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. • •,,-