The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 29, 1959, Image 6

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    PAGE SIX
Baseball Game Cancelled Brown Isn't
Because of Wet Grounds Worrying
By SANDY PADWE
Baseball coach Joe Bedenk stood under the stands at;
bout Bucs
Beaver Field yesterday and glanced out over the baseball]
diamond. "Let's go water skiing," he said laughing
Anyway, that's what his Lion nine might as well do, since
thew scheduled game with Villanova today was called WI
because of the poor playing condition of Beaver Field
The, marks the se«md year * * *
that Lions and the Wildest, have
had their game washed of-t So
new the Nittarne; (7-1) ‘‘ill ha‘e
to wait until Saturday to go after
the it eighth win of the season
and ..ixth vutolv in a romv-- when
1111 comes to Berry( r Faid.
Not only did the rain cancel
today's game, but it also forced
the Lions to miss another day's
practice. The Nittanies haven't
had a full scale workout since
Saturday when they swept a
twinbill from Georgetown.
nut one th.ne, r, « . n tam. the
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tO tarn-('• 101 a
Ith hi , d tivPmen
A good showing on the road
for Joe Bedenles boys would
crobably mean the difference
between going to the NCAA
district playoffs or not
A-. the 1..»)m: awatt the Penn 11 .1 v:",
p. 1 , 1 ,0, -.tat , liov; that Larry ( K . : 1 1 : 1 1 '7 I ' f
lev is, the loam's- top hitter 1410 I' l l
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11 0 I, and RBI twin (14) Captain Bt't
Bob Ifoovi i r. rtplit behind him ) ;',;,. P „
ith '179 and i it.th 4 tieltlisr Attie,
i; third in batting ‘3,1).11
.367 Kilda
Sophomore Ed Kikla is the n"'-' -
tcp pitcher with a 3-0 mark
and 0.45 E.R.A. while Tom Dur- Nrmer -
bin has notched two wins
against no defeats. First LaX AU American league title yesterday although'
nA r n\t. they dr6pned their match to the!
ti 3,x 11 II RBI H A "Light liorse" Harry I .V ll ' Oll . Foconos, 3-1. The second place)
T .inili , If ' 2 11 2 1 "81. All American football and lacrosse z eros. led by
itliaa, ( __ i> 17 4 . 4 174, Kerry Kissinger's.
tiali ~ is 7 23 . _
I 'l7 player at At my, was a star In 500 a n d John Huber's 469, shut
i, g i4,..q, II 7 11 14 4 " both Sport , : at Penn State in 1922 out the Harts who were right
11. "'" I ''' -.' 2" '. 11 I. '74 and '23. He was Penn State's tirst behind the All-Stars.
DI Lout! if __ S 'lll h II ri .1.7
Hi .1,,,i 1 1.1 { :p 1: , htilacrt - vse All American. + In other action in Incite League
A the Terrors beat the Spares,
Lion Netmen Host 4-0; the Thompsons beat the
'Watts Warriors. 4-0: the McKee
Aces, led by Don Rhodes' 502,
' i
_I ,topoed the Splinters, 4-0; and the
• Holy Rollers beat Glenn Road,
3-
B i so n Squaa T oaa 1
y I Twenty and Three kept their
Pace in Indic Leac'ue B by shut
ting nut the Gutterhallers, 4-0
A well balanced Hi Five consist
ing of Keith Fritzinger (478).
George Delp (490). Larry Hoke
(423), Mike Carpenter (501) and
Warren Slothower (520) blanked
the King Pins. 4-0. to tie for
second place with the House of
Wax. The House of Wax, led by
Bob Rankin. defeated the La
bache Club, 3-1.
In other Independent League
B action the Hamilton Hornets
shut out -the Peanuts, 4-0; the
Nittany 36ers beat the Boozers.
3-1, and the Hamilton Fours, led
by Dick Kuhn's high series oi7
the day. 536. beat -the Strikers,
3-1.
By LARRY ROTH
Coach Sperm Fogg's varsity Foggmen smothered the Bisons!
tl-1. But Bucknell has retained the
tennis crew will attempt to ,ervices of their lone point-getter'
sire a three -,tame losing, in that match. Bill Sweet. The ,
streak when it ulays Bucknell , l l Thior from Denver, Colorado,
at 315 p.m. today n the Nit
outlasted the Lions' former star
lariv courts, o
l and first man, Chuck Questa. and
• again imposes a threat to the
Haying po , -ted only one victory Liorm
the- :sei,on, a shutout over Junt Sweet isn't the only netter
Fogg will field a different who sem service for the Blue •
tram than the one which bowed. and Orange against the Lion
to Georgetown's powerful netters, net forces last year. Coach Hank
sat orday Peters also has junior Henry
Cdptam Chuck Bibleheimer will Livas, Bob Goecker, and Tom
retain his position as first man., Cowan on hand. Although these
but Jelly Carp has moved up to three bowed to Lion netmen
I.econd position Carp replaces!, last year, they have a year of
sophomore Dick Ludwig who was, varsity experience under their
soundly beaten in his last outing., belts and with Sweet they form
Gary Moore will be in the a strong nucleus for this year's
third position and Don McCort- i squad.
ney will assume Moore's fourth Rounding out Bucknell's singles
position. John Blanck will take• lineup are sophomores Jim Hand
over as number five man for and Ricky Glantz. Hand, in Coach
Don Harnett, and John Krell. Peter's estimation, is the most
Penn Slate's lone singles victor improved player on the sound.
in the Georaetown match, will The Bison's record to date is
again play the sixth position. 3-2. Their wins have been over
As for the Lions' three doubles' Gettysburg. Albright, and Dick
combination. Fogg will not select inson while they have lost to
Thu-triers until he sees how well Navy and Georgetown.
h 5 boys fare in the singles compe- The only common foe of the
titton. Bisons and Lions has been George-
Of the two scheduled matches town who upended the Lions, 7-2,
w tth Bucknell last year, one was and the Bison', 8-1
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
PITTSBURGH , -Pl—"This is
too good a ball club to get side
tracked D i s a p pointed' Sure.
Worried? Let's say I'm not too
gieatly concerned"
' Those were the sentiments ex
nres,ed yesterday by General
Manager Joe L Brown over the
'plight of his seventh-place Pitts
burgh PH ates. picked in pre-sea
son polls as top pc imant-conten
ders
heen a lot of factors'
in our poor Shoe mg; to date," con
tinued Brown "But give us a lit
tle time. This is a good ball club
"Om chief problem has been
the pitching Bob Friend has lost
three garnes, but he', a lot better
rotcher than the tccot d indicate',
lust been getting behind the
baits r:
' There's been other factors.
We didn't count on losing Bob
Slimner for 10 days, although Ro
man Mepac has been an adequate
replacement.
"But Me ins at hest is not Skin
ner And Skinner at his best is
a dangerous hitter Ile's one of
the best in the league.
'ln general the club's been hit
ting well If we get the pitching
It get untracked
'The weather alco has hurt and
Danny Murtaugh hi'n't been able
to ~ ct up a regular pitching rota
tion."
Thic was an orinn date for the
2 1 , ,
m Ml.lrtatlgh had planned
111 a two-how drill hut rain washed
tom out the workout
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BIM !die
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I 5 The All - Stars, Independent
League A leaders, clinched thee
Indians Beat lions in 1914
In 1914 the Carlisle Indian
School defeated Penn State 6 to 1.
"The native Americans seemed to
nos.sess greater endurance and
knowledge of the game"
SERVICE
One of these Friday nights,
why not take your girl out to
Duffy's and get some really
good food? You won't have to
wait in line to be served, you
on't have, to make reservations,
and the food won't be cold,
Thcre is a bar and cocktail
lounge for your added relaxa.
tion.
Duffy's
In Boalsburg, 4 miles east of
State College on Route 322
(turn right at the Texaco Sta.)
The Sportseer
And a Farewell
4 1 0 To Joe, the Barber
I
The off-key strains of some strange musical composition drifted
into my earn when I opened the door of my favorite downtown
hangout yesterday.
"Lou, you ole son-of-gun," Joe, the barber cried out, interrupt
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vt,..q,---
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mg his =meal verbmations. "Why, I haven't seen youse since
February. How in the heck are you?"
"Fine, Joe. How's yourself?" And what's with this singing?"
"What do you mean, 'What's with this singing'?' What does
Perry Como got that I haven't got—outside of 25 million dollars?
I cut hair, too, you know."
I smiled as I sat down in the chair, and was just about ready
to reply when my barber friend started talking again.
"Well, man, how do you like my tan?" Joe said as he threw the
apion around me.
"Not bad," I answered. "That Cuban sunshine must have been
kind to you. You were down there for a long time—from the first
of February to the middle of April. What was your purpose anyhow?"
"Well, for one thing, man, I wanted to get some rest. My heart,
you know. But I also wanted to shave Castro's beard."
"And what happened?
"Well, man," the barber said, applying the clippers to the
back of my neck. "I almost got shot."
"Shot?" I exclaimed.
"Yea, them there Cuban people thought I was trying to slit old
(Continued on page seven)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1959
By Lou Proto
Sports Editor
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