The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 20, 1954, Image 6

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Nittany Nine Ralli
Kennedy's Homer Sparks
Five-Run Outburst in 9th
A drathatic five-run outburst in the ninth inning, sparked
by Pat Kennedy's leadoff home run, enabled Penn State to
win yesterday's encounter with Villanova at Philadelphia,
7-3.
The sensational comeback gave the Lions their sixth con
secutive victory and boosted Keith Vesling's mound mark to
4-1.
Villanova led 3-2 going into the final frame on the strength
of back-to-back homers with twO - down in the eighth
Glenn Killin,ger's Wildcats '-
started the scoring in the fourth
when firstbaseman Jack Helm led
off with a single and scored on
catcher Bill McCaffrey's double.
Lions Take Lead
Penn State jumped into thelead
in the seventh with two runs on
four hits. Hubie Kline, the Lions'
leading hitter yesterday with
three hits in four trips to the
plate, singled to center with one
down to start the uphill fight. A
ringing double by Merl Gerdes
scored Kline
Rex Bradley followed with a
single to left, sending Gerdes to
third. On the play Bradley was
out trying to stretch his hit to a
two-bagger. Villanova leftfielder
Jack Peters fired to thirdbase
man Don Muchetti who in turn
threw to secondbaseman McCaff
rey m time to catch Bradley. Ves
ling drove in the final run of the
inning with a double to deep right
center.
Successive Home Runs
The Lions held this 2-1 until
Charlie McGuckin and- Helm
smashed successive round trip
pers. McGuckin's blast traveled
close to 400 feet and Helm's about
380.
Kennedy tied the game at 3-3
with his 400-foot drive to left cen
ter. Kline singiled but was forced
at second by Gerdes. Bradley
then came through with his sec-
Hardwkk Will Present Tennis Clinic
A free tennis clinic will be con,
ducted at 4p.m. today on the as
phalt - courts at Beaver Field with
Mar y Hardwick, one of the
world's finest tennis players, as
the top attraction.
Demonstrations of singles and
doubles play, explanations of
basic shots, and an exhibition
match will be included in the
clinic.
Miss Hardwick was born just
a , short distance from the famous
Wimbledon Center Court, the
scene of many famous tennis
matches.
She reached the semi-finals of
the Great Britain Junior Cham
pionship in her second tourna
ment try and caught the eye of
Dan Maskell, Britain's leading
tennis instructor. Maskell gave
her lessons and within two years
Miss Hardwick was representing
Great Britain in her first inter
national matches with Germany
and France. In 1936 she entered
Wightman Cup play for the first
time.
Two years later she battled her
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Golf Quarterfinals
Seven fraternities advanced in
to the quarterfinals in intramural
golf play this week.
Phi Epsilon Pi defeated Phi
Gamma Delta 3-0; in the remain
ing matches Phi Delta Theta won
over Delta Chi 3-1; Sigma Nu beat
Pi Kappa Alpha 3-0; Theta Pi de
feated Alpha Zeta 3-0; Phi Kap-.
pa Sigma beat Sigma Chi 3-1; Al
pha Chi Sigma won over Alpha
Tau Omega by forfeit; and Alpha
Sigma Phi defeated Kappa Sig
ma 3-0.
Semi-final action begins this
week with the final to be played
on or before May 28.
Pirates Sell Cooper
BROOKLYN, May 19 (IP)—The
Chicago Cubs today purchased
39-year-old Walker Cooper on
waivers from the Pittsburgh Pir
ates. Cooper, who also has play
ed for the St. Louis Cardinals, the
New York Giants and the Boston
and Milwaukee Braves, will fill
in for injured cc'.ch Tr Clyde Mc-
Cullough. MeCitnough has beer
placed on the disabled list.
and straight single and Vesting
walked. to load the bases.
Nittany leadoff batter Charlie
Russo went down on strikes, but
Pete Cherish got a free ticket to
force in a run and put the Lions
' in the lead to stay. Ron Weiden
hammer's grounder was turned
into r. two-run error' by shortstop
Ralph Cecere. George Ettenger
ended the scoring with an infield
single. •
Vesling struck out one and
walked only two in hurling his
fifth complete game in as many
starts. Villanova stranded five
runners and the Lions seven.
Penn State has four games left
on the schedule. The next contest
is Saturday at Beaver .Field with
Colgate.
After that the Lions will finish
the season. with three road gapeS.
Penn will provide the opposition
Wednesday and Pitt will host the
final battles May 28 and 29.
PENN STATE VILLANOVA
AB R Hi ' AB R II
Russo,2b 5 0 1 McGarry,rf 4 0 0
Cherish,cf 3 1 0 Ricciani,2b 3 0 0
Weid'h'er,ss 5 0 0 McGuckin,cf 4 1 1
Ettenger,c 4 0 2 Helm,lb 4 2 3
Kennedy,lb 5 1 1 McCaffrey,c 4 0 1
Kline,3b 4 1 3 Cecere,ss 3 0 0
Gerdes,rf 4 2 1 Peters,lf 4 0 2
Bradley,lf 4 1 2 Much'ti,3b 3 0 0
Vesling,p 3 1 1 Sommers,p 2 0 0
Severino,p 1 0 0
Totals 31 3 7
, 00 000 206-7 11 3
, 00 100 020-3 7 1
Totals 39 7 6
Penn State 0
Villanova 0
idol and then world's champion,
Helen Wills Moody, for the first
time. Miss Hardwick won the first
set 6-3 and barely missed win
ning the match. It was not until
1938 that she was, able to defeat
Mrs. Moody. It was the first loss
for the nine-times world's titlist
in more than a decade.
In 1939 Miss Hardwick made a
tour of the West Indies and played
in Wightman Cup competition.
The following year she came to
the United States, and after win
ning five championships, found
herself cut off from England due
to the outbreak of World War 11.
This turn .of events made her de
cide to become a professional.
Miss Hardwick could have re
turned to England, but she chose
to stay in this country to settle
down to a career of playing mat
ches for British charities. She
played for the British War Etelief,
Bundles for Britain, and even set
up a fund of her own—the "Mary
Hardwick Wimbledon Fund." This
last drive furnished fully
equipped mobile canteens for the
~epsake
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No Coddling in Army,
Says Yankees' Martin
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
May 19 (/P)—Pvt. Billy Martin,
ex-second baseman for the New
York Yankees. said today "If
there's coddling or whatever you
want to call it going on in the
Army I naven't seen it."
Martin was drafted' ten weeks
ago and after basic ti►aining at
Ft. Ord, Calif.. has been trans
ferred to Camp Carson near here
to await reassignment.
On his first day at Camp Car•
son, Martin was assigned to KP
duty.
boar,:,-ridden citizens of Wimble
don.
She and Alice Marble accepted
the invitation of the War Depart
met to make a tour of camps in
1943. This tour included the first
overseas trip by civilian athletes
in wartime. By this time she had
become - the wife of Charles Hare,
Britain's top male tennis player
and at the time a sergeant in the
U.S. Army.
In 1944 she returned to England
to start a speaking tour. Two
years later she came back to this
country and combined her speak
ing tour with clinic work.
Miss Hardwick has been called
one of the most graceful' players
in tennis. She feels tennis is the
best sport for international good
will., and understanding, •
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Dick Robinson
His second loss
es to Wi
Nettnen Capture 7th,
Defeat Bucknell, 6-3
The Penn State tennis team made it two in a row over Bucknell
this season and captured its seventh win,as it downed the Bisons 6-3,
yesterday at Lewisburg.
• The Bucknell netmen fell before the Lions earlier this spring . by
an 8-1 margin and showed improvement in thtir 6-3 loss yesterday.
The shoe was on the other foot
last year •as the - Nittany netmen
were defeated twice by the Bi
sons
In the lead off match, Dick Rob
inson suffered his second -defeat
of the campaign as he went down
before Bucknell's Al . Holton in
straight sets, • 7-5, 6-3. Holfon's
waiting game garnered him a re
venge victory for the loss he suf
fered in the first match with the
Lion senior.- Robinson's loss was
his first Since the opening match
with Navy.
• Landon Wins-
In the number two encounter,
Lew Landon grabbed. the- first
win, for the Blue and White as
he duplicated his earlier victory
Over Spence Lenhardt, The Lion
co-captain won by a 7-5, 6-3 score.
Bill. Ziegler racked up his ninth
triumph of the spring by pound
ing out . a 6-3, 6-2 decision oyez
Joe Battin, Bucknell's number
three performer.
Dick Wormser picked up the
second win for the Bisons, as he
handed State's fourth man, Bruz
Ray, a 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 setback. Ed
Seiling ,kept his winning streak
intact as he defeated Frank Klah
re in the fifth singles encounter.
The Nittany sophomore, who is
undefeated since the Navy match
at the start of the season, garn
ered an easy 6-1, 6-2 victory.
Mullen Tops 'Richter
Dean Mullen rounded out sin
gles competition with another
straight set triumph over .Ric
Richter. Mullen swept over his
opponent by 6-4 6-2 scores.
In doubles, Robinson and Zieg
ler Han little trouble as they!
downed Holton and Wormser, 6-2,
6-2. The Bison combination of
Battin and Lenhardt, who gained
the only point from the Foggmen
in the initial encounter, again
copped the number two doubles
event as they defeated Ray and
Landon, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6. Seiling and '
Chuck Christiansen added the
sixth marker for the Lions in de- '
feating Richter and Klahre, 6-2,
4-6, 6c3.
Jim Tatum, Maryland Coach.
and Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma
coach, Were on the football coach
ing staff of the powerful lowa
Pre-Flight Naval Training Schoo
tam in 1941.
THURSDAY. MAY 20, 1954
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By ROG BEIDLER
Carpenter Admits
Having Hamner Tailed.
PHILADELPHIA, May 19 (p)—
Robert R. M. Carpenter, presi
dent of the Philadelphia Phillies,
admitted today he had employed
a. private detective to tail second
baseman Granny Hamner.
Carpenter's disclosure followed
Hamner's report to police last
night he was being trailed and
the subsequent arrest of a private
investigator.
The ball player suspected he
was being tailed after the Phil
lies-Milwaukee Braves game last
night. He called police who ar
rested the driver of an automo
bile noted circling the block on
which Hamner lives. p•
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