THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941 1111111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Between The Lions With PAT NAGELBERG • Baird's Charges The. subject of sports manager ships 'may not exactly belong on the•lport page but we think it sufficiently connected with ath letics to warrant its discussion in this' column. Especially so, when the ' president-elect of the All= College 'Cabinet decides to make a political issue out of it and makes -claims which he could not substa:ntfate even if he wanted to: ' • - • We •didn't have the pleasure to hear . Bob Baird's inaugural addreSs Tuesday afternoon but he was quoted as saying, and he i;erifie.ld the statement, that ath letit managerships. are being used as political footballs and need in vestigation. When questioned yesterday, the_ versatile athletic politico claimed -that he actually knows •of several cases where deals were made, to put it While we had more than a superficial insight into the con -troversial matter (which Baird evidently does not), we went di rectly to the best source of in formation, the managers, cap tains and coaches and here are some of the results. The desired _ managerships are gained by boys. who work hardest and show the greatest aptitude for getting along with the man ager, coach and the players. In _ other words, the same qualities which spell success - in every other field are also essential for managerships. The .: _True Facts No trades are "pulled" by in dividuals or fraternities, and the usual hue and cry raised after certain candidates lose out in close elections dies out when _closer investigation is made. No student is low . enough to. vote against a deserving candidate simply to complete a so-called political deal Baird and his co horts are shouting about. When one realizes that the coaches and the graduate manager of athletics have an equal vote in the elec tions, the charge appears ridicu _. lOUs. Perhaps Baird is incensed be cause fraternit3;:. men apparently d o m i n a t e — ffie - managerships. Upon investigating the set-up during the : past. four years, we discovered that the few non affiliated men who tried out for managerships met with over whelming success. Why, even the football manager in 1937 was a non-fraternity man. The trouble is that so few of them devote any time to it, while fraternity men, constantly pushed by their houses, turn out in greater num bers. No, we disagree with Bob that athletic managerships are used as political footballs and need investigation. Having talked to a large number of interested per sons we believe that Baird will find a great majority opposed to his charge. After making such emphatic statements, we think that you should back them up, Bob. The space is yours, but we want facts and not mere political orations. Sportmanship is essen tial in and out•of.the ring. Sophoniores at Butler college elected twins, Barbara and Mar jorie:Kelly, as - "Sweethearts of Butler. 7 Navy Nine Hands Lions 8-1 Defeat, FM Of Season ANNAPOLIS, MD., May 7. Navy's baseball Midshipmen handed Penn State's diamond men an 8-1 defeat, their fifth of the season, this afternoon; set ting the Lions down with four scattered hits. Left fielder Peany Gates tal lied the lone Nittany run in the eighth inning when he singled, went to second on catcher Jack Stauffer's infield out, and stole third and home. Navy piled up its seven run margin of victory on rallies in the third and sixth innings. In the third with two men out, Lion twirler Jim Richardson walked a man and yielded a single, set ting up Midshipman Bill Wer ner's three run homer over War ren Kolkebeck's head 'in center field. In the sixth, Werner again sparked a Navy scoring spree. First man up, he smashed a hard drive into right field which John Ebersole dove for and missed, al lowing the ball to roll for anoth er home run. Three singles an. two walks in the same inning brought across the final four Navy runs. Navy rhoae Stowe 1 1 3 4 0 Blue 1 0 1 1 0 Brennan 1 0 3 0 0 Werner 3 2 10 1 0 Harwood . Smith .... Gebert Lavrakas . Smith . Totals Penn State Ball Kolkebeck Ebersole .. Debler .... Gates .... Stauffer .. Sapp Thomas' .. Richardson Totals .. ...o o o ...1 ...o ...o ...o Mercersburg Hands Fresh Nine First Loss Two hit pitching by Mercers burg Academy twirler Bob Whit man handed the Nittany frosh baseballers a 5-1 set-back, their . first of the 'year, on Beaver Field yesterday afternoon. Coach Leo Houck's yearling diamondmen were retired in or der at the plate in every inning but the third and ninth. Catcher Charles McFarland scored the only Lion run with a home run in the last inning. Mercersburg ab r h o a e Postle'waite, ss 5 1 1 3 4 0 Barry, rf .... 3 0 1 1 0 0 Warden, 2b .. 4 1 1 0 1 0 Kercher, lb .. 3 1 0 7 1 0 Vieth, ef .... 4 1 1 6 0 0 Neff, if 3 0 0 2 Lockhart, c 4 0 1 8 Chapman, 3b 2 1 0 0 Whitman, p .. 2 0 0 0 Totals - 30 5 5 27 9 Penn State ab r o a Lucas, 2b 4 0 0 4 2 S'bastianelli, ss 4 0 1 0 1 Burford, cf ... 3 0 0 2 0 Sidler,. 3b ... 3 0 0 1 1 Potsklan, if .. 3 0 0 1 0 Pointek, rf .. 3 0 0 3 0 Germain, lb . 2 0 0 7 0 McFarland, c 3 1 1 7 4 Pyer, p 2 0 0 0 4 Martella .... 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 1 2 27 12 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Frosh Golf Roster Open For Cornell Match Hoping to imitate the unbeaten record of their varsity big broth ers, the untried frosh golfers will ope ntheir 1941 season against Cornell on the College course at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The tentative freshman roster released yesterday by Coach Bob Rutherford Jr. has George Row botham and Bill Swan at No. 1 and 2 posts. Golf or Tennis Official Softball Equipment BALL - The Athletic Store Inc. Phone 2158 Opposite Main Gate State College Lion Netmen Lose To Penn, 9-0 By DON DAVIS Special to the Collegian back strong to win 6-8, 7-5, 6-1, PHILADELPHIA, May 17., to give the Quakers a lead which Keeping their two-year eastern they never relinquished. tennis record unmarred, Penn's The defeat breaks a three highly-touted netmen ran rough game victory streak for the Lions shod over Ted Roethke's Penn and gives them a record of three Staters with a 9-0 whitewashing wins and three losses this season. here this afternoon. Although the Lion's leadoff University of Kentucky is add man, Captain Mac .Weinstein, ing a course in advanced sales took the initial set from Bill Kil- manship. WE HAVE IT! - $1.25 BAT PAGE THREE gus, the Philadelphia ace came /5c
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