SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1961 Baseballers Seek sth Win Today Durbin Gets Starting Nod Vs. Quakers Jack McCloskey's up and clown Penn baseball team had better be up when they meet Joe Bedenk's Lions this after noon at 2:30 on Beaver Field. Penn (5-7) has been inconsistent all year, but the Nittanies have suddenly burst into the Eastern baseball spotlight with a 4-1 log. The Lions haven't played enough games to be ranked with powers like Navy and Vit. lanova, but their reputation is growing. State will put its three-game Tom Durbin winning skein on the line against) * * * the Quakers. Bedenk is calling on , ~,, eaßedenk said yesterday, "but lefty Tom Durbin to do the pitch - ;Jonas has a better arm. ing. "With a good lefthander like This will be Durbin's second'Durbin pitching though, the base start of the year. The slim veter - ,runners don't get a big jump so an beat Lafayette, 3-2, in a rain-i the catcher doesn't need quite as shortened contest two weeks ago.,strong an arm," Bedenk said. Bedenk may start Galen Hall I The rest of the lineup will be instead of Don Jonas behind the I the same as the one that rocked plate. i Rutgers, 15-2, Wednesday. "They're pretty evenly match-1 Barry Rodenhaver will start at IM Champ Mastered Hobby Bob Gross of Phi Epsilon'tioal," the amiable southpaw said !yesterday. "Bischoff is a fine play- Pi is a perfectionist at his !yesterday. I just had too much experience hobby. His hobby happens to lor him." be badminton, a sport which' "It was the same thing when I :played Phaungphakdi as a fresh demands skill, intelligence, en-man. He had the experience and durance,.and above all desiredtha. I was the difference," Gross saia. Wednesday night at Rec Hall, "Gross's secret lies in his Gross showed why he is master of ;court control," said IM Director IM badminton play by winni n giDutch Sykes. "He always keeps his third straight fraternity bad !the other man moving; he plays rninton title over Stu Bischoff of on a dime." Beta Theta Pi. . 1 Gross has an- But even though he's won the !other unique dis crown three straight years, ; Unction alo n g Gross wasn't always a "master." : with being the There's a world of difference , only man to win between the shrewd competitor . the lM badmin that won the title this year and ton championship the inexperienced but hustling Oree times. He sophomore who beat Samm y:is only the fourth Phaungphakdi two years ago. !man in IM his- In 1959 Gross beat the Thailandtory to win three champ on almost sheer hustle and lchampionships in determination. It was sweet re- lone sport. venge for him because Phaung- The others to phakdi had humiliated him in the accomplish this Bob Grass fraternity finals, 15-1, 15-2, the ; feat were John Reese of Phi Delta previous year. In his title defense against i Theta, Steve Hockey of Sigma Nu, Bischoff, Gross was making his and Irvin Shimmel of Zeta Beta opponent do the running. It Tau. was a smooth, poised Gross this ! i time. i Reese, now the head wrestling "Experience means a great: coach at Wilkes College, won ____ Miller Elected President Of Varsity 'S' Club Track veteran Mike Miller is the new president of the Varsity ''S" Club. Miller, who runs the mile, 880 and mile relay for Chick Werner's thinclads, re placed teammate Dick Campbell as "S" Club president. Jim Baker, .who plays in the number one position on State's tennis team, was elected vice president. Tony Wayne was elected secre tary and Jay Stormer was elected treasurer. Wayne doubles in track and football and Stormer earned a letter in soccer last fall. Penn State and Michigan State have contracted for football games in 1965 and 1966. The '65 game will be played at Penn State, the '66 contest at East Lansing. BIKE REPAIRS PARTS ' ACCESSORIES Western Auto 200 W. College Ave. AD 7.7992 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA * * * • cr, 44011104,. ; ick<l** ku,6,4deBl(wmemiio for Mother's Day Please your Mother on this special Sunday with the lovely Russell Stover Gift Box. Appropriately adorned with pink carnations, it contains Assorted Chocolates and Butter Bons—the finest, freshest candies sold. 1 1 / 2 lb. box 2.25 2 1 / 2 lb. box 3.25 Assorted Chocolates at 1.50 a pound "the sweetest spot in town" GRIGGS PHARMACY 120 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE first base for the Lions with Bart Brodkin at second, Don Robin sin at third and John Phillips at short. The outfield has Al Gursky in left, Dick Pae in center and Cap-i tain Zeke DeLong in right. DeLong broke out of a long slump with three hits in five trips Wednesday and Gursky and Pae smashed homers to lead the 16-hit onslaught on four Rutgers pitchers. . Penn has one of the best pitch- , ing staffs in the East, backed up by a sophomore-studded lineup ) that shows signs of greatness. Sophomore third sacker Jeff Sturm is the leading Quaker bats man with a .304 average through the first 12 games. Second sacker Dave McKin ley and sh...rtstop Porter Shreve are Penn's other top hitters. Shreve was the tailback on the Quakers' Ivy League football entry last full. Sophomore basketballer Bob Purd • is the regular leftfielder !for the visitors. Mike Tate in cen {ter and Marty Goldman 'in right join Purdy in the outfield. Marty Padersky will probobly !get the nod from McCloskey to start on the mound for the Quak ers. Penn ace Grover Powell isn't slated to see any action, but Mc- Closkey may use him in a pinch. Powell, the 1960 NCAA strike out king, had a 6-1 record last year as a sophomore. IM boxing titles at 123, 113, and 135 pounds In 1949, 1950, and 1951. Hockey also won three consecu tive boxing crowns. He beat Sam Valentine, former All-American football player, for the heavy weight title in 1959. Shimmel won the handball crown in 1954, 1955, and 1956. Gross' mastery in badminton didn't come by chance. "I start ed playing badminton when I was a senior in high school," Gross said. "Every day after school my dad and I played at the YMCA. I concentrated on just one thing —beating my dad." Gross said his philosophy on badminton is to keep his oppon ent under constant pressure. "You can't play a defensive game in badminton and win," he said. "The best defense is a good offense." Olympic Champ Penn State's only individual gold medal winner in track is Horace Ashenfelter who won the steeplechase at Helsinki in 1952. Barney Ewell was a member of the championship 400-meter re lay team at London in 1948. Give her the finest . . SUNDAY, MAY 14th Lions Lose Hayes For LaX Tilt Today Earnie Baer has had plenty of problems this year, but the biggest one of all is yet to come—the Lion stickmen meet Syracuse at 10 a.m. on Beaver Field minus the services of their top.scorer, Torn Hayes. Hayes, who has scored 14 for the game because of a bad charley horse. Baer said Hayes could play but if he got bumped the wrong way he would be out for the season. I'd rather have' ,e-4ti - •.• - -.• , ..4 : •_•;•.,. • • • t •••. r•tiov.•,.• him play . the final four games. than take a chance on getting hurt against, Syra cus e," he , •4.!: t said. Gordon Ben nett will replace P:4.4 the Lion star at! • midfield. Bennett - is State's third Gordon Bennett leading scorer, but has been used on the second midfield so far this year. Today's game against th e Orange marks the opening of the second half schedule and Baer hopes things will break a little better for the Lions. State's record is 1-4, but the Lions have had their share of bad luck. Navy trounced the stickmen, then State dropped overtime beeribreakers to Penn and Cornell. Rutgers handed The defense averages 215-lbs the Lions their other defeat, a with footballer Tom Gilburg (230) 6-3 decision. the anchor man. Bob Ransdell The Lions haven't scored we11,(205) and Dave Ward (210) are in their last couple of games and the other two starters. SUMMER JOBS IN EUROPE EARN YOUR TRIP AND EXPENSES FOR FREE INFORMATION WRITE TO: AMERICAN STUDENT INFORMATION SERVICE e. V. Jahnstrasge 56A, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Telephone 59 12 28 By DEAN BILLICK goals this year, will not dress with Hayes out the stickmen could be in for a lot of trouble against the highscoring Orange. Syracuse is 3-2 this year and has won its last three contests. The Orange close games, 8-6 to Baltimore University and 8-7 to Hofstra early in the year. Since then they have bounced back for wins over Darthmouth. 15-8, Colgate, 15-6, and RPI, 9-6. Even though his team will be favored, Orange coach Roy Sins mons is looking for a real close game. "I'd hate to predict the outcome of the game," he said. 'When Penn State and Syracuse meet, it's bound to be a rough game whether it's football, la crosse or pingpong." The Orange - starting iineup fea tures seven lettermen plus a strong defensive unit. Dick'Finley is the team's leading scorer and a strong All-American possibility. Norm Lemieux and Anton Riess, both lettermen, join Finley at midfield. Pete DeLeeuw, Ted Glowa and Frank Kiernan start at attack. • PAGE NINE dropped two
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