THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 Lion Baseballers to Host Lehigh if Weather Clears By JOHN MORRIS About the only time the Penn State baseball team steps on the field is when they play a game. At least it's beginning to seem that way to Lion coach Joe Bedenk. "You can't battle the weather," Bedenk said yesterday after the Lions' rain-shortened practice session. "We could give some teams some trouble this year," he continued, "but you just can't practice in this stuff." The Lions are supposed to host unbeaten Lehigh at 3:30 this afternoon in a Beaver Field game originally scheduled for Tuesday, but first they need a break from the weatherman, Tom Durbin is Bedefik's choice to face the Engineers if the skies clear. The bespectacled righthander will be making his first start of the year. He was 3-0 last year while dividing his time between the mound and center field. Bob Meyer will start for the Engineers, but coach Tony Packer says that he'll "use ev eryone on the staff if we can win by doing so." JOE BEDENK Meyer pitched six innings of hit 4 less ball in Lehigh's opening 12-3 I Phillips at short and Don Robin win over Swarthmore and saved sonon third. the Engineers' 4-3 win over Buck-I The outfield will have Al Hell with two innings of reliefs, Gursky in left, Dick Pae in pitching. • Bedenk will go with the same' center and team captain Zeke lineup that he used against Villa- _ DeLong in right. 1 nova. DeLong has been bothered by _ _ . a sore right shoulder after mak ling a long throw in the Lions' opening win over Gettysburg, That means Bob Rodenhaver will start at first base, Bart "Bronco" Brodkin at second, John Boyle Begins Fifth Season As Golf Coach Tomorrow By DAVE LEONARD Joe Boyle begins his fifth sea son as golf coach when the Lion linksmen travel to Maryland this weekend to meet two of the tough est squads in college circles Maryland and Navy. Boyle has compiled a 33-9 dual meet tecord since moving up to the head position. He `served as assistant coach from 1949 through 195 G. Boyle played three years of varsity golf at Penn State in 1946, '47, and '4B. The 1947 team was the only Lion squad to ever win the Eastern championship. Some outstanding players, in cluding Bill Davidson, have de veloped under Boyle's guidance. Davidson was the Eastern champ in 1958 when he led the Lion linksmen to a perfect 10-0 season. Looking ahead to the coming season, Boyle says this will be a rebuilding year. Captain John Morton, Bob Rutherford, and Bob Swahn, ,are; the only returning Lion golfers who saw action last year. The rest of the squad is un tested in varsity competition, but) Boyle said that he has a fine) group of sophomores in Rich Gill son, Jack Meredith, Dave Miller, and Denny Moyer. Morton, a two year letterman, has compiled a 15-5 dual meet record in two seasons of varsity play. The Lion senior was 7-2 as a sophomore, and 8-3 last year. Rutherford. the only other Lion to earn a letter last year, posted an 8-3 log. After the opening matches this weekend, the linksmen return home to face West Virginia on Wednesday. • Lions Schedule MSU Penn State and Michigan State will meet in a home and home football series in 1965-66. The Spartans will visit 'Univer sity Park Sept. 25, 1965, and the Lions will travel to East Lansing Sept. 24, 1966. HOOD Vantage Tennis Rackets Restrung 24 hr. Service Tennis Rackets By WILSON SPALDING Tennis Bails By WILSON SPALDING WRIGHT DITSON FISHING LICENSE Now For Sale OPEN Friday Till 9 P.M. You Can Get It At mETzGER , s The Store With the Black Granite Front and E. College Avenue THE DAILY COI.LEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA but expects to be ready {his aft ernoon. Don Jonas will be the Nittany catcher. The football halfback was injured in a collision at home plate in the Villanova game, but will be back in the lineup today. Ed Czekaj, Penn State busi ness manager of athletics, said late last night that the decision on today's game would be made this morning. PIAA V-Ball, Rifle Set for Rec Flaii The PIAA volleyball and rifle championships will be decided Saturday in Rec Hall • Munhall, champion of the Southwest region, will be going after its third straight rifle title. Bradford (Northwest), Stroud- Union (Northeast) and Upper Darby (Southeast) are the other finalists. Monessen, District 7, will not be back to defend the volleyball crown it won the past two sea sons. Contenders this year, are Con estoga (1), William Penn of York (3), Turnpike (4), Homestead (7), Peabody (8), Clearfield (9), Con neaut Valley (10), and Tunkhan- Alock (12). 'Golfers Schedule 12 Twelve matches are on tap for Penn State's golf team this sea son. Coach Joe Boyle's team will open April 14 at Maryland. Grandstand Views • )41.. • - "Z. 4,46;; Glancing Back After Two Years as Sports Editor . There is little hestitation in thiS corner when it comas to picking the top sports spectacles during the past two years. The two football games with Syracuse stand out far above anything else. In 1959, both Syracuse • and the Lions were undefeated going into their now historic meeting on Beaver Field. The Orange had•a 6-0 record and were ranked third in the na tion while the Lions were 7-0 and were ranked seventh. A record crowd of 32,800 went wild when Sophomore Roger Kochman rambled 17 yards for the first score in the opening period . to give State a 6-0 lead. Apparently Kochman's score brought the mighty Orangemen to life because they snapped back for a 20-6 lead at the outset of the fourth period. . Syracuse made it look so easy up to this point that nobody ex pected a Penn State comeback. After Syracuse's final score, "Toe" Yates lifted a booming kick to the Lion goal. Kochman took it there and began weaving through the whole Orange team. He managed to reach midfield where Bud Kohlhaas knocked the last defender into oblivion, enabling the Rocket to complete his 100-yard dash. Kochman's run stunned the Orangemen, the crowd and the They held the Orange deep in Syracuse territory and Yates went back to punt. This time tackle Andy Stynchula, now with the Washington Redskins, hurtled the Syracuse defenders. He managed to block the kick and• the ball was rolling free near the 10. Fred Mautino, Syracuse's All-American end, scooped it up but Kohlhaas hit him from behind and jarred the ball loose. State recovered on the one and you could feel the tension rise. On the next play, fullback Sam Sobczak scored and the Lions were just two points away from a tie, 20-18. One of those dramatic hushes fell over the crowd as Richie Lu cas brought the team out of the huddle for the extra point. Then came the snap. Lucas pivoted, Kochman took the hand• off and banged into a wall of white perseys just short of the goal. The rally was over. When the final whistle blew a few minutes later, nobody left the stadium. Instead everyone stood and applauded the Lions as they walked off the field. "The standing ovation the fans gave the team after the game was the finest tribute I've ever seen a crowd give a team," a dejected Hip Engle said after the game. When the wire service polls came out the next week, the Or. angemen were the top team in the country. They finished in that spot and were named national champs. Naturally it was a bitter loss for the Lions and they waited a (Continued on pane eleven) Two approaches to the "man's deodorant" problem If a man doesn't mind shaving under his arms, he will probably find a woman's roll-on satisfactory. Most men, however, find it simpler and surer to use Mennen Spray Deodorant. Mennen Spray was made to get through to the skin, where perspiration starts. And made to work all day. More men use Mennen Spray than any other deodorant. How about you? 64c and $l.OO plus tax Mennen products are sold at McLanahait's Drug Store 134 S. Allen St. McLanahan's Self Service 414 E. College Ave. Syracuse Games Top Spectacles PAGE NINE By Sandy Padwe . Collegian Sports Editor
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