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Lions
7 Trackmen
Enter Final
Home Meet
By VINCE CASIOCCI
Seven Penn State trackmen
will make their final home ap
pearance at 1:30 this afternoon
when the Lion runners host
Pittsburgh and Ohio State at
Beaver Field.
Captain Art Pollard, Bruce Aus
tin. Charlie Blockson, Doug Moor
bead, Charlie Aungst, Dave Bron
stein, and Ralph Snyder, bring to
a close their collegiate track ca
reers in what, according to Coach
Chick Werner, is ;he biggest home
attraction on the Lion schedule.
An eighth senior, Gery Seybert,
•will not compete in the meet due
to an injury in his left leg.
Pollard. a Lion standout in his
three years of varsity competi
tion, will again run in his two
specialties—the 100-and 220-yard
dashes. lie holds the Penn State
record in the 220 in :20.5 and is
co-holder of the 100 mark with a
:09.6 time.
Undecided in 100
Pollard's partner in the 100 de
pends on the strategy employed
by Pitt coach, Karl Ohon. Should
Olson choose to run his star Ar
nie Sowell in the mile, Werner
will use Dean Rossi in the sprint.
If Sowell runs the 440, however.
Jim Norton will enter the 100
with Rossi moving to the 440.
Austin will join the Lion cap
lain in the 220. besides running
in the 440 where he will be the
Lions' top threat to Sowell. Aus
tin set a new Penn State mark
in the 440 two weeks ago against
the Quantico Mariner in :48.4.
4 Lions in Weights
Blockson will carry the Nittany
burden in both the shot and dis
cus while Aungst will throw only
the discus. Sophomore John Tul
liar will be the Lions' number two
entry in both weight events with
Frank Urban making his varsity
debut in the shot and discus.
Penn State hopes received a
boost when it was announced that
hurdler Rod Perry would enter
the meet. Perry is slated for a 120-
yard high hurdles assignment and
will run the 220 lows if he feels
fit.
Dick Winston will be the sec
ond Lion entry in the hurdles with
Ogier Norris and Bob Findley
standing by in case Perry is un
able to compete in the lows.
Moorhead to Rua Mile
Moorhead and Don Woodrow
are the only two Lions entered
in the mile run with Barry Mowry,
making his first start since the
Navy meet early in the season,
joining them in the two-mile
event.
Juniors Ron Lewis and Dave
Nash will be the two Lion stan
dard bearers in the 880-yard run
Linksmen
Two new faces will be in the
lineup when the Penn State
golf team faces the Lehigh Un
iversity linksmen at 1:30 today
on the University greens.
Johnny Felus and Lou Riggs
are the lineup changes, replacing
Leo Kukkola and Jim Ginsberg.
Felus will be making his first
start, but Riggs has already play
ed, and won, one match. His vic
tory came at the expense of Syra
cuse's Stan Okoniewski May 2.
Felus is a sophomore making
his first collegian start while
Riggs is a former regular. find
ing it tough to crack the lineup
after a tour of duty in the ser
vice.
Today's action is the first dual
meet for the Lions since they
dumped Syracuse. 7-0, over two
weeks ego.
The linksmen will be looking
for their seventh victory, against
only one loss. Their only defeat,
to Georgetown, was avenged
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Meet Pitt, Buckeyes
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CAPTAIN ART POLLARD (top right). Bruce Austin (lower left).
and Charlie Blockson (lower righ
track careers against Pitt and 0
—another of Sowelrs top events
Werner named five men to en
ter the high jump, the Lions'
weakest event. Norris, Findley.
Ralph Snyder--also making his
first start of the year—AlexMilli
gan, and possibly Perry, are slated
for the high jumping chores.
Winston Tops Broad Jumpers
In the broad jump, the Lion
mentor selected Winston, Milli
gan, and Bronstein as his entries.
Winston developed into the top
broad jumper on the squad after
Herb Hollowell was injured in
the Quantico Relays.
Norris will be the lone Nittany
entry in the pole vault white Wer
ner remained undecided as to his
mile relay quartet, preferring to
wait and see how the meet de
r
verops.
An interesting sidelight on the
meet is that all three coaches—
!Werner, Olson, and Ohio State's
Larry Snyder—had a hand in the
(1952 Olympics at Helsinki while
Werner and Snyder conducted
track and field schools in Japan
for the past two years.
Meet Leh
slightly in the Eastern Champion-I
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' finished and
and Georgetown
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Philipsburg's
• ' Dave Bates, who
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got t h ei r only
win in last year's
7-1 loss to the
Lions. Bates beat
Gus Gerhart 6
and 5.
Bates will prob-
ably face Nittany
captain Jim Mayes in today's
match. Bates owns a win over
the Lion leader, having beaten
him in the Philipsburg Country
Club Championship last summer.
The two former teammates at
Philipsburg High School have
never met in a dual meet while
in college, however. Another of
their former high school team
mates, John Branish, will be in
the Lion lineup today.
Besides the two newcomers,
Coach Rutherford will present
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Lion Yearlings
Host Pittsburgh
The Lion frosh track squad
host the Pitt yearlings in its final
meet of the season today at Bea
ver Field. The meet will be run
simultaneously with the varsity
encounter.
Ed Moran, frosh sensation all
season, will lead the Lions in
quest of their first win of the sea
son. Moran will enter the mile and
two-mile runs, forsaking his us
ual middle distance chores.
Dick Duswalt will be the num
ber one man in the pole vault,
shot put and high jump. He will
(also enter the javelin and 100-
yard dash.
Fred Kerr and Clem Schoene
beck—two standouts from the
frosh cross country team join
Moran in the distance runs while
Bob Manning and Chet Cotton
round out the 100-yard dash en
tries.
gh Today
Jim Mayes. Pat Rielly. Gus Ger
hart and John Branish in quest
of a fifth straight victory over
the Enginers. The Lions have
won all four previous matches
since the series began in 1951.
Gerhart and Branish also have
personal streaks riding in today's
encounter. Gerhart will be after
his 14th dual meet victory in his
last 15 starts, while Branish will
be trying to extend an 11-match
win streak.
Today's match will be played
on a best-ball basis. In this type
of play one point is awarded for
each individual game, and the
match, plus another point to the
low scorer on each hole.
Trust Boasts 3 Talents
Aside from wielding a varsity
tennis racquet and booting for
the Lion soccer team, Fred Trust
has acquired a reputation as a
singer. Sporting a powerful lar
nyx in the tenor pitch, Trust is
constantly in demand as a vocal
ist at gatherings. •
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Pitt Hosts Nittanies
In Twin-Bill Today
Baseball Coach Joe Bedenk, sticking to the age-o'ld adage
of "never change a winning combination," will use his aces
of the mound staff—Ed Drapcho and Stan Larimer—and will
start the same lineup he has used all season when the Lions
meet arch-rival Pittsburgh this afternoon at Pitt.
Bedenk has been successful in 14 out of 16 games with his
stationary lineup. Behind the plate will oe Don Stickler, Gary
Miller will be at first, Lou Schneider will cover second, Guy
Tirabassi will be at shortstop,
with Steve Baidy at third, cap
tain- Bob McMullen in left, Jim
Lockerman in center, and Jack
McMullen in right.
The Lions, eyeing a District
Two play-off berth, will be seek
ing their 10th and 11th consecu
tive wins and 15th and 16th of
the year.
Drapcho, the probable starter in
the opener, is after win number
seven while Larimer is after his
fifth. Larimer will start the seven
inning nightcap.
May Have Best Record
If the Lions sweep the twin
bill today and beat Lehigh in the
season's finale Wednesday they
will emerge with the best Lion
baseball record in the past decade.
Last year's team won 17 and drop
ped four in regular season play,
but lost the first round playoff
game in the District Two elimina
tions.
The 1952 club, which won the
District Two playoffs, was the
last Nittany team to advance in
to the "College World Series" at
Omaha, Neb. At the finals the
Lions won two and lost two. end
ing in third place. They had a
17-6 season record that year.
4 Teams to be Picked
The four teams which will be
fighting il out for District hon
ors will be picked at the end of
the month.
Today's host, Pitt, although,
strong at the plate is having dif
ficulty
finding pitchers and con
sequently has dropped 12 gamesl
while winning only two. It was
beaten in its last outing, Wednes
day, by Navy, 9-2. The Lions de
feated the Middies last Saturday,
4-3, coming up with two runs in
the last of the ninth.
Last year the Lions beat. Pitt
in two games, 20-5 and 6-5, which
brought the overall series total
to 47 wins for the Lions and 19
wins for Pitt. The two teams first
met in 1897, making it one of the
longest series in the East.
Drapcbo Beat Pitt in '55
Drapcho was the starting pitch
ler in the second game last year
and gave up nine hits, one of the
highest amounts garnered off him
all year,
Larirner started the first game
but was relieved early in the game
after the Lions had scored 11 runs
in the third inning.
The final game with Lehigh will
be played at Bethlehem. Although
the game is still four days away
the probable starting pitcher is
Drapcho.
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LEFTHANDED pitching sensation Ed Drapcho and strikeout whiz
Stan Larinier were named by Coach Joe Bedenk as the Lion start
ers in today's doubleheader against Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh. Drap
cho will be out for his seyenth win and Larimer his fah.
SATURDAY, MAY 19. 1956
Tennis Leaders
Win ; 3 Teams
Advance in Golf
Roger Beidler and Dick Kuhn,
Theta Delta Chi, continue to pace
the fraternity tennis doubles
tournament while Dave Bron
stein and Chuck Adams lead the
independents.
Beidler and Kuhn have ad
vanced to the semifinals of flight
1 by defeating Sam McKibben
and Ron Casarella, Phi Kappa
Tau, 6-0, 6-2.
Their semi-final opponents will
be Don Kauffman and Bill Se
caurs, Alpha CM Sigma, or Chris
Kuebler and Dave Peters, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Jim Quinn and Art Moyer,
Delta Tau Delta, have also en
tered the flight 1 semi-finals. The
pair outlasted Jim Schry and
Tom Fitzpatrick, Phi Delta Theta,
2-6, 11-9, 6-1.
In flight 2, Joe Galiardi and
John Bergey, Tau Kappa Ep
silon, entered the semi-finals
when they stopped Joe Godzik
and Allan Krall, Phi Mu Delta,
6-1, 6-1. Four pairings are fight
ing for the semi-final berth op
posite Galiardi and Bergey.
Carl Bull and Fred Thompson,
Lambda Chi Alpha, oppose Ery
Schimmel and Mary Trimas, Zeta
Beta Tau, in the other flight 2
semi-final match.
In the independent tourney,
Bronstein and Adams eliminated
Ron Walker and Jim Hepler 7-5,
6-2. to enter the ladle finals.
Bob Murray and Dave Ritchie
Will oppose one of three Indie
entries for the other finals berth.
In the golf tourney, Sigma Nu
placed in the quarter-finals. Al
pha Chi Sigma earned a semi
final position, and Phi Kappa Sig
ma also entered the semi-final
round in sparse action this week.
'Nine' to Lose 3 Men
Penn State stands to lose only
three players by graduation from
its "current baseball team. Out
going seniors are outfielder Bob
McMullen, of Milesburg; second
baseman Lou Schneider, of Phil
adelphia; and pitcher Stan Lori
mer, of Ebensburg.