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Lead Lion District 2
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11 years and their fifth in a
row. But it was by far the most
surprising.
Nob o d y—even Bedenk—had
given the Lions a chance at a
District berth—let• alone a cham
pionship—back in March. After
all, the Lions had lost six key!
regulars from the 1958 team—in
cluding Cal Emery, the junior
hurling ace who was the Most
Valuable Play'.r at the NCAA
tournament two years ago.
But an outstanding crop of
rookies—aid the stabilizing per
formances of the few "old pros"
that - were left—has made Bedenk
and all Penn State fans a happy
bunch,
Two of those experienced
hands shortstop Bob Hoover
and pitcher Ron Riese were
the men chiefly responsible for
the Lions' playoff victories, al
though it would be a real in
justice to give any two men all
the credit.
But Hoover was undoubtedly
the Lions' clutch man—igniting
a rally, delivering a hit at a
key point, or halting an oppo
nents rally with a brilliant,
fielding play.
It was his two-out run-scoring
single in the third that put the
Lions back into the game with
Ithaca after the visitors had
jumped off to a 1-0 lead earlier
in the frame. He had three hits
all told yesterday, driving in two
runs.
Against Temple the day be
fore, it was the Philadelphia
senior's bases-clearing double
with the sacks full and the
Lions trailing 1-0 that proved
to be the clutch hit of the game.
That sent the Nittanies into a
led which they never relin-
ITHACA PENN STATE
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c-Graham 1 0 1 Durbinjt 3 1 1
Borow,2li 5 1 1 Fegley.2b 3 1 1
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Materile,lb 4 0 1 DeLong.ll 5 1 2
Chabot4s 4 0 2 Caldwell 4 4 1 s 0
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a—Struck out for Curry in 4th
b—Grounded out for Churchill in 9th
c—Singled for Noun in 9th
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er. Say—Feeley. DP—Hoover to Fegley to
Beighey; Chabot o tflorow to Materile. 2.
LOB—Penn State 11, Ithaca 7. BB—,
Blew! I, Curry 1, Slornkowski 2, Churchill
4. SO—Riese 7, Curry 2, Slomkowski 1,
Churchill 2. HO—Riese, 10 for 3 runs in 3:
Curry. 4 for 1 in 3; Slornkowaki, 5 for 4
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PENN STATE pinch-hitter Bill Benton, is walked in bases-loaded
fourth inning to put the Nittany Lions ahead 2-1, in game against
Ithaca yesterday.
Riese, Kikla, DeLong
quished.
Riese was equally effective.
The pint-sized senior was the bul
wark of the Lion pitching staff'
during the two-game - set. He
pitched the full nine innings yes
terday, scattering 10 hits, fanning
seven and walking only one.
That's not bad for a guy who
pitched 2% innings Of runless
ball in saving the Temple victory
Thursday for the Lions sopho
more ace, Ed Kikla.
There were other playoff he-
Hoover 2nd Base Choice
On District 2 All-Star Team
Captain Bob Hoover, a three
year veteran for Coach Joe
Bedenk's baseball team, was
honored last week as the first
team second baseman for the
NCAA District Two All-Star
team.
Sophomore pitcher Ed Kikla
was named to the second team.
Hoover has been Bedenk's
regular shortstop for the past
two campaigns and was Be
denk's starting second sacker
as a sophomore on the Lions'
second-place NCAA squad in
1957. Bedenk explained t h e
choice of Hoover at second in
stead of his regular shortstop
post with this comment: "In
that Hoover played second
base two years ago, plus the
fact that there were a whole
lot of good shortstops this year,
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Sweep
roes, too. Catcher John Adaml
four-for-four plate effort yester
day and the batting and fielding
of sophomore right fielder Zekel
DeLong helped, too. And give
credit to the Lions' sophomore
mound ace, Kikla. He wasn't as
effective as usual in his stint
against Temple, but he still
pitched a good game.
And now it's on to Omaha for
the District Two cinderella team.
Maybe Bedenk will be laughing
at the whole nation, before long.
the committee decided to place
him at second.'
George Schoepper of Pitt
was the District Committee's
shortstop choice.
During the regular season,
Hoover hit at a .343 clip, with
23 hits and 19 RBIs, including
two home runs. One of his
homers was a 400-foot job ov
er the football stands in right
centerfield that was acclaimed
by Bedenk as the "longest"
he'd ever seen at Beaver Field.
Kikla, although only a soph
orr•.ore, was the Lions' ace hurl
er this year, with a 7-0 mark.
One of his victories was a two
hit, 16-strikeout win over West
Virginia, 3-0.
The All-Star team is picked
on the basis of performance
during the regular season and
not of the playoff games.
ECM
At National Churn ionshi s
9 Lions Seek
Track Titles
Nine Penn State trackmen, including four IC4-A winners,
will be seeking national championships next weekend at the
NCAA track and field tournament at Lincoln, Neb.
Coach Chick Werner's proteges, fresh from an unbeaten
dual season and an overwhelming team victory in the IC4-As,
will prep for the nationals this
afternoon when they compete in
the Midwest Open AAU meet at
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Following the NCAA outing,
the Nittanies will jump over to
Boulder, Col., for the National
AAU champion ships, June
19-20.
Werner's crew is headed by
Nittany captain Ed Moran, cur
rently the hottest home-bred
miler in the country. Moran
swept both the mile and the 880
in the IC4-As and is considered
the prime favorite in the NCAA
mile run. His 4:02.1 against Mich
igan State earlier this year was
the best time ever recorded in a
collegiate dual meet.
Dick Engelbrink, Bob Szeyller
and Bob Brown are the Nittanies'
other IC4-A-winning en tri e s.
Engelbrink won the two-mile,
Szeyller, the 220-yard low hur
dles, and Brown copped the 100-
yard dash.
The rest of Werner's national
aspirants include Chuck King in
the 880, Dick Hambright in the
440, Fred Kerr in the two-mile,
Jim Schwab in the javelin and
John Tulle: in the weight
events.
Moran, Engelbrink, and Schwab
set individual Penn State records
during the past dual season and
Brown tied another.
Moran bested Chuck King's
880-mark set against Michigan
State early in the year when he
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ran a 1:49.0 against Manhattan
Knlg's standard was 1:49.8.
Engelbrink broke Olympian
Horace Ashenfelter's 9:03.2
mark in the two-mile run with
a time of 8:58.9 in the Michigan
State encounter. Schwab snap
ped the 21-year-old mark of
Nick Vukmanic when he threw
the javelin 223.11'i against
Manhattan.
Brown joined five other Nit
tanies in the 100-yard dash record
category with a :09.6 clocking in
the Ohio State opener.
And just for the record, one
other mark was broken this year
—the mile relay. George Metzger,
Dave Davies, Moran and Dick
Hambright set that mark when
they ran a 3:13.3 against Man
hattan.
Kansas is the team favorite in
the national event, with three
Jayhawkers rated "sure" win
ners—Ernie Shelby (broad jump),
Charlie Tidwell (hurdles) and
Bill Alley (javelin).
Besides Penn State, the other
threats to the team title include
Arizona Stale, Oklahoma, Ok
lahoma State, San Jose State,
California, Oregon, Texas and
Michigan State.
Southern California, a team
which owns an 80-plus unbeaten
dual meet streak, is the defend
ing champion. However, the Tro
jans are barred from competition
this year—and next—because of
an illegal recruiting penalty lev
ied by the NCAA.