SATURDAY. MAY 18. 1957
Lion BasebaHers Test
Mountaineer in Twinbill
The eyes of the NCAA District Two baseball selection committee will most likely be
focused on Morgantown, W. Va., among other places, this afternoon when the Lion “nine"
takes on the West Virginia Mountaineers in a twinbilL
The committee will meet Monday, May 27, at the New York Athletic Club to
the selections for the District Two playoffs for an entry into the College World Series
later in the year.
And Coach Joe. Bedenk knows
that a twin victory would cer
tainly enhance his club’s already,
strong chances to enter the dis
trict competition for the sixth
time in nine years.
Bedenk all too well remem
bers the results of the last trip
bis team made to Morgantown.
In 1955, the Liora played the
Mounlies in an away double
header and returned from the
trip on the short end of both
scores. 9-3 and 3-1.
Bedenk’s two top moundsmen
at the time, Stan Larimer and Ed
Drapcho, took the losses. Both
pitchers reversed the cards last
year, however, by posting 8-6,
15-3 wins at Beaver Field.
But, Beaver Field is not Mor
gantown and Bedenk is placing
no faith in the old axiom that his
tory seldom repeats itself. And
to add to the already mounting
pressure, a 12-game Lion winriing
streak is riding on the outcome of
the doubleheader.
Bedenk is expected to again
go with his two best pitchers
against the Mounlies. Only this
time, southpaw Cal Emery re
places the graduated Larimer
on the mound.
Emery, 5-0 on the.season, will
definitely start the first game. Be
denk refused to commit himself
on his second-game hurler, say
ing.- “We’ll have to see how the
first game turns out." He did say,
however, that Drapcho, 7-0 for
the year, is the likely candidate.
Should the Lions win the first
game rather handily, sophomore
Ron Riese may get the nomina
tion. However, if the first game
is close, no matter which way the
score- goes, Bedenk will almost
certainly go with Drapcho.
According to- the Associated
Press, the Mounties will counter
with'righthander Bucky Bolyard,
4-1 for the year, and lefty Tom
Cook. 4-2 for the year.
The zest of Bedenk’s lineup
will be: Steve Baidy, 3b; Bob
Hoover, 2b; Captain Jim Lock- .
erman, cf; Don Stickler, c; Jack
McMullen (against Bolyard)
and Dave Watkins (against
Cook), rf; Guy Tirabassi, ss;
Ron Rainey, If; and Gary Mil
ler. lb.
Bedenk took second baseman
By VINCE CAROCCL Sport* Editor
Frosh 'Nine/ Cinder men
Face Frostburg, Panthers
While the varsity’s away the
frosh will play. This somewhat
converted saying best describes
freshman spring sports this week
end.
The freshman baseball team
meets Frostburg State Teacher’s
College at 1:30 this afternoon on
Beaver Field. Norm Gordon’s
yearling track squad travels to
Pitt for a dual meet
Assistant Coach Bill Speith
says his freshman “nine” look
in fine shape for the game and if
everything goes right, they should
cop this one without too much]
trouble.
Speith is undecided as to whoj
will pitch today, but he has a lot
of talent to choose from. !
The mound staff consists of ;
Larry Friedman, who held Kiski]
Prep to one hit in the first game
of the season, Fred Wolff, Bob;
Ritchey, Bob Arner and Bill Ben
ton, who has looked good as a
relief pitcher in practice.
Two of Gordon’s top runners
will be out to crack freshman
track records when the yearlings
meet Pittsburgh this afternoon
Jack Michel on the 1 trip, in case!
he is forced to switch Hoover to:
first in place of Miller. Miller is;
handicapped by an arm injury]
and Hoover has been working at
first in practice in case such a
move became a necessity.
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Lanky Dick Engelbrink his
sights set on Ed Moran’s mile rec
ord of 4:18, set last year at Beaver
Field. Engelbrink has run the
mile in 4:17.4 in an outdoor relay.
Dick Hambright will attempt
to shatter Art Pollard’s five-year
old record of 48.9 in the 440-yard
dash. Last year in the state high
school championships at Beaver
Field, Hambright ran the quarter
in :48.7.
Sprinter Mel Barnwell and dis
itance man Ron Rush will provide
Ii the chief competition for the Pan
thers. Barnwell upset Villanova’s
George Sydnor, thrice-conqueror
of world’s record holder Dave
Sime, in an indoor meet last win
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hue and Jay Moody rule the roost,
they also have men who will
challenge both Ferry and Tullar
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