PAGE SIX iamond Team Seeks to Snap Slump at Pitt Penn State's slumping baseball team left for Pittsburgh this morning where it will engage the Panthers of Pitt in the first of a two-game series this afternoon. The two rivals will play again tomorrow. The Lions, unbeaten until they suffered losses this week to Villanova and Navy, will be favored over .the Panthers, but must come out of their batting doldrum to win. Coach Joe Bedenk's nine, hopeful of landing a District 2 playoff berth, has come up with only three runs in its last two outings. The Panthers will carry a 3-3 record into today's battle, the lat est decision being a 6-5 win over West Virginia's Mountaineers Wednesday. The Lions beat the Mounties earlier this season in a doubleheader, 6-2 and 4-2. Last year, Coach Ralph Mitter ling's Smoky City nine dropped two games to the Nittanies, 5-2 and 12-0, at Beaver Field. Jack Krumrine hurled a two-hitter in the second game, and will prob ably get the nod from Bedenk to take the hill again today. Pitt's only holdovers from last season are first baseman Joe Scal zo of Westinghouse, second base man Dave Devy of Munhall, and pitchers Paul Lomond of Clairton and Bob Russell of South Hills. Newcomers to the Panther line-up will be shortstop Charley Reese, third baseman Dick Filek, and outfielders Bob Kyle, Sam Little, land Bob Zwahlen. State will carry a .288 team average into the game, headed by third sacker Huber Kline's robust .371 mark. The Lions' list of .300 or better hitters has narrowed to four with Kline, Bill Hopper at .333, Chris Tonery with .327, and Bill Leonard hitting .316 Batting Player AB R PI Mowry 1 0 1 Krumrine 10 2 4 Kline 35 14 13 Hopper 42 14 14 Tonery 55 14 18 Leonard 38 9 12 Rhoda 7 1 2 Vesling 11 2 3 Muncher 39 6 10 Cerchie 47 13 12 Troisi 43 12 10 Everson 13 3 3 Mihalich 42 11 9 Weidenhannner 1 0 0 Moore 1 0 0 Troy 0 0 0 Totals 385 101 111 6 IM H-Ball, Badminton Wins Posted Four intramural handball teams and two badminton fraternity men posted victories Wednesday night to move into the semi-finals of their respective tournaments. In fraternity handball Ed Hoov er-Art Betts, Phi Delta Theta, captured their fifth successive win by downing Fred Rodgers- John Bristor, Phi Gamma Delta, 21-7, 21-12, while Bill Waters-Roy Stetler, Sigma Chi, defeated Bar ney Whitehill-Johnny Albarano, Theta Kappa Phi, 21-7, 21-19. After losing their first match 15-21, John McCall-Louis Gom lick, Alpha Tau Omega, made a strong comeback to win from Jim Pickett-Ken Minchin, Phi Delta Theta, 21-9, 21-17. Owen Wilkinson-Dave Bischoff, Sigma Nu, easily defeated Lou Riggs-Joe Lemyre, Sigma Chi, 21-7, 21-5, in the last game of the evening. In the fraternity badminton tourney, Joe Piorkowski, Theta Xi, defeated his basketball team mate Herm Sledzik, Phi Kappa Alpha, in a close match, 15-11, 15-13, while Dick Robinson, Theta Xi, won from Dave Bischoff, Sig ma Nu, 15-11, 15-6. Trackman Test Army At West Point Tomorrow By JOHN SHEPPARD If the fates, in this instance in the form of inexperience, would lay off, Coach Chick Werner's young track squad might upset hep tagonal champion Army tomorrow afternoon at West Point, N. Y. The Wernermen, however, would be hard pressed to accomplish such a feat, for their lack of seasoning is offset by the fact that they have only participated in one dual meet this season Despite such circumstances, the . Lions are gradually coming along, and should give a better account of themselves in the Army con test According to Werner, "we're improving, and there are many mistakes that we made last week that we can't make now." The silver-haired tutor, of course, is referring to State's 91-40 setback by Michigan State. In the one-sided affair, the Lions' inabil ity to maintain -a fast pace and still have a strong kick in the stretch, and their knack of "open ing up" too soon was quite preval ant, as State lost several races, which they should have otherwise won. Werner further added, "I guess we called them before the season started. I said we were going to make every mistake in the deck, and we did." • The latter statement of Werner's isn't highly exaggerated either, for his squad is composed of 11 frosh, 11 sophs, six juniors, and four sen iors. Of the 32, there are only six lettermen in the group. Moreover, they aren't concen trated in one department, as shot putter Dick Cripps and high jumper Jim Herb toil in the field events, while sprinters Bill Polito, Bob Roessler, Captain John Lauer, and distanqg man Bob Gehman By JIM PETERS carry the burden in the running events. - Viewing the problem fUrther, one can see that Werner is faced with quite a problem. Last weekend against the Spar tans, for instance, the Statemen could only capture two first places. These were in the 220-yard low hurdles and the pole vaulting. event. The two winners—Dan Lorch and Bill Youkers—are frosh and soph, respectively. When your veterans are over shadowed by th e newcomers, there isn't much one can say, ex cept to keep hoping that the youngsters will hurry up and gain that ever important thing called experience. Ordnance Staff Members of the Ordnance Re search 'laboratory staff are at tending meetings this week in New York and Washington. The groups are attending the Navy symposium on underwater acoustics in Washington, D.C., and the Acoustical Society of America session in New York. Wayne Hockersmith, Penn State's top scorer in lacrosse, is a brother of Bill Hockersmith, Lion , football tackle. Both are products of New 'Cumberlar High' SchooL • THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COiLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Defense Is Their Job DON BELL, goalie; Dick Schaefer, defense; John Henry, de fense; John Amber, defense; and John Steinmuller, midfield, (1. to r.) will form much of Penn State's defensive platoon when the Nittany lacrossemen take on Rutgers tomorrow afternoon on the golf course. Lacrossemen Host Rutgers Tomorrow Rutgers' lacrosse team, spearheaded offensively by attackman Mac McVeigh and defensively by All-American Wally Beneville, collides with Penn State tomorrow in a match that is a "must" for State if it hopes to keep above the .500 mark for the season. Game time is 2 p.m. on the golf course. Should Coach Nick Thiel's charges lose to Rutgers, the Lions will have to win their final two tilts against Cornell and Hobart to come out even The game will be a revenge tilt for the Lions, losers to. Rut gers, 11-6, at New Brunswick in 1950. Avg. RBI 1.000 1 .400 4 .371 6 .333 11 .327 16 .316 9 .286 3 .273 1 .266 7 .255 12 .233 7 .231 1 .214 2 .000 1 In their last outing, the Men of Coach Al Twitchell thumped weak Lafayette, 21-1. McVeigh really went wild in this game, scoring eight goals. Bob Stevens chipped in with four more. State will enter the fray in good condition with the excep tion of attackman Doak., Walker, defenseman John Amber, an d Captain-midfielder Bud Wolfram. Walker's ankle has shown no signs of improvement and might shelf the sharp-shooting senior for the rest of the season. Am ber's "charley horse" is • still bothering him somewhat with a result that Thiel will probably only use him sparingly. Wolfrath might be ready, Thiel indicated, but so far it is still indefinite. Wolfram pulled a ten don in , his knee in the first quar ter at Syracuse. Replacing Walker on the left hand side of the attack position will be Bob Koons. Creaseman Tom Goldsworthy and Dick Rost meyer will round out the attack. If Wolfram isn't ready at mid field, then . Thiel will open with Tony Eagle. Leading scorer Wayne Hockersmith and John Yohman will also start at midfield. The second midfield will con sist of two freshmen—Lucien Gir ard and John Steinmuller—and Jim DeVoe. 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" 7 '' ,- '''''.1. 1 .. , ":5"7' ,, ' , ;" „ •,:; ,,, ; , . 3 ;• '-',--''',%'",;.'k",iiir'''' ', .: ..'('-''''''3C.N ., e 4 , .0, - 'l, ~, ;:, —., ;.,, 2 ,..1N • • Three Injured Wolfram Indefinite Second Midfield By TOM SAYLOR IM Volleyball Playoff Activity Gets Underway Beta Theta Pi-A and Beta Sig ma Rho, undefeated in regular league play, continued in their winning ways Wednesday night as the first round of the intra mural volleyball p 1 a y'o f f s got underway at Rec Beta Thet a Pi disposed of Lambda Chi Alpha-A in tw o games, 15-5, 15-10, while the Beta Sigs were whipping Pi Kappa Phi-B, 15-6, 15-5. In the independent tourney, Beaver House and the Foresters moved into the final round after both picked up victories. The Bea vers, had little trouble in beating the Pirates, 15-8, 15-8. The Fores ters, however, had to go three games in turning back the Early Risers, 1 / 5-7, 12-15, 15-5. The finals in that ,tournament will be played next Tuesday. With two teams now eliminated, 16 teams remain in the fraternity tourney. All 16 are slated to play tonight, with the quarter finals scheduled for Monday night. The semi-finals are on tap for Tues day, and the finals will be run Wednesday night. lineup with John Henry, Barr Asplundh, and Dick Schaefer. Schaefer will take Amber's place, with the latter being used as a substitute. The reliable Don Bell will handle the goal tending duties. TUXEDO RENTALS Bur's MEN'S SHOP Opposite Old MOO —Photo by Collens FRIDAY', MAY 9,.1952 Robinson Starts. Net Play Today By GEORGE BAIREY Dick Robinson, two-time independent singles IM ten nis champ, was taken off dis ciplinary probation yesterday by the Dean of Men's office disciplinary committee and was immediately reinstated on the State tennis squad. Robinson left yesterday with the traveling team and will see action in the number one singles and doubles positions ' against both Colgate today and Syracuse tomorrow. The Lions will meet both clubs on foreign courts, with Colgate scheduled for Hamilton, N. Y., today and the Syracuse match for Syracuse, N. Y., tomor row. Navy Whitewash Sophomore Robinson, while previously not eligible to partici pate in intercollegiate competi tion, had been working out regu larly with the squad through special permission granted by the disciplinary committee before he was declared eligible yesterday. The Lions ran into a sharp Navy tenni' squad Wednesday at Annapolis, Md. The Middies dealt out their second 9-0 shellacking in years over State for the Nittany netmen's second loss in three 1952 matches. • Gross-Bigott Double Up Fogg, after immediately placing Robinson in the key singles posi tion, moved Bruz Ray and - Ed Davis each down a position on the ladder for the Colgate match. Bill Ziegler, normally Fogg's number three singles man, will sit out the singles play due to a bad right wrist. Dez Long or Bill Ray will play in the number four slot. Standbys Dick Gross and- Gus Bigott round out the remaining two singles positions. Two new doubles outfits will be thrown into the Colgate competi toin. Robinson • will team with Davis in the top spot, and Bruz Ray will go in the number two position with either Ziegler or Bill Forrey. Veterans Gross-Bigott will make up the number three combo. Summary Leftwich (N) defeated Braz Ray (S), 0, 6-3 Carson (N) defeated Davis (S), 6-2,' 6-3 Schultz (N) deflated Wiegler (S)i • 6-0. . Southerlapd (N) defeiied Foriey ($), 0. 6-2 Organ (N) defeated Groat .(S), 7-5, 6-2 Gaskill (N) defeated Bigott (S), 7-5, 9-7 Doubles Hoffner-Messinger (N) defeated Hruz Ray-Davis (S), 6-2, 6-4 Stride-Murphy (N) defeated Long;Bill Ray (S), 6-0, 7-5 • . Redden-Mahoner (N) defeated Forrei- Bigott (S), 6-4, 7-5 He r m Sledzik, of Clune, In diana county, se co n d only to Jesse Arnelle in scoring and re bounding, has been named cap tain of the 1953 Penn State bas ketball team. ERROL FLYNN RUTH ROMAN "MARA MARV MYRNA LOY JEANNE CRAIN "BELLES ON THEIR TOES" OPEN AT 6:00 RICHARD BASEHART "DECISION BEFORE DAWN"
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