PAGE TEN Nittanies Boast Strength On Mound, Behind Plate By JOHN MORRIS (Last in a series on the Penn State baseball team.) Penn State pitchers and catchers just happen to be the favorite conversation topics of assistant baseball coach Chuck Medlar and this year it appears he has something to talk about. The Lions have their whole starting last year arid a couple of new faces who show promise. Marlin Biesecker, Ed Kikla, Dave Bergey and Tom Durbin are all back to take their turns on the hill. Either Biesecker or Kikla will get :he assignment in the Lions' opener at Gettysburg April 5. Biesecker compiled a 3-2 rec ord with a 1.90 ERA last year as a sophomore. "Marlin looks a lot better this year,': Medlar said. "He threw too much side arm, but now he's throwing with a good three-quar ter motion." - Kikla also has been looking good in practice. The fire-balling lefty slipped to 2-6 last year aft er a 9-1 record as a sophomore. Bergey was instrumental in filling the"gap left by Kikla's de mise last season. Injured for the first part of the campaign, he pitched 22 1 -; innings without allowing an earned run. Durbin is the last member of the "Big Four" and he had the best won-lost record in 1960. The slim nighty was 3-0 last year, and Medlar. thinks he is much better this spring. "Torn has a little control trouH ble," Medlar said. "but he's got real good stuff. He looks better. already than he did last year." Among the newcomers, Bob Fenton and Bill Saul figure to gel a close look. "Fenton is only a sophomore and he's going to be a real good one," Medlar said. Saul. center on Rip Engle's Red dy unit, is a hard-throwing right hander. "Bill needs some hot weath er," Medlar said, "but I think he'll help us quite a bit when he gets loosened up." Holdover Lee Rentzel and sophomores Dick Stellman and esNe wiring Dark Will Have .• San Fran ci sco Hustling By .TACK STEVENSON Associated Press Sports Writer PHOENIX, Ariz. al—Alvin Dark brings studied daring to the San Francisco Giants this sc:",on The captain of the 1954 world champion Giants starts his first campaign as a manager, hut for the past 10 years -he has been thinking what he'd do is such a situation. You can expect to see a lot of the squeeze play and other man euvers designed to get that sin gle run this year. In past springs the emphasis has been on the big inning. Alvin's the repected boss Of the club, a hard taskmaster operating, with a quiet demeanor, akin to a, velvet hammer. "Ile knows what he's doing all the time," says Willie Mays, a team mate on the 1954 club and now the highest paid play : in base ball. "He knows what he wants and what the players want. I respectid him as wan. mccovey a player, as our captain and now as our manager.", Orlando Cepeda terms his spring training "hard but happy." The former Louisiana State University halfback from Lake Char!es, La., commands respect without demanding it. Still he'll make mistakes ,and frankly ad• mils it. The squad's biggest question currently concerns Harvey Kuenn. the American League bat ting expert acquired from Cleve land in the trade that sent dis contented southpaw hurler John- rotation back from ** * • ~~ ~ :. Y~ s TOM DURBIN * * * Ed Giegucz are other candidates for 11.6 staff. Th- Lions lost Harry Beans, last year's starting receiver, but Med-! lar thinks the Lions are pretty well off in the catching depart ment with footballers Don Jonas and Galen Hall and holdover John Adams. • "Jonas is the number one ,:atch er right now," Medlar said, "but Hall and Adams are pushing him ' hard." "Jonas is strong and has the makings of a good hitter and he has a very good arm," he con tinued. "Right now our pitching hnd catching look real good," Medlar said. "Let's wait and see what happc_ , r.J in a game." ny Antonelli and outfielder Willie Kirkland to the Indians. Kuenn will play in the outfield or at third base. Mays starts in center field. But when 12 San Francisco newsmen were asked to name the other probable starters for the April 11 opener in Candlestick Park against Pittsburgh, no two selec- Itions were alike. Last. year at this time, the batting order was set and had been virtually since the opening of training. Willie McCovev. the 1959 rookie-of-the-year who flopped in 1960, appears to be set at first base. Charlie Hiller, a rookie from Harlingen and most valuable player in the Texas League, could take second from slumping Don Blasingame. Follow the bunny's real hot tip Just before the long homeward tri Stop at the fabulous SPUDNUT sto Watch the family yell for morel made with tender loving core 111 S. Pugh St THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Lion G-Men Underdogs In Nationals Penn State has won the NCAA gym crown for two straight years but coach Gene Wettstone says it will take a minor mirrele for the Nittanies to win it again this season. The Lion mentor expects South ern Illinois, Southern California, Michigan and Illinois to battle it out for the team title at Cham paign, 111., April 6-8. However, Wettstone says State does have a chance to win a couple of individual titles. He rates Greg Weiss as a def inite threat in the all-around I and gives Gerry Schaefer a good chance to win the flying rings. ' "A team has to have three good all-around men to be in the run ning for the team championship," 'Wettstone said. State's chances for the team cro.in were weakened consider 7 l ably when sophomore Tommy ! Seward, second in the Eastern all-' around, was dropped from they squad for disciplinary reasons. "We only have Greg now, but if he hits he could win the all around for us," the veteran coach, continued. Weiss has won the Eastern all 4 around title for the la3t two years, and placed third in the NCAA! competition in Rec Hall last sea son. ,A.#e'r-t4 But the all-around field at Champaign will - provide a stiff test for the Lion junior. Weltstone rates Fred Orlof sky of Southern Illinois as the favorite. Orlofsky, a 23-year-old sopho more, was a member of Uncle Sam's Olympic delegation to Rome and the high scorer for the Unit ed States in the Russian meet in January. Wettstone expects Michigan's Dick Montpetit, Southern Cal's Bob Lynn and Ray Hadley of Il linois to. be the chief opposition to Weiss and Orlofsky. Two of Orlofsky's teammates, Bruno Klaus and Roy Simms, also rate consideration. The flying rings figures to be one of State's best events. Junior Larry Yohn, fourth in the Easterns, and veteran Jack Donohue back up Eastern champion Schaefer. Wettstone has entered team captain Bob Mumau, Bud Wil liams and Bruce Fosnocht in the rc a climb. Gene Harlacher in the free ex ercise, Georee Sayre on the side horse and Ken Morrow on the parallel bars round out the team. Correction Tom Pugh pinned Bob Miles in 5:25 in the Independent IM wres tling finals in Rec Hall Friday night. rtrl.Cl fl rt.rtn.i-vrt_rirtrt York Chooses New in NBA Draft Stith ST. LOUIS (P) Indiana's Walt Bellamy—best of the giants—and St. Bonaventure's .Torn Stith—a great shooter— were the first two choices in the National Basketball Associa tion draft yesterday. Then the little-known players took the spotlight. Chicago, the NBA's ninth and newest franchise, took the 6-foot -11 Bellamy as expected. The New York Knickerbockers, with the worst record in the NBA last season, had the next choice and took the 6-foot-5 Stith. "Stith is the closest to Elgin Baylor (Los Angeles Lakers great scorer) that I've seen," said Ned Irish, president of the Knicks. Detroit, with the fourth choice, took Ray Scott 6-foot-8. 'who has played three seasons with Allentown, Pa., in the Eastern League after flunking out of Portland U. His class graduated this year. Syracuse named Ben Warley, 6-7 former Tennessee A & I player now with Cleveland of the NBL. Players in the NBL are amateurs. Other less-publicized players chosen in the first round were i Wayne Yates, of Memphis State by Los Angeles; Tom Meschery, lof St. Mary's, Calif., by Philadelphia; Cleo Hill, of Winston-Salem, N.C., by St. Louis; and Gary Phillips of Houston by Boston. Cincinnati's first round choice was Larry Siegfried, teammate of Ohio State All-America Jerry Lucas, still a junior. There is bound to be some competition between the NBA and the new American Basketball League. although NBA President Maurice Podoloff said the NBA anticipates no monetary battle and he insists the new league anticipates no trouble. Bellamy has been drafted by the A-BL's Chicago entry, Stith by Pittsburgh and Meschery by San Francisco. The second round of the NBA draft also produced some sleep ers, chiefly Ron Horn, 6-foot-7 all-Army player who was taken by St. Louis. .Horn played as a freshman with Bellamy at Indiana, then joined the Army. Spring Drills Await Gridders (Continued from page nine) solid positions for Engle. Captain didates when I think back to theirlelect Jim Smith, Jerry Farkas freshman performances. Joe Zink land Charley Sieminski• all return is a good tackle too. : at . tackle while Jay Huffman and "There could be a lot of sur- Bill Saul have one more year at prises ,though. You know some center. of these boys on my freshman team w. 'e hurt and didn't playl Graduation Loases End—Dave Truitt: Dave Alexander ; Henry too much. They'll be hungry this Oppermann ; John Boziek spring," Bruce said. ( Tackle --Stew Barber, Bob Gilmour 1 Guard—Wayne Berfield, Bill Popp At end, Engle still has All- 1 4 e u n a t r e t r e - i - b - N u c ur American candidate Bob Mifin- Dick If k ger and Dave Robinson, but he 1 , Half backs—Dick Paz., " Ed Case, loses captain Henry Oppermann, 1 Kerr i Pullback , - Sam Sobczak John Bozick, Dave Alexander and Dave Truitt. Tackle and center appear to be Summer Study in New York Select your program from the 1,000 courses conducted for 2, 3;5, 6, 8 and 12 week terms, beginning June 6 and ending September 8. MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING CLASSES • hs the Arts • In Business •In the Sciences •In Retailing • In Education • In Public Administration •in Engineering •In Law • In Communication Arts PROFESSIONAL - UNDERGRADUATE - GRADUATE College students in good standing at their own schools may enroll. Application should be made in advance. All courses have the same content as in the academic year. 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