SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER As a MATT-er•a-FACT Good day to you, Miss and Mister New Penn Stater! You have probably come to University Park with two creditable objectives— one;' to : further your education,, and, two, to reach a higher social plateau. The first objective is out of the influence of this writer, but on the second point, you may find one of the easiest ways to elevate your position is to talk,about a universal subject—sports, and in particular, PENN STATE SPORTS. To become an "expert" on Lion sports, you must be familiar with the past records. So let's start with last year's achievements. FALL SPORTS— Coach-Rip Engle will probably agree Ivith you that his 1957 charges : look better on paper than his 1956 team which starred Look all-America guard and Captain Sam Valentine, center Dan Radakovich, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, and quarterback Milt Plum, who is breaking the pro ranks with the Cleveland Browns. _ These three led last year's spirited eleven through a 6.2-1 season that included a 14-7 loss at Army in the•second game of the year and a 13-9 loss to Syracuse, the eastern champs and Cotton Bowl competitors. But the big game was the 7-6 defeat of mighty Ohio State at Columbus which brought national glory to Old Mount Nittany. , And you must remember the final game, a 7-7 tie with Pitt, who later entered the Gator Bowl. Ken Hosterman may have a hard time getting over laSt year's 8-2-1 record on the soccer field. Besides losing another ace scorer in Tommy Nute, the youthful coach lost a 22 game winning streak :that earned him two consecutive national championships. Hosterman also lost his ,aggressive all-around captain Steve Flamporis, but has a good crop of sophomores and senior Per Torge son and junior Mike Stollmeyer for a nucleus. Chick Werner's cross-country squad was loaded with sopho mores last year and they lost only one meet, to the NCAA and IC4A champs, Michigan State. To emphasize the value of those sophomores, one of them, Freddie Kerr, was elected captain of this year's team. 'WINTER SPORTS— • In 1956, wrestling and gymnastics brought us Eastern Cham pionships. Coach Gene Wettstone's gymnasts went one step fur ther and won the national title on the strength of his one-man show, Olympian Armando Vega. "Doc" Speidel's wrestlers not only beat a powerful Pitt team (which finished second in the NCAA tournament) in a dual meet, but ended a highly successful season by winning the Eastern Wrest ling Championship at Rec Hall. Speidel lost Eastern Champs Johnny Pepe and Dave Adami by graduation but has eastern and national 130-pound king Johnny. Johnston returning. John Egli's basketball squad improved on its losing, 1955 record by posting - a 15-10 season last year. With team high scorer and co captain Ron Rainey returning, along with co-captain Steve Baid and a talented group of tall juniors, Lion fans can look forward to another interesting season. SPRING SPORTS— CoaCh Earnie Baer's Lions (7-5) lost the Pennsylvania-Delaware Lacrosse title last year, along with senior goalie Jinr Houck and attackmen Lou Girard and Tom Seeman. .1 . A track team that couldn't find the winning groove, even with the efforts. of a speedster like Rod Perry, will take the field this Spring in hopes of improving on a 1-3 mark. And tennis coach Sherm Fogg will also be looking toward one of those "improvement" years after a 5-6 season last spring." - First-year Coach Joe Boyle came up with a winning golf learn (10 - 1) that finished second in the Eastern Golf Champion ships behind Navy. Then 'there was baseball. Coach Jog Bedenk's "nine" came with-; in the final game of. winning a national title in the 1957 campaign. But after an undefeated 19-0 season mark, the Lions lost two games! to the champions from California and finished second in the col lege World Series at Omaha, Nebraska. GO -- COME When you need help in planning -- your TRAVEL, call us for: Airplane Trips *Steamship Voyages • Tour and Cruise Vacations • • • Office Hours-9 a.m. • 5 p.m. Week Days 9 a.m. - 12 Noon Sat. "See your Travel Agent, he serves you best" University -Travel _Bureau 9.1457 By MATT MATHEWS Assistant Sports Editor THE •DAILY COLLEGIAN: STATE : COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Baseball Standings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE • Woo Lost Pet. Behind New York ______ 86 SI, .623 Chicago —_—_ 80 54 .597 4 12 . Boston -- 73 62. .526 12 - Detroit Cleveland Baltimore --___ 65 70 .474 20 Washington Eansu City _5O 84 .372 34% NATIONAL LEAGUE Wan Loot Pct. Behind, xMilvraukee 82 52 .612 St. Louis- Brooklyn 77 60 .502 6 T .l' Cincinnati Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh x.Chicasro _ 51 82 - 3 33 30 Va; x—PlayedNight Game Yesterday's Results AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 02l 001 000-4 11 Washington __ 000 000 001-1 8 WP—Ford, LP—Ramos Baltimore 010 001 001-3 15 Boston 000 000 40x-4, 3 WP—Sullivan, -Li—Johnston Kansas City 100 000 200—'2 Chicago 100 600 10x-8 12 WP—Pierce, LP—Portocarrero Cleveland "'0 010 000-510 Detroit 000 000 '220-4 10 WY—Garcia, LP—Lary NATIONAL LEAGUE 104) ' 010 oul-310 Pittsbunch 1113 000 20x-6 9 WP—Swanson, LP—Sanford Cincinnati 110 000 020-4 8 St. Louis .101 011 10x-7 L.'. WP—Lindy McDaniel. LP—Jeffcoat Brooklyn 000 013 100-5 10 New York 030 000 001-4 WP—Crair. LP—Gomez New York at Washington—Sturdivant (13-6) vs. Kemmerer 17-9 ). Cleveland at Detroit-31cLish (34) vs. Hoeft(7-9). Baltimore at Boston—O'Dell (2-9) sit Fornieles 1943). Kansas City at Chicago—Urban (4-3) or Terry 14-101 1.1. Donovan 115-54 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at New York—Dryulale (144) vs. Barclay 03-7 i. Chicago at Milwaukee—Brabowsky (10- 131 vs. Conley 15-8 Cincinnati at St:- Louia—Nuxhall (9-9) vs. Mizell (7.101. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (21—Cardwell (4-7) and Hacker (7.5) vs. Friend (.11-7) and Smith 10-31. Score Won't Pitch Again This Season- DETROIT, Sept. 7 (?P)—South paw Herb Score of the Cleveland Indians will not pitch again this season. General Manager Hank Green berg said that the young pitcher, out since May 7 when he was struck in the left eye by a line drive off the bat of Gil McDoug gald, will do nothing more than throw batting practice for the rest of the season. Score, who pitched only 36 in before he was sidelined, still has trouble with "depth per ception," Greenberg said. Harrier Outlook— (Continued from page twenty-one) Werner feels that he still has room for improvement. Kirby and Thompson, both. of whom displayed potential in their fresh man seasons but did not figure in any Lion wins last year, could make this a, great season for the Lions if they reach expectations, Werner said. Today's Schedule AMERICAN LEAGUE University's IM's Rate With Best— Continued from page twenty-tiro' Watkins, a Penn State gradu- Bischoff's right-hand—men arelate in 1951, begins his third year assistant directors Clarence! in the IM office. He has served "Dutch" Sykes and Donny Wat-las an official in every sport en kins. Sykes began his college ca-:cept basketball, in addition to reer at Dußois Center and i teaching required pt ed classes. earned a B.A. degree from Penn' In his undergraduate days, Wat- State in 1942. adding his Master'slkins was a three-year man on in 1949. He started intramuralitlr varsity wrestling and lacrosse work in 1946. !squads. 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