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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
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Hooper
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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