PAGE SIX Lion Nine Thindads By HERM WEISKOPF Baseball Coach Joe Bedenk is hoping history will repeat itself tomorrow when the Lions battle Syracuse in a doubleheader at Beaver Field. Last year the Orange dropped a• twin bill to Penn State, 2-1 and 9-0. The first game will get underway at 1 p.m. The Lion have a 5-3 record and have won the last two games. Keith Vesling and Dave Lucas will probably be on the mound for the Lions Vesling posted a fine 1.83 earned run 'average in 1953. This season his record is even more impres sive. In 34% innings the powerful righthander has allowed but two earned markers for an earned run average of 0.58. Veiling's Control Good So far this season Vesling has walked 13 and struck out 24. Ves ling has defeated West Virginia and Bucknell. Gettysburg turned back Vesling 1-0 ,in an 11 inning thriller, even though he hurled a neat three-hitter. 'Last season Vesling posted a 9-2 won and lost record. WDFM will carry a play-by play account of today's double header with Syracuse starting at 1:45 p.rn. A pre-game show will get underway at 1:30 p.m. Lucas did a fine job in the sec ond game of the doubleheader with West Virginia, winning 2-0 in seven innings. However, since then he has been hit hard. He was knocked out of the box in the fourth inning of each of his past two starts Lucas Lost Two Lafayette and Lehigh defeated Lucas, but if the lefthander's fast ball picks up the hop it had against the Mountaineers he could well land in the win column to day, The Nittany hurlers have been doing a good job of holding the opposition in check, but Lion bat ters have found the hits scarce this season. In the past four games, 40 Penn State runners have been left cm base. George Ettenger is leading the team in batting with a .385 av erage. Ettenger has been hitting welt all season and has picked up ten hits in 26 official at bats. Saunders May. Catch Phil Saunders will probably see action behind the plate in the second game. In the one full game in which he has played, Saunders got one hit, a line single to center, in two trips to the plate. Second baseman Charlie Russo and leftfielder Rex Bradley are the to Penn State threats in the base stealing departinent. In fact, Russo's base running was the deciding factor in Wed nesday's 1-0 win over Rutgers. With two down and the bases loaded, Russo broke from third with the pitch and scored the only run of the day by stealing home. Golfing Brothers Too At Penn State, where seldom a year passes without at least one set of brothers in athletic compe tition, there's a golfing duo in prospect next year. Sophomore Jim' Boyanowski is a member of the 1954 golf team and his brother, John, also an outstanding golfer, will come up from freshman ranks a year hence. BY POPULAR DEMAND I. Because of the many requeits reecived from ROTC graduates, we are pleased to announce that A JACOBS & SONS, Inc. Tailors of Uniforms Since 1897 will hold another UNIFORM DISPLAY FOR AIR FORCE AND ARMY GRADUATES of Penn State on TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1954 - State College Hotel This will be your last opportunity, to purchase your made-to measure uniforms at special prices and convenient credit terms BE SURE AND SEE OUR REPRESENTATIVE A. JACOBS & 107 W. Fayette St. Bali Battles Orange; Test Pitt Today A twice-beaten Pitt track team provides the test today when Chick Werner's Nittany thinclads go after their second straight dual meet victory at Beaver Field. The Lions, 68-63 victors over Navy in the sea son opener last week, square off with the Panthers at 1 p.m. Pitt has lost meets to both Navy and Miami of Ohio but trounced West Virginia. last Saturday, 111-19, a sound indication that Coach Carl Olson will bring a very strong squad with him today. Expected rainy weather, how ever, will probably upset any ex pected performances the two coaches might have. The heavy rain yesterday soaked the Beaver Field. track and unless some sun shine is in the' offing prior to the meet, times today can't be ex pected to match those - turned in last week. Seven Lead Lions Today's Sports Schedule Track—Pitt, Beaver Field, 1 p.m. Baseball—Syracuse (DH), Beaver Field, 2 p.m. Tannis—Bucknell, Varsity Courts, 2 p.m. Lacrosse—Rutgers, Beaver Field, 4 p.m. Browns Sign Ex-Lion The Cleveland Browns recently announced the signing of Paul Anders, former Penn State 'full back who recently returned from Korea and was discharged from military service. Anders was State's fullback during the 1950 and '5l campaigns prior to his entrance into the Ma rines. During the 1952 season he played with the Marines' Paris Island team. Army and Navy both return to the Penn State football schedule for the school's centennial cele bration in 1955. Rain Halts Lion Tennis Match at 3g23 In a contest called to a halt alter six singles matches had been completed, the Penn State tennis team fought to a 3-3 tie with the Maryland netters yes terday at College Park, Mary land. The rains thwarted the Lions' bid for their third straight tri umph of the season. The sin gles competition was played in a light drizzle and on wet slip pery courts. It was the lower end of the singles lineup that saved the day for the Nittanies as Dean Mullen and Ed Seiling came through with crucial victories to deadlock the -match. The other Penn State marker was picked up by number two man Lew Landon. Dick Robinson started the damp festivities off as he dropped a close decision to the Terrapin's number one per former John Myers. Robinson lost in straight sets 6-4, 7-5. Lew Landon then garnered the first victory for the Blue and White as he easily upended Bud Leightheiser, Maryland's second man, 6-4, 6-0. In a match that changed its course t w i c e, Bill Ziegler dropped his first singles match THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVAN►A By DICK McDOWELL Werner's entry will be spear headed by seven veteran perform ers, all of whom set records last week. 011ie Sax, and Art Pollard' are expected to lead ,the sprint entries while Roy Brunjes and distance man Red Hollen are probable top performers in the 880 and two-mile run. Doug Moor head, a winner in the mile run against the Middies .figures as a possible repeat performer today. In the field events, Werner will send his one-two punch—Rosey Grier and Chuck Blockson—into action. Grier will be entered in the shot put, discus and javelin, and Blockson will be throwing the shot and discus. Some expectation looms that for the second week in a row the meet will be decided on the out (Continued on page seven) of the season. "Ziggie" dropped the opener to Terrapin number three man, Jack Clifford, 6-1, but then reversed the tables on his opponent to cop the second set 6-2. In the final canto it was again Clifford's turn as he de feated Ziegler, 6-2. Bruz Ray also had the tables turned on him as he dropped a three set match to Terry Birch. Ray won the first set in an ex tended 7-5 decision. Birch then turned on the pressure to dump ;the Lion's fourth performer 6-1. 6-2. At this point, the match ap-. peared to be in the hands of the men from below the Mason- Dixon, but Dean Mullen and Ed Seiling pulled the Lions out of the fire. Playing in the sixth p o sit ion, Mullen grabbed two straight sets from Howard Linksmen Battle 18 EIGA Entries Today The Nittany Lion golf squad will face a rugged field of 18 East ern college entries today as it enters the annual Eastern Intercolle giate Golf Association tourney at Hanover, N.H. Coach Bob Rutherford will count on Captain Rod Eaken to pace the Lion attack against an expected entry of more than 100 golfers. Eaken, along with Warren Gitt len, Joe Webb, and Gordon Stroup, has seen action in two _previdus Eastern tournies. Not only does the Penn State squad have an enviable record in dual meet links play, but the top four members of the team also boast admirable score cards. 4 Lions Uridefeated Rod Eaken ETn , :lefeated Golf Captain Reamer 6-4, 6-3. In the final match. Seiling tied the contest in a great big knot with his, 6-4. 6-2 contest of Paul Eckel. The Lions return home today to host the Bucknell net squad. Last year the two teams split their home-and-home series. each winning on its own court. The summary: SINGLES: Myers (M) defeated Robinson, 6-4, 7-5. Landon (PS) defeated Leight- heiser, 6-4, 6-0. Clifford (M) defeated Ziegler, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2. Birch (M) defeated Ray, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. Mullen (PS) defeated Reamer, 6-4, 6-3. Seilifig (PS) defeated Eckel, 6-4, 6-2. SATURDAY. MAY 8. 1954 By ROY WILLIAMS The Lions field a powerful team this afternoon, not only from the fairways but also on the greens. Four of the Nittany's six-man Eastern entry have not been de feated this season in three dual matches. Eaken, Stroup, and Webb each have 3-0 cards. Gittlen has a 1-1 record, while sophomore Jim Boyanowski has a 1-0 score sheet. Rutherford's other sophomore, Gerald Gerhart, will participate in 3nly his second collegiate match—the Eastern tourney—al though he lost his opening day 'start against Navy. But the Lions had a vital cog of their lineup knocked out Thurs day when senior golfer. Bob Smith, was declared scholastically ineligible. The newcomer to the Nittany roster had a 3-0 record, and had been medalist in two of the Lions' three victories. Lions 10th in 1952 Last year the Lions lost the Eastern crown to Yale. consistent powerhouse in the annual tourna- Yale dropped to fourth place ment. behind Virginia—Eastern champ —Navy, and Princeton that year to lose its 1951 crown. In 1951, Rutherford and his squad tied for seventh place with Georgetown, a team they had previously de feated, 9-0. But this year's team has nothing over the 1952 team which ranked tenth in the Easterns. Although the Lions have two sophomore men who are inexperienced, on the 1952 team, five of the six men entered had never played college golf in-dual meet action.
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