yypPNESOftY. MAY 18, 19f3 Hitting at .305 Clip... State'* 10-. third base; Cookie Tirabassi, shortstop, and Captain Charlie Russo, second base; carry respective .451, .287. and .200 batting averages into today's 3i30 p.m. Beaver Field contest with VillanoVa. Together they own a .305 average. Weidenhammer and Russo are both three year veterans, while Tirabassi is a sophomore. Villanova Seeks To End Lions' Winning Streak Villanova, currently running among the top four in col legiate baseball’s widely-scattered District Two division, comes to Beaver Field this afternoon, bent on disrupting Penn State’s home winning streak—now at seven. Game time is 3:30 p.m. Either sophomore Eddie Drapcho (7-1) or Bill Burcin (0-0) will take the mound for the Lions, * with Norm Van Ord or Lou D’- Orsaneo behind the plate. The Wildcats, 13-5 for the sea son, are in strong contention for 1955 District Two honors. Their latest win was a 7-i victory over St. Joseph’s on Monday. Wfest Chester State Teacher’s College accounted for two of their de feats Topped Wildcats in '54 ' Last year the Nittanies dropped Villanova, 7-3, on the strength of a 11-hit attack. Should Burcin take the hill for the Lions this afternoon, he’ll mark only the fifth pitcher- Be denk has used in the Nittanies’ 14 games to date. In addition to Drapcho’s 7-1 slate, Lynn Har bold is 2-0, and Stan Larimer owns a 1-3 log. Reliefer Stan Szymanski has gone eight innings, yielding five hits, but is without a won-lost record. Drapcho, a recruit who hue teamed up with veteran Kon \vei denhammer to return Penn State to title consideration im the JWC AA race, has practically devel oped into a one-man pitching staff, in going the route In eight of the Lions' 14 games so far, he already owns a no-hitter, two hit and tnree-hit shutouts, and is rated the finest prospect to per form for the Lions in years. Wealth of Know-How Bedenk an his aide, Chuck Medlar, credit Drapcho with a wealth of know-how. “His fast ball,” says Medlar, “does things when it goes up to the plate. He just doesn’t try to throw it past the hitter ” In notching seven of his team’s 10 wins, the poised southpaw has given up only 21 runs anu 26 hits in 66 innings on the mound. Weidenhammer, who moved from shortstop to third base at the start of the season to make room for newcomer Cookie Tira bassi, currently is setting the pace at the plate with a .451 average. He’s hit safely 23 times in 51 trips. Leads Comeback Drive The first to regain his batting poise, Weidenhammer is now leading the Lions on a comeback drive whi<;h promises to revive their pennant aspirations. Troubled by the Lions’ early season batting slump, Bedenk re vised the lineup again and again in an effort to find a hitting com bination. The outfield found the majo; portion of revisions, with Bedenk alternating in center and right nearly every game. But Jim Lock erman banging away at .364 in center and Bob McMullen hitting at .462 in rigty seem to have solved the . problem there. Rex Bradley roaming the leftfield pastures for the third year, leads all comers in ballhawking and is swinging at a .208 clip. Although McMullen is leading Weidenhammer by one thou sandth of a point, he’s made only 31 trips to the plate compared to Weidenhammer’s 61. McMul len has hit safely in the past eight games. Outfielders Hitting .342 Together, the trio of outfielders ‘own a .342 a/erase. In the infield, Weidenhammer, Tirabassi and Captain Charlie Russo have started at third, short, and. second every game to date, with Paul Palumbo relieving Pat Kennedy at first the past four outings. The infield, mainly on the strength of Weidenhammer's .461, is setting a .305 pace. (Including just the three regulars at second, shortstop, and third). Tirabassi is 207 and Russo, hit less in the past five games, is bat ting an even .200. Kennedy owns a -275 mark and Palumbo, in four games, is .154. Used Four Catchers Behind the plate, Bedenk has alternated with four starters Phil Saunders and Wally Mrasz in addition to Van Ord and D- Orsaneo. With, three games behind him, D’Orsaheo . leads the backstops with an even .300 percentage. Saunders and Mrasz are both .143 (Saunders’ two hits ii. 14 trips doubles Mrasz’s output in both departments) and Van Ord rounds out the catchers’ plate per formances with a .111 average. ’Following today’s game, the Lions take to the road to meet Colgate Friday and Syracuse in a Saturday twin-bill. They then return to Beaver Field for their final three games. Senators Hint at Series Of 'Big Name' Trades WASHINGTON. May 17 (#)— The Washington Senators, off to a miserable start this year, are toying with a series of proposed trades that may send their biggest “name” ball players to other clubs before the trading deadline, June H. Involved in the trade talk are pitchers Bob Porterfield and Mick ey McDermott, first baseman Ed die Yost and outfielder Roy Sie- Ivers. THI JP&IIV Cplt-EGIAN. STATE CpLIEGE PEtyKjSYIVfN< A Lacrossemen Win Against By FRAN FANUCCI . TT , . Hunting its third straight win, Penn State’s lacrosse team encounters the Hobart Statesman in the first of two final hame games at 3:30 this afternoon on Beaver Field. Th« Lions finish their season on Saturday when the Quakers from Pennsylvania invade the Nit tany campus. • . But to register a win over Hobart, which beat the Nittanies, 18-10, last season, will b« a man-sized job for the stickmen. The Statesmen boast a solid attackman in Jon Kraus, who is regarded as one of the nation’s best all-around players, and a top defenseman in Henry Bolin. Senior George Las-1 sister is Hobart’s mainstay in the midfield. Snape Is Missing But, Hobart lacks all-American Jack Snape, who broke the school’s scoring record and also broke the Lion’s back when he scored ten goals in last year’s con test. 'Whether the Statesmen can win without him will be seen in today’s game. Liop mentor Nick Thiel will start the same lineup as he used against Swarthmore. In the mid field will be Bob Hamel, who tal lied eight goals in last year’s Ho bart game, and Frank Locotos, and Jim Hay. Joe Erwin, leading the team with 17 goals, will head the at tack trio. Ron Youtz and George Bicklehaupt will be the other starters. On defense Bob Bullock, Erv Weidner, and Herb Horikdwa will get the starting nods, with captain Don Bell covering the net. Lion Scored 86 Goals A win will give the Lions a 6-5 record, which will be the first time in three years that they will be over the .500 1 mark. In the regularly scheduled contests this season the stickmen have scored 80 goals while their opponents have accounted for 84. Thiel expects a high scoring but close game. In the past, the two teams have always ended in double figures but separated by only a goal or two. Thltf will be the 19th game with Hobart in a series which started in 1914. During that span of years the Statesmen have copped ten games while the Lions have gar nered seven, with one ending m a tie. Another sidelight in today’s con test will be the scoring of Erwin, who needs just six goals to tie the record held by A 1 Fulton. Erwin was injured just when it seemed certain that he would break the record of 23 easily. Runnerup in the Lion scoring is Bob Hamel who scored 21 last year, second fo Fulton. Rocky Praises Foes'Durability' . SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (/P) —Rocky Marciano brimmed over with praise today for doughty Don Cockell’s “durability” as the heavyweight champ’s manager talked about a possible Septem ber rematch in London. Manager A 1 Weill said Bob Bak er or the winner cf the June 22 match in New York between light heavy champ Archie Moore and middleweight king Bobo Olson would be acceptable as a New York opponent. But he insisted he was not committted and was con sidering a “good proposal” from Jack Solomons,. British promoter. “If the terms are right—and that takes in a lot of territory— I think England is as good as any spot for a rematch,” said Weill. “I’m going to be with Jim Nor ris, president of the International Boxing Club, in New York and we’ll decide which is best. Fordham University School of Law NEW YORK Three-Year Day Course Four-Year Evening Course CO-EDUCATIONAL Member Assn, of American Law Schools. Matriculants must be College graduates and pre sent full transcript of College record. Orientation lectures incoming iludents Sept, 8 and 9 Classes Begin Sept. 12, 1955 For further information ad dress: Registrar Fordham University School of Law 302 Broadway, New York 7, N.Y. Seek 3d Straight Hobart Today Sigma In IM Sigma Nu is leading 51 fraternities in the race for top honors ip intramural competition, according to the latest figures released by the IM office. Although Sigma Nu has failed to capture any IM championships thus far, it had enough entries finishing in the top slots to accumu late a total of 635 points, a lead of 35 points over the second place fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. The leader? pick fe d up 165 points in the boxing tourney and 135 points in the basketball tour nament to obtain slightly less than one half of their total points. Phi Delta Theta, holding the runnerup position with 600 points, copped 155 points by winning the touch football tournament and 135 points by winding up second in handball singles play. In third place with 562 points, is Delta Upsilon, runnersup in the wrestling competition. Theta Xi holds down the fourth slot in the standings with 496 points, 130 of which came by fin ishing second ir. the volleyball tournament. Theta Xi also picked up 110 points when its entry won the badminton crown Breathing down Theta Xi’s. neck is Delta Sigma Phi with 495 points. Delta Sig copped 110 points by capturing second place in the football tourney, and 95 points by placing second in swimming tour ney. Sigma Chi, holding down the sixth slot, is right on the tail of Theta Xi and Delta Sigma Phi with 489 points. The biggest point getter for Sigma Chi was the bad- Offered lor YOUR CONSIDERATION 2 SONGS in tribute to PENN STATE on her IOOIh Anniversary “UNIVERSITY” and “CAMPUS BELLS” Attractively printed as souvenir copies Available at stores beginning June 1 Nu. Leading Competition By VINCE CAROCCI minton tournament when the house finished second. Beta Theta Pi. 468 points, Phi Kappa Sigma, 460 points, Chi Phi, 410 points, and Delta Chi, 404 points, round out the top ten in that order. Zeta Beta Tau was the only fraternity to win more than one championship as its entries won both the singles arid doubles crown of handball play. Other championship winners: were: Beta Theta Pi, swimming; Alpha Sigma Phi, golf-medal; Phi Kappa Sigma, boxing; and Kappa Delta Rho, basketball. Phi Delta Theta won the foot ball title, Chi Phi copped the wrestling crown, Theta Xi claim ed the badminton laurels, and Delta Chi retained its volleyball championship for the second con secutive year. Kappa Delta Rho with 391 points tops the second ten in the standings. Following KDR are: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 371; Alpha Sigma Phi, 350; Phi Gamma Del ta, 337; Phi Sigma Kappa, 305; Alpha Zeta, 301; Beta Sigma Rho and Alpha Epsilon Pi. tied with 300 points; and Pi Kappa Al pha, 293. PAGE SEVEN
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