►AGE SIX
Nittany Linksmen
Rout Orange, 7-0
By JOE CHEDDAR
The Penn State golf team romped to its easiest win
the Syracuse University linksmen, 7-0, on the University
ing rainstorm.
Playing as if they had
the Orange a chance. Every
over Fred Peck, was a runaway.
The players carried umbrellas
at first, but later gave it up as a
useless move.
The win was the fifth of the
year for the Nittanies, against one
loss. The Syracuse record now
stands at one win and one loss.
The Orange won its match against
Lemoyne College, 5-4, last Wed
nesday.
Syracuse Inexperienced
Syracuse discontinued the links
sport in 1951, and didn't revive
it until this season. So, although
the Orange played last year on an
informal basis, the team they
used yesterday was completely in
experienced in big-time competi
tion.
For the Lions, Leo Kukkola
von 9 and 8, John Branish won
8 and 7, Jim Ginsberg and Jim
Mayes took 6 and 5 wins, Pat
Rielly and newcomer Lou Riggs
won 4 and 3, besides Gerhart's.
win.
Mayes Plays Number One
Jim Mayes was back in his us
ual number one position, as the
Lions teed off against the Orange.
Mayes complied by outshooting
the Syracuse number one man,
Dick Golobic.
Pat Rielly, the once-beaten
sophomore ace, also scored an
easy victory, beating Don Burke.
4 and 3. Rielly tried hard to end
the match earlier, but Burke held
en until the 12th hole.
Leo Kukola scored the most lop
sided victory of the match when
he blasted John Bellows, 9 and 8.
Kook jumped off to a good start
he led, 7-up, after the first nine
holes —and kept adding-to his
lead.
Ginsberg Wins Easily
Jim Ginsberg kept the Lions in
front with a trouble-free 6 and 4
'win over Tommy Dadey. Gus
Gerhart. after leading early in the
snatch. squandered his lead and
was forced to scramble at the fin
ish to edge Peck.
John Branish added another
victory to his personal win streak
by beating Mel Shulman, 8 and 7.
Branish. who, according to coach
Bob Rutherford, posseses great
potential, has come on strong in
the past several matches, winning
handily each time.
Riggs Cops Frst Start
Lou Riggs got the seventh Lion
point by winning over Stan
Okoniewski, 4 and 3. Riggs was
making his first start since his
discharge from the army.
The Lions will be idle until
they enter the Eastern Intercol
legiate Golf Tournament at Itha
ca, N.Y., May 12-14. On the
strength of their record, they
seem to have their best chance
to cop team honors since 1948.
Jim Mayes, Pat Rielly, and John
Branish seem to be the best Lion
bets for the individual champion
ship.
Baseball Team
Is Rained Out
Taking advantage of an extra
day's rest. Penn State's baseball
team goes into action Saturday
against Rutgers at Beaver Field.
Yesterday's game with the
Bucknell Bisons was postponed
because of rain and will not be
rescheduled. It was the second
game of the year that was rained
out. The first one was the open
ing game of the season with West
ern Maryland,
Coach Joe Bedenk said that he
will throw his top lefthander Ed
Drapcho, who is 4-1 for the sea
son. against Rutgers. Stan Lari
mer was the mound choice in
-yesterday's tilt, although with the
extra day's rest his hand injury
will have considerably more time
to heal. `
Guy Tirabassi, Penn State in
fielder. is a ton-ranking student
in the diflic.ot chemistry and phy
sics curriculum.
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racticed in the rain all season, the Nittany squad never gave
atch, with the exception of Gus Gerhart's 2 and 1 victory
Pal Rielly
Sophomore Ace
Pistons, Co-ops Cop
IM V-Ball Crowns
The Pistons and Co-ops of the Independent Intramural Volley
ball tournament joined four other teams as qualifiers for next week's
final playoffs.
The Pistons took league H
Rowdy Nine, 15-8, 15-8, Tuesday
Nine's loss was its second, giving
it runner-up honors in the league.
Co-op won by forfeit over Taor
mina to capture the league G
crown. The Barfers, with a 5-1
chart, finished second.
The Pistons and Co-ops join
the Canadian Club. Dorm 39.
the Gram. and Fighting Fresh
man as league winners. Play
offs are necessary to decide lea
gues B and E winners. The
Cadillacs and Dirty Thirty, both
with 4-1 records, play off to
determine B supremacy, while
the Cougars and the Hamilton
Five battle for E laurels.
Pairings for next week's quar
terfinals will be determined by a
"hat-draw" conducted by Dutch
Sykes and respective team rep
resentatives.
In the fraternity division. all
league championships have been
decided except one. League Fs
outcome will be determined as
Tau Phi Delta meets Alpha 'Thu
Omega. Each have 5-1 records.
Fraternities which have won
league titles are Alpha Zeta,
Delta Chi. Theta Xi, Beta Theta
Pi, Theta Delta Chi. and Alpha
Sigma Phi.
of the year yesterday, embarrassing
greens in a match played in a driv-
John Branish
Unbeaten Golfer
honors when they defeated the
night at Recreation Hall. Rowdy
Ex-Lions Lose
In Mat Tryouts
Larry Fornicola and • Gerry
Maurey, former Penn State wrest
ling stars, were eliminated in the
fourth round of the Olympic
Games wrestling tryouts Tuesday
night at Legion Stadium in Holly
wood, Calif.
Fornicola had defeated Maurey
Monday night in the third round
of elimination.
Tuesday night Fornicola went
down to defeat when Myron Rod
erick of Oklahoma, 1956 National
Collegiate 136-pound champion,
! pinned him in 2:51 with a leg
pickup.
I Maurey lost a close decision to
Joe Henson of Navy. Henson
placed third in the 1952 games in
•Helsinki.
Competitors in the tryouts are
eliminated when they accumulate
a total of five black marks. One
black mark is given for winning
l a decision and three when a
T!wrestler loses the match. 'None
are given for a pin.
Former Lion Cager
Cites 'Poll' Excesses
"The modern basketball player has been converted into
a statistic," asserted Penn State's first basketball coach, and
the man who stayed at the helm for 17 years until 1932.
Burke Hermann, professor of American history, could hardly
be recognized as a four year varsity man today. He has none
of the earmarks looked for in the
modern court star,
In backing his opening state
ment,
Hermann cited the "poll
happiness" prevalent in today's),
sport magazines and newspapers.
Hermann starred at forward for
the Lion quintet from 1906-1910.
As the 5-8 former mentor of the
squad recalls, he had no trouble
guarding any of his opponents
because of their height.
Unofficially, Hermann's coach
ing duties began in 1910 when he
was elected captain of the team.
That year the Nittanies. ended up
with a winning 8-6 slate.
In 1916 Hermann became
Penn State's first coach and.
except for a two-year war
break in 1918 and 1919. guided
the Lion basketball fortunes for
17 years until 1932.
Over the years that he coach
ed. Hermann's teams compiled a
record of 147 wins and 73 los
ses. It was during his tenure
that the longest win streak rec
ord of 17 straight was compiled.-
the oldest team record on the
books.
According to Hermann, the best
team that he ever coached was
the 1923-1924 quintet which lost
but a single contest, to Cornell.
To illusfrate the basic differences
in the game that have been made
since, in that season's game 'with
Penn, the Quakers failed to score
a single field goal.
The only poll that he remem
bers of having any far reaching
prestige at the time was Walter
C a m p's All-America football
choices.
Operational differences on the
court would look strange to the
1956 court fan. After each goal the
ball was brought back for a cen
ter jump. Along with a much
lower scoring total, ball handling
was faster and better in those
THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1956
By TOM WERNER
days of defensive mastery, Her
mann said.
The former coach expressed a
preference for modern all around
play over the past's slower game,
citing the lack of early season
training and almost total absence
of high school teams for the col
leges to draw from.
In coaching. emphasis was
placed .on percentage pla y.
Passing of the ball played a
prominent part in a game where
the coaches figured that if the
other side didn't have the ball.
they couldn't score, and no
body scored too much. Hermann
stated.
To requests that he pick an All.
Penn State five out of the years
that he has participated and fol
lowed the game, Hermann always
says no. He figures there are too
many polls around now. -
Coed Keglers
Drop 3 Places
Results from the April Women's
Intercollegiate Telegraphic Amer..
ican Ten Pin Tournament dropped
Penn State to seventh place with
1324 points.
The Lion coeds notched a
fourth place in the standings in
the March tournament.
In score by voting points Penn
State grabbed only five markers
placing them in seventh place.
Wisconsin State College copped
honors in all series totals—lead
ing the top ten scorers with 1721
points, taking first place in score
by points with 54.5, and placing
high individual scorers in seven
of the first twenty top slots.
Penn State will bring its Spring
drills to an official close with an
intra-squad football game on Sat
urday, May 5.
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