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Golfers Seek Third
Straight Win Today
The Nittany Lion golfers will be seeking their third win of the season today when
they play host to a "young" team from Bucknell. Match time is 1:30 p.m. pn the College
golf course.
, The team hasn't been sel
gained the semi-finals in the
TY edenkmen
Will Face
'Muse Tests
Penn State's NCAA contending
baseball squad closes what so far
has been a disastrous road swing
when it takes on Dickinson in
Carlisle tomorrow and Pennsyl
vania in Philadelphia Saturday.
Both ball games are "musts" if
the Lions are to remain in con
tention for the collegiate "Little
World Series."
Unbeaten on their home Bea
ver Field premises in seven starts,
the Lions are barely over the .500
mark with a 4-3 log on the road.
Coach• Joe Bedenk has nomi
nated big Ace Everson for the
starting assignment against Dick
inson which yesterday dropped a
5-0 decision to Gettysburg. State
earlier edged Gettysburg 2-1.
Righthanding Everson, owner
of a 4-1 mound record, had been
practically untouchable with a
0.96 earned run average after the
first seven games, but has been
rocked rather hard lately upping
his earned run average to 2.44.
Low-man in the pitcher's aver
age department with 2.21, Keith
Vesling (4-1) will probably get
the call to hurl against Penn.
Soccer Scrimmage
Penn State's soccer team will
hold a scrimmage between the
"Old Timers" and the "Rook
ies" at 2:30 p.m. today, soccer
Coach Bill Jeffrey said yester
day. A general meeting will
precede the scrimmage.
Netmen 1 Lank
1' each .500
The Penn State tennis squad climbed back onto the .500
bandwagon for the second time this year as it ran through
a hapless Juniata club, 9-0, yesterday at Huntingdon.
The win sets the Lions' mark at an even 3-3 for the sea
sons. Coach Sherm Fogg's charges dropped just , one set
during the entire whitewash.
Fogg's six singles choices lost only 1.7 games in the clean sweep,
and only one of the doubles teams was extended to three sets while
the other two combos won in straight sets. .
Forrey, Ray Win
Lion Captain Ed Davis, performing in: the top singles position,
dropped Juniata's Jim Marr, 6-4, 6-1. Sophomore Bruz Ray took
two sets handily, 6'-1, 6-2, from Bob Rauch, while Dez Long outshot
the number three Juniata man, John Petteiger; 6-1, 6-3. .
Bill Forrey and Bill Ray, working in the number four and five
singles shots, turned in identical overpowering victories. Forrey
-decisioned Dick Bowker, 6-1, 6-0, and by the same set scores, Ray
won from Bob Keim.
Freshman Otto Hetzel came up with a creditable 6-2, 6-1 triumph
over the number six Juniata performer. Nick Bruno, for the first
win in his first intercollegiate start.
Ray Brothers Score
The three doubles outfits had just about as much trouble as
the singles had. Top duo of Dick Robinson—Davis dropped the ini
tial set but won easily in the remaining two to defeat the number
one Juniata team Marr-Petteiger, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.
The Ray brotherS wasted no time in disposing of the Raucll- .
Bowker outfit in the second seeded doubles spot as they pounded out
a straight sets 6-3, 6-0 win.
The veteran team of Dick Gross-Bigott, working in the third
doubles slot, was not extended at all in its 6-0, 6-1 win . over the
Keim-Bruno combination.
Saturday the Lions will go after the win against Pitt that will
put them a game over the .500 mark for the first time this season.
State will p en 11-e block an undefeated skein over the tennis
Parth•er:; f ati over five matches in Fogg's six-year regime
as head tennis mentor.
cted as yet, but probable star
EIGA tourney; Joe Webb,
Stroup, Warren Gittlen, and Hud
Samson.
Bill Albert, the only, senior on
the squad, or George Kreidler
will play as the No. 6 man on the
team.
Bucknell will be bringing a
team composed entirely of sopho
mores and freshmen. Coached by
Harold Evans, Bucknell has play
ed such teams as Juniata, Dela
ware, and Franklin and Marshall.
Juniata trounced the Bisons with
a 7-0 score.
The Lions are rated the fav
orites in today's match and are
expected to repeat last year's vic
tory, which was by an 8-1 score.
According to one of the coaches,
the Bisons haven't defeated a
Penn State golf team.
So far the Lions have beaten
two teams, Pitt .and Cornell, both
by the same score-5-2. However,
they still face a tough test in
Navy on Saturday and their wind
up match with the powerful Red
Raiders of Colgate next Saturday.
Navy will prove the hardest
assignment on the basis of its
spectacular showing in the EIGA
tourney. It was the only team to
place four men in the individual
titlist round. In team standing
Navy finished third while the
Lions were tying with Army for
a tenth place showing.
Major League Results
Boston's Red Sox continued to
tailspin by suffering a 6-3 loss
to the White Sox. Rogovin was
the winner . . . Wertz blasted a
tie-breaking homer for the Tigers
to beat Washington 3-2.
Russ Meyer won his first in the
Phillies' 9-2 win over the Chicago
Cubs. Jones and Hamner homered
. . . The Polo Grounds Express
roared to its 16th win out of the
last 18 by tripping the Redlegs,
8-3. Maglie won his sixth with a
six-hitter . . . The Pirates kept
Rosewell cheering until the 10th,
losing to the Braves 4-3 . . . The
Cardinals behind Solly Hemus'
homer and triple stopped • the
Dodgers 5-1.
By GEORGE BAIREY
DATLY COLLEGIAN: STATE CeitLEGt
By TED SOENS
Juniata
Record
ters will 'be Rod Eaken, who
edalist against Pitt; Gordon
Trackmen
Seek Upset
Over Pitt
By JOHN SHEPPARD
With a stroke of good fortune,
Penn State's winless cinder team
expects to come out of the dol
drums with a victory Saturday
afternoon on Beaver Field when
it entertains Pitt.
Somewhat of a disappointment
against Army's formidable team
last weekend, the inexperienced
State thinclads have undoubtedly
reached the nadir of their mis
take-making path, and should
give a better account of their ac
tons against the Panthers.
Lost One, Won Two
Coach Chick Werner's proteges
have definitely shown marked im
provement insofar as clockings are
concerned. So it is only natural
that the veteran tutor should feel
that things will be looking up
for his forces on Saturday after
noon.
It takes some optimism at that,
for Coach Carl Olson's squad has
won two and lost one. On the
other hand, Werner's green frosh
and sophs have been exposed to
the best in the business, and have
no doubt gained a lot of - exper
ience.
72-59 Upset
Moreover, State will be toiling
at home, and when these two
arch rivals get together, the out
come is always in doubt.
The Smoky City contingent will
be shooting for its second straight
win of the campaign and also
striving to re verse last year's
72-59 upset by State.
Captain John Lauer, distance
man Bob Gehman. and sprinter
Bill Polito will be striding fast
and furiously to better or dupli
cate their performances of a year
ago. Lauer galloped to a fast 50.1
w,n in the 440; Gehman finished
third in the mile run; and Polito
gained a second and third in the
220 and 100, respectively.
Berridge to Speak
Dr. H. L. Berridge, of the Uni,
versity of Pennsylvania, will
speak at the final meeting of the
Centre County Association for
Health, Physical Education, and
Recreation at 8 tonight in 3 White
Hall. The meeting is open to the
pUblic. •
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Hockersmith Hockersmith caught fire in V
final period, scoring three go 4 ,
and adding another in the ' ol.r, ,-
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A slow-starting but unusually
strong-finishing Cornell lacrosse
team will visit here Saturday in
an attempt to avenge a 10-5 beat
ing the Lions handed it last year
at Cornell. •
It Was 'the 15th win in 23 starts
against the Big Red for State, in
cluding a nine game winning skein
State had going from 1934 to 1942.
After a year's lapse, Cornell
trounced State 13-2 and 13-1 in
1944 to put a halt to the festivities.
In last year's 10-5 win, mid
fielders Jack Wilcox and Paul
Raffensperger added insult to in
jury -by cracking. the previous
Penn:State individual scoring rec
ord. The old record of 18 was set
by Cliff Sullivan in 1946, but Wil
cox and Raffensperger cleared
that with 21 and 20 goals, re
spectively.
"If we can do as well in the
rest of our games as we did in
the second half against Rutgers;
we'll be all right," Coach Nick
Thiel commented yesterday.
EN TSI?tVANIA
Between the Lions
With all of the stories• being written about the Penn State
team we thought it only fair that a few inches be devoted to the
guy behind the team—the guy who's blamed when the -team
and forgotten when the team wins—the coach. •
Coach Bob Rutherford Jr. came to the Vale when the sport'l
was first introduced to the student body, somewhere in the early 20's.
"At that time the present caddy house was a farm house and
was located well out in the wilderness," Rutherford commented.
"We had a few places to hit the ball then, . not good, but
enough to practice on. They completed the present course in 1929." -
Bob• didn't take over the re
sponsibility of head coach 'til
1950. Before then he worked in
the golf shop and assisted his
father, who started the first Penn
State golf team.
The Rutherford's are literally a
golfing family. Brother Ken is
now a professional at the Carlisle
Country Club while the Senior
Rutherford was a pro with the
Sequin Club in,
Connecticut f r
17 years befo.
he came here 1
teach the gam
Since Bob
taken over t:
reins, his tea'
have won eig)
in 1950 wh i
d r opping nu(
and in 1951' '
team. took
and dropped
third year as head coach, Bob's
team so far has taken both con
tests.
Looking back over the teams
Phi Delts in IM
vr-B a llch mplonsh.
Phi Delta Theta won the intramural volleyball championship t i
last night, whipping Theta Xi in three games, 15-7 i 10-15, 15-4. Then
Phi Delts jumped off to an early lead in the first match and were
never threatened, although Theta Xi rallied for fdur straight points
after the score had reached 14-3.
With "Whitey" Makarewicz and Joe Piorkowski providing the
bulk of the attack, Theta Xi .re
bounded in the second contest;
scoring a 15-10 victory. The game
was nip -and-tuck the whole way
but a scoring spurt in the• final
minutes sewed up the game for
Theta Xi.
The final match was "no con
test" as far as Theta Xi was con
cerned. The Phi Delts scored first
and with the score standing at,
2-2, began to move away. Theta
Xi didn't score again until the
Phi Delts had scored eleven points
and then it was too late. The final
score stood at 15-4.
In winning the championship
Phi Delta Theta completed a per
fect season, winning eight games
without a setback.
Last night's loss' was the only
one that Theta Xi suffered all
•season.
The "big boys" for the Phi
Delts were Ed Hoover, Art Betts,
and Frank DeSalle. All three are
tall and constantly drove the ball
'to the floor,' scoring the biggest
share of the points for the win
ners. - •
Lemyre
Voted MoSt
Valuable Wrestler
Joe Lemyre, 'Penn State's first
National Collegiate champion
since 1935, has been voted the mat
team's most valuable wrestler.
The Lion junior, who will co
captain the team in 's3,'won the
William N. Neidig Memorial
Award which goes annually to
the wrestler "who contributes
most toward the success of the
team."
Although beaten twice in dual
meet competition, the stocky 167-
pounder' surprised the field ,by
winning Eastern and National Col
legiate title honors.
The Neidig Award was estab
lished in, 1950 by Charles T. Nei
dig, of Berwyn, as a memorial to
Thiel hit the nail on the head
with that statement, as -it would
have taken a team nothing short
of the national champions to beat
State, especially in the final quar
ter when the Lions were hotter
than a brick kiln.
Midfielder Wayne Hockersmith,
State's leading scorer, was having
MTRSDAt, MAT 15,
By TED SOENS
Assistant Sports Editor
he's seen play at the College, Bob
picks the 1948 squad as the best
one. In that year, the Lions went ,
to the Eastern Intercollegiates
tournament and wound up in first 'fj,
place—the only State links, team
to accomplish_such a feat. • 10;1-.&
"Senior Rutherford was coach tA4 ,
of the team while I was the assis-;
tant. Some members of that vic-1: 7 ;;
torius squad are still doing active
work in the field of golfing. Joe
Boyle is now the assistant coach
at the College; Raymond Peterson
went on to the professional ranks
and is now at the Elks County
Country club in Ridgway; and .4.4
Tom Smith is the club champion'
at the Greensburg Club," Bo b
says.
Bob will see his boys go after
their third win today against
Buckriell. He's never had a per
fect season as coach and maybe
this year i wlll be his lucky one
—at any rate, he has, one grati
fication his is the only on-
beaten team on campus.
By DICK MC DOWELL
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