rtk.GE SIX
Vesling's 1-Hitter,
Lion Bats Win 6th
ive will get you ten that Lion baseball coach Joe Bedenk
is feeling pretty rosy about the performance of his pitching
staff SA far this season. With his two front line .hurlers,
Gar Gingerich and Keith Vesl
the Nittanies appear solid as t
Netmen Win
Ist, Defeat
Orange, 6-3
With victory number one safely
tucked away, Coach Sherm Fogg's
tennis team began the first of
abbreviated two-day drills yester
day in preparation for a road trip
tomorrow and Thursday that will
bring the Lions in contact with
two of the toughest squads they
have to face this season. The net
men beat Syracuse Saturday, 6-3.
The Lions will meet the Naval
Academy at Annapolis tomorrow
and then continue to Washington,
D.C. to do battle with Georgetown
University Thursday.
Saturday's match with Syracuse
saw the Orangemen pull their
ace-in-the-hole in the person of
Hal McGrath, who performed in
the number one singles and dou
bles slots for the visitors.
The Orange's surprise unveil
ing of McGrath, who was the
Eastern Intercollegiate singles
champ in 1951, was the big topic
of conversation of the afternoon.
McGrath had been in the Army,
and, according to reports; wasn't
due out until July.
But he was very much present
Saturday and he took only 37 min
utes to dispose of Dick Robinson,
6-2, 6-3, in the chief singles at
traction of the dap.
Syracuse's number two man,
Bob Marquardt, not graduated as
reported by Saturday's Daily Col
legian, outlasted Lou Landon in
three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
In th e number three match,
Bruz Ray beat John Kerr, 6-0, 6-8,
6-2. Lion Captain Bill Forrey de
feated Art Sholk in three sets, 3-6,
6-3, 6-1, in the number four match.
Sophomore Bill Ziegler, at num
ber five, swept by Syracuse's Pete
Bratt, 6-4, 6-0, while Dick Gross;
in his first start, had to go three
sets to figure out the left-handed
offerings of Murray Osofsky, in
the number six match. Gross won,
6-8. 7-5, 6-0.
Two of the doubles matches
went to the Lions. Robinson-Lan
don, number one, took two sets
froin McGrath-Sholk, 6-3, 7-5,
while Forrey-Ziegler defeated
Bratt-Paul Zafren, 6-2, 6-2, in the
number three match. The Orange
number two combo of Marquardt-
Kerr got the final team point for
Syracuse with a 8-6, 6-4 win over
Ray-Dez Long.
Baseball's
Big Leagues
By Associated Press
Johnny Wyrostek of the Phila
delphia Phillies and the New York
Yankees' Gene Woodling, a pair
of veteran left-hand hitting out
fielders, lead the major leagues in
batting with the 1953 season two
Weeks old. '
Wyrostek, who batted .256 last
season, is setting a torrid .500 pace
while hitting safely in 10 straight
games and compiling 17 hits in 34
at bats. Recordo Sunday's
games.
Woodling, a .309 hitter in 1952,
tops the American League with
.472 on 17 safeties in 36 trips. Gene
had his best day of the year last
Thursday when he went four-for
four against the Boston Red Sox.
Boston's Dick Gernert, who has
accounted for all of his team's
home runs, is the American
League leader in that department
with four. Walt Dropo, Detroit's
big first sacker, has the most runs
bat to. _t-in, 11.
Bob Lemon, Cleveland right
bander and Alex Kellner, Phila
delphia lefty, head the American
League pitchers. Southpaw Curt
Simmons of the Philadelphia Phil
'lies. is on top in the National.
Ea^h has won three games and
lost none. •
By DIGS: McDOWELL
ng, pitching almost flawlessly,
ey approach the halfway mark
in the 1953 schedule.
Saturday the fire-balling Ves
ling, successful in three previous
outings, tossed a blazing one-hitter
at Philadelphia as the Lions
packed away victory number six,
whipping Penn, 7-1.
The Lions return home tomor
row when they meet Bucknell on
Beaver Field. The contest is slated
to start at 3:30.
A scratch bunt in the fifth inn
ing by Quaker third baseman Dale
Summerbell was the only black
mark on Vesling's record for the
afternoon as he fanned ten men
and walked only five in his fourth
win of the campaign.
Along side Vesling, Gingerich
has been standing batters on their
heads with his tantalizing curves.
The stocky righthander owns a
2-0 record himself, earning his
wins in a six inning no-hit stint,
and a seven inning one-hitter.
Vesling was untouchable Satur
day as the Lions belted two Penn
pitchers for nine hits and took
advantage of 15 'free passes.
The Nittanies scored one run
in the top half of the first on two
walks, Tom Werner's single, and
a passed ball. But Penn came
right back in their half of the
frame when Vesling, a little wild
in the early innings, walked two
men, and then walked a run in
after Pat Kennedy's error had
loaded the bases.
Three In Fifth
The Lions got back on the scor
ing path again in the third, this
time without benefit of a hit. Two
walks, a sacrifice, and an error
did the trick. , •
In the fif t I - 1 the Bedenkmen
bunched four hits and two walks
to tally three more. After Sil Cer
chie and Bill Leonard had walked,
Hubie Kline pumped a double into
left field, followed by successive
singles by Rex Bradley, Pat Ken
nedy, and Vesling.
The final run crossed the plate
in the eighth when Werner
swatted his second hit of the day,
Cerchie drew a free pass, and
Leonard smashed a single to left
to drive in Werner.
In winning his fourth, Vesling
raised his strikeout total to 38 and
lowered his earned run average
to a sizzling 1.65. He's worked
322 k innings.
Following the Bison clash to
morrow, the Lions are scheduled
to meet Dickinson twice, at home
May 1 and 2. Following an away
game with Navy they'll return
home for three straight contests
at friendly Beaver Fir"
Pena State
AB R
Russo, 2b 4 1 1
Weid'h'm'r,ss 4 0 0
Werlier,rf 6 1 2
Cerchie,ef 1 2 0
Leonard,c 3 2 1
Kline,Bb 3 1 1
Bradley,lf 4 0 1
Kennedy,lb 4 0 2
Vesling,p 3 0 1
Totals 32 7 9
x—Batted for Hays
Penn State 1
Bill Durniak, of Fair Oaks, Pa.,
who's seeking a place on the Penn
State golf team, is a brother of
former Lion captain Joe Durniak.
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Lions Score First
AB It H
Sorn'bell,3b 4 0 1
Dalton,sa 3 1 0
Deuben,rf 3 0 0
Ringel,lS 1 0 0
Castle,lb 2 0 0
Alexander 2 0 0
Buttous,2b 3 0 0
Yocum, c 2 0 0
Minerv'no,c 0 0 0
Meacham 1 0 0
Hays,i) O. 0 0
Denbar,x 0 0 0
Totals 21 0 '1
in the ninth
02 030 010-7 9 3
00 000 000-1 1 5
Keith Vesling
Pitches one-hitter
Lacrossers
Lose, 13-4
To Quakers
By 808 DUNN
After dropping a 13-4 decision
to Penn's lacrosse forces Saturday,
the Nittany• Lion stickmen are
awaiting the invasion of Syracuse
this Saturday on the golf course
in their first win endeavor.
The Quakers' fast start told the
story, for the Lions played well
during the remainder of the game,
in which a total of 33 penalties
was called. However, the advan
tage held by the Red an& Blue
was too much to overcome.
Besides dropping the fray, the
Nittanies lost the services of mid
fielder Dave Arnold for abolit two
weeks. Arnold suffered a painful
knee bruise when hit by a stick.
While the injury is not as serious
as was first suspected, Arnold will
miss the Syracuse game.
Penn's opening period spurt was
paced by midfielder Te d Hag
strom, who conn^cted for three
goals. Nittany John Steinmuller
broke the State scoring ice at
10:57, assisted by Luke Girard, to
make the count 5-1.
Tom Goldsworthy and Dick
Klein both scored for the Lions
in the second quarter, but these
tallies were offset by four Quaker
goals. Two of these came from
Penn ace George Trautman, who
wound up with four for the day.
After a scoreless third period,
the scoring proceedings were fin
ished off when the Lion's Wayne
HOckersmith and Trautman and
Hagstrom notched counters.
Goalie Bill McCollough made a
otal of eight saves for the Lions,
while Penn cage tender Ferris
T h o m s e n, son of the Princeton
coach, s t o p p e d 18 Nittany at
tempts.
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Werner's Forecast Right;
Lions Fail To Impress
Although he may not have a license identifying him-as an honest
to-goodness soothsayer, Chick Weiner deserves one after correctly
forecasting almost,man for man, the outcome of the Nittanies at the
Penn Relays over the weekend.
The Nittany track coach's far-ranged crystal ball gazing correctly
forsaw that the Lions would fare poorly; however, it didn't permit
him to predict the stellar performances turned in by Don Austin.
Werner said the 3 outstanding performances at the Relays were
turned in by Fritz Nilsson of Mich
igan, Art Bragg of Morgan State
and Austin.
Austin turned in the sensa
tional time of 3:02.8 in the three
quarter mile run on Friday as he
ran the third leg of the 2 1 / 2 -mile
medley relay team. On Saturday
he turned on the speed against
fast-stepping John Ross of Michi
gan in the anchor lap of the four
mile relay championship. Al
though he crossed the finish line
in the No. 2 slot, he was clocked
at 4:22 for the mile—two-tenths
of a second slower than the time
turned in by the spirited Spartan.
Jumpin' Jim Herb garnered sec
ond place. in 'the high jump as he
cleared the bar at 6-4. Mark Smith
of Wayne, was the winner with a
6-6 leap.
Nilsson, a Norwegian transfer
student, copped the discus event
on Friday, setting a new Carnival
record in the process. He also won
the shotput with a heave of 55-9%
on the final day. Bragg accounted
for two of his team's sprint relay
wins with terrific anchor per
formances and retained his 100
dash crown with a time of 0:10.7.
Len Truex,. former Ohio State
star, nipped Dennis Johansson,
Finnish Olympian, in the coveted
Benjamin Franklin Mile, with a
neat time of 4:10.0. The broad
jump king was Morgan Taylor, of
Princeton, who spanned 25-5/s,
LaSalle's Al Cantello took the
javelin with a toss of 211-9 1 / 2 . Pole
vaulters Robert Linne, Rhode Is
land, Jim Harrington, Notre Dame,
and Van Zimmerman, Penn, tied
for honors in that event with
identical heights of 13-4. LaSalle
got permanent possession of the
Wanamaker Cup when the. Ex
plorers won the Middle Atlantic
Mile title for the third straight
year.
Soccer Team
Nips Crickets
The Penn State soccer team de
feated the Germantown Cricket
Club in an exhibition mat c h
played Saturday, 1-0. The only
goal scored was by Dick Packer
in the first period.
Germantown Penn State
Haines G Harris
Davis '. RFB Dierks
Yerkes LFB Irvin
Rohner RHB Hofmann
Smith CHB Robbins
Wynn LHB Nugent
Weber - OR Norsick
J.ucine IRShirk
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Toren CF Pinezich
Woodside IL Matissia
L'..eb OL Miiakes
Penn State 1 0 0 0-1
Germantown 0 0 0 0-0
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 144
By HERM WEISKOPF
Golfers Top
Navy, Score
2d Straight
The Nittany Lions may be the
team to watch this year in college
golf after their sterling appear
ance last Saturday when they
defeated a sharp Navy squad,
4-3. State's win was its second
in s a row, andsnapped the two
game win streak of the Middies.
Stroup Defeats Wade
Rod Eaken was downed by
Swabby Dick Mattox, 5-3, while
George Kreidler lost to Cliff
Thomas, 4-3. John Carney, who
defeated Lion captain HO Sam
son on Friday in intra-squad play,
lost to Don Walters,' 6-5.
Gordon Stroup defeated Navy's
Seab Wade, 2 up, and Joe Webb
ran the show in his win over the
Gob's Ken Highfill, 5-3. State's
third win was by Warren Gittlan
as he downed Jim DeGroff, 6-5.
Lou Riggs handed George Hall a
defeat with a 2 up score.'
Mattox Scores 68
State's slim 4-3 winning margin
tells only half of the story. After
six matches had been completed,
the score was knotted at 3-3. Jen
kintown's Riggs and Hall of Navy
were their teams last hope for
the winning one-point margin.
On the fourteenth hole, Hall
was one up on Riggs. Riggs, how
ever, won the fifteenth and six
teenth to take a one up lead.
Riggs hauled the seventeenth to
remain just one up on his oppon
ent. After 'playing under tremen
dous pressure on the previous
three holes, Riggs came through
with a birdie on the eighteenth
to win the match with a 2 up
score. His win spelled Navy's
doom, and gave the Nittanies a
well-earned 4-3 win.
Eaken's opposition, Dick Mat
tox, was medalist with a one
under par score of 68. Mattox shot
seven birdies in his 18-hole golf
ing: mastery.
Coa c h Rutherford remarked,
"This was the toughest match
we've had. The boys played very
, lood golf for this time of year.
We had six men in the medal
range of 70 to 75 strikes."
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