MO' 14, I'Vf:f4 sPopi SV ONO AN OPEN LETTER TO 'VARSITY LETTERMEN Football captain Don Balthaser and 1953 grid manager Dick Crafton put their heads together recently and came up with an idea that could give athletics at Penn State a lively boost. The pair have initiated the idea of a University "S" Club. They and seven of your fellow lettermen have already laid the ground work for the organization. The constitution has been adopted, officers have.been elected and the charter has already passed the Senate• sub-conimittee on athletics. Dirctor of Athletics trnest IVIcCoy has given his whole hearted supp6rt to the new group and hag indicated he will work in any way he can to help the club get its feet on the ground. The idea Wet a new one. Leading sports colleges in the coun try, including Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, lowa, and many more, have lettermen clubs now, and have been very successful with them. A school With the athletic stature the size of Penn State's shouldn't be Without eerie any longer. All it needs now is your support. This club can be one of the strongest organizations on the campus. There are over 100 varsity letter winners—both athletes and managers—here nOw, enough to give the club needed strength. But yet there are not so many that its exclusiveness would be hampered. Membership in this organization will definitely serve as an honor to you. But just as important— remember you owe something to the sport or sports that have ,given you the name you have now. 'nig is an opportunity—through membership in a group dealing exclusively with athletics--to help, in a sense, repay these sports for what they have done for you. Through the work of an organized group of athletes, untold benefits can, and probably will be given to the University, more specifically, to the Penn State athletic system. Balthaser, as president-elect of the charter group, and the small band of charter members, have already made ,some future plans. But their success sterns purely from participation by athletes quali fied now to become members. Plans call for the sponsorship of certain athletic events, the organization of a committee to serve as hosts to visiting teams. and in general to work in harmony with the athletic department in the promotion of Penn State's intercollegiate reputation,. Any organization needs money. And that shouldn't be too tough to get either. First of all there are concessions: The group, from all appearances, will be in charge of those. Dances, shows, an _unlimited number of special athletic events, could all be used to bring in cash. In the distant future a scholarship fUnd, could be established and an alumni group organized. Both of these would boost this tni versit3r's rating just a little higher. Of course, that's a long way off right now. But whether it ever happens or not depends on you. If this grOup can strengthen itself now while it is still young, within a few years it will: be one of the strongest and Most active organizations on the campus. The possibilities are unlimited. One hundred per cent attendance at the next meeting is the best way to get it started. Major League Baseball National League Milwaukee 2, Brooklyn 0 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 7 (9) American League Baltimore 2, Philadelphia 0 NEW YORK, May 11 (W)—Mon te Irvin's booming triple scored Alvin Dark hi the eighth inning to climax an uphill drive that gave the 'New York Giants a hard earned 5-4 victory over the Cin cinnati Redlegs today. The Giants never led until the eighth when Alvin Dark opened with his second hit, a single, was sacrifited to second, and scored the winning run on Irvin's triple. Ted Kluszewski gave the Red legs a 2-a. lead with his tenth homer of the campaign with Bob by Adarns on base in the first. The blow was Big Klu's eighth homer SALE STILL ON! SCRAPBOOKS PICTURE ALBUMS PENNANTS Only 49c each $5.00 in sales; $l.OO in merchandise free BX in the TUB By DICK McDOWELL Coilttlait Spoilt Editor in the last 11 games. DETROIT, May 11 (?P)—Wash ington's Bob Porterfield cooled the league-leading Detroit Tigers with a s t r o n g four-hitter today and nailed down a 5-3 victory with a home run in the ninth inning. Porterfield held the Tigers hit less through the last 5 1 / 2 innings. Washington scored the winning run in the eighth inning, snap ping a 3-3 tie with the help of a defensive lapse by Detroit second baseman Frank Bolling. Old Gold Award Congratulations and a carton of Old Golds to Jean Johnston for outstanding work as president of ACEI and as vice president of Delta Zeta. Old . Gold's fine and friendly tobaccos off e r you a stroking Treat instead of a Treatment. No so-called "testimonials" or out landish claims—just real smoking pleasure and relaxation in King Size, or Regular. `mr bo,rtEtr Bannister Sets Sights On Half-Mile LoNDow. May 11 (o—Roger - Bannister announced yesterday he will return to the track May 26—and may try to add the world half mile record to his monu mental 3:59 4 mile mark. , The lanky, 24-year-old medical student said he would run the half mile for London University against Oxford University at Mot spur Park, Surrey, in an inter universities meet. America's Mal - Whitfield holds the present world record of 1:48.6 for the half mile. Track experts argue the mark is especially vul nerable and.may go by the board this summer, They contend the time is well within the scope of a number of 'Bannister's capabili ties. Originally Bannister was a half mile specialist. Then• he concen trated on the mile with the four minute mark his goal. Now that he has achieved that 'he probably intends to concen trate on the half mile. Bannister has another London date June 12. for a combined Ox ford and Cambridgemeet against Cornell and Penrisylvania"univer sities. Officials aim to ask Ban nister to run the half-mile at that event. The former Oxonion is eligible to run for London University against his old university because he is finishing his medical studies here, Fulton Needs 3 Goals To Set Lacrosse Mark Al Fulton, center midfielder for the Penn State lacrosse team, stands an excellent chance of shattering the individual Penn State scoring record for one season. Fulton scored four times Saturday against Rutgers to bring his season total to 19, just two short of the record 21-goal output. The existing record was set by Jadk Wilcox in 1951 and was equalled last year by Wayne Hockersmith. With two games re maining to be played, Fulton ap bears a sure bet•to set a new mark, Fulton's high for the game this season is five. He did that against Kenyon. Bob Hamel, who already has established a new single game record, has an outside chance for the season , record, Hamel, who comes from Mineola, N.Y., has scored 15 times. His new record of eight goals in one game broke the previous mark of six which was shared by George Ritter and Paul Raffensperger. Upon the- shoulders of Hamel and Fulton has rested an incred ible scoring burden. They have combined to score 34 goals while the team as a whole has scored only 60. In fact, coach Nick Thiel sadly revealed that, the second midfield has scored Only once all Phil Silvers "TOP BANANA" with Rose Marie William Shakespeare's "JULIUS CAESAR" Marlon Brando James Mason 11; British Comedy! "MR. POTTS GOES TO MOSCOW" Lions Open Road Trip Penn State's undefeated golf team will go after its 13th consecu tive win this.weekend when it starts a three-match road trip. The Lions will travel to Colgate Thursday morning to meet the Maroon Friday afternoon. After the Colgate match, Coach Bob Rutherford anti his. seven- Phil Aces. Top Earned Run List NEW YORK, May 11 (il 3 )—Curt Simmons and Robin Roberts, the Philadelphia Phil? pitching aces, are running one-two in the Na tional League earned run ratings today, while Murry Dickson, the other member of the staff's "big three," ranks fifth. Statistics compiled by the As sociated Press reveal that Sint mons has allowed seven earned runs in 45 innings and - tops the E league with a 1.40 .RA, followed by Roberts' 2.04 mark. Dickson's average is 2.50. In the American League De troit's Ned Garver is the early pacesetter with an impressive 0.49 BRA, having given up only two earned runs in 37 innings. Figures include Sunday's games. Bullet Bob Turley of the Balti more Orioles trails Garver in the American with a 1.67 average. Turley, who is tied for the league lead in strikeouts with 42, has given up eight earned runs in 43 innings. By EARL KOHNFELDER season. That goal came from the crosse of Frank Locotos, sopho more from Pittsburgh. STRAY SHOTS The lacrosse picture has not always been a dis mal one here at State. As recently as 1951, the Lions enjoyed a fruit ful season. In that year, shutouts were registered over Ithaca and Western Maryland. The high spot of that campaign was a 7-6 overtime victory over the Maryland Lacrosse Club. The Lions played what Thiel termed "the most perfect" game .ever. People who live in Baltimore or the surrounding area take their lacrosse very seriously. The same may be said for Long Island where Hamel played his high-school la crosse. NEW AIR SERVICE. • for State College - Bellefonte Area , Allegheny Airlines now serves this area through the Philipsburg State Airport at BLACK MOSHANNON PARK SAVE TIME FLY . PHILADELPHIA - PITTSBURGH - NEW YORK Fast Connections with all Scheduled Airlines Lv. Moshannon. 10:37 a.m. Ali. Pittsburgh 11:42 a.m. Lv: Moshannon 2:33 p.m. Ar. Philadelphia 4:58 p.m. Lv. Moshannon 2:33 p.m. Ar. New York 4:45 p.m. Lv. Moshannon 6:38 p.m. Ar. New York 8:36 pm. Lv. Moshannon 7:58 p.m. Ar. Pittsburgh 8:58 p.m. For reservations call Enterprise 1-0586 (no toll charge) or your travel agent. j , . " -I ALLEGHENY AVRLIAf'ES 3-Match Friday man squad will move into Ithaca, N.Y., to meet the Big Red's links team. Last season, the Lions defeated Colgate by a slim 4-3 margin, bid this year the Maroon will have the advantage with the match set for its course at Hamilton, N.Y. Last to Beat Lions Colgate was the last team to beat Penn State since the Nittany squad started its recent 12-match victory streak. The course at I-lain ilton, Rutherford said yes terday, is very hilly and rather tight. "In fact," the Nittany coach said, "Dartmouth's tough course reminded me somewhat of Ow Colg.site course." The Lions also defeated Cornett in the two teams' last meeting. Cornell previously held its 18-hole matches on a nine-hole stretch, with the teams playing it twice. Cornell Seventh In the Easterns, Cornell. put ed away from the Lions by placing seventh among the 18 scbcols en tered. The Big Red posted a ,873 total stroke , score, leading tl Lions by ten strokes. ScoreS for the Easterns this year were comparatively high in rela tion to scores for previous years. Yale turned the trick again, win ning the Eastern crown for the second straight year with strokes. Last year the Bulldogs won it with 599 strokes. Dartmouth Seam* Rut the gap between the winner and second-place Dartmouth was much wider than last year. Dart mouth placed second with 617 compared to the Lions' 601 141 year for the second slot. Penn's Edward Walla,ce won the Eastern individual crown, beating John Tosca, Holy Cross. six. and five. Tosca—along with the Lions' Rod Eaken and Yale's Gerald Fehr and Murray Vernon—was a pre tourney favorite. Eaken failed to qualify, and Fehr, last year's RIGA individual winner•, lost in the second round eliminations. New Managers Named Angello Cullura has bee it named head basketball manager for the 1954-55 season. Firpt as sistants are Lawrence Shenk, Ron Griffith, and Al Jordan. Al Pom eroy is the new gymnastics man ager. His first assistants are Bill Groscup, Bob Eisenuth, and Soil Cohn. • Football on TV NEW YORK, May 10 (A)—The National Broadcasting Co. jumped back into the football television picture today with plans to tele vise Canadian pro football thiS, fall on Saturday afternoons. fPAGt St'VENI
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