SA"TIMPAY! *AY 17, 1952
Sports *Thru
The, Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
"What can you say about the guy?" 'That's the question that
immediately bobs up when trying to write about a runner like Penn
State's ,quartermiler John Lauer. He's dood, yes; he tries hard, yes;
he's a great guy, yes; but those beloved adjectives—sensational, tre
mendous, superb, brilliant, spectacular, amazing, scintillating, beg
gars description—they don't fit. As far as his exploits on the cinders
are concerned, John cannot honestly be termed by any of them.
' What can you say about Lauer? You can say that he is cap
'lain of Penn State's track team—an honor not to be belittled.
That he is a second-hand captain, is no discredit:lt merely empha
sizes the fact- that John has never been a headliner. - •
You can also say that a deserving guy from - a whistle-stop
hometown Camp Hill (near Harrisburg) made good for Coach
Chick Werner and the, Lion track teams during the past three
seasons. And, you can talk about Horatio Alger success' stories!
Lauer's tiny class B Champ Camp
Hill high has never had any of
its athletes become captain of
any varsity collegiate team.'
Furthermore, you can point
with pride to John'S plodding,
workmanlike rise to captain. Prior
to Guy Kay's defection and'Lau
er's subsequent election to the
captaincy, John came on steadily
and surely. After cutting his 440
time to 53.8 at Lock Haven STC
his frosh year, Lauer came to
State and won a varsity letter
as a sophomore.
With such a prepping, John hit his peak performance at Pit
last year in a dual meet when he blazed down the rugged stretch
of the 440 to win in the best competitive time of his career, 50.1.
Today those same Pittsburghers are in town—lightning has
been known to strike twice in the-same place. If Thor's jag .does
strike the Panthers again—and the Lions will sure need it—John
won't make the headlines any more than if he doesn't win. But
John will still be a banner competitor that any track team can
be proud to*cl:imo.
When a pitcher is working on a no-hit, no-run game •in baseball,
the worst thing you can 'do is mention the fact that the hurler Is
only so many outs away from the Hall of Fame. By the same token,
for a coach with the track wisdom of Chick Werner, to fearlessly
predict a 9.6 hundred yard dash for a sprinter who has never even
busted the tape in 10 flat, is a sure way to ruin a "no-hitter."
Yet, Olympic coach Werner prophesies that if the weather
conditions are right, his Just Plain Bill dashman will surprise
everyone.
A firm believer in the theory that a hardworking kid will some
day blossoni forth into stardom, Werner figures that today is the
day for his protege to bloom—and he will really be blooming and
breezing if he runs 9.6.
Last week, the sprinter in question, who never did better than
10.6 in high school, abihdoned his Polite role -and won the first
collegiate race of his life, a swift 220 in 22.2.
Dining practice this week, the Polite speedster was barreling
ahead of other Nittany dashmen by seven yards in a blowout
Practice race which was won, after Plain Bill pulled aside, in 10.3.
No wonder Werner 'says he is already to blossom. And so he may
be today: but 9.6 is very fast, very, very fast—too fast for Pitt's
Patellos, and too fast for prediction.
'Stars' Lead IM Soccer
' Losing 1-0, going into the last .fifteen minutes of play, the All-
Stars, last year independent champs, scored a goal to edge out Joe's
Boys, 2-1, last night in the intramural soccer tourney. The goal tied
Joe's Boys in goals, but the All-Stars' corner kicks, 3 to 0, were the
deciding factor
The victory was the All-Stars' second of the tourney and assured
them at least a tie. All other inde
pendents were defeated at least
Once. A victory over Dorm 23 on
Monday would clinch the cham
pionship, while a defeat would
create a tie.
Dorm 23 in the only other inde
pendent match of the evening
lost to Joe's Boys, 2-0, in the sec
ond period .when the winners
scored their goals.
In the fraternity games Theta
Chi captured league M by gaining
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a forfeit victory over Kappa Sig
ma, while Phi Kappa Psi edged
Theta Kappa Phi, 2-1, to cause a
three-way tie in League N—the
fourth league to go into a three
way tie. Each league will have
elimination playoffs to decide
who will enter the finals.
An early score in the first per
iod gave Alpha Tau Omega a 1-0
victory over Alpha Chi. Sigma
and League 0 championship.
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Lions
Score
By CHUCK OBERTANCE
Winning their second game in a row and giving righthander Bill Everson his fifth
win, the Nitt any Lions crushed. the Dickinson nine yesterday, 12 to 1, after a powerful third
inning with the Lions scoring nine runs.
Still trying for a NCAA play off bid, Joe Bedenk's charges slammed eleven hits,
with pitcher Everson collecting a triple in the big third inning. Four pitchers faced the
Lacrossers.--
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and one in the overtime.
Eagle also played a commend
able game against Rutgers, scor
ing twice and assisting in two
other tallies. Wolfram, on th e
other hand, has been hindered by
an injured leg, but he is expected
.to be in good condition today..
Two freshmen, Lucien Girard
and John Steinmuller, and John
Yohman will make up the second
midfield.
Defensively, the Nittany Lions
will open with Barr Asplundh,
Dick Schaefer, and John Henry.
Regular fiqt-stringer John Am
ber is still having knee trouble,
but Schaefer has done such an
excellent job filling in that Thiel
has decided to start Schaefer.
Reliable Don Bell will handle
the goal tending chores. Against
Rutgers, Bell stopped 20 shots,
but 'it is doubtful if he will be
pressed as hard.
Postwar Record
Penn State's baseball win streak
of ten straight games this season
was its best of the postwar era.
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ble by leadoff man Chris Tonery.
Bill Mihalich bounced out third
to first but the Lions' slugging
Captain Bill Hopper followed a
bases loading walk to Sil Cerchie
with a two-run scoring single.
Everson Adds Insurance
Bill Leonard and Hunchar kept
the rally 'flaming with two more
successive singles. Carmen Troisi
got on base on a fielders' choice
and he and Hunchar hustled all
the way home on Hubie Kline's
sizzling double.
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triple insurance with a base clear
ing triple. Tonery got his second
hit of the frame but Mihalich
popped out and Hopper grounded
out to the first baseman un
assisted to end the bi g third
splurge.
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Hopper,rf 5 1 1
Leonard,c 4 1 1
'Hun chnr,lb 5 1 2
Troisi,ss 5 1 1
Kline,3h 4 1 1
Everson,p 3 2 1
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