FRIDAY. MAY 18, 1956 Bob McMullen Clouting .456 Bob McMullen, Lion captain and leftfielder, is apparently well on his way to the team's batting title. The senior speed ster boasts an enviable .456 average, 78 points ahead of his nearest competitor—his brother Jack. The sophomore McMullen alternates with Dave Watkins in right field, but has been to the plate 37 times and has un loaded 14 hits for a .378 average. * * * Both brothers are lefthanded, although Jack has trouble against southpaw pitching while Bob seems to feast on both species of pitchers. Besides leading the team in hit ting, Bob is number one in the, base hit department with 26, is, tied for the most runs scored withl 19, and is second in the all-impor tant runs-batted-in category with 15. First baseman Cary Miller is the leader in that division with, 16. McMullen has also struck outl the least amount of times. 4, and is tied for the most doubles with catcher Don Stickler with five. Jim Lockerman„ centerfield en. after roaming around in sub terranian depths has finally cracked the "hitting barrier" and 'has moved up to the num ber three spot with a .333 aver age. Lockerman has accumu lated 14 RBIs with his 19 hits. which include three doubles, a triple, and one home run. Other hitters above the .300 mark are Miller with a .315 and Stickler with a .317. Stickler has been to the plate the highest amount of times, GO, but has cracked 19 hits, including his five doubles and one home run, and is tied for second in RBIs with 14. Other Lion averages are sec ond baseman Lou Schneider C 259). Watkins (.260), and Guy Tirabassi and Steve Baidy (.204). On the pitching side of the pic ture Ed Drapcho leads the corps with a 6-1 record, and 1.03 earned run average. The tiny lefthander has 62 strikeouts and has walked 31; both are the highest totals on the staff. He has pitched a total of 70 innings, and has allowed 30 hits and 20 runs. eight of which are earned. Stan Larimer, senior right bander, has a 3-1 mark and a 2.44 ERA. He has fanned 36-29 in his last two starts—and has walked only 15. He has allowed 26 hits in the 40 innings pitched and has given up 14 runs. 11 earned. .. Percentage-wise Ron Smith, sophomore righthander, has the best on the staff with a 3-0 card and .09 ERA. In the 14 2 A innings pitched he has fanned nine and walked 11, while allowing 11 runs, three earned. In the 15 games played this sea son the Lion infield has come up with 13 double plays. Tomorrow the Nittanies seek their 15th and 16th wins of the campaign when the meet Pitts burgh in a deuble-headej at Pitt. Drapcho and Latimer are the probable starting pitchers. BEST IN TOWN Oven Hof PIZZA (IDEAL FOR STUDY BREAKS) You've never tasted better PIZZA, Crisp crust generously covered with savory tomato sauce and tangy cheeses—The PERFECT TASTE TREAT. Only Home Delivery Pizza delivers directly to you pip ing hot, or serves you in five minutes at the bakery. 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PENNSYLVANIA '••••= w ~ r See Your Chevrolet Dealer Stickmen Prepare for Scarlet No less than four All-Americans will make an appearance on Beaver Field tomorrow afternoon when the Lion lacrossemen host once-beaten Rutgers University. The four—Bob Kelley, Bob Andrews, John Dout, and Don Gucker—spearhead the attack of a power-laden Rutgers team which has dropped only one game in nine encounters, a 13-5 Ipset by Syracuse. Last year the same four men guided the Scarlet to the co-championship of the class . "B" divi- Pirates Trade Two for Virdon PITTSBURGH. May 17 (iT").. Outfielder Bill Virdon—the 1955 National League Rookie of the Year—today was grabbed by the Pittsl,urgh Pirates in a two-for one player swap with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirates gave the Cardi nals 23-year-old outfielder Bobby DelGreco, a product of Pittsburgh sandlots, and southpaw Dick Lit tlefield. No cash was involved. "We needed left-handed batting power and we got it," said Pirates Manager Bobby Bragan. "There were quite a few names kicked around before the trade was made. "We wanted Virdon. The Cardi nals wanted those t w o Little field and DelGreco. You've got to give up something to get some thing." Bragan said he plans to use Virdon in centerfield along side of Frank Thomas and Lee Walls. Virdon will probably bat third in the - lineup. Virdon's acquisition gives Bra gan the sorely needed lefthand ed batting power. Only first base man Dale Long swings from the portside in the Pirates' current starting lineup. with heart-warming prices! You won't find us playing favor ites. You get the same lively power in "Two-Ten" and "One-Fifty" models that you do in Bel Airs. Up to 225 h.p.! The same performance. too—the wide-awake kind that rates Chevy the peppiest, easiest handling car on the road! 110 0f1421 sion of college lacrosse teams with an 8-1-1 record. Kelley was a first team midfield choice on the All-American team in 1955; Andrews, a second team attack pick; Dout, an honorable mention choice on the attack; and Gucker, an honorable mention pick at a goalie position_ As a sophomore last year, Dout led the Scarlet in scoring with 41 goals a Rutgers' record of goals scored in one season. Kel ley, who co-captained the Rutgers football team last fall, was second to Dout in the point making with 39goals. Re also chipped in 16 lass ts. Andrews, with 25 goals, was not a prolific scorer for the Scarlet last year, but he was second in the nation in assists with 44. Rut gers Coach Al Twitchell calls An drews "the coach on the field." Gucker is only in his third year of lacrosse competition, never having played the, game in high school. Last year he was credited with 136 goalie saves, making 26 of them against Syracuse. Andrews and Baut will see four familiar face-- dotting the Lion starting array. Midfielders Lou Girard and. John Steinmuller were teammates of the two at Sewanhaka High School of New York—the nation's number one high school lacrosse team—while Captain Bob Hamel and scoring star Bill Hess played for two league foes of Sewanhaka—Min cola and Manhasset. Kelley and Daut start at mid field for the Scarlet along with "Two-Ten" 2-door Sedan—one of 20 frisky new Chevrolets! ~., sophomore Russ Farquharson. an other product of the Metropolitan New York schoolboy lacrosse sys tem. Two more Sewanhaka gradu ates. Bruce Barney and Hank Goetz. join Andrews on the at tack to give the Scarlet a welt experienced scoring combination. Newcomers Dave Pooley and. Art Robinson surrround letter man George Juergens at the de fensive nositions. The Lions have defeated the men from New Jersey only once since the series began. That was in 1946, the first year the. two teams met, when the Nittanies beat the Scarlet, 9-1. . . ~.._,.. 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