PAGE FOURIT'EN
5 Sports, 5 Coaches
Take Over in Spring
(This is the last in a series of three articles on the varsity coaches. Today, the spring coaches.)
In the Spring. when ;most young peoples' thoughts turn to a variety of pleasant things.
the thoughts of the five spring athletic coaches turn to one thing—a way in which they can
produce a winning team.
These five mentors—baseball Coach Joe Bedenk, track Coach Chick Werner, tennis
Coach Sherm Fogg, lacrosse Coach Earnie Bear, and golf Coach Joe Boyle—annually see
* * * their clubs round out the Penn * * *
State sports calendar.
In the case of Bedenk, his:
sq.. -Ids have been in the "p
cellence" category for the past
three seasons, and just last year,
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Joe Bedenk
leads the "nine
Tennis coach Sherm Fogg
saw his team win the last five
games of the season last year
after a miserable start, but the
lanky Fogg loses only one of
his racqueteers this year. The
1957 squad-5-7 on the year—
posted only the fourth losing
season during Fogg 's 12-year
tenure here.
1 In his first year at the head of
'the lacrosse squad, Ernie Baer
heads lacrosse hit a tough year in which his
opponents had some of the best
Tennis Applications Due t. - ,ms in their school's history.
The lacrosse record was 6-7.
For Town Tournament Although he lost 4 three-year
The annual State College Open lettermen, from last years' squad,
Tennis Tournament will begin Baer has his ace scorer and All
next week with the finals set for! American candidate Bill Hess
Sunday. Sept. 22 on the Com-laround which to build a potent
munity courts. Entries will be ac- : offense. Hess broke the Lion scor
cepted until, and including, Mon- ing record in both his sophomore'
day. ,and junior years.
To register for the event. Joe Boyle began one of the
competitors should call ADamsimost• successful -coaching careers
114123. An entry fee of $1.50 forvlt the University when his Lion
singles and $2 for doubles compe-linksmen won 10 and lost only 2.
tition will be charged. ! One of the losses was to Navy,
Last year's winner in the sin- which won the Eastern golf cham
ies division was James Moore' - r - onship. with Boyle's team fin
of the geophysics department. ishing a close second.
Club Offers Outdoor Fun
Because of its location, Penn Lounge. The first event is the
State offers the outdoor and ad- annual Mt. Nittany Climb Sep
venturous type student an outlet tember 15
in which he can partake in his
favorite outdoor sport.
And there's a club he can join
That's organized just for him. Its
called the Penn State Outing
Club
Membership is open to any
student faculty member or res
ident of State College. Only ac
tive members, however, may
hold office.
Membership fees are per school
year. This entitles the member
to all rights and privileges of the
club.
The club is organized mainly
for students interested in skiing,
hunting, fishing, hiking, clam
bakes, barbecues and square
dances.
Fishing in the area, like ski
ing, is also excellent. as borne
out by the location of Fisher
man's Paradise. about eight
miles outside State College.
The immediate hunting vicin
ity of State College is blessed
with an abundance of wildlife of
all varieties including deer. bear.
turkey. grouse, squirrel and rab
bits
Any student interested in join
ing the club can sign up now at
the booth located in Waring Hall
THE 15Ai1 4 ( COELEGiAN: STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
he climaxed his most successful
year with an undefeated regular
season record and the number
two college baseball team in the
nation.
The 1957 club marked t h e
third straight year that Be
denk's charges have gained
berths in the NCAA District
Two playoffs, After winning
the eastern baseball champion
ship behind the stellar pitching
of senior Eddie Drapcho and
sophomore Cal Emery, the
Lions eliminated. the likes -of
Florida State. Texas and No
tre Dame before meeting their
masters in champions. Califor
nia, in the College World Ser
ies.
Bede,.k's 27-season record tells
the story of his success-306 wins
and 124 losses. His coaching tal
ents are not limited to the dia
,mond, however. In 1949 he took
over the Lion gridiron aggrega
tion for two years and posted a
'mark of 10 wins, 7 setbacks and
I tie.
' Although he had "one of those
.years" in the 1957 campaign,
'Chick Werner's track teams have
'an overall record of 49 wins and
33 losses.
Joe Boyle
. ... happy on the links
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Sherm Fogg
. . . net master
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HOED NERISSA
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Thee, too. are invited to behold the plays of the Penn State Players. The second semester
roster is listed here. Marry, take note—remind thy swain of a thing-to-do of a night.
at Schwab Auditoruim
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
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by William Shakespeare . . . May 8,9, 10
at Center Stage
BURNING BRIGHT
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by John Steinbeck ... Feb. 14-28. Mar. 1
World premiere of a NEW PLAY
Mar. 7-29, Apr. 11, 12
TONIGHT AT 8:30
by Noel,Coward .. . Apr. 18 May 24
A Little Theatre production of RING ROUND THE MOON by Jean Anouilh. Tickets for all
Center Stage shows are $l, for Schwab, $1.25 and Mt, for Little Theatre, no charge.
Four-Fold Program
Planned by WRA
Men are not the only University students who may enjoy
a well-rounded athletic program.
The Women's Recreation Association offers women stu
dents the opportunity to take part in a lour-fold athletic and
recreational program.
The organization is can]
campus and is governed by the
WRA executive council, a self-I
nominated and popularly-elected
group of women students.
All sromen are members •of
WRA and anyone may partici
pate in any Of the association's
activities. The association offers
howling, bridge, swimming. of
ficials, hockey. Modern dance.
•2`nnis and rifle clubs.
The first Bowling Club meet
ing will be held at 6:30 p.m.,
Sept. 24 in he White Building
bowling alleys.. The Bridge Club
will meet at 7. p.m., Sept. 26 in
109 White Building.
The Dance Club will first meet
at 7 p.m., Sept. 18 in 108 White
azilGing. The Hockey Club will
meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Sept. 19
at Holmes Field.
The Officials Club meeting will
be held at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 19 in 2
White Building. The Rifle Club
will first meet in November. The
date is to be announced.
The Swim Club will first meet
at 7 p.m.; Sept. 26 in the White
Building swimming pool. The
newly-formed Tennis Club xill
meet for the first time at 7 p.m.,
Sept. 24 in White Building.
The recreation clubs make up
one of the four-fold WRA activi
ties program. Also included in the
r.ogra are intramurals, indivi
dual participation and projects.
Intramural sports are played
four nights a week in White Build
ing. No limitation is placed on
the number of 'teams which can be
entered in the tournaments; any
one who ishes to get a team to
gether may do so. Intramural
games are played in bowling,
olleyball, swimming, basketball,
badminton, table tennis, bridge
i Frosh Harriers Called -
Soccer Managers 1
Candidates for the freshman
i
All third-semester students cross-country squad should re
who wish to be second man- port to freshman coach Norm
agers in soccer should report io Gordon in 237 Recreation Hall
249 Recreation Hall. A 2.0 All- as soon as possible after taking
University average is required. their physical examinations.
' FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1957
By PAULA MILLER
osea of women students on
and softball
' individual participation
gr.,gram includes plunge hours
held in the White Building swim
ming pool each wee:c and Satur
day night play nights. White
BUildit., is open to coeds until 10
p,m. Mondays through Thursday
and 7 to 0 p.m. Friday and Sat
urdays.
Each Saturday is set aside as
"IRA playnight, when the fa
cilities os White Building are
available to those who want to
just relax and -joy themselves.
Free refreshments are served.
Officers are chosen annually by
c Zeds duri.ig a campus-wide elec
tion in March. The candidates
nominate themselves. Th y are
Ltroduced in dormitory unit
meetin_. and their pictures ap
pear on posters in the dorms and
at the election polls.
Freshman representatives are
elected in- October elections.
One yearly WRA project is the
adoption of a war orphan through
the Forter Parents Plan for War
Children, Inc. Another is the
campus-wide clothing drive. It
also holds an annual Christmas
party for aeedy.children.
Last spring the 4wirn Club
presented an aquacade, "Wide,
Wide World."
Also in the spring the Dance
Club presents a Modern Dance
Concert.
One of the most popular past
times of WRA members is spend
ing a weekend at the WRA cabin
on Tussey Mountain. It has been
the site of parties for the' past
25 years.