PAGE SIX Lions ' Meet Diamond Opener Is First Of 21 Scheduled Tilts Coach Joe Bedenk will send his baseball team into action tomorrow afternoon as the 1953 Penn State diamond season officially gets underway. The Lions will meet Lehigh at Beaver Field in the first of its 21-game card. The game is slated for 3:30 p.m. • Saturday afternoon Nittany fans will get a Second look at the ,squad marked with many new faces this year When top-notch Villanova moves into town. Although the Lion skipper hasn't named his starting lineup yet, he did indicate .his starting pitchers. Fire-balling Keith Ves ling is slated to open for the Lions against the Engineers, with Larry Bayer getting the assignment against Villanova. Vesling, a right bander, turned/in a 5-2 record last year, and boasted a respectable 2.11 earned run average. Hampered by Rain Bayer is a new member on the Lion mound corps, and has been pitching well this spring. He'll be facing the team that the Lions dumped, 9-6, last spring to clinch a spot in the NCAA champion ship playoffs in Omaha, Neb. The Wildcats, however, had whipped the Bedenkmen earlier in the season, 12-1. The Lions, althoUgh hampered by rain and wet grounds, man aged to get some practice after vacation had started, and returned to the campus three days early with plans for some heavy work outs. The rains came again, how ever; and practices were limited. Yesterday, Bedenk put the squad through its paces, and plans an other workout this afternoon. When the Lions take the field tomorrow several regulars from last year's club will be missing. Hard-hitting: Bill Hopper, the reg ular right fielder last season,, has been graduated, along with' in fielders Bill Mihalich and Carmen Troisi, outfielder Chris Tonery, and hurler Bill Everson. Leonard Returns The presence of five regulars on the fie 1 d, however, should brighten Irospects quite a bit. Be side Vesling, Bedenk has right handed Jack Krumrine, a tricky curveball artist who won three and lost one last season and boasted• a 2.90 ERA. Bedenk has indicated that he will use him mostly in relief this season 'and in some spot starting assignments. The Lion mentor also has pow erful Bill Leonard back in the catching position, and Captain Sil Cerchie will be back in the outer gardens. Cerchie, an ever-danger ous man with a bat, and a strong armed} centerfielder, should add a lot of punch to the Lion batting order. , Hard-hitting Hubie Kline will be back at third base. Last year he belted the ball at a .347 clip to lead the team in hitting. Russo, Nerino at Second In the outfield, several men have been showing a lot in spring workouts. Bob Schoellkopf, Matt Yanosich, Pete Cherish, Tom Wer ner, and Rex Bradley, may all see a lot of action. At second base, Chuck Russo and Al Nerino are both gunning for starting berths, while Don Shank and Pat Kennedy are fight ing it out for the first base job. Ron Weidenhammer appears to have the shortstop position nailed down. Following the Lehigh and Vll lanova contests the Lions will meet Western Maryland at Bea ver Field on April 14, and then will travel to Lafayette and Rut gers before returning home to meet American University April 22. Staley Goes Route LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 8 (A") Veteran Gerry Staley be came the first St: Louis Cardinal huller to go nine innings today in _a 10-0 triumph over the * Little Rock Travelers. Rookie Ray 'Jablonski led the 13-hit St. Louis attack, slamming his fifth spring home run and a single to drive in three runs. Stan T"..' • ' • -Steve Bilk o in t apiece with a pair of hits each. By DICK McDOWELL Matmen Won't Enter NAAU's According to a report to the Daily Collegian yesterday, Penn State's unbeaten EIWA and NC AA wrestling champs will not have one entry in the NatiOnal Amateur Athletic Union mat tournament to be held in Tol edo, 0. Penn State's lone entry last year was Jerry Maurey i.vho was runner-up in the 136.5 Olympic weight division. This will make the first time in three years that Penn State did not enter at 'least one grappler. Two years ago, Coach Charlie Speidel's 130-pound matman, Dick Lemyre, was sent to the NAAU's. Bellefonte's Larry Fornicola, Coach Charlie Speidel's 130- pounder, notched the 147-pound championship in the AA U wrestling tournament held at Warren, Pa., Saturday. The tournament wa s under the direction of Homer Barr, former Penn State heavyweight wrestling great and now wrest ling coach at Warren High School. Fornicola, who wrestled at 130 and 137 pourids for the Lions this seas o n, took two matches in order to claim his title. 'Penn State's only )other en try, Hal Byers, was runner-up in the 125-pound class. Byers' bid for the 125-pound crown was halted in the final by Clearfield's Dean Trip oney when the latter scored a near fall in the final period for a 6-5 triumph. There is no team champion in the NAAU's, only individual champs. Undergraduate regulations re quire that any student wishing to participate in any athletic event not conducted under intercolleg iate or collegiate auspices of rec ognized character must secure permission in advance from the Senate Committee on Athletics in order to maintain amateur stand ing and eligibility to participate in intercollegaite athletics. The regulations also state that a student failing to receive per mission in advance may be de clared ineligible for membership on, College athletic teams. Pickeroonie Ace Glad to Be Back PITTSBURGH, April 8 (JP) Ralph Kiner, the last Pittsburgh Pirate to' report at ,spring training camp in Havana, 'arrived in', the Steel City tonight and said he was "glad to be back home." Kiner left the team at Atlanta, Ga., flying here with his business agent, Bob Prince, to attend to some personal business. The re mainder of the Buc squad is on a train scheduled to arrive here tomorrow a few hours before an exhibition game with the New York Yankees. Restringing by Robinson SAVE TIME ... SAVE MONEY Will pick up and deliver rackets DICK ROBINSON, Theta Xi ', Ph. 6928. or 2161 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANTrI CAPTAIN OF the 1953 Lion baseball squad and centerfielder for the Bedenkmen the past two campaigns is stocky Sil Cerchie. The strong-armed gardener clouted a lusty .294 and smacked two home runs for last year's club. Cerchie, a product of Elkland, is the only returning outfielder from the 1952 team, which finished third in the College World Series at Omaha, Neb., last June. Chris Tonery and homer-hitting Bill Hopper were lost to the diamondmen via graduation. Spring Grid Drills Start; Comicaptain Rados Absent Approxima cely 90 football candidates trotted out on Beaver Field yesterday afternoon to open spring drills but Coach Rip Engle was minus his quarterback and co-captain elect, Tony Rados. The Nittany. Lions will open their football season against the Big Ten co-champs, Wisconsin. The Badgers received the nod- to the Rose Bowl only to bow before a mighty Southern .California eleven, 6-0. Rados, a long-shot artist in the passing department, underwent a knee operation a few months ago, and has been advised to take it easy for at least a few more weeks. • Rados on Offense-Defense Dr. A. H. Griess, team physician, claims the operation had been completely successful but that "Rados would be taking an undue risk if he rushed into heavy work immediately." Engle's hope to begin Rados' conversion job—to operate both defensive and offensive quarter backing—will be delayed. The Lion mentor's main objec tive during these practice sessions, scheduled for the next three weeks, will be to get his men ready to play both offense and defense in order to comply, with the new limited substitution rule. The ruling will, go' into effect this fall. Other notable absentees in yes terday's practice session were guard Don Sharik, end Jesse Ar nelle, halfback Matt Yanosich, back Pete Fuhrman, and halfback Keith Vesling. . The - lattec stal warts will be performing for Coach Joe Bedenk's basebaltnine this season. . ' Starting his fourth season as Penn State grid coach, Engle ex pects to hold daily drills for the' full 20 days permitted under NCAA rules. The sessions will close out with a one-day clinic and the Blue- White intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday,- May 2. The clinic will be open to schoolboy players, coaches, and officials. The Nittany Lion gridders sported a 7-2-1 record during the 1952 campaign, losing to Michi gan-- State and Syracuse. Lehigh * * * Engle's 4th Season Tothottow * * * Ex-Coach - Higgins No ReseMblance To Jim Thorpe Jifn Thorpe's death reminde• Bob Higgins, former Penn State coach,- of the day he undertook to impersonate the erstwhile Carlisle Indian in a professional football game at Cleveland, 0. Thorpe and Higgins were team mates on the. Canton, 0., eleven, and Cleveland fans turned out in droves to see not only ,4he fabu lous Bulldogs but the equally fabulous Thorpe. When game time drew near and Thorpe had not yet appeared, Hig gins was rigged out in his uniform and literally swathed in adhesive tape in a frantic effort to conceal his identity. "But the first time I dropped back to punt," Higgins recalls, "some guy in the stands with ,a fog-horn voice shouted: " Vho's that bum in Thorpe's uniform'?" : The ruse ended then and there. Golf Managers There will •be a meeting' of all sophomore candidates for assistant managership of golf at 4:30 p.m'. today in the golf shop. _Bring in , your Easter vacation films 10 to 5 Service 'Centre County Film Lab 122 W. Beaver-Ave. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1953 ,Sports' Briefs: Ham)ner' Wins, 2-1 RICHMOND, April 8 (q)— Shortstop Granny Hamner riut on a show for his hometown folks here, today as he led the Philadel phia. Phillies to a 2-1 triumph ov-. er the Boston Red- Sox in an• in ter-league exhibition • ball game. Hamner belted two, home zuns. It was the' National Leaguers' fifth straight victory over the Bostonians. • Hamner belted one over the centerfield wall in the second in ning and the other over the wall in right in the- fifth. In, the ninth when the Arneri can Leaguers had ,the tying run on second base r Hamner ended things by snaring a line drive Gus .Niarhos, Boston catcher. S!ants Win;\ll-10 NASHVILLE, , Tenn., April 8 (A') —ihe New' York Giants with stood a four-run rall y by the Cleveland Indians in the ninth inning to squeeze out an 11-,10 victory over the American Leag uers today. Rookie Daryl Spencer of the Giants was a casualty of a Mike 'Garcia pitch which struck him in the head in the first inning. Spen cer will be out for fwo weeks as the result of a slight fracture of the left cheek bone and cuts on the upper and lower lip that re quired nine stitches: He had been slated to start the season at. third bathe for New York. Ward Blasts Pair TOPEKA; KanS., April 8 (T)— The battle of spring home, runs between the touring St LOuis BroWns and the Chicago Cubs was won by the Bruins in today's round for a 7-6 exhibition game triumph. Preston Ward slugged a pair of the Cubs' big blows while Dee Fondy and Bob Addis contribut ed one apiece. Mangrum Cards 63 AUGUSTA, Ga., April .8 (r!')— Lean Lloyd Mangrurn, the dapper mustached Texan address, uses Niles, 111., as his golfing address, shot an `almost unbelievable 63 in prac tice today to establish himself as favorite in the 17th Masters Tour nament, starting tomorrow. .
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