FRIDAY, APRIL H8,194/7 Lions Face West Virginia Twice In Search For 2nd, 3rd Victories Joe Bedenk’s Nittany Lion basebailers will be trying for their second and third victories of the. season when they meet the West Virginia Mountaineers on the New Beaver Field diamond today, and tomorrow. Game time for today’s game is 4 p.m, while tomorrow’s game will get under way at 2:30 p.m. AA Books will be needed for admittance to each game. General admission tickets will be on sale at the gate at $1 including tax, according to Harold R. Gilbert, assistant graduate manager of ath letics. Bedenk has chosen “Rapid Robert” Gehrett, veteran fast-ball hurler, to take the mound for the Lions in today’s game. Gehrett was one of two regular pitchers used last year and lost a one-run game to Washington and Lee in his only starting assignment this season. Bill Benyish, playing at right field, will, prob ably start as pitcher tomorrow if Ken Yount’s back injury is not healed by game time. Yount was winning pitcher in last weed’s 19-3 whitewash of Dickinson. Only chance in the infield will be Ray “Whitey” Kurowski at second base in place of Eddie Se bastianelli. Kurowski is a veteran from.. last . year’s once-defeated team.. ' . . ■ . Chuck MacFarland will occupy his first base position with Cap tain Gene .Sutherland at third. Either Harold Hackman or Pete Berletic at shortstop. The catching assignments will depend on the pitchers, Bedenk stated. George McWilliams and Don Herb will probably alternate behind the plate. . In the outfield positions, the coach vyill choose from Don Stark, Bob Urion, Bijl Benyish, Ken Hosterman, and Bill Davis for his thfee Starters. j ■The Mountaineers “annually turn out one of the top. diamond teams in this area.; but' are untested against top competition this. year. Last year’s Lions nosed out West Virginia by one run at New Beav er field;;... ' i Lion ;fa'ns will, be watching Don i “JuniofT”fSta?'k; , ' , new Lion left-* fielder, who is currently leading the Lions at the' plate with a .643 "average. Stark hit a home run, , two triples and two singles in five official times at' bat against Dick inson last: Saturday. :.-Ed Holler, who suffered two : broken ribs while blocking the plate against VMI : will probably still be Qm the. sidelines for the two West Virginia games. Gadders Seeking Scrimmage Foe .Attempts are being made to schedule a practice scrimmage football gam e for Saturday after noon, Ibiit; none of the invited rcol leges have signified acceptance as .yet,-coach. Bob Higgins said yes-: terday. ' HEDY bROOF "DISHONORED ■ WlCOfVn® New Blend! New Tastet LADY" leSSl*** - s » New Freshness I A Hum Stromberg fl i* * t [ Made by the revolutionary new , Production . V6"** '‘ 1 , ai,il«B u,sha<1 "903" moisturizing process. 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E * 1. 4 : .^det,letter.-smt^eT l Oet^new'- [J V : •. •' “gof ,Cigarettes today. who has been Ivan Thompson and George Moor e blasted out a 21-0 and 21-4 -victory over Bill Reece and Or ion “Silverman to capture their second victory in Independent League II of the intramural hand balh doubles tournament at Rec Hair Wednesday night. .League - I entries Fred Annessi and Ross Manley whipped Larry and , Norton Portnoff 20-21, 21-1, and .2il-.17, while Jim Ewing and Ed Taggert were toppling the Charles Kunes and Ken Hoster man duo by a 21-8 and 21-12 count. • Red Moore and Chuck McFar land were victims of the Moriarta- Cook combo by 2)1-13 and 21-8 scores, and Frank Huron and Ed Biaiie cost Jim and Bill Simpson their second league defeat 21-20 arid 21-17. - In. a Fraternity League I game played Tuesday afternoon, John .Riggs and John Piron of Sigma Phi ' Sigma . dawned Sigma Phi Epsilons Don Varga • and Bill Douglas 12-8 and 12-4. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Ai First Base ? i J.VAV tt \ rrt /A CHUCK MACFARLAND i Intramur Handball $A* #_■ . % Aft msm %'SSSi^ V. 'O. , tui,4 tszjitgrt.,.. Weekend Sports TODAY Baseball—Penn Stale vs. West Virginia; New Beaver Field, 4 p.m. Tennis—Penn Stale at George- town. Go 1 f—Penn State at George town. TOMORROW Lacrosse—Penn State vs. Loy ola; New Beaver Field, 2 p.m. Baseball—Penn Slate vs. West Virginia; .New Beaver Field, 2:30 p.m. Tennis—Penn Stale at Mary land. Go 1 f—Penn* Slate at George town. Coach Speidel to Give Optional Mat Instruction To Wrestling Aspirants ■ An optional wrestling practice will be conducted Tuesdays and Thursdays during April and May, according to Coach Charlie Spie del. Practice > s optional and is not intended to draw atheletes from any • sports in season, said the Lion mat mentor. Sessions will be tutored by Speidel from 4 to 5:30 p. m. on Tuesday and Thursdays and will allow, the beginner to get ac quainted with th e sport. 1 Sports Badminton Ray Fink, of Phi Sigmia Delta and Gene Sutherland of Beta Theta Pi emerged victorious from the semi-final, round of the intra niural badminton championship playoffs at Rec Hall Wednesday night. After dropping the first, tilt of the three game series to fratern ity brother Jerry Markovitz by a a 9-15 score Fink roared back to capture the next two matches 15- 7 and 15-5. Sutherland had littl e trouble in downing Len Johnston of Phi Sigma Kappa as he swept to 15-6 and 15-5 victories over the Phi Sig athlete/ IM Entries -Attention, fraternity and in dependent men: Entries for intramural softball, golf, soccer, golf putting, and tennis doubles must be turned in to the intra mural office in Rec Hall by five o'clock this afternoon. Stenger Named Captain As... Net Team Launches Season Against Hoyas, Maryland Walt Stegner as appointed captain of the 1947 Lion tennis team as Coach Sherm Fogg’s charges departed today for Wash ington and the season’s inaugural against Georgetown in the na tion’s capital. ' Number, one man on the ’43 and ’44 Nittany tennis squads, Stegner will again be at the top position for the weekend matches. In addition to the Georgetown encounter, the Blue and White will uneet Maryland Saturday at College Park. BECKHARD AT TWO Behind Stegner, Coach Fogg has emplaced Herb Beckhard in the number two niche. Dick Greenawalt will hold down num ber three, while Bob Tuttle, Dick Clarkson, and Frank Pesso lano will vie in the three remain ing berths. Stegner will combine with Clarkson to form the top doubles outfit; number two. spot will be handled by Beckhard and Green- Ut'DT jl nnnn ... is the place- to take your !|! houseparty date for a jjl delicious STEAK BINNERr Coed or import will appre :'t • ciate it. • j| jjl We Start Serving at 4:30... S® gome: Eairty, . Avoid the Rush jj CROSSROADS j RESTAURANT I j|POALSBURC|i'iIii-i W'U.iu I «ljji ! ■t’.i.j' 1 9-2.721,1 jjl await, with the final twosome as signed to Ray Fink and Dave Mil ler. Georgetown has a .500 record to date with a win over St. Jo seph’s and a loss to Colgate, their only two matches. Maryland was smothered 9-0 by Princetin. in an early season tilt. MARYLAND STAR Leading player for Maryland is Washington’s Eddi Miller, 15th ranking man in the District o:“ Columbia. Back on the net squad following four years in the ser vice, Miller promises trouble for Stenger. \ ••^*s** < V I V PAL HOLLOW GROUND BLADES ARE-MADE IN U.S.A., IANADA. BRITAIN AND SO. AMERICA. 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