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Amato, Stewart Score IM
Benny Amato. Alpha Phi Delta, thwarted yen
chain p Armando Vega’s bid for Intramural mat
laurels with a thrilling 5-3 decision over the
Beta Theta Pi grappler last night at Recreation
Hall.
Other headliners saw Delta Upsilon’s 1955
135-pound runnerup Jack Stewart, Chi Phi's
Fred Simpson, and Lambda Chi Alpha’s Dick
King and Marlin Troutman boost their clubs'
championship hopes with key victories to gain
semifinals berths.
Amato’s strength and all-round skill proved
too much for the speedy Vega in a hard-fought
145-pound struggle. The Olympian took the lead
■with a takedown, but Amato quickly escaped.
In the second period, the crafty Amato made
the most of his up position to cinch a time ad
vantage. He added an escape and takedown in
the third stanza, while Vega managed only an
escape,
Stewart had an easier time with Lambda Chi’s
Dave Slimak, recording a fall at 4:55. The DU
145-pounder led, 6-0, on a takedown, reverse
and near fall before finishing Slimak with a
body press.
King strengthened Lambda Chi’s grip on first
place with a fall over Paul Freedel, Zeta Beta
Tau. at the 2:19 mark of a 128-pound scrap.
A cradle turned the trick for King, who held
a 6-0 advantage on a takedown, near fall and
reverse.
Troutman backed up his teammate with a 5-0
victory over Delta Chi’s Bruce Schaeffer in the
135-pound class. The Lambda Chi matman won
Weather Continues to Plague
Lion Nine Practice Sessions
If it’s not the snow, it’s the j infielders and outfielders standing
T3iin. The infamous University if. 1 Plate sharpening their bat-j
Park weather continues to “USTta tasi'«oT
plague Coach Joe Bedenk in When not at the plate, the play
his efforts to ready his -Lion ers spend their time playing catch,
baseball team for its scheduled making for anything but ideal
name with Western Marvlanii training with the first game only
£, an } e „Western Mart land one awa y As Bedenk so aptly
at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon at pu t it ; "You can’t learn this game
Beaver Field. playing catch.”
With one cancellation already Despite the weather handicap,
to its credit, the weather is in a Bedenk expressed great satisfac
commanding position to add num-ltion with the spirit of his club
ber two should it continue to fol-
low its present pattern. Thurs-i f
day’s snowfall, plus intermittent A an JC a l
rainfall the past four days, have WCUUIIf 1“ JCI
made playing conditions impos- _ _ .
sible on the Beaver Field dia- J J^A'S
Bedenk did not say that the Entries for Intramural tennis
Came would be cancelled, but ad-'doubles. golf and soccer are due
mitted that the Lions needed a'by 4:30 p.m. next Tuesday at the
good break in the weather if the Intramural office in Recreation]
field is to be in playing condi- Hall.
tion. Water puddles are prcdomi- Tennis doubles will be a single
nant over the soggy outfield and elimination tourney with an entry
the infield is in a muddy condi- ! fee of 50 cents per team,
tion. | Golf team will also be single
He said that the field dries ra- (elimination and all teams must
ther rapidly, but added that it pay an entry fee of $1 plus a
would take a strong sun and a] greens fee. Each team will be
good wind to get it into good play-.made up of five players,
ing condition. j Soccer will be a round-robin
With the weather refusing to type of tournament A team con
cooperate, B e d e n k is forced tojsists of five players, but it is abso
hold his “practice sessions” under lutely essential that each team
the east stand of the football field.'have several substitutes.
Practice consists chiefly of pitch
ers throwing to catchers with the
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
BRUCE SCHAFFER, Delta Chi, holds on to Lambda Chi Alpha's
Marlin Troutman in a 135-pound match last night. Troutman went
on to score a reverse, however, en route to a 5-0 victory over
Schaffer.
There is an entry fee of $1 per
team for soccer.
during the “play-catch” workouts.
(He said that the boys keep re
porting to the “field” under the
i stands, which is a good indication
[that they have the desire to play
[ball. With Bedenk, desire is a
•must.
j Bedenk said that he can’t re
;member when the Lions have had
Ito train under such poor condi
tions since he’s been here. If you
take into consideration the fact
that he’s now starting his 26th
year at the Lion helm, you can
realize the profoundness of that
statement.
The Lions have had only two
days on the diamond in the past
2% weeks and only one day in
the past two weeks. A week ago
yesterday was the last time Be
denk held batting practice.
Bedenk realizes that it now will
take the Lions a longer time than
he had originally expected to
round themselves into the best
playing shape. Repeating one of
his favorite axioms, he said: “The
only way to learn this game is to
play it.”
Eventually, the weather will
•break and the Lions will play ball.
Whether it will be in time for
(Western Maryland or not is still
lin doubt Today could tell the
jstory.
Penn State, for the first time!
| since 1922, will be without a!
(Rutherford at the golf coaching
'helm in 1957.
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on the strength of a takedown, reverse and
riding time.
Simpson kept the Chi Phi grapplers within
hailing distance of Lambda Chi by beating
DU’s Charlie Prutzman, 4-2 in a 113-pound
match. Prutzman scored a takedown to grab the
lead, but Simpson escaped and added a reverse
and riding time to win.
Gove Elder, DU heavyweight, gained the
semifinal round with a 5-0 triumph over Sigma
Chi’s Jim Holmes. Elder rolled up a takedown,
reverse and time advantage to cop the white
wash win.
Rox Carl, Sigma Nu’s classy 165-pounder,
just got in under the wire in pinning-Jim Weik
ert, Pi Kappa Phi, at 5:59. Leading. 4-0, Carl
employed a body press to floor Weikert
Beta Theta Pi’s 155-pounder, Jack Frey, rack
ed up the fastest fall of the evening, stretching
Fred Waelehli, Beaver House, at 1:14. An inside
crotch and body press supplied the finisher.
Lion halfback Ben Williams, Sigma Nu, regis
tered a pin over Tau Kappa Epsilon’s A 1 Ely
at 2:22 of a heavyweight encounter. Independent
heavyweight Scott Bomberger rebounded from
a 2-0 deficit to pin Pete Kopscak at 3:15.
Sigma Nu’s Bob Comfort applied an arm
bar and body press to floor Jim Coleman, Theta
Chi, at 1:25 of a 128-pound bout.
Roger Levin, Alpha Chi Sigma, pinned Alpha
Zeta’s Ward Hill; John Salathe, Beta Theta Pi,
beat AZ’s Duane Tobias, 4-2; indie Joe Jones
pinned Dean Jordan; Terry Snyder pinned
Fred Kochey; Bill Alpha Zeta topped
Alpha Sigma Phi’s Harry’Brown by forfeit; and
indie Fred Bridge won by forfeit.
Beta Sigma Omicron
Cops WRA Bowling Title
Beta Sigma Omicron beat Pi
Beta Phi, 636-543, in the final
playoff game’ of the coed intra
mural bowling league. Barb Cox
was the winner’s high scorer with
a 156 total while Pat Barnitz con
tributed 135.
In rolling to the championship.
Beta Sigma Omicron bumped off
Kappa Kappa Gamma, 612-579,
and Sigma Delta Tau, 597-591.
In ihe first round of playoffs.
Pi Bela Phi dumped Little
Lions. 532-449. Nan Lambert
scored 141 tor Pi Phi.
Sigma Delta Tau edged Delta
Delta Delta, 594-548, with Char
Kaplan rolling 145 in the winning
cause.
Eight volleyball games were
played last week. Leonides beat
Thompson 11, 35-28, with Maxine
Hampton scoring nine points for
the independent's high mark.
Chi Omega tromped .Trion,-48-
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TUESDAY. APRIL 9. 1957
Mat Wins
18. Ann Harrington and Diane
Lee netted 17 points for ChiO.
Alpha Epsilon Phi hammered
Gamma Phi Beta. 49-17, behind
Janet Solves and Betty Gichman.
Zeta Tau Alpha trounced Pi
Beta Phi, 45-27 with Anne Caton
getting 13 of ZTA’s points.
Pal Roth scored the highest
number of points for the week
when she led Delta -Zeta to a
34-31 win over Alpha Chi Ome
ga. Margie Maxwell scored 9
; for AChiO.
Alpha Xi-Delta dumped Thomp-
son 111, 57-28,' with Sue Bishop
scoring 14 points. Maureen Mack
netted 10 for Thompson.
Delta Gamma hamm'ered_Alpha
iOmicron Pi, .45-14. Mimi Hopson
scored nine_points for DG.
Kappa Kappa Gamma nipped
Kappa Alpha Theta, 39-32. Sally
McCoy was KKG’s high scorer
with 10 points.
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