PAGE SIX Linksmen Wallop Bucknell, 9-0 Opening Match Played In Steady Downpour Penn State's golf team opened its centennial season with a resounding 9-0 clobbering of hapless Bucknell yesterday in a match played in a steady rain. The Lions figured to be pre-match favorites, but the com plete whitewash-job Coach Bob Rutherford's squad did on the Bisons was a pleasant surprise. Bucknell was expected to give the Lions a fairly rough time, especially since the match was being contested on their home grounds. Captain Warren Gittlen started the season by copping an 8 and 6 decision over the Bison's number one man Pete Straub. That was all the incentive the Lion's need ed. Following the example of their veteran leader, they led for the remainder of the contest. Jim Ginsburg, the Lion's num ber two man, followed by gain ing the nod over Bob Miller 3 and 2. Ginsberg appeared to be in his 1954 form as he nipped Miller. Gittlen and Ginsberg The scheduled tennis match between the Lion netmen and Bucknell at Lewisburg yester day was canceled because of the inclement weather. The Lions had been in search of their first victory. No date has been announced for the replay. The next regularly scheduled tennis match is Saturday against Le high at Bethlehem. The netmen return home for a three-game homestand next week. copped the best ball point for the Nittanies 5 and 4. Gearhart Wills, 5-4 Junior Jim Gerhart continued the tirade by scoring a 5 and 4 victory over Bucknell's Jim Ladd. Jim Mayes kept the Nittanies in the winning habit with his 4 and 2 victory over Andy Horvat. When Gerhart and Mayes col laborated for a 5 and 4 win to capture the best ball the shutout seemed to be securely in the clutches of the Lions. Rutherford's two sophomore aces, Leo Kukkola and John Boy anowski, sewed up the blanket job for the Nittanies by winning their matches. Kukkola complete ly outshone his opponent to win by a 5 and 3 count. Boyanowski was equally as impressive against his foe, winning 5 and 4. Penn State won the best ball 6 and 5, and the shutout was complete. Rutherford Impressed Rutherford said that he was un doubtedly pleased by the Lion Loyola Lacrossemen Visit Lions Today After losing three straight games to nationally ranked clubs, Penn State's lacrosse team will try to get back into winning form when it meets mediocre Loyola at 3:30 this afternoon at Beaver Field. Loyola has won only one game this year while losing two and tying one. Its only win came over Dickinson College, 9-8, where la crosse is relatively new. Loyola lost to Virginia, 10-2, and tied Washington and Lee in a high scoring contest, 12-12. In the Washington and Lee game, goalie Bill Flattery played a top-notch performance as he came through with 29 saves to al most bring victory to his club Well Balanced Attack In four games, Loyola demon strated a well-balanced attack but showed signs of inexperience in the 'tight spots.' Loyola has an ex cellent goalie and some danger out scoring attackmen, but they lack reserve power. In last year's contest Loyola outlasted the Nittany Lions by scoring a 10-6 win in a see-saw battle. The Lions were the third straight victim for the Maryland boys, but following that contest Loyola was handed six consecu tive defeats to wind up with a 3-6 card. On the other hand the Lion Stickmen have not won since opening game when they downed Adelphi, 12-4. Four defeats fol lowed as New Hampshire, Hof stra, Navy, and Rutgers scored victories. In comparing •victories with Loyola, Penn State romped over Swarthmore Inqt year, 12-6, w1 . 0'.? Loyola suffered a loss to Swarth By JOE CHEDDAR win, but that he was impressed'' evert more by the manner in which the win was accomplished. Gittlen and the two sophs carded scores of 75. The three Lions carded their scores on the par 72 course in weather that can be most favorably described as "un fit for humans." It rained all day at Lewisburg. Frequently the soggy turf prevented the ball from rolling after it hit the ground. The water-soaked greens also hampered the putting. The medal scores of the re mainder of the Lions were not far behind the pacesetters. Jim Ginsberg and Jim Gerhart both posted 76's' and senior Jim Mayes a 77. The Linksmen return to action on Thursday against Georgetown at Washington, D.C. The 'Hoyas are traditionally a golf power, so the Lions will have to be at their best to win. Georgetown is especially tough on its own greens. For the Georgetown encounter, Rutherford must add another man to his squad. He will make the choice from among Jim Decker, George Kreidler, and John Bran ish. Weightlifters Meet YMCA Saturday The Penn State Barbell Club will meet the Shippensburg YM CA weightlifting team at 3 p.m. Saturday on the main floor in Rec Hall. In the event of rain the ROTC drill team will use the floor and the match will be held in the weight room. The three olympic lifts —t h e military press, the snatch, and the clean and jerk—will be contested. The team scores will be de termined by the sum of the five highest totals according to the Hoffman formula, which is based on the total lift compared to the performer's actual weight. more by the staggering score of 25-3. Swarthmore was the only opponent which both teams played. In this year's game the Lions have a more balanced team and have more reserve forces. With this added strength the Penn State stickmen are the favorites to grab the contest. But as was seen in the last four contests the Lions can lose and Coach Charlie Wenzel's boys will be hunting for the upset. The Lions go on a two-game road trip this weekend to play Colgate, a newcomer to the sched ule, on Friday and then to Cor nell on Saturday to play the Big Red who beat the Lions last year 20-13. Coach Nick Thiel, commenting on the remainder of the schedule, said that from now on the teams will be in our class and he feels confident that this year's record will be much better that last year's Lineups for Today Penn State Loyola Bell goalie Flattery Horikawa Bullock Doederlein - . . Dicklehaupt midfield PhSlipe Hamel midfield Blackehire Hay midfield Strott Locotos attack Cross THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVAMA Muchness Ituckmaater Hooper defense defense defense '"and Burke Intramural Roundup Volleyball Results: Theta Xi's A team and Alpha Zeta's B squad highlighted intra mural volleyball play Monday night by capturing league crowns at Rec Hall. In addition ten frat ernity aggregations gained vic tories. Theta Xi's A team stopped Phi Kappa Sigma's A team, 15-11, 15-5, to capture the League A ti tle with a 4-0 record. Alpha Zeta's B squad, also sporting a 4-0 slate, captured the League 0 crown by downing Phi Kappa Sigma's B group. 15-12, 15-6. In other fraternity matches, Theta Xi's B squad walloped Sigma CM, 15-6, 15-6; Kappa Sigma defeated Tau Phi Delta in two out of three games. 15-8, /5-17, 15-5; Alpha Chi Sigma posted a 15-0, 17-15 victory over Kappa Delta Rho; CM Phi's A and B squads won victories as •the A team nipped Acacia, 5-15. 15-6, 15-1. The B team defeated Phi Gamma Delta, 15-12, 15-6. Lambda Chi Alpha and Kappa Delta Rho copped forfeit victories over Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Kappa Psi respectively; Sigma Alpha Epsilon beat Alpha Epsilon Pi, 15-8, 15-7; Delta Upsilon trounced Tau Kappa Epsilon, 15-4, 15-4; and Theta Chi edged Sigma Pi in two out of three games, 18-14, 12-15. 15-9. Badminton Results Seven fraternity and four inde pendent entries advanced in in tramural badminton action. James Machian, Theta Xi, opened the evening's festivities by eliminating John Giles, Phi Sigma kappa, 15.4, 15-10; Ron Lent:, Delta Sigma Phi, stopped Larry Bartlett, Sigma Nu, 15-9, 15-10; Dan Gray, Beta Theta Pi, downed Bill Stoddant, Phi Del ta Theta, 15.6, 15-6; Henry Gru ber, Tau Kappa Epsilon, copped a forfeit victory over Jim Mayes, Delta Upsilon; Peter Reagan. Sigma Pi. whipped Charles Christiansen, Phi Gain ma Delta, 15-12, 15-8; Hy Tab achnick, Sigma Alpha Mu, hum bled Bob Weil, Alpha Tau Omega, 15-1, 15-3; and Harvey Nixon, Phi Epsilon Pi, dropped John Serif, Acacia, 15-10, 12-15, 15-0. In the independent contests, Bob Welsh walloped Bob Wicker, 15-2, 15-3; Chris Kuebler white 'Washed Ed Gross, 15-0, 15-0; Tom Smith won by forfeit over Terry Leach, and Leroy Lynch edged Doug Baxter, 15-4, 15-10. Handball Results: Eight fraternity combos ad vanced into the semi-final round of flight competition and three independent duos copped victories in handball play. Dick Matacia and John Mc- Donough, Alpha Sigma Phi, opened fraternity action by tripping Jim Clark and Tom Scott, Pi Kappa Alpha, 21.6, 21-15; Frank DeSalle and John Moore, Phi Delta Theta, downed Don Miller and Norman Schue, Alpha Zeta, 21-4, 21-9; John Albarano and Ron Crapsy. Theta Kappa Phi, edged Frank Ulrich and Watson Hart, Delta CM, 21-14, 21.19; Bob Vanner and Art Cusick, Sigma Chi, stopped Harris Sklar and Dick Cheskis, Zeta Beta Tau, 21-5. 21.13. Ed Ritter and Art Crum, Sigma Nu, beat Gary Fox and Martin Schmookler, Sigma Alpha Mu, 21-15, 21-12; Norton Freed man and Marvin Daley, Alpha Epsilon Pi, eked out a 21-16, 21-16, victory over Beta Sigma Rho's Don Hoffman and Irving Zlatin: Jim Garrity and Jim Act- Unsilon, eliminated Walt Hochberg and Jim Lysek, Alpha Epsilon, 21-6, 21-15; and John Rautine and Mike Meck ley, Theta Xi, stopped Norm Mel vin and Dave Bedford, Acacia, 21- R. 21-10. Two forfeits marked the in dependent action as the teams of John Crundon and Dick Bax ter and Tom Mulhern and Willis Thompson gained victories. In another independent mat c h, Rene Stei3erwalt and Dick Mc- Cann wen two consecutive 'r - ' a.ay ,71; -hman and ' Jos Mcliugla„ 21.11, 21-20. Blue-White Grid Tilt To Be Held Saturday During the past month Penn State's five sports have sud denly splashed into the local headlines in initiating their 1955 seasons. But at the same time, bn a tract of sod squeezed between the tennis courts and the baseball field some 85 men have been working out in daily sessions with hopes of break ing into the headlines next fall. These men are the nucleus from which football coach Rip Engle will be selecting his 55-man team which will return early in Sep tember to begin fall practice. Engle and his six-man coach ing staff have only nine letter men returning out of 23 who re ceived letters last fall. Engle has been handicapped With rainy spring weather plus the fact he seldom has been able to get his entire group of veterans an d newcomers on the field to gether for a mass grid session dur ing the week. On weekdays each man has aver aged about 80 minutes on the field each day. On Saturdays, however, each has p i c l k e d up about a full hour of grid instruc tion. On S a t urday Engle will put the lid on his grid sessions with the annual Blue-White game. Last Saturday he held a small scale scrimmage as a prelude to the spring training windup. On Mon day and yesterday much of heavy work was hindered by sloppy, wet field conditions. Bob Hoffman In the Blue-White game the co-captains—tackle Otto Kneidin ger and center Frank Reich each. captain a team and select their men and the three coaches for their team by "choosing sides." Returning lettermen who will see • action in Saturday's Blue- White game will be Reich, Kneid inger, halfback Billy Kane, full back Buck Straub, guards Earl Shumaker and Dick DeLuca, and quarterback Bo b by Hoffman. Charlie Blockson, a discus and Bisons In sth Barring continued showers, the hit-and-lose Penn State base ball team travels to Lewisburg this afternoon for the tail-end of a five-game road trip, which to date has proved anything but profit able. The Lions will go against Bucknell at 3 p.m. in search of win number three. Should rainy weather force the game to be called, it will be rescheduled for tomor row, After winning their home open er against Western Maryland, the Nittanies have dropped three of four road contests downing La fayette and losing to Rutgers and West Virginia twice. The Bisons own a one-game edge over coach Joe Bedenk's nine in games played with six of a 20-game card already completed. So far Bucknell has met Frank lin and Marshall, Georgetown, Navy, Gettysburg, Lafayette and Lycoming. Drapcho to Start Bedenk's 16-man traveling force finds Ed Drapcho holding the starting mound assignment, back ed up by Stan Lorimer, Stan Szy manski and Lynn Harbold. Bedenk's big problem continues to be catching, where he has not, as yet, discovered a fully-capable front-runner. Wally Mrasz, Phil Saunders and Norm Van Ord, all still trying for the permanent starter's role, are flip-of-the-coin choices to get today's starting nod. llowever Mrasz may be Bedenk's choice, with Saunders not making the trip. The infield still finds Pat Ken nedy, Charlie Russo, Cookie Tir- By ROY WILLIAMS shot man for track coach Chick Werner, arid Sam Valentine, working the outfield for Joe Be denk's diamond squad, are both lettermen but are missing spring workouts. Another of Engle's let termen is All-America Lenny Moore who ran into academic dif ficulties last spring. Engle, in a quick appraisal of what he has seen in spring train- Bill Kano White team right half ing, which isjust the forerunner to the fall drills, said he lacked depth in several spots and the speed of his line and backfield was another problem to be ironed out. Host 'Nine' Road Contest abassi and Ron Weidenhammer holding their own around the horn, with Mert Springer the number one substitute. Weak-hitting outfielders, with the exception of Rex Bradley in left, may provide a shake-up in the remaining pair of pasture posts. Sam Valentine, Merle Gerdes. and Pete Cherish are all likely candidates to fill the cen ter and right field spots. One of His Best Coach Bill Lane is sporting one of his best Bison teams in recent years, with a veteran team paced by catcher Rich McFarland at the plate. Lane also possesses three veteran pitchers to keep mound duties well under control. The top member of Lane's Big Three, fire-balling southpaw Don Richards, will probably go against the Lions this afternoon. Right handers Tom King and Jack Flur er are close behind. Last year the Nittanies downed today's host team 9-1 and 21-0 in two contests. The shutout was the Lions' biggest victory margin of the season. Bucknell pays a visit to Beaver Field May 25 for the second Penn State meeting of the season. Y. APRIL 77. 1955
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