The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 21, 1959, Image 6

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    PAGE SIX
Nittanies Split With Panthers
Kikla Wins After Lions Drop Opener
FIRST RUN—Dick Landis, Penn State's third
ba,eman, dosses home plate with first run in
c'cond game of yesterday's doubleheader with
Pitt‘-bui gh. The Lions lo , :t the first game to
Pitt but won the second.
By SANDY PADWE
The Penn State playoff ex ,cleanly, but his throw went over
the
. first baseman's head and Bill
press was detoured yesterday Kaliden scored from second base.
but it didn't take long to gel The Lions and Ron Riese
back on the right track. then battled the Panthers until
The Lions, playing a crucial the 11th inning when Pitt
doubleheader with Pitt, lost the pushed across the winning run.
first game, 6-5, in 11 innings, but which again was unearned.
rebounded to win the nightcap, Kaliden, who had been safe on
10-0, behind the 3-hit pitching of ,a Larry Fegley error in the ninth,
Ed Kikla. was safe again when Fegley boot-
So now the Lions have a 13.3 red his grounder. Paul Stalitza
record and Pitt has a 12.3 !sacrificed Kaliden to second and
mark, and one of the two teams ifirstsacker Ron Maser sent him
is a good bet to get a bid to home with a sharp single to cen
the District II baseball tourna- Iter.
ment because they have the The Lions couldn't scor e in
best won-lost marks in the dis- ,their half, and Riese took the loss,
trict. his first after three wins. It was
The choices for the tournament
won't be made until Monday,
though, when district officials
meet in Scianton. Other possible
ties include Lafayette, Rutgers,
Temple, St Johns, Navy and
Delaware
Kikla's win in the second game
yesterday was the third straight
shutout the Lion star has thrown,
and the win was his seventh of
the year against no losses.
He now has a string of 28
stl night scoreless innings, and
has an I:RA of 052,
The Lions sewed things up
early for him. scoring a run in
the first and two more in the
third. Bob Hoover and catcher
Harry Beans were the big guns
in the early attack, driving in
the runs.
Hoover's RBI came in the first
frame, scoring Dick Landis, who
hid singled and stole second.
Then in the third, Beans came
up with the bases full and
punched a perfectly placed single
to right to score two more.
The Nittanics scored three
mole in the fourth and four :n
the fifth to avenge the first game
loco.
In that first game. the Lions
"threw" the game away, making
four errors with two of them com
ing at vital moments.
With Penn State leading 5-4
with two out hi the ninth, Pitt
pinch hitter Fred Langingham
sent a hot one to Hoover at short-
College Men
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must make neat appearance and
be able to meet customers
Call: Mr. Early
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—Photos by Charles Jacques
SAFE AT FlRST—Lions' shortstop Bob Hoover
legs out base hit in first game of yesterday's
twin bill at Beaver Field. Lions lost the first
game, 6-5 in 11 innings,
stop. The Lion captain fielded it
a bitter pill for Riese to take.
He came m to relieve surprise
starter Bob Amer in the second
inning, and pitched nearly per
fect ball-until the eleventh.
It was also a tough loss for
the Lions, who came from be
hind to go ahead, after being
down 4.0 in the fourth inning.
The Lions' big rally came in
their half of the fourth when
they pushed three runs across
the plate to put them back in
the game.
The Nittanies collected five hits
and combined them with a walk
to get their runs. Zeke DeLong
led off the inning by singling,
and Doug Caldwell followed suit.
Bill Benton drew a walk to
load the sacks for catchtr John
Adams. But Adams grounded
one down to third, and the
thirdsacker threw home, forcing
DeLong.
I Riese, a good hitting pitcher,
was next up and he delivered a
single to right to score Caldwell.
Landis then came through with
another bi n gl e and the Lions
found themselves behind, 4-3.
In the fifth they tied it on
singles by Hoover, Benton and
Adams. They went ahead in the
;seventh and held the lead until
the ninth when Pitt tied it.
The Lions have one more
game remaining on their sched
ule, and it will be played to
morrow at Temple. The Owls
ob.
10 , )
had a 14.4 record, but played
Moravian College yesterday.
Second GRAM
PITT PENN STATE
AB it Itl ABR H
Colannelo,2b 3 0 0 Landis. 36 1 3 1
Mat tiu,26 1 0 0 Dutbin,lf 6 1 2
Karts'nes,lf 2 0 0 Fegle7.2b 2 2 0
Sehoep'ner,es 3 0 1 Hoot er,u 3 3 3
Matulevie,36 1 0 0 DeLong.rf 3 0 1
Kaliden,cf 3 0 1 Caldoellmf 3 1 1
Joy,rf 2 0 0 lienton,lb 3 0 0
Johnson,rf 0 0 0 Beana,c 4 0 2
Matter,lb 3 0 1 Ktkla,p 4 0 1
DeLost,a, 2 0 0
Langin'hant 1 0 0
Harnilton,p 1 0 0
Cuthrie.p 0 0 0
Heiclibach,tl 1 0 43
Conti,p 0 0 0
a-Stalitza 1 0 0
Totals 24 0 3 Totals 28 10 11
a--Grounded out for Conti in 7th
Pitt 0043 000 0— 0 3 4
Penn State 102 340 x-10 11 2
W—Kikl■ 17-0 L—Hamilton t 4-1)
First Cants
Pitt_ ~ 031 000 001 01..4 7 2
_ __
Penn State __ 000 310 100 00-5 13 4
W—Heicheu Bach .1.1.): L—Riese 04)
" ...and two cartons of Camels for our le
More people drop in for Camels than any other
cigarette on earth. It stands to reason: the best
tobacco makes the best smoke. The Camel blend
of costly tobaccos has never been equalled for rich
flavor and easygoing mildness.
Put fads and fancy stuff in the past ...
Have a real cigarette-ham a CAMEL
the
BLACKBOARD
Let them never again be called the "scrubs."
While coaches Chick Werner and Norm Gordon stared in dis
belief, the Penn State "B" mile relay team unofficially shattered
the school record by ripping off a 3:12 clocking to defeat the "A"
relay team in a challenge race in Tuesday's practice on Beaver Field.
This team had substituted for the Lions' "Big Five" Cali
fornia tourists and come within .4 of a second of the stadium record
at Pitt last week to salvage a victory for the Nittanies. Somewhat
miffed at being tabbed "Wooden Indians, scrubs, "B" team, etc.."
the three sprinters and Dick Hambrighi asked for a showdown
with the "regulars."
Planning to conduct a "light" workout anyway that night, the
coaches granted the request and the two quartets lined up, batons
poised. The regulars—Ed Moran, Chick King, Bill Schwab and Don
Davies. The "scrubs '—George Metzgar, Blaine O'Connor, Bob Brown
and Dick Hambright.
The gun sounded and Metzgar and Davies shot out of the hole
for the first lap. When Gordon clocked Metzgar in 48.1 after the
first quarter he was ready to return the watch to the jeweler with
a few choice comments about his workmanship. But then Werner
reported that he had caught the second place Davies in 48.2. The
Nittany mentors brushed the fog from their eyes, leaned back and
watched the times click off. O'Connor, 48.9; King, 49.2; Brown, 48.1;
Schwab, 48.2; Moran, 48.2; Hambright, 46.9. Six men under 48.2,
all eight under 49.2. Total times-3:12 for the "B" team, 3 . 13.8 for
the "A" team.
These are probably the two fastest mile relay times ever run
by eight different men on the same squad. And a few interesting
sidelights serve to increase the incredulity of it all. King. a half
miler. miler and 2-miler, ran 49.2 for the quarter—the first quarter
he ever ran in his life. And in clocking his 48.2. Moran was ham
pered by a to* injury. While in Los Angeles last week he took
time out to enjoy the sun and surf on Santa Monica beach, famed
playlend of the Hollywood starlets. And while his eyes wandered
in directions that his feet didn't he severly bruised his toe.
But the crux of this story is that the team that was already
conceded by track experts to have the best distance runners in the
East, suddenly discovers that it also has not one, but eight of the
swiftest quarter-milers in the country. Just as the winners glibly
quipped, "Who's the "B" team now?", it will be interesting to see
what lineup Werner comes up with against Manhattan Saturday in
'both the quarter-mile and the relay.
It all goes to indicate the versatility of one of the best track
(Continued on page seven)
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959
by Johnny Black
Asfisiant Spris Editor
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