SATURDAY. MAY 5, 1956
Lion Trackmen
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'Nine' Tests Rut
Marines 'lnvade' Beaver Field;
Visitors Weak in Sprint Events
Captain Art Pollard and hurdler Rod Perry will lead the
Penn State trackmen to battld against the Quantico Marines
in the Lions' 1956 home debut at 1 p.m. today at Beaver Field.
Pollard will again head the Nittany offense in the sprint
events—the 100 and 220-yard dashes. Gary Seybert, entering
the meet despite a sore left leg, and Dean Rossi, round out
the Nittany 100-yard dash men. * * *
Bruce Austin and Jim Norton
were named by Coach Chick Wer
ner as Pollard's counterparts in,
the 220. The Leatherneck sprint
ers, considered to be one of the
weakest entries on the team, are
topped by Cordell Brown, for
merly of Utah State. The Marines
have lost every 100-yard dash
thus far this season.
Perry will team up with sopho
more Dick Winston—making his
first home varsity appearance—
to lead the Nittanies in the 120-
high and 220-low hurdles entries.
Bob Findley will join Perry and
Winston in the 120 hurdles while
either Findley or Seybert will en
ter the 220-lows
Strong in Hurdles
The hurdles, on the other hand,
are one of the Marines strongest
events, led by former Morgan
State standout, Josh Culbreath—
considered by many track experts
to be the top 400-meter hurdler
in the country. He may enter the
sprints and mile relay, however.
Veteran Doug Moorhead, Don
Woodrow and Paul Roberts—mak
ing his first start of the season
—will do the Nittany mile run
ning.
The Lion mile entries are ex
pected to face some strong Marine
opposition; headed by Bill Taylor,
former Southern California dis
tance man. Taylor, who set the
pare for Wes Santee during the
inc:c,or season, tan the mile in
4:115.r. against VMI and George
town earlier this year.
Moorhead. Woodrow in 2-Mile
Moorhead and Woodrow were
named as the only two Lion en
tries in the two-mile run. Les
Noel is expected to be one of the
Marine runners, with Taylor an
other possibility.
For his 880 entries, Werner
named Dave Nash. Ron Lewis—
also making his first start—and
nooert• •-••niie - riusrm- - antr Norton
were h !icied the, 440;chores.
In field events, Charlie
Bloc 1; and John Titllar were
select2o the Lion shot putters
with Charlie Aungst joining them
in the discus.
Fred Stark tops the Leather
neck weight men. He holds Quan
tiro's all time discus record with
a 145'1 1 -'2" against Camp Lejeune.
The Nittanies lone entry in the
pole vault, Ogler Norris, has a
Lundy Coast Favorite
LOS ANGELES, May 4 VP) —
Seven athletes are due to race in
a mile classic in
and
Coli
seum tomorrow every per
former except one is expected to
turn in the greatest effort of his
life.
The exception, and the big fav
orite to win the race, is John
Lando of Australia.
Fr iendly, modest John, a 26-
year-old schoolmaster from Aus
tralia. very likely will shade four
minutes, the first runner to do so
in the United States.
But few expect him to match
or surpass his best— the world
record time of three minutes, 58
seconds he set in Turku, Finland,
in 1954.
Banks' Homer Downs
Roberts, ghillies, 2-1
Chicago, May 4 (R)—Chicago's
Bob Rush ended a 14-game losing
streak against Philadelphia today
as Ernie Banks slammed a two
riuq homer off Robin Roberts to
give the Cubs a 2-1 decision over
the Phils.
Rush had not defeated the Phils
sutce June 5, 1951.
By VINCE CAROCCI
tough task ahead of him when he
matches leaps with Quantico's
Tom Flaherty, Georgetown grad
uate, and Bob Ehrhart, North
western. Both Marine vaulters
have hit over the 13-foot mark in
each attempt this year.
Cantello Tops Javelin Entries
Tullar, Dick Coats and Jim Dur
dan, the Lions' javelin trio, have
their work cut out for them when
they face Quantico's Al Cantello
and Frank Delfries. Cantello, for
mer LaSalle great and two-time
All-American, has thrown over
232 feet this season.
Meeting an only fair Marine
contingent, Findley, Norris and
Alex Milligan will shoulder the
burden of the Lion high jumping
assignment.
Day , Bronstein and Winston
will cai:> the Lion s colors- in the
Droaa lump artrirrse 455rnie Ttruce
who has recorded a 23'9%" effort
this year.
Gene Wettstone, - current coach,
fielded Penn States only un
beaten gymnastics teams in 1943,
1946, 1947, 1948, 1953 and 1954.
Three Penn State grid aides—
Earl Bruce, Jim O'Hora and Sever
Toretti—formerly coached on the
high school level in Pennsylvania.
The special mile race, which and threatening UCLA.
will be televised by. CBS between Ready to race against Landy,
2:45 and 3 p.m., Pacific Daylight are Ron Delany of Villanova, Jim'
Time, is a shining sidelight in a Bailey and Bill Dellinger of the;
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Art Pollard
Lion Sprint Star
in Home Debut
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Nittany Netmen
Seek Second Win
At Georgetown
The Nittany netmen will be
looking for their second victory
of the season at Georgetown this
afternoon.
Dissatisfied with the Lions'
showing in their victory over
Bucknell last Tuesday, Coach
Sherm Fogg has instituted some
changes in the lineup that will
see action today.
Playing in the number one spot
will be Fred Trust, one of the
winners in Tuesday's fray. Be
hind him will be Ed Selling who
lost playing the top spot in the
Bison match.
Captain Chuck Christiansen
and Dean Mullen will follow in
the three and four spots, both
having won their Bucknell mat
ches.
In the number five position Al
Williams will replace Doug Zuker
and in the sixth post, Joe Eberly
will take over for Larry Adler.
In the doubles list Coach Fogg
has replaced and reshuffled for
what he hopes will be a winning
combination.
Trust and Selling, an early sea
son duo, will combine in the first
doubles game, followed by Chris
tiansen and Eberly. The third
game for two will feature Wil
liams and Mullen, a new combi
nation.
The Hoyas hold a 5-3 edge in
series play that began in 1923.
Last year the Georgetown team
swamped the Lion squad 7;2.
This year Coach Fogg expects
to have a tough fight on his hands.
After expecting a much better
showing and then having been
disapointed in Tuesday's fracas,
Fogg said that he could not fore
see how the team would fare in
Washington.
After the . Georgetown contest
the Lions will play a nome match
against Lehigh Wednesday after
noon before taking to the road
again for a turn against the Or
angemen on. May 12...a_t_the....Syra
cuse University campus.
Penn State's two top perfcerm
ers in track and field—hurdller
Rod Perry and sprinter Art Pol
lard—both hail from Coatesviille,
Pa.
Army and the University Ivave
met 13 times on the golf lirbh
I and the Cadets have yet to eme- . -;.-
victorious. . .
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ers Today
Nittanies Place 8-2 Record
On Line;
Coach Joe Bedenk's Lion baseballers wind up a four
game home stand this afternoon when they meet the Unl
versity of Rutgers at 2:30 on Beaver Field. Ace lefthander
Ed Drapcho, 4-1, will be on the mound for the Lions with
Wally Olson or Bob Leonard the choice for the Scarlet.
The Lions have been consi
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Don Stickler
Sophomore catcher
Lou Schneider
Lions' leadoff hitter
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PENNSHIRE
Drapcho to Start
stent winners at home and on
the road, winning two of the last
three at Beaver Field. The third
,game was postponed because of
! rain.
On the other hand Rutgers has
difficulty in winning almost any
games on the road, white at home
they are continually over the .500
mark.
In ten games this year the Nit
tames have won eight and drop
pod only two. Syracuse and Army
are the only teams to beat them-
Bedenk, sticking to his "win
ning combination," will use the
same lineup today as he has used
all season. Drapcho's battery part
ner will be sophomore Don Stick
ler, who has displayed good de
fensive and offensive talent. At
first base will be sophomore Gary
Miller. Lou Schneider, the only
senior in the infield, will cover
second base.
Schneider was expected, at the
beginning of the season, to be a
weak hitter and a good glove man e
but the little second sacker has
been one of Bedenk's top clutch
hitters.
Guy Tirabassi, the weak field
ing but hard hitting shortstop,
will return to the lineup after a
week's absence. Due to a dental
examination required to enter
Pittsburgh's medical school, Tira
bassi had to miss last week's game
with Colgate.
Baidy at Third
Sophomore Steve Baidy will be
at third base, and in the outfield
Captain Bob McMullen, the other
senior in the lineup, will be in
left field, junior Jim Lockerman
will be in center, and sophomore
John McMullen will be in right.
The Lions have one remaining
home game, next Saturday with
Navy. They travel to Bucknell for
a single game Tuesday, and then
to Washington, D.C., for a double
header with Georgetown Thurs
day.
Bob and Jack McMullen. Penn.
State outfielders. come from a
baseball-playing family in Centre
county.
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