PAGE SIX Lio:..i . Nine Swonips . Gettysburg Top Bullets In 23- Q Slaughter By DICK McDOWELL Garland "Gerk" Gingerich continued his baffling mound mystery yesterday as he and his Penn State teammates pul verized Gettysburg, 23-0, at Beaver Field. While the curveballing right hander was hurling a seven inn ing one-hitter, Lion batsmen pounded out 21 hits, including three home runs and a triple, to win their fifth game of the sea son. Gingerich was superb in his third mound appearance of the campaign. For seven innings he pitched hitless ball and faced the minim= 21 batters, bosting his record to 2-0. When Gettysburg shortstop Jack Keller touched him for a single in the eighth, Lion Coach Joe Bedenk sent Larry Ba yer to the mound to finish. Be denk, realizing that the no-hitter was ruined, decided to give him a rest in case he is needed against Penn on Saturday. Leonard's Grand Slam Every man in the Lion lineup collected at least one hit in the lopsided whitewash. Second base man Chuck Russo, who had been wielding a silent bat prior to the game, came to life at the plate to lead the Nittanies with four safeties. The flashy second sacker belted two singles, a double, and a two-run home run. However, the "big" blow of the day was catcher Bill Leonard's grand slam home run in the eighth inning. The big backstop collected three hits himself, along with shortstop Ro n Weidenhammer. Captain Sil Cerchie also joined the slugging parade with his third homer of the season. He also had a single. 4 Tallies The Lions bunched their scor ing into four innings in their big gest run-and-hit output of the season. In the first frame the Nittanies pushed across four tallies on three walks, an error, and Cerchie's line-drive single to left. They failed to score in the second and third, but notched four more in the fourth. Six- hits including en's and Leonard's home runs —turned the trick. The big inning came in the fifth, however, when Gettysburg changed pitchers twice. But no body was stopping the Nittanies that inning as they walloped eight safeties and scored an equal num ber of runs. Only 2 Hits After failing to score in the sixth and seventh, .the Bedenk men exploded again in the eighth, this time for seven tallies on six hits, one a triple by Rex Bradley, and two errors. Gettysburg managed to get one more safety, its second, in the ninth, but could stir up no trou ble as Bayer, very effective in his two innings of relief, set them down without any trouble. In his seven inning stint, Ging erich allowed only one man to reach first base. He walked Keller (Continued on page eight) HAVE YOU REGISTERED your license number for free 5 cal., sample? today's license number F 4405. WIMMER'S SUNOCO SERVICE E. College Ave. • REX BRADLEY, speedy Penn State leftfielder, watches the horse• hide sail as he starts down the first base line in yesterday's base ball game with Gettysi?urg. Bradley is starting the first leg of an eighth inning triple, hit oft of Gettysburg pitcher Bill Schultz. The Lions easily defeated the Bullets, 23-0, picking up their fifth win of the season. Tennis Team Seeks First Win on College Courts Coach Sherm Fogg's winless-in-one-Start tennis team will try again to break into the victory column tomorrow afternoon when it hosts Syracuse in the first home match of the '53 season. Match time will be at 1:30 p.m. on the College courts, although the official starting time is listed at 2 p.m. No particular reason \has been offered for the moveup other than the fact that the match gets underway quicker, Fogg said. Fogg, after the devastating 8-1 Bucknell loss, has slightly touched up the bottom half of the singles ladder and completely changed his doubles lineup for the Orange match. Captain Bill Forrey, the only winner against the Bisons, will move up a notch in the singles from filth to fourth. Sophomore Bill Ziegler will work in the num her five position, and Dick Gross will go at number six. Gross did not make the trip to Lewisburg. Otherwise the top three posi tions will remain unchanged. Dick Robinson, Lou Landon, and Bruz Ray will again work the first three singles jobs. . The doubles combinations will Factory Surplus Sale! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA all be brand-new. Robinson-Lan don will make up the top outfit. Junior letterman Dez Long will come out of semi-retirement to team up with Ray in the number two position, while Forrey and Ziegler will work in the third spot. It was Syracuse last season that contributed the first win of the Lions' five-match win streak. The Lions dumped the Orange at Syracuse, 6-3, and then went on to take all the remaining matches of the season. Fogg's crew went through a full workout yesterday despite the winds. They are scheduled for a light practice session today. bardene Suits ONLY $1 9 .95 Tan, Brown, Dark & Powder Blue, and Grey. AN Siies • and Styles. Extra Trousers Available. 204 W. College Ave. Penn Relay Trackmen Leave for Philadelphia The Nittany trackmen departed early today for Philadelphia to compete in the 59th annual Penn Relays to be held at Franklin Field. Yesterday the thinclads worked out just long enough to work up ir energy for the carnival. There are 40 names on this year's track roster, including 16 returning lettermen. Six of. Werner's men come from "out of state; four from New Jersey and Itwo from New Yprk. Brurijes New Yorker Alex Ayers hails from Ruther ford, N.J.; Maplewood, 'N.J., iS the home of Dave Douglas; 011ie Sax is from Kearny, and the other Jerseyite is Rosey Grier, of Ro selle. a sweat, in order to conserve the: Lacrossers To Field Same Lineup It appears as though there will be few if any'changes in the Penn State lacrosse lin - eup for to morrow's game with Penn, which -- ,ets underway at 2 p.m. on the -Al course. The, starting array which faced . hart will probably open against ,kle Quakers, with much fan at tention likely to center •on Cap tain Wayne Hockersmith; who tallied six goals against Hobart last Saturday. If the Lions can get a little more scoring`help, they will stand a good chance of turning back the Red and Blue. CoaCh Nick Thiel has stressed passing this week. He is trying to get — his men to look for the teammate who's open for a good shot, something that the Lions have not been doing in pre vious encounters. Penn's season record, while not overly impressive, is nevertheless misleading,. The Quakers boast their lone win over Harvard, los ing to Dartmouth, Swarthmore, and Yale. However, the loss to the Garnet was by a slim 9-8 score, a team which defeated State by a much more decisive tally. Rookie Hurler Stars Top effort of the early-season Penn State baseball campaign came from an unheralded right hander, Gar Gingerich, of Hellam. The rookie hurler, serving in relief against Villanova, let the Wild cats down without a hit or a run over a six-inning span. Only 19 batters faced him. By HERM WEISKOPF Roy Brunjes' home is in St. Albans, N.Y., and Schenectady is Jack Chillrud's hometown. Six seniors and 13 juniors dot the 'roster, while the remaining 21 are sophomores. The se•-•elrs are Bill Body, Bob Gehman, Co- Captains Jim Herb anc, Roessler, Al Schutz, and Douglas: 3500 Competitors Way back in 1896, April g. 5 to be exact, the Lions entered . their first Penn Relays. The mile relay team of Price, McKibben, Thomp son and Kaiser, running. in that order, sped to a victory over squads from Dickinson, Franklin and Marshall, and Bucknell. This year's Relay Carnival will attract more than 3500 competi tors. In the drawings for positions, LaSalle must have gathered a bushel of four leaf clovers, for they were favored with three pole positions. Penn and Villanova each got lane one positions in one event. TRACK TRICKS: Mal Whit field was unanimously selected as the outstanding track and field star of the 1953 indoor season by the New York Track Writers As sociation . . . Sam Iness eclipsed his own NCAA discus record as he heaved the platter 185-5-Y4 . Olympic champ Parry O'Brien of Southern Cal came up with the second longest shot put heave on record, with a mark of 58-1 7 /s . . . Army walloped Boston U. last week, 115-25 . . . FRIDAY, APRIL . 24, • 1953
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