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
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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- .
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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.
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