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Netmen Win First,
Edge Bucknell, 5-4
By TOM WERNER
The Nittany tennis squad won its first match of the season yesterday against Buck-
?lel!, 5-4
Long after all other action had ceased
Jack Gruber and George Jackson, in his first
deciding doubles match against the Bison Rog
3-6, 6-4, the Nittany pair had to go to an extra
taking the set and match.
The Nittanies split the six sin
gles matches and won two of the
three doubles marches.
Number one man Ed Selling
lost in, two straight sets to Buck
nell's Chuck Siede when he con
tinually lost his serve, 4-6, 3-6.
Second man Fred Trust, play
ing his best game of the year, ran
over the Bison's John Finkle, 6-0,
6-3. Utilizing a good serve with
a fast, steady game, sophomore
Trust had little trouble through
out his match.
Captain Chuck Christiansen
clicked on the court after a slow
start, to overcome Bucknell's Al
Christianson, 6-3, 6-0. After losing
his serve twice in the first set,
Christianson settled into a fast
moving game and quickly dis
patched his faltering foe.
Combining good placement
shots with a steady, fast net game.
the Lion's Dean Mullen downed
Bison Roger Schwartz, 6-3, 6-1.
The Bucknell southpaw played
an erratic and unsteady game,
putting up little fight against the
oncharging Lion
Doug Zuker, playing in the
five slot, lost to Bucknell's Jim
Stewart after winning the first
set, 6-4. Staying in the backcourt
too much and lobbing the ball to
Stewart, who then smashed ir
returnable shots into Zuker's ter
ritory, lost the next two sets for
the Lion, 1-6, 3-6. •
Bison Ben Hollander downed a
poor playing Larry Adler 2-6, 4-6.
Adler, who has looked better, did
not capitalize on his opponent's
mistakes and misjudged easy
shots that could have made points
for him, while Hollander played
a steady game.
Trust and Williams lost the first
doubles match, 6-3, 3-6. 4-6. After
routing the Bisons in the first set,
Trust and Williams went on to
miss crucial shots in the next two
sets, losing a hard fought contest.
Chuck Christiansen and Joe
Eberly took one set to settle down
and then easily clipped Bison's
Christianson and Stewart, 4-6. 6-1,
6-0.
In the doubles lineup Coach
Sherm Fogg took a calculated
risk, the three duos never having
played together before. However,
in the last doubles match, the in
experienced Jackson managed to
play a steady game in a match
where both sides made many er
rors, Bucknell a few more than
the Nittany pair.
The Lion's next match will be
against Georgetown at Washing
ton D.C., Friday.
This is Bob Rutherford's sev
enth year as Penn State golf
coach. He succeeded his father,
Bob, Sr., who retired in 1950.
Lacrossemen Invade New York State
Penn State's lacrosse team '.1955 squad only played twelve
of lf e a a m m es, two less than the current
makes its final road trip
the curr e n t campaign this Both Syracuse and Hobart will
weekend, traveling to upstate* seeking to avenge defeats
'handed to them by the Lions last
New York to meet Hobart Col-;year. The Orange lost to an un
derdog Penn uad, 17-13,
lege : and Syracuse University.l
1 1 , hdte Hobart droppedan 8-7 ver-
The stickmen face Hobart Fri
day afternoon at Geneva and ( If Captain Bob Hamel can
meet the Orange Sautrday after- maintain his incredible scoring
noon in Syracuse. spree against the New York teams,
After the weekend series, thelthe Lions could easily repeat their
lacrosemen return to Beaver:double victory. The 5-9, 170-pound
Field to close out the 1956 la-'midfielder set a Penn State record
crosse season with a four-game 'for goals in one game in 1954
home stand..
__. (with eight against Hobart. Last
. ..
Coach Nick Thiel's charges ar&year, he paced the upset victory
looking for their sixth win of the:over Syracuse by whipping six
campaign. They have defeated goals past the Orange goal tender.
New Hampshire, Adelphi, Dart- . Lindsey, Brown Major Obstacles
mouth, Hofstra, and Pennsylvania However, two immediate obsta
while losing to Loyola, Navy, and
,des will have to be neutralized if
Colgate. the; Lions expect to top the Syra
cuse lacrossemen. These are in
the presence of Stew Lindsey and
. the
Brown. Lindsey, who led
the Orange in the scoring depart
ment last year, was a third to ni
Ahead of Pace
The Nittanies are already ahead
of their 1955 record pace. At this
point last year, the stickmen
owned a 4-4 mark. However, the
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
and the score stood at a 4-4 tie, the Lion's
intercollegiate tennis action, were playing the
er Schwartz-Bill Scott duo. After having split,
set to shave their Buck_nell opponent's 7-5,
—Harry
CHUCK CHRISTIANSEN jumps for joy as his Bucknell opponent
Al Christianson errs on a well-placed shot. Christiansen went on to
defeat his Bison foe in two straight sets 6-3. 6-1. The Nittany net
men defeated the Bisons for their first win of the season yesterday.
Lion Frosh Track Team
Meets Cornell Yearlings
An 18-man Penn State fresh
man track team left at 8 a.m.
today en route to Ithaca, N.Y.
where it will meet the Cornell
fresh in its second dual encounter
of the season.
Ed Moran, Fred Kerr, and Clem
Schoenebeck are expected to be
the big men in the frosh attack.
All three will enter the mile run
with Kerr slated for duty in the
two-mile run.
Moran and Schoenebeck are ex
pected to run in the 880-yard dash
with Charlie King listed as the
third frosh 880 entry.
" Thompson, Sherba in 2-mile
Bob Thompson and Sam Sherba
are the other frosh two-mile en
tries while King and Bob Rindo
will do the 440 running.
Chet Cotton, Bob Manning, and
Clayton Carter are scheduled to
enter both the 100 and 220-yard
dashes.
Dick Morse, Charlie Bender,
and John Ruff were named by
frosh mentor Norm Gordon as the
Nittany entries in the 220-yard
low hurdles and the 120-yard high
hurdles.
Turning to the field side of the
lineup, Gordon named Don Del
more, Jim Wambold and Dick
Dusw•alt as his shot put entries.
Bob Gemmill and Wambold
will do the frosh discus throwing
while Delmore and Duswalt will
handle the javelin chores.
Duswalt and Bob Parker were
selected as the pole vaulting and
high jumping entries with Rindo
and Carter grabbing the broad
jumping assignment.
Mays Leads New York
To 2-1 Win Over Cubs
CHICAGO, May 1 (/P)—Willie
Mays' pair of triples gave the
New York Giants a 2-1 victory to
day as Jim Hearn handcuffed the
Chicago Cubs with a four-hitter
for the Bruins' sixth straight de
feat.
Chicago's lone tally came on ex-
Dodger Don Hoak's first home
run in a Cub uniform to tie the
score at 1-1 in the fourth.
Mays' first triple, a shot off the
;right center wall, enabled him. to
!score when Dee Fondy bobbled
, Daryl Spencer's roller between
first and second.
All-American lacrosse choice
Brown, who is better known for
his escapades on the gridiron and
basketball court, is a crack mid
fielder for Coach Roy Simmons
stickmen. Despite the fact that he
saw action in less than half of his
team's 10 games, Brown ranks di
rectly behind Lindsey in team
value. He divides his spring sports
participation betwen track and
lacrosse, being mentioned as an
Olympic track prospect.
Thiel's defensive trio—Bob Bul
lock, Harry Brown, and Willard
Snell—will have their hands full
trying to stop the Lindsey-Brown
combination. Lindsey tallied four
times against the Lions in 1955
and he will probably be out to
duplicate this feat, Saturday.
Hess Is Top Scorer
Bill Hess, sophomore sensation,
easily qualifies as the most pro
lific scorer in Penn State lacrcisse
!history. The Manhasset, N.Y., ath
lete averaged better than three
goals per game in seven starts.
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PENN STATE'S OUTSTANDING ATHLETE?
Scanning
SPORTS
By FRAY FANUCCL Sports Editor
My Choice—Dick Packer, all-American and Olympic soccer
player. In a sport which is practically fan-less in the United States,
Packer with his amazing ability and cdmpetitive spirit has led the
Lion soccer team to two consecutive unbeaten season and to almost
national fame.
His achievements here are too numerous to recall. But one
which is fresh in everybody's mind is his climb to the Olympic
team, which journeys to Melbourne later this year.• Packer was
the only college player in the United States to gain that distinction.
The 14 other soccer members are all amateur or former college stars.
His athletic prowess with Penn State has never been ques
tioned. In his junior year and again in his senior year he gained
All-American honors. Last fall he became The highest scoring
soccer player in the history of the sport at Penn State when he
booted in 24 goals.
The modest and soccer-wise star was respected as much by
opposing teams as he is by his own team. In three years of soccer
I never saw Packer in a fight on the playing field. His stature as
captain of the team was never jeopardized by unsportsmanlike
-conduct on or off the field. He played clean, hard, and extremely
smart soccer.
Recalling one road trip I made with the soccer team to Balti
more can explain Packer's ability as a captain a little more ex
plicitly. The night before the game with Navy, Coach Ken Hosterman
called a short meeting with his
players to review game strategy.
At the end of Hosterman's brief
ing Packer, as captain, talked to
the team,
He told it "I scouted Navy and
believe me it is strong and has
extremely strong outsides, so let's
not get too confident and blow
this one tomorrow." His team
mates listened intently with no
one saying a word. They knew
Packer's judgment of other teams
and they knew that the next
afternoon they would have to
fight to win.
I talked to Packer after the
meeting seeking to satisfy my
journalistic curiosity concerning
the strength of Navy. "Frannie,".
Packer said, "we'll beat Navy to
morrow without. too much trouble but I had to tell the team that
Navy was strong and that its outsides were strong, although they
are mediocre, because I'm afraid we might relax out there and
get upset."
This was Dick Packer's philosophy on how not to get upset,
A philosophy which has brought him a regular starting berth with
one of the top amateur soccer teams in the nation. The Phila
delphia Uhriks, and national recognition as an Olympic team
member.
But no matter how well I describe Packer's feats. arguments
will ensue favoring other Penn State stars.
Gymnastic Olympic team members Karl Schwenzfeier and Ar
mando Vega are probably next in line as outstanding athletes at
Penn State in 1955-56. Schwenzfeier undoubtedly has been the top
Penn State gymnastic star since its origination as a sport here.
And to recognize Packer as the top, or to some people, as, one
of the top players here. I think the University .should bestow
on him a certificate of merit, or retire his soccer jersey, or place
his picture somewhere in Recreation Hall—a gymnasium which
holds all the Penn State stars of yesteryear and to which Packer
should belong.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 1956
MEM