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Lack of Pitching Depth
May Hamper Lion Nine
By JOHN MORRIS
(This is thk last of a »erie* on the Penn State baseball team.
Today, the pitchers and catchers.)
If coach Joe Bedenk has a problem as he readies his team
lor its opener against Gettysburg Tuesday, it is a big ques
tion mark hovering around .the pitching mound.^
“Fenton then two days of rain” doesn’t
rhyme as well as; the old “JSpahn and Sain” jingle, but it
pretty well sums up the depth of the Lions’ pitching staff
this year. I ' ' c . \ !
GRADUATION, probation and illness put a serious crimp
In what appeared to be a fine
Nittany mound corps before the
practice drills started_this spring.
Ed Kikla and Tom Durbin, two (
outstanding lefthanders, have!
both graduated and righty Dave!
Bergey is suffering from diabetes!
and will miss at least part of the,
campaign.
Holdover Tom Shaffer and fire
balling sophomore, Walt Bloom’
appeared cinches to make the|
staff this year, but :both failed to
make the grade scholastically. '
The Gettysburg assignment will
go to cither righthander Marlin!
Biesecker or lefthander Bob Fen-!
ton. The man who doesn’t start]
Tuesday will pitch fit Lehigh Fri-j
day with Tuesday’s starter com-]
ing back to throw .'against-Villa-!
nova on Saturday.. Sound like a
two-man pitching staff? It almost
fc. ‘
BIESECKER POSTED a 2-2 ]
record last season with a 1.22
earned run average. His record
could'-have been 4-0, but the State
-.infield was pretty leaky on oc-!
casion. -J
Fenton, whose curve ball breaks
like an orange rolling off a table,
was J-l with an 0.94 earned run
mark.
Jeff Spanier shapes up as the 1
Nittanies' number, three pitcher.
The lanky sophomore lacks ex
perience, but pitching coach
Chuck Medlar has high hopes for
Shooters Take Third in Easterns
By FRANK QUIGLEY . jshooters instead of the usual five;
Penn State’s rifle team closed outi to ® c f V
a highly successful season by cop-;/- u tteron and Charles Nagel
ping a third-place finish in the ln lhe ‘ r best performances
National-Rifle Association eastern year to finish second and
shoo toffs held last weekend at f,fth respectively in the individual
King’s Point. N.Y. City College competition Gutterson fired 291
of New York won first place i n j an «t Nagel 287.
the 20-leam meet,
The Lions, who had a 10-3 rec
ord, came close Urwinning as they
fired a 1134 compared to CCNY’s
1139 and second place finisher
Boston University's 1136. -
The Lions erttered 4 teams in
the tourney with the quartet of
Dick Gogolkiewicz. Bill Shaffer,
Dick Taylor and Bill Gutteron
placing highest. Teams m the
match were composed of four
Town Independent Men
What? A Mixer
When? Thursday, April 5
Time? 6:15 to 8:00 P.M.
Place? Atherton Lounge
Brass? Casual
with Atherton Girls
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UhfIVERSITY PARK. PEIIfNSYIVAtiIA
the righthander’s future.
, “He could come along and be a
t real fine pitcher for us," Medlar
i said, “Be needs experience but so
!do most of these boys.” ' - ,
i JUNIOR DICK STELLMAN
,may be the Nittanies* number one
j reliefer. Sophomores Chet! Mosier
and Dick Noe are also available
;for spot duty.
| Niltany hurling prospects would
be brightened considerably by
'the .return of Bergey, but his
:status is still up in the air. The
I stocky fastballer was a spot start
ler for the Lions last year.:
j The Lions are better off; behind
the plate, where Don Jonas re
turns to head the catching corps.
Jonas was the Nittanies’ regular
receiver last season and Bedenk:
is looking for a good season from'
his stocky, chatter guy.
Jonas handles the pitchers well
and keeps the whole team relaxed
! with his impromptu_ remarks.
I SOPHOMORE DICK BEE and
senior Bill Paris are. the reserve
I catchers.
Another sophomore, Bill Manke,
is still recovering from an oper-.
ation on a finger of his throwing!
hand atid probably will see limited
1 action this-season. !
Bee and Manke split the catch
ing duties for the Lion frosh last
season. Both are power hitters
with strong, accurate arms.
Phillips Top Receiver
1 NEW YORK (AP) Jim Phil
lips of the Los Angeles Rims
was thfc top pass receiver in the
National Football League last
year, according to official statis
tics. ■ ■
The former Auburn star caught
78 passes during the 14-game 1961
season.
Brown Soys Ninowski Will Pltiy j
, DETROIT] CAP) j— Cleveland! The three-for three National!
Brown Coach Paul Brown held an Football League Ixade sent] Ni-i
airport trysi with Jim Ninowski nowski. a .Detroit native,.defen-'
yesterday and predicted that the sive end Bill Glass and back Hop
newly acquired quarterback will j along Cassady to the Browns and
jbe in the staging lineup for Cleve- sent quarterback Milt Plum, back
land next fall. (Tommy Watkins' and linebacker
- Brown, Accompanied by his, ve 40 Detroit. j |
chief scout. Paul Bixler, conferred Ninowski had emerged (from
for two «houbs with Ninowski andi yesterday’s meeting, saying noth-!
talked about) the quarterback's ex- ing has changed. But Brown seated
pressed reluctance! to make, the Oatly: "There is no doubt in my
switch front' the Detroit Lions to mind that when the time ‘comes
Cleveland. 1 (next fall Jim Ninowski will be
Ninowski ■ said : Thursday he; football in Cleveland,
wouldn’t pl£y for Cleveland beM ! "He‘has always wanted to; be a
cause a tradjs which involved five! No. 1 quarterback. He will be No.
other playeijs would ruin his off-!l! with us and I can tell ydu he
season plans. likes that idea." |
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808 FENTON -
. . . curveballing southpaio
play well in; the wind with stroke
saving chipping yesterday to shoot
a three-under-ptff 89 and move
into a one-shot lead in the $20,000
Azalea Open Golf Tournament at
the halfway'mark with a 137 totaL
The handsome [ 39-year-old for-,
mer Marine lieutenant, playing'
lout of»Miami, Fla., led by one
'stroke over reigning National
Open champion Gene Littler, who
shot a 68 yesterday.
Jim ! Ferrier, jthe first-round
leader, shot par j 72 for a third
place tie at 139 with Dave Marr,
whose, 66 was the best round of
the tournament thus far.
Also very much in contention
at 140 were Daye Ragan, Mason
Rudolph and Billy Maxwell.
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