SATURDAY. MAY 8, 194
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I SAY, CHAPS, CRICKET'S HERE
The age old gnglish sport of cricket, the grandfather of Ameri
can baseball, will make its debut in State College tomorrow when
a team of Penn State grad students and faculty members battle a
Cornell aggregation on the 'State College baseball field.
I first heard about the game in a letter from an unidentified
source, suspected to be one of the players, yesterday afternoon.
He wrote: "Cricket is perhaps the last tie that links the disin
tegrating Empire of England with' the bonds of friendly rivalry.
it is greeted with perhaps more enthusiasm and higher esteem
than is accorded the ruling sovereign."
According to my friend's report, this Penn State team already
has played two games. Last week the squad played the Embassies
in Washington, D.C., losing to the diplomats, in one contest 120-97
(basketball was never like this). The Australian Ambassador, Sir
Percy Spender "opened the game by bowling the first ball." I don't
know what that means but it certainly has arroused some curiosity.
Anyway my informer mentioned that Penn Siete captain, Dr.
Rustum Roy, "remained unbeaten with 17 runs." Now things are
getting complicated—but interesting. The real shock came when I
read that the International Test matches , have a, get this, "time
limit of five days." However, since tomorrow's match is just a
local game the boys are only going to plait for five hours.
The whole affair sounded. interesting so I did, a little checking.
Seems cricket had its origin back in the 12th century. Sketchy
records show that a game called "cricks" was played then, and some
drawings have been found.
The first match was played between West gent and Catham
in 1705—bettering Abner Doubleday by well over 100 years.
And Leo Durecher isn't the only guy that ever got into trouble
on the field. A game played in 1719 ended in court after a squabble
on the field. Probably the bookies had a hand in this one. According
to the records betting was heavy in those days. Even
, King Fredrick
and The Prince of Wales, both of whom played the game, 'Wagered
their six pence.
King Fredrick is reputed to have been killed when he was struck
on the head by a cricket ball.
From history I moved into the rules and terms, and after one
look, was ready to forget about cricket. The laws and details of the
game cover over 100 pages of printed matter, containing some words
that would put Rosey Roswell'.s "dipsy-doodle" to shame.
For instance, the game employs a "popping crease," the umpire
can, call a "log bye," and if you're an exceptional fielder you'll
probably be playing at the "long-leg", position or at "first slip."
I did find this much out, the pitcher, known as the "bowler"
gets a running start before he delivers the pitch, and as far as can
be determined he's only 22 yards from the batter. Considering that
in baseball the pitcher delivers from a stationary position and from
a point a little farther away from the batter, it's easy to see that
the batter is going to have a tough time hitting the ball. Bobby
Feller used to fire his fast ball 90-miles an hour.
All I could get, however, was a blurry idea of how the game
is played. Guess the only solution is to venture out to the State
College baseball field tomorrow and get a first hand look at this
game. From all indications there should be plenty of action—five
hours of it:
Blimey! Sounds interesting, eh whot?
3 IM Soccer Victories
Pasted by Fraternities
Two close games and one rather
easy victory featured the second
night of intramural soccer on the
golf course Thursday. The games
were featured by some unusually
fine playing for this early, in the
season. The competing teams
seemed to be well drilled and pre
pared for the initial encounter.
In the first game, Delta Upsilon
was a trifle too strong for a rug
ged but outclassed Sigma Phi
Sigma. The winners took an
early lead and were never headed
as they won 4-0. The second game
found Alpha Chi Rho and Delta
Tau Delta playing to a 2-2 tie.
Delta Tau Delta had two more
corner kicks, however, to take, the
game. In the final game of the
evening, Triangle defeated Lamb
da Chi Alpha, 1-0.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7 (W)—
The Philadelphia Athletics , an
nounced today righthander Carl
Scheib has been sold to the" St.
Louis Cardinals on a "conditional
basis."
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Letter Club Elects
Bnithceser President
Donald Balthaser, sixth semes
ter business administration major,
was elected president of the S
club, University letter organiza
tion last night.
Other officers are Rex Bradley,
vice president:" Robert Rohland,
corresponding secretary; Kari
Schwenzfeier. recording secre
tary; and Keith Horn, treasurer.
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PAnY Cati-EGIM- PAM PF,Nt\VIYA.M.,9!,
Pitt Thindads
To Visit Lion
Frosh Today
Penn State's freshman track
team will battle the Pitt yearlings
at 1 p.m. today on the Beaver
Field cinders.
The meet will coincide with the
varsity battle with the Panthers.
Last week the team was de
feated by Navy at Annapolis in
a triangular meet in which Penn
was third.
Dick Winston, who set a new
freshman 120-yard high hurdles
record last week at Annapolis,
will make his first home appear
ance. His new mark of 0:15.1
broke the former record of 0:15.6
set in 1940 by Harry Conger.
Winston will also enter the 220
low hurdles and the broad jump.
Herb Hollowell, 175-pound high
school decathlon star from Wood
bridge, N.J., will compete in five
field events in the sprints, the
high jump, and the broad jump.
Harry Fuehrer will be aiming
for the freshman • pole vault rec
ord of 12' 6" set in 1937, by Bob
Clark. Last week Fuehrer cleared
the bar at 12'.
In the distance events Paul
Roberts, Don Woodrow, Dick
Thier, and Don Mowry are, the
top contenders. Perry Burdon, all
state high school track star, will
be entered in the sprints and the
middle distance events along with
Dave Nash, Dick Mohler, Didk
Wolford, and Ron Lewis.
Ted Simon, jaCk Calderone, and
Gus Mercurio, who will vie for
honors in the field events,. round
out the squad. •
Thinclads
(Continued from page six)
come of the mile relay run in the
last event of the contest. Last
week the Nittany quartet---Sax,
Pollard, Brunjes, 'and' Dave Lea
them, whipped around the oval in
3:17, setting a new Penn State
record while it broke a 63-63 tie
with the biddies. . .
.
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The feeling is running strong
in some corners that it could hap
pen again today. The Panthers
are strong in the hurdles, broad
jump, high jump; and pole vault.
And with the prospective indi
vidual performances lining up in
such similarity to the Navy Meet,
the mile relay could very well be
the deciding factor again today.
If that should be the case the
Lions should, and probably will,
have -a decided edge. Pitt's win
ning time in the relay, last week
was an unimpressive 3:30, 13 sec
onds slower than the Lion clock
ing.
In other events . Werner will
have Dan Lorch in the pole vault,
Bill Youkers in the hurdles, Dan
Hutchinson in the javelin, Ron
Johnson, and Bob Pearlstein, and
Joe VanTassle and Alex Ayers in
the broad jump. Hutchinson will
also be competing in the pole
vault.
Lorch tied for first in the vault
last week. He hit 13 feet. However,
he has done better and could cap
ture another Lion blue ribbon to
day.
The Lions will finish off their
three-meet home stand next Sat
urday with powerful Michigan
State.
Stkkmen Meet
Rutgers Today
Penn 'State lacrosse fans will get their second taste of Beaver
Field lacrosse tomorrow following the track meet with Pitt. Rutgers
will provide the opposition as the Nittanies try for their second win
of the campaign. .The Lions opened their season with a 12-7 win over
Kenyon College April 10, but since then have encountered rough
sledding. Road losses to Navy,
Loyola: Penn, Hobart, and Syra
cuse in that ' order followed the
opening win against Kenyon
The visitors will be well-forti
fied at midfield as four of their
eight returning lettermen hold
down midfield posts. Maurice
Landemare, Tom Moffett, Monte
Montgomery,. and Bob Mosher
should provide adequate backing
for an attack that boasts two let
termen—Henry Thomas and Gus
Gabriel. Jack Kennedy is the
third man on ,attack. . Duane Eke
dahl will be in goal for the Scar
let.
Have 3-1 Record
Rutgers has gained victories
over Dartmouth, 9-5; Lehigh, 12-7;
and Penn, 13-11. They dropped a
12-9 decision to Maryland, and
the closeness of the score attests
to the fine calibre of play shown
by Rutgers as Maryland is re-
Major League Baseball
NEW YORK, May 7, (JO—Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra ruined
Morrie Martin's one-hit shutout bid with successive home runs m
the seventh inning today while Tom Morgan blanked the Philadel
phia A's with five hits for a 2-0 New York Yankee victory.
A first inning double by Hank Batier was the only hit off the
A's lefthander until Mantle hit a
415-foot home run into the left
field stands, his third of the sea
son. Mantle had been benched re
cently against righthanded pitch
ing bat he was in the lineup, bat
ting righthand, against a south•
paw.
Berra followed by smashing his
fourth homer into the right field
bull pen. That was the last Yankee
hit and all they needed although
the A's gave Morgan a few anx
ious moments in the ninth.
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LOS. ANGELES, May 7 (IP)—
Transfer of the Philadelphia Ath
letics franchise in the American
League to Los Angeles can be ex
pected. by the start of next sea
son, the Herald Express said
today.
John B. Old, in a copyright
story said "the die is cast."
‘!From authoritative sources, it
was exclusively learned Bill Veeck
and associates are enginering the
transfer of the Philadelphia Ath
letics to Wrigley Field, Los An
geles, for the opening of the 1955
American League Season," Old
wrote.
Veeck, who formerly headed the
Cleveland Indians and later the
St. Louis .13rownS of the American
League, has been in Los Angeles
since last fall to expedite the es
tablishment of big league base
ball here. He has been the repre
sentative of P. K. Wrigley, owner
of the Chicago Cubs of the Na
tional League and the Lbs An-
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garded among the tops in the na
tion.
Dave Arnold, Lion captain, hap
been hospitalized with an attack
of appendicitis, no doubt forcing
coach Nick Thiel to revert back to
the Al Fulton-Bob Hamel-George
Bickelhaupt midfield. Bickel
haupt had been moved up to the
attack replacing Ronnie Youtz
prior to the Hobart- Syracit*
weekend.
Fulton Has 15 Goals
Fulton and Hamel bear closi
watching for the remainder of the
season. Fulton with 15 goals, and
Hamel with 14, each stand an ex
cellent chance to shatter the Perin
State individual scoring mark foi
one season. Wayne Hoclersmith
set the current record last yea]
when he scored 21 times. Hamel
and Fulton need only to maintain
their present pace to set a new
mark. Three games are left to
play.
geles Angels of the Pacific Coast
League.
NEW YORK, May 7 (10—Base
ball Commissioner' Ford Frick
said today he has sent out a bul
letin to all major league club
owners an d general managers
calling on them to stop all loose
talk about moving franchises.
"I told them any comment of
that type was detrimental to the
minor league involved and harm
ful to the game," said 'Frick. "I
said I would consider all com
ment of that type detrimental to
baseball."
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