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)
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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
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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.
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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'
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him play . the
final four games.
than take a
chance on getting
hurt against,
Syra cus e," he , •4.!:
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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.
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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. •
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