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Baseballers Top Orange,
4-0, 7-6; Host Mouniies
By JOH*J MORRIS
Sports Go-Editor
The Penn Slate baseball
team moved two steps closer
to a District 2 playoff bid Sat
urday, sweeping a doublehead
er from Syracuse, 4-0 and 7-6,
on Beaver Field. *
The Lions, now 8-2 with six
games remaining, host West Vir
ginia on Beaver Field this after
noon at 3:30. ;
State has four games to play
before the district selection com
mittee meets in Scranton Monday
th pick four teams as well as the
dates and site for the District 2
playoff.
The Nittanies will probably
have to -take all four games to
rate consideration by the commit
tee. After today's contest with the
Mounties, the Lions travel to
Bucknell for a single game Thurs
day and to Pitt for a double
header Saturday.
ST. JOHN'S (19-0) and Seton
Hall (14-4) appear sure bets to
make the playoffs. A third bid will
go automatically to the Middle At
lantic Conference champion.
State, Pitt (8-4) and Lafayette
(12-5) are all in the battle for the
fourth spot in the tourney.
Th<- Lions literally walked to f re< j Lighl'i throw to double up Syracuse's Dick Tayior. Light
Saturday. S rabbed a bunl 5n mid ' air end fired to Robinson on : fir “ for lh<r
Up a total of 23 walks in the doubleplay. Robinson threw the ball back to third in yin unsuccess
course of the long afternoon. " f u l attempt to stop Dave Saretie from advancing on ithe play. The
. Niltanies collected only Lions look both ends ot the doubleheader. 4-0 and /f-G.
lour hits m winning the opener, . . . , > i
4-0. behind the five-hit pitching * '■£ , ; 1
of lefthander Bob Fenton. . three easy runs in the first in- losses. Fenton boosted his record;
Second baseman Don Robinson ning of the nightcap. Syracuse to 6-0 with his victory in the Tirst;
broke a scoreless tie in the sev-'scored one in the second and three; game. j
cnth inning, doubling down theiin the third to take a 4-3 lead, The stocky Fenton wilt prob
left field line. A wild pitch and but the Lions jumped back into ably be on the hill for the JNit
a double steal made it 3=o. jthe driver's seat with three runs tanies this afternoon agains’t | the
Roger Kochman accounted for’in the fourth inning. - Mounties. ' j
the Lions' final tally in the eighth.!. Syracuse tied the game, 6-6, on i
The speedy left fielder doubled.iDick Taylor’s two-run homer ini
stole third and scored on loser, the seventh before Kochman de-
Bob Lelli’s third wild pitch of themed the issue with a one-out -
;gnme. * in the bottom of the 11th.' w., l. Ptt. ! c.a
KOCHMAN DROVE in the win-; Righthander Marlin Biesecker !? ~
ning run in the 11-inning second .pitched eight and two-thirds in- ‘i/innZl'iu it. is >,6t v*
game with a double to right. nings in the second game in post- Chicago .?! -.llll'. n" i<- ’.s«x 2
Six walks gave the Nittanies ing his second win against no )*’ ■*}* J,
'Detroit IS j IS .500:
Niftany Netters in Old Rut. ! 15fe T ~%j H a I .S’!
Drop Seventh to Orange, 7. t c.**
By KEN DENLINGER j edged the netters by a 6-3 count. r n 7 V-V ** "m r * ,ru * l * l D l lroit-
T 'act v»ar flip Pnnn Statoi absence of Lion captain Jim K«n.H> city, ruvow (S-2i at ci.v.i.nd.
Last jear.tne renn due t 0 the flu )eft the r»rry ii «i a ■
tennis team defeated Syracuse jnetmen at a severe disadvantage ,I ' ,> * l B * ,o ‘
by a 7-2 score. Saturday the j“e Eneineers ca P italized ■" Bo,Um ' 1 " > "'
Orangemen returned the com-j Baker Returned for the matches; NAT,OfrAL w? EA L. LE Ptt. c.b.
pliment, dropping the Nittanyiagainst Georgetown and Navy. s«n Fr.nci.ro 2«, » .tsoi -
' K < !but it made no difference as State 1 if, I *'* - *2 1 J
netmen by that same 7-2 count. defea ted in both matches by.&ar:;:::~::ii- » %l\ k
for Lion coach Sherrn Fogg this trn* sanic S-0- count Colgate*P*ttJ»i>urKh i< m .&oo r
has been another trying season, dropped the Lions’ record to J? j!
These past few yeap his netters with a resounding 8-1 win last iiomum , 1.11111" n is !:ii9 in
have been unable Urproduce anv-Friday and with the defeat by t '*> ii w ... s 21 .sooju
thing close to winning record. Syracuse on Saturday, the net- ; N « w York y „ Uti , r ., 7 • s “ o l ls ' a
THINGS STARTED real well men ' ! record now stands at two. No imm— .rh«Muiod. -
for State with a 5-4 victory over wins against seven setbacks. : york>
arch rival.. Pitt. Then came losses Tomorrow the netmen face.a : i> n.
to Army and Marvland. The net->Bucknell, a team theyi defeated M t jJ n Si nn * ,i ,-, J *L ,4 '*i | *' P*>ii«d«iphu.
tors bounced back against West last year by a 6-3 score. The; kb. ,2.01 .t Pituim^h,
Virginia With a 7-2 win to evenjßisons will be led by captain Fr»nch 11-21 n.
their log at two wins and-two'Mike Nachwalter. senior Bob u-n, »t Lo. Ao«*lm.
losses - i Heuman and a host of promising D^ i Voui t s'immrm. ,k) »t s.„ ».n.
'sophomores. ri«-o. Pl.ro. U-01 K. I
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obinson (2) takes third baseman
MAJOR LEAGUES
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Stickmen Near Record
By Topping Garnet, 17-8
Coach Dick Pencek’s! 1962 lacrosse team is just one vic
tory away frorrj the best Record in State lacrosse history. Th*
stickmen established that fact Saturday, downing Swarth
more with little trouble, i 7-8, on Beaver Stadium. r
j 7 \ 7
i The victory was State’s seventh in nine starts and
j equalled the previous high win total for one season by a Lion
j stick team. The 1946 team, coached 3 by Nick Thiel, had a 7-3
chart arid Thiel’s 1955 team was!-; :
j 7-5. {against 'goalie Vinnie Tedesco.
State has one game left with Col- k* ons then coasted the rest
_ _. ’... iof the way for the victory. The
i gate Saturday on Beaver Stadium evenec j -Swarthmore’s record
and if records mean anything,; at 5-5 /
.Pencek’s shooters should enjl up! Garnet coach Brooke C ottman
jthe season, 8-2. (was impressed with the Lions’
i The victory over the Garnet {.“hustle arid scrap” and even Pen
igave the Lions the Penn Del jcek- voiced approval of their per
| championship. The stickmen wonjformance
;the crown with a 4-0 record, mak-r ..j. d say we played a little
\ he ° n y ,’i nbe d ■'r, than we did against Lehigh,”
jin the 11-team leag>- , e young mentor said. "I guess
1 Besides Swar* e’re learning," he added with, a
; stopped Pen -in 0 n his face.
Lehfgh! Others WHILE MEISEL is,among the
•the league a ;aders in .the nation in assists,
Delaware Die iayes isn’t too far behind in the
inson Drexe :oring race at midfield. The
F&M- Getty tnior star has 27 B° als ’ one more
burg ’ and VilJ ian he bad last year when be
nova -d the Lions and-- was second
Last wc imong the nation's midfielders.
.State captui Seelig is second in the scoring
v (he Middle , ice with 22 tallies, Charron has
lantic Confi and Lou Meier 11.
ence champL.
‘ship with a 4-0
.record.
i Dick Seelig, Howie Spencer,
[Tom Hayes and'John .Meiselj led
the Lion charge’ against Swarth
more. Seelig podred in five, goals |
| and Spencer scored four, a jsea
son’s high for jboth attackmen-
The team's leadihg scorer, Hayes,]
connected on- thiee tallies while
Miesel had two: goals and jfive
l assists. | *
THE FIVE ASSISTS jumped
Meisel’s season total to 38, making!
him one of the top assist men in !
the country.'Bill Charron counted!
for two of State's other scores ]and
■Andy Pollock got the other. j
< The stickmen jumped off to a'
6-0 lead against Swarthmore land
increased the lead.to 8-0 before
Garnet could crack the ice
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STATE COLLEGE
By DEAN BILUCK
Spoj-ts Co-Editor
Frosh 9 Clubs Altoona;
John MeU«i
Wins 4th Straight, 29-4
' The Penn State freshman base
ball team ran its win streak to
four as .they clubbed the Altoona
Center, 20-4, Saturday at Altoona.
The 20-hit barrage was led.by
center fielder Don- McMenimen
and second baseman Dave Byard,
each with four hits. Right fielder
Lou Amici and first baseman Fred
Swope, each collecting three hits.
PROMOTION
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MEETING
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TUESDAY. MAY 15. 1962