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American U.
Will Face .
State Today
Barring another snow storm
or a dr op in temperature,
there'll be baseball at Beaver
Field this afternoon when
Penn State meets American
University at 3:30.
The Lions, with righthander
Larry Bayer on the mound, will
meet American in quest of their
fourth win of the season. State
had its record slightly blemished
Friday when it tied Lafayette,
However, the Nittanies have yet
to suffer a loss. They have beaten
Lehigh, Villanova, and Western
Maryland.
.281 Team Average
Tomorrow Joe Bedenk's crew
will face Gettysburg at Beaver
Field, and then will travel to Phil
adelphia Saturday to play a highly
rated Penn nine.
The Lions go into today's con
test with a .281 team batting av
erage. Six of Bedenk's regulars
are clubbing the ball at a .300
clip or better. Catcher Bill Leon
ard leads that department with a
lusty .400 BA in ten trips to the
plate.
Tom Werner, a righthanded
swinger who has been playing in
both left and right field, owns a
.384 average, and three men—Ron
Weidenhammer, Sil Cerchie, and
Hubie Kline are currently hitting
.333. Rex Bradley is batting an
even .300.
20-1 Last Year
The Lions have collected 35 runs
on 34 hits in their four contests,
but have committed a total of 11
errors in the field—five of the
miscues coming in their 17-6 shel
lacking of Western Maryland.
Just What kind of opposition
the Eagles will throw at State to
day is not certain. Last season
the Lions hung a 20-1 thrashing on
Eagle Coach Dutch Schulze's
squad. The Washington D.C. team
finished the 1952 campaign with
a poor 1-13 record. However, re
ports are that Schulze is very
pleased with this year's turnout,
and the Lions could have their
hands full this afternoon.
DUGOUT NOTES: Bedenk hasn't
indicated who will start against
Gettysburg tomorrow. Vesling is
rested and could go. The big right
hander has worked 17:% innings
this season, notching two wins
without a setback. He has 20
strikeouts to his credit—taps on
the Lion staff . . . Kline and Cer
chie are tied in the RBI depart
ment. Both have driven six tallies
across the plate.
1M Results
Badminton
Segner beat Thornton, Solomon
beat Ryall, Metzer beat Campbell,
Holliday topped Blandford, Nikit
scher topped Karfunkle, and Lim
over Stutz.
Kern, KDR, beat Lynch, Beta
Theta Pi; Landon, Sigma Pi, beat
Herbst, Sigma Chi; Morgan, Phi
Sigma Kappa, beat Dunn, Delta
Chi; Straley, Acacia, over Stuver,
Lambda Chi Alpha; Dubinsky,
DU, over Lederberh, SAM; and
Lemon, Sigma Nu, over Exley, Pi
Kappa Phi.
Handball
Lemyre-Stetler, Sigma Chi,
bopped Strasser-Feller, Tau Phi
Delta; Milsome-Miller, Alpha Ze
ta, lost to Ceraso-Blancher, Delta
Chi; Lavin-Grubb, Alpha Chi Rho,
over Vendetti -Siegle, TKPhi;
Charleston-Clark, Sigma Pi, over
Simon - Bricker, KDR; Goshorn-
Haag tooped
son and Doyle-Bonello beat Thorn
ton-Green.
Foreign Service
Jean Cronstedt, Penn State's
outstanding gymnast and a native
of Finland, is preparing for a
career in foreign service.
RESTRINGING by ROBINSON
SAVE TIME ... SAVE MONEY
Will pick up and deliver rackets
DICK ROBINSON, Theta, Xi
Seek • 4th; Netmeta...: 'Ltite
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—Photo by Boyles
TOM WERNER (left) and Bill Leonard exchange batting tips dur
ing a practice session following the Lions return from their eastern
road trip. The pair are currently leading the squad in batting.
Catcher Leonard is hitting the horsehide at a .400 clip and right
bander Werner at a .364 percentage.
Gittlan, Carney
On Golf S• u fed
, The final two positions on State's seven-man golf squad were
won by Warren gittlan and John Carney. Letterman Gittlan, a
sophomore product from Harrisburg, downed senior Bob Smith of
Williamsport to win the starting role. Gittlan and Smith went
against each other on Monday
night for nine windy holes, with
Smith taking the lead, 1 up. Gitt
lan came back yesterday as he out
shot his opponent on the last nine
holes to cop the opening day slot
by a 4-3 margin. John Carney, a
junior fr o m Pittsburgh, had a
harder time winning an opening
day position. Carney took Philips
burg's Jim Mayes into camp with
a 3-2 score
Pitt will go against State's vet
eran squad this afternoon with
only two lettermen back from last
year's team. West View's Rich
McCarthy and Doc Manovich are
the Panthers' only mainstays from
last year. The Nittanies, however,
will send a seven-man squad to
the front, five of them being let
termen. Lettermen Rod Eaken,
George Kreidlerc Gordon Stroup,
Joe Webb, and Warren Gittland,
along with two newcomers—John
Carney and Lou Riggs—will carry
State's hopes for an opening day
win.
Pitt, although at a disadvantage
with only two returning letter
men, have an edge on the Ruther
ford men. Pitt has already en
gaged in two matches. Navy
downed the PittF l. 3urghers 6-1, and
Georgetown made it loss number
two for the Panthers with a 5-2
win.
Although Pitt has lost both of
its early-season 18-hole engage
ments, it may prove to be a stumb
ling block for State's linkmen.
The Panther's five new men on
the squad may have picked up
some valuable knowhow in the
way of actual competition., The
real potentialities of any team,
particularly a golf squad, remain
in the capabilities of the individ
ual members to be able to come
through when under the fire by
their rivals.
Rutherford's aggregation had no
trouble in downing Pittsburgh
last year. State's second successive
win was obtained at the Panther's
expense by, a 5-2 score.
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1M V-Ball Wins
Interfraternity intramural vol
leyball raced away from the half
way mark with 11 games on the
books at Rec Hall Monday night.
The Phi Sigma Delta A squad
went to three hard fought battles
to pick up its third win in as many
games to go into the lead in league
H. It's latest addition of scalps
came at the expense of Beta Sigma
Rho, 15-13, 10-15, 15-5. In the
same league Sigma Alpha Epsilon
romped over Phi Kappa Sigma
15-4, 15-7, for its first win against
two defeats thus far this season.
In league J Theta Xi kept its
nerfect record intact by trouncing
Kappa Delta Rho 15-7, 15-5, for
its third win. The same loop fea
tured a Zeta Beta Tau forfeit to
Alpha Zeta for its first positive
entry in the ledger.
In K league Delta Upsilon made
short work - of Sigma Chi's net
men 15-2, 15-11. The triumph gave
the DU's their second win against
one defeat. One of the circuit's
perfect marks is owned by the
Beta Sigma Rho squad, who stam
peded Sigma Alpha Mu 15-0, 15-9.
The win was its second with two
more games to, be played until
playoff time.
Alpha Tau Omega retained its
lead at the top of G loop with
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Pitt's Carlson
Calls It Quits
After 31 Years
PITTSBURGH, April 21 (IP)
Pitt's physician-basketball coach,
who fed players oxygen between
periods and ice cream after games,
prescribed self-retirement today.
The prescription will end the
31-year, fun-filled coaching saga
of Dr. Henry C. Carlson—known
as Doc Carlson to thousands of
fans. The silver-haired, 58-year
old coach will devote his entire
time to being director of men's
student health at the University
of Pittsburgh.
During his 31 years as Panther
coach, Carlson's teams won 369
and lost 247 games. In 1928 and
1930 they won the national title.
Doc began each campaign with
a tongue-in-cheek prediction:
"We'll win 'em all."
His last innovation was the use
oxygen to refresh players. Fans
.72re startled last year to see Doc's
charges bury their races in inha
lators between periods to step up
their oxygen intake. Carlson
droptled the experiment after a
few games.
Doe's experiments weren't all
medical: In 1950 he had fans boo
ing his so-called deep freeze
against Penn State. Commented
Carlson:
"The score was supposed to be
nothing-nothing. But Penn State
wouldn't cooperate. We did our
part. We got the zero."
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e'NCE there was a Biology Professor named Charlie Edwards.
`./ Charlie was a likeable chap, but the strain of marking
_:xams was a little too much for him. Finally, one day, he
completely flipped his lid. Crawling on his belly, he informed
startled students and) faculty members alike that he was,
indeed, a silkworm ! •
He hurried to his room, grabbed a spool of silk thread, and
built a huge cocoon around him. Day after day he stayed in
his cocoon, repeating over and over,
"I am a silkworm! I am a silkworm! I am a, silkworm!"
The other members of the faculty held a meeting to decide
what was to be done with poor Charlie. "I've got it!", cried
Bob Sutton, a physics instructor, leaping to his feet. He
explained his plan ... and the other professors agreed. They
hurried down to the Van Heusen dealer and bought a few
Vanispun Sport Shirts.
"Look, Charlie," they said to Professor Edwards. "These
smart new Van Heusen Vanispun Sport Shirts look exactly
like silk. They feel like silk. They're handsomely tailored in
the season's smartest new' 'colors. Yet they cost only .$4.95
apiece . . . far less than 'silk sport. shirts. So you see, you're
wasting your time, being a silkworm !"
Charlie Edwards peered over the . top of his cocoon and ,
examined the good-looking Van Heusen Vanispun SpOrt Shirt.
"Egad, you're right !",.he shouted, leaping out of his cocoon
and flapping his arms wildly. "Now I can turn into a moth
and fly away !"
-- "DN'ESDAY, APRIL 22, 1953
Foggmen
Drop First
To Bucknell
Bucknell, the old Lion ten
nis nemesis, added another
chapter to the sad tale yester
day at Lewisburg as the Bison
net squad hammered out a
resounding 8-1 shellacking in
the Lions' 1953 curtain-raiser.
Yesterday's proceedings cleanly
terminated the Lions' five-match
win streak that was started last
season.
Only Lion Captain Bill Forrey
managed to save the Nittany
crew from losing complete face.
Forrey, working in the number
five singles spot, set back Bison
Maurice Mufson, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 for
the lone Lion point of the after
noon.
Bucknell, as usual year after
year, went into the match with
four matches already under its
belt. The Bisons lost to Navy, 6-3,
Maryland, 9-0, both future Lion
opponents, and whipped Franklin
and Marshall, 9-0, and George
Washington, 6-3. Its seasonal slate
is now 3-2, State's 0-1.
Last season the Lions went to
Bucknell for the opener and re
turned home a little the wiser
with .a 7-2 defeat. This year the
season is starting the same way,
same team, same place, and al
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