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Battle for 13th Victory;
Bedenk to Be Honored
Undefeated on its home Beaver Field in seven outings,
Penn State's baseball squad is hopeful of getting back on the
victory path once again when it engages Temple today.
Starting time is 3 p.m.
Undecided on his mound choice, Coach Joe Bedenk will
have ace Bill Everson (5-1), Jack
Krumrine (3-1), K eith Vesling
(4-2), and John Moore (0-0) to
pick from. Of the group, Vesling
might get 'the starting nod, pro
viding he's "ready."
The game is a "victory-must"
for the home forces, currently
sporting a 12-4 log, as a loss will
practically eliminate them from
NCAA contention.
Leonard to Catch
With the exception of center
fielder Sil Cerchie, the rest of the
lineup will remain intact. Be
cause, of a torn knee ligament in
curred while sliding into home
plate against Dickinson last week,
Cerchie will be benched. Basket
baller Ron Weidenhammer will
sub for the righthander in center.
Bill Leonard (.306) will handle
the catching chores. First sacker
Mike Hunchar (.218), second base
man Bi 11 Mihalich (.220), and
third baseman Hubie Kline (.333)
will hold down, the infield posts.
Carmen, Troisi (.224) will cavort
at short:
In the outer gardens, Captain
Bill Hopper (.304) will patrol right
and Chris Tonery (.292) will be in
left.
Coach Bedenk, in his 22d year
as maestro of the Nittany forces,
will receive a plaque in recog
nition of his more than 25 years
of service to college baseball.
Robert Geasey of Temple will
make the pre-game presenta
tion on behalf of the American
Association of College Baseball
Coaches.
Soph third baseman Kline is
still the leading batsman on the
club with his .333 mark.
Although Kline leads his near
est teammate by 27 percentage
points, the Nittanies also boast of
two other 300 hitters in Leonard
(.306) and Hopper (.304).
Tonery is currently leading the
RBI department with 21 to his
credit. Everson is the top mounds
man with a 5-1 record and an
earned run average of 2.19.
Football First
Penn State's mound ace, Bill
Everson, of Philadelphia, had a
college foOtball career as his goal
until an injury sidelined -him.
Im Track Trials
Rescheduled for Tonite
The rain that fell all day
yesterday has forced the post
ponement of the intramural
track time trials until tonight.
Originally scheduled for last
night, the trials will be run at
6:45 tonight.
The finals will be run at 6:30
p.m. tomorrow and the field
events will begin at 7 p.m.
At meet time yesterday, the
track was completely under
water, and officials were forced
to make the schedule change.
Gymnasts E
Bob Kenyon
By JOHN SHEPPARD (
Hustling 2d Sacker
Bob Carey
To Make Final
Home Appearance
When Michigan State and Syra
cuse meet at East Lansing Satur
day in a dual track meet, it will
mark the final home athletic ap=
pearance of Bob Carey, who un
doubtedly will go into the record
book as the greatest athlete in
Spartan history.
The big Charlevoix, Mich., pro
duct—All-American end in foot
ball and, captain of last fall's
undefeated team, first str in g
basketball center, and Big Ten
and Drake Relays shot put champ
ion—is finishing a truly brilliant
collegiate career. He will be
State's first nine-letter man since
the freshman rule was put into
effect limiting varsity sports corn
petition to sophomore, junior and
senior years.
His accomplishments as a shot
putter are remarkable consider
ing the fast -he worked at it just
a fraction of the time most of his
opponents gave the sport. He has
placed in the NCAA two straight
years, sixth as a sophomore and
third as a junior.
In football Carey was a great
pass-catching end and extra point
and field goal kicker. He work
concensus All-American selection.
He was first regular draft choice
for the pro champion Los Ange
les Rams. In his three college
seasons he caught 65 passes for
1074 yards, a feat the more re
markable because the Spartans
regularly emphasized a ground
attack.
act Kenyon
Bob Kenyon, a tumbler on this
year's gymnastic team and a for
mer diver on the now defunct
swimming squad, has been named
captain of the 1953 gymnastics
squad.
Kenyon was elected by , the let
termen of the team at a dinner
at Coach Gene Wettstone's house
Sunday night.
Kenyon will be a senior next
year, majoring in physiCal educa
tion. He hails from Watertown,
N.Y.
As a diver last year, Kenyon
gained quite a reputation. In ad
dition to piling up several dual
meet victories, 'Kenyon placed
third in the one-meter dive in last
year's Eastern Collegiate Swim
ming Association meet:
FolloWing the dinner, the squad
saw several movies. •
17-IE DAILY COLLEGIAN - • STA+E PEINTIITiLVANLV:
Bill Mihalich
Gridders to Hold
Picnic On Sunday
. .No scrimmages are planned,
btt fun and f ant y free are
promised by Penn State's head
football coach Rip Engle when
the Lions' old •and new grid
• members ge t together for a
picnic at Rayonna Park Sunday
afternoon.
Last fall's team and mem
bers of the spring practice
squad and their friends will
leave from Rec Hall at 1 p.m.
Sunday and go by car to the
park, which is located at the
top of the mountain on route
322 into Lewistown. Signs will
be posted pointing the way.
Games. various entertain-
ments, and championship
events will be held from 1:30
to 4:30 p.m., at which time the
picnic will begin. Champion.
ship contests which the coach
ing sta f f will run off are
planned in softball, horseshoes,
volleyball, and darts.
Coach Earl Bruce has prom
ised to come up with some ex
pert after-picnic entertainment
with guitar music and other
music—principally, th e basso
profundo voices of Rosey Grier
and Dick Cripps.
Baseball
Parade
By BARRY FEIN
At the rate baseball games are
being rained out, there will soon
be a backlog of doubleheaders .
Cincinnati at Brooklyn, the Card
inals at New York, and Chicago
Cubs at Boston were postponed
yesterday.
Major league fielding records
up to Sunday show that Hector
Rodriguez of the Whit . e Sox and
Clint Courtney, Brownie catch
er, are leading the American
League. Rodriguez, a third
baseman, is gloving .980, and
Courtney a perfect 1.000 . . .
Dodger first sacker Gil Hodges
and catcher Roy Campanella
are both fielding 1.000 to lead
the senior circuit.
An interesting facet of fielding
is that while the average of 'a
second base ma n, shortstop, or
third baseman is a good indica
tion of his ability, it is not' al
ways so in the case of a first
baseman. For instance, Hal Chase,
generally considered the greatest
gloveman of all time at the initial
hassock, doesn't hold the highest
Yankee average at first base.
average at first base.
- Not only that, but Stuffy Mc-
Innis holds the AL mark of .999
. . A more potent example is
lead-footed Ted Kluszewski, the
Cincinnati first sacker, who led
the NL in fielding last year with
a .997 "mark. This was a full .005
over classy Gil HodgeS of the
Dodgers . . . An exception, of
course, is the horrendous fielding
of Walt Dropo of the Red Sox
last year. Big Moose carded a
mere .987.
One reason for the Detioit
Tigers poor showing goes all
the way back to the retirement
of the late Wish Egan. one of
the top scouts in the business.
No more Houttemans :or Mc-
Coskys have been wrapped up
for the Bengals since . . . 'A
bright spot on the Brooklyn
pitching staff is the showing
of young Billy Loes. His classy
relief hurling has given him a
3-0, record and a sensational
1.42 ERA.
Ag Hill Clubs to Meet
Tonight in PaNiilion
J. K. Thornton, chairman of the
agriculture public relations corn
mittee, will meet with representa
tives of all Ag Hill clubs at 6:30
tonight in the Ag Pavilion.
The new officers will preSide for
serve as: guides for visiting- day
program tomorrow, will receive
instructions and assignments at
the meeting.
Long Ball Hitter
Bill Hopper, captain and out
fielder of Crafton, is Penn State's
long ball hitter with eight extra
base blows. .
Wet Courts Threaten
Tennis Match Today
As the threat of a possible washout of the Duquesne match at
3:30 p.m. today still hangs over their heads, the tennis Lions en
joyed their second day off in a row from scheduled practice
sessions yesterday.
Coach Sherm Fogg said yesterday that the Duquesne match will
be played only if the courts dry in time. Rain and unfavorable
weather have hampered the
Lions all year, almost as much as
inexperience and ineligibility.
Both the Western Maryland
and Maryland matches were post
poned at the beginning of the
season, and just previous to the
Bucknell meet, the squad was
idled for six days. The Juniata
match . was set back a day due
to the rainy weather.
Ziegler Ready
In event that the weather
clears and the courts become
playable, Fogg announced that he
will stick with his top three stand
bys, with sophomores Dick Robin
son and Bruz Ray in the one and
the two spots and Capt. Ed Davis
in the number three position
Bill Ziegler, out for two weeks
with an injured right wrist, is
ready to go, and will probably see
service in the number four sin
gles post.
Juniors Bill Forrey and Bill
Ray will probably work in the
fifth and sixth singles slots.
Own 4-3 Log
Fogg said that he was very
pleased with the .reports on the
doubles outfits at Pitt and that
he will start all three without
change. Fogg was not able to ac-
Hubie Kline Paces Team
Leading the current 300 hitters of Penn State's baseball team
is Hubie Kline with an average of .333 for 51 times at bat. Twenty
seven points from him comes teammate Bill Leonard with a .306
for 49 times at bat. Captain' Bill Hopper is next with .304.
Chris Tonery, leading
,in the RBI department with 17, is also
the player with the most hits-21. Bill Hopper has knocked in 16
runs with 17 hits; and Sil Cerchie; is next with 16 hits and 14 RBl's.
In the home run department, Hopper is leading with foUr homers,
Cerchie has two, Leonard and Tonery one apiece. Hopper also lead
in triples with 3; Everson, Troisi, and Krumrine are next each
having one.
Cerchie and. Tonery. ; are tied. r in doubles with 3 apiece; Kline,
Mihalich, and Leonard are nest with two each.
In the pitching battler, Bill Everson leads with 5 wins and 1 loss,
Keith Vesling has 4 'mini. and 2 losses, and Pitcher Jack Krumrine
has 3 wins and '1 loss. Both Everson and Vesling have played eight
games.
Baseball Statistics (16 Games)
Batting Fielding
.' AB R .• 11 AVE. RBI PO A E AVE.
Mowry, Paul . 1 , 0 1 1.000 1 0 0 0 .000
Krumrine, Jack 10 2 4 .400 4 2 10 1 .923
Kline, Hubie 51 15 11 .333 11 ,20 32 2 .963
Leonard, Bill 49 13 15 .306 12 91 5 1 .990
.
Hopper, Bill 36 17 17 .304 16 16 4 1 .953
Tonery, Chris 72 17 21 . .292 'l7 27 1 3 .903
Cerchie, Sil . ...., .67 - 16 -- 16 .281 14 29 3 - 1 .969,
Rhoda, Jack 7 1 2 .286 3 15 0 0 1.000
Vesling, Keith 19 , 2 5 .268 1 5 18 1 .958
Everson, Bill 19 . 6 5 . , .263 3 1 8 2 .909
Troisi, Carmen 58 14 13 .224 9 33 • 48 12 .871
Buuchar, Mike 55 ~, 8 12 .218 7 140 G 1 .993
Mihalich, Bill •-: 60 '. 15 13 .220 ' 2 27 41 . 5 .032
Weidenhammer, Ron ' 6 0 1 .107 2 1 0 0 ' 1.000
Moore, John 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000
Troy, Jerry ' 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000
Team 620 126 142 .273 102 410 116 31 .960
Extra-base hits: doubles-Cerchie 3, Tonery 3, Kline 2, Mihalich 2, Leonard 2,
Rhoda, Troisi, Everson, Hopper.; triples-Hopper 3, Everson, Troisi, Krumrine; borne.
runs-, Hopper 4, Cerchie 2, Leonard, Tonery
Pitching
Everson. Bill
Krumrine. Jack
Vesling, Keith
Moore; John
Troy, Jerry
Team
Enjoy -Summer School
. • Only $17.00 per week
• Maid service
• Delicious meals
AT • Clean linen each week
,
1 4. Parking space •
• Living room with equipment
for leisure living
PHI SIGMA KAPPA
CALL 4939 FOR RESERVATIONS ,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1952
By GEORGE BAIREY
company the team to Pittsburgh.
R o b ins o,n -Davis, Bruz Ray-
Long, and Gross-Bigott will re
main as the Lion doubles teams:
The squad, possessor of a cred
itable 4-3 seasonal slate, will be
after its fourth straight win in
the Dukes match. The season will
be wrapped up with two final
home matches, both return en
gagements, one with Colgate on
Saturday and the other with
Bucknell on Monday. Starting
times both days is 3:30 p.m.
Boyle Ties for Second
In LOcal Golf Tournament
Joe Boyle, assistant golf coach;
finished in a second place tie
Monday in the Philipsburg ?golf
tournament.
Joe shot a 79 to tie with .Archie
Van, from Dußois C.C. Winner
of Ate tournament was Harold
Harrison, the Centre Hills Coun
try Club pro.
In the pro-amateur tourney, in
which teams are composed of •one
pro and three amateurs whose
names are drawn from a hat,
Boyle and Harrison led their
teams to second place ties. •
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