The Flyers' Jimmy Watson and the Bruins' Gregg Sheppard chase the puck in last night's
NHL semifinal playoff game. Philadelphia just got by Boston, 2-1
Baseballers put
streak on line
with Mansfield
By GARY SILVERS
>-V- - Collegian Sports Writer
■Thei-Penn State baseball team (10-3), currently on a four
game .winning streak, takes to the home turf Sunday when
Mansfield visits Beaver Field for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
;Mansfield, whose players represent the northeastern part of
the state; has defeated the Lions only once in seven previous
meetings and was'dumped last year, 15-4. '■
“We’ve hit the ball real well against them in the past,”
Lions’ leftfielder Bob Miller said. “They lacked good pitch
ing.”
If the same holds true this season, which it very well may,
Mansfield could be in serious trouble. The State sluggers have
produced one of the hottest teams in the East of late and have
/• mustered-33 hits and 29 runs in their last two efforts. The ;
; - squad is currently ranked fourth in the nation in team batting,
; stroking at a. .359 clip and, through the first 13 games, have
the fences 18 times.. ,
/Lading ttje attack is senior captain Greg Vogel, whose'
'' seven homers, 24 runs batted-in, and .472 average are all
national rankings. ; v •. ( i.
, Vogel is having a fantastic year,’’. Miller said. “His power,
has just been unbelievable.” r
’>'-;The leading hitter on the squad, however, is catcher Garry
. Koch (.500), who pounded Cut three safeties against Blooms
. burg to earn the honor. Three other Lions that have also been
.. making a habit of stinging the ball are third baseman Kevin
rMaronitc (.435), centerfielder Larry Kramer (.377), and first
baseman Dave Delenlck (.350).
"Every year we’ve always been near the top of the nation in
hitting,” Miller said. "Coach Medlar thinks in terms of hitting
, (int end fielding second during recruiting because you must
score to win.!’ '
'Miller must have been Just what the doctor ordered for
Medlar because he hit three homen and knocked in 21 runs as
a freshman and* came back to break club records for
homeruns (eight), RBl’s (38), and sacrifice flies (five) as a
.sophomore. This season, however, Miller got off to a very slow
start, hitting Just .043 after the first six games and has fought
back vigorously in the last seven to raise his average to .204.
1 “I know I’m better than a .200 hitter,” the Junior said.
"Since my. timing, was off, I had to compensate by cutting
down my swing. to make contact. Consequently, I’ve hit just,,
one honier thlsyear. ’ ’
- With Miller starting to come around of late, the team’s
biggest question mark to date is pitcher Tim Pearson. The
right-handed senior, who won his first three decisions and
posted a spectacular 2.34 earned run average, is currently out
of commission.
"Timmy, after hurting his back in the beginning of the
' season, is now suffering from a sore shoulder,” Miller .said;
“If he can get back soon, I think our staff will be stronger than
ever. You need pitching to do well in the playoffs. ’ ’
Playoffs, a word-which has appeared, in..the Lions'
vocabulary for the last six years, now has a good shot at
- cropping up for the seventh. But first, the team will have to get
by three eastern powers—Temple, Delaware, and St. Johns.
.“Those teams play in metropolitan areas,” Miller said,
"and as a result, play, more games than we do. If we can beat
them, however,'we should have an excellent chance to get in
again,’! ■ : ' * :
The Lion laXers plan to a
on ground balls :
lasic offensive sets against Lehigh, but still need work
\ange ti
Major league standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East East
W L Pet .GB W L Pci
12 7 .632 - New York 9 3 .750
8 6 .571 l'A Milwaukee 9 3 .750
8 8 .500 2'A Detroit 7 5 .583
7 8 .467 3 Boston 6 5 .545
8 10 .444 3‘A Cleveland 6 6 .500
610 .375 4>A' Baltimore 6 8 -.429
New York
Phlla
St. Louis
Pitts
Chicago'
Montreal
9 7 .563 • Texas
11 9 .550 - Oakland
9 9 ' .500 1 Kan City
8 9 .471 U 4 Chicago
8 9 .471 lMi Minnesota
7 9 .438 - 2 California
Yesterday’s Oames
Houston 3, Montreal 1
New York 2, AtlantaO
San Diego 9, Chicago 5
St. Louis at Los Angeles, n
Only games scheduled
Cincinnati
Houston
San Diego
Atlanta
LosAng '
San Fran
Today's Games
Philadelphia at Atlanta, n
Houston at New York, n
Montreal at Cincinnati, n
Pittsburgh at San Diego, n
St. Louis at Los Angeles, n
Chicago at San Francisco, n
Intramural Scores
VOLLEYBALL
DORMITORY - Elk def. Potter, 15-5, Rho, 14; Phi Gam Del def. A 1 Chi Sig,
8-15, 184; Crawford def. Allentown, 4-2 (CK); Sigma Pi def. Theta Chi, 24;
forfeit; Bedford def. New Castle, 154, Phi Kappa Sigma def. Theta Del Chi,
15-7; Poplar def. Cedar, forfeit; Hickory 14; Phi Kap Psl def. Del, Th Sig,' 24;
def. Tamarack, 154,154; Birch def. Lin- Phi Kap Th def. A 1 Kap Lam, 2-1 (CK);
dan, 154, 154; Larch daf. Jordan 2, 5- Tau Phi Del def. PI KapPhi, 14; Acacia
15,154,154; Maple def. Hemlock, 154, def, Al Tau Omega, 14; Tau Kap Ep
154; Locust def. watts, forfeit. def. Del Upstlon, forfeit;-Del Chi def.
FRATERNITY - Phi Kap Sig def. Alpha Zeta 2-1; Triangle def. Kap Sig,
Alpha Kap Lam, 15-2,15-5. 2-l;SlgPhlEpdef.AlChlßho,2-l (CK);
ORAD-FACULTY - M.R.L. def. Zeta Psl def. Beta PU-1.
Sphlnr'
Ent<-
,meter*, 18-3, 13-9; E. Mech. def. DORMITORY Freedom def. Mer
-mtomophoblaci, 15-3, 15-5; Turk! def. cer, forfeit; Carbon def. Northampton,
Asparagine, forfeit. 3-0; Hemlock def. Tamarack, 1-0; Fop-,
INDEPENDENT Boneri def. Park lar def. Lawrence, 3-1; Cheiter def. Ly-
Foreit, id-io, 15-8. coming, 50; Birch def. Maple, 3-1.
SOCCER
FRATERNITY - Phi Del Th daf. ORAD-FACULTY - Bally def. Matur
-Bl| A 1 Ep, 3-0; Alpha Sigma Phi def. ah, 13-1.13-3.
Alpha dam Rho, forfeit; Slg Chi def. INDEPENDENT - Dunn def. Cocha-
Lam Chi Al, 2-0; Del Slg Phi def. Slg ran, 13-2,13-3.
Cavs take series
CLEVELAND (AP) - Dick Snyder’s driving layup
with four seconds left gave the Cleveland Cavaliers an
87-85 triumph here last night and also the deciding
victory in the seventh game of their National Basketball
Association playoff series with the Washington Bullets.
Snyder, who finished with 23 points, drove around
Washington center Wes Unsold for the deciding basket
just 20 seconds after Washington guard Phil Chenier tied
the game at 85 all with his 31st point of the night.
The Cavaliers, who wop the series 4-3, will play the
winner of the Boston-Buffalo series for the eastern
conference championship.
400 athletes to compete in Special Olympics
Four hundred students will participate the 50-yd. dash, 220-ydrun, standing long tlcipants range from eight-years-old and
in the Area II Special Olympics Meet on jump, high jump, softball throw, mile up in all events.
Sunday at Beaver Stadium. Events will run, pentathalon, 440-yd, relay and the Recreation and Park students from
begin at 12:00 p.m. 440-yd. run. courses 475 and 477 have volunteered to
Those who place high in Sunday’s Swimming and one meter diving act as leaders and trainers for the
events will advance to the state meet at events are also included. Free exercise, participants, while others will act as
west Chester State College on June 2-4. tumbling, and balance, beam make up head coaches and supervisors.
Track and field competition will include' the gymnastics competition. Par-
AMERICAN LEAGUE
West
7 6 .538
8 8 .500
5 6 .455
4 7 .364
5 9 .357
5 11 .313
Yesterday's Games
Milwaukee 8, Chicago 5
Texas 6, Boston 1
Only games scheduled
Today’s Games
Oakland at Baltimore, n
California at Cleveland, n
New York at Kansas City, n
Boston at Texas, n
Detroit at Chicago, n
Only games scheduled
Nu, s2'fbk>? Chi Pht deL Kappa^Del'
BADMINTON
CHAMPIONSHIP
Nip Bruins in OT,
Flyers square series
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Reggie Leach’s short goal at 13:38
of an overtime period gave the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-1
victory over the Boston Bruins and evened their best-of-seven
National Hockey League semifinal series at one game apiece
last night.
It was Leach’s eighth goal of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Leach picked up a shot by Jimmy Watson that was from the
right point. It deflected at the right side of the net and slid by
Boston goalie Garry Cheevers.
, Don Saleski’s 65-foot slap shot at 8:20 of the first period gave
the Flyers a 1-0 lead that stood up until Johnny Bucyk scored
for Boston at 13:17 of the final period.
Saleski scored on a pass from Orest Kindrachuk. He skated
across center ice and let fly from five feet inside the Boston
blue line. The shot hit Cheevers on the right arm and slid into
the net.
It was the sixth goal of the playoffs for Saleski, who in 45
previous playoff games before this year had a total of only five
goals.
Mets stop Braves
NEW YORK (AP) Tom
Seaver pitched a five-hitter
and Dave Kingman broke a
score-less tie with a run- the year,
scoring single in the sixth Niekro worked seven in
inning yesterday as the New nings, gave up four hits,
York Mets won their sixth struck out five and walked
straight game, a 2-0 decision five. .
over the Atlanta Braves. Kingman started New
, Seaver upped his record to York’s scoring in the sixth
3-0 by besting Phil Nierko, when he singled in Felix
Trackmen host 'hottest' tri-meet
1 2
2*4
3
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Described by Coach Harry Groves as “the hottest thing that
ever happened in the the Nittany Valley,” one of the best dual
~ actually double dual track and field meets in the country
this year will take place at Beaver Stadium tomorrow.
When Michigan, the current Central Collegiate indoor and
- Big Ten champs, and Maryland, the IC4A and Atlantic Coast
Conference title holder, meet defending Central Collegiate
outdoor champ Penn State, there will be nothing but quality
people on the track and what Lion mentor Groves says is
“close to a national level in any event.”
i’ All three teams are coming in off impressive performances
in the Penn Relays, held last weekend, making the com
petition all the more fierce.
. “As a team,” said Groves, “we’re in for a real battle.'Both
of them are good, real good. Both have the kind of teams that
aredual-oriented.”
All three teams have proven they have what it takes to do
well in a dual—depth—but also have national-class athletes.
The Lions’ Mike Shine is one such athlete, but he will be
tested in the 100 meters by Maryland’s Manny Rosenberry,
who has run a 10.4 (Shine’s best is 10.5), and by the Terps’
Greg Robertson in the 110 hurdles, where both Shine and
Robertson have done 13.6. - -.
; Penn State does enjoy more depth in those two races, but tfie
see-saw tilts the other way when you come to the 400 meters.
Both visiting school have two runners with times under 48
seconds, while the Lions rely on Keith Falco (49.2).,
Michigan's Dave Williams and Dave Furst dominate the
800>-meter field, as both have times of under 1:50. The Terps'
top bet Is Dave Watt (1:50.2) while Penn State has Howie
Triebold (1:53.7) and Bill Sheskey (1:53.6).
1 George Malley of the Lions is by far the best distance man,
but where he'll run is uncertain.; He's done a 8:34.4
steeplechase, a 3:44.4 In the 150 b, ana a 13:53.2 In the 5,000.
Bruce Baden is another Penn State steeplechase possibility.
. The field events should also be Interesting. The Wolverines’
Jim Stokes and Maryland’s Dave Remus have each done 16-6
Linksmen tee-up for Invitational
By BILL KLINE
Collegian Sports Writer "Virginia Tech has the
Penn State and Virginia same team back from last
Tech loom as the favorites year," Lion coach Joe Boyle
this weekend in the second said, when Tech held the lead
annual 54-hole Nittany Lion after the first two rounds.
Invitational. Tech "has beendoing real
'The defending champion well this spring,” Boyle said,
Lions, playing on their own especially number one player
7000 yard Blue Course, should John Bruce. Bruce has
get their stlffest challenge in already won several tour
the 12-team field from a naments this spring and
Changing tactics for Penn
LaXmen entertain Lehigh
ByLAURIE KARDON
Collegian Sports Writer
Tonight is the night. This is the last
game the men’s lacrosse team has to
prepare for its toughest competitor of
the season, Penn. Whether the Lions win
or lose against Lehigh tonight, it will be
their last chance to test out different
strategies in a real game situation
before meeting the Quakers, May 7.
(But the Nits, after games last Sunday
and Wednesday, and with perhaps just a
little Gentle Thursday celebrating,
may be tired. Although the Engineers
don’t do a lot of hitting, they are a fairly
aggressive team and could give Penn
State some problems.
“We haven’t had time to work on them,
with the two games we had this week,”
admitted Nit coach DickPencek. “We’ll
just have to get prepared at the one
practice we have, that’s the maiti thing.
But I think we’re mentally prepared for
the game, and that’s half the battle won
3-1. Seaver struck out nine Millan. It was Kingman’s 20th
batters and didn’t walk a man base hit of the season and 20th
in hurling his first shutout of run batted in.
By PETE DOUGHERTY
Collegian Sports Writer
veteran Gobbler squad.
2-1
right there."
Reports from other coaches who
played against Lehigh earlier this
season list attack man Jessie Kirsch and
midfielder Paul Barnes as the two men
to be particularly beware of. But their
weaknesses reportedly lie in their
goalie, who has trouble' with low and
bounce shots, and the fact that they don’t
have a good strong third line.
“They’re a fairly well balanced team,
but they're not one of the toughest games
on our schedule," said Pencek. “But I
never like to look at any game as a
tuneup to another."
Still, Pencek has plans to change some
things and experiment before Penn.
“We got our goals against Loyola
(Wednesday) by moving the ball around
a lot,” he said. “This is what we’re going
to have to do against Penn.”
“We’re going to have to modify some
things before then, though, and we’re
going to work tonight on changing our.
The Dally Collegian Friday, April 30,1976 —
Boston’s tying score came on a power play 72 seconds after
Philadelphia’s Larry Goodenough was sent to the penalty box
for interfering with Andre Savard.
Bobby Schmautz drove a shot at Flyer goalie Wayne
Stephenson from the point that rebounded to Bucyk about 15
feet up the slot. The Boston center ripped a low shot that went
under Stephenson.
Wayne Garrett followed
with a grounder to second
baseman Lee Lacy, but Lacy
booted the ball allowing Del
Unser to score from second.
The victory gave the Mets a
sweep of the four-game
series.
Tri-meet competition in the 110 hurdles may
pose a problem for-Uon ace Mike Shine ,
in the pole vault, while Lion co-captain Bill Gifford has done
16-4.
Penn State’s- A 1 Jackson, victorious in the Penn Relays,
should dominate the hammer throw, but Maryland looks good
in the shot put and discus with Scott Hersh and Scott
Anderson.
The Terps have a 7-0 foot high jumper in Brian Maly, a 50-
foot triple jumper in Larry Long, and a 25 foot long jumper in
Dennis Ivory. Top Penn State challengers will be Pete Kiproff,
Jim Karl, and Jim Greene, respectively.
The action gets underway at 10 a.m. with the hammer throw
and javelin, while the other field events start at 11 a.m. and
the running events at 11:15 a.m.
should make a run at the in
dividual championship, won
last year by State’s Sherm
Hostetter.'
Hostetter posted a 10-over
226 to win by a stroke over
Bruce and Jim Cleslak of
Slippery Rock. The Lion Blue
Team rallied to defeat Tech
by nine shots, 1148-1157.
Providence and Bucknell,
with Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference champion
Chuck Wagner, could also
contend.
Penn State will again enter
two teams in the three-round
event, with 27 holes being
played tomorrow and Sunday.
Hostetter, Rod Franc, Dick
Conn, Bob Dine, Gary Durbin,
and either Tom Amendola or
Dave Grill tee-off for the Blue
Team. Five of the six scores
Playoffs
- , -
NHL Playoffs
Semifinals
Best-of-7-Series
Yesterday’s Results
Montreal 4, New York
Islanders 3, Montreal leads
series, 2-0. The series re
sumes Sunday night in
Nassau, N.Y.
each day will count in
determining the team
champion. ,
“We haven’t done much
playing," said Boyle, whose 7-
0 llnksmen last played nine
days ago in a triangular at
West Virginia. The recent
cold spell has also relegated
practices to the driving range
and practice putting green.
Pitt, Cornell, Colgate,
Slippery Rock, Rochester
Teen, Princeton, West
Virginia, and Penn State's
White Team round out the
field.
The six White Team golfers
are Tim Wilson, Doug Stroup,
Bill Rudd, Tom Willie, Neg
Norton, and either Grill or
Amendola, who set the Blue
Course record, three-under
69.
basic set ups and offensive patterns,” he
continued. “I know Penn will be working
to stop some of our kids like (attackman
Keith) McGuire, (attackman Mike)
Mass- and of course (middie Rich)
Mauti, among others. So by changing
our patterns this will minimize their
effect on stopping these guys. ”
One bit of bad news for the Nits is that
middie Larry Warshaw will again be out
due to an injury, but Pencek is placing a
considerable amount of confidence in
freshman Karl Herzer.
“Realistically speaking, we haven’t
been at full strength all year," said
Pencek. “But Karl and Ed Recco are
both gaining more and more confidence
in themselves, and they’re getting better
because of it.”
The game, set for 7 p.m. will be at
Jeffrey Field. Lehigh’s record now
stands at 4-4, and have won four games
out of their last five.