The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 22, 1953, Image 6

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KAPsi Wins' - - INt Track Title
Golter - *•.Visit Lehigh Today
Sigma Nu,
Alpha Zeta,
Runnersup
By DAVE BRONSTEIN
Kappa Alpha Psi's well-bal
anced track team "ran-off" with
the intramural track and field
championship last . night on the
Beaver Field cinders. By virtue
of their 21 1 / 2 points, the champs
will be presented a large trophy
to signify their supremacy.
Sigma Nu won second place
with 15 1 / 2 points, while Alpha
Zeta was third with 7 1 / 2 points. Pi
Kappa Phi was fourth with 7 1 / 2 ,
and Lambda Chi Alpha-was fifth.
Kappa Alpha Psi revealed their
strong intentions of copping the
championship early by placing
John Bowser third in the century.
Bowser couldn't quite match the
fast winning time recorded by
John Milsom of -Alpha Zeta. Mil
som won the 100 by' three yards
over Joe Haller, Theta Kappa Phi,
in 10.4.
Joe Haller, a transfer student
from Germany, came back a few
minutes later to avenge his 100
loss and capture the 440 run in
53.5.
Starter Don Kilmer got the six
finalists off to a good start, and
by the end of the first curve Hal
ler took a lead that he never re
linquished. Coming around the
final curve with sixty yards to go,
Dave Barney, Sigma Nu, and Al
pha Zeta's Milsom, closed fast but
couldn't catch the speedy Haller.
Haller won by two yards, while
Barney was given a hairline de
cision over Milsom. John Nickols,
Alpha Gamma Rho, was fourth
and Jake Highton, Pi Kappa Phi,
was fifth.
Kappa Alpha Psi, with Earl Pot
ter running anchorman,. clinched
the championship by winning the
evening's final fraternity event—
the 880 relay.
Bespectacled John Bowser led
his team off fast but had to fight
every second of the way to beat
off Dick Ahern of Pi Kappa Phi.
Gene Wethers ran second for
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leag •AsoFigr Iffet. ILapes
cholrgin g' inglitcrit. Come Tia
r . loading took oVer•for the Psi's
was no. .oOpPing the champs.
Wauldiedg passed the baton to
..2kri Potter, and he sprinted to a
ten yard victory— The winner's
time was 1:38.8. Pi Kappa Phi was
second with Ted Garrett at an
chor,
Two-time champ Don Brown,
came back after Wednesday's
broad jump win, to outclass the
field in the independent century
nua. Don ran it in 11.0.
Cerchie, Leonard . . .
Leave College Game
By DICK MCDOWELL
The careers of two outstanding Penn State baseball players are
Bast drawing to a close. With only one regularly scheduled game and
possibly some NCAA playoff games remaining for the Nittany Lion
squad, captain and centerfielder Sid Cerchie, and catcher Bill
Leonard are about ready to hang up their college spikes
The pair have had colorful base
ball careers under the tutorship
of Joe Beclenk. For three seasons
Cerchie has been patrolling the
Beaver Field center gardens.
Leonard has been a regular be
hind the plate for two years be
sides playing three seasons on the
Nittany football team.
The two met before they en
tered the College when they
played against each other in the
Bast West American Legion All-
Star game at Forbes Field in
iburgh in 1948. The next
sprig they teamed up and that's
the way it's been ever since.
Sil, who hails from Elkland, Pa.,
broke into, the lineup in his
iitophomore year and belted a
Solid .280. Last year he pounded
the horsehide at a .295 clip and
drove in 21 runs. Probably his
greatest assets are his tremendous
throwing arm and his ability to
ant the jump on the hail in the
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. m - r - e rErcr-L,lrlitTirs
Sporting the Lions in- their Finale
PENN STATE'S GRADUATING tennis and
lacrosse seniors who will perform for the Nit
ta:my Lions under the leadership of Sherm Fogg,
tennis, and Nick • Thiel, lacrosse, for the last
time. Players at the top (1. to r.) are Bill Ray,
Foggmpn's... Witl.:-.Strook. -.. Goes
Qn. . Block as Colgate Invades
it's three down and two to
go for tennis Coach Sherm Fogg's
dream of a better-than-. 500 sea
son and only mighty Colgate and
Duquesne stand in the way now.
Just three matches 'ago, every
body was crying the blues about
the tennis team. Three matches
ago, the Lions were the not-so
proud possessors of a 1-5 record.
Then came the revolution.
Lehigh fell, 5-4; Pitt did. too,
6-3; then Bucknell was completely
reversed, 8-1. Bucknell had start -
field.
Leonard is probably better
known for his gridiron prowess.
An excellent place-kicker, and
hard hitting halfback, both of
fensively and defensively, th e
State College product made quite
a name for himself in gridiron
circles.
Bill stepped into the regular
backstop position - last season and
hit -354. He's a workhorse behind
the plate, always hustling and
ready to take advantage of breaks:
He handles pitchers well and can
hit the long ball.
Both have tapered off in their
batting this seas o n, hovering
around the .300 mark. Cerchie has
20 runs batted in and has belted
three homeruns.
As usual the pair are both wait-,
ing for Uncle Sam to make his
claim after graduation, so future
baseball plans have been stowed
aataar for the time being.
ed the Lions off on the wrong
foot in their opener by thumping
them 8-1, at Lewisburg.
And now Colgate comes tomor
row for its second crack, at the
Lions. The Raiders aren't a team
to do things hallway on their
home courts. This they proved
once again earlier in the season
as they pasted the only shutout
on Lions, 9-0, at Hamilton, N.Y.
Getting thumped by Colgate is
nothing new to Lion tennis fans.
It seems to happen once, and
sometimes twice a season. Last
season's score was 8-1, Colgate at
Hamilton. The return match on
home courts was washed out. In
1951 again it was all Colgate, the
Raiders winning both.
The last time the Lions halted
the Raiders was in the final match
of the 1950 season. The match was
held on the Lions' courts and was
the second of the seasonal series,
Colgate having won the first one
as handily as ever, 8-1. But the
Lions surprised on the finale and
upended the Raiders, 6-3.
Colgate will bring m .a formid
able array of tennis names spear
headed by intercollegiate great
Ben Bishop. Bishop was formerly
national junior singles champ be
fore he went to Colgate.
On the Lions side, Fogg has as
yet not made any indication as
to his singles or doubles choices.
Dick Robinson, in all probability,
will again be in the top singles
slot •with Bruz Ray at number
three. Either Lou Landon or Bill
Ziegler will be in the number two
position with the other working
the four slot.
Captain Bill Forrey will work
the number five 'singles job. with
either Dick Gross or Bill Ray in
the number six spot.
The doubles outfits will prob
ably remain the same crews that
performed against Pitt. They
were Robinson and Landon, num
ber one; Bruz Ray and Bill Ray,
number two, and Forrey and Zieg
ler, number three.
Bill Forrey, Bob Pauloski (26), and Jim Dean
(21). Players at the bottom are Tom GoldswOrthy
(29), Dick Gross, Bill - McCollough (19), and
Wayne Hockersmith (49). •
Lowther to Get Award
John D. Lawther, former Penn
State basketball coach, will be the
recipient -of an honorary doctor
ate from his alma mater June 8
at Westminster College. Lawther,
assistant to the dean of the School
of Physical Education and Ath
letics, formerly taught and coach
ed at Westminster. He retired
from coaching in 1949.
Schutz, Body
Wiluable Thinclads
Saturday's track meet with Manhattan will mark the last dual
meet appdarance of Al Schutz and Bill Body for the IsTittany thin
clads. With the departure of these two men via graduation, the Lions
will be losing two big men in the field events.
Shultz joined the track squad in September of 1950 after spend
ing his freshman year at Mont
Alto. He is a forestry major and
hails from Bethlehem.
• While attending Bethlehem
High School -he set a school mark
with a discus throw 'of 140 feet
which stood until last week.
His best mark at State in the
discus was. 135 feet against Pitt
last year. He came close to that
mark this season when...he hit
127 ft. 10 - in. against Ohio State
last week.
Body has competed in the dis
cus, javelin, and shot put events
while at State.. His home town is
Boyertown. His best event is prob
ably the discus, which he heaved
133 ft. 9 in. in.the Buckeye' meet
to take- second place. Against
Michigan State this season he
threw the javelin' 135 ft. 6* in_
to cop third place.
- The importance of- Schutz arid
]Body to* the Lions was especially
FRIDAY, MAY 22,i . 1943
Lions Seek
6th Straight
Of Season
Sy ROY WILLIAMS
During their visit to the
Saucon Valley Country Club
today, the unbeaten Nittiny
golfers are going to try their
luck and skill in crashing the
11-1 record which the, Engi
neers of Lehigh have 'built
this , year. State's 5-0 record
will be at stake, in one of. the
Lion's toughest matches of the
season.
One of the Engineers' most not
able wins this season was their
9-0 thumping of the Bullets, of
Gettysburg. This was the same
score the Nittanies posted against
the Bullets' six-man squad.
Kryla Takes 2nd
Lehigh's squad won the Middle.
Atlantic tournament this year at
Huntington. The Engineers com
piled a total of 634 strokes to , de
feat Juniata's bid for tourney
honors of 650. Consistent winners
for the Brown and White have'
been Joe Kryla, captain, Russ
Handwerk, Larry Lund, Dick
Sperry, Bob Buhner, and Jerry
Wells.
Kryla took second place in the
MA competition with a 78-76-154,
only two strokes behind Juniata's ,
,' - . , est score of 152. Sperry copped
a third place berth with a 15.7,
while - his teammate Buhner shot
a 159 for fifth place recognition.
Captain Hud 'Samson challenged
George Kreidler for the sixth slot
on the Lion squad Wednesday af
ternoon. Samson defeated , Kreid
ler 69-72. He and the team /01
aftiictfloo" n "19 , 0
11-44 s Smieorl.
COt..b4l" f : 1 4 11 47'
tiOnal Amateur in.71951`,. -
4 Seek Bates' Title
While the linksmen travel, the
54-hole Pennsylvania Interschol
astic Athletic Association this
morning on the Penn State golf
course and will continue until
tomorrow afternoon. Each entry
will play 36 holes today and 18
holes Saturday morning.
Dave Bates, of Philipsburg, will
face a field of 42 Pennsylvahia
schoolboy golfers, each • seeking
to replace him as champion in
the title event. Bates won the
PIAA crown last year with a 217
score—just ten over par. He came
from behind with a one over par
70 in a sparkling round.
evident in the Ohio State' meet:
Roney Grier took first in the 'dis
cus and Body copped second,
while Shutz took a valuable third
as the Lions nipped the Bucks in
a meet in. which every point Was
needed. The clean sweep in that
event put the Lions into a lead
they never relinquished.. •
TRACK TRICKS: Lion track
men have affectionately' dubbed
Schutz with the name of "Schult
ze" . . . Speaking of names, Body
is pronounced with a long. "o" :
Schutz is a member Of Tau' Phi
Delta . . . In the shot put event
Body steadily improved this year;
he started out at Navy with &toss
of 41 ft. 3 in. and last week he piit
the shot a little over 43 feet in
the Pitt meet . . . Body copped
two thirds against Michigan State,
a second in the Ohio State 'meet,
and two more thirds againit the
Panthers.