FRIDAY. MAY 15. 1959
Moran
In Coliseum
By JOHN BLACK
Today may be the day Ed
Moran breaks the 4-minute
mile.
Moran and teammates Chick
King, Dick Engeibrink, Bill
Schwab and Don Davies run
in the Coliseum Relays track
extravaganza under the lights
tonight in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
Chaperoned by Nittany coach
Chick Werner, the honored Penn
State delegation flew to the land
of sunshine early yesterday to
compete against an assemblage
of the nation's top track stars
tonight in the West Coast's big
gest cinder carnival.
Moran has run the fastest mile
in the country this year-4:02A
against Michigan State on Bea
ver Field last week. And the
winner tonight in the choice
field of six American and two
foreign milers should complete
the four laps in less than four
minutes, according to the pre
dictions of track experts.
The Lion captain's competition
includes foreigners Laszlo Ta
bori and Evangelos Depastas. Ta
bori, a 1956 Hungarian refugee,
has already broken the 4-minute
barrier. He ran 3:59.0 to finish
third behind Aussie stars Herb
Elliott and Mery Lincoln in last
year's Coliseum Relays race. His
best time this year is 4:06.2. De
pastas holds the Greek 1500-
meter record at 3:44.7. His best
mile clocking is 4:08.4.
Two other collegians are en
tered in the mile—Joe Villareal
from Texas and Barrie Al
mond, a Houston freshman.
Villareal was fourth in the Col
seum race last year in the time
Stickmen Facing Tough Game
The Penn State lacrosse
team will lay its 5-3-1 record
on the firing line tomorrow
when it faces Rutgers, one of
the most highly touted lacrosse
teams in the nation.
Rutgers plays one of the tough
est schedules of any team in the
country. The Scarlet operates
against such lacrosse powers as
Army, Johns Hopkins, Navy,
Mount Washington, Princeton,
and Yale.
Last year Rutgers turned in a
9-2 record, losing only to Na
tional Champion Army and run
nerup Johns Hopkins.
One of Rutgers best wins
last season was a 10-9 perform
ance against Mount Washing
ton, who 'had the top lacrosse
stars in the nation.
The last game of the season
with Princeton was the second
highpoint listed by Rutgers'
coach, Al Twitchell. The 11-9 vic
tory over close rival Princeton
gave Rutgers its first Tots Meis
trell Bowl, an award set up to
honor the winner of the Prince
ton-Rutgers came.
This year Coach Twitchell, who
was named the "lacrosse coach
Johansson Switches Site
Of Camp to Catskills
NEW YORK (iP)—lngemar Jo
hansson will wind up his training
at Grossinger, N.Y. The Swedish
challenger, who meets Heavy
weight Champion Floyd Patter
son June 25, picked the Catskill
Mountain resort yesterday as the
spot for his final conditioning.
The camp is about 100 miles
from New York.
Hanna's Horrors Take
TIM Softball Crown
Hanna's Horrors, led by
pitching of. Tom Davenport. wan
the Town Independent Men's
softball title yesterday, defeating
the Bocci Club, 7-0.
Davenport hurled a one-hitter
to take the win. The only hit
*cored off of him was a single In
the second inning.
Shoot for 4-Minute Mile
Relay Carnival Tonight
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Ed Moran
.. . aims for sub-4 mile
of 4:06.2. His best 1959 clocking
is 4:11 flat.
Almond won the Kansas Relays
when he ran the fastest time of
his young career, 4:06.2.
But three former collegiate
stars may furnish the toughest
competition for Moran. Air Force
lieutenant Bill Dellinger has a
career best of 4:03. Wes McCleod
'and Jerome Walters of the South
em California Striders have reg
istered times of 4:07.8 and 4:01.8,
respectively.
The Coliseum Relays record
of the year" for 1956, has a se-is still undefeated having bested
vere problem as several promis - (Army, Navy and Princeton, along
ing, sophomores have failed to
with several other lacrosse pow
make the grade scholastically.
However, the Scarlet lineup is ers, and again this year they are
full of veteran talent including a leading candidate for the Na
three All-Americans. tional Championship
But Rutgers is having a
tough time this season because
of its tough schedule.
Thus far they have a 6-4 rec
ord, losing to Mount Washington,
Navy, Army and Johns Hopkins.
Against the defending national
champs, Rutgers put up a tough
battle but couldn't pull the win
out. and went down, 13-11.
Against Navy, Rutgers came
within one goal of winning, be
fore the final gun ended the game
with the scoreboard showing Na
vy on top, 10-9,
In the Johns Hopkins game,
the Scarlet found itself down
8-1 at the half, but turned on
the power in the second half
to tie the score 14-14 with five
minutes to go. But Rutgers just
couldn't pull it out and they
lost 17-14.
But up to now, Johns Hopkins
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
for the mile is 3:57.8 set by El
liott last year. This also stands
as the American track record.
The Lion 2-mile baton quar
tet will face some outstanding
competition in Stanford
(7:25.7), Southern Cal (7:77).
UCLA (7:37.1) and Occidental
7:38.7). The Lions' best time
was 7:35.6 indoors.
The Coliseum Relays record
for this event was also set last
year when a California foursome
clipped off a time of 7:20.9, 1.8
seconds below the recognized
world's record.
Assistant Coach Norm Gordon
will be in charge of the remain
ing Nittany spike forces who
challenge the full-strength Pitts
burgh Panthers in Pitt stadium
Saturday in a televised meet
starting at noon.
This will be the last dual
meet for the Panthers who
have compiled an unimpressive
season this year in spite of their
2-2 record. Pitt has beaten West
Virginia and Miami and lost to
Navy and Villanova.
The Navy team which Penn
State beat 76 2 4-54 1 ,4 had downed
Pitt the previous week by a 7134-
59 1 ,4 count. The Panthers' 105-21
victory over hapless West Vir
ginia is also misleading. For,
comparing the Panthers results
with the performances of the
;Lions who met Ohio State on
(that same day, Pitt would have
won only four events—the high
land low hurdles, the high jump
,and the broad jump.
SHORT SPIKES Chick King's
1:49.8 record-breaking half mile
against the Spartans last Satur
day is the fastest 880 run in the
nation so far this year . . . Engel-1
brink's 8:58.9 2-mile is second
only to the 8:57.4 of Arizona's
American record holder, Alex
Henderson.
Crampton, Sanders Lead
In Sam Snead Festival
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va. (A)—Bruce Crampton of
Sydney, Australia, and Doug
Sanders of Cedartown, Ga., struck
their comparatively young golf
ing faces out in front of a gang
of old pros in the first round of
the Sam Snead Festival yester
day. They each scored 3-under
par 675.
The 23-year-old Crampto n,
posted his 67 as the fifth finisher.
The score wasn't matched until
25-old Sanders. returning to com
petition after a layoff due to a
heart murmur, holed out as last
of the 56 pros shooting for $lO,OOO
in prizes during the 72-hole
tournament.
Giants, White Sox,
Reds Turn In Wins
SAN FRANCISCO (iP)—Young Mike McCormick lost his
bid for a no-hitter in the eighth inning and settled for a three
hit shutout yesterday as the San Francisco Giants whipped
Philadelphia 8-0.
Pinch hitter Granny Hamner got the first Philadelphia hit,
a double, with one out in the
eighth inning. The Phils added
two singles in the ninth before
the 20-year-old lefthander—win
ning his first game of the season
—closed out the victory.
Until Hamner's hit to deep right
center, only one other Philly had
reached base off the 20-year-old
lbonus southpaw. Richie Ashburn
walked in the fourth.
Giant batters provided the
fast-throwing McCormick with
a cushion as both Willie Mays
and Leon Wagner homered for
the second straight game and
Daryl Spencer added another.
The loss went to Ray Semproch,
who gave up 7 runs in the first
3% innings.
McCormick struck out nine and
issued just the one walk.
BOSTON (A ) )—Chicago blended ,
19 hits and Early Wynn's 254th
major league pitching triumph
yesterday in a runaway 14-6 deci
sion over Boston which nudged
the White Sox to within half a
game of the American League
lead.
While Wynn coasted before
Turk Lown relieved him in the
MAJOR
LEAGUES
By The Associate,' Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Cleveland 16 9 .640
Chicago 17 11 .607
a-Baltimore 15 12 .556
x-Washington 15 14 .517
Boston - 12 16 .111
New York 11 1/ .140
z-Detroit 9 17 MG
NATIONAL LEAGUE
'W. L. Pct. G.B.
x-Milwaukee . _____ 16 10 .616
a-Los Angeles 18 13 .581 ' , A
San Francisco 16 13 .552 1%
Cincinnati 15 13 .516 2
Chicago _ 16 16 .500 3
a-Pittsburgh 13 14 .131 3'4
Philadelphia 11 17 .303 6
a-St. Louis 10 10 .315 74
a—Play night games
PROBABLE PITCHERS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Boston (N ) —Grant (1.-0)
Yd. Brewer (1-2)
Chicago at New York (N)—Pierce (41-2)
vs Ford i 3-1)
Kansas City at Washington (N)—Her
bert (14) vs. Kemmerer 14-1)
Detroit at Baltimore (N)—Mosel (1-1)
ea. Wilhelm 14-0)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at St. Louts IN)—Roberts
(2-1) vs. Mizell (3-1
Cincinnati at San Francisco (N)—New
combe 41-41 Sanford (5-2)
Only games scheduled
4:2
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seventh inning, his mates fell on
four Red Sox pitchers in a bar
rage which included home runs
by Earl Torgeson, Del Ennis and
Jim Landis.
Burly, poker-faced Wynn had
a three-hit shutout through
five innings before he relaxed
under a bountiful lead.
While increasing his tot al—
among active major
league hurlers—Wynn took over
undisputed possession of 21st
place among the all-time win
ners with his fifth triumph of the
young campaign. Previously he
had been tied at 253 in the life
time figures with Red Faber,
Carl Hubbell and Amos Rusie.
CHICAGO (4)—Gus Bell's two
run single with one out in the
ninth powered the Cincinnati
Reds to a 2-0 victory over the
Chicago Cubs yesterday.
Lefty Joe Nuxhall, who
pitched a three-hitter, earned
his second victory.
The scoreless battle between
Nuxhall and loser Dave Hillman,
now 2 and 3, ended in the ninth
when Johnny Temple opened with
a double. Vada Pinson followed
'with a single to right and Temple
stopped at third.
Lefty Bill Henry replaced Hill
man and fanned Jerry Lynch for
the first out.
Henry was replaced by Don.
Elston, who walked Frank
Robinson to fill the bases.
With a 1 and 2 count on Bell.
Elston fed the veteran Red's out
fielder a high slow ball that Gus
drove into left field for a tide
turning single. It scored Temple
and Pinson.
Robinson was out trying for
third, but the damage was done.
Preakness Field
Reduced to Eleven
BALTIMORE (A')—The field
for the $150,000-added Preakness
stakes was reduced to 11 yester
day when the King Ranch's Black
Hills was withdrawn because of
an apparent internal ailment.
The first official entry was the
Elkcam Stable's Open View, who
also worked out on the sloppy
Pimlico racing strip in the early
hours.
"I might just as well put him
in now," said Ray Metcalf, train
er of Onen View, who finished
eighth in the Kentucky Derby.