SATURDAY. MAY 7 1955 Drapcho, Larimer Set For Home Twin-Bill It’s baseball time again at Beaver Field. Joe Bedenk and his Lion diamond crew get down to brass tacks this afternoon when the Nittanies, 5-3 for the season, donn their Saturday best for a Georgetown twin bill. The Lions' pair off against the Hoy as at ting under way at aproximately 3:45 p.m. The ond a seven-frame affair. Bedenk's two mound mainstays, southpaw . Eddie Drapcho and righthander Stan Larimer will take the hill against the Hoyas, with several reliefers standing by eager to see action for the first time. Stan Szymanski, third Lion hurler to see mound duty, may not be on hand for today’s twin diamond attraction. Drapcho is 4-1 for the season with Larimer osting one victory in three outings. The Hoyas, with a good record behind them, should provide the Nittanies with one of tneir stiffest tests on a 21-game season. Have Whiffed 68 But with Drapcho and Larimer toeing the rubber, Bedenk’s nine have to be odds-on favorites to notch wins number six and seven. In eight games, the duo has com bined for 68 strikeouts, 47 of them credited ot Drapcho. The Lion ace has yielded only four earned runs in 39 innings on the hill. Behind the plate, sophomore Norm Van Ord will probably team up with Drapcho, and Phil Saun ders is scheduled to complete the second game battery. However, Bedenk indicated that Lou D’Or saneo may break into the lineup Georgetown Visits Lion Netters The Nittany Lion tennis squad will be out to make the George town netters its third straight vic tim as the two teams clash on the Beaver Field courts at 1:30 this afternoon. After dropping the first three matches, the Nittany netters have come along to cop their last two outings, and hope to raise the sea son record to the 500 mark this afternoon. In the Hoyas, the Lions will face a well-rounded team with plenty of experience. The men from Washington have ten matches under their bells—win ning five and dropping an equal amount. They have defeated Rutgers. Bucknell, Washington and Lee, Delaware, and Gettys burg, while losing to Maryland. George Washington, Penn, Navy, and Princeton. Coach Sherm Fogg plans to use the same combination this af ternoon which narrowly defeated a scrappy Lehigh net squad last Monday, 5-4. Captain Bill Zieg ler will remain in the number one position and will face the Hoyas’ ace, Herb Von Urff. Zieg ler has not been winning with the same consistency as he did last year and will have _Jhis work cut out for him against the highly touted Hoyas southpaw. Ed Selling, who garnered his first victory Monday, will go against Tony Valenti in the sec ond position. Selling appears td\ have hit his stride, and will try to notch his second win today. Chris Christiansen is set to go on Mo Day!!" By RON GATEHOUSE 1:30 p.m. in today’s lidlifter, first contest will go the full for his first varsity appearance behind the plate. Wally Mrasz. veteran of early season duty with the mitt and mask, will probably be out of-ac tion again with an injured hand. Sticks With Infielders A trusty foursome which has carried him through all eight con tests is Bedenk’s choice to fill the infield pOßts again today. The quartet includes Pat Kennedy, first base; captain Charlie Russo, second base; Cookie, Tirabassi, shortstop; and Ron Weidenham- Weidenhammer’s big bat is cur mer, third base. rently pacing the hitters at the plate. He owns an‘even .500 per centage with safeties in half of his 30 official trips. Weidenham mer is aslo one of only two start ers who have not yet come down on the third <rike. Kennedy, Be denk’s power boy, has blasted out a pair of triples arid two round trippers, along with four singles. Both ,250 or Better Tirabassi is performing at a .267 clip %d Russo has managed .250. In the- outfield, Rex Bradley, Jim Lockerman and Pete Cherish will probably get the starting nods. Should the Lions face a in the number three spot and will compete against the Hoyas* Alan McNabb. Fogg will send Dean Mullen, Doug Zuker, and Larry Adler against the Hoyas in the fourth, fifth, and sixth positions. Hoya Coach Bill Barnes will pick his starters from five candidates. IV-*'*'" May 7 and Today and Tomorrow PENN STATE SHOW GROUNDS Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 1-5 p.m. DONATION 50 CENTS Penn State Riding Club THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 5 Spring Sports See Action Today On Home Grounds TRACK 1 p.m. Beaver Field Michigan and Navy BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. Beaver Field Georgetown-DH GOLF 1:30 p.m. Golf Course Navy and Penn TENNIS 1:30 p.m. Tennis Courts Georgetown LACROSSE 3 p.m. Beaver Field Syracuse southpaw. Bob McMullen and Ken Malley may team up with Bradley. Merle Gerdes, Sam Valentine, and Dick Surovchak wili also be on hand for outfield duty. Following today’s twin-bill, the Lions turn to a two-game road set facing Temple Monday and Navy Tui-rday. Either Bob Jordan, John Toolan, Tom Brett, Jim Glynn, or Bo Mc- Dermot will get the nod from Barnes to go in the lower three slots. Doubles play for the Lions will ?iair Ziegler and Seiling, Chris ionsen and Mullen, and Joe fib er ly and A 1 Williams. • Hunters ‘Jumpers • Pleasure Horses • Western • Three Gaited • Championship Classes at tho with the second game nine innings, with the Stickmen Encounter Orangemen Today With two-third of its schedule gone, Penn State’s lacrosse team moves into its last four games beginning with the Syracuse Orange men at 3 this afternoon in Beaver Field. Today’s contest is regarded by the Lion lacrosse coaching staff as the one it would like to win most—Syracuse is Coach Nick Thiel’a Alma Mater. Foiled last year by the Orange, the Nittanies will have another equally rough time this year try ing to avenge the 20-7 defeat. Syracuse, with a 4-.1 record, will be the heavy favorite mainly be cause it has an abundance of vet erans. Orange Has 4 Wins The Orange has romped over Harvard, Cortland, Dartmouth, and Colgate while losing a close 23-19 decision to nationally ranked Rutgers, a team which over whelmed the Lions by the lop sided score, 17-6. If those scores mean anything, the stickmen will have to go all out to upset the boys from New York state. Without injuries for most of the season, Thiel lost his most profi cient scorer, Joe Erwin, in the Loyola game. Erwin, who suf fered a severe “charley horse,” will be replaced by junior Andy Bergeson, who in previous con tests has given indications of be coming a dependable substitute. Attack. Midfield Set Joining Bergeson bn the attack will be Dick Klein, who was cred ited with four assists in last week’s contest, and strong-armed Ron Youtz. The midfield will con sist of high scoring Bob Hamel, George Bicklehaupt, and Frank Locotos. In the Cornell game, Lo cotos broke loose for the final three goals, all of them coming in the last five minutes. Bob Bullock, Herb Horikawa, and Bob Weidner will give the THE GREETING THAT CARRIES ITS OWN BOUQUET This new scented telegram is the perfect way to send your love on Mother’s Day. Lightly perfumed with the fragrance of carnations it will be a keepsake cherished for years to come. Call or visit your local Western Union office tqday and give them your message for Mother’s Day. r i&tovfly Nittanies the strongest defense that could possibly be attained. Bullock has drawn praises from Thiel for every game this year. He has been the biggest defen sive threat. the Lions have had from the standpoint of holding his man scoreless. Bell Stopped 76 Scores Rounding out the starting line up will be captain Don Bell at goalie. Bell has stopped 76 scor ing attempts in the last three con tests. For Syracuse, Stew Lindsay, the team’s high scorer, veteran Don Muller, and leading assister Paul O’Donohue will compose the starting attack. In the midfield coach Roy Simmons has named Jim Brown Ed Smith, and Paul Mendez as his starters. Defensively, the Orange will have Huge Basset, Alvaro Gon zales, and Bob Mac Lea in the leading roles. At goalie will be Jack Williamson. The 1955 campaign will mark Penn State’s 69th year of uninter rupted intercollegiate football competition. Bill Jeffrey, former Penn State soccer coach, now teaches and coaches at the University of Puer to Rico. PRINTING Letterpress - Offset Commercial 352 E. College Ato. 'ESTERN UNION 105 So Aden St., State College, Pa. PAGE SEVEN
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