Unpredictable Bucs hit Three Rivers
By RICK STARR
Collegian Sports Writer
In both leagues, last year’s Pittsburgh Pirates had no equal
for melodramatic bat brutality. \
But things really got interesting when they were out in the
field chasing batted balls. j j
The 1974 Pirates hoodwinked the Eastern Division by
sleeping in last place as late as June 15, then snorting their
way into first with almost contemptuous ease, closing the
season 14 games over .500. j
The teafn batted .274 all last year, tops in the majors. And no
letup is in sight, particularly after the Pirates clubbed the
Cubs yesterday with four home runs. |
To make things worse, Danny Murtaugh, Pittsburgh’s in
domitable manager, has been feeding his team hero sand
wiches all soring. : !
In the outfield, the “permanqpt” shift of Willie Stargell to
first base has opened up left field for Richie Zisk, and right for
hefty, 6-5 Dave Parker. ' I
Many feel A 1 Oliver plays first base better than anyone on
the club, but he will continue playing center field and the left
half of the batter’s box with equal tenacity. By virtue of the
fact he’ll be playing between Zisk and Parker, Oliver will also
run around in the outfield very much. |
Three Lady Lion openers tomorrow
The season opens for the The. Lady Lions have eight
womens lacrosse team returning from [last year’s
tomorrow wfien Coach Gil / squad, and the majority of the
Rattrav takes her » Lad/ team [ is used to working
Lions southward to meet together. This is a definite
Wilson College. f advantage for the. Lady Lions,
Perhaps the hardest thing since Wilson will be playing
for a coach to predict is hbw with over half i last year’s
her squad will perform on the team gone. ,
first game of the season. And - 1 —LK
it is even harder when the
coach knows nothing about
the team she is meeting.
This is-true for Rattray. All
she knt£s is that Wilson is
weakened by the loss of six
starters ffom graduation. But
she doesn’t know how good or
how many new team mem
bers Wilson has this year
"We'Ve, optimistic, of
Rattray said.
"We played them last year at
the end of the season and we
beat them. They graduated
the strength of their team, but
1 don't know about their new
freshman."
One important member
Wilson lost was defense wing
Sandy Walker. Walker, who
was also a member of the U.S.
team, was the team leader
last vear.
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Two Penn State women’s
teams hope for good weather
conditions tomorrow as they
make their second attempt to
open their seasons.
The Lady Lions softball
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rescheduled its meeting place
with Cortland. ijlY, a contest
supposed to be played on j the
Red Dragons] field this
weekend. However, once
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women now plan to meet: the
Cortland nine at SUNY
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The Daily Collegian Sports brings major league
baseball to you next week, with coverage of both the
Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies. Rick
Starr is in Three Rivers Stadium this weekend for the
Bucs’ home opener, then Mike jtodman visits the Vet later
next week for an early look-at the Phils. Watch for their
reports.
Around what used to be the dirt portion of tlie field, Richie
Hebner, Rennie Stennett and Willie Stargell are fixed.
More than anyone else, Hebner typifies Buc woes of the past
few seasons. Hebner made 28 errors last year, and 23 in 1973.
He had an average year at' the plate—lB homers and 21
doubles. p
staff for this year’s com
petition.
Penn State coach Pat
McTarsney hopes to finally
get the season underway.
„ “The West Chester game is
coming up Tuesday, and we’d
sure like to have a game
before that,” she said. West
Chester was the only blemish
on the Penn State record last
season.
The Penn State women’s
tennis team is another hard
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Hebner’s irony is he shares the Pirate fielding record with
the late Don Hoak. In 1972, Hebner made only nine errors the
entire season.
Stennett is playing second base on one good knee at the
moment since his right knee was injured in a snowmobile
accident during the Winter. So Stennett will hobble into the
first part of the season.
Stargell’s speciality is hitting the ball so hard it goes over
the wall behind the outfield, and yesterday he did that twice in
Wrigley Field.
Shortstop continues to be a problem, as it has since Gene
Alley retired. Frank Taver’as and Mario Mendoza, both
secojid-year men, will get a second chance.
Being a pitcher is an underrated job in Pittsburgh since the
staff has won more often than not in head-to-head competition
the past few seasons. Doc Ellis, Jerry Reuss, Ken Brett,
especially Jim Rooker, and Bruce Kison will start. But Dave
Giusti or Ramon Hernandez often finish.
Dependable Manny Sahguillen will catch everything, as he
did in 93 of the club’s last 94 games in 1974.
The ever-perturbablejMurtaugh, with his block jaw and
chunky body, again leads the Pirates who open their home
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