PAGE SIX
Nittanies
Win Opener
On 17 Hits,
2 Homers
Penn State's Centennial base
ball team tipped off its 1955 dia
mond campaign on a sweet note
yesterday afternoon at Beaver
Fie 1 d, thumping twice-beaten
Western Maryland, 26-3.
After watching the Green Ter
rors tally two of their three runs
in the top of the first inning, Joe
Bedenk's Lion nine went to bat
for the first time this year and
banged out a seven-run onslaught
to take the lead for th- remainder
of the game.
Stan Lorimer, Bedenk's choice
for opening-game mound duties,
yielded only four hits in four in
nings, three of them coming in the
first stanza, in notching a win in
his first varsity starting role.
When Lorimer left the 9-inning
slugfest in the fourth, the Nittan
ies held a commanding 15-3 edge.
Of the 17 batters he faced, he
struck out four and walked two.
Connects for Two Homers
Two consecutive home run
blasts by veteran Nittany first
baseman, Pat Kennedy, and a
three-bagger by four-year man
Ron Weidenhammer spotlighted a
17-hit Lion barrage in the 2:40
diamond fiasco.
Sophomore shortstop, Cookie
Tirabassi, added to the Lion cause
with a three-hit performance in
four official trips to the plate. The
Lions faced three Western Mary
land hurlers in mustering their
17 safeties.
The visitors, after collecting two
singles and a double in their half
of the first, could manage only a
trio of hits the rest of the way.
They committed seven errors,
while the Lions bobbled only two
chances.
Ed Drapcho followed Larimer to
the mound, striking out four and
walking two before Stan Szyman
ski came in to carry the final in
ning.
Strikes Out Three
Szymanski followed suit, walk
ing two, and then took the final
three Terrors himself via th e
strikeout route.
Larimer got off to a shaky start
for the Nittanies in the first in
ning, yielding three hits, one for
two bases, an d walking one.
Maryland centerfielder Mike Sa
verise and leftfielder Al Miller
both reached first safely, and
eventually accounted for the Ter
ror's two first-inning runs before
the Lion hurler could, strike out
Nick Rausch to retire the side.
In the .Penn State half, Captain
Charlie Russo collected the first
o' thr e e hits, Weidenhammer
walked, and centerfielder Ji m
Lockerman loaded the bases on an
error by first baseman Brad Jones.
Forces in Two Runs
The Terrors' Bill Clem, losing
pitcher, then walked Kennedy. and
Sam Valentine to force in two
runs before Tirabassi drove in two
more with a sharp single through
short. Clem faced seven more
Lion batters before he could get
Kennedy on three strikes to retire
the side.
The Nittanies set down the Ter
rors in one-two-three fashion in
the top of the second on a spec
tacular foul-line catch by Brad
ley in leftfield, and T arimer's two
strikeouts.
The Lions then rebounded with
four hits and eight additional runs
to virtually sew up the season's
first win.
In the fifth Weidenhammer's
rightfield triple set the stage for
Kennedy's first circuit-clout and
two of his five RBl's. Both of the
Lion first-baseman's round-trip
pers went to deep left-center.
Tally Four More Runs
The Nittanies scored one in the
sixth and two in the seventh and
eighth while holding the Terrors
scoreless to round out the after
noon's scoring.
Bedenk takes his team on a
five-game road trip before return
ing to Beaver Field for an April
30th game with Gettysburg. In
oiler the Lions go against Rut
gers, Lafayette, West Virginia, and
Bucknell. The West Virginia clash
is the first of two scheduled twin
bias.
I:i3
Scores
,
—Photo by Walker
RON WEIDENHAMMER, Lion third baseman, yesterday at Beaver Field. Weidenhammer took
slides safely under the outstretched hands of advantage of a wildly-thrown ball to score one
Western Maryland catcher Charlie White to of his four runs in Penn State's 26-3 trouncing
score one of the eight Nittaxay runs posted in of the Green Terrors. Umpire Gair is about to
the second-inning outburst of the Lions' opener call the Lion veteran safe.
Penn, Navy Meet Ist
Test for Thinclads
Today Penn State's centennial outdoor track squad finds
itself on the brink of embarking on a 1955 season that prom
ises action that will measure up to whirlpool proportions.
On Saturday the Lions pull the cap off the spring card with
a trip to Annapolis, Md., where they will go against Navy
and Penn in a triangular tussle.
The Navy-Penn meet will be one of two triangular en
counters for the Lions. The second will be at home with Navy
and Michigan. Coach Chick Werner, who will be initiating
his 23rd year at the head of the
Nittanies, will also have his team
in dual meets with Pitt and Bos
ton U., plus individual entries in
the Penn Relays, Drake Relays,
Ohio State Relays, and the Coli
seum Relays.
During a major part of the
Easter vacation the Lions staged
workouts twice a day to work off
the rough edges in preparation
for the season opener Saturday.
And from what Penn and Navy
have listed on their rosters the
Lions may be in for a heavy after
noon of track action.
Although Penn doesn't show
the team balance and all-round
depth that the Middies boast, the
Quakers should be able to give the
Lions a solid battle on the cinders
with a talented foursome.
Haines Tops Sprinters
John Haines, holder of two con
secutive outdoor AAU titles, is
two-time winner of the IC4A
championship 60-yard dash the
past two years. Penn is bolstered
with junior sprinter Al Kline,
fourth place in the IC4A's last
year.
The Quakers also sport Frank
Weber, a half-miler who may see
duty in the mile run, plus Bob
Owen in the pole vault, and Wil
fred Lee who has hit six and one
half feet in the indoor high jump
event. Owen has posted 13 feet
The box :were
PENN STATE
Ab H R
Suverlse,ef 3 1
,Jackson,3b 2 0
,Fogler,3b 1 0
'Miller,lf 6 2
White,c,rf 4 3
Coolihan,c 0 0
Hausch,rf 0
Hersh,rf 0 0
Jones,lb 2
Lambert,2b,p 3
Moylan,2b 4
Tankersly,2b
Harmon,ss 3
Clem,p 0
TafurLP 1
Totals 32
Ab H R'
Ruaso,2b 5 3
W'd'h'lrser,as 4 1 4
Lock'm'n,cf 3 0 Z
Malley,cf 32 11
Kennedy,lb 5 2 3
Valentine,rf 4 0 2
Pirabasai,se 3 .1 4
Bradley,lf 0 2 3
Saunders, c 1 0 11
Mrass,c 2 1 1
Van Ord,e 0 0 0
Larimer,p 3 2 1
Drapcho,p 2 1 1
Szymanskl,p 0 0 0
a—McMullen
Totals 43 17 26
Score by innings:
Went Maryland
780 061 22x--26
ho in Bth on error.
MIME!
—Cot on fu , LI it
o,lllclaki—Gar. k'
OM DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Topple
One of Four
consistently in the pole vaulting
work.
Navy's crew in the sprints and
distances show two men with ex
perience and two more who have
put on impressive but limited per
formances. Art Massop, who
scored a 10.2 sec. time in . the 100-
yard dash, is an unbeaten cen
tury man and teammate Mark O'-
Hara placed third in a triangular
meet this season with Villanova
and Georgetown. O'Hara, who
also wound up second to Pitt's
fabulous Arnie Sowell in a dual
meet, came in behind the Wild
cat's Charlie Jenkins.
Len Meukow, miler Bill Smith,
and Vince Roper have piled up a
variation of second, third, and
fourth places in two meets. Meu
kow, a sophomore, may be at the
880, the mile, or the two-mile
with Smith at the mile and Roper
at the two-mile.
Garrow in Hurdles;
Jack Garrow, who nipped the
Lions' Bill Youkers last year for
third-place in the hurdles in a
dual meet, won at Pitt and was
second in a three-way grind.
Navy will also have Len Ander
son in the low hurdles and Massop
and Pete Hewitt on the highs.
Navy's field team will be head
ed by shot putters Don May—who
has thrown 50 feet and Dale
Longton. The latter also has been
tabbed as one of the Middies' bet
ter prospects for the discus chores.
Navy's Jim Rothrock has heaved
202 in the javelin and he has four
teammates backing him up who
have thrown over 180'. Broad
jumping assignments will go to
Joe Harrison, who has hit 22' 4",
and Les Baum, who has a 22' 6"
as his best mark. Hurdler Ander
son will work in the high jump
ing.
WEST MD
Pole vaulters Ron Mclntyre and
Bill Howell each hit 13-4 in a re
cent triangular meet with Villa
nova but fell behind the Wildcat's
Don Bragg who posted a winning
14'1" vault.
201 000 000-
W. Md., 26-3
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Arnelle Picked
By Fort Wayne
In NBA Draft
Penn State center Jesse Arnelle
has been picked by the For t
Wayne Pistons in the first round
draft of the National Basketball
Association.
The Lion star, who wound up
his collegiate career last month
and played with the College All
Stars in the early stage of their
tour with the Harlem Globetrot
ters, was selected by the Pistons
at the - annual draft meetings at
New York yesterday, according to
the Associated Press.
Arnelle, who owns practically
every Penn State scoring record,
said yesterday that profession
al basketball plans, however, are
indefinite at the present.
"I won't know definitely what
I'm going to do for a week or so,"
he said, "but I'm certainly happy
to be selected by the Pistons. It
sure is a fine team."
The• Pistons, who captured the
NBA's western division title this
season, lost the national cham
pionshii to the , Syracuse Nation
als in the final game of the play
offs, 92-91.
Several other Pennsylvania col
lege stars were also selected in
the drafting yesterday. LaSalle's
Tom Gola was selected by the
Philadelphia Warriors, Maurice
Stokes of St. Franci was claimed
by the Rochester Poyals, and Dick
Ricketts of Duquesne became the
property of Milwaukee. •
Sprinter Art Pollaid, his leg
fully mended, again will spear
head the Penn State track and
field team in 1955.
THURSDAY. APRS. 14. 1955
Baseball
Briefs
Mils Drop Giants, 42
PHILADELPHIA, April 13 (.41
—Robin Roberts' of the. Philadel
phia Phillies came within two outs
of recording the second opening
day no hit, no run game in ma
jor league history today as the
doughty righthander turned back
the New York Giants 4-2 before
13,219 fans at Connie Mack Stad
ium.
The cold-numbed spectators en
visioned a no hitter as the Phillies
took the field for the ninth inning.
Roberts had been nigh invincible,
allowing only two walks to that
point. He was shooting to equal'
the only opening day no-hitter
toosed by Bob Feller of the Cleve
land Indians against the Chicago
White Sox on April 16, 1940.
Roberts had a no ball, two strike
count with one out when Alvin
Dark reached out and lashed an
outside pitch to right for the Gi
ants' first hit.
Earlier, the Phillies had built
up a 4-0 lead on starter Johnny
Antonelli, the Giant •lefty who
won 21 and lost 7 last year, and
Grissom, a star ,relief hurler for
the World Champions. Antonelli
pitched hitless ball for three in
nings before , Mel Clark broke the
spell with a single.
Yanks Win Opener, 19-1
NEW YORK, April 13 (A)
Whitey Ford held Washington to
two hits today and drove in four
runs today while . Mickey Mantle,
Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron hit
home runs in a 19-1 New York
Yankee opening day romp.
Only 11,251 braved a chill Wind
and low-hanging mist that sent
the temperature diving into the
mid-40's. Most of the refrigerated
customers had left for the home
fireside long before the final out.
Ford, who didn't win a game
until May 15 a year ago, pitChed
as though it were a steaming af
ternoon in mid-summer. Just to
rub it in, the little lefty singled
three times to knock in four runs
and scored twice. It was one of
the biggest opening day parties
the Yanks have enjoyed since the
old days of Babe Ruth, Lou Geh
rig and Cot
Brooks Whip Bucs—Again
BROOKLYN, April 13 (W)—The
Brookl3Pn Dodgers warmed a shiv
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