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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
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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
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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
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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