today to whio NBA
welterweight champion Johnny
Bratton in their 15-round title
bout in Madison Square Garden
tomorrow night.
The odds rose a point _and a
half from the 8 1 / 2 to 5 odds favOr
ing the Cuban yesterday. Inter
, est in the bout has zoomed up
with the weather and this may
turn out to be the biggest betting
fight of the year.
• Although the 9 p.m. (EST) bout
is being broadcast (A.8.C.) and
telecast (N.8.C.), the promoting
'lnternational Boxing Club ex
pects its largest crowd and gross
of the Garden season.
Stewart Forced
Out Of Action
PITTSBURGH, May 177-- , (lP)
IFor the first time in his 19 years
as a National League umpire,
Bill Stewart was forced to quit in
the middle of a game today. He
was hit on the right knee by a
foul tip off the bat of Eddie
Stanky in the fourth inning of the
New York Giants - Pittsburgh
game at Forbes Field, •
After Stewart left, two urn
pires—Jocko Conlan and Art
Gore—handled the game. Conlan
replacing Stewart behind the
plate.
The injured umpire was exam
ined immediately by Dr. Joseph
Finegold, .who diagnosed it as a
bad bruise and ordered whirlpool
and heat treatments. Stewart will
be out for at least three days.
His Fifth Season
This is Sherm Fogg's fifth year
at the. helm of the Penn State
tennis team. Last year, his team
won 8, lost 3, tied 1.
FRIDAY MAY 18. 051