*AG€ SIX Lion Nine Blanks Vi Still Undefeated at Home,*! Losers Post Triple Play i Side arming junior Bill Burcin, although he needed help from ace southpaw Eddie Drapcho in the sixth, limited Villa nova to a mere three hits yesterday afternoon at Beaver Field fo blank the Wildcats, 8-0, in his first varsity start. Burcin scattered.single Villanova hits in the second, third, arid sixth innings, before leaving the hill in favor of Drapcho, Who coupled three strikeouts with two Nittany double plays to preserve the Lions’ home winning streak and bring their season card to a lusty 11-4. The Lions, unbeaten in each of their eight Beaver Field starts, combined for 11 hits against a trio of Wildcat pitchers to establish themselves as definite contenders for title-h ono r s in baseball’s NCAA spacious District Two. The Wildcats came to Univer sity Park with a 13-5 record, good enough to place them among the top four in the district, which contains some 100 collegiate dia mond squads. Against Villanova, the Lions clicked for a second-inning double play, in addition to the two they posted with Drapcho on the mound, but they had tq take a back seat to the Wildcats for the day’s Outstanding play in the field—a seventh inning triple play. Baseball Briefs Tanks Cop Wild Game NEW YORK, May 18 m~Chi cago outfielder Minnie Minoso barely escaped serious injury to day when he was hit on the head by a pitched ball in a wild home raft duel won by the New York Yankees over the White Sox, 11-6. Mickey Mantle’s grand slam for the Yankees in the sev enth climaxed the slugfest which produced a total of six homers to plague four Chicago and two Yan kee pitchers. An interference play by the Yankees’ Hank Bauer pro duced a mild rhubarb in the sev enth. Minoso was felled by one of Bob Gfim’s pitches in the first inning. The blow on the cheekbone sent him spuming to the ground where he lay a few moments, conscious but obviously in pain. He was car riilsd off the field on a stretcher. X-ray reports showed no broken bones. flpars Win in 10th, 6-3 BALTIMORE, May 18 VP) Frank Lary held the Baltimore Otioles helpless for the first five innings and was reached for only five hits after that, but needed a trUn splurge by his Detroit in the 10th inning to win 24-year-old righthander was oh the verge twice of losing the game after the Orioles tied the game 3-3 in the sixth when they scored all their runs. " likdtaits Squash Sox, 19-0 BOSTON, May 18 VO— Herb Score, Cleveland’s whip-arm rook ie lefthander shut out Boston on three hits today while the vaunt ed poorer of the .American League Sirs broke loose for an 11-run inning an da 19-0 victory, c Wertz drove in five runs a grand slam homer and a single in the big inning to come arithm two of die major league record. Ralph Kiner contributed a homer and Dave Philley a two rim triple. Senators Top A's, 7-2 WASHINGTON, May 18 VO— 3 a hit-starved Washington Sena s hunched over four runs in the first inning today and then coast ed to ah easy 7-2 victory over the Kansas City. Athletics behind the steady pitching of lefthander Dean Stone. Byes Lose 7th Straight CINCINNATI, May 18 cinnati rookie Rudy Minarcin to day seht the tail-spinning Pitts burgh Pirates to their seventh straight setback, 5 to 1, on neat six-hit pitching. Minarcin, in his first major league start, retired in order 16 batters from the third inning to the ninth. THE CHUCK WAGOH Oven-hof Pizza Sandwiches You name it, we have itl By RON GATEHOUSE Burcin struck out one and walked four in his first varsity appearance, and Drapcho's three ! strike outs brought his total to 72 in 69 innings-pitched. ‘ The three Vilfanova hurlers. Bob Scalzi, Dick Black, 'and John Nagy, went together to fan seven Lions, and combined for 10 free passes. The Nittanies did all of their scoring in the first five innings— two in the first, second and fifth, and one each in the ’third and fourth. Captain Charlie Russo and Rex Bradley led the Nittanies at the plate with two hits apiece. Russo had a perfect day, going two-for two. He walked three times and registered thi'ee of the Lions’ eight scores After Burcin retired the Wild cats in order in the top of the first, Russo slammed a base hit to get the Lions under way. He broke the ,ice on Bradley's base hit after Bob McMullen grounded out. Ron Weidenhammer followed with a base smack, and Bradley scored the second run on a passed ball, with Weidenhammer going to third. With two out in the second, Russo went to first on four balls, stole second, and took third on an error by Villanova backstop, Bill Pearson. He scored on McMullen's hit. Me, Mullen stole second and went to third on another error by Pearson, an overthrow at sec ond, before he could score on Bradley's second consecutive base hit. Weidenhammer led off the fifth with a high fly down the right field foul line. Dave Hinnigan left the ball slip out of his glove at tempting to make a basket catch, and Weidenhammer was safe on second. He went to third when Lockerman grounded out to sec ond, and came home on Tira bassi’s out, short-to-first. Again without a base hit, the Nittanies scored in the fourth on three consecutive walks and a fielder's choice. With two out, Russo walked, stole second, and took third after McMullen and Bradley walked. Weidenham mer's infield grounder scored the Lion captain for run number six. Three hits and two walks were ' enough to give Bedenk's (Continued on page seven) See you around THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STAIE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Spudnufs Ice Cream ... me busim -»dy one step for the first out in the sixth inning of yesterday's Penn State-Villanova contest. Kennedy, returning to first b&se after a four-game absence, started the sixth off with a walk, took second on a hit. and was thrown out at third on Merle Gerdes' infield grounder. The Lions won the game, shuting out the Wildcats. 8-0, to extend their home win streak to eight. Lion Nelmen Edge Past Juniata, 5-4, for 6th Win A rearranged Penn State tennis squad edged out a close 5-4 de cision over the Juniata netmen yesterday at Huntingdon to gain its sixth victory of the season. Surging from beneath a 4-3 deficit with only two es remaining, the Lions ran their winning streak to to boost their average well over the 500 mark. At the end of seven matches, Juniata led the Lion netmen by a 4-3 margin on the strength of three singles victories and a win in the number one doubles en counter. Larry Adler and Rhymes Hum phreys made the outlook a little brighter for the Lions as they tied the match with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Paul Wingert and Don Ruhl in the number three doubles* battle. Juniata saw all hopes of a sur prise upset go down the drain in the final match as Joe Eberly and Chris Christiansen teamed up to save the Lion’s face. The Nittany twosome notched a . straight, set 6-4, 6-3 victory over Juniata’s Chuck Gross and Dan Raffens berger to pull the match out of the fire. In the opening singles match, Phil Lankford proved to be too much of a jump for the Lions’ Ed Seiling as he downed the Lion junior 6-1, 6-1. In the second singles match, Chris Christiansen downed Juni ata’s Chuck Gross 6-4, 6-3 to rack up State’s first, point. The win was phristiansen’s fifth against four setbacks. In the third spot, Doug Zuker dropped his- fourth straight match as he lost- to Dick Fusco, 8-6, 6-4. The loss was his fourth and made the score read 2-1 in favor of the hosts. Larry Adler put the Lions deep er in the hole as he lost a close three-set match to Juniata’s Dan Raffensberger. Raffensberger. cop ped the opener 6-3, but Adler ral lied to take the second set, 6-2, but fell short in the third by a 6-2 score. With the score 3-1 against them, I,ion sophomores Joe Eberly and A 1 Williams each copped three set Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service High Quality 2-Day Service REED'S Laundry and Cleaners Established in 1912 109 S. Pugh St. Phone AD 8-8981 Hanover 8-0 By ROGER 3EIDLER matches to knot the count. Eber ly, in the fifth spot, downed Paul Wingert, 6-8, 6-3, 6-4 while his classmate knocked off Dick Wy ant 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in the sixth singles encounter. With the score tied, Lankford and Fusco temporarily halted the Lion comeback as. the Juniata combination upended Seiling and Dean Mullen 6-2, 9-7. The match was Mullen’s first in over a week as the Nittany' netmen has been sidelined with a- sprained ankle. v Juniata’s upset attempt was in vain, however, as the remaining two doubles encounters went to the Lions to mark their sixth vic tory. ‘ ' DRAWING MILDNESS.'" FILTER TIP TARETON with the Pearl-Gray Activated Charcoal Filter doubles match three in a row Bill CIGARETTES (LODERN SIZE PRODUCT OF Thursday, may 19. \9Bs 11 Win In intramural Horseshoes Eight fraternity duos and three independent oartners advanced in the intramural horseshoes 'tourn ament' by posting victories Tues day night. Six fraternity entries also gained victories in the IM soccer tourriey. . Mike Znacko and Hal Byers, Tau Kappa Epsilon, defeated pick. Gilger and Dick Carson, Sigma Phi Epsilon, 21-14p.1P-21, 21-12; Jim Harter apd Ray Miller, stopped Norm Levin and > Gil Friedman, Phi Epsilon Pi, 21-11, 21-11; Dean Vesling and John j Hibler, Beta Theta Pi, beat Jim Auchenbach and Jack Stiber, , lambda Chi Alpha, 21-?, 21-14. Anthony Richards . and John Beachley downed John Hogan apd Diok Davidson, Phi Gamma Delta, 21-14, 15-21, 21-8; Jack Harmon and Alfred Taylor, Phi Mu Delta, took two out of three "nmes from Ted Liebert and | Harry Holm, 21-10, 2-21, 21-17;, | Gordon Wiser £nd Bob Fox, Delta Theta Sigma, trounced Allan Van Alst and Leo Stankavege, Delta Tau Delta, 21-10, 21-12. In the final two fraternity matches, Edwin Hirsch and Stan ley Cohen, Aloha Epsilon Pi, won by forfeit over* Dick Grier and Bob Edwards, Alpha Phi Alpha, and Ken Smith and Jim Beatty Alpha Gamma Rho, walloped Charles Cairns and Bill Happer sett. Triangle, 21-4, 21-4. In the independent contests, Bill Soley and Carl Riss gained a for feit victory over George Obrado vich and Tom Smith; Allan Lud wig and Larry Metzger whipped Ron Troanavitch and Steve And richak, 21-10, 21-3; and George Harris and Jim Schuyler rallied to take tyvo out of three games from Clarence Dittenhafer and Harold Pellow 11-21, 21-11, 21-13. Fraternity soccer winners in cluded, Phi Kappa over Beaver House; Phi Kappa Tau oyer Air pha Tau Omega; Theta Kappa Phi over Theta Chi: Phi Sigma Kappa - pver Zeta Beta. Tau; Delta S'gma 1 Phi over Beta Theta Pi; and Eeta ' Sigma Rho over Sigma Alpha Epsilon, SraT Sit TOR THE FLAVOR OF FINE TOR ACCOI'
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