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After many weeks of discussion,
persuasion, and outright bickering,
here's the first official sports column
following the immortal Ken Aducci. This
effort is a collaboration, and is intended
to be an overview of the expanding
world of sports. We will try to cover it
all, right down to the El Candido Worm
Race later this month. But enough of this
trivial stuff. Let's get down to sports.
Almost two weeks before Fall term
1981 rolls around on September 23, the
new football season at University Park
will have already begun. Joe Paterno
looks to make this year's 11-game sche
dule result in a winning season. The
teams that the Nittany Lions must face
are tougher than before, and this should
result in frequent coverage by the ABC
network.
Beaver Stadium, the home of the
Nittany Lions for over two decades, will
be the site for six games this year. The
season opener is slated for Sept. 12,
when the squad from the University of
Cincinnati invades University Park.
Since reconstruction of the stadium was
completed earlier last year--thus
increasing the seating capacity by some
7,000 seats--over 80,000 screaming fans
are anticipated come September.
Here's the 1981 schedule for the Penn
State Nittany Lions:
Sept. 12--Cincinnati
Sept. 26--at Nebraska
Oct. 3--Missouri
Oct. 10--Boston College
Oct. 17--at Syracuse
Oct. 24--West Virginia
Oct. 31--at Miami (Florida)
Nov. 7--at N.C. State
N0v.14--Alabama
Nov. 21--Notre Dame
Nov. 28--at Pitt
Some tough competition this year
includes the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the
Crimson Tide of Alabama, and the
Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, under the
guidance of rookie coach Gerry Faust.
Coach Tom Osborne of Nebraska has
held the Nittany Lions pretty much in
check the last two meetings, winning
42-17 in 1979 and 21-7 last year. This
year, the Huskers will be without the
services of running backs Jarvis Red
wine and Andra Franklin, and quarter
back Jeff Quinn, all absorbed in the
college draft last month. The Big Red's
defense will also be missing key starters
from last year when they host the Lions
in Lincoln.
November should be the most excit
ing month of the 1981 campaign, as it's
do-or-die time for the college polls that
rank the Top 20 collegiate teams nation
wide. North Carolina State and the
Panthers of Pitt are visiting spots on the
November schedule. Last year, PSU
defeated the Wolfpack at Beaver Stad
ium 21-13, but Pitt squeezed by the
Lions 14-9 to close out the campaign.
Jackie Sherrill's Panthers will be mis
sing many key faces this year, and
hopefully Joe Paterno will take advan
tage of that against our intra-state
rivals.
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The other two November games are
back-to-back home matches with Alaba
ma and Notre Dame. Who can forget
that memorable Sugar Bowl in 1979
when Joe "Up the Middle" Paterno ran
four consecutive unsuccessful running
plays at the goal line to lose a heart
stopping 14-7 game. He will seek re
venge against the winningest collegiate
football coach in NCAA history, Paul
"Bear" Bryant. Some senators are cur
rently reviewing the mandatory retire
ment age in Alabama so that the Bear
can continue his greatness at that
university.
If Alabama is not enough, Notre
Dame travels to Central Pa. the follow
ing Saturday for the first in many years.
After the retirement of Dan Devine last
year, N.D. officials called on Faust, who
had a phenomenal coaching record at
Moeller High School in Cincinnati to take
over. Many faces are returning for the
Irish, and they could present a problem
for the Lions. You can almost bet that
new attendance records will be set for
these two games in November.
If you're wondering about tickets for
this year, and can't afford the $5O
scalping fee, you can write for more
information to: Football Ticket Applica
tion, 237 Recreation Building, University
Park, Pa. 16802. Students continuing in
the Penn State system are usually sent
an application during the summer for the
upcoming season. Prices for the full
season will probably be $24 for students
and $72 for the general public. As a last
resort, you can sit in front of the faithful
television and listen to Keith Jackson or
Al Michaels broadcast the games high
above Beaver Stadium for ABC. Also,
highlights of each game are shown
locally on WGAL Channel 8 on the
Sunday morning following each contest.
Hopefully, the outcome of this year's
campaign will earn a spot in a presti
gious bowl game during the Holiday
season. We predict the Lions to finish at
least 9-2 in 1981. Come out to Beaver
Stadium and support the Blue and White
on its way to victory.
In the NHL playoffs, we predicted it:
the North Stars versus the Islanders.
The Isles embarrassed the 00-LA-LAS
in four straight, while the North Stars
took away Calgary's home ice advantage
and won in six games. We look for the
Isles to win the Stanley Cup in six, on
experience alone.
In the NBA playoffs, it's all come
down to Maxwell vs. Malone. I bet you're
all wondering why we didn't say Bird vs.
Malone? Well, the pride of Beantown,
Larry Bird, is not having a good playoff
scoring-wise, though he is playing excel
lent defensive basketball. As for the
Rockets, Calvin Murphy is not yet on
track. He has been getting little playing
time from Coach Del Harris. For the
Rockets to ignite and stop Bird and
Company, they must juvenate excite
ment and run the fast break. Who else
but Calvin Murphy to do this?
Thursday, May 14, 1981
In Major League baseball, a no-hitter
was tossed on Sunday by Montreal's
Charlie Lea against the Sad Francisco
Giants. If that doesn't excite you, guess
who won again and pitched another
shutout? That left-handed, Spanish
speaking screwballer, Fernando Valen
zuela. He blanked the Mets on just seven
hits, while striking out 11. He leads the
league in wins (7), ERA (0.24), strikeouts
(61), innings pitched (63), shutouts (5),
and interviews. You really have to
admire this guy for coming into the big
leagues, not knowing a word of English,
being overweight, knowing how to
throw just two pitches, and winding up
being the hottest thing to come out of
Mexico since chili. Our hats off to
Fernando Valenzuela. Ole!
Just think, if Penn State's Kevin
Keifer makes it to the big leagues with
two pitches, wins eight straight for the
Phillies, and is on the cover of every
sports magazine, you can honestly say,
"I know that guy. I lived on his floor."
Then maybe ABC will do a story on you.
Maybe even a movie like "The Life and
Times of a Fan of Kevin Keffer."
Back to business: In the American
League, as soon as we print a story on
Billy Martin, Time magazine puts Billy
on its cover. What influence! The A's are
still running away with the AL West. As
for the East, wow, can you believe those
Cleveland Indians! They are still in first
place (it might snow). Manager Dave
Garcia is doing a remarkable job with
the team. We must apologize to both of
the Indians' fans for not acknowledging
their team earlier. But, Time will tell.
Closer to home, in the intramural
action, our ywo favorite softball teams
lost last week. E Street and Martino's
Men are our favorite teams because they
represent our dorm floor, except for
Prez Bosik and his cast of followers. We
heard through the grapevines that if
Manager Bosik doesn't start producing a
winner, he might be looking toward the
free agent market. There he, will find
Harry Moyer, Bill Neil, Dave Caruso,
Joan Wike, Pepe Valenzuela (Fernando's
baby brother), and Chico Escuela. Good
luck, Joe.
We would like to announce that a
decision has been reached as to the
winner of the Cutest Softball Cheerlead
er Contest. The winner is Rosanne
Rosenberger hands- down. How manby
guys out there disagree with us? See,
Rosanne, I knew you would win.
Also on the subject of girls, we now
present a question to the manager of
Martino's Men: Being co-agents of Donna
Moyer, why isn't she getting more
playing time? If she doesn't play more,
we must re-negotiate her contract, okay,
Pup?
A special congratulations goes to
Joan Wike, because it was her birthday
recently. Her favorite person gave her a
dismal notice from the bowling team
after last week's performance. Right,
Joan? It was also Ed Carvell's birthday,
Jon Ference keeps his eye on the ball In a recent Lion contest.
READER Photo by Harry H. Moyer
but we thought Joan was much cuter, so
we mentioned her instead.
As for our favorite female 76er fan, it
goes to Dinah Bohannon. Dinah, tell
them who your favorite Boston Celtic fan
is.
We were downstairs visiting some
lady friends, when we ran into one of the
stars of the LTDs bowling squad. Her
name is Teri Oberly, better known as
Tish's roommate. Teri argued with us,
claiming that we only mention the
Strat-O-Matics in our column. Answer
ing politely, we said, "Tough Twinkles,
Dear. That's because it's our column."
We can mention that we have the
prettiest bowler on our team, and
nobody can change that. So talk to your
roommate, our lovely teammate Tish,
and bribe her to get some free publicity.
Speaking of bowling, WSDCs own
Joe Bosik said to us, "If I bowl well, can
you mention me in your column?" Well,
we said maybe. He gave us a $2O bill, and
promised us a date with his favorite
lady. Last week Joe bowled a 215, and by
the way, Joe, we're free June 1.
Before we end our column for this
edition, we would like to attack two
more people. One of them is Bill Neil,
co-assistant editor of this paper. Bill is
really an unlucky guy. On Mother's Day,
instead of calling his mom, he waited
around thinking that it was Mother's
Day to call him. She never called him, so
Bill never wished his mom Happy
Mother's Day. For this he wins our First
Dummy of the Week Award. There was
nobody in second place.
Finally, our last victim is Harry
Moyer himself. This one is more serious
than the others. He has been the center
of abuse from so many people that we
would like to say a few nice things about
him. Did you know that when Harry took
over as Editor In Chief, he had no
journalistic experience? Did you know
that there really is someone named
Harry H. Moyer? Did you know that
Harry only bowls well against the
Strat-O-Matics? Did you know that
Harry is an engineer? Did you know that
he drives a green Pinto wagon? Well, if
you didn't know those things, then
WAKE UP,PENN STATE! What we are
trying to say is that Harry will be
leaving this campus in weeks. We are
glad to report that he has accepted a job
at Pepeo near Washington, D.C. Harry
will be sorely missed by the C.C. Reader
as well as by his fellow students and his
favorite ex-SGA president. So Harry, we
leave you with a quote that sums up your
sporting life here at Capitol Campus. It's
from Steve Carlton, and he said it after
recording his 3,000 th career strikeout:
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Until next issue, remember, no mat
ter how you eat it, it's still dorm food.
P.S. For your information, girls, Harry
has been asked to the semi-formal by
some lucky person, so stop mailing him
invitations.
C.C. Reader