PAGE SIX Veteran Infield Strengthens Lions By RON GATEHOUSE Nittany coach Joe Bedenk has been glancing a .searchful eye in the direction of his 27- man baseball squad for the past few weeks and bucking adverse weather conditions in an effort to find the 1955 starting nine. Confronted with what he claims the biggest rebuilding job he's had in 25 years at the helm, Bedenk is graced with only four lettermen back from last year's 9-7 season. But in that quartette of veterans lies a wealth of experience that's had a lot to do with Nittany diamond success over the past three campaigns. Three of the four, outfielder Rex Bradley, and infielders Captain Charlie Russo and Pat Kennedy are three-year men, while infielder Ron Weidenhammer is seeing his fourth year with the Lion varsity. But it's a different story with the mound staff and in the catch ing position. Although a host of candidates have turned out for both positions. Bedenk will find experience sparse when he throws the Penn State nine against West ern Marrlatitl, $ 3-, •• A nril 13 sea son opener Junior Stan Larimer heads a list of 10 pitching hopefuls. He saw 20 innings of relief action last year. Southpaw Ed Drancho, a standout for the Lion frosh, leads sophomore hurlers Stan Szymnaski, and Hugh Cooper. Juniors Bill Burcin, Howie Cook, Lyn Harbold, Stan Larimer, Al Leonard, Maurice Pearce, and John Stark are among the junior pitching candidates. Behind the plate, junior Phil Saunders caught one game last year. Sophomores Norm Van Ord, Wally Mrasz, and junior Lou D'- Orsaneo are pushing him for the starting catcher's post. Football sophomores Sam Val entine and Jim Lockerman appear likely candidates to team with Bradley to fill the outfield posi tions. Junior Merl Gerdes and sophomore Ken Malley round out the outfield hopefuls. The Lions' 21-game schedule follows: April 13, Western Md., home; April 15, Rutgers, away; April 16, Lafayette, away; April 22-23, W. Va., away; April 27, Bucknell, away; April 30, Gettys bUig, home; May 2, Dickinson, home; May 7, Georgetown (DH) horhe; May 9, Temple, away; May 10, Navy, away; IVlay 13-14, Pitt; home; May 18, Villanova, hoine; May 20, Colgate, away; May 21, Syracuse (DH), away; May 24, Bucknell, home; May 27, Lehigh, home; May 28, Penn, home. 12 Gain Wins In Volleyball Independent volleyballers re turned to action Monday night as 12 teams gained victories in ac tion at Recreation Hall. In the first contest of the eve ning the Iron Men defeated the Geche Birds, 15-9, 15-6; the Red Sox and the Penn State Club won by forfeit over the McElwain Men and Mountaineers; th e Spades took two out of three games from the Delta Sigs, 15-8, 14-16, 15-7; the Atherton Men A squad nipped the Bad Bulls in two ,of three games, 15-12, 11-15, 15-11; the Atherton Men's B team also emerged victorious. by defeating the Dirty Thirty, 17-15, 15-11; West Beaver AC stopped the Nit tany Co-op aggregation, 19-17, 15-8. The Cougars beat the Swedes, 15-11, 15-8; the Giraffes edged the Super Sixty Niners, 15-12, 15-10; the Hyflies defeated the Tigers in two straight games, 15-3, 15-13; the Eagles staged a strong rally to defeat a hard fighting Hotshot team. 10-15, 15-8, 16-14; and the Vets took the measure of the Nit tany Co-op B squad, 15-11, 15-8. Baskwill, Richman Win Ping Pong Tournament Robert Baskwill and Harry Richman won the doubles cham pionship of the ping pong tourna ment held Sunday in the Hetz'a; Union Building. Baskwill also earned the singles championship Baskwill, second semester busi ness education major, proved tc be the best ping pong player out of a field of 25 entries by defeat. ing John Shaffer in the single: finals. Baskwill thn , teamed with Richman, fourth semester psy chology major, to capture till doubles crown by beating Shaffer and Di I: c'• , ‘• '• r. The contest: were pla- f . e 1 2 to 6 p.m. in the lIUB's game room. RENT a TUXEDO for IFC Friday Will Soon Be Here Iftrott's *llO4l Opposite Old Mair THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Joe Bedenk In his 25th year at the helm NCAA Mat Sidelights ODDS AND ENDS We were particularly interested' in bouts staged by Norntanßalot, City College of New York, and Dick Lennox of Michigan State. Both men lost in the prelims but Lennox put up a stubborn battle only to lose 9-6. Balot drew Bill Weick, of lowa State Teachers, in the first round and lost, 9-1; Weick eventually was the 157- pound National champ. Both per formances by the losers caught the attention of the Friday after noon crowd. We felt both put in courageous performanceff: even though Balot and Lennox are blind. Dan Deppe and• Tom Deppe, twins, turned in dual perform ances in the preliminaries by los ing in the second round after drawing first-round byes. Dan and Tom split up when the former went to Michigan University and Tom chose Lehigh. When Bill Oberly copped the heavyweight crown by dump ing Lehigh's Werner Seel it was Obe's first win over , his veteran foe. Seel dumped Oberly 1-0 last year and 2-0 this year in the semi-finals of the EIWA tourney. Obe and Seel tied this year 5-5 in a hair-raiser at Rec Hall in the Lehigh-Penn State dual meet. Friday afternoon was a race for the well-conditioned when it came to keeping track of the re sults of 101 bouts. One end of spacious Barton Hall houses the Army and Naval ROTC units and the Middies were making test en gine runs that gave the public address system ,some keen compe tion. We thought that was bad, but then we found out how lucky we actually had been when the IP.A. outfit conked out for nearly an hour and left us to find our own way as the tourney contin- 14 DAYS TILL FISHING SEASON We have a complete supply for all your Fishing Needs SPORTSMEN'S SHACK Alley behind the 'Sheller FILTER TIP TAREYTON Gives You True Tobacco Taste And Real . Filtration, Too! PRODUCT OW X4414•11111M WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 1955 By ROY WILLIAMS • ued with 10 men wrestling con tinually, _ _ The, tourney Was the first NCAA tilt that Cornell has hosted, but Ben Mints--another sports publicity man of effi ciency and hospitality like Penn State's Jim Coogan—kept us well supplied with handsful of vital statistics and an equally large handful of cordial hospi tality. Oberly wrestled the heavy slot at 202 pounds but Sam Salerno of Colorado made the Lion heavy look like a flea when he and his 248 pounds stepped on ' the mat. ••• Oberly's victory over 220- pound Bob Konovsky caused some bussing from the press row. Konovsky's loss to Oberly was only the second in his life. The first loss for the Wisconsin junior was in last year's heavy weight NCAA scrap for the title when he lost to Gene Mich*. Oklahoma A and Ws champion. Larry Fornicola's string of tournament victories boasted,his card to 13-0 and had some op notch sidelights too. Fornicola opened by defeating rugged Jim Sinadinos, Michigan Stale, who was third last year at 130 pounds. After he clipped Oregon State's Pacific coast champ Art Keith, Fornicola ran into Oklahoma's Don Hart in the semi-finals. Nett was the man who defeated MY ron Roderick of Oklahoma A and M twice this year. THE PERFECT PIZZA SALLY'S WE DELIVER AD 7-2373 BRIE CIGARETTES ODERN • SIZE
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