THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1959
Bedenk's Lineup Changes
Aided Lions in Navy Tilt
When Lion baseball coach Joe Bedenk sat in the visitir
team dorm at the Naval Academy Monday night, and figure
out some new lineups, nobody really thought that he would
use them.
Because going into the Navy game, the Lions had a record
of a-i and were on a five game * * *
winning streak. So why change
the lineup?
Most coaches won't break up a
winning combination, but Bedenk
isn't superstitious. He wasn't too
satisfied with some of the hitters
on the team and he decided some
more hitting power was needed.
Add this to the fact that Navy
had a 9-3 log and was rated as
one of the better teams in the
East, and you can see why Be
denk made the switche. And
what switches they wer 1 Two
pitchers in the starting lineup
and the regular leftfiel er on
i
third base.
Bedenk had always s• id that
pitchers Bill Benton a d Tom
Durbin were good hitters and he
also said that he wouldn't hesi
tate to use them when the need
arose.
. _ .
So they were in theri for the
Navy game which the Lions won,
6-3. Benton was on first and Dur
bin was in leftfield, with left
fielder Dick Landis on third base.
Durbin and Benton came
through in sensational style
while Landis played a good
game at third. Durbin collected
three hits in four trips and
Benton was 2 for 3.
Durbin, who- went ,into the
game hitting 1.000 (6 for 6), got
two straight hits to give him eight
consecutive hits. Then he ground
ed out his next time up and his
string was ended. But he got an
other hit to give him a .900 av
erage for the season.
Benton's two hits were the key
to the Lion win. Both .wrq tri
ples and led to the last three
Lion tallies which turned out to
be the winning runs.
Meanwhile Landis played an
excellent defensive game at
third base, according to the
MAJOR
LEAGUES
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. C.B.
Milwaukee 12 7 .662
Cincinnati _ 12 9 .571 1
San Francisco 12 9 .571 1
Los Angeles 13 11 .542 1 1 / 1
Chicago 12 11 .522 2
x-Philadelphia ___- 9 10 .474 3
Pittsburgh A 11 .410 SIA
g-St. Louis 6 16 .2.18 8
x—Play night game
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. 1.. Pct. G. 8.,
x-Cleveland 14 5 .737
Washington 13 10 .565 S
x-Baltimore 11 9 .550 3 1 4
Chicago - 11 10 .524 4
x-Kansas City 11 10 .524 4
Boston ._ 9 10 .474 5
x-New York 8 12 .400 6111
Detroit _ 5 16 .250 10
x--flay night games
PROBABLE PITCHERS
American League
Roston at Detroit—Delock (341) vs. Lary
(2-2)
Baltimore at Washington (Nl — Wilhelm
(3.0) vs. Ramos (8.2)
Only games scheduled
National League
Los Angeles at. San Francisco—Williams
(0-01 sr. Sanford (4.1)
Chicago at St. Louis (N)—Drahowsky
(1-21 vs. McDaniel (1-3)
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (Nl—Owens
(1-1) vs. Law (2-1)
Only games scheduled
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Lion coaches. He made one stop
in the .1 hir d on a hard hit
grounder that had the Navy
brass buzzing.
Bedenk,plans to use the "new"
lineup whenever the Nittanies
meet up with a ' righthanded
pitcher. But when Durbin orl
Benton are pitching things will
be changed around again.
The Lion braintrust also, got a
big surprise from the showing of
centerfielder Doug Caldwell. One
of the leading hit ter s on last
year's team, Caldwell had been
'hitting .133 before the Navy game,
but he collected a triple and a
single to break his slump.
The Lions take their 9-1 record
to Hamilton, N.Y., tonlorrol.v
where they play Colgate. Then
Saturday the Nittanies Way a
twinbill against the Syracuse Or
angemen at Syracuse.
DUGOUT CHATTER—Durbin is
leading the Lions in batting with
a .900 average but he has only
been up 10 times . . . Bill Benton
has a .444 mark in nine at-bats
. . . Larry Fegley Is next with
.395 . . . The Navy game was
played before the head of the
Iranian Navy . . . The Middies
have a 9-4 record now . . . They
play Columbia Friday and Pitt
Saturday The next Lion home
Igame will _be Wednesday against
Lehigh.
UNOFFICIAL TEAM AVERAGES
G AB R H RBI BA
Lanrlist,lf 10 31 12 3 5 .097
Rinker.cf 6 20 5 3 4 .150
Hader, 3b 8 26 10 5 4 .152
Fezley,2l) 10 33 8 16 16 .395
Hoover,4B 10 40 8 13 9 .325
I)eLong.rf 10 38 7 13 5 .342
Beang,c 8 24 4 5 2 .203
4 11 3 3 0 .273
Beighey,lb _____ 9 31 8 IS. 3 .194
Caldwell,et 7 18 8 4 3 .222
Dm btn.p.of 3 10 8 8 3 .900
Ben ton,p,th ____ 3 9 3 , it 3 .444
_______ 5 A 0 2 2 .250
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Kikia 4 4 0 1.000 30 3
Riese 5 E 0 1.000 22 5
Durbin 2 2 0 1.000 10 5
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BATTING
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Golfers Will
Face Best
At Easterns
By DICK GOLDBERG
The Nittany Lion linksmen
will face the best in the East
when they play in the EIGA
tournament Saturday at
Princeton University.
According to Joe Boyle, the ,
Lion golf coach, the teams that
should threaten the most for the
title, are defending champ Yale,
Penn and Princeton.
"Yale always fields a tough
squad and has just about domi
nated the links in the past ten
years," the Lion mentor added.
Penn is given a very good
chance to take the Easterns by
many experts. So far this year,
they have a 12-0 record, beating
such powers as Syracuse and Bos
ton College.
They also have an excellent
chance to take the individual
crown. Don Norbury, their num
ber one man, has gone undefeated
this year and is rated extremely
high in Eastern circles.
Norbury beat defending champ
Bill Davidson, 1 up here on the
Nittany links. He shot a ii 7 and
carded four birdies to do this.
The Quakers took the Lions by a
5-2 score this season,
Boyle rates Princeton as the(
dark horse of the tourney His
reason for this is that the home!
club, in the Easterns, always has'
had the advantage. In the last!
two years, the title has been won'
by the home team. Princeton also
has an experienced squad with
five lettermen returning.
Other teams that might cause
trouble are Boston College and
Navy. According to Boyle, they
both have well-rounded squads
with some experienced players.
Tee Shots Coach Boyle has
been referred to by his players
as "Colonel" . . . Boyle received
the nickname while at the NCAA
tourney , .He ordered a reporter
lout of one of the player's rooms
and the newshawk coined the
name . . .
Rados Holds 6 Records
Tony Rados, Penn State quarter
back from 1951 to 1953, holds six
individual passing records. Among
these are yards passing, one year;
yards passing, career; and passes
completed, one game.
Lawther's Cage Record
Between 19374949, John Law
ther, as Lion basketball coach, hadl
a 150-93 record.
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PRE-ELECTRIC
SHAVE LOTION
Thinclads Will Face
Second Big 10 Foe
For the second week in a row a Big 10 track and field team
will invade Beaver Field to match times and distances with
the Nittany Lions.
Last weck the Blue and White spikers handily disposed
of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Saturday will face an inva
sion force from Michigan State.
The Spartans are a complete
contrast to last week's visitors
for they boast strong middle dis
tance and long distance crews but
have relative
weak nesses in
the sprints and
hurdles, plus
questionable
field events
Propaganda
eminating f r om
East Lansing
hints of pessi
mis m, pointing
to the fact that
Michigan State
this winter had
a d i s appointing KENNEDY
indoor campaign, failing to notch
a win in dual meets or relays.
But the pessimistic outlook
!seem* , ill-founded after a look at
,the outdoor aggregation that
' knocked off Wisconsin, 72 1 / 2 -59 1 / 2 ,
in its first test.
Seven returning lettermen form
the nucleus for the Michigan
State squad and are well dis
persed throughout all running
events except the dashes and hur
dles to give the Spartans ex
perience in each race.
Senior Forddy Kennedy,
reigning NCAA cross country
champion, and Bob Lake, 'Big
10 indoor mile champ, pace the
Green and White thinclads.
Lake's winning time in the in
door mile was 4:10.9 and in the
Wisconsin outdoor meet he ran
4:12.1. Kennedy boasts a personal
best of 9:04.3 in the 2-mile.
Brian Castle, Bob Hughes and
Jim Carr gave MSU a formidable
lineup in the quarter and half
mile.
Castle has recorded a 47 flat
in the 440 but was hampered by
a leg injury during the recent
indoor season. Bob Hughes fin
ished fifth in the Big 10 cham
pionships last year and posted
a best of 1:52.8 for the 880-yard
jaunt. Carr placed fourth in the
600-yard title race.
The Spartans will miss their
middle distance star of past cam
paigns; Willie Atterberry, who
for the second straight semester
failed to qualify in the classroom.
But Tony Smith and Max Weis
sengruber, two up and coming
wr
Ift,ta• tor a better •shave! ,
By JOHN BLACK
prospects who have turned in
good performances, provide depth
in the middle for the Michigan
runners. Smith runs the 880 and
mile, while Weissengruber dou
bles in the 440 and 220• yard runs.
Letterman Jim Horani the
number two runner behind
Lake in the mile and Kennedy
in the 2-mile, has a fastest time
of 9:18 for the longest race.
The Michigan State field events
boast a few top individuals but
lack depth. Al Neumann, a 19-
year old sophomore, - heads the
weight team with a 51-foot mark
in the shot while another soph,
Jason Harness, is a triple-threat
ace in the broad jump, high jump
'and hurdles.
Pole vaulter Mike Kleinhans
has cleared 13'8" and George
Ward holds the best. broad jump
distance of 23'314",
The Spartans can put to
gether some crack relay teams.
- drawing their individual stars
from each event. Last year the
MSU 1-mile team ran 3:10.8 and
the 2-mile team broke the ex
isting world's record with a
7:21.4 clocking but finished a
yard behind the winning Cali
fornia quartet.
Michigan State will be under
the tutelage of a new head coach,
Francis Dittrich, who ascended
to the position after the retire
ment of Karl Schlademn last
summer. Dittrich also inherited
the cross country coaching reins
from Schlademan last fall and his
first job there resulted in a sweep.
of Big 10, IC4-A and NCAA team
championships.
Hillman Tops Bucs
On 2-Hit Shutout
PITTSBURGH (it') Dave Hill
man of Chicago shutout the Pitts
burgh Pirates 3-0 yesterday on
a nifty 2-hitter.'
The 31-year-old right-hander
walked only one and struck out
two in one of the finest perform
ances this season.
Hillman allowed a harmless sin
gle to Don Hoak in the first and
mowed down the next 15 batters
before Hank Foiles blasted a sin
gle to lead off the sixth,
Quicker . . closer .. . smoother .
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