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Nittan* 'Teams
Lehigh to Face
Bedenk's No.
Hurler—Vesting
By DICK McDOWELL
Strong-armed K e i•t h Ves
ling goes to the hill today in
an effort to get Coach Joe Be
denk his first win of the 1953
baseball season. The Lions
face Lehigh on the Beaver
Field diamond at 3:30.
Vesling, a big right-hander who
turned in seven wins last season
against three losses, has been
very fast this spring and is• ex
pected to be Bedenk's pitching
mainstay this season. Bedenk will
have Garland Gingerich, another
righty, ready to relieve.
Bedenk will have speedy Chuck
Russo in the leadoff spot in his
batting order. The hustling sec
ond baseman has looked sharp in
the field this spring and has been
hitting well. In the number two
spot will be shortstop Ron Weid
enhammer. A right hand batter,
he was used as a utility man last
season. Hard-hitting Tom Werner
gets the nod as the number three
man. He'll be patroling left field.
Kline Batting Sixth
Captain Sil Cerchie, one of three
seniors in the lineup, will be bat
ting cleanup for the Lions. Last
year, the burly centerfielder bat
ted .294 and drove in 21 runs. He
will be followed by catcher Bill
Leonard. The big backstop hit .315
for the Nittanies last season and
collected 14 RBIs. Leonard is also
a senior.
Bedenk has placed hard-hitting
third baseman, Hubie Kline, in
the number six spot. A .347 hitter
in the 1952 campaign, Kline has
been belting the ball hard in pre
season practice. Following Kline
comes southpaw hitting Bob
Schoellkopf, a pinch hitter last
season, and the only other senior
on the club. He'll be in right field.
Another lefty, Don Shank, is
slhted to be at the first base posi
tion. Shank is untried in, varsity
competition, but can powder the
long balL Pitcher •Keith Vesling
will round out the lineup. Vesling
is regarded as a good hitting
pitcher.
Gold Is Possible Starter
There is a possibility that Kline
may be switched from third base
to first, and that Burt Gold, a
newcomer from Swarthmore, will
be inserted at the hot corner. Pat
Kennedy, a righthander, could al
so see some action at the initial
sack.
Lehigh is a newcomer on the
Penn State schedule this season.
Not much is known about the
club, except that it shut ou t
Swarthmore earlier this week, 2-
0, and boasts a 2-1 record thus
far.
Tomorrow the Lions take on
Villanova at Beaver Field with
sophomore Larry Bayer doing the
hurling honors. Bedenk will have
his other ace righthander, Jack
Krumrine, ready to relieve in that
one.
The Lions will probably face
lefthander Don S omme r s, top
man on the Wildcat mound staff.
The flashy southpaw beat the
Lions during the regular season
last year, and then faced them in
relief—without much ,success—in
the district playoffs. The Bedenk
men won the game, and a chance
to play in the NCAA champion
ships at Omaha, Neb.
Baseball-Minded
Out of football for the first time
in 35 years, Joe Bedenk is look
ing forward to his 23rd baseball
campaign at Penn State.
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THE LION battery for today's ball game between Coach Joe Be
denk's tossers and Lehigh is big righthanded pitcher Keith Vesling
(left) and catcher Bill Leonard. Both are veterans from last year's
ball club, which finished third in ) the college World Series at
Omaha, Neb. After today's tussel, the Lions' 53 lidlifter, the
Nittanies will play host to Villanova tomorrow.
V-Ball Champs
Upset By KDR
After losing the first of three games, Kappa Delta Rho rebounded
to defeat last year's intramural fraternity volleyball champs, Phi
Delta Theta-A, Wednesday night in Rec Hall.
KDR was on the short end of a 15-9 score in' the initial game,
but upset Phi Delta Theta's-A team, 15-3 in the next encounter. In
volleyball the team that wins two
out of three games is declared the
winner. With the set squared at
one apie c e, KDR managed to
squeeze out the clincher, 15-13.
Pi Kappa Alpha-A also had to
bounce back after losing the first
contest to Delta Tau Delta-A, 15-9.
Pi Kappa Alpha copped the last
two games, 15-10 and 15-5. Tri
angle's-A team found the going
easier with the A squad from Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, winning, 15-6 and
15-1.
Beta Theta Pi-A was edged in
the first encounter by Alpha Chi
Sigma,
,17-15, but rallied to cop
the next two, 15-9 "and 15-4. Delta
Chi handed Delta Upsilon two
straight losses, 15-5 and 15-6.
Alpha Chi ' Rho-A had little
trOuble disposing of the A team
from Tau Phi Delta. In the first
game Alpha Chi Rho swept to an
easy 15-2 victory and took the sec
ond, 15-6. Tau Kappa Epsilon-A
and Phi Gamma Delta-A battled
right down to the wire before the
former walked off with the win.
The scores were, 15-8, 14-1 B and
15-12.
Alpha Epsilon Pi-A tripped Kap
pa Sigma-A, 15-10, and 15-9. Al
pha Sigma Phi-A defeated Theta
Chi's A . squad in two successive
matches, 15-5 and 15-13.
Phi Epsilon Pi-A won over Al
pha Gamma Rho-A in two games.
The Phi Ep crew won the • lid
lifter, 15-5. AGR tallied seven
points in a losing cause in the
clincher.
Pi Kappa Phi-A won by forfeit
from Phi Kappa Alpha and Alpha
Zeta won by the same means
from Sigma Phi Sigma.
Penn State gridders Bill Leon
ard and Keith Vesling constitute
Joe Bedenk's No. 1 baseball bat
tery.
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Brownies Sell Park
To. St. Louis Cardinals
ST. LOUIS, April 9 (W) --- The
St. Louis Browns today sold one
of their biggest assets, Sports
man's Park, to / their National
League rivals, the St. Louis Card
inals. It will now be known as
Budweiser Stadium.
Purchase price of the 30,808-
seat ball park was $BOO,OOO.
It is the first big money deal
made by the Cardinals since they
were bought by the wealthy An
heuser-Busch Br ewer y interest
last February.
August A. Busch, new president
of the Cardinals, said in announc
ing the deal that the Browns have
signed a five-year lease for use
of Sportsman's Park under Cardi
nal ownership at an annual rent
al price of $175,000.
Sax Is Family Man
011ie Sax, Penn State track sen
sation, is married and father of
a four-month-old daughter. His
wife, the former Lolita Robinson
of Clarks Summit, also is a stu
dent at the College. Both are
sophomores.
so be ready with custom
tied flies from the
SPORTSMEN'S SHACK.
Tied and tested locally,
these flies are proven
fish getters. There's
lots of other fine tackle
available, so stop in today.
portsments
Shack
in the alley . . .
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Play _:'
..Today
Stickmen Oppose Swarthmore
Today; Meet Navy. Tomorrow
When Penn State's lacrossemen open their season this afternoon
at Swarthmore College, they Will be smack up against probably the
best father and son .combination in collegiate lacrosse. -
The tilt •at the su,burban -Philadelphia campus is the first of a
two-game weekend , trip with the Lions encountering the Naval
Academy at Annapolis tomorrow.
The Garnet is coached by Avery
Blake, Sr., who is recognized as
one of the top mentors in the East.
As if this weren't enough, his son,
Avery Blake, Jr. was named to the
1952 All-America lacrosse team at
midfield position.
Blake, Jr., nicknanied "Bunky,"
tallied a total of 36 gbals` in col
lege competition last year and an
other 38 in club matches. He can
score equally well with a left or
right hand shot and • has what
Lion Coach, Nick Thiel calls a
quick stick" in flipping the
past opponents.
Good Supporting Cast
Swarthmore has all but one
member, back - from last year's
squad which had an 8-3 record,
with the only losses coming to
Army, Loyola of Baltimore (by
one point) and DaKtmouth. They
opened• their season on Wednes
day by outscoring Washington
College, 14-7, as Blake tallied four
goals.
The Garnet also boasts a good
supporting cast. Attackman Or
ville Wright, who received honor
able All-America mention, ranked
second in the nation in assists last
season, with a total of 84 in col
lege and club matches.
On the Nittany side, Coach
Thiel's only last minute lineup
change is at close attack, with
George Bickelhaupt replacing
Dick Klein
• Starting Lineup
" We'll probably have rough sled
ding on this trip," Thiel ' said.
"Swarthmore is fast and tricky,
and they use a zone defense which
is very tough to crack—and then
there's Blake." "We have a pretty
tight defense of our own," he
added, "and although we're -a little
vulnerable to long shots, if we
can tighten up around the goal,
we'll cause trouble."
The probable starting lineup for.
the Nittanies will have Captain
Wayne Hockersmith, Dave Ar
nold, and -Bob Pawloski, at mid
field, Dick Rostmeyer,--Tom Golds
worthy,• and either Klein or
Bickelhaupt, on attack, and Dick
Schaefer, Jim Dean and Jim Hay
on defense, with Bill McCollough
at goal.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1953
By 808 DUNN
Sports
Briefs
Pirates Win, 10-5
• PITTSBURGH, April 9 (IP)---
Home runs by Ralph Kiner,..Cal
Abrams an d Danny O'Connell
paced the National League Pitts
burgh Pirates to a 10-5 victory
over the champion" New York
Yankees of the American League
in Pittsburgh's fir s t exhibition
game of the year.
Murry:Dickson got credit for
the win - although he •1 ef t the
mound after giving up nine hits
in four innings. Vic Raschi was
charged with the loss.
Phils Blank 'A's
PORTSMOUTH, Va., April 9 (W)
—Robin Roberts limited the Phil
adelphia, Athletics to five hits to
day as the Philadelphia Phißies'
blanked their intra-city rivals, n -
0, in an exhibition game.
Roberts struck out seven. Bob
by Shantz, the star• lefthander of
the A's, opened against Roberts
and allowed two hits, one run and
strUckout seven in his five inning
trick. Lefty Alex Kellner relieved
Shantz in the sixth and promptly
was belted for three runs. '
'Schnoz' Neair Death
OAKLAND, Calif., April 9 (P)
Big Ernie Lombardi, the good-na
tured "Schnoz" whose career as a
major league catcher ran the ga
mut from batting terror to World
Series goat, lay near death today
after slashing his throat with a
razor blade.
Two emergency blood transfu
sions kept alive the 45-year-old
husky liquor store owner who slit
his_throat last night at his sister's
home and then pleaded "Let me
die" to his wife, Berice, when she
found him:bleeding profusely on
a bed.