PAGE SIX
'Nine' Wins 13th;
Test Owls Today
The 13th win came easy, the 14th—well, it looks as though it will be a bit tougher
to garner.
Fresh from scoring their 13th straight victory with a 6-0 win over West Virginia,
Saturday, at Morgantown. W. Va., the Lion baseballers go after number 14 today against
a tough Temple club at Philac.elphia.
Coach Joe Bedenk nameJ his pitching ace, lefthander Ed Drapcho, to lead the Lion
quest for victory number 14 and
an almost certain bid to the
NCAA District Twu playoffs to be
held May 31, June 1 and June 2.
The remainder of Bedenk's
lineup will be the same as that he
used against West Virginia—and
practically all Lion opponents, for
that matter,
Bedenk had toyed with the
idea of using big Cal Emery,
bis number two pitcher and one
of the club's best hitters. at
first, but Emery sustained a
slight leg injury in the Lehigh
encounter to kill the idea_
For the Lions, this week will
be about their toughest of the TEMPLE-PENN STATE—FIGURES TO BEE - A CLOSE ONE
schedule. After the Temple game,
At 3 this afternoon, the Nittany "nine", in our opinion, the
the Lions travel to Lewisburg for,
a game with Bucknell tomorrow best Penn State baseball team we've seen in our three years at the•
and close out the regular season' . . ,
against p itt.l l.lniversiq, goes after its 14th straight win of the season against
with a doubleheader
Saturday afternoon at Beaver the Temple Owls at Philadelphia—weather permitting.
Field.
, This game figures to be the toughest Lion encounter of the
The West Virginia trip was ,
.ear. A look at a few Temple statistics bears this out quite readily.;
also scheduled to be a 2-game:
affair, but a strong rain put. ant For example, the Owls will pitch its ace hurler, righthanderi
end to that. The first game was:Charley Bergdoll, against the Lions. Bergdoll owns a 6-0 record on
called aster 8% innings with the the season with a low 1.67 earned-run-average to boot.
Lions leading, 6-2. at the time.
The rain, victor in four of the 1 But. there is still more to come. Temple boasts a team batting
Lions' l a st s i r g a m e s one I average of .315—not bad in any baseball circle, minor, major or
against Colgate, two against college—and its th ree t op hitters are over th e
.350 mar k.
Syracuse and the second West
Virginia till—never ceased and Sophomore catcher Turn. Goldy is sporting a 193 batting aver
the sc ore reverted back to eight :age—good for 33 hits and 26 RBIs. Number two man, soccer all
full innings and a 6-0 Lion win. i America and outfielder Frank Fanucci, is hitting .384 and outfielder
Until the washed-out ninth, Em-Sid Fleishman completes the "big three" with a .359 mark.
cry was in complete control of the
baffled Mountaineers. In eight in- To make the outlook even tougher, Bergdoll is also quite
nings, the husky lefthander al-ithe sticker. Cavorting in the outfield when not on the mound, the
lowed only four hits, struck out:Temple ace is batting .317 and has 24 RBIs to his credit.
eight and walked only one to re-1
The Owls lost their opener to Rutgers. 6-5, but came bouncing
cord his sixth win of the year.
In the ninth, however, he losti ck with 10 straight victories before bowing to a rejuvenated
a little of his touch and allov.-edlLafayette club, 6-4. Boasting a 16-2 mark for the year, the Owls have
two runs to score and a Mountie won their last six starts and can definitely be counted on to be "up"
to reach third with two down be -I for the' Lions today.
fore the downpour.
The Lions, meanwhile, scored i Yes, the Owl statistics are devastating ... but not insuxmount
ems in the first—on four bases i able. Coach Joe Bedenk's team has won 13 straight games—and
en bells—, three in the second. that ain't hay either, brother.
and two in the seventh to win
in a walk. Bedenk has a pitching ace of his own to start. That, of course,
Although the Lions were of- is lefty Ed Drapcho—one of the best collegiate pitchers in the East,
ficially limited to only four hits ,l if not in the country. Drapcho is unbeaten in seven starts and boasts
they had two ninth-inning bingos!
l a 1.14 ERA to date—you'll have to look a long way to find a better
-one by Don Stickler and one by
Jack McMullen—erased because mark.
of the rain. Another ball, hit by In 27 collegiate encounters, 24 of which were victories, Drapcho
McMullen. could have gone either
owns a creditable 1.38 ERA. During this span, he has fanned an
way, but the West Virginia scorer'
charged centerfield Jack Senay i average of 9.5 batsmen a game while allowing only 4.7 hits and 2.7
with a three-base error. walks per tilt. Not bad for three full years of competition.
In summarizing the game, Be-;
denk said: "It was all right. Wei Team-wise, the Lions look as good as ever—probably even
were up against a good pitcher ) more so. The hitting is adequate and the defense Is solid. This.
. . . but, we got a couple of op-! plus top pitching, gives the Lions as well-balanced a team as can
portune hits and scored." , be found in the East.
PENN STATE WEST VIRGINIA
AS R H Ab R H And to top this, the Lion team spirit is at probably its highest
itably.3b s 0 oRetton_ss 2 0
1 2'
4 1 2 e peak of the pear. To put it in the words of Chuck Medlar, the as-
L ''' cil'uutn-cr 3 1 Sena Y• ct 3 0 o' i
sistant baseball coach: "The boys' attitude is good—as long as it
Stickler.e 4 1 1 Skiater.3ll S 0 01
bicHlulleso - 2 3 1 1 Hintins.lb s o o'doesn't go too far. The boys frankly feel as though they can't be
Ti'Ylalasl4°° Aualluji 2 beaten. The y 're free and easy when they play ... they're relaxed
i ."
Rametr.lf 41 0 Rippatos.r2 3 11 -
ller.lb 1 1 0 coon dine I 0 0
&nem, 40 1 Hardor,e 20 0l That's the way for a winning ballclub to be—as long as it doesn't
4 4 Totals
Totals
BoiraiN
2 s LP go too far, as Medlar said. Tomorrow's a toughie, but to the Lions,
34 4 • 4 'o I
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,its just another ballgame.
IM Track Meet I Penn State's new golf coach, Joe
B
Trials for the 100-yard dash, Boyle, played on the unbeaten
440-yard dash and 4380-yard relay Eastern championship team ofmai,.
in the annual intramural track ''"
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evening starting at 6:45 p.m. on. Washington 2, Detroit 1
Beaver Field. Baltimore 2. Kansas City 9
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
by VICE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
Teeing Off ...
—Daily Colkgian Pinto by George Harrison
LION GOLFER Bob Bainbridge tees off against Colgate in Satur
day's match on the home links. Bainbridge fired a four over paw
73 to edge the Raiders Rermy Bowers. 2 and 1. Penn State won
the contest. 6-1.
Felus Sets Record
In Lion Golf Win
John Felus led the Lion linksmen in their strongest
shooting exhibition of the season, a decisive 6-1 triumph over
Colgate Saturday on the University greens.
Felus carded a four under par 65 to crack the collegiate
match play record, set last year by teammate John Branish.
Branish, current Penn State cap-I
fired a 66 against Bucknell
to establish a precedent for Felus'
brilliant performance.
In recording an
. easy 6 and 5
victory over _ _
'Colgate'sJim
Creighton, Felus
finished two
strokes shy of
th e University
course record,
held jointly by
former Lion
greats Rod Eaken
and Jim Gins
berg.
Felus s a n d
wiched birdie s
on the 6th, 11th,
12th a n d 17th John Fel=
holes between 14 pars to lowerl
by two strokes his best previous
effort, a 67 against Army. He has
won nine of 10 matches.
Branish notched a 71 for the
18-hole distance, Bill Davidson
fired a 72, and Bob Bainbridge
turned in a 73-stroke total_ ;
Rielly led off for Joe Boyle's
golfers with • a 2 and 1 triumph
over the Red Raiders' Jim Davis,
a two-sport competitor who play
ed varsity basketball for the Raid
ers last falL
Lion Johnny Boyanowski also
engaged a Colgate eager, Don Ed
wards, in the second match—The
Penn State linksman brought his
season's log to 8-2 by registering
a 3 and 1 decision.
Davidson gave the Limn a
3-0 edge with a 4 and 3 victory
ay Park Lane
Harry M. Mk*, President - .
By LES POWELL
over Tony Earle of the Raiders.
The win gave Davidson a 0-1
record in match play.
Eranish lopped Colgate's
Steve Franz by the same mar
gin to cinch a Penn Stale win.
The Lion captain's match play
mark is 7-3.
Bainbridge eked . out a 2 and 1
tri'imph over the Raiders' Renny
'Bowers. Bowers matched Bain
!bridge's 73 strokes to cop medalist
honors for the Colgate club. Bain
bridge, a transfer student in his
varsity season, has dropped just
,one decision while winning nine.
Leo Kukkola of the Lions, play
ing his first match since May 8,
suffered a 2 and 1 defeated at fhe
hands of Raider Fred Jacobs. Kuk
kola's won-lost record now stands
at 6-2 on the season.
It's that time time to say
farewell, good-bye, and good
luck. Summer vacation is al
most here and that means Mac
will be taking a vacation too.
This will be my last column
of the year, so I would like
to give you a few last minute
reminders of things you may
need for this summer.
Look over the list and you're
sure to find something you
need for this summer:
Sport shirts—plaids, button
downs, Ivy League ... $2.98
& $3.98
Cord Bermudas $3.98
Arrow Mesh summer dress
shirts $4
• Complete line of nationally
advertised
_bathing suit s
starting at $2 up to $4.99.
Imported pipes only $1.96
with values . to $7.50
Be sure when you return in
the fall to stop in Danks to
see the surprise in our Men's
Shop. There's going to be a
really great surprise!
See you next fall!
Good-bye! Farewell! Good
luck!
!or
rtment
rator
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It's
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