WEDNESDAY, MAY 1953 End of Rood As . Hocketiiiitk:Goldtworthy, Pawloski Shine , fliiii . Aiion.:'. Lacrosse Fortes By TOM - WERNER •.f 'Many months from ; now tho lacrosse team might come across a player that resemble Wayne Hockersmith in style and skill, that player will be - one of the best Penn State will have, just as Wayne is the best that they have had to date. The team mentor, Nick Thiel, admitted. that three or four like Hockersmith would produce a virtually un beatable Lion stick squad. Three Years on Varsity If anyone remembers their first try at baseball, or fbotball, or try ing to run a winning cross-coun try meet, the lot of them taken together might exemplify a few of the hardships encountered in an initial game of lactoSse. Hock ersmith never laid eyes on a la crosse stick before his freshman year in college, at the Harrisburg center. The books show • -*hat must have •been -the fastest ap prenticeship in the game's his tory, as Wayne went on to be come the teams' captain in the capitol city, Has 18 Goals With three years as a varsity player behind him, plus one sea son as captain, Wayne has proven his worth as an all around player, starting his stick . career at a de fensive post and going on to be come the top offensive player on the lion squad. With one more contest remain ing this year, Wayne has thus far compiled 18 goals and is aiming toward an all-time Penn State high, the record now standing at 21. The high spot in the 1953 sea son came in the Hobart contest wherein he rocketed six throws past the opposing goalie. Inquiring as to his outstanding attribute in coming from a non player to on e of the best, he could think of none. His team mates, however, were more than willing to attest to his quality of steadiness as opposed to the 'hot and-cold' playing of the rest of the squad. Pure doggedness is a supreme quality in lacrosse, a sport where such persistence can result in- bloodshed. Wayne, for -tunately, has never been seriously hurt, a testimonial to his ability of self preservation where that ability is best needed. Baseball's Big Leagues The Standings By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Loot Pct. Behind 18 9 .667 19 - 13 .613 1 15 11 .577 2. 1 ,; 15 12 .556 3 15 15 '.500 43: 12 16 .929 6 1 ,4 12 18 .400 716 9 22 .290 11 NATIONAL LEAGUE View , York Chicago Cleveland Boston Washington St. Louis Philadelphia ;Detroit Philadelphia Milwaukee 16 8 .867 -- Brooklyn 15 12 .556 2% St. Louis 13 11 .542 3 New York . 13 15 .464 5 Chicago 9 14 .391 6 3 / 4 Pittsburgh' 10 17 .370 7V.1 Cincinnati 7 14 .333 ' 7 1 4 ~. *Standings do not include yesterday's games. Night Games AMERICAN New York 9. Detroit, 2 Philadelphia 2, Chicago I NATIONAL St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 6, Cineinn4ti 3 , ,6) Brooklyn 0, Milwaukee 0 (3) Arnold Most improved . Henry "Hank" Arn. o 1 dir;:of Springfield, is the 1953,,wiriper;tof the Leo Houck award 'presented annually to, the Penn State 'l3`s,er who shows the mast imprbiierrient during the year. The award_w d aS established in 1950 in memaryzo4 the former Lion coach. Donor is John R. "Whitey" Horn, of Al= lentown. Riding Club to Meet The Penn State Riding Club will honor graduating seniors 'at its final meeting at 7 tonight *at the College stables. Members who plan 'to attend have been asked to notify Marilyn Yingst. Transportation 'will be provided if requested. . • Rod Eaken, of. Reading, hAs`set' his sights on eastern intercol legiate golf honors in 1954. The Penn State stylist reached .the semi-finals in 1952, and the finals, in 1953. • PIAA Field, Track Teams To Compete There's a good chance that sev eral new records will be set Sat urday when the PIRA track and field championships get under way on Beaver Field. Suburban Philadelphia schools will be on hand to defend their title laurels in both divisions. Coatesville grabbed unofficial top honors in Clais A last year, while Swarthmore was Class B winner. Coatesville's Rod Perry, winner of the 120-yard high hurdles last year, amid rain and mud, bet tered the existing record by one tenth of a second in the district trials and will be a heavy favo rite to repeat. Another defending champion, Bob Barksdale of Norristown, topped the old record in the high jump last week in the districts, jumping 6 ft. 4 in. It is to be noted, however, that only records made in the state meet are con sidered as state marks. • Others seeking repeat wins are Roland Simpson, Cheltenham, who won the 440 last year in the near record time of 49.2, Edward Bresnick, Williamsport, in the javelin, and two relay teams, Coatesville and Mt. Lebanon in the mile and half mile respec tively. Class B men who bare watch ing include Darby's Joe Tyler in the 180 yard high hurdles and Jerry Baker, Ridley Park, in the discus event. Captain Hud Samson . . . Consistent Linksman The graduation axe is about to start its yearly havoc this spring, as it usually does, in chopping State's athletic teams apart. Of the five spring sports in which Nittany athletes participate, 20 men will not return next year. The Nittany golf squad, which is presently resting on the cushion of a five game winning streak, will lose only one member by the way of the graduation route. He is Captain Hud Samson Samson, who has played with the Lion " golf team for three years, will tee off in his last match against Temple on the golf course, May .30. Wrestling NCAA Champ • Although the tall, muscle bound linksman has not won his fame on State's 18-hole golf course, he is a consistent shooter. The highlight of his career, however, has ' been in wrestling where he becarrie Penn State's third National mat champion. The honor ..was his in the 191- pound division. He not only pinned his' opponent to cop the title but led Coach Charlie Spei del to his first NCAA title—the first ever won by the East. • Since wrestling took much of Ills time, the • 22-year-old golfer gad to win a berth on the varsity links squad. His late start, how ever, did not st op the NCAA champ from winning his proper golf position. One of Pittsburgh's contribu tions to Penn State, Samson played for his high school• team at Hill High, Pottstown, and cap tained them during his senior stint. Samson won . the high school Pct. Behind .667 • Now 10% off on Sp ring Change Over today's license number FG6OO `WIMMER'S SUNOCO SERVICE E. College Ave. THE 170 AMY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA, By 808 DUNN Even though one won't find any twins on the Penn State lacrosse team, two of its members, Tom .Goldsworthy and Bob Pawloski have almost as much in common as any pair of actual blood relationship. Just look at his list of similarities! To begin with, both live within a stone's throw ,of each other in Secane, a - small community , outside of Philadelphia. Each attended Up per Darby High School, and then later Swarthmore center. It was here that they started playing la crosse under Penn State grad John' Finley, a former star pupil of Coach Nick Thiel, as well as a standout football player. Second. High Scorer Now, both are 'on campus and are important cogs for the Lion stickmen. They are fraternity brothers in Kappa Sigma. Tom, now a senior majoring in marketing; has been playing on attack since he took up lacrosse. This year, he is second high scorer for the Thielmen, behind only Captain Wayne Hocker smith. He is fast and deceptive, and has a good, hard shot that is tough to stop. His one game high for the year was in the Rut gers game when he notched five tallies. Pawloski, who sees action at midfield, is a good passer and playmaker, prime requisites for any midrnan.. Although not as much a scoring threat, he can chip in with that - g oa 1 when needed. . With no lacrosse to participate 'in during high school, Bob en listed his talents in track and soccer, while Tom was a better than fair pole vaulter. Both felt a, big break was get ting started in lacrosse at the center. "It helped a lot to get a foundation for the game before we came on campus," Goldswor thy said. Their all time thrills in la crosse? Last year's -Rutgers game, which the Lions dropped, 16-15, in two extra periods. Although they lost, State outplayed its highly favored opponents. By ROY WILLIAMS championship at the Pennsylvania State Amateur tourney held at Philadelphia in 1949. The 6-2, 200 pound senior, who has had six years of driving and putting experience, has • been known as a powerhouse on the fairways, but has been somewhat less effective in his putting strat egy. Samson has shot in the high sixties or low seventies during his 6ntire golfing career. SHORT PUTTS . . . He is en rolled in the curriculum of Com merce and Finance, a member of the Naval ROTC division, and a brother at Beta Theta Pi. He will have to put his thoughts of ,g6t ting into the business world aside until he completes the service requirements of the Navy De partrnent,.;. ....„.,„.,.,,,5.........,,,„,:,,....,.....,.,..„„,:,..:,:.:„::.:,,,,...:.,....::,:.:::..f.::,...„„,:,:::.:........„:, 4..,„ ~ 0 . t 6, ~. 1 ., en iots Attention. ~., ~. ~ _ - litaz:,..jazibwilajakif.&;;S:.Aiev&fa???Eigi4Mks.;*.6 Break at Center In Naval ROTC Why not bring your family and and friends to CLASS NIGHT Wednesday; June 3rd - 7:30 p.m. REC HALL spod 9011101 A TOUCH OF THIS AND THAT . . . Members of the Lion baseball team are still talking about the game-ending unassisted double play that Hubie Kline made against Syracuse Saturday. Catcher Bill Leonard says it was "the greatest play I ever saw in baseball." The Lions were hugging a 2-1 lead at the time and pitcher Gar Gingerich was in trouble with the Orange batting in the last of the ninth. Gar had runners on second and third and only one out. It seems that Syracuse is famous for its squeeze bunts and that's what the Nittanies were anticipating. Leonard called for a curve and Syracuse batter Bob Althouse crossed him when he swung hard, smashing a terrific line drive just inside third base. Kline came from out of nowhere to make a diving back handed catch of the ball while the Syracuse runner on third was trying desperately to get back on the bag to prevent a force out. Hubie kept right on coming though, and put the tag on him in the same motion. * * * * * Well, the Marciano-Walcott fight (if we can be so bold as be call it a fight) is still being kicked around. But amid arguments. protests. and three-dimensional investigations, everyone concerned seems to be forgetting that Marciano—the champion—won the the fight in a champion's manner—with a knockout. It was a case of powerful youth against deteriorated age. Some time within the last eight months the "Peppy Guy" lost his sluff. and when that happens there's no need for protests. Anyway he earned a cool quarter million dollars in a little more than tem minutes work. What's he got to complain about? * * * * * Hats off to Don Austin, Chick Werner's fleet trackman. For a lad .who never wore a pair of track shoes before coming to college the speedy sophomore does alright for himself. To list a few of his accomplishments: He ran the fastest .3 1 4 mile ever recorded in the Penn Relays at Philadelphia. Time 3:02.8. He turned in a sizzling 1:54.7 in the half-mile against Navy, although he finished second. He won the same race against Pitt last week, this time with a 1:56.2. During the past indoor season, he was the mainstay on the Lion two-mile relay quartet. His 1:55 lap in the IC4As was enough to assure the Lions of a third place finish in that event. - * * * * * It's too bad that there isn't more interest in lacrosse at Penn State. We'll wager that ninety per cent of the students here have never seen - a lacrosse game. They don't know what they're miss ing. The ancient sport is as fast and rugged as any other in exist ence today. It combines basketball, football, and hockey, and is jam packed with more thrills than a three-ring circus. * * * * President Eisenhower ("Ike" that is) must have a wonderful temperament. Otherwise how could he possibly enjoy a game of golf? His recent outing on the Centre Hills links brought this to mind. With secret servicemen, and state police lurking in every sand trap and behind every green, it must be a problem to concentrate on hitting the ball. Don't know who or what influenced Milt Campbell to enroll at Penn State but we're plenty happy about it. The high school Olympic star is probably the most heralded athlete ever to enter the Vale, The big test comes this week for Joe Bedenk's baseball team, currently sporting a fine 11-3-1 record. The Lions meet. West Vir ginia in a double header this afternoon and travel to Philadelphia Saturday- to meet Temple in the season finale. Three wins here, or even two out of three, could give the Nittanies a berth in the district playoffs, which are almost a certainty again this year. Du quesne, however, is still unbeaten. But the Dukes have to face Pitt, Syracuse, and Colgate this week. Campy, Kell Top Sluggers NEW YORK, May 19 (W)—Ro Campanella of the Brookly Dodgers and George Kell of the Boston Red Sox are setting their Iseights early for the 1953 major league slugging crowns. Campanella, whose bat has been blazing during the first month of the season, has accumulated 79 total bases in 100 at bats for a lusty .790 slugging average that tops the National League. Averages compiled by the As sociated Press disclose that Kel is the American League pace-set ter with a robust .620 sluggin: percentage, achieved one 57 tota bases in 92 trips. Averages in clude Sunday's games. By DICK McDOWELL Assistant Sports Editor NEW POST (ANDS SHOW PENN STATE A new series of colored pOst card views of Penn State have been published by Modern-Ad, Butler, Pa., and are now on sale at a number of the local book stores, news stands, drug stores and 5 & 10 cent stores as well as the book exchange in the TUB. Just off the press, the new cards are made direct from Kodachrome and Ektachrome color transparencies which por tray the natural color beauty as seen by the camera. This is the first appearance of the Kodachrome card in this part of Pennsylvania although they have been very popular with tourists in other parts in recent years. The present series includes Old Main, Lion Shrine, Flower Gardens, Plant In du stries Building, McElwain Hall and Hamilton-Thompson Halls. Mr. Richard C. Miller,- who photo graphed the views and also dis tributed the cards, promises to add additional views from time to time and keep the cards up to date. ?AGE swat
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