WEDNESDAY, APRIL
The Sport
That character building program that baseball Coach Joe Bedenk
had planned for thi., season may turn out to be a flop. At least,
that seems to be the indication after the Lions' performance against
highly-regarded Ohio State over the weekend.
Before the 3-game Buckeye set had started, this gum-chewing
journalist figured one victory over the invaders would be a major
accomplishment. After all, Bedenk's crew was loaded with green
horns (5 of the starting 8) and didn't seem to have one dependable
pitcher. Besides, they had barely squeezed by their first two some
what "mediocre" foes—Gettysburg and Bucknell.
Ohio State, on the other hand. came roaring into the Nittany
Valley with an 11.1 record, including seven victories it had re
corded on its annual Florida excursion. And this was a team which
.had been practicing together since midwinter spending three
months in the OSLT field house before going outside.
Bedenk's upstarts not only grabbed one victory, but two—both
by surprisingly large margin; 6-2 and 6-1. And to tell the truth,
the Lions should have swept the series. But shoddy fielding, an
absence of clutch hitting and a couple of mental relapses led to the
lone downfall, a 6-3 affair in the series opener Friday afternoon.
However, Bedenk's boys really looked sharp in Saturday after
noon's doubleheader—especially the hurling of two rookie south
paws, Ed Kikla and Tom Durbin. Kikla threw a two-hitter at the
Ohio State nine and was almost never in trouble. Durbin's per
formance was somewhat different. He had men on base in just
about every inning by a walk, hit or error. But he had the stuff
when it counted—in the clutch.
Before proceeding, we should also single out the fine mound
effort of Bill Benton in Friday's encounter. The sophomore lefty
pitched a good game, but Ohio State made the best of the breaks
—and won.
Except for the defensive work of third baseman Mike Hader,
the Lions were very effective in the twin-bill. Hader, one of Be
denk's newcomers, had seven errors Saturday, and if it hadn't been
for his bobbles, the Nittanies might have had double shutouts. We
don't think Hader is as bad as he looked. He's been at the hot
corner spot in both sandlot and high school ball and surely must
have picked up enough pointers to handle the position. But every
one has a had day. We hope that was his.
The lusty hitting of veteran second baseman Larry Fegley and
rookie Zeke DeLong and a:0 superb fielding of veteran shortstop
Bob Hoover also stood out Saturday. Fegley drove in four runs
with three hits and DeLong batted in a couple more with five hits.
Hoover was by far the fielding star of the day, although C hio
State's third sacker Hank Whoeler and shortstop Dave Holla
save him a close baffle. The Lion captain halted many Buckeye
threats with his flashy performance.
However, even in winning, the Lions looked bad in a couple
respects—their baserunning and clutch hitting. They missed some
good scoring opportunities because of their sloppy baserunning—a
point that had and still has Bedenk boiling.
Although their clutch hitting improved from the previous out
ings, there is still a great deal of room for progress. Nine men were
left stranded in the first game and 10 in the seven-inning second tilt
to run the five game left-on-base total to 55—a sorry figure indeed.
But all in all, we are very happy with the Lion showing. They're
still a relatively inexperienced team, but give them five or six more
games and they'll be acting like veterans. Yes sir, we may land
another berth in the District Two NCAA playoffs after all.
Musial Spoils No-Hitter Again
CHICAGO (W) Young Glen
Hobbie, Chicago Cubs' emergency
starter, had :4 perfect game bid
shattered by Stan Musial's two
out double in the seventh yester
day as he gained a 1-0 decision
over the St. Louis Cardinals with
a one hitter.
Hobbie retired 20 Cardinals in
order before Musial, hitting .194,
slashed a bounder to left field
Just inside the foul line.
Musial last Saturday also ruined
a no-hitter bid by San Francisco's
Jack Sanford with a seventh in
ning single.
Hobbie had to pitch near-per-
nitan,
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Lions Standout
y Stopping OSU
feet ball to conquer a rookie Car
dinal making his first major
league start, Gary Blaylock, who
scattered five hits.
Blaylock scattered 5 hits, walked
4 and struck out 5.
The Cubs scored in the second
on Walt Moryn's single, a walk,
an infield out and Sammy Tay-,
lor's single,
Hobble, who will be 23 on Fri
day, had ben tabbed for relief
service this season. Because Dick
Drott has been slow rounding into
form and Bob Andetton is ill,
Manager Bob Scheffing pressed
Hobbie into service as a starter.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By Lou Prato
Sports Editor
Badminton
Finals Slated
For Tonight
"Sammy" Phaungphakdi of Pi
Lambda Phi, last year's intra
mural badminton champ, and Bob
Gross of Phi Epsilon Pi, last,
year's runner-up will meet to
night in a rematch for the cham-
pionship.
Last year Phaungphakdi limit
ed Gross to three points in the
two games of the finals and won
the title for the second consecu
tive time. Phaungphakdi will be
seeking his third crown tonight,
while Gross will be out to avenge.
last year's loss.
Phaungphakdi reached the fi
nals by defeating Jerry Carp of
Beta Sigma Rho, 15-7, 15-2, in
the quarter-finals and then beat
ing Mel Royer of Alpha Tau Ome
ga, 15-0, 15-6, in the semi-finals
'last evening. The nine points by
Carp were the most scored against
I"Sammy" in any two games dur
ing the tourney.
Gross advanced to the finals
by defeating Jack Behler of Theta
Xi, 15-6, 15-5, in the quarter
finals and then besting Al Horne
of Alpha Zeta 15-1, 15-11, in the
semis.
In the independent finals, Was
•
inger Mokha won the title by
defeating Mike Mendell, 15-0, 15-1.
Mokha reached the finals by beat
ing last year's champ, Matt Stir
ling, 15-6, 15-14, in the semis.
Mendell qualified for the final by
edging Bob Stewart, 6-15, 15-11,
15-11.
Summaries•
FINALS:
lilokna (Ind) def. Mendell (Ind), 15-0, 15-1
SEMI-FINALS
Phauntnhakdi (PiLPhi) def. Royer (ATO).
15.0, 15-6; Grove (PhIF.Pil def. Horne
Stirling (Ind), 15-6, 15-11: Mendell (Ind)
def. Stewart (Ind). 6-15. 15-11, 16-11.
QUARTER-FINALS
Phaunaphakdi (Pll..Phil def. Carp (BS-
Rho). 15-7, 15-2: Rorer (ATO) def.
Anderson MC), 9.15. 15-12, 15.10. Horne
(AZ 1 def. Househeobarger (DCI 15.3.
15-12: Gross )PhtEPI) def. Behler (Theta
Xi), 15-G, 15-5.
MAJOR
LEAGUES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. G.B.
x—Cleveland 6 1 .2c57
x—Chicagu S 3 .525 1 , 2
x—New York 4 3 .571 2
Baltimore 5 4 .556 2
Boston _ 4 4 .590 2
N. --Washington 3 5 .375
x—Kan3as City ____ 3 5 .775 71, 1
x—Detroit _ 1 6 .113 5
x—Plav night gamey
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pct. G.B.
Milwaukee __ 5 1 .833 --
x—Lo‘ Angeles ____ 6 3 .687 3: 2
x—San Francisco _- 6 4 .000 1
Chicago 5 4 .556
Cincinnati _ 1 4 .500
x—Plnladeinhia ---- 3 3 .500 2
St. Louis 9 8 .300 5
x—Pittsburgh 1 5 .157 4
x—Play night games
Netmen To Face --
(Continued from page six)
binations it will be Bibleheimer
and Carp, Ludwig and Moore, and
McCartney and Blanck.
To date the Lions are 1-2, win
ning over the Indians of Juniata,
9-0, in their second match of the
season. The netmen dropped their
opener against a strong Cornell
team by the score of 8-1 and
;bowed last Saturday to an equal
ly strong Maryland team by the
!score of 6-3.
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Cindermen Prepare
For Penn Relays
A Penn State track team that has established itself in
early season trials as a power of the East will be one of 618
teams entered in the Penn Relays Friday and Saturday and
is being tabbed by sportswriters and officials as favorites to
win three, and possibly four, of the major relay events.
Almost 4000 athletes are slated
to compete on Penn's Franklin
Field in the 65th annual Phila
delphia cinder circus that is gen
erally conceded to be the "relay
championships of America."
After a ten year dearth, Coach
Chick Werner's baton-passers are
rated as the top threat to dethrone
Villanova from its 3-year reign as
the outstanding team entry.
Led by their all-time great,
Ron Delany, Villanova has man
aged to capture three major re
lay titles for the last three years,
The Wildcats hold a monopoly
on the mile and both medley
relays. But without Delany
they are not expected to with
stand the challenge of the Lion
distance medley team which last
week at Quantico ripped off
the fastest time ever run by an
Eastern team.
In addition to the distance med
ley, the Nittanies are favored to
capture the 2-mile and 4-mile re
lay tests.
Penn State has not won a Penn
Relays title since its 3-year dom
inance of the 4-mile relay in 1947-
48-49. In 1948 the Lions also won
the distance medley.
Team captain Ed Moran will
be the key figure in the Nit
tanies' plans for the weekend
extravaganza, for he will an
chor all three of these 'favored'
relays. The Kane senior was
runner-up to Delany in the
IC4-A half-mile and mile races
last year and set a record in
the IC4-A 1000-yard indoor
run this winter.
M=M
He also anchored the Blue and
White's "traveling" indoor 2-mile
relay team which set several rec
ords and came within 17 seconds
of the current world standard. In
most cases, it was Moran's bril
liant final leg that was respon
sible for the record.
Dick Engelbrink and Chick
King will also run on the 2-mile,
4-mile and distance medley quar
tets.
Engelbrink, who runs the
Alpha Sig, DU
Win in IM V-Ball
Alpha Sigma Phi captured its
league title in intramural volley-,
ball Monday night as they trounc- ,
ed Delta Chi, 15-2 and 15-2, for a l
perfect 6-0 slate. Acacia heat Zeta
zeta Tau, 15-2, 15-5, in other'
league action.
Alpha Chi Rho neared its league
championship, dumping Kappa
Delta Rho, 15-9, 15-1, and Delta
Sigma Phi dropped winless Pi
Kappa Alpha, 15-7, and 15-6. In
other action, Phi Epsilon Pi
squeezed by Alpha Zeta, 15-7,
'l2-15, 15-7,
Delta Upsilon continued its
league dominance last night by
easing past Tau Phi Delta, 15-4,
15-8, and Chi Phi had its league
hopes diminished when it dropped
a close one to Sigma Phi Epsilon,
7-15, 15-7, 11-15.
Yes hundreds on this campus
glance at heads of the guys who
know the answers to university
wearables. Many, many buy
them from the store that has a
wide selection of shapes and
styles. We say that store
is Jack Harper. Most are
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PAGE SEVEN
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Captain Ed Moran
... key man in relays
three-quarter mile leg on the
medley, is IC4-A indoor 2-mile
king and set a stadium record
in the outdorr 2-mile at Navy
last Saturday.
King reaped individual laurels
in the Navy meet by cracking the
stadium half-mile mark which
had stood for 20 years.
On the strength of their record
shattering performance at An
napolis the Nittany mile-relay
foursome must be considered a
top contender in the Franklin
Field test. Moran was also a mem
ber of this quartet and turned in
the fastest quarter-mile leg of
48.3. Don Davies, Bill Schwab,
and Dick llambright ran the oth
er legs to give the Lions a com
bined time of 3.16 2.
Frosh - LaX Team
Opens at Cornell
Penn State's freshman lacrosse
team travels with the varsity to
Cornell today to open its 1959
season against the Bear cubs.
Coach Lew Girard, having nine
men with high school experience,
is optimistic about his team's
chances. "We are suffering from
a lack of practice facilities, but
we have some good boys who
could pull us through," says Gir
ard.
Midfielders Gordon Bennett
and Lou Meier and defensernan
Mike Raiser are some of - the stick
men who show promise, accord
ing to Girard.
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