WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 1962 * • *T I , Off and Qn Occasionally, when the wind dies down, it is possible to the j hear a strange noise in .the area* around the Ice Skating Rink. The sound is amazingly like the one producetTwhen a Nittanies’ streak, and it appears , that the title- will remain in Penn bat strikes a baseball. State possession for at least* an- As absurd as. it- may seem, that time of the baseball oth ‘ er ?***■ ! > „ season known loosely as “spring training” has started in thatjoiXuS*u“n a?w£t man-made wind tunnel, sometimes called the Ice Skatingj Point ; and will probably be fa- Kink. • | ] .. jvored to cop the crown next sea -1 Spring it is not, but practice it is for Penn State coach'„ . 1m hS SS j Mhr ' and ii>e ’ amUi Tb&TuS cold-blooded mdividuals out for the team. stocky junior was second in the Beaenk and Medlar do most of the suffering. The team tree dxercise, third on the hori managers bring a new batch of baseball aspirants down from' 20ntal bar - ‘ f ourth on the side Rec Hall every half'hour or so and half-frozen remnants of the previous group, back to the warmth and {dual meet season in the free ex*r security of room. cise—to Pitt’s Earl McConnell. BUT WHILE THE PLAYERS and managers do v aUisJ cC ? n s£ u s b ® ed **?Jg“ N'***?/ , this running around, Bedenk and- Medlar must stand in. the! 51 ot&r*LsSsEb ISteSiSS wind tunnel and direct traffic. were turned in by Bud Williams, The silver-haired coach, who and F. P Slorza. ‘ to one Charlesi Dillon Stengel, ’ Witlianw. Use Lions’ second man runs players in and out. of the. on the stlU nngs 0,13 season ’ two batting caiges at a warm ing clip 1 while! Medlar directs operations in the-make-shift, pitching area, j Another sound as synony mous with Penn State baseball as the crack of; the bat can also be heard occasionally in the Lion’s training headquarters. Bedenk’s- growling voice serves to keep his players alert and aware of the fact that he doesn’t miss a thing. “Choke up on that bat,” Bedenk . yelled Monday, “you’re swinging like it was the Fourth of July.” And then in ah aside io> this reporter, “He was coached j by.one of my own' players, fHe Jcnows how to swing a bat;” , BEDENK Practice was enlivened somewhat this week by the ap pearance of a healthy, suntanned John Adams, courtesy of the Florida State lieague. • Adams, catcher and part-time first baseman for the last three years, has just completed a course at Sommer’s Um piring School in Florida and has landed a job with the Florida ! league. Nothing could sound much more' inviting: right about now. ’. r ADAMS WAS GREETED by his former coach and .many of his’dormer teammates. As a matter of! fact, there seems to be quite an abundance of his former mates around.. , There is spunky Bart'Brodkin, the Lions’ regular second sacker last year as a sophomore, who always seems to be asking for “just a few more swings.” Then there is big Marlin Biesecker, a! tall, right-handed pitcher of ,some skill, who would rather hit than pitch, ! i And then there is third baseman Don Robinson, who would rather play baseball than’do almost anything,., i Robinson and Brodkin exemplify the type oMaasebaH player Bedenk wapts. Neither is blessed with size, speed or strength but \ both have that quality which shows when a player runs on and off the field, instead of walking. BEDENK WILL PROBABLY produce a winning team this season, he usually has in his 31 years as the Lion coach. And, with Brodkin .and Robinson in the: same infield, the Lions should jplay exciting baseball. Brodkinj Biesecker and Robinson are just three of thel front-liners ■ returning from last year’s 9-6 squad. Bedenk can also calll on Dick. Pae, A 1 Gursky, Don Jonas and team; captain; John!Phillips from last season’s sta’*ti r,fT ♦"am. - In addition to |Biesecker,-pitching coach Medlar has Dave Bergey, Bob! Fenton and promising sophomore Walt Bloom available to name a few. Bergey. is student teaching : this term, but will probably join:the team in time for five days.(March 20-25) of practice at Ft. Eustisj Va. j : I flat tops mm mt M STATE BARBER SHOP j 110 S. MIEN ST. 6 Full Tima Barbers 8 a.m. to 5:30 p«itt Doily ! - j Personalizi Service State’s Strange Spring Sounds By JOHN MORRIS Assistant Sports Editor IVY LEAGUE A SPECIALITY THE DAILY COLLEGIAN UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA I t - ; . ! » .. > Seward's Showing Boosts Gym Hopes ’ Greg Weiss' overwhelming vie jtory in the Eastern Intercollegiate i Gymnastics , League all-around ! competition [at the individual j championships at West Point Fri jday marked; the tenth straight lyear that a Lion gymnast had wen EIWA Tousrney (Continued from page six) coming to Bethel (Sonny) halgh of Syracuse, 5-4. At 137 Edwards makes his first tournament: appearance. He has| rolled to an impressive 8-1-1 rec-j ord at 147, including a 5-4 win' over "Pitt’s two-time EIWA run ner-up, Daryl Kelvington. ' . PIFER IS NEARLY everyone’s choice for a title at 147. Last year the Lion co-captain won the title going .away and there doesn’t appear to be anyone who can challenge him this season. -Pifer’s record is 8-2, but both losses came at 187. Paul Stegner or Chuck Beatty, both <M, will probably start at 157 while John Barone, 2-4, should wrestle at 167. Bill Polacek, who won his first match. >5-0, last week at Rutgers, is scheduled for the 1,77-pound 3pot. ; ’ Myer, who is the regular 177- pounder, will move-updo 191. The Lion co-captain grappled to an 8-2 chart this year, including a win at 191 arid heavyweight. Pohland, > who also was . a late ptarter,’ has a 5-2 chart and will ■be State’s hope at heavy weight. aiimiimiumuiunmiim«a»«inmmmiiinma«g 1 RADIO* PHONO J 1 > SERVICE • j | pick up -AD 8-6021 1 delivery ,1 nTPnI television! if bb SERV,CB t .ft ' U ' WU J CENTER I ' 232 S. ALLEN ST. S —<«u«mßißmuuuiiiiuauml iuttuui icame though with the -best per formance of hia career in the | Easterns. The blond-haired junior fin ished second to Weiss on the still rings, 188.5 t 0,176.5. Senior Larry Yohn broke and finished far down the list ; SFORZA ALSO turned in his best showing of the year, finish ing third in the long horse vault The vault had been *.a trouble spot for the Nitfcmies in dual meets, but sophomore Sforra will give the Lions'a strong man in the event for j two more seasons. The Nittarucs begin practice this week for the NCAA cham pionships to be held in Albu querque, N.M., March 29-30-31. —John Morrii SCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL dw. 1 x cu> a Stmlffiiftfe HwnpfiWd &4. Antwillc M iffiAt. n.u a <iUrU* Fln«| Mount 79. 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TA. |*-l* HAU Phi'-AI. iMI t* Phi Sis. Drt. |ft-l t H Rata The. PI <7-1* tl HUth Seom~WtLI.IAM UUn. Taa Kappa Kpafton. tp INOKPKNOVNT PIBST BOUND PLAtOPP Mwcit DUKuvai Hand boll Winners For the second consecutive year footballers Pete Lisfee and Steve Popp have copped" the indepen dent handball doubles champion ship. The pair defeated Don Benner Bruce Blanning, 21-20, and 31-12, last night in Bee Hall to win the title. Jay Ends Pact Holdout TAMPA, Fla. (/Pi Spirits at Cincinnati's spring training camp rose yesterday when the Reds' top pitcher, Joey Jay,.ended his holdout The 26-year-old right-hander who won 21 games in the Rods' surprising push to the National League | pennant last year, signed for the 1962 season for an esti mated £28,000. PAGE SEVEN
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