Spring sports Have you ever wondered why there are no intercollegi ate spring sports here at Cap itol Campus? The main reasons for the present state of affairs are student apathy and a lack of facilities, according to Bud Smitley, athletic director. Up until this year, three inter collegiate sports have been of fered during soring term at Capitol. They were baseball, golf, and tennis. However, aue to a lack of facilities for baseball and a lack of enthusiasm for golf and the tennis teams, no varsity sports were scheduled this term. The baseball team was hampered in the past by the lack of a suitable playing field. Last season, for example, the Lion's mm The Penn State Nittany Li ons conclude their spring train ing drills with their annual blue-white game at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday in University Park. Last year’s fourth ranked Nittany Lions have a returning veteran defensive team. The offensive, although without acfe quarterback Chuck Fusina, has a number of promising new quarterbacks in Frank Rocco, Terry Rakowski, and Jon Lebo. This game means more to the players than an ordinary scrimmage because they will be trying to win starting berths for the upcoming season. The stars of the blue-white game will doubtless form the core of next year’s starting 22. Satur- JM»% HAIA Beginning in the 1979-80 academic year, Capitol Campus will become a member of the National Association for Inter collegiate Athletics (NAIA), Membership in this organiza tion will enable students at Capitol Campus who are out standing at an individual sport to qualify for NAIA district, regional, and national competi tion. Among the sports an * * * * * * * * * * * * t * * Plus our famous In-store Bakery* * Hours: Monday thru Saturday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. | £ Friday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. * * ywil fM whatyM'r* ImMi* for at Fox's * * 101 South Union Street 944*7486 field used for practice and lea gue games was located five miles away from campus. This field was also used by Middle town High School, which had priority over Capitol Campus for scheduling games and prac tices. Mr. Smitley stated that because of rain-outs of high school games and other con flicts, it became increasingly difficult for Capitol to schedule home ball games with its oppo nents. He also added that, more than one time, the team arrived at the field for a regularly scheduled practice, only to find out that the high school team was making up an earlier rain out. Capitol was then forced to practice anywhere it could find space on campus. day’s game will be especially interesting in that the quart erback who does the best job will probably attain a starting berth for at least the season opener. The 1979 Lions will face one of their stiffest schedules in years. Along with the tradit ional rivals of Pitt and North Carolina State, this year’s schedule will feature Texas A&M and Nebraska. Because of the good per centage of returning veterans, students can look foward to another successful season as the Lions resume their quest for the elusive number 1 rank ing. At the very least, Penn State should improve its num ber 4 ranking of last year. Sports sho, individual ident could comp ete in are golf, tennis, cross country, and wrestling. More information will be available next fall. RaeqaathaK hoars Racquetball courts close at 8:30 p.m. Monday through Fri day evenings ana at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. There are no exceptions to this rule. Mr. Smitley declared that by the end of the season, players became so demoralized that many of them stopped showing up for games. Adding to the troubles plaguing the team was the fact that most of the games were scheduled a way because Capitol was un able to reserve its field on reasonable dates and times. Scheduling problems led to bad feelings on the part of other schools. Smitley emphasized that he never again wants to field a team that will lose by 25 runs due mainly to the absence of practice because of no field. There is a bright side to this story, however. Plans are being made for the construction of a baseball diamond on campus. The, civil engineers of the Air Nittany Lions 1979 Schedule September 15 Rutgers 22 Texas A&M 29 at Nebraska October 6 at Maryland 13 Army 20 at Syracuse 27 West Virginia November 3 Miami (Fla.) 10 at N.C.State 17 Temple 24 Pittsburgh A bike hike will be held on Sunday, May 6, for the benelit of the Association for Retarded Citizens. It will begin at 1:00 L J/ p.m. in front of the Multi- If Purpose Building, covering 10 [ miles, and end back at the ’ Multi-Purpose Building. Spon- . sor sheets are available in’the ck Athletic Office. Please support L Jtf\ wfp&l ‘(TXr this worthy cause. ox’s Market! Visit Fox’s Famous Deli and Country Market USDA Choice Western Beef Full variety in all departments Bike Hike hr Retarded Citizens scrapped National Guard are being asked yo survey the site as one of their community projects. It is anticipated that the $20,000. required for construction will be raised in the community. This will be possible because area leagues will be permitted to use the field during summer term. Upon interrogation as to why there is no intercollegiate §olf team, Smitley blamed stu ent indeifference. He stated that in the past while a great number of students came out for the team in the early spring, many matches had to be for feited because of a lack of players. Players were only willing to play away matches. The same thing was true of the tennis team. Many players were unwilling to attend ma tches that caused them any inconvenience. Smitley remar ked that until he sees indic ations that this indifference is gone, there will probably be no Intercollegiate competition in these sports. He does anticipate, howe ver, that a baseball team will be fielded next year if the field is completed on time. It seeems there is enough .enthusiam for this sport, considering the fact that there are 23 intra-mural softball teams this term. Although there are no var sity sports to compete in this spring, more time and attention is being devoted to intra-murals by the athletic staff. Next spring, hopefully, we will have at least one varsity sport here at Capitol Campus. How to find a summer job. Talk to Manpower. We’ve got summer job opportunities for temporary workers. In factories, ware houses, stores... indoors and outdoors. Work as much as you want. 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