THURSDAY. MARCH 10. 1960
Grandstand Views
“McCoy’s wind tunnel” is a monstrous building that
should be a field house but isn’t.
For those of you who don’t know, we’re referring to the
ice-skating rink which is doubling as a “spring training”
camp for the Penn State baseball team these days.
ly in full swing
; Joe Bedenk’s
; went through
e strains of the
Iz” in the back-
Things were real
there yesterday a;
half-frozen charge:
their paces with th
“Blue Danube Wal
ground.
The Lion ca:
one batting cage
wide s and 90-fee
pitchers moundj
backstops. It's n<j
St. Petersburg, b
purpose.
■‘Aw it's not so bad,” said Be
denk brushing away the icicle
that was forming on his nose,
“the music is lovely, just like it
would be in the: shade of some
palm trees down south. There’s
only one trouble, we like jazz
not that slow stuff.”
"That’s right,” chimed in as
sistant coach Chuck Medlar. “Now
that Elvis is out of the Army
we’re going to get some of his
records and really make these
guys jump."
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about six feet
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t it serves its
Just then a 90-mile-an-hour
wind blast roared through the
huge hall leaving everyone
thoroughly chilled.
“The temperature inside here
is 10 degrees below what it is out
side, Bedenk muttered through a
set of chattering teeth. “If this
place were mine I’d put a wall
around it.
“This weather has us three
weeks behind,” he said, sudden
ly growing serious. “The batting
cage will help the hitters and
pitchers but we haven’t been able
to get in any pepper under the
stands like we did at Beaver Field
in past years.”
Then the old smile came back
as quickly as it disappeared, and
the cagey old coach went into a
long dissertation on his pot-bellied
stove which was lost when they
tore down Beaver Field.
"Yep, the old pig-belly (Be
denk has a different name for
everything) went with the sta
dium. Now we have to go in
there to keep warm," he said
pointing to the building where
the ice skaters converge.
One of Penn State’s greatest
athletes, Bedenk is in his 30th
year as head baseball coach and
it's no secret that this could be
his best.
The old warhorse has a habit
of turning out top teams and last
season the Lions finished fourth
in the College World Series in
Omaha, Neb.
Bedenk has lost only three
men from that team and some
outstanding sophomore pros
pects are the reasons for the
optimistic altitude at the Lion
camp.
“Sophomores, we’ve got mil
lions of them,” Bedenk answered
Basketball Scores
NBA
Detroit 117. Minneapolis 116
Syracuse 137, Philadelphia 12G
St. Louis 123, Cincinnati 118
BifiT Eight Playoff
At Manhattan, Kan.
Kansas 84. Kansas St. 82 (ot)
NCAA Small College Tourney
At Evansville, Ind.
Quarter Finals
Cornell (Iowa) 83 N.E. Mfesoui! 81
Ky. Wesleyan 99, St. Michaels (Vt ) 55
NAIA Basketball Tournament
At Kansas City
Second Round
Westminster (Pa.) 59, .Whittier (Calif )
Grambling: 113, Villa Madonna 97
Tennessee AAI 84, W. Va. Wesleyan 79
COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS
BUY, SELL, TRADE, TELL
Camp Weequahic
Director Camp Weequahic, Lakewood, Pa.
will interview counselor applicants
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
at Student Employment Office, 112 Old Main
New Applicants Invited
Art Lustig, Director
Spring Training
A la Penn State
when asked about his second year
men. “Why we have so many
players out I don’t know where
to put them.
“We started with 58 but I cut;
10 yesterday. You should have!
heard those guys when they got!
cut Nine of them called me every!
name in the book, but the tenth
one, a little pitcher, came up to
me and said, ‘don’t worry coach
I’m not mad.’ ”
Now 62, Bedenk has more
than his share of glorious mo
ments to remember. He was an
outstanding football player dur
ing his undergraduate days here
and made Walter Camp's All-
American team in 1923.
He served as assistant football
coach under Bob Higgins for many
years and took over as head coach
in 1949 when Higgins retired.
Bedenk gave up his grid job
in 1950 to concentrate on baseball.
He’s had great teams in recent
years and his 1957 squad went
undefeated before los : ng to Cali
fornia in the College world series.
1960 Schedule-
Apr. 6, Gettysburg; 9. Syracuse (2);
13, at Villanova; 14, at Pennsylvania;
16, Ithaca; 20, Colgate (2); 23, at
Georgetown (2); 27, West Virginia;
29, at Lafayette; 30,.at Rutgers; May 4,
Bucknell; 7, Maryland; 10, at Bucknell;
11, at Lehigh: 14, Navy; 18. Temple;
21, at Pittsburgh (2); 26. at Delaware.
Eastern Mat-
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Guzik, who lost by a stalling
point.
Scordo lost to Pitt’s Martin and
Bob Hogan from Rutgers but may
figure in the scoring. Myer has
been a surprise all season at 191.
His only loss was to Hall of Pitt.
Syracuse may also be a con-]
tender for the team title if their
national champion Art Baker
comes back to wrestle at 191. Bak
er has been out all season with a
knee injury.
The Orange have a contender
in 157-pound Harry Poliak in ad
dition to Baker and Austin.
H-Ball Doubles Entries
All handball doubles entries
must be turned in by- 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15, at the intra
mural office in Rec Hall. The en
try fee is 50 cents per team.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By Sandy Padwe
Collegian Sports Editor
★ ★ ★
JOE BEDENK
. . . veteran coach
* * ★
Twin Bill
Opens NIT
Cage Action
By DON WEISS
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (/P)—Villanova
plays Detroit and Providence
faces Memphis State tonight
in a double-header opening the
23rd National Invitation Bas
ketball Tournament at Madi
son Square Garden.
Defending champion St Johns,
and former champs Bradley,
Temple, St. Louis and Holy Cross,
also are in the 12-team tourney
, Bradley, fourth-ranked na
tionally and the- only club to
beat top-ranked Cincinnati this
season, is top seeded and drew
a first round bye along with
second-seeded Utah State (22-5),
third-seeded St. Louis (19-7) and
fourth-seeded St. John's (17-7).
The records of the other chal-i
lengers are 20-B for Detroit and
Dayton, 18-4 for Memphis State,
21-4 for Providence, 20-5 for Holy
Cross, 19-5 for Villnova, 19-3 for
St. Bonaventure and 17-8 for Tem
ple. Here’s the schedule: (times
EST)
Tonight—Villanova vs. Detroit
7:15 p.m.; Providence vs Mem
phis State 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 12 St.
Bonaventure vs. Holy Cross
2:15 p.m.; Utah State vs. Villa
nova-Detroit winner 4 p.m. (na
tional TV, NBC); Dayion vs.
Temple 7:30 p.m.; St. Louis vs.
Providence-Memphis State win
! ner 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15 Bradley
vs. Dayton-Temple winner 7.30
p.m.; St. John’s vs. St. Bonaven
ture-lloly Cross winner 9:15 p.m.
j Thursday, March 17 Semi
finals 7:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 19—third place
game 2:15 p m.; finals 4 p.m. (na
tional TV, NBC).
Barring a major upset, Cincin
nati’s top-ranking Bearcats and
California’s defending champions
figure to meet in the semifinals
of the NCAA basketball champi
onship tournment at San Fran
cisco, March 18. The final is set
for March 19.
The way the draw is set, the
winner of the east regional at
! Charlotte, N. C.. will met the
jsurvivor of the Mideast regional
at Louisville. The victor in thej
Midwest Regional at Manhattan,]
Kan, will face the champion of 1
the Far West Regional which is!
being played at Seattle.
Here is the way the teams
stack up for the Friday contest:-
East Regional at Charlotte, N.i
C. West Virginia vs. New York
U., and Duke vs. St. Joseph’s Pa.
Medeast Regional at Louisville 1
Ohio University vs. Georgia 1
Tech and Western Kentucky vs. 1
Ohio State. I
Midwest Regional at Manhat- 1
tan, Kan. Depaul vs. Cincinnati
and Texas vs. the winner of the
Kansas-Kansas State playoff.
Far West Regional at Seattle—
California vs. Santa Clara and
Utah vs. the winner of the New
Mexico State - Oregon game. ,
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Delta Chi, ATO Nab
Semi-Final Berths
Delta Chi and Alpha Tau Omega will meet in the semi
finals of the intramural swimming tournament tomorrow
after both teams advanced by virtue of impressive wins
last evening.
Delta Chi stopped stubborn Phi Gamma Delta, 26-15,
and ATO whipped Phi Kappa Sig
ma, 30-10. I
On the basis of meet limes and
scores tomorrow's match should,
be a real close one. Both squads
have set records this year in scor
ing smashing wins over their op-!
ponents
The outstanding individual 1
performance of the evening was j
in the diving where Bill Pinder ,
of ATO set this year's record j
with a sizzling 28.35.
Judging the diving event was,
Bob Smith, a graduate student of
Penn State, now officiating in
the Middle Atlantic AAU con
ference. Commenting on Pinder’s
performance he said, '‘Pinder
would do real well in any school'
in the AAU.” !
A sweep in the diving brought{
Delta Chi from the short end of
a 14-13 score to the lead it needed
for its win. Previous to the div-!
ing Delta Chi and Phi Gam trad
ed one-two finishes and then split!
in the 60-yard backstioke ]
Rae Seely and Ron Nulier j
copped first and second honors j
for Delta Chi in the free style I
with a mark of 32.7 and Dave j
Beary and Mike Nace took one- !
two for Phi Gam in the breast
stroke with a 40.8.
Delta Chi’s relay team of Don
Butcher, Dick Cowling, Rae See
ly and Ron Nutter added the
finishing touches to the meet as
they swept across the finish line
in 1:01.9.
ATO did not have such a tough 1
time with Phi Kappa Sigma
which took only one event
—the 120-yard relay. The relay:
was the closest match of the meet
with the Phi Sig anchor man,
Dick Lacey, slapping the finish
line one foot ahead of the ATO
swimmer.
Carl Tongberg recorded an ex
cellent 39.3 clocking in the breast
stroke, while his teammate Dick
McCoy swept second place hon
ors. Both Phi Kappa Sig swim
mers were disqualified. j
IM Wrestling Deadline
Deadline for entering the IM
wrestling tournament is 4:30 p m.
Tuesday, March 15. All entries
must be turned in at the intra
mural office in Rec Hall. Entry
fee is 25 cents per man
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Rutgers to Play
Lion Lax Club
In Exhibition
The Penn State Lacrosse Club,
consisting mostly of varsity play
ers, meets the Rutgers Lacrosse
Club Saturday at New Bruns
wick. N J , for their fourth annual
box-lacrosse game.
Box-lacrosse is played on a dirt
floor completely sui rounded by
nets. Four men plus a goalie con
'stitute a team instead of the usual
iten players.
i Rutgers consistently fields one
of the top lacrosse teams in the
.country and Saturday’s game pro
vides a good chance for Coach
Earnie Bear's weather-hampered
;stickmen to work out under game
Iconditions.
Bac-r’s stiekmen open the regu
lar season, April 2, in Baltimore
against Loyola. They play Rut
gers here April 30.
Buc Wives Unhappy
FORT MYERS, Fla. (fPi—Wives
of some Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t
too happy about the club’s deci
sion to ban them from accom
panying their husbands on road
trips this season
One of the more outspoken is
Mrs. Elroy Face, wife of the ace
relief pitcher. She said: “That puts
the blame on us I guess they'll
ikeep us away from spring train-
I ing next.”
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