PAGE SIX Lions Test Colgate, Drapcho to Pitch Ed Drapcho, Cal Emery and “??”—thats the pitching rotation Coach Joe Bedenk named for the Lion baseball three-game weekend series starting with Colgate's Red Raiders this afternoon at Hamilton, N.Y. Drapcho will start for the Lions in the Colgate contest and Emery will definitely JOE BEDENK PHILOSOPHIZES ON BASEBALL get the starting call in one of the two games at Syracuse tomorrow afternoon. ; There isn’t a coach on the Penn State athletic staff who likes However. Bedenk is still in the dark as to whom he will name to carry the Lion to win more than Lion baseball mentor, Joe Bedenk. The rest of the I starting chores in the other * ★ * staff may equal him in victory desire, but none surpass him. Orange contest. “We’ll have to. - - And because of his keen desire to win, Bedenk demands that *aid^ 0W WC ° n rlday ’ “ e i r ■ his players hustle and give their best at all times—if they don’t, The third starter will most ! they don ’ 1 P la y for Bedenk. likely come from Bedenk's re* This all-out effort on the part of the Lion players accounts serve corp of qualified starting , greatly for Bedenk’s phenomenal success since he took over the Smith'and Ron all'right* ‘ coaching reigns here in 1931-310 wins, 129 losses and three ties, handers, and southpaw Dave . ‘ Currently, the Lion baseballers are riding on the crest of an Simmers. ( , 11-game winning streak. Today they go after number 12 against Although pitching is a question Colgate at Hamilton, N.Y, mn r e k p t o h s e es I ' e n^ a p n l d o e blem whaS ' got to talking to Bedenk about the winning skem during ever. Bedenk will go with his the brief Lion batting practice before the club left for usual starting lineup against Col-| today’s contest and a double-header with'Syracuse on Saturday. a P d is expected to follow, 1 Although he relizes lhal the Lions are still unbeaten, hit through with practically the: : , „ . _ , , .... same group against the Orange. ; 1 onl y concern at, the moment is Colgate and today s game. He The lineup will read: Steve wants to win this game, as he does all Lion tilts, but not for the Baidy. 3b; Bob Hoover, 2b; Cap- sake of extending the winning skein. He just wants to win, period, tain Jim Loekerman, cf; Don ! ] _ _ , . , , , , , Stickler, c; either Ron Rainev or. To Bedenk, every game is a new one—what has come before Jack McMullen, rf; Guv Tirabassi, or is waiting in the future does not matter. He feels you win ball ss: either Rainey or Dave Wat-' games one by one—take them as they come, that’s his philosophy. The only indefinite positions ! j Right now, Bedenk is more or less indifferent towards the win in the starling lineup are right ning streak. “Why, the season’s only half over . . . we could blow and left field. If a righthander j _' jsky high and drop three or four in a row,” he said. That’s why you pilches against the Lions, Be- i Steve Baidy won’t find him looking past Colgate to the Syracuse doubleheader, denk will go with Ramey in ... the Lion third baseman TT . , . T . Jr ... , ... ~ left and McMullen in right. ' . . , . ; He wants to prevent a Lion blowup, although he didnt say its Both hit lefthanded. . 01 Paying under tension be- ■ com i n g t an( j he feels he'can't do it by worrying about what’s next If the opposition starts with a “ 1 until his present worry is over, lefthander Watkins a rightlv■ ex — lo nis e^es ' an Y wa Y* : * J swinger, will move ’to left with' According to reports from Col-, Lion blow-ups have been far and few between during the Rainey probably getting the start-■ g a te, the. Red Raiders figure to| Bedenk reign—we can't remember any in the past three years. We ing cal] in right. McMullen was ke strong defensively, especially; doubt if any serious facsimile of a blow-up will come this year, a two-day starter until the last ’ ** , " £,eld ’ and adeC!Uate at ', either. But. you can never be certain of such things, three or four games when a sud-, tne P la,e - . , . , .. . . den batting slump forced Bedenk] The pitching and outfield staffs; That’s why Bedenk is a stickler for hustle. He feels that when to bench him against southpaw, were hit the hardest by grad- a team is hustling, it will win its share, if not more, of games during pitching in favor of Rainey. ,uation—the departed George Fish-! the year—taking it for granted, of course, that the team has the 11-game undefeated record on the (.348) were the top men in those ta ent t 0 be a " inner - Not exceptional talent, just ta ent. . line in today's Colgate test. This!departments last year. [ Exceptional talent is not plentiful on this years club in fact, is probably the longest winning: No information was available!you could say it’s a scare commodity. But, the players hustle. They streak the Lions have ever had concerning the Colgate record to, play u -ith an instilled desire to win. Right now they’re doing the under Bedenks tutelage. date. The Raiders are coached by;, Bedenk said his players have Frank O'Hora, a former Lion. very l ame ’ , , , . . ■ . . . shown no noticeable evidence football standout in the 1930's I But, the road ahead is still rocky—a loss is not yet out ox the picture. An undefeated season would be nice to look on. But. until it becomes a reality. Joe Bedenk will still "lake ’em" one by one. Navy Defeats Frosh Nine, 2-1 Middie pitcher Mike Delano! proved too much for the Lion freshman baseball team Wednes day at Annapolis, Md.. as John Efili’s nine lost their first game of the abbreviated 1957 season, 2-1. Delano not only went the dis tance and gave up three hits, but also struck out 14 Lion batters while walking only three. Lion yearling Bob Arner start ed his second game of the year, giving up both Navy runs in the first inning. Arner went the dis tance. Larry Beighey, Tony Taormina, and Arner provided the three hits for Penn State, each rapping out singles. The sole Lion tally came across | in the fourth inning when Jimi Ivtolenari scored on Bill Benton’s deep fly to center. 16 Doubles Teams Enter Quarterfinals Of IM Tennis Play In the Intramural tennis dou bles competition 16 fraternity men advanced into the quarter final round. Flight One winners: Art Moyer and Jim Quinn, Delta Tau Delta; Bob Schrader and Dave Ritchie, Sigma Nu: Irv Bass and Stan Vogin, Phi Sigma Delta; Dan Gray and George Gray, Beta Theta Pi; Charles Good and Dan ; . _ _ _ _ Shapiro f§ HOSt GeOrQetOWli; Phi Epsilon Pi; John Olsen and; B SVIW5 VlW TT 1 ■/ Roy Yoder, Delta Upsilon; and ■ r ■ m rett^S^^Alpha^flon! 1 53 ! I rUSt DOliutllll StOftOT Fligh' Two winners: Bill Se-' T . , , _ T _ .. keras and Don Kauffman, Alpha: '■I 1 ® Lion s number one Joe Galiardi and Charles Bible-j Chi Sigma; Jack Barbieri and man ’ Fred Trust - a ver >' douotful heimer will carry the burden of Bob Metzger Phi Kappa Psi- starter - P enn State tennis the team's attack in the absence Blaine Baron’and Stan Diestock! ; tea ™ wi “ h “ t tl ? e Georgetown of Trust Other singles entrants Kappa Delta Rho; John Krall and'!l eUars at 3:30 this afternoon on will be Chuck Questa, Pete De- A 1 Weldon, Phi Mu Delta; Tom F1e1d ,.?. 0u I rts : . , Dad - and Dick Jacobs. West and Cap Henderson, Phi! Ll ° ns '. std * looking for In ihe doubles play, Ihe Lion Gamma Delta: Tom Fitzpatrick! fllst W 1" after absorbing neiiers will probably start Eb and Jim Sclirv, Phi Delta Theta:! consecutive 8-1 defeats, erly and Galiardi in the sum- Ed Browning and Brownie Losen-i Probably move Joe Eberly ber one spot, while Bibleheimer •sky, Tau Phi Delta- and Glen El-i ml ° 1116 sm 9 les P la T- replacing and DeDad will form the second der and Dave Allen, Alpha Gam- 1 T £ usL , - . ~ . , , . : duo - The third team will have ma Rho ; Trust injured his back m Wed-i Questa teaming with either Ja ‘ nesday’s Lehigh encounter andi cobs or possibly Don Benner. pi'.— the injury has responded slowly! Georgetown, coached by Wash- Keg fctlTries Due Today to treatment. ington professional Clark Taylor, Today is the deadline for en-; Coach Sherm Fogg, disappoint- played nine matches prior to the tries for the University Bo\vling!ed with the Lion’s play at Le-. Lion meet. Letterwinners for Tournament. 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