THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1969
Meise Shines For
By 1308 DtXON
Collegian Sports Writer
Although the Penn State tennis team didn't
exactly explode on the courts this spring, it could
be said that the team "blew-up". Lion net squads
had enjoyed winning seasons the last four years
and there were plenty of high expectations for the
present campaign. But .rainouls, bad luck and a
weak team spirit dropped the Lions on their tails,
creating a 4-5 record which can't get any better
than 5-5.
All is not completely dark however, because
hiding in the back room with the old tennis balls
is the Flatbush battle cry—" Wait till next year!"
You wonder how far that ever got the Dodgers,
but then the Dodgers never improved from one
year to the next like the Lions could next season.
There will be a bumper crop of netmen coming
up from the freshman team next year to add a
spark to the varsity competition„ but the hopes
for a strong, experienced nucleus next season rest
on the shoulders of a hard-working netman, Bob
Meise.
Came A Long Way
Meise came all the way from Rio De Janerio,
Brazil to Penn State—but not to play tennis. He
followed..his brother to the United States to attend
college and Lion fans can thank Philadelphia for
being the only reason he chose State—he has
relatives there. But for that, Meise might have
been winning tennis matches at some other campus
this spring. But then again, maybe not.
"I played a lot of tennis in Rio, but I was not
overly concerned about playing in college," Meise
sold. "I'm not sure I would have played if it wasn't
Pitchers Can Field, Too
PROVING TI-1./yr, HE can back his hurling with good
fielding, pitcher Roy_ SWanson picked up this bunt. The
sophomore luirler owns a 6-5 record with three saves in
his rookie season on the Penn State varsity.
Intramural Champions
Win in Track Events
In the intramural track
championships held at Beaver
Stadium this week, Phi Delta
Theta edged Phi Gamma Delta
for the fraternity title, and
Cambria, Cumberland a n d
Dunmore Houses ended in a
three-way tie for first place in
the dormitory division.
Winning the 100-yard dash
for the fraternities was Tom
Aloan of Beta Theta Pi in 10.6.
Greg Edmonds of Phi Gamma
Delta won the 440 in 51.4 and
Phi Delta Theta won the 880-
yard relay.
George Allen of Phi Delta
Theta won the shot put with a
43-1 toss while fraternity
brother jack Ham leaped 6-3 in
the high jump. Gary Deuel won
the long jump for Phi Gamma
Delta with a 20 1 / 2 -foot hop.
In the dormitory finals, Bob
Hollenbach of Cumberland won
the 100 in 10.6 and led his
house to a win in the 880-relay.
People read
upside down ads,
you're reading one cowl
Soph Future Timis Star
for the coach. I really think Coach Cathrall does,
a great job and I
enjoy playing under
him."
808 MEISE
. . . promising sop
such great accomplishments,
"My high school team was really more of a
club," the sophomore said. "Everything was very
informal. TWo teams would just get together
whenever they wanted and played a match. There
was never any pressure because we always won.
"State's winter trip to Virginia was my first
real competition and you can bet I was scared.
Sancake of Hemlock won the
440 in 55.4 and Ingo Krieg of
Dunmore hurled the shot 37-
31/2.
In the jumping events, Curtis
Johnson of Cambria went 19-
412 in the long jump, and Dave
Bremer of Bedford tied with
Ace Abelsma of Blair at 5-10 in
the high jump.
In the independent com
petition, Paul Mayer won the
100 in 11.6 and the 440 in 56.1
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The Colorful World of Softball
By JAY FINEGAN
Collegian Sports Writer
Watching the opposing teams come onto the field for the
Men's Residence Council softball championship is like
watching a late night horror flick. You know the bit—there's
an explosion under a polar ice cap some place, the earth
rumbles and opens up. and out of it come these things.
The Barbarians of East Hall's Armstrong-Bradford house
poured over the diamond as if they were fighting one of the
Holy Crusades. Ten of them (there were ten because softball
uses a fourth roving outfielder) wore outfits straight from
"Our Gang." Little league caps several sizes too small, sun
glasses bigger than a Volkswagen's windshield, T-shirts with
names like "Thor" in magic marker and shirts that lit up in
the dark. Lebanon House, the once-beaten horde from Beaver
Hall, dressed with more conservative class. They wore stained
dungarees, football jerseys and trousers which went out of
style with the 'Great Depression.
Four umpires, in formal blue, came on like the retreat
from Stalingrad. They limped, - puttered and rolled onto the
field as if they - were bringing up the rear in the Bataan Death
March. The first base official. Steve Dorfman, hobbling
around on a broken ankle, threw men out with the emphasis of
a peg-leg pirate slashing the deck with his sabre. The second
base ump showed up with his left arm in a sling and the fellow
behind the plate is lucky he escaped with his front teeth.
Tight Game
Which brings us nicely to the game. If there could be such
a thing as a pitchers' duel in softball, this had to be it.
Chuck Colony, who had fast-balled Armstrong-Bradford
through an unbeaten season, was on the mound for his third
championship game in as many years. He had never won. He
wanted this one so badly that he'd even skipped supper to get
ready.
I was afraid then they
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Netmen
But over the year I got more experience and began
to play better."
Cathrall had nothing but praise for the up-and
coming netman. saying, "Meise is a powerful ten
nis player, he likes to just blow his opponent oft
the court with hard serves and shots. He's good
in both singles and doubles, but I believe his style
of play makes him better in singles competition.
It has to be remembered however, that he has had
to double with more than one partner over the
season, and that always hurts."
Meise agreed with Cathrall concerning hi:
style of play. "I like to hit the ball hard and play
in the back half of the court," he said, "However,
if the situation arises. I will also move up to the
net to make the play. I play my best against tough
competition because it is usually my style of play.
If my opponent is a slow, steady player, I will
slow down to keep from making a mistake."
Disappointed: Satisfied
It's sort of un
believable that
Meise would not
want to play tennis
in college after the
highly successful
career he had at
Esc ola Americana
High School in Rio.
Allowed as an ex
ception to play five
years (Bth - 12th
grades) of tennis
rather than the
usual four, he led
the varsity team tb
five straight un
defeated seasons as
he personally went
unbeaten those five
Years. In addition,
he was the team's
captain and first
singles player his
last three seasons.
But Meise doesn't
believe these are
The soph netman was disappointed about the
team's poor showing this year, but felt some satis
faction over his personal record. He cited the gain
in needed experience as his most important ac
complishment, but would have liked to improve on
his 5-3 singles and 4-4 doubles records. His con
vincing win over Navy's Cutler Dawson, 6-2, 6-3,
was his greatest thrill of the year. It came when
most Lion singles were losing, as the Middies won
5-4.
Despite all his past accomplishments, the first
thing now in Meise's mind is next season. "I be
lieve this season gave me a lot of needed work for
the years to come. When I go back to Brazil this
summer I plan to play quite a bit of tennis in
order to get ready for next season. I'm really look
ing forward to it."
You are not alone Bob Meise. Penn State
tennis fans are also looking forward to it.
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Now most softball pitchers have three speeds slow,
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and "God help them." It was the last that was called upon in
the threatening extra inning.
Lebanon House's underhandcr, Glenn Sheaffer, was just
as impressive. They say his pitches had something on them.
Actually, they jumped around like butterflies.
Scoreless into the bottom of the overtime eighth, the Bar
barians managed to send John Heisey across the plate on a
punched shot to the left fielder by Randy Shultz. Lebanon's
left fielder hung his head as the ball dribbled past. His team
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The men who deal in the softball racket are fully serious
about the game. Practice is held three or four times weekly.
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When it was all over, the Barbarians swarmed home to
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