Bison nine fight back, bow out 5-2
Dennie DeWitt pushes Lion bat attack along
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By RICK STARR
Assistant Sports Editor
"Don't believe what you
read in the papers," baseball
coach Chuck Medlar warned
his players before yester
day's game against Bucknell.
"I know you guys have read
that this team is 0-5, but
forget that. On any given
day..."
Medlar's words turned out
to be a fitting preview of
yesterday's 5-2 Penn State
win, played before a small
crowd at Beaver Field. What,
on any given day, should have
been a relatively easy afternoon for the Lion
nine was turned into a real grinder by
Bucknell lefty Rich Baines who, despite four
errors by his mates, kept the Lions pretty
well in check all afternoon.
In the first inning however, the Bisons'
play was unworthy of Medlar's warning.
Penn State second baseman Greg Vogel led
off with a walk and center fielder Dennie
DeWitt, who had a two for four afternoon,
followed with a single.
Jerry Micsky then blasted a double play
one-hopper back to the mound, but Baines
decided to go to third with the play and threw
low into the dirt, loading the bases with none
out. After George Coval walked, Don Stine
and Rick Sherkel produced deep sacrifice
flys. A strike out by Kevin Burke closed out
the three-run, one-hit inning.
The Bisons came part of the way back in
the top of the second when Bucknell first
baseman Bill Walsh walked and second
baseman Bernie Bernenger tripled to right.
Burke made a diving attempt for the ball but
didn't come up with it.
Penn State yielded another tally in the
fourth when pitcher Steve Correll walked
Bernenger, wild pitched him to second and
then gave up a single to Baines.
It was then Bucknell's turn to be generous
as the Bison infield booted two straight
ground balls in the fourth putting Sherkel on
third and Burke on second. Len Bartek let
Baines off the hook however when he hit a
double play ball to short.
DeWitt came up with his second hit in the
fifth, a double that was really a triple. The
veteran center fielder drilled a gep shot to
right center but tripped and fell rounding
second and almost got thrown out getting
back to the bag. He was left on when Micsky
grounded to short for the final out of the
frame.
The Penn State fans who left after the sixth
missed a good offensive and defensive show
by the Lions, not to mention excellent relief
pitching by John Maier.
With two out in the top of the eigth, Walsh
was given Comell's sixth walk before Steve
Stewart's double. Stewart's hit was a gap
shot to left center which Sherkel hustled on,
holding the lead man at third.
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Medlar then came on with Maier, who has
been exceptional for Penn State in his three
appearances so far. Medlar said he took out
Correll, only a freshman, because he was Just
a little too wild.
"He didn't tire out," Medlar said, "he just
got into trouble with bases on balls. He's a
young kid with a lot of potential but bases on
balls cost him two runs today."
Maier worked to a one and one count, then
threw a hard curve right on the outside
corner to Bernenger. The next pitch was
another curve that broke right across the
plate. That pitch was also taken by Ber
nenger, ending the Bison threat.
In the bottom of the eighth the Lions got a
couple of breather runs off Baines, who took
the loss.
Penn State travels to Gettysburg for a 3
p.m. game this afternoon with either Sherkel
or Brian Masella slated to pitch. Medlar said
he would like to start Mitch Lukevics,
however the Lion freshman developed
blisters on his fingers after his last outing.
DeWitt has been pulling a large share of
the Lion offense along this season and Medlar
made mention of it after yesterday's win.
"We always knew he was a good hitter with
a lot of potential and this year, he's just doing
it," Medlar said. Someone asked the Lion
coach if he had been surprised by the Bison
pitching. "You guys know baseball," Medlar
replied. "On any given day..."
PENN STATE BUCKNELL
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3 1 0 0 Bassi ss 4 0 1 0
4 1 2 0 Eck 3b 5 0 0 0
4 2 1 0 Haves If 4 0 0 0
3 0 0 1 Deihm c 2 0 0 0
3 1 2 2 Renneisen cf 4 0 0 0
3 0 2 2 Walsh lb 2 1 0 0
3 0 0 0 Stewart rf 4 0 2 0
3 0 0 0 Bernmger 2b 3 1 1 1
3 0 0 0 Baines p 2 0 1 1
1 0 0 0 Knuth lb 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Linstrum rf 0 0 0 0
30 5 7 5 Ansel p 0 0 0 0
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31 2 5 2
Vogel 2b
DeWitt cf
Micsky ss
Coval c
Stine 3b
Sherkel If
Burke rf
Bartek lb
Correll p
Burkert rf
Maier p
Total
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36 Berninger E-Sherkel, Baines, Walsh, Berninger,
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• Photo by Randy J Woodbury
Lion boss Chuck Medlar after summit
sportscene
BASEBALL
Penn State at Gettysburg, 3 p.m
Scribes pick Heinsohn
as NBA coach of year
NEW YORK (AP) Tom Heinsohn of the Boston Celtics
was named yesterday as the National Basketball Association
Coach of the Year for the 1972-73 season.
"This is the first coaching trophy I've ever won," said the
38-year-old Heinsohn after the announcement by NBA
Commissioner Walter Kennedy.
Heinsohn received 29 votes in the balloting by three
sportswriters from each of the 17 franchise cities. Gene Shue
of Baltimore was second with 15.
Larry Costello of Milwaukee and Cotton Fitzsimmons of
Atlanta tied for third with two votes each. Red Holzman of
New York, Dick Motta of Chicago and Bob Cousey of Kansas
City-Omaha each received one vote.
Heinsohn, who became the Celtics' coach after Bill Russell
retired following the 1968-69 season, currently is leading his
team against the New York Knicks in the playoff for the
Eastern Conference championship.
Heinsohn's won-lost record for the regular season during
his four years as Celtic coach is 202-126, including a 68-14
record this season as the Celtics won the Atlantic Division
title for the second straight season.
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