PAGE TWELVE Temple Drops Lion Nine, 4-3 Lose After Double Win; Frosh Stoo To Meet Middies Today Bullets for 2nd Straight Penn State’s on-again-off-again baseball squad, after sweeping both ends of a Saturday Beaver Field ■, double-header from George town, dropped a 4-3 verdict to Temple yesterday at Philadelphia to bring its 1955 record to 7-4. Joe Bedenk’s Lions turn south today for game number 12 with the U.S. Naval Academy furnishing the opposition Eddie Drapcho, heading Be denk’s mound forces with a 5-1 slate, will face the Middies in to day’s contest, fifth road test for the Lions Against the Hoyas Saturday, the Nittanies made it a bit more clearer that they operate best on home grounds, where they’ve stood unbeaten to notch six of their seven victories to date. With small but effective south paw Drapcho going the route in Saturday’s lidlifter, the Lions romped to an -11-0 shutout win over the Hoyas. Surprise starter Lynn Harbold, making his first varsity appear ance in the nightcap, twirled the Lions to win number seven, 8-2, yielding eight hits and fanning five. 4 for 6 in twin-bill Drapcho’s triumph, a three-hit performance, brought his consecu tive scoreless-inning streak to 25. Previous to his Weekend three-hit effort, the Lion ace authorized back-to-back a no-hitter and a two-hit showing. Stan Larimer, going the dis tance in yesterday's contest, re linquished only five hits while his Niltany teammates were slamming out one less, but a bottom-of-the -ninth two-run outburst by the Owls was enough to overcome a 3-2 Penn State lead. Larimer, now 1-3 for the sea son, set down nine Owl batters himself via the strikeout route while Temple’s Ed Maier was whiffing 11. Jim Locker man collected two of the Nittanies four bingles, with Bob McMullen and Paul Palumbo accounting for one each. McMullen’s sock was good for four bases, driving captain Char lie Russo in ahead of him for two Lion runs. McMullen scored ear lier for the first Penn State score. The Owls' A 1 Didriksen and Chuck Berg-doll both went one for-three at the plate and han dled the winners' scoring out put, two each. The Nittanies got off to a rapid start with a run in their half of the first, and added Iwo more in the seventh. Temple, behind 3-0, came back with two scores in the bottom of the sev enth before providing the clincher in the ninth. In the Lion first, McMullen and Rex Bradley walked after Rus so struck out to open the game. Both runners advanced on a passed ball, with McMullen cross ing home on Ron Weidenhnm nter’s infield out. After Larimer fanned in the Penn State seventh, Russo gained a base on balls to set the stage for McMullen’s circuit clout to deen right. Didriksen got the third of the Owl’s quintet of hits to get the wumers rolling in the seventh, billowM !-■,■ B-""doll’s free pass, i-, i| • ■ ■ pn T '.'.’'".r -• , r ■ ' -r ; ;'d. TVU 11 all then slammed a grounder By RON GATEHOUSE into the infield which resulted in Didriksen and Bergdoll scoring on Russo’s miscue on a double play attempt. Behind 3-2 going into the final stanza, the Owls realized their do-or-die predicament and called on Didriksen and Berg doll to again provide the needed punch. Didriksen slammed a base hit and moved to second when Bergdoll visited out one of three free passes issued by Larimer. Jim Kelly then stepped to the plate and smashed a double to score both runners and pull the curtain on Penn State's changes for their sixth straight victory. The win was the Owl’s fifth in ;ix starts. Larimer pitched hitless ball un til John Granozio connected _in the fourth. The Lions left nine men stranded on the base paths. The Owls failed to score four. Behind Saturday’s two-fine pitching performances the Lions garnered 22 hits with the first four men in the batting order account ing for 13. Bradley and McMullen went four-for-six and four-for-eight re spectively for the afternoon. In the opening 11-0 contest, the Nittanies scored single tal lies in the first and second, add ed- twin scores in the third and seventh and finished in fine or der with a five-hit five-run out burst in the eighth. Meanwhile, Drapcho limited the Hoyas to single safeties in the last three stanzas after set ting the first 14 bailers down in strict consecutive order. Georgetown placed a runner on first for the first time in the fifth when Frank Valgenti strolled down the first base line after be ing hit by a pitched ball. John Recesso was the only Hoya to reach second in the first game when he was forced down after Bill Harrison took first on the only base on balls issued by Drapcho. He fanned nine while a trio of Linksmen Beat Penn, Navy; sth Win Gittlen Paces Lions 7 The Penn State golf team re moved another important obstacle from its path to an undsfeated season Saturday when it romped to its fifth victory in a triangu lar meet with Navy and the Uni versity of Pennsylvania on home links. Coach Bob Rutherford’s links men left no roopa for doubt in their win. They finished 23 strokes in front of the second-place Quak ers and 33 strokes ahead of third place Navy. The combined stroke total of the three teams was Penn State, 527; Penn, 550; and the U.S. Naval Academy, 560. Warren Gittlen was once again the big gun for the Nittany links men. The veteran captain scored a two over par 71 to lead the Lions and become Medalist for the day. Gittlen scored an above par 37 on the front nine, but poured on the coal in the back nine with a 34 to capture the win. Gearhart, Mayes Post 74's Juniors Jim Mayes and Gus Gearhart_ followed Gittlen in the scoring parade for the Lions. Mayes and Gearhart posted identi cal" 74’s on the par 69 course. Mayes scored 37’s on both the front nine and the back nine; Gearhart posted a 36 on the first nine, but slumped sorqewhat on '.he final nine with a 38. Right on the heels of these two came sophomore John Branish with a 75. Branish is a compara tive newcomer to the Lion ranks, but he already had made a deep imnrcvs’on ef his ability on the >T -Pra" v h com -1 bined a 36 and a 39 for his score. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Georgetown hurlers could man age only two strikeouts, at the same time yielding 15 Nittany hits. McMullen and Pat Kennedy were the big guns for the Lions, both going three-four-five at the plate. Russo, Ron Weidenhammer and Rex' Bradley each connected for a pair of hits, with Cookie Tirabassi, Norm Van Ord and Drapcho gaining one apiece. Wei denhammer is leading the Lions at the plate with a .450 average. Harbold, only the third start er Bedenk has used this year, did a good job of scattering the eight Hoya hits in the second contest to stay out of- trouble. He yielded runs in the second and fourth frames of the seven inning contest, while the Nil lanies crossed home with three in the first and third, and two two more in the fourth. s Bradley’s home run in the third was the game’s big blow. The left field smash came with two Lions aboard. Bradley went two-for three to pace the. Staters at the plate, and earned himself four RBl’s. He, along with Weidenham mer and Pete Cherish, starting fpr the first time at first base, each scored a pair of runs, with Lou D’Orsaneo and Harbold bring ing the total to eight. D’Orsaneo made his first varsity appearance , behind the plate. Dale Smith, Georgetown third i baseman, connected all three times at bat and accounted for the losers' two scores. The . Lions gained fifth and Jim Ginsberg and Leo Kukkola came next for the Rutherford men, posting twin 78’s. The two golfers, slumping a little from their usual torrid pace, kept their consistency complete. They both posted 38’s on the front and back nine’s to get their totals. Bringing up the rear for the Lions, in a totally unfamiliar spot, was Rutherford’s third sophomore flash, John Boyanow- ski. Boyanowski combined a 41 and a 40 for his score. For the second place Quaker’s number-one man Chuck Yarnall led the way. Yarnall scored a 72, to finish one stroke behind Git tlen as the day’s medalist. Bob Rainey was next for the Penn squad, a distant eight stro , "'«s be ’■--•-d t l '" na-'r. w ! *b n 78. After Rainey came Fran Poore and .irapciiw 25 scdreless innings Warren Giitlen Consistent Winner sixth double plays on the season in the second contest. Weiden hammer -Russo- Cherish and Russo-Tirabassi-Cherish. The summarie: Saturday's PENN STATE Ab R H RuBßO,2b 4 2 2 McMullen, rf 5 18 W'd’h’mer.Sb 4 2 2 Kennedy, lb 5 13 Bradley,lf 3 12 L'kVm’n.cf 4 0 0 Tlrabaasi.sa 2 11 Van Ord,c 4 11 Drapcho,p 4 2 1 First Game GEORGETOWN Ab R H Rece4ao,2b 4 0 1 Vaugbn,lf 4 0 0 : Brett,cf 8 0 1 Flanga,cf 10 0 I Smith,3b,lb 4 0 0 I Harrison,lb-p 3 0 0 . Valpentl.ss 8 0 0 Furth.rf 3 0 1 . Frliby.c 3 0 0 Lackamp.p 2 0 0 a-Kane 10 0 Foley,p-lb 0 0 0 Totals 35 11 15| Totals 31 0 8 out for Lackamp in Bth. Georgetown 000 000 000— 0 3 4 Penn State 112 000 25x—11 15 1 Saturday's Second Gam* PENN STATE GEORGETOWN Ab R H Ab R H Russo,2b 4 0 0 Recesflo,2b 4 0 1 McMullen,rf 8 0 1 Vaughn,lf 2 0 0 Cherish,lb 12 1 Brett,cf 8 0 0 W’d’h’mer.Sb 3 2 1 Smith,Bb 3 2 8 Bradley,lf 3 2 2 Harrison,lb 2 0 1 L’k’r’m’n.cf 2 0 lValcentl.se 8 0.1 Gerdes.ct 1 0 0 Furth.rf 3 0 1 Tirabassi.ss 2 0 0 Frisby.e 8 0 1 D’Orsaneo.c 3 11 Kinney,p 2 0 v 0 Harbold.p 2 10 Dailey,p 0 0 0 Totals 24 8 7 Totals 25 2 8 Georgetown 010 100 o—2 8 8 Penn State 303 200 x—B 7 0 PENN STATE TEMPLE Ab R H Ab R H Russo,2b 2 10 Oliver,cf 8 0 0 McMullen ,rf 3 2 1 Sylvester,ss 4 0 0 Bradley,lf 3 0 0 Granozio,Bb 4 0 1 W’d’h’mer.Sb 8 0 0 Dldriksen.lb 3 2 1 DlOrsaneo.c 3 0 0 Bergdoll.lf 3 2 1 L’k’r’m’n.ef 4 0 2 Kelly,rf 12 1 Tirabassi.ss 4 0 0 Hall,a 2 0 0 Palumbo,lb 8 0 1 Simpson,2b 2 0 1 Larimer,p 4 0 0 a-Smuckler 10 0 Welntrop,2b 0 0 0 Maler.p 8 0 0 Totals 29 4 5 00 000 202—4 5 1 ,00 000 200—3 4 2 29 3 4 Ol Temple ... Penn State, George Pratchett with 79’s, fol lowed by A 1 McQuistion and Chuck Adams with 80’s, and final ly Shumer Lonoff with an 82. • Navy's Best Hits 76 The Middie’s best man was John Davis who scored a 76. Cook ie King followed with a 78, Frank Kelso and Bill Hodge trailed King with 79’s. Then came Dick Mattox who posted an 80, Dave Wright who scored an 83, and finally Jim Degroff who contri buted an 85. Previous to Saturday’s match, the Quakers had owned a 7-2 rec ord, and the Sailor’s a 3-2 mark. Penn lost to Georgetown and Vil lanova in its first two starts, but came here Saturday sporting a five-game win streak. The Mid dies also lost their first two. to Princeton and Georgetown, and were also aiming to keep a win streak alive. The Sailors had won their last three outings against Duke, Maryland, and Pitt. The Lions will be idle until May 14, when they enter the East ern Intercollegiate Golf Associa tion championships at New Ha ven, Connecticut, The match will be a four-day affair Saturday through Monday. Rutherford’s team will carry a record of nine straight victories into the fray at New Haven, five of the nine wins coming this sea son. The Nittanies have never been very fortunate in this par ticular match however. They won it only once, in 1948. Last year the Lions finished 15th out of a field of 18 teams, when only two of the • T ,'r'f~men qualified ior the sec . ond-day’s action. TUESDAY, AAAY 10. 1906 The Penn State freshman base ball team won its second consecu tive game yesterday afternoon at Beaver Field as it walloped the Gettysburg Frosh, 10-0. The frosh will go after their second win in as many days this afternoon when they meet the Bucknell freshman squad at Bea ver Field. Game time is set for 4 o’clock. Big Ron Smith put on a spark ling performance as he pitched a two-hit shutout for his secortfi win of the season yesterday. The big right hander had a no-hitter going for him until Jack Bream broke the spell with a broken bat Texas leaguer with one out in the sixth inning. Bob Jungle had the Bullets only other asfety, a solid line drive single to center in the seventh. Romberger Homsr* Roy Romberger and Steve Baidy provided the Lion batting punch, with Romberge. having, a perfect day as he socked a home run and two singles, good for five RBl’s, in three trips to the plate. Baidy had two singles in three attempts while Ron Rainey contributed a two bagger to aid young Smith in his victory. Take Early Lead The Lions took a four-run lead in the second, and added two more In the third to take a six-run lead and put the issue out of doubt. Romberger’s four ply belt with two runners aboard brought in three more runs in the fifth. They scored an additional run in the sixth to end the day’s scoring. Big Smith was the whole story, however, as he allowed just three runners to reach base throughout the contest, one of those via his only free pass of the game. The Lion hurler, a 2.5 engineering stu dent, was never in trouble as he struck out seven Bullets in his sterling performance. Post Second Victory In posting their second victory of the campaign, the frosh accu mulated eight hits, two of which were extra base blows. The Lions took advantage of the opposition’s erratic play along with the wild ness of the Gettysburg pitchers} to cop the victory. After today’s contest, the Frosh will end their season with a home contest against the freshman squad of Colgate University. Andy Pafko of the Milwaukee Braves has hit 194 home runs in his twelve years in the major leagues.
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