PAGE SIX
Lions Nine Beat
Vesling, Weidenhamrner
Star in 17-6 Triumph
The Nittany Lions unlimbered their big bats yesterday
afternoon as they battered four Western Maryland pitchers
for 12 hits—eight of them extra base blows—to win their
third contest, of the season, 17-6.
While hurler Keith Vesling spun a six hitter, his team
mates collected three home runs and three triples in the
Lions' best hitting performance
of the campaign. Vesling himself
blasted one of the circuit blows
along with centerfielder Sil Cer
chie—his second of the season—
and rightfielder Tom Werner.
Cold Winds
Shortstop Ron Weidenhammer,
who 'had managed only one hit
in ' the previous two outings,
caught fire at the plate and blast
ed triples and a single in five
times at bat to lend the Lion at
tack. Left fielder. Rex Bradley got
the other Lion three bagger.
Only a handful of fans turned
out for the contest as cold winds
swept Beaver Field. The tern
perature seemed to have some
effect on the fielding also. Both
teams were shoddy on the defen
sive side. The Lions committed
six errors while the Terriers
bobbled the ball five times.
Right hander Terry Troy start
ed the game for the Nittanies
but ran into trouble in the first
frame. A Single, sacrifice, two
walks and his own error put him
two runs behind an d .Vesling
came onto the mound.
Two Runs, No Hits
The big righthander, who won
his second game of the season,
gave up a double to third base
man Phil Jackson, scoring two
more tallies. The Terriers touched
him for two more in the eighth
on two hits and an error but that
was the best they could do.
The Lions scored two in the
second frame without manufac
turing a hit when starter Don
James walked four batters and
threw a wild pitch. Two more
crossed the plate in the fourth.
The Lions had their big innings
in the fifth and sixth, scoring
nine runs in the two frames. In
the fifth Bradley tagged. his triple
with the bases loaded and Cer
chie followed with his homer, a
tremendous 375 foot clout to left
field.
Werner led off the sixth with
a screaming liner down the left
field line, good for four bags. An
error, walk, and Weidenhammer's
first triple brought three more
runs across. He scored when
Bradley grounded out short to
first.
State scored again in the sev
enth on Vesling's two run homer
and added another pair in the
eighth on two hits—Weidenham
mer's second triple and third
baseman Burt Gold's single—and
two errors.
The Lions go on the road this
weekend, traveling to Lafayette
Friday and Rutgers Saturday.
They return to Beaver Field April
22 when, they will meet American
University. The following day
they take on Gettysburg.
DUGOUT NOTES: Vesling 's
strikeout total now stands at• 20
in two games. He's given up 13
hits, five runs, and seven walks
. . . Bedenk's crew* has scored 33
runs but have committed 10 bob
bles . . bad weather has been a
definite handicap for the Lions.
Rain and low temperatures have
put the damper on quite a few
By. DICK McDOWELL
Soccer Practice
Spring soccer practice will
start at 3 p.m. today. Candi
dates must take a physical ex
amination at the Dispensary
before reporting to Rec Hall for
equipment.
Political Aspirations
At least three Penn State ath
letes will be candidates for office
in the spring elections. Dick Le
myre, Eastern wrestling cham
pion, will aspire to All-College
presidency while Jesse Arnelle, of
football and basketball fame, will
seek the junior class vice presi
dency. Ed Haag, also of the bas
ketball team, is, a candidate for
All-College vice-president.
Baseballing Gridders
Three Penn State football play
ers are preoccupied with baseball
this spring. The three are Keith
Vesling, of Clarendon; Don Shank
of Norristown; and Matt Yano
sich, of Midland. Another grid
der, Rosey Grier, of Roselle, N.J.,
looms as track coach Chick Wer
ner's best in the javelin, discus
and shot put.
practice sessions . . . Kline hit
less yesterday for first time: He's
four for 11 at the plate.
Penn State
AB R 11
Russo,2b 2 2 1,
Wei'ham'r,ss 5 3 3
Bradley,lf 4 2 1
Cerchie,ef 4 1 2 1
Cusick,c 6 0 1
Kline,3b 4 1 0
Gold,3b 1 0 11
Walker,rf 1 1 0
Werner,rf 4 1 1,
Shank,lb 2 0 0
Kennedy,lb 1 2 0
Troy,p 0 0 0
Vesling,p 3 4 2
Totals 37 17 12
x—batted for Clem i
W. Maryland ____ 40
Penn State 02
WP—Vesling (2-0)
Russo, Weidenhamme
chie, 2; Gold, We
Bausch, Jackson, 2.
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Keith Vesling
Pitches 2nd Win
Box Score
W. Maryland
'AB H
Moylan,2b 4 2 1
Mills,cf 4 2 1
Kaufman,lb 4 0 1
White,c 4 1 0
Rausch,lf 4 1 2
Stewart,rf 5 0 1
Jackson,3b 4 0 1
Hutch'son,ss 5 0 0
James,p 2 0 0
Sanders,p 1 0 0
Biddle,p 0 0 0
Clem.p 0 0 0
Henderson x 1 0 0
Totals 38 6 7
irt Bth
0 000 020— 6 7 5
0 254 22x--17 12 6
; LP—Sanders. RBI—
r, 4; Bradley, 4• Cer
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Baseball's
Big Leagues
NEW YORK, April 14 (11 3 )—A
10th-inning home run by a Mil
waukee rookie and -a one-hit
pitching performance by Bo b
Lemon of the Cleveland Indians
provided the highlights today as
the major league baseball season
got off to a 'full-scale start before
disappointing crowds.
Cold, raw weather cut attend
•^ance in the East and a snow
storm in New England forced
postponement .of the Red Sox
opener with Washington in
Boston.
The Milwaukee rookie was Bill
Bruton, who thrilled a sellout
crowd of 34,357 at Milwaukee by
hitting the extra-inning home run
to beat the St. Louis Cardinals,
3-2.
It was the home debut of the
transplanted Braves, bringing
big . league ball. to the city for
the first time inhalf a century.
Lemon, ace of the Cleveland
staff, pitched his one-hitter as the
Indians trumped the Chicago
White Sox, 6-0, before the day's
largest crowd, 53,698. The only
hit off Lemon was a single by
Minnie Minoso in the first inning.
Lemon also hit a home run.
The New York Yankees, bid- -
ding for their fifth straight pen
nant, got off to a wobbly start
as Alex Kellner of the Philadel
phia Athletics shut them out,
5-0, on five hits. It was the first
opening day de f eat for the
world champioris since 194'7.
Only 23,534 turned out to watch
the Yankees ho 1 d flag-raising
ceremonies and then bow to the
Athletics. There were just 12,433
of the Dodger faithful at Ebbets
Field where Brooklyn's National
League champions opened their
campaign with an 8-5 victory over
Pittsburgh.
The Dodgers relied on an old
success formula, the relief pitch
ing of Joe Black and home runs
by Roy Campanella and Duke
Snider to beat the Pirates on
four-run outbursts in the fourth
and fifth innings.
The Dodgers' 'perennial Nation
al League rivals, the New York
Giants, got off on the right foot
by trimming the Phillies at Phil
adelphia, 4-1. Airtight pitching•by
Larry Jansen and a two-run hom
er by Bobby Thomson turned the
tables against the Phils' Robin
Roberts, a 28-game winner last
year.
In the other National League
game, the Chicago Cubs edged
the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2, when
a throwing error by third base
man Bobby Adams of the Reds
set up a two-run double by
Ransom Jackson in the eighth.
A crowd of 21,222 attended at
Chicago's Wrigley Field.
The Detroit Tigers and St. Lou
is Browns were scheduled for a
night contest at St. Louis.
Jesse Arnelle needed only one
and one-half seasons of play to
top Penn State's former high in
basketball career scoring.
RESTRINGING by ROBINSON
SAVE TIME . . SAVE MONEY
Will pick up and deliver rackets
DICK ROBINSON, Theta Xi
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W. Maryl an d
The Lion's Eye
Collegian Sports Editor
Beaver Field's beautiful baseball lawn glistened in bright
sunlight yesterday afternoon. The semi-frigid air made it a
perfect day—for fireplaces and Rip Engle's beef Cattle which
were practicing across the way. However, a hasty calendar
check showed that the football team wasn't due to begin
operations until Sept. 26 while the, baseball team did have,
as suspected, business to transact with Western Maryland.
And although the eventual transaction was in keeping with
the weather and thoughts of football-17-6,in favor of Penn State
-there was enough baseball played during the two hours and 45
minutes of Siberian torture to get a fair idea of the Nitfany baseball
team.
Before chasing his goys out" into the cold, Coach Joe Bedenk
offered the sage observation, "every game is different." Already he
was right in one way he probably didn't consider—the thimblefull of
fans who did brave the icy blasts wore overcoats which piobably had
never seen a baseball game before.
Jerry Troy began pitching for State. But, after Troy yielded a
single and three walks to be charged with four runs, Homer Bedenk
called in his epic hero, Ke!.th Vesling. Ves proceeded to lift the
seige of Troy with seven splendid innings of runless pitching.
In the second inning, VesLng's strong right arm and high, hard
kick of his left leg set a familiar pattern which was to record -13
strikeouts and advise most watchers that here was Bedenk'S ace
—both for starting crucials and in relief.
(Hustling in for the home half of the second, third baseman
Hubie Klein offered the understatement of the day, "It's a little
cold out' there," Then Hubie partially remedied the situation by
donning a rubber shirt.)
In the top half of the third, shortstop Ron Weidenhainmer showed
his basketball and' ballhawking sense by racing -into the infield gaps
to stop hits marked COD for the outfield. But, he betrayed an' arm
which isn't as strong as it ought to be for a shortstop. Nevertheless,
any slight throwing inadequacy of the Weedle's Was made up for
in the whippet arm of catcher Art Cusick. The husky Nittany back
stop threw out one man, cut off another stealer by 10 feet, and kept
every Marylander honest with . throws that would have won Cusick
a spot in a big league - second-base barrel-throwing contest.
After State's two scores in the fourth tied matters at 4-4, the
Arctic Bowl was definitely decided in the fifth. Leftfielder Rex
Bradley tripled across three runs. Then the Kid's Choice,. Sil
Cerchie who was dubbed the Home Run King by idolatrous
youngsters behind the on-deck screen—provided the Babe Ruthian
color with a 375 foot home run.
Enough said. Yet, the game of necessity had to drag to its obvious
conclusion. Rightfielder Tom Werner and even pitcher Vesling broke
some of the icy stillness and boredom with. home runs. And, the
monotony of Vesling's pitching—from the Maryland point of view
—was broken up by two runs in the eighth, which did little but drag
out the contest.
In the Maryland ninth, State's nifty Vessel' set 'em down 1-2-3
—the middle out on a called strike by the ump who was as eager
to get home as the 30 spectators who stayed to the bitter cold end.
When his end did come, not even the Marylanders were Sorry.
After all, the only winter accouterment which was m!ssing was the
snow which prevented the Boston Red Sox-Washington Senator
Beantown opener yesterday.
Trout fishing today? No thanks.
Awk
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