PAGE SIX 2 Road Games Await Nittanies Rutgers, Lafayette Offer Weekend Diamond Action With a 26-3 shellacking of Western Maryland under its belt, Joe Bedenk's Penn State diamond squad left University Park last night to face what will probably be the most crucial components of a successive five-game road test. The Lion nine goes against Rutgers and Lafayette in suc cessive weekend games, and the outcome of these two foreign soil tests may well give Bedenk a pretty good idea of what his Nittanies wilt offer future opponents. The Lions, 19-strong, departed at 6:30 p.m. for Easton following, a short Beaver Field workout. They stayed in Easton last night before going against the Scarlet of Rutgers this afternoon in their second outing of the sea son. Following today's encounter, the Lions will return to Easton for an overnight stay before fac ing Lafayette tomorrow. The traveling unit included three catchers, five infielders, four outfielders and a seven-fold mound staff, Larimer to Pitch Again Stan Larimer, who went four innings for the win in Wednes day's trouncing of the Maryland ers, will probably get the start ing nod at New Brunswick. And second-running pitcher Ed Drapcho is Bedenk's choice to take the mound against Lafayette. Rutgers will hold an edge over the Nittanies in at least one de partment experience. It won four and dropped two in six frays so far this season. Penn put on a two-run out burst in the ninth to hand the Scarlet its first setback, and Tem ,hple later was the winner on one alf of a twin-bill. In addition to the Owl victory, Rutgers owns wins over Princeton, Columbia, and Lehigh. The latter decision was a 21-0 shutout. District Two Champs Lafayette, District Two winner last year, was pestered in pre season practice with a deficit in catching experience. However, a potent mound staff has brought it successfully through six con tests to date. So far Lafayette has defeated Moravian, LaSalle, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Nav y, and Delaware. The 1954 Lions managed a 5-4 hitting margin over today's foe to edge out a 1-0 win. The Leop ards took the measure of the Nit tanies, 5-3, last year. In the Lions' opening test Be denk found a strong Penn State George Crowe, infielder with the Milwaukee Braves, played for two years in the Negro National League with such stars as Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, and Luke Easter. Rough Opener Set For Tennis Squad Penn State's tennis squad will kick the lid off the 1955 season tomorrow, when it meets traditionally rough Pennsyl vania on the home courts. Match time is set for 1:30 p.m. Net coach Sherm Fogg has been severely handicapped by the run of bad weather and only recently has received a break from the skies. However, it is a question of how well can the team round out with the opener only three days following the spring break. "The squad should shape up after the fourth match," Fogg said. At present, however, Fogg's problem lies in the Quakers of Pennsylvania a rugged opener for any team. The Lion mentor will go with his number one man and captain of the team, Bill Zeigler, with another letter winner, Ed Seiling set for duty in the second spot. Although they saw only limited service a year ago, three of the four remaining singles positions also will be in the hands of letter winners. 0n 1 y non-lettermen among the six singles players is John Cleary who will hold down the third position. Dean Mullen will see action in the fourth s':•t, with Chris Chris tiansen aiscl I •, •r - ; ^ . 11 out the singles action. in the By RON GATEHOUSE team at the plate, a compact in field and outfield, and got good results from the three Nittany hurlers who faced the Green Terrors. Catching Still Problem However, he hinted yesterday that catching still poses somewhat of a problem. Bedenk started Phil Saunders behind the plate, and followed through with Wall y Mrasz and Norm Van Ord. Al though Saunders is scheduled to start against Rutgers, the trio is still in a wide-open battle for a permanent starting berth. Following the pair of weekend games, the Lions travel to West Virginia next week for games number three and four, and visit Bucknell April 27 before return ing home. 11 Teams Win In IM V-Ball Eleven fraternity 3ntries cele brated their return from Easter recess by gaining victories in in tramural volleyball action Wed nesday night at Rec Hall. In the evening's opener, Tau Phi Delta took two out of three contests from Phi Sigma Kappa, 5-15, 15-11, 15-11 . Alpha Chi Rho downed Lambda Chi Alpha, 15-6, 15-10; Zeta Beta Tau stopped Tri angle, 15-13, 15-9. Sigma Chi took two consecu tive games from Delta Theta Sig ma, 15-3, 15-10; Alpha Sigma Phi trounced Sigma Alpha Mu, 15- 7, 15-4. Phi Delta Theta defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 15-7, 15-5; and Theta Chi stopped a fighting Pi Kappa Alpha aggregation, 15-7, 14-16, 15-3. Four forfeits also marked the Inight's play as Phi Mu Delta, Del 'to Chi, • Phi Kappa and Alpha IGamma Rho picked up wins. Hy Cohen, pitching prospect with the Chicago Cubs, was a teammate of Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Brooke Army Medical 'Center in 1952 and 1953. three matches of doubles compe tion, Fogg will team Ziegler and Mullen as one set; Selling and Christiansen; and Rhymes Hum (Continti?,! in column five) THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Baseball Briefs Rally Wins for Phils PIITSBURGH, April 14 (R)— Crafty Herm Wehmeier, helped by a three-run Philadelphia rally in the second inning, stopped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on six hits today in the season's baseball op ener at Forbes Field. Willie 'Puddin Head' Jones' first homer of the season—a blast over the leftfield wall—ignited th e Phillies' second inning rail% They got the other run in the third on Bob Morgan's iouble and a single by Sta' Palys. Newcombe Clouts Two NEW YORK, April 14 (11 3 )—Big Don Newcombe hit twc homers in a game for the first time in his big league career but fall ec to go the route today as Brooklyn strug gle(' through to a 10-8 victory over the World Champion New York Giants. Breezing along wit__ a 10-3 lead in the seventh, Newcombe gave up a three-run homer to Hank Thompson in the seventh and was knocked out by Bobby Hoffman's two-run pinch homer in the eighth. Jim Hughes finally quiet ed the Giants, making Willie Mays foul out when a homer would have tied the score. Bosox Top Yanks, 8-4 BOSTON, April 14 (R)—Willard Nixon, Boston's Yankee tamer, got brilliant relief from ageless Ellis Kinder and home rum from Jim Piersall and Sammy White today to pitch the Red Sox to an 8- 4 victory over New York in their home opener. Nixon, who had beaten Ne w York four times without defeat last season was replaced by Kin der. In the ninth, Kinder struck out Joe Collins between flies to Pier sall to end the game punctuated by disputes and bizarre happen ings. Tigers Bow at Home DETROIT, April 14 (JP)—Right fielder Al Smith pounded out three, singles and a twoxrun hom er and led the Cleveland Indians to a• 5-3 victory over Detroit to day, spoiling the Tigers' home opener before 42,684 rain-drench ed fans. Smith scored twice and knock ed in two runs as the Indians won their second straight game of the young season and tied Boston for first place. Cardinals Win Opener ST. LOUIS, April 14 (JP)—The St. Louis Cardinals, once behind five runs, came on to win their opening game of the season today against the Milwaukee Braves, 8-7, with an 11th-inning home run by rookie Bill Virdon. With two out, rookie Bob Ste phenson on third and Frank Smith on first in the tenth, Wally Moon rifled a drive down the rightfield line for what appeared to be a game winning single. But Smith forgot to run to second and was forced out as Stephenson crossed the plate with what Cardinal fans thought was the winning run. White Sox Win, 7-1 CHICAGO, April 14 (/I")—Sandy Consuegra's three-hit pitching be hind a 10-blow attack, including a game-turning homer by Bob Nie man, swept the White Sox to a 7-1 victory over the Kansas: City A's today. Little "hardluck" Bob by Shantz, who left for a ninch (Continued on page seven) Stuhldreher to Speak At 'S' Club Banquet Harry Stuhldreher, former all-America grid star and member of the famed four horsemen at Notre Dame, will be the guest speaker at the first annual Varsity "S" Club banquet to be held May 3 at the Autoport. Lettermen, coaches, managers, and several guests Will attend. Stuhdreher, who is now assistant to the vice president of the United States Steel Corporation, was born and raised in Massillon, Ohio. He graduated from high school in 1920, and after spending a year at Kiski Prep he enrolled at Notre Dame. • It was there that Stuhldreher became a national hero. He played varsity football in 1922-23-24, and in his final year led the Fighting Irish to an undefeated season and also a victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl. In recognition of his sparkling performances, Stuhl dreher was named to the all- America team and Notre Dame was picked national champion. Spurned Pro Offers After graduation he spurned professional offers to take over the head coaching duties at Vil lanova where he remained for 11 years. Harry Stuhldreher ' `Horseman' to Speak Arnelle to Rejoin College All-Stars For Final 3 Tilts Jesse Arnelle, standout center on the Nittany Lion basketball team for the past four seasons, will rejoin the College All-Stars for their final three games against the Harlem Globetrotters. The giant center will leave this morning for Milwaukee and, fol lowing the game there, will move on to Detroit for the .last two games of the series. Arnelle 'was drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons of the Na tional Basketball Association in the first round of selections held Wednesday in New York. How ever, Arnelle has stated he has not made up his mind yet about playing professional basketball. He said he would not make his decision "fora week or so." The Pistons won the Western Division league crown in NBA action this season but were de feated by Syracuse in the seventh and final game of the champion ship playoffs, 92-91. Varsity Club The Varsity "S" Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday at Beta Theta Pi, Pat Kennedy, president, has an nounced. Banquet plans will be discussed, Kennedy said. You can't afford to miss— Penn State Club s Musical Review featuring top campus performers Schwab Only 50c FRIDAY. APRIL 15. 1955 His fine record and wide fame brought another offer and in 1936 Stuhldreher accepted the position as director of athletics and foot ball coach at the University of Wisconsin. He resigned this position in 1950 to take over his present dut ies with U.S. Steel. Stuhldreher is the past presi dent of the American Football Coaches Association and the Kiski Alumni Association and is now chairman of the U.S. Olympic Fi nance Committee and a member of the Football Hall of Fame Com mittee. Has Written Books He is also author of a number of books concerning football. Stuhldreber is , married and has four sons. Toastmaster for the banquet will be Ralph H. Wherry, asso ciate professor of insurance. Stuhldreher will also speak before Wherry's public relation's class. The Varsity "S" Club was formed last spring and has as members all varsity letter win ners, coaches, and head managers. Rough Opener -- phreys and Adler to complete the two-man competition. Although it's too early to ven ture predictions, Fogg did express confidence that the squad will finish on the plus side of the .500 mark. "We won't be as strong as last year, but we should be stronger than many of the teams we meet," Pog o said. Last year's outfit finished, with an 8-2 mark, losing to powerful teams from Navy and Colgate. The Lion netmen are facing the same schedule as last season, with the exception of Pennsylvania.
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