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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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By Sandy Padwe .
Collegian Sports Editor