Fp,IDAY, MAY 9, 1952
Sports Thru
The Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIgHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
Two swallows never make a summer, nor do two baseball losses
necessarily ruin Penn State chances for an NCAA :District 2 playoff
berth.
Elmer Gross and his NCAA playoff Nittany cagers discovered
last winter that even four losses qualified for a sectional runoff spot
—so long as 20 games were safely stowed away in the win column.
Baseball Coach •Joe Bedenk's ballclub is already halfway to the
20 game mark with only , two losses chalked against it.
The two getbacks dealt by Villanova and Navy early this week
were quite stunning in wake of a 10 game streak the Lions' had built
up, but if it can be any comfort to Bedenk, the same thing happened
to Gross and Company last winter
The Nittany cagers weie riding a tidal wave of 15 straight
victories with talk of NIT and NCAA bids flying faster than
Korean truce rumors. But the Lion five went on the road—they
should have stood in Rec Hall—and in the space of four nights
were rudely jolted three times.
Similarly, at the end of last week Bedenk's diamond mine
laborers were sailing on halycon seas with 10 'wins and no defeats.
Then they too hit the dreaded
road. It never helps the Boston
Red Sox to leave Fenway Park
and it didn't help the Lions to
leave beautiful Beaver Field
lawn. With baseball being the
percentage game it is, the pres
sure finally hit the Lions—with
a bang as Villanova erupted in
their face, 12-1.
The next day. the element of
chance cau g bt up with State
again, just as it had helped the
Lions last Saturday when State
beat Rutgers despite shoddy play.
Righthanding fastballer Ace Ever- -
son wasn't hurting his 0.96 earned
run average with a shutout going
into the Navy seventh. Two sin
gles and a walk loaded the bags
for the Crabtowners. But State and Everson were "due." Middle grid
star Zug Zastrow could have missed—on that one pitch—but instead
he cracked the
s Homer which Bobby Thoinsoned Zastrow and Ralph
Brancaed Everson.
But all isn't lost, for State's ball club, as it was for the unhappy
Brooks, by the one Homer. All the major contending teams in the
stiff-competitioned circuit have lost at least twice. This includes
St. Johns, Manhattan, Villanova and Lafayette. State could possibly
win only five of their seven remaining games and still grab a play
off spot when the district representatives meet on May 27 in Scran
ton. Bedenk with his push, push, push has a typical hustling and
driving- club which is still in the running to make the "Little World
Series" NCAA finals in Omaha, Neb., June 17-19.
A week ago Bedenk proved himself a prophet by declaring,
"We're bound to get knocked off some time soon." If doesn't follow
that from two losses State is bound to lose out for NCAA consid
eration. - After all, the Giants lost Il straight last year—a strategy
definitely not recommended for the Lions, however, this late in
the campaign.
Tie for First
Alpha Gamma Delta and Phi
Mu moved into a first place tie in
the Thursday night softball ldague
last night. Alpha Gamma Delta
beat Chi Omega 16-7 while Phi
Mu beat Phi Sigma Sigma 19-1.
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The Tri-Delts lost to Sigma Delta
Tau 17-16.
In Wednesday night action Al
pha Xi Delta moved into first
place with a win over Zeta Tau
Alpha 25-1. Other action showed
Alpha Chi Omega trouncing Theta
Phi Alpha 41-3, while Delta Gam
ma beat Alpha Epsilon Phi 14-2.
Penn State Golfers to Compete
In EIGA Tourney Tomorrow
By TED SOENS
They'll be separating the
men from the boys this week
end as the 1952 Eastern Inter
collegiate golf t our n a ment
gets under way at Annapolis,
Md.
Ninety-six top golfers repre
senting 16 Eastern colleges
will compete for team and in
dividual championships over
the three-day schedule.
The defending champion, Yale,
will have most of its team back
from last year and are rated the
favorites. The Bulldogs have two
of the top golfers in College ranks
in Link Roden and sophomore
Skiplray. Roden was champion
in last year's tournament while
Skip has won the Pennsylvania
Publib link title for the last couple
of years. '
6 Men to Play
Another strong contender for
individual title will be Bob Riley
from Pitt
All of the Lion squad members
haven't been picked but the top
four men will be Rod Eaken, Hud
Samson. Joe Webb, and Gordon
Stroup. op. 1 y six men will be
taken on the trip and the other
two places will be decided be
tween Warren Gittlen, Bill Al
bert, Jim Lamoree, and George
Kreidler.
State has won both of their
games defeating Cornell and Pitt
by identical 5-2 scores. Webb and
Eaken led the attack on Pitt with
scores of 71 and 72.
"We'll be up against tough corn
petition tomorrow," Coach Bob
Rutherford commented, "but we
have several men capable of qual
ifying for the individuals, that is
if they're on their game."
Play Practice Round
"The boys are starting to come
along now as they indicated by
Saturday's match against Pitt,"
Rutherford said. "The score for
the Pittsburgh match doesn't tell
the whole truth; it was really a
tough, close game. • There were
a lot of one up scores!"
The team will leave for' Anna
polis at 7:30 this morning and will
play a practice round of 18 holes
in preparation for Saturday's con
test.
Tomorrow's medalist play to de
termine team championship will
begin tomorrow at 8 a.m. Team
standings will be determined by
a total of the four lowest scorers
from each school.
Then for Sunday's match play
the 16 'lowest scorers of all of the
Competitors will pair off. The in
dividualist winner and runner up
will be announced after Monday's
morning play.
The Pacific golden plover flies
each fall 2400 miles across an is
landless course from Alaska to
Hawaii.
Wrestlers
• Elect . Lemyre,
Frey, Captains
Joe Lemyre and Don Frey were
elected co-captains of Penn
State's wrestling team at a squad
banquet at the Eutaw House last
night.
It's the first time co-captains
have been chosen in Lion mat
history.
Joe Lemyre was voted winner
of the Neidigh- award for his con
tributions to the team at the af
fair attended by members of the
squad, former wrestlers, managers
and interested townspeople.
'Ash' Defeats Wilt
HANOVER, Pa . (AP)—B ill
Ashenfelter, former Penn State
distance star, defeated FBI man
Fred Wilt by 15 yards yesterday
to win the annual Sonny Shepard
Memorial two-mile run.
Ashenfelter wa s clocked in
9:06.8. The last time Ash defeated
Wilt was while winning th e
NAAU 10,000 meter cross country
championship last fall.
Schoolboy Tourney
Pennsylvania's schoolboy track
and field stars will hold their
annual championships at State
College May 23-24.
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4 Men Advance
To Semifinals
In IM Tennis
Four men have survived quar
terfinal round tests in the frat
ernity division of the IM tennis
singles tournament and have ad
vanced to the semi-final round.
Dez Long, Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, Bruz Ray, also Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, Bill Wallis, Sigma Pi,
and Bill Ray, Phi Kappa Sigma
movdd up. Long advanced via a
forfeit from Dick Wert, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Bruz Ray toppled Sigma Nu's
Sam Lemon in straight sets. 6-3,
6-0, while Wallis edged George
Watson. Sigma Phi Sigma, '7-5,
6-3.. Bill Ray completed the round
of four by ousting Tony Owoc,
Sigma Chi, 6-2, 6-3.
Semi-final round pairings are
Long-Wallis and Bill Ray - Bruz
Ray.
IM SOCCER
Triangle 4 Chi Phi 1
Phi Delta Theta 1 Alpha Sigma 'Phi S
Tart Kappa Epsilon 2 Phi Sigma Delta 0
Delta Tan Delta 1 Phi Sigma Kappa 0
Phi Kappa 1 Sigma Phi Alpha 0
Delta CFO 3 Phi Epsilon Pi 0
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