Tuesday, mat it. 1955
'Nine' Rallies
To Top Pitt
By RON GATEHOUSE
If there had been the slightest margin of doubt in their
minds, the Pitt Panthers learned Saturday at Beaver Field
that a baseball game, is never over until the final out is callec.
Pressed more than at any time at home this year, the
Lions looked to. Eddie Drapcho and Ron Weidenhammer to
top Pitt, 6-5, and bring win number 10 out of the bag to pre
serve their home victory streak—now at seven consecutive
wins without a loss.
With the Nittanies behind 5-4
with two out and bases loaded in
the bottom of the ninth, Weiden
hammer, now hitting at a strong
.489 pace, stepped to the plate and
lifted a low-hanging fly to right
field to drive in tnfc tying and
winning scores.
Improve on 1954 Slate
The 6-5 victory brought the
Lions’ 1955 record to 10-4, im
proving on last year’s win column
by one. Last year the Nittanies
posted a 9-7 log. The Lions have
seven games remaining, four at
home.
Joe Bedenk’s nine meets Villa
nova at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow after
noon at home, before making a
three-game northern road trip.
They go against Colgate Friday
and face Syracuse in a Saturday
twin-bill.
Drapcho, going the whole way
-ngt the Panthers to hand them
their eighth loss in 13 starts,
brought his record to 7-1. He is
sued nine hits, the most he’s given
up in any one game to date,
fanned eight and walked two.
Beat Nittanies Twice
Don Miller, on the hill for the
Steel City nine, had set the Lions
down the past two years. He
struck out six and walked four.
He’s how 1-4 for the season.
The nine-inning mound duel
saw the Nittanies, after blanking
Pitt in their first try at the plate,
get things off to a good start in
the bottom of the first with a
two-hit, two-run effort.
Captain v and second baseman
Charlie Russo led off with a walk,
Stole second, and scored on Bob
McMullen’s base hit. Rex Brad
ley’s two-bagger scored McMul
len, but he was stranded on sec
ond when Jim Lockerman, Cookie
Tirabassi and Paul Palumbo went
down in order after Weidenham
mer walked.
Six Lions Hit Safely
Bradley, McMullen,, Weiden
hammer and Tirabassi each col
lected two of the Nittanies ten
hits, with the latter three going
two-for-four for the afternoon.
Lockerman and Drapcho brought
the total to ten.
Both teams went hitless and
scoreless in the second and third,
but the Skyscraper U. nine tied
things up in their half of the
—Photo by Logan
JIM LOCKERMAN, sophomore
Lion centerfielder, slides safely
under the outstretched arm of
Pitt catcher. Milt Emery, to
score Penn State's fifth run in
Saturday's game.
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fourth, notching two runs on
three hits and a wild Ditch.
Panther third baseman John
Jacobs took batting honors for the
day—he went three-for-five and
scored two Pitt runs. Milt Emery.
Panther catcher, also banged out
two safeties and tallied twice.
Score Knotted at 2-2
With the score deadlocked at
2-2, the Nittanies posted one
more run in the bottom of the
fourth. Tirabassi connected for the
second and final extra-base blow
of the afternoon, a left-center tri-
Ele, and scored on an Infield out
y Lion catcher Norm Van Ord.
The two teams went scoreless
again in the fifth, but the Lions
pushed their lead to 4-2 in the
sixth when Lockerman got a base
hit and completed the circuit on
three consecutive Panther error:,.
Tirabassi followed Lockerman
with a hit and reached third on
an error and a wild pitch, but
was left stranded.
Score Three in Eighth
'Both teams went scoreless in
the seventh, but- the Panthers
connected for a three-hit. three
run, barrage in the top of the
eighth to put them ahead, 5-4.
The Nittanies went down in order
in their half of the eighth, and
Pitt, after getting two hits in the
ninth, failed to score.
Russo’s third walk of the after
noon, sandwiched between a hit
by Drapcho and McMullen, loaded
the bases with one down. Bradley
popped to third on the first pitch,
Then Weidenhammer. working
the count to l-2j connected for
the rightfield single that scored
Drapcho and Russo to end the
game.
In Friday’s 20-5 .contest,- the
Lions outhit the Panthers 10-5 for
win number nine.
PENN STATE
Ab R H
Russo,2b 2 2 0
McMullcn.rf 4 12
Bradley,lf 5 0 2
W*d’h*mer,3b 4 0 2
Lockerm’n.cf 4 11
Tirabassi,ss 4 1-2
Ab R H
Kraft,2h 3 0 0
Fedor,cf 5 0 1
Jacobs,3b 5 2 3
Emery.e 4 2 2
Schmidt,lf 4 11
Bi*ley,rf 3 0 j
Masur.lb 0 0 (
Hunter,lb 4 0 0
Lepkowski,ss 4 0 0
Miller, p 4 0 1
Totals 36 -5 0
an Ord in 9th.
Palumbo.lb 4 0 0
Van Ord c 2 0 0
a-Schneider 10 0
Drapcho,p 4 11
Totals 34 6 10
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For 2d Contest
Freshman track coach Norm
Gordon named his 16-man squad
yesterday which will journey to
Pittsburgh this morning for a
3:30 engagement with the Pan
ther frosh.
The only major change in the
Nittany lineup will be in the 880-
yard dash where Gus Ormrod,
Ken Shopt, and Allan Jones, all
distance runners, will be surprise
starters. Bob Williams will round
out the Lion half-mile entry.
Gordon has installed Ron Carey
and Tom Heath in the iavelin com
petition in hopes of strengthen
ing* one of the frosh’s weakest
spots. Carey will alsb throw the
shot along with John Tullar and
Ed Henrie.
The mile relay represents the
only event in which the frosh’s
entries were noi definitely known.
“We’ll just have to wait and see
how things work out at Pitt before
naming- our runners,” Gordon
commented.
No information on the Panther
sqUad was available. “We do
know that it is strong in the
sprints and the hurdles; what else
it has remains to be seen on Tues
day,” the freshman coach said.
The squad, which underwent a
stiff practice session after Satur
day’s varsity meet, will take part
in a light practice today to work
out any kinks obtained over the
weekend. The freshmah meet will
be run while the varsity cinder
men are battling the Panther var
.sity.
Lineup
440 Dash: Tullar, Kopf. Pinnle
100 Dash: Rossi, Breslin, Brewer
880 pash: Ormrod, Shoup, Jones Wil
iams
220 Dash: Rossi, Breslin, Pinnie
Hiffh Hurdles: Norris, Boyer
Low Hurdles: Norris, Brewer, Pinnle
Shot Put: Tullar. Henrie, Carey
Discus: Tullar, Henrie
Javelin: Carey. Tullar, Heath
Broad Jump: Norris, Brewer
Hteh Jump: Norris, Boyd
Pole Vault: Norris, Boyd, Foht
Mile Relay: unannounced
Netters Even Slate ,
Stop Syracuse , 6-3
• The Penn State net squad pulled itself to the blue side of the
ledger last weekend when it defeated the Syracuse netters 6-3, to
bring its season’s mark to. four wins and an equal number of losses.
The match was played on the Beaver Field tennis courts.
The Lion netmen,'for the first time this season, boosted their
average to the 500 mark as they put together three singles and one
doubles victories and two forfeit
decisions, to cop the encounter.
Nittany Captain Bill Ziegler
1 broke a three match losing streak
and posted his second victory of
the spring campaign as he breezed
over the Orange’s number one
performer in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.
The Lion senior has dropped six
encounters. In the second position,
Ed Spiling resumed his winning
ways as he racked up a quick de
cision over Syracuse’s Ron Vah-
Ailcen. The Nittany junior notch
ed his third consecutive win as he
downed his opponent by the iden
tical scores of 6-1, 6-1,
State’s number three" man,
Chris Christiansen, was unable to
rally after dropping a close open
ing set and went down at • the
hands of Jack Bdyajiah for his
fourth defeat of the campaign.
Christiansen .extended the first
set to a 7-5 count before bowing,
and was unable to stage a come
back in the second as Boyajian
copped it 6-3. The loss evened
Christiansen’s record at four and
four
Fvracuse then knotted the score
as Godfrey Lebhar, playing in the
fourth slot, posted a 6-1, 6-3 de
cision over the Lion’s Doug Zu
ker. The los- evened Zuker’s rec
ord at three and three. The tie
vyas short-lived, however, as
State’s Larry Adler garnered one
Lions
Down
Penn State’s lacrosse team continued its above par playing at
it rolled to a 14-7 victory over Swarthmore College Saturday, giving
it a 5-5 record and its fourth win in the last live games.
The Lion stickmen will meet
tomorrow at Beaver Field in the fii
Lower Merion
Throttles Frosh
Stickmen, 10-6
The freshman lacrosse team suf
fered its firs* defeat of the season
wfren Lower Merion High School
throttled the Lion yearlings 10-6
in a nip and tuck game Saturday
on Beaver Field.
Leading the frosh scorers were
Bill Hess and. Fred Behne with
two ■ goals each, and Bob Kamps
and Chris Kubler with one eacn.
Lower Merion took command
ing 5-3 lead at half time but fell
behind when the resurgent frosh
came back to score four in the
third while holding their oppon
ents scoreless. It was the first time
that Lower Merion has been held
scoreless this year for a whole
period.
But in the fourth quarter the
Lions fell apart as their more ex
perienced opponents scored five
goals while holding Penn State
scoreless.
IM Track Entries Due
entries for the intramural
track meet are due in the IM
office, Rec Hall, by 4:30 p.m,
today. Complete details con
cerning the meet may be ob
tained at the IM office. There
will be one dollar entry fee for
teams. Independents will be
charged 25 cents.
of the outstanding matches of the
afternon. Adler appeared to be
■on his,way to a quick victory as
he whitewashed the Orange’s fifth
performer Bob Brown in the first
set 6-0. The tide changed in the
second as the Syracuse netter
pounded out a 6-4 decision. The
final set was a toss-up with Ad
ler coming out on the long end of
a 9-7 mark. The win was Adler’s
fourth against two setbacks.
The Lion netmen were given to
charity points in the match as
Syracuse forfeited the number six
singles encounter and the number
three doubles match. The two
gifts clinched the match for the
Foggmen.
In doubles, Lebhar and Boya
jian upset State’s Ziegler and
Christiansen, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, while
Zuker and Eberly ended the match
by downing Van Aiken and Car
ey, 6-2, 6-2.
The Lion netters meet the Ju
niata tennis squad tomorrow af
ternoon on the Beaver Field
courts.
. . . for every
formal affair
. . . always look
your very
best
... Stop at
Mur a
Post sth Win,
Swarthmore
the Hobart Statesmen at 3:30 p.m.
•st of two home games to be played
this week.
The Nittanies’ scoring waf
spread out among six players, four
getting three tallies each. Joe Er
win, Bob Hamel, Ron Youtz, and
Dick Klein hit the net for the 12
goals, with A 1 LeChard and Jeff
Bostock the recipients of the other
two.
With the three goals against
Swarthmore, Erwin’s total is now
17, just six shy of tying the 23
record set by Jim Fulton last yeafc.
Erwin was handicapped early (n
the season by a severe “charley
horse” and had to sit out twp
games. Hamel has racked up 14
goals to take the runnerup spot,
with Youtz and Iflein following
with 11 each.
The Lions jumped to an early
4-2 lead in the first quarters
and were never headed as they
outscored the Red and White in
every quarter. They scored three
in the second, four in the third*
And three in the final stans a.
Swarthmore scored two goals in
each quarter but the third, ip
which it had only one tally.
Erwin, playing his first game in
three weeks, rammed in the first
goal at 1:05 and was followed a
minute later by his scoring twin,
Hamel. Swarthmore fought back
to score a goal but Lechard, tak
ing a pass from Youtz, put ope
past the goalie at 4:20.
Bill Reynolds, who is leading
the Swarthmore team in scoring,
threw one in at 6:17 to put the
Red and White within' one goal
of the fast moving Lions. After a
lapse of six minutes, Hamel scored
his second goal to put the stick
men in front by two at the close
of the first quarter.
In the second quarter Youts.
on an' excellent dodge put the
Lions in front by three, but
Swarthmore came back to tally
two to throw a slight scare into
the Lions.
Erwin, assisted by Hamel scored
at 20:00 and Klein did likewise as
he hit for two goals just before
the gun sounded ending the half.
In the second half Bostock
scored first, with Klein and Ham
el following to make the score 10-
4. Swarthmore scored one and
Youtz scored again to make it 11-5
at the end of the third quarter.
Youtz followed with the first
goal of the third quarter and his
third of the game and Erwin and
Hamel hit the net for the final
two goals of the contest. Swarth
more came back to score two
more but were too far behind to
catch the Lions.
On defense, it was Don Bell
and Bob Bullock who played
excellent ball, but the overall
star of the'game was probably
Youtz, who besides his three
goals, contributed four assUts.
IM Tennis Winners
Winners in intramural tennis
activity last week were John Ber
gey and Jack Gillardi, Tau Kap
pa Epsilon, Otto Hetzel and Dick
Rivers, Phi Gamma Delta, Erwin
Schimmel and Dick Cheskis, Zeta
Beta Tau, Mike Walker and Ed
Weiner, Phi Sigma Delta, and
Tha.wr Potter and Jim Schry,
Phi Delta Theta.
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