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State Nine Tops W. Maryland
Hopper Smacks Homer, Triple
To Lead Lions to 9-4 Victory
Coach Joe Bedenk’s diamondmen utilized 11 walks to defeat
Western Maryland 9-4 in their home opener at Beaver Field yes
terday afternoon.
It was the fourth consecutive win of the season for the Lions.
A couple of Bills—Hopper and Everson—were the stars for
the Nittanies. Hopper powered a two-run triple and a tremendous
home run to lead the hatting at
tack while Everson pitched shut
out ball the last three innings,
Bedenk used three hurlers with
righthander Jack Krumrine re
ceiving credit for his second win
of the year. Another right hander,
Jack “Red” Moore, started on
the mound but was taken out
after two frames. '
Hopper was the only Stater to
collect more than one hit. The
big captain drove three runs
across the platter and tallied three
himself. His homer was belted
past the' 323 foot mark in right
field and bounced under the
stands.
Western Maryland jumped off
to a two run lead in the top of
the first. After shortstop Bill
Pfiefer walked, Moore got Lowell
Haines on a popper to third. But
“Lefty” Kaufman, Charley VHiite,
and Ira Zepp followed with suc
cessive singles. Zepp’s drive to
left drove in both runs.
The Terriers added another
marker in the third on a walk
to Pfiefer, a sacrifice bunt to
Haines, and a line single by
Kaufman.
The Lions finally got to West
ern Maryland’s Don James in the
third; Chris Tonery drew a walk.
Second baseman Bill Mihalich
struck out, but Sil Cerchie also
got a base on balls and both
scored on Hopper’s high triple
to left center. The Crafton senior
then was waved across when
James committed a balk.
The Bedenkmen added another
run in this rally on’ a walk, a
fielder’s choice and a line single
by Carmen Troisi.
Hopper’s four base smash in
the fifth inning gave the Lions
a 5-3 lead. The Terriers got an
other run in the sixth on an error
by Krumrine, a single, a walk,
and a fly ball.
The Lions clinched the contest
with a four-run outburst in the
sixth. A walk and a pinch single
by Paul Mowry drove reliefer
Don Zimmerman from the hill.
His substitute, Pat Biddle,
couldn’t put out the fire as the
Nittanies got three more walks
and two singles to conclude the
scoring.
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Pflefer.ss 3 11
Haines,2b 3 0 0
Kaufman,lb 5 12
White,c 3 11
Zepp,3l> 4 0 1
Kelly,rf 4 10
Jordan,cf 4 0 0
Urion.lf 4 0 2
James.p 2 0 0
Zim’erman,p 0 0 0
Biddle,p 1 0 Oi
Penn State Ab R H
Tonery.lf 2 2 0
Mihalich,2b 2 0 0
Cerchie.cf 2 2 1
Hopper, rf 4 2 2
Leonard,c 4 0 1
Hunchar.lb 5 11
Troisi,s& 3 0 1
Kline,3b 3 10
Moore,p 10 0
Krumrine,p 10 0
Everson, p 10 0
Mowry,ph 10 1
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Western Md.
Penn State
3 Teams Form
Volleyball Tie
A three-way tie of two wins
and one loss stands between the
sophomores, juniors, and seniors
as the result of last night’s games
in the inter-class volleyball tour
naments.
The freshman team lost its third
game last night as the result of a
forfeit to the seniors.
In the only other game last
night, the juniors defeated the
sophomores, 40-28.
The schedule for the playoffs,
as released by Mable Marple,
WRA president-elect, is as follows
Monday, 8:30 p.m., sophomores
juniors; Tuesday. 8 p.m., juniors
seniors; Thursday, 8 p.m., seniors
sophomores.
Robinson SCO's Rocky
CHICAGO, April. 16 —UP)—
Champion Sugar Ray Robin
son, a boxer turned ferocious
slugger, knocked out challeng
er Rocky Graziano with a pul
verizing left and right in 1:53
of the third round to retain his
middleweight title before an
indoor record crowd of 23,785
in the Chicago Stadium to
night.
By DAVE COLTON
Lions Open
'52 Season
With 3 Wins
Penn State’s Nittany Lions
opened their 1952 baseball season
with a bang last weekend, scor
ing a total of 46 runs in three
games while romping over Ameri
can University and taking two
wins from Georgetown.
Coach Joe Bedenk’s team, which
extended its streak yesterday with
a 9-4 triumph over Western Mary
land, smashed American U. last
Friday, 20-1, in its opener at
Washington, D.C. The following
day found Georgetown being
dumped by 18-5 and 8-4 scores.
Jack Krumrine hurled three
hit ball against American, and
led the Lions at the plate with
four hits, one a booming triple
with the bases loaded. Krumrine
fanned eight opposing stickmen
over the nine-inning route.
Sil Cerchie, Lion centerfielder,
and catcher Bill Leonard pounded
home runs as the Lions went on
a 19-hit' spree. Chris Tonery,
hustling leftfielder, had three hits
for the Nittanies and came up
with four stolen bases. .
Keith Vesling and Bill Everson
each twirled six-hit games to post
the victories over Georgetown
Saturday. Vesling was impres
sive in his first start for the
Bedenkmen as he fanned eight
Georgetown batters, and contri
buted two hits to the Penn State
attack. Everson struck out five
in the 8-4 win which went only
seven innings.
Huber Kline, who wasn’t ex
pected to help much in the stick
(Continued on page seven)
Week's Athlete
Award Goes
To Three Lions
Boxer Sammy Marino, wrestler
Jerry Maurey, and baseball play
er Jack Krumrine have been se
lected to share Athlete of the
Week honors by the Collegian
sports staff for the. we.eks of
March 31 and April 7.
Marino and Maurey were select
ed Athletes of the Week for the
week of March 31. Marino, 125-
pound Eastern boxing champion
for the Lions, went clear to the
finals of the NCAA tourney be
fore bowing to champion Frank
Echavarria of Idaho. Maurey cop
ped second plade in the NAAU
wrestling tournament at Cornell.
After losing his first match, the
Lion 136.5 pounder scored three
straight falls and two decisions
to take runner up honors in his
weight.
For the week of April 7, the
Collegian sports staff has selected
Maurey and Krumrine. Maurey
won the 136.5 pound -title at the
Olympic wrestling tryouts at
Amityville, Long Island, and .a
trip to Ames, lowa for the final
tryouts.
Krumrine opened the 1952 base
ball season for the Nittany Lions
by hurling a three-hitter against
American University at Washing
ton, D.C. Krumrine also contri
buted four hits including a triple
with the bases loaded as the Lions
beat the Eagles, 20-1.
Major League Results
American League
New York—B Philadelphia—l
Si. Louis—s Detroit—-4
Cleveland —1 Chicago—o
National League
Brooklyn—l 4 Boston —B ■
Philadelphia at New York (night)
Pittsburgh at St. Lduis (night)
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Safe by a Mile
OUTFIELDER CHRIS TONNERY slides safely into second
base during the fourth inning of the Lions' 9-4 victory over
Western Maryland on New Beaver Field yesterday. The Green
Terror second baseman, Lowell Haines, waits for the throw while
teammate Bill Pfiefer backs him up.
Lacrossemen Lose Two
Matches On Ist Trip
•Penn State returned from the lacrosse wars south of the Mason-
Dixon Line over the Easter vacation and no doubt the Lions were
glad to escape with their shirts.
The Lions dropped a 5-2 decision to Loyola of Baltimore
and then were outclassed by Navy, 21-0, two days later,
State lacked a definite scoring
punch. Although it would no-t
have made any difference against
the Middies, a scoring punch was
all State needed to overtake Loy
ola,
Penn State fell behind in the
first half, 3-0, and even when
Captain Bud Wolfram scored two
goals in the second half to narrow
the count to 4-2, it just wasn’t
in the books.
Sophomore Don Bell played a
commendable game around the
net, but State’s shooting and ball
handling left a lot to be desired.
The loss added salt to the wounds
Loyola inflicted on State last
year, when Loyola rallied from
a six-goal deficit in the final
period to win, .14-12.
Navy, on the other hand, gave
a simple demonstration on how
lacrosse should be played. The
Middies, a team loaded with men
from the lacrosse hotbed of Mary
land,' were big, fast and just
about rode State off the field.
The Middies showed why they
are rated No. 1 in the state of
Maryland as they played flawless
Dionysius Cato prescribed:
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By TOM SAYLOR
ball'both offensively and defen
sively.-
Navy took 73 shots at the State
net. connecting on 21 of them
and at the same time limited the
Nittany Lions to a mere eight
shots.
Both clubs used substitutes
freely with Thiel employing his
entire squad of 21 players while
Navy alone had ten men in the
scoring column.
Thiel used the same starting
lineup in both games and even
though the results don’t show it,
the Lion coach had some consol
ation in that the defense stood
up fairly well.. It was. the attack
men that caused Thiel the most
headaches with their faulty stick
handling and poor shooting.
Thiel started John (Doak) Wal
ker, Bob Koons, and Dick Rost
meyer at attack; Wolfram, Wayne
Hockersmith, and John Yohman
at midfield; Barr Asplundh, John
Henry, and John Amber at de
fense; and Bell at the goal tend
ing spot.
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THURSDAY, ARRIL 17, 1952
J. Maurey,
Barr Gain
Mat Finals
By JAKE HIGHTON
Jerry Maurey, current Nittany
sophomore mat star and Homer
Barr, former Lion great, go
against the cream of- the nation’s
.amateur wrestlers today in the
opening round of the final Olym
pic tryouts in Ames, lowa.
; First and some second-place
winners in the three-day tourna
ment ending Saturday will rep
resent the United States in the
Olympic games at Helsinki, Fin
land. this summer.
Jerry, lone member of Coach
Charlie Speidel’s recent Eastern
Intercollegiate champions, bi d -
ding for an Olympic berth, quali
fied for the final tryouts by
sweeping top honors in the 136.5
pound class last Saturday in the
Amityville, Long Island, district
trials.
. Injury, Sickness Hurl
Barr, captain of the 1951 EIWA
champion Lions and Speidel’s
choice for his all-Penn State first
team, gained a shot at / the USA
team by winning the unlimited
division in the Pittsburgh district
tryouts last Friday night.
Other Nittany wrestlers trying
for coveted Olympic spots ran
into, misfortune in the form of
injury and sickness.
EIWA champion Dick Letnyre
had to withdraw from, the Amity
ville trials with ah infected hand.
NCAA champion Joe Lemyre was
hit by the flu and could do no
better than, fourth at Amityville.
Former Penn State captain <1950)
Jim Maurey was forced' out of
the Amityville trials with a dis
located knee when he seemed on
the - way to victory.
Homer Twice EIWA Champ
Youngest of the Maureys, Jerry,
in his first year of college wrest
ling, was undefeated in five dual
meets. Jerry’s further sophomore
achievements include a runnerup
in the EIWA tourney, a second
in the National Amateur Athletic
Union championships two weeks
ago, and now an Olympic prelim
inary tryout, victory.
Heavyweight Barr ruled as
Pehn State’s “Peoples’ Choice” for
three years during which time he
lost only one dual meet after
20 straight victories. Homer twice
copped EIWA heavyweight cham
pionships in 1949 and 1950.
More than’ 160 wrestlers, quali
fiers from the 14 district elimina
tions held throughout the coun
try. will be seeking positidns on
the Olympic,team.'