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Nittany Nine Host
Midshipmen Today
Coach Joe Bedenles baseball team, oli a six-game winning
streak since losing to Army two weeks ago, will play its
fourth game in five days and close its home season when it
meets the U.S. Naval Academy at 2:30 p.m. today on Beaver
Field.
The Lions, after winnin
against Georgetown. have a 12-2
record and, unless they hit a
slump in the next two weeks,'
will be in line for a District 2 1
playoff berth. •
Bedenk, in dire need of pitch-ii
had named Ed Drapcho to
start against the Middies today,llllll
but Drapcho pitched four innings
in relief Thursday and may not
get the nod. Stan Larimer. who
i
struck out 16 men at Bucknell
Tuesday. and Stan Szymanski,
may be on the mound for the
Lions.
The Lion lineup will have Don
Stickler behind the plate, Gary
!diner at first base, Lou Schneid
er at second, Guy Tirabassi at
shortstop. Steve Baidy at third,
Bob McMullen in left field, Jim
Lockerman in center, and Jack
McMullen in right.
McMullen Leads Hitters
Bob McMullen. the leading hit
ter on the team, raised his batting
average over the .455 mark after
his sensational hitting against
Georgetown. Lockerman, broke
out of his season-long slump when
he banged seven hits against the
same team.
Navy's record before this week
was 9-4-1, its losses coming at
the hands of Princeton, Fordham,
Yale. and Gettysburg. It tied Laf
ayette, 5-5. The Middies have
scored wins over Trinity College.
11-5; Syracuse, 8-7; Muhlenberg,
6-4; Bucknell, 8-1; William &
Mary, 9-4; Columbia, 8-5; Mary
land, 7-1; Brown, 16-3; and Penn,
6-2.
Smalley Tops Navy Hitters
Leading hitter on the club is
left fielder Dave Smalley. who is
hitting the ball at a .450 clip. Dick
Snyder and Les McMenamin, both
first basemen, are second with
.359 averages.
The probable starting lineup for
the Middies will have Snyder at
first, Andy Massimino, (.239), at
second, Larry Magner (.288) at
shortstop, Ed Stewart (.238) at
third, and Tom Eaton (.200) or
John Bartocci (.167) v.. 111 catch.
The outfield will be selected
from Smalley, Dick Guest (.211),
Jim Marshall (.217), Joe Neary
(.163), and Charles Heiden (.245).
On the mound will be unde
feated Ben Montoya, 6-o,' or Pete
Hofstedt, 2-0. Montoya has a 1.57
earned run average and Hofstedt
a 2.31.
Gettysburg Beats Navy
In comparing common oppon
ents both the Middies and the
Lions have beaten Bucknell, Syra
cuse, and Penn, while the Lions
beat Gettysburg, a Navy con
queror. The Lions also beat Laf
ayette.
Navy Coach Max Bishop, a
former major league star with
the Philadelphia Athletics, lost
five of last year's starters by grad
uation. His biggest problem is
finding a good-hitting catcher.
Bishop was depending on Earle
Smith to fill this position, but
Smith has to sit out the• entire
season because of a knee oper
ation.
The Lions go on a four-game
road trip next week. They meet
NTillanova Wednesday, Pittsburgh
in a doubleheader Saturday. and
close the year against Lehigh
May 23.
Frosh Stickmen
Drop 3d Contest
The freshman lacrosse team
dropped its third and final game
of the season to Cornell yester
day. 11-6.
After maintaining the Cornell
scoring for three periods, the
Frosh defense fell apart and al
lowed five Cornell scores in the
first four and a half minutes of
the final period.
Mike Beatty with three goals.
Bill Parker with two, and Al
Marcus with one accounted for
the six markers which kept the
stickmen in the contest until Cor
nelrs fourth stanza surge broke
the third period 6-6 tie.
By FRAN FANUCCI
a doubleheader ThursdaN
Frosh Nine
Wins Third
At Cornell
Penn State's freshman baseball
team defeated the Cornell frosh
5-1 yesterday at Ithaca, N.Y.,
when Winston Sandler and relief
er Dave Pratt held the Big Red
to just six hits.
The Baby Lions thus assured
themselves of a winning season,
taking a 3-1 chart into today's
finale with Colgate at Hamilton.
Cal Emery will' hurl for the
Lions in an attempt to repeat Ron
Smith's victory over the Re d
Raiders a year ago.
The Lions tallied twice in
the second inning against Cor
nell and added unearned mark
ers in the third, fourth, and
seventh.
Rightfielder Jim Bowser pro
vided the Lions their margin of
victory with a bases-loaded sin
gle that scored the two second
inning runs. Bowser, a late-com
er to the team. delivered after
loser Jordan's wildness filled the
bases.
Sandler. whose only previous
:mound appearance was a short
stint against Frostburg. struck
out six and walked four. Pratt
relieved Sandler with the bases
filled and one out in the last
inning.
An infield hit scored the loser's
only run before Pratt retired the
side, striking out two.
tio extra-base hits were struck
by the Lions as Dean Witherite,
Don Meyer, John Yeosock, and
Tom Botlock each contributed a
pair of singles. Yeosock's pair
gave him six hits for the season
to lead the team in that depart
ment. I3otlock's brace of hits were
his first of the season.
Each team committed four er
rors.
Sandler, Emery, and Wayne
Breisch each own a Lion victory.
Marlin Stover has the only loss.
Cards Trade
Haddix to Phils
PHILADELPHIA, May 11 (A')
The Philadelphia Phillies ac
quired Harvey_ Haddix from the
St. Louis Cardinals today in a
five-pitcher trade the dub hopes
will end its search for a south
paw successor to Curt Simmons.
Righthanders Herman Weh
meier and Murray Dickson went
to St. Louis for Haddix. Stu Mil
ler and Ben Flowers. All will re
port to their new clubs either to
day or tomorrow.
General Manager Roy Hamey
of the Phillies announced the deal
and intimated it may be the first
of several moves to help his
slumping club. The Phillies have
lost seven in a row and r.re mere
percentage points out of the Na
tional League cellar.
Hamey has been touring the
league cities in an effort to ac
quire a southpaw, since has be
come obvious that Simmons, the
one-time fire-balling 565.000 bon
us kid, will never be the same.
Simmons, who won 17 games in
the club's 1950 pennant race, de
veloped a sore arm last year and
hasn't been able to regain his
form although he says his arm
isn't sore now.
Barbell Club Picnic
The Penn State Barbell Club:
will hold a picnic at 1 p.m. next i
Saturday at Whipple's Dam.
Trophies will be awards.d
the outstanding lifter and winner}
of the club-sponsored improve-i
ment contestl
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Slumping lions
Face Swarthmore
Stickmen Here
The Nittany Lion stickmen will
try to snap out of their "mid
season" slump this, afternoon on
Beaver Field when they meet the
: invading forces of Swarthmore
I College.
IGame time is 2 p.m.
Coach Nick Thiel's stickmen
have claimed only one victory in
their last six games and currently
they are in possession of a three
game losing streak. Their over
all record for the 1956 campaign
is 5-5.
Not since the Hofstra tourna
ment, early in the season, have
the Lions been able to put to
gether a winning combination.
After registering four straight
wins in that tourney, the stick
men fell into their losing habit
with losses to Loyola, Navy, Col
gate, Hobart, and Syracuse.
Lions Beat Penn
This losing stretch wasn't a com
.plete loss to the Lions for they
'sandwiched a win over arch-rival
Pennsylvania between the Navy
and Colgate games.
In an effort to come up with
the right victory combination,
,Thiel has made an alteration in
his starting lineup. He is switch
ing Lou Girard from an Attack
position to a midfield spot and
!placing regular midfielder Andy
Bergeson in the vacant attack
spot.
However, the positions are not
new to the two men. Bergeson
played with the attacking team
! last year and Girard was a mid
fielder before going into the ar
my, two years ago.
The rest of the lineup will re
main the same with scoring stars
Bill Hess and Tom Seeman sur
rounding Bergeson at the attack
slots; Bob Hamel and John Stein
muller join Girard in the mid
field; Bob Bullock, Williard Snell,
.and Harry Brown will start in
:defensive positions; and Jim
Houck will be the goalie.
Locotos Back
Jeff Bostock, Glenn Fiscus and
Franc Locotos will compose the
second midfield. Locotos has not
seen much action this year be
cause he could not make away
trips with the team. But the two
year veteran will be available
the rest of the season and Thiel
expects his addition to be a great
If the Lions expect to defeat
Swarthmore, they will have to do
it a midfield. Swarthmore uses a
zone defense and their midfield
is the key to their zone.
Finkelstein Tops Visitors
Co-captain Jack Finkelstein is
the top man on the Swarthmore
midfield. His play has been one
of the reasons why the Indians
have won three of their last four
games. S. C. Henderson and
Mayer Davidson are the other
starting midfielders for the
Swarthmore squad.
' The rest of Coach Avery Blake's
first team consists of attackmen
George Bailey, Carter Reynolds,
and Jim White; defensemea Ho
ward Hallowell— co-captain,
Frank James, and Eben Sales;
and goalie Jim Deyrup.
Number of Veterans
More than one-fifth of the 14,-
433 students enrolled at the Uni
versity for the spring semester
are veterans. There are 3312 for
mer servicemen enrolled, includ
ling 2344 on the main campus and
968 at the centers.
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SPORTS
By VINCE CAROCCI
Ass't Sports Editor
PENN STATE AND TRACK:
A crippled Penn State track team meets the Boston University
Terriers this afternoon in Boston in its next to .last regularly sched
uled encounter of the 1956 season—a season that could be termed
disappointing to team members and fans alike.
This year's squad, hampered severely by lack of depth in most
events and the old injury jinx, has had its share of bumps to date—
sporting a 1-1 meet record and finding the invitational relay compe
tition a little too tough to cope with.
With only a strong hurdlei contingent—strong as far as the
Lion squad goes—and fair sprint, middle distance, and weight
entries to work with. Coach Chick Werner has had quite a few
problems to solve before naming his starting lineups.
The biggest problem he has had to cope with has been lack
of depth in most events, especially the high jump. Sophomore
Bob Findley is the number one high jumper on the squad with Alex
Milligan and Ogier Norris standing by.
Findley was very impressive in the Lions opening indoor meet
of the season against West Point, soaring to a 6'4 1 / 2 " height. How
ever, since the Cadet encounter he has been unable to get back
over six feet. Last weekend against Quantico he tied for first with
a 5'11 3 / 4 " mark—a poor height for collegiate entries.
So, lacking any depth in the event, all Werner can do is sit
back and hope for the best. Today he finds himself without his
regular high jumper—a side injury prevented Findley from making
the trip.
The same holds true in the pole vault and the javelin where
academic problems and graduation have taken their toll.
Last year's top pole vaulter, Harry Fuehrer, is forced to remain
on the sidelines due to scholastic ineligibility, leaving sophomore
Norris as the lone Nittany entry on the squad.
Dick Coats and Jim Durdan carry the Nittany colors in the
javelin, a spot occupied last year by Rosie Grier. Both Coats and
Durdan have given it all they have but cannot match throws by
men like Al Cantello, Quantico, and Don Alser, Navy, of over 200
feet.
Charlie Blockson and John Tullar have combined to give the
Lions a fairly commendable entry in both the discus and shot put.
Blockson has been a big gun in the Nittany scoring with first places
in both events against Navy and Georgetown in a triangular en
-counter and the Leathernecks, Saturday. Tullar has been a steady
second or third place competitor for the Lions all season.
An injury to Herb Hollowell in the Quantico Relays, forcing
him to the sidelines for the remainder of the year, left Werner
without a broad jumper until he came upon hurdler Dick Winston.
Winston has given a good account of himself in the two meets
he has competed in with a first and a second to his record;
Sprinter Art Pollard, one of the few season-long standouts for
the Lions, remains as the lone contending Lion entry in the 100
and 220-yard dashes. Gary Seybert had been the other Nittany
sprint man, but an injury put him on the inactive list leaving Dean
Rossi as the only other experienced dash man on the squad.
Doug Moorhead and Don Woodrow are the only two Lion dis
tance runners while Bruce Austin, Jim Norton, and Dave Nash are
middle distance entries. Moorhead carries the Nittany load in the
mile and Woodrow tops the two-milers.
Austin is. without a doubt. the best 440 man on the squad and
can run a fair half-mile when necessary. However. Norton and
Nash have shown gradual improvement as the season goes on.
The hurdles, when Rod Perry is in fit physical Condition, is the
team's strongest event. With Perry and Winston in the hurdles, the
Lions could be rated among the tops in the East.
Despite the flimsy won-lost record, Werner, considering the
state the team is in, expresses no great dissatisfaction with his squad.
He's satisfied as long as the team members give it their all during
the season—which is all anyone can ask for.
Haste Causes Accidents
Victims blame themselves for
carelessness, haste, or forgetful
ness in three-fourths of the farm
accidents 'in Pennsylvania, ac
cording to a study made, by Uni
versity rural sociologists.
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