PACE SIX
enn State Golfers Win 3d of Season, 9-0
By TED SOENS victory of the golfing season, the match on the 13th hole by defeat- the 14th hole with Samson a 5 and 2. while George took his 8
The Penn State golfers gave Lions have stretched their win ing Stark 6 and 5. Webb and Hoff- and 4 winner and Rod posting a and 7. Best ball was 6-5. .
a rough welcome to Bucknell streak to three straight as against man went two holes further be- 6 and 4 victory. Best ball was 6-5, Kreidler, Gittlen and Stroup
y es t e rd a y afternoon when no losses. fore Webb took his opponent 4 going to State. are the only team members- that
' haven't lost a- match so far this
they handed their visitors a 'Up' After Nine and 3. State took best ball 6-5 The last foursome proved the Season. Samson lost at Pitt, on
9-0 setback on the - most exciting as freshman. Warren the 19th hole, Rod lost at Cor
links. five wins and four losses. In their ting 77's. Gittlen was losing to his oppon- nell 1 up, Webb also at Cornell
last outing, the Bisons beat Al- Samson 5-4 Winner 1 up, and Albert at Pitt 5 and 4.
Rod Eaken and Hud Samson bert College, 7 and 2. ent Bill Grim at the end of nine
were the low scorers for the Lions Eaken and Samson were paired The best golfing that took place
The first foursome to tee off holes, 2 down. At the same hole, yesterday wasn't between th e
with 73's. They were also the off against Johnson and Mymo . •
medalists for the match with the was Gordon Stroup and Joe Webb in the second foursome. Samson his teammate, George Kreidler, teams, however. Kreidler barely
next lowest scores being posted against Bucknell's co-captain Ben got off his only poor drive of the was 7 up on Nelson Kore. squeezed by challenger Bill Al
by teammates Warren Gittlen and Hoffman and Ted Stark. Both afternoon on the first hole but at Three Unbeaten bert yesterday morning to qualify
George Kreidler. They both .hit State boys got off good drives and the end of nine he was leading sixßut on the back nine Gittlen for sixth man against Bucknell.
a 76. • at the end of the first nine holes up. Rod shot over par on 2 and 3 Bill shot a very good two over
For Bucknell the lowest scorers was four up on Stark while Webb holes but sank a nice putt on the slowly crept up on Grim until by
- by par for a 36 on nine holes, but
were co-captain Van Johnson and finish the back nine under par 6th to lead Mymo by the end of the 12th it was evened up. After George came through with one of
Jeff Mymo, both scoring 77's. was two up. nine holes 4 up. that Warren won every hole to the best bit of golfing he's done
By posting their first shutout Gordon finished his afternoon The match was finally over on with a 34. He downed his man 4 this season to rack up a 33.
State Nine Tangles
At Dickinson Today
Striving to keep its NCAA playoff bid in the offing, Penn State's
baseball team will wind up its road trip this weekend when it tests
Dickinson in Carlisle this afternoon and Penn tomorrow.
Currently sporting a 11-3 log, Coach Joe Bedenk's charges must
win both outings if they are to remain in contention for the col
legiate "Little World Series."
Undefeated on their home gardens in seven starts, the Lions
Tennis Team
Plays Pitt
Tomorrow
The State tennis club, riding
higher than average on the crest
of a two-game win streak that
carried it up to the .500 mark, will
complete its two-day practice ses
sion today in preparation for the
traditional Pitt match tomorrow
at Pittsburgh.
The Panther meet is the last of
five consecutive matches sched
uled for foreign courts. The Lions
will wrap up the 1952 season with
their final three matches sched
uled for home courts. Duquesne
will be here May ,21 and Colgate
and Bucknell will show for return
matches on May 24 and 26. Earlier
in the season, Bucknell tromped
State, 7-2, and Colgate won, 8-1.
The Nittany netmen will be
shooting for their sixth straight
triumph without loss over the
Smoky City sextet. The Panthers
have never beaten a State tennis
outfit under Sherm Fogg's guid
ance. Last year the Lions came
from behind and nipped Pitt, 5-4,
in a match played at home.
Fogg will announce his travel
ing team and his singles and dou
bles choices after the completion
of practice today. Game time in
Pittsburgh is 2 p.m. with th e
Lions scheduled to depart from
State College at 7:30 a.m. tomor
row.
- - - Yep, It Went in!
TRP, nATT.V '7OLLEGIAIq STATE OtNNgYLVANIA
should better their 4-3 record on
the road as neither team is ex
pected to offer much opposition.
Romp Win Last Year
Righthandbr Bill Everson (4-1)
is Bedenk's mound choice in to
day's contest with Dickinson.
Last s e.a so n, the Nittanies
scored an impressive 11-4 con
quest over the Red Devils. Three
of Bedenk's regulars—Sil Cerchie,
Captain Bill Hopper, and Bill Mi
halich—were all instrumental in
State's winning exploits of a year
ago.
Earlier this year, the Red and
White dropped a 5-0 decision to
Gettysburg whom the Lions had
previously beaten, 2-1. Thus, the
Statesmen are favored to win.
Penn Lost 8 Straight
Tomorrow the Lion nine will
encounter its second obstacle in
Penn. Keith - Vesling, low man in
the pitcher's earned run average
cycle with a 2.21 mark, will get
the starting call against the Blue
and White.
Penn State Lineup
Tonery (.286), If
Mihalich (.216), 2b
Cerchie (.291), cf
Hopper (.333), rf
Leonard (.318), c
Hunchar (.216), lb
Troisi (.220), ss
Kline (.349), 3b
Everson (4-1), p
Precedent Setting
Co-captains heretofore were un
known in Penn State wrestling.
Chosen to share the responsibility
in 1953 are Joe Lemyre, National
Collegiate 167 - pound champion
of Merrick, and 147-pound
Don Frey, of Newton, N.J.
Thinclads
Eye Ist Win
Tomorrow
By JOHN SHEPPARD
Penn State's "triumph-hungry"
spikesters have their work cut
out for them tomorrow afternoon
on Beaver Field as they seek their
first win of the season and also
strive to continue their 11 years
dominance over traditional cin
der rival Pitt.
The last time a Panther
track squad tasted victory at the
hands of the Lions was back in
'4l. During their victory reign,
the Statesmen have succeeded in
subduing Pitt in the extreme. In
'43, for instance, the Nittanies won
by the healthy margin of 85-46.
The Wernermen also scored an
overwhelming 82 1 / 2 -48 1 / 2 win in
'47.
Pitt Record, 2-1
Whether Coach Chick Werner's
forces have adequately recovered
from last week's devastating loss
is hard to say; however, his run
ners can't continue to make many
more costly mistakes.
Curently sporting a 2-1 log,
Coach Carl Olson's pupils were
idle last weekend, but the week
before they registered a 71-60 win
over Notre Dame.
In turning the tables on the
favored Irish, Pitt swept ten first
places and turned in its best
times and distances in five of
them.
'Hasn't Been Pressed'
One lad in particular who was
dissatisifed with his clocking was
miler and Captain Frank Kuzma.
Thus far this season, none of his
opponents has been able to offer
a real challenge to the Panther
star, who in his last time out ran
a 4:23.2. However, - Olson f eels
that he could have done much
better if he were pushed more.
Apparently Kuzma also figures
the same about the matter, for
after the Notre Dame meet, he
was quoted by the Pitt News as
saying, "I'm really sorry that I
haven't been pressed this year be
cause it doesn't give me a chance
to run as I should." Frank added,
"It should be a different story
against Penn State."
While making the latter state
ment, evidently Kuzma was think
ing of his personal feud,with the
State runners.
Kuzma Upset Last Year
Undefeated to 'date, Kuzma's
fastest time this year was 4:19.
As a soph, he turned in a fast
4:17 effort to leave the cream. of
the Lion's graduated distance
power, Bill Ashenfelter, Bob Free
bairn, and Don Ashenfelter, in
that order.
Last year, however, Freebairrf
retaliated with a clear cut 4:16.6
mile, with Kuzma finishing sec
ond.
In tomorrow's contest, Kuzma
will have his hands full when he
encounters Jack Horner. Although
laCking experience, Horneer has
been constantly improving his
times, and last week ran a 4:21.
If anyone is . going to push the
Pitt ace, Horner is the one.
Jockey Wins 4000th
INGLEWOOD, Calif., May 15
(W) Jockey Johnny Longden
rode his 4000th winner today, the
second man in racing history to
reach the mark.
7rosh Track Coach
Norm Gordon, former Penn
State track star, is freshman
coach. 'of the ,sport at his alma
mater.
Sports Thru
The Lion's Eye
1;17. JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
thext to losing, it is doubtful iif any worse fate can befall a fierce
competitive athlete than to be forced to squirm helplessly on the
bench, shelved with an injury. Such was the lot of Penn State's star
defensive tackle, Chuck Medlar, in 1941.
No one must have moaned louder than Chuck who had starred
football. basketball and baseball at Allentown High School
before
,coming to State in 1938, and then turned in outstanding
performances on Nittany grid and court teams for two years. Yet,
the break of his knee cartilage was a tremendous break for Penn
State athletes.
Forced to "squirm" on the bench, Chuck received patient train
er's healing from the late Jack Hulme and at the same time got .
the inspiration for the career which today finds him Penn State's
head athletic trainer—in addition to being assistant baseball coach
and phys cd instructor. •
Oddly enough, except for another bad break, it isn't likely that
;he strapping, cigar-loving trainer
would be aboard the boat with
U.S.A. Olympic athletes when it
embarks from New York City
"uly Bth or 9th.
Medlar had more grandiose
clans for an athletic career.
signed to play ball by the Detroit
'igers, Chuck spent several
months with Beaumont in the
"exas League until he joined an
ither pro outfit, the U.S. Navy
In 1943. Tossing aside his Navy
clue in favor of the uniform of
uff a 1 o in the International
&ague, Chuck got his second bad
'reek which again turned out in
`enn .State's favor. His old soup
tone, lamed by the war, was dead
and with it his playing baseball career.
But just as his first bad break started him pn his trainers - career,
this second one, sealed it. Chuck returned to State in '46 to continue
his senior year and further his eager vigilance on the workings of
his master craftsman, Hulme. The sudden death of Hulme in 1947,
left a job for the guy who faithfully watched and worked. One of
the nation's outstanding trainers Chuck reverently calls Hulme
"a great man and one of the best trainers ever"—had passed on
lessons sufficient that his successor today has grown to the rank of
one of the top eight athletic conditioners in college ranks. In fact,
by being named as assistant to the Olympic team, Chuck outdid his
teacher in that he was the - first Nittany to be so honored.
Chuck had to be good to get the. nod from the Olympic Asso
ciation along with only Seven other trainers who were carefully
screened from among 41 of the nation's best.
.That Chuck is every bit as good as his size 13 brogans and that
Olympic athletes will be in good hands, wrestling Coach Charlie
Speidel can attest to. Taciturn Chuck doesn't say much, but the
EIWA champion wrestlers can doubtleSsly do plenty of talking for
him. Practically every, member of the eight man squad wrestled the
entire season on a prayer and Medlar's .bandages.
The noble work of clearing the Panama Canal Zone of Yellow
Fever required guinea pig sacrifices. Chuck's two bad breaks have
been great sacrifices for thousands of Nittany athletes that Chuck
has taped into action.
7 Teams Win in Soccer
The rain wasn't to blame in the intramural fraternity soccer
tourney yesterday afternoon and last night when only seven of the
17 games scheduled were played, but the failure of eight fraternities:
to place teams on the field. Two independent games were postponed
to a later date. •
Delta Upsilon captured League
J when it scored a corner kick
in a double overtime match to
break a 0-0 deadlock to defeat
Phi Sigma Kappa, 1-0. Sigma Pi,
scoring one goal each period,
downed Phi Kappa, 2-0, to' win
League K.
Phi Kappa Tau scored two early
goals in the first period to trip
Phi Sigma Delta, 2-0. In a good
defensive match A c a c i a felled
Kappa Alpha Psi, 2-0, and Theta
Chi edged out Sigma Phi Epsilon,
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 100
In another tight affair Pi Kappa
Alpha won from. Phi Kappa Phi,
1-0, while Alpha Tau Omega de
feated Sigma Chi; also 1-0.
Triangle • won League. G by
gaining a forfeit victory from•
Lambda Chi Alpha. Tau Phi Delta
forfeited Phi Epsilon Pi to take
League L.
Other teams to win by forfeits
were Alpha Chi Rho, Sigma Alpha
Mu, Theta Xi, Sigma Phi Sigma,
and Alpha Phi Delta. •