WAGE SIX Eaken Tennis Golfers Tie Army for 10th Place By TED SOENS Rod Eaken, number one Lion golf man, reached the semi-finals of the Eastern Intercollegiate golf tourney yesterday before he was beaten by Paul Harney of Holy Cross, 4 and 3. • Harney later on defeated last year's champ fr o m Yale, Line Roden, to <capture the individual title. Harney clinched the. match on the 16th hole with a par 4 as Roden overshot the green on his second shot and needed five strokes to reach the cup. Eaken was the only bright spot in State's outing against the East's top college golfers. e Lion's team tied with Army for tenth place in team standing. They had a total of 663 for their four lowest men, Eaken, Gordon Stroup, Hud Samson, and War ren Gittlen. Ragland Is Medalist Virginia put together the best combination of scores, taken from the four low cards of each of the 14 competing schools, to win• the team championship with a 636. The Medalist for the team play was Bill Ragland of Princeton who fired a 36-hole 149. This was the second year in a row that Rag land has captured the honors. He was still seven strokes away from the standard par-71 Naval Aca demy course. Defending te am champs, the Yale Bulldogs, fin ished in four t h place behind Princeton and Navy. In qualifying for th e semis, Rod defeated Frank Smith of Vir ginia, 5 and 4, and Ward Hamm of Dartmouth, 3 and 1. While Eaken was playing Harney, Line Roden was downing Ragland, medalist on Sunday, 2 down. Bucknell Match on Thursday "Rod played beautiful golf on Sunday when he defeated Smith and Hamm," Coach Bob Ruther ford commented. "He played very well for a sophomore." The golf team will begin prac tice today for their coming match with Bucknell on Thursday. The Navy golfers, Penn State's visit ors on Saturday, placed third in the EIGA tourney, with a 639. They managed to get four men into match play—more than any other team in the tourney. Pittsburgh, an ex-o pp onen t, finished seventh with a 653. while Cornell was one place behind State with a 666. Bob Reilly, from Pitt, placed 10th for match play with a 159. Jan Cronst edt, 19-year-old Finn and a freshman at Penn State, is the first Nittany Lion gymnast to win National AAU honors since .Steve Greene, of Philadelphia, won the side horse title in 1948. Hoover, Betts Win IM Handball Doubles Crown Ed Hoover-Art Betts, Phi Delta Theta,! were crowned as the 1952 intramural fraternity handball champions last night when they were extended. three matches before downing John McCall-Lou Gomlick, Alpha Tau Omega, 21-16, 13-21, and 21-9. The match was the second ex tended affair in the seven vic tories registered by Betts-Hoo ver, who previously downed their opponents with ease. Their previous tough game was in the semi-finals against Bill Waters-Roy Stetler, Sigma Chi, and in the finals. Although McCall-Gomlick, win ners of six games, showed good defensive playing in the first game. Betts-Hoover were able to get off to an early lead. They then mate 11 e d point-for-point with their opponents. It was not until the latter part of the match that the champs were able to pull Gains Team Athlete of the Week ON BASIS of his fine showing in the Eastern Intercollegiate golf tourney over the weekend, Sophomore Rod Eaken has been chosen as Athlete of the r Week by the Collegian Sports desk. Rod reached the semi-finals in the tourney before he was de feated by the eventual titlist, Paul Harney. 5 Fraternity Teams Score Wins in Soccer Delta Sigma Phi edged Sigma Phi Sigma, 1-0, in an overtime intramural soccer match - Friday night to clinch at least a tie in League E. This victory was its second of the tournament. Alpha Gamma Rho, the only other fraternity to possess two wins, downed Sigma Alpha Mu with an impressive 3-0 victory. All three goals were scored in the first period. , Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Alpha Psi battled to a 0-0 dead lock, but Phi Gamma Delta scored six corner kicks, five in the sec ond period, to gain the win. In another tight affair Beta Theta Pi won from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1-0, by getting two cor ner kicks in the first period. Delta Theta Sigma scored tw o early goals to edge Phi Kappa Sigma, 2-1. butch Sykes, assistant director of intramurals, announced yes terday that all canceled soccer games scheduled for last night will be played at a later date. Most Valuable Jack Mayes, Miciigan-.State's freshman utility outfielder from London, ,Ont., was voted "Most Valuable" on the Spartan hockey team during the 1952 season. By SAM PROCOPIO away to win the affair. In the second ma t c•h of the evening both teams appeared to be a litle anxious. But the Mc- Call-Gomlick, duo, taking advan tage of the . errors made by Betts- Hoover, capt u r e d the second game. Betts-Hoover, going into the third and final match of the tournament, didn't waste any time in scoring. The champs had a 3-2 lead, then a 6-2 lead. The Betts-Hoover combination c ontinued their steady playing throughout the matrth to pull away, winning the final match by 12 points and the championship. THE I)At COLLEeIIAN STATE =`_ ` : .LEGS. PENNSYLVANIA EIGA Semis; Divides Pair Leave Today For Match With Juniata Owners of an even split of the. weekend wars with Colgate and Syracuse, Coach Sherm Fogg's travel-weary tennis crew will leave today at 1 p.m. for Hunting-. don to meet Juniata for its fourth straight match on enemy courts. Friday, Colgate swamped State, 8-1, while on Saturday, Syracuse caught the rebounding tennis Lions full force• and took it on the chin, 6-1 The netmeri have a 1-0 slate at home and a 1-3 mark away for a total seasonal record of 2-3. The potent Red Raiders swept through all six singles tests and two of three doubles matches Fri day without dropping a set. Gus Bigott and Bill Forrey brought home the lone p6int by turning back the number three Colgate doubles outfit of Al Strickler and Ed Soderland, 6-3, 6-3. Dick Robinson made his in itial varsity start and dropped identical sets to Stan Bishop, number-one Colgate performer, 6-3, 6-3. Against the Orange of Syracuse, all of Fogg's doubles choices hung up wins and Bruz Ray, Dick Gross, and Gus Bigott scored for the Nittaxiies in singles play. Gross' and Bigott's wins came in three sets, while Ray took his in straight sets. Probable starters in the singles slots against Juniata at 4 today are Bruz Ray, Ed Davis, Dez Long, Bill Ray, Dick Gross, and Otto Hetzel. Doubles combos will be Robinson-Davis, Bruz Ray-Long, and Gross-Bigott. Bishop (C) defeated Robinson (S), 6-3. 6-3. Stern (C) defeated Bruz Ray (5), 6-2, 6-3. Herman (C) defeated Davis (S), 7-5, 6-4: Clevear (C) defepted Forrey (S), 8-6, 6-4. McCormick (C) defeated Bill Ray (S), 6-1, 6-3. Zarbaugh s (C) defeated Bigott (S), 7-5, 7-5. ' Bisliop-Stern (C) defeated Robinson- Davis (S), 6-0, 6-4. Troup-Cleaver (C) defeated Bill Ray- Long (S), 6-3, 6-4. Bigott-Gross (S) defeated Strickler-Sod erlund (C), 6-3, 6-3. SYRACUSE lliarkquardt (Sy) defeated Robinson (S) 6-8, 7-5,' 6-3. Bruz Ray (S) defeated Kerr (Sy), 6-3 6-4. Scholk •(Si) defeated Davis (S), 7-5, 7-5 Bernstien 4Sy) defeated Forrey (S), 4-6 6-2. 7-5. NENiiEMMiMi Bigott (S) defeated Gould (Sy). 6-3, 4-6 6-1. Robinson-Davis (S) defeated Markquard Kerr (Sy), 7-5, 1-6. 6-4. Bruz Ray-Long (S) defeated Seholk-Bar rishaw (Sy), 6-4, 7-5. Bigott-Gross (S) defeated Bern:Arlen Gould (Sy), 7-5, 6-1. Lion Batsmen Remain In NCAA Contention Penn State's baseball team remains in strong contention for the right to represent the Eastern District 2 in the final "World Series" of the National Collegiate Athletic Aisociation championships to be held Oinaha, Neb., June 17-19. The Lions own a record of 10-3. St. Johns of Brooklyn, cur rently setting the pace in New York City's Metropolitan loop, owns the best record in District 2 with a mark of 10-2 to rule as chief contender at present. Duquesne, with a 9-2 mark, and Villanova, with a 7-2 log, are the two other clubs beside Penn State and St. Johns which are still in the running. The District 2 standard bear er will be chosen Monday May 26 at a special meeting of the District committee representa tives at Scranton. On the com mittee are State's Cach Joe Bedenk: Epy Barnes, Colgate: Bill ,McCarthy, NYU; Charlie Lafayette: and Paul Amen, Army. By GEORGE BAIREX Doubles 'Teams Win Summaries COLGATE d Out of His Shoes shown in photo), the Rutgers goalie, Don Howard, jumps to deflect ball. Instead Hockersmith slams ball below goalie's feet ,for the first of his four tallies in the third period. Rutgers went on to win in the overtime, 16-15. • Lacrosse Team Loses In Overtime Thriller Rutgers' "golden!" attack trio all but chased Penn State's lacrosse defense from the field Saturday when it scored 14 goals and assisted in six others in a 16-15 Rutgers' overtime win on the Nittany course. Bob McVeigh was the leading conspirator, tossing in seven goals, including the game deciding one, and assisting in another. Bob Stevens was close behind with six goals while Jerry Gabriel, even though 'he scored but once, assisted in five tallies with some fancy, slight-of-hand passing. Rallying in the final period af ter a dismal first half, State brought the partisan crowd to its feet.with eight goals in the final period, three by leading scorer Wayne Hockersmith. It was at tackman Bob Koons, however, who saved State's skin, tempor arily at least, with .a goal just 17 seconds before the final horn. . Rutgers Takes 6.1 Lead Dick Rostmeyer gave State a 1-0 lead on a drive-hi shot, but Rutgers roared back on Stevens' goal and a blind, back-over-the shoulder shot from 20 feet by Mc- Veigh for a 2-1 lead. Goals by Gabriel, McVeigh, and Stevens gave the Scarlet a 5-1 first-quar ter lead. _ After 7 minutes of the second period, midfielder Al Callelo took a pass from Gabriel and the score mounted to 6-1. A Koons-to-Eagle play broke the spell for State, but Gabriel passed off to Stevens, again and at half it was 7-2. Koons and Rostmeyer narrowed the score to 7-4 at the start of the third period. McVeigh shoved in a shot at 35:25, but Goldsworthy kept State in the game. 8-5, at 38:01 with a goal. • Match Goals Tallies by All - American de fenseman Wally Beneville• and an other by McVeigh made it 10-5 at• the three-quarter m a r k. Bene ville's fine stick checking and all-around defensive play, prac tically went unnoticed because of the fierce tempo of the game in the second half. Successive tallies by Rostmey er, Hockersmith, and two by Goldsworthy brought State up to 11-10. Stevens' goal made it 12-10, but Hockersmith's two goals tied it. McVeigh's fifth tally returned the lead to the' Scarlet, but Koons TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1952 By' TOM SAYLOR Baseball Parade By BARRY FEIN When wise old Conniec•iVrack said that.pitching was 75 per cent of baseball, he wasn't just kid ding. The New York Giants are now in first place—with only two .300 hitters—on the strength of that pitching. Two notable exceptions to this paucity of hitters a r e Whitey Lockman (.310) and catcher Wes Westrum (.333). Westy, presents an interesting case. Last year he hit a paltry .219. This season, however, it's a new Westrum. - The big bats of Hank -Bauer and Iry Noren, may wake the Champion Yanks out of their slump. Bcith have played big Parts in recent Bomber victor ies . . . Pitcher Spec Shea and outfielders Archie Wilson and - Jack Jensen have been - sharing lead roles in the hot pace of the Washington Senators seven out' . of eight last wins the deal°' • certainly didn't hurt either club. The now-famous article in Life magazine by Ty Cobb has caused repercussions in baseball circles, People fr o m 'Clark Griffith to Billy Herman have directed their ve,rbal artillery at Cobb. • re-tied the score with 17 secorids left. , , In the overtime, - Hockersrnith. gave State the lead for the first ,time since Rostmeyer's goal at the start of the game. McVeigh scored' again only to have Koons put. State ahead, 15-14. Stevens and'•', McVeigh then tallied within 1:.30. and that was it—a Frank • Merri..._ well climax to a •hectic match. • •,,-
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