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Wherever George Sisler goes you'll always find baseball.
That's the way it's been for the diamond immortal since the
days when he was promoting misery for American Lpague
pitchers as a St. Louis Brown.
The former Brownie great, now Supervisor of Scouting
for the Pittsburgh Pirates, slipped into State College yester
day, and after speaking to ,a public relations class, headed for
Beaver Field, accompanied by
. his son Dave, to watch the
Penn State-Rutgers game.
• George has given up active scouting to a major extent _ since
he has joined the Pirate staff. He handles most of the desk work
now but he still gets out occasionally to look at prospective major
league material. And he kept a close watch .on batting practice
yesterday as he sat in the stands at windy Beaver Field.
The 61-year old scout, so far the first and greatest member of
baseball's number one family, was enshrined in the Hall of Fame
in 1939 and is without a doubt one of the greatest in the all time
list of baseball stars.
Sisler holds one distinction that only seven other men can
claim. He reached the magic .400 mark while in the majors. In
fact he did it twice. In 1920 he batted .407 and then plastered the
ball at a .420 clip in - 1922. In fifteen, years of major league ball,
stretching from 1915 to 1930, the Immortal George batted .340.
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Sisler's two sons, Dave and Dick, both have made their names
.21. the sport. Dick, currently with the Columbus Red. Birds, firmly
etched his name in the record books as a member of the Philadelphia
Phillies when .he blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the
ninth inning against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 to sweep the
then "Whiz Kids" into the World Series.
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There's an interesting story told about that one. Father George,
then a scout for the Dodgers, sat in the stands that day as the two
teams battled for the pennant. When Dick lofted the ball into the
right field stands the Phillies were in and the Dodgers, including
George_were out. Sports writers covering the. game still swear that
George rose to , his feet to' cheer his son with tears .glistening in
his eyes as he visioned his cut of the series bonus floating away.
Sisler's youngest son, Dave, was one of the most sought after
young hurlers in the college ranks last year when he pitched for
Princeton. Be finally signed with the Boston Red Sox, but will have
to postpone any professional baseball plans' for a while since his
main occupation now is found within the ranks of the U.S. Army.
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Sisler's days as a Brooklyn scout were. quite different from his
present occupation. However, moving from a pennant winner to
a cellar club (he came to the Burs with Branch Rickey, his boss at
Brooklyn) has only made life more interesting for him.
"The Pirates are going to be alright," he said. "We're improving
every day and are going to continue. I can't predict when will
come, but one of these days we'll be up there with the best. Those
rookies in our lineup now are good and aren't hurting us a bit."
Naturally the question came up concerning Pirate improvement
this year. Would they narrow the wide gap between them and first
place this year? "We aren't interested in narrowing that gap," he
said. "There's no difference between 50 games out and 55. -There's
only one place to be - 1 / 2 game in front," he grinned. That's what
we're looking at."
The topic switched from professional to, college ball. "College
baseball is spotty," he said. "Most teams have a few good ball
players. On the average, however, a good college club will compare
with a Class B minor league team."
He pointed out that more college ball players are reaching the
majors each year. "I can remember," he said, "when you could count
the number of college men in the majors on one hand. They used to
talk about Earl Combs and Eddie Collins and some of the others—
all college educated—as freaks. Why right now I could name 50 or 60
off hand."
Sisler conducts a constant search for talent. Baseball has been
with him for over forty years and he is part of the colorful legends
which still live within the game.
Four -hundred hitters are a scarce commodity these days. Ted
Williams, was the last to: do. it:But George Probably won't mind
another addition to the select , group—particularly if he happens to
be the scout who signs him. Major league scouting is an extremely
jealous business and George Sisler is no piker. He goes after a good
young ball player today in• the same manner that he went for
Lefty Grove's curve ball. Remember he was a .400 hitter, top.
Who knows it might eventually pay to be a Pirate fan.
V-135311. Chanws Crowned
By BILL. EISBNBERG
The set-ups of Jack Muse and
the general all around play of the
Delta Chi volleyball team proved
too much for a game Alpha Chi
Rho team. Delta Chi beat back
two determined Alpha Chi Rho
rallies to take the fraternity intra
mural volleyball championship in
straight games, 15-13: 15-12.
Delta Chi started fast and ap
peared to be on its way to an easy
victory when Alpha Chi. Rho sud
denly caught fire. The losers
poured through eight straight
points to move within one point
of Delta Chi, 'l4-13. At this point;
however, they lost the service,
and the winners lost no time in
adding the game point.
The second game was a much
more normal affair. Alpha Chi
Rho held the lead in the early
part of the game, but Delta Chi
soon knotted the count at five all.
The winners then went on to build
up a lead of 11-7, when Alpha Chi
Rho, spaiked by Ron Weidenham
mer and Jack Sherry started to
rally again. With good set-uPs and
excellent spiking; the losers man
*-ttged to knot the count at eleven
all. Delta Chi then took charge
and scored five straight 'Points to
By DICK C McDOWELL
Collegian Sports E4itor
take the game and the champion
ship.
Delta Chi advanced to the final
by virtue of 'victories over Phi
Epsilon Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi, and
Theta Xi. Alpha Chi Rho scored
victories over Phi Delta Theta,
Tau. Phi Delta, and Phi Kappa
Tau, 'before being stopped by Del
ta Chi.
In. the independent section of
the playoffs, the Iron Men proved
too strong for the Sexsy Six. The
winenrs turned in an outstanding
performance in scoring an impres
sive 15-10, 15-10 victory.
The Iron Men, • who were run
ner-up in last years tournament;
put together a combination of
good spiking and excellent.place
mem shots to finally gain the
championship.
The Iron Men gained the final
by successive wins over the Scor
pions and the Hawks. The Sexsy
Six made the title shot with a first
round, bye and a victory over Ir
vin Heights.
Penn State will play its tradi
tional four home 4football games
in 1954, opening 'against the Uni
versity of Virginia October 9.
TI - T DAM/ COUE6?AN• STATE C-OLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Smith Ineligible for EIGA Tilt;
Boyanowski Inserted in Lineup
By ROY WILLIAMS
Bob Smith, Penn State's golf whiz during its three-match win streak this season, has been
dared scholastically ineligible for the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf Association tourney slated
start Saturday at Dartmouth University.
Coach Bob Rutherford has chosen Jim Boy anowski as Smith's sophomore replacement for
EIGA tourney at Hanover,, N.H. Boyanowski and Jim Gerhart, both sophomore newcomers to '
Nittany links squad, are the only
men on the Lions' Six-man squad
who haven't seen EIGA tourney
lay
p .
Three seniors Captain Rod
Eaken, Joe Webb, and Gordon
Stroup—and one junior, Warren
Gittlen, will make up the largest
part of Penn State's entry. They
have participated" in at least one
EIGA tourney.
First. Season on Varsity
Smith had been a mainstay for
the Lions this season, although it
was his, first season on the local
greens as a varsity linksman. He
was medalist in two of the three
Lion wins.
But Boyanowski and Gerhart
are not , without some match ex
perience. Gerhart lost his match
in the opener at Navy. Boyan
owski took a victory against Buck
nell. Neither golfer has played
medal play, however, against var
sity competition.
Penn State will not only be
battling a heavy entry card of 16
member schools of the ElGA—
plus Syracuse and Boston College
who have been named guest en
tries—but also a tough Dartmouth
course.
Course 'Heavily Wooded
The heavily wooded Hanover
Country Club is cut by numerous
small streams making it "trouble
some" Rutherford said yesterday.
Par On the 5920-yard course is 70.
The course, however, is compara
tively short for a championship
match; most tournament courses
range, close to the 7000 yard mark.
"The actual' condition of the
course, may also cause everybody
some trouble, too," Rutherford
hinted. Golf courses in Buffalo
were opened only last Sunday be
cause' of several weeks of .in
clement weather.
Rutherford has been unwilling
to, pass judgment on the opposi
tion, but regards his own team
stronger than the unbeaten unit
which won nine straight last year.
He believes the tope half of his
lineup is just as strong as it was
a year ago, and the bottom half
stronger.
After the team champion has
6 Teams Win
In IM Soccer
The opening round of intra
mural soccer competition got un
der way last night with six teams
scoring victories. Five of the en
counters were decided by a 1 to 0
count.
Acacia had the honor of win
ning the night's first contest by
topping Beta Sigma Rho, 1-0.
John Johnson scored the only
goal. Pi Kappa Alpha outlasted
Kappa Alpha Psi on Bob Little's
penalty kick in the second half.
Alpha Chi Sigma had four cor
ner kicks to top Tau Kappa Epsi
lon, 1-0. Jim Griffiths notched
the only goal against Alpha Zeta
but this was enough as Phi Kap
pa went on to win, 1-0.
Delta Chi outscored Alpha Tau
Omega, two corner kicks to one,
and was awarded a 1-0 victory.
Sigma Pi won over Alpha Sigma
Phi, 3-2. Payson Burt and Hall
Waltz scored for Sigma Pi,
and David Murphy and Joe Row
ley kicked goals for the losers.
Sigma Pi won on corner kicks.
ALL READY
SPRING
WEEK?
MAY 10 to 14
been determined Saturday night
as a result of Saturday after
noon's scoring, the 16 men with
the lowest scores of the entry
card of over 100 golfers will be
announced.
Rutherford will accompany his
team home Saturday night if none
of the Lions qualify for the in
dividual crown. If any of the
Lions are included in the selected
number, they will shoot the Han
over course again on Sunday for
the individual Eastern golf title.
Eaken lost the title to Yale's'
sophomore sensation 'last year,
Gerry Fehr. Eaken made the semi
finals in the same tourney in 1952
as a sophomore. This year he. and
Fehr are pre-tr-
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Bob Smith
Decla.red ineligible
Baseball's
Big Leagues
American League
Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 2
New York 4, Baltimore 2
Washington 1, Chicago 0
Detroit at Boston, ppd.
National League
Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 3 (8)
Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 1 (6)
Brooklyn 7, Chicago 0
Cincinnati . 7, New York 1. (8)
CHICAGO; May 5 (iP)—Brook
lyn's Russ Meyer "de-homerized"
Chicago with a shutout six-hit
ter today, - taming his old Cub
mates for the 11th straight time
as the Dodgers won their first
1954 Wrigley Field appearance,
7-0.
Former Cub Meyer held th e
Bruins without a home run in a
game for the 'first time this sea=
son. The Cubs had homered 28
times in 13 previous games.
Singles by Peewee Reese and
Junior Gilliam and walks to Gil
Hodges and Carl Furillo scored
Reese for a 1-0 rooldyn lead in
the first.
Lion Stickmen
Seek to End
Losiltig Streak
After five road losses in str
cession the Penn State lacrosse
team, returns to Beaver Field Sat
urday to meet Rutgers. Starting
time has been moved to 4 p.m. be
cause of the scheduled track meet
with Pitt. Last , year the Lions
bowed to the Scarlet, 14-7.
Rutgers has taken the meamre
of Dartmouth, Lehigh, and,Perin,
and has dropped a close decision
to powerful Maryland. Penn rep
resents the only common foe,
haying defeated the Lions, 9-7.
The Scarlet ran up an impressiye
8-2 won-lost record last season.
The losses were to Penn an d
Princeton.
Coach Red Twitchell welcomed
back eight lettermen at the start
of the season. Four of these let
termen returned to midfield posts,
making the midfield by far the
Scarlet's strongest unit. Twitchell
succeeded Fred Fitch as Scarlet
mentor in 1950 and led. -the team
to a mediocre 7 won 7 lost 'sea
son. In the three years since, how
ever, he has guided Rutgers to
24 wins and just five defeats.
Twitchell first gained fame at
Rutgers in the early 1930's when
he received All-America honors an
lacrosse. He also received All-
America mention as a center in
football. After graduating in 1935,
TWitchell acquired valuable
coaching experience at New •Jer
sey and Long Island high schools.
Following a short term as coach
at Hofstra, he became assistant
coach of lacrosse at Rutgers and
three years later succeeded Fitch
as head coach.
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Berths Decided
In 2 IM Finals
Dick Robinson, Theta Xi, and
Bob Vanner, Sigma Chi, advanced
into the intramural badminton
finals Tuesday night. Robinson
beat Lou Landon, Sigma Pi, 15-7,
15-7; and Vanner defeated Bill
Wallis, ,Sigma Pi, 15-5, 3-15, 15-5.
In the independent ranks Hang
Lim, who has had only 8 - points
scored upon him this year, will
face Karl Segner for the inde
pendent championship.
In handball action played Tues
day night, 4 teams moved into the
semi-finals. Jim Garrity and Jerry
Maurey, Delta Upsilon, beat John
McDonough and Dick Matacia,
Alpha Sigma Phi, 11-21, 21-20,
21-18; John Hawk and Art Cu
sick, Sigma Chi, defeated Stan
Engle and Bill Pahnestock, Sigma
Nu, 21-17, 21-10.
Norm Hickey and Dave Girard,
Sigma Nu, beat Dave Meckley
and Bob Eddings, Theta Xi, 21-8,
21-14; Morton Averick and Mar
vin Freed, Phi Epsilon Pi, "beat
Frank Kilmer and Frank. Mc-
Intyre, Acacia, 21-3, 20-21, 21-19.
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