O AGE SIX
Ettenger Paces H
Syracuse
Here for Two
Tomorrow
Although his batting average
has dipped slightly in the past
week. George Ettenger is still the
leading hitter on the Penn State
baseball team. The stocky catcher
is clubbing the ball at a .385 clip.
The 6' 1" junior from Newton
has picked up ten singles in 26
official trips to the Plate. Etten
ger also leads the team in runs
batted in and hits. He has driven
in seven runs in eight games.
Ettenger has gotten at least one
hit in each game. In the season's
opener against West Virginia he
got t•Wo hits in five at bats and
since then he has been hittinc - ,
the ball consistently.
Coach Joe Bedenk used Etten
ger in the No. 5 slot in the batting
order at the start of the season,
but in the past three contests he
has Inserted him in the cleanup
Position. Ettenger has done a fine
job of receiving and in Wednes
day's game came up with a fine
one-hand catch of a high foul that
almost landed in the Penn State
dugout.
Keith Vesling and Dave Lucas
will probably be on the mound for
tomorrow's doubleheader wit h
Syracuse at Beaver Field.
The Nittany batters have not
been keeping pace with the terri
fic pitching that has helped the
team to its present 5-3 record.
Forty Penn State runners have
been left on base in the past four
games.
However, there is good reason to
feel that thO Lions will break out
Of this slump—four .300 hitters are
back from last year's team. Char
lie Russo, who led the squad in
batting in 1953 with a .342 mark,
has been hitting .276. Tom Werner,
Rex Bradley, and Ron Weiden
hammer round out the quartet of
retatning .300 hitters.
Werner has been benched in the
Past two games due to his .100
batting average. Bradley is meet
ing the ball at a .259 clip and
Weidenhammer at a .200 pace.
Weidenhammer has been moved
back to short for the past two
games. Francis Bowman had
started the season at short, but
when his.hitting fell to a .111 pace
Bedenk moved "Weedy" into his
position. Weidenhammer played
short for the Lions last season
and so far has done a good job
since his return to his former post.
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Golfers Enter Easterns Tomorrow
Led by f our - lettermen, Pena
State's undefeated golf squad will
enter the annual Eastern Inter
collegiate Golf Association tour
ney tomorrow afternoon at Dart
mouth University.
The Lions' six-man team left
yesterday morning for Hanover,
N.H., to vie for Eastern honors
against a field of 18 links squads
from the Atlantic seaboard area.
Coach Bob Rutherford, piloting
the Lions for his fifth season, will
put his team through a practice
round this afternoon in prepara
tion for the 36-hole play tomor
row.
Eaken Heads Squad
Captain Rod Eaken, runner-up
to the Eastern individual crown,
will be heading the Lions' entry.
Veterans Warren Gittlen, Gordon
Stroup, and Joe Webb will bolster
Rutherford's team choice.
"Stroup has been playing a con
sistent game all season," Ruther
ford said, in praise for his two
year senior letterman. Stroup was
medalist in the Lions' third
straight victory this year against
Bucknell with a two under par
69 on the local greens.
2 Sophomores Play
Two sophomores Gerry Ger
hart and Jiin Boyanowski—have
been picked by Rutherford for the
remaining two spots. Gerhart has
a 0-1 record losing at Navy; Boy
anowski has a 1-0 card.
Last year Virginia University
relknquished the Eastern title to
Yale. The Bulldogs, paced by
Wally Kilrea—son of the one-time
great pro hockey player—edged
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Records in Peril ...
Thinclads
Track and field fans who take in the Pitt-Penn State meet
tomorrow at Beaver Field, billed as a real thriller, will undoubtedly
be keeping one eye on the list of records printed in'the programs.
Cinder followers who were on hand last week when the Nittanies
edged Navy, 68-63, saw four Penn State marks go out the window
along with six meet records. And, they're already taking guesses on
which records should fall tomorrow.
Everybody points to big Rosey Grier as the logical choice in
the record busting department. Grier shattered his own Penn State
record against the middies when he powered the shot 55' 8 1 / 2 ". He
has erased the mark—his own incidentally—three times this season.
Beside Grier, record conscious fans will probably be watching swifty
Art Pollard, who broke the meet record in the 100 yard dash with a
:9.7 Saturday, 011ie Sax, newest record holder m the 440 (:48.9), arid
Roy Brunjes, who topped the 880 mark Saturday with a 1:54.6.
Charlie Blockson threw the discus 157' 10" against the Middies
for a new record and will probably bear watching, Blockson, hot and
cold on the shot, could push Grier in that department. Red Hollen,
flashing top form, -turned in a new two-mile record (9:34.6) last week
and looms as another big threat tomorrow.
the Lions as pre-tourney favorites
by two strokes.
The Lions last won the EIGA
title in 1948. Joe Boyle, present
assistant golf coach, and his team
mates whitewashed Yale for the
Eastern crown, 9-0.
Penn State football will be in
the hands of co-captains next Fall
for the fifth time since 1947. The
1954 co-captains are Don Balt
hasar of Reading and Jim Garrity
of Monaca. Balthasar is a center.
Garrity an end.
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Barbell Elections Held
William Pearce, fifth semester
arts and letters major, was elected
president of the Penn State Bar
bell Club Wednesday night.
Other officers are Robert Grubb,
vice president; James Stephens,
secretary; and John Matter n,
treasurer.
Rosey Grier, Penn State's giant
football tackle, has cracked the
school's shot put record three
times in two year's.
FRIDAY. MAY 7. 1954
Court Team
Will Battle
Maryland
In an attempt to extend its two ,
match winning streak, the Penn
State tennis team will travel to
College Park, Maryland, where it
will meet the - University of Mary
land netters today.
The Lions, who lost to the Ter-r
rapins last year, have a record
this season of two victories and
one loss. They bounced back after
dropping their opener to Navy
8-1, to defeat Duquesne 9-0, and
Juniata 8-1. •
With one minor change, Coach
Sherman Fogg will' start essen
tially the same team which earned
its triumph over Duquesne. Dick
Robinson will be back in the top
position after laying off singles
competition for the Juniata match.
Lew Landon, who was also out
of the singles lineup yesterday,
will go in the number two spot.
Bill Ziegler, undefeated in sin
gles competition this season, will
play in the third slot and Bruz
Ray will play number four. Dean
Mullen is slated for the fifth posi
tion and Ed Seiling will round out
singles play in the sixth notch.
In doubles, Robinson and Lan
don will again form the number
one duo and Ray and Ziegler will
play in the second spot. Seiling
and Chuck Christiansen are slated
for the third doubles combinatiori
which will complete competition?
Tomorrow the Lions will return
to engage the Bucknell court
squad on the University courts.
First choice of
`Mr. FORMAL'