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The Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
It's Derby Day and appropriate that Penn State's track team
.4`c t fi and running" today.on Beaver Field's human,race ver
sion of thtirehill Dciyins for the first time since 1950,
Not since the Navy meet two springs ago have the-Lions hosted
any opposition. thinclacls as they will .when Michigan State and
Penn' State race, jump and throw for the state championship.
'Things were so bad for freak-lovers this time last year that
enterprising ?Ottani. coaches Chick Werper—plympic Coach in his
19th . season—and Norm Gordon whiPped up an attractive Blue
' While intresquad meet to keep interest among both trackmen and
spectators.
It would be clever, but inaccurate to say that Penn State again
has ho'me track meets, but no track team. The Lions do have a team
'and 'a 'good 'one. The truth is simply that the Nittany thinnads are
terribly young and inexperienced. Among today's performers, 15 are
freshnien,.l2,sophs, eight juniors and only 'six are seniors—in abso
lute reyersal!of healthy prOp9rtion.
To Ohl - Strafe State's not-exactly-desirable accent on youth, look
at the LiOn's four-m:le relay his
tory. The' boring 16-lap fixtu:
of the Penn Relays hasn't be%
boring for ltittatiy track fait
Pour araight years, through 19/
and '49. State won it. In '5O
near-record bteaking e f for t
Penn forced Werner's distank
aces into, second and preventf
the : race from being billed as tl
Chick Werner Special.
Once: again last year State a;
serted its supremacy in the eves
with a veteran quartet of B(
Parsons, Don and B ill Asheii
felter and Bob Freebairn.
'Contrast , that senior team • • 4--
which averaged 4:21 miles -with last week's four-mile team which
had two freshmen, Lamont Smith and Jim Hamill, a sophomore
John Blood and jurdo Jack Horner.
On the other side of today's dual, Michigan State figures to,
and is eager to, run the Lions off the_cinders—just as last fall when
Karl Schlademan brought a proud crew- of harriers to"a 19-41 debacle.
Possible high spots in the welcome return of track to Beaver
Field: Two-Mile—Spartan cross country captain . Jim Kepford, has
done 9:18, doesn't figure to fold as he did at the four-mile• mark in
cross country . . . Nittany Smitty, with an unofficial 9:19 in the
IC4A indoors, could uncork with a follow up to last week's great
chase of Army's Shea.
Mile—Spartan Mickey Walters; with a 4:18' to boast of, looks like
the one - best . . . P S's'Bob Gehman ran a 4:22 beauty at Navy last
year and could surprise.)
'Halfniile—Rapid Robert Roessler finds 440 too short, 660 just
right and ,880 long. But on basis of his 2:14.9 Army field house record
for 1000 yards last winter, Bob could be the jape greeter . . Dave
Pierson, BlUe-White winner in 2:00.3 is well under two flat this year.
Dashes—Spartan Captain Dick' Hensoh look's best on the basis
of b. flock of , Big Ten rUnnerup spots . ; The Lions till Polito did
22.2 in the Pitt pp last year . a Captain John Lauer, could win the
quarter for Lions if his 50.1 440 at_Pitt last - year, counts.
Field=Henry Gillis, fourth in the Drake 120 highs last week and
Henson, 23.1 low hurler, look like a Spartan near-sweep . . . Spartan
frosh Jim Vrooman,. owner:of a .6!4" indoor high jump, figures more
consistent than P S's Jim Herb , who once hit 6'7" but since hasn't
shown a resemblance.
78th Derby Runs Today
, Hill Gail with number one jockey Eddie Arcaro aboard will go
to the the post today favored to win the 78th annual run for the roses
over 16 other three-year-Olds at historic Churchill Downs, Louis
ville, Ky.
The odds-makers were posting
Hill Gail and his running mate
Top Blend at 7 to 5 but by the
time "My Old .Kentucky Koine"
strikes up, the 100,000 ,fans
. are
expected to cut t sto even
money or odds-on 4 to 5. -
Blue Man reigns as the second
choice over the mile and one
quarter first jewel of racing's
triple crown at 7 to 2 along with
Master Fiddle.
On_historical performance basis,
the Arearo-Etill Gall duo appears
unbeatable. From the number
one post position, Arcaro will be
trying to boot home his 'sixth
derby winner for Calumet's fifth
wreath of roses and the sixth tri
umph for trainer Ben Jones.
Arcaro and Jones records are
not matched and only the• late E.
R. Bradley has had four winners
sniff the roses.
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THE 'DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Brooklyn's late inning attack
gave them a 3-1 victory over the
Chicago Cubs and broke up a no
hitter by righthander Turk Lown
in the ninth inning.
Lown nearly pitched the first
Cub no-hitter in. 35 years to the
day. Billy Cox led off the ninth
with a clean single. Jackie Rob
inson doubled, sending Cox to
third: Roy Campanella walked.
Snider sent an easy bouncer to
Bob Ramazzotti who juggled the
ball and had to throw to 'first in
stead of the plate. Andy Pafko
drew an intentional walk, loading
the bases again. Gil Hodges' long
fly scored Robinson and a single
by Carl Furillo gave the Bums an
insurance run.
Young Billy Loes, who could be
a diamond in the rough and a big
factor iri the Brooklyn pennant
drive, got his second win against'
no defeats.. He relieved starter
Clem Labine in the seventh.
• * * *
The World Champion Yankees
who don't hit like they used to,
managed to take advantage of
poor tetroit fielding to give Ed
die Lopat a 4-1 victory over the
Tigers.)
The Red Sox turned the tables
oil the Brownies as big Walt
Dropo came through with a
grand slam homer as part of a
nine-run blast against Ned Gar-,
ver in the sixth inning.
The Browng, who are probably
getting dizzy from their unaccus
tomed dizzy heights of the first
division haVe now won nine and
lost five 4
9 Wins Recorded
n IM Volleyball
Only four of the scheduled nine
games in ThUrsday night's intra
mural -volleyball action were
played, as five of the carded
games. were decided by forfeit.
All of the scheduled games were
in the fraternity A division.
Chi Phi, Alpha Gamma Rho,
Sigma Nu, Tau Kappa Epsilon;
and ' Alpha Chi. Sigma all were
awarded- forfeit victories.
In the four contests played, Sig:-
ma Phi Epsilon defeated Alpha
Zeta, 15-2, 16-14. Sigma Chi whip
ped_ Theta Xi, 15:1, 15-11. Phi
Kappa Psi downed Theta Kappa
Phi,.ls-2, 15-5, and Alpha Chi Rho
went three games to beat Sigma
Pi, 15-13, 11-15, 15L2.
Prior to Thursday night's games,
five fraternity league winners
were determined. - Triangle-A,
Lambda Chi Alpha-A, Tau Kappa
Epsilon-B, Theta Xi-B. and Pi
Kappa Phi-B all captured their
respective league titles. All five
teams show perfect records.
Release Casagrande
BALTIMORE, May 2 (iP)—The
Baltithore Orioles decided today
another bonus player loaned them
by the Philadelphia Phils isn't
ready for Triple- A baseball and
sent southpaw pitcher Tom Casa
grande to Schenectady. The 21-
year-old Casagrande will join Ted
Kazanski, $lOO,OOO shortstop, sent
to Schenectady earlier this week.
Baseball
Parade
By BARRY FEIN
Leonard Breaks Tie
In sth With Single
(Continued, from page one)
State kept going in the seventh against Ted Tindall, scoring a
tally on Kline's single and Tonery's two-bagger to left field.
In the eighth inning, after Sil Cerchie had walked, Hopper got
hold of a fast ball by Rutgers' third pitcher, Jim Cerone, and drove
it high and far in under the stands in right-center for his third
round-tripper of, the season. Then after two were out, Troisi singled
to left, went to second on first baseman Cathers' interference, to
NBA Lifts Suspensions
WASHINGTON, May 2 (JP)
The National Boxing Association
today lifted its suspension of Wel
terweight Johnny Bratton, Chita
go, and his in anag e r, Hymie
Waldman.
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third on a wild pitch by Cerone,
and scored the Lions' final run
when Kline was safe on Stanzel's
error at third base.
Everson notched his fourth vic
tory, his first in relief, and he
really deserved it. "Ace" gave
four hits in the four innings he
toiled.
Bedenk & Co. will meet Villa
nova Monday as the Lions begin
a six-game road trip that won't
see them home again until May
21 against Temple.
Rutgers Ab R H
Litcity,2b 6 1 3
McDon'gh,cf 5 1 2
Koperw'ts,ss 5 0 0
Monaghan,rl 6 0 1'
Stanzel,3b 3 0 2
Gussis,lb 2 1 0
Tindall,p 0 0 0
Valis,lf 5 0 1
Cobb,c 5 1 3
Feldman 1 1 0
Cathers,lb 1 0 0
Cerone,p 0 0 0
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Players Absolve Rupp
LEXINGTON, Ky., May 2 (M
Ten players on last year's Univer
sity of Kentucky varsity basket
ball team said today in a signed
statement Coach Adolph Rupp
never had done anything that
would tend to corrupt them.
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IPenn State Ab R H
Tonery,lf 6 1 3
Mihalich,2b 4 2 1
Cerchie,cf 3 2 0
Hopper,rf 3 2 1
Leonard,c 5 01 2
Hunehar,lb 4 0 3
Troisi,ss 5 1 1
•Kline,3b 4 2 2
Vesling,p 1 0 0
Everson,p 0 0 0
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35 11 13
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