PAGE SIX Netmen Swamped by Navy, 9-0 Absorb 3rd Successive Net Defeat By JOHN LAWRENCE The United States Naval Academy tagged Penn State with their third tennis loss in a row yesterday, 9-0, as the powerful Middies captured all nine matches on their home courts at Annapolis, Mary land. Sherm Fogg's netmen failed to even come close to the mid shipmen who took all nine match es in straight sets. Due to the in clement State College weather which hampered practice sessions, Fogg had predicted that the squad would not "shape up" un til after the fourth match, but the Navy whitewash was entirely unexpected. The Lions also drop ped encounters to Pennsylvania. 8-1. and the University of Mary land, 6-2. Christiansen Halted Chuck Christiansen's string of two straight wins came to an abrupt and rude halt, as the Lions' fifth man was clubbed by Navy's Al Lewis, 6-2, 6-1. Lion captain, Bill Zeigler, playing in the number one slot, dropped his third straight to Art Lynch, 6-0, 6-2. In the Lions' three games thus far, Zeigler has failed to d.monstrate the pre-season form which rated him the number one position. Ed Seiling also lost in two sets to the Middies' George Baldauf, 6-0, 6-2. Third man, Dean Mul len, fared no better as he was walloped, 6-0, 6-1 by Navy's Bill Goggins. Adler, Humphries Lose Larry Adler, who was replaced in the Maryland contest by Doug Zuker, was installed in the fifth slot by Fogg and the Lion junior received the same treatment as the other Penn State netmen, 6-3, 6-0 by Fred Hanzey. Joe Humph ries, receiving his first singles start of the season, was bombard ed by Navy's Bob Clark, 6-1, 6-0, playing out of the sixth position. It was the same story in doubles competition thr e e matches, three sets in each—three Navy victories. Middies Sam Jacobson and Wallace Skene combined to defeat the Lions' Dean Mullen and Bill Zeigler, 6-4, 6-0. Gary Ashwalt and Earl Maganane de feated State's Chuck Christian sen and Ed Seiling, 6-4 and 8-6. Doug Zuker and John Clary drop ped the final match for the Lions when they were walloped by Navy's Paul Howe and Ed Jessup, 6-2 and 6-1. Goose Tatum Released By Harlem Globetrotters CHICAGO, April 20 (R)—Goose Tatum, $50,000-a-year clowning star of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, today was hand er' his unconditonal release by owner Abe Saperstein. Saperstein disclosed that he would not renew tha option on the annual contract of Tatum, who disappeared after a 30-day sus pension by Saperstein March 15 for breaking team rules. little League Clinic More than 200 managers, coach es and administrators are expect ed to attend the Little League's first Pennsylvania baseball clinic at the University, May 13-14. A pilot project, it is intended to furnish the pattern for future clinics. TROUSERS Cleaned 25 ,„ and SKIRTS Pressed with any other garment PORTAGE CLEANERS Calder Alley Shirts Beautifully Laundered . . a 1 for 35c PENN STATE infielders—third baseman Ron regular infield in the first three games and Weidenhammer, shortstop Cookie Tirabassi, and will go against West Virginia Friday , when the first baseman Pat Kennedy—gather around %Tiffanies seek their third win of the season. captain Charlie Russo, the Lions' second base- They have lost one contest. man. The four have been coach Joe Bedenk's Centennial . . . Lions Guided by Top-N otch Coaching By FitAN FANUCCI Good Coaching is a dominant factor in producing a sports win ner and whether it has been on the gridiron, baseball diamond, or golf greens Penn State has al ways had its share of top-flight coaching. The king of sports, football, had its share of famous men, starting with its first full time coach, Bill Hollenback, right up to the present coach, Rip Engle. The sport was founded in 1887 but didn't have a coach until 1910 when Hollenback took over. The team was run by trainers in the days preceding 1910. Hollenback turned in a commendable 17-13-2 record in his four years as head coach. In 1912 his team racked up its first undefeated season and set a national record which still stands today, scoring 285 points while it held the opposition to six. It was the best team the Lions had until 1947. Beadek Head Coach Hugo Bezdek became head coach in 1918 and in his 11 years compiled a 65-30-11 record to rate with Penn State's all time coaches. In this 11-year span Bezdek's teams produced the longest un defeated string in Penn State's history, rolling up 32 wins with out a defeat. The skein was l halt ed in 1922 as Navy beat them, 14-0. In 1930 Bob Higgins took over the reins and in his stint of 18 years he showed a 91-57-9 record. In 1950, Rip Engle, fresh from his coaching position at Brown University, became head coach and has turned in a 30-14-2 rec ord with his best year coming in 1954. In 1875, baseball came to the Penn State campus, And In 1907 THE PERFECT PIZZA SALLY'S WE DELIVER AD 7-2373 flit DAILY CULLttiIAN stA rt cOLL.Mot rtNN3II.VANIA it acquired its first full time coach. The famous coaches started with the same Hugo Bezdek of football fame. He managed the team from 1920-1924 and from 1926-1930. In 1930 the present coach, Joe Bedenk, became coach and in his stretch at the helm, his record shows 269-119-2. Bedenk's great years were in 1949 and 1952. In '49 his team won 19 and lost five and were runnerup in the Dis trict Two finals for representa tion in _the College world series, Lions in Wald Series In 1952 a 17-6 record was com piled and in the district finals the Lions came out on top. As repre sentatives in the College World Series, Penn State wound up with a 2-2 card. Dutch Hermann ' was the first basketball coach in Lion history and in his venture of 15 years he grossed 157 wins and 71 losses. The best team in Penn State's history, percentage-wise, was in 1923 when the season ended 13-1, the only loss coming at the hands of Cornell, 27-25. John Lawther was another fa- mous cage coach at the Univer sity. He took over the duties in 193? and did not relinquish his post until 1949. During those years his teams wan 149 and lost 92. His best season was in 1942, when his team accepted an invita tion to the NCAA tournament and ended up with a 1-1 record. A significant account of this team was that Elmer Gross and John Egli played on it, and in future years both of them were to take over the head coaching job. Gross compiled an 80-40 record in his four years as coach. -And in 1954 his team ended up, third in the NCCA playoffs, winning three and losing only one: Penn State's most famous track and cross-country coaches were Nate Cartmell and Chick Werner. Cartmell, in his job as head of (Cantinned on page seven). 1 ricmwcOn T • ArItTL z 1 , r,D Ten 1M Teams Cop Victories In Softball The Nittany-Pollock Intramural softball tournament got underway cn Monday and rye teams came away from the battle field happy. Dorm 1 stormed over Dorm 38 by a 19-3 count in , the lid-lifter, and this seemeu tc act as a prod for high-scoring games, for the next several contests produced double figure - - oring. Dorm 40 in:Mated Dorm 3, 18-3, and Dorm 41 edged Dorm 4, 11-10, before the boys settled down and began playing ball. In the final two games Dorm 39 won over Dorm 2 6-2, and Dorms 9 and 42 played to a 3-3 stalemate. Last night the action was re sumed and the teams again got score-conscious. Dorm 23 scored a 14-4 win over Dorm 28; Dorm 24 licked Dorm 29 17-6, Dorm 25 staged a big walkaway at the ex pense of Dorm 30, 20-4. In the final two games, some semblance of order was establish ed as Dorm 31 won over Dorm 26 by a 14-5 count, and Dorin 27 edged Dorm 32 in a high-scoring but close slugfest, 13-11. Today Is Deadline For IM Entries Entries foi the intramural tennis doubles, Soccer and golf teams are due et the ZM office by 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. The tennis tournament Will be played on a single elimina tion basis, With opponents ar ranging the time of the matches. Each representative scoccer Team is to be made up of five players. Games will be played on the .soccer practice field and on the golf course. An en try fee of $1 Will be charged for each team. The golf teams are also to be limited to five-man squads. Each member of the team will be required to play 18 holes. and 1 point will be scored for the winner Of each match. Each golfer must pay the green foe in addition to the $1 entry is. which is charged for •a c h team.
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