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Scrimmage With Bucknell
Slated for Grid Squad
Dougherty, Hoover, Bunn
May Miss Lewishurg Tilt
• Penn State’s 1950 football squad will wind up its fifth week of
Spring practice with a scrimmage game against Bucknell University
at Lewisburg tomorrow afternoon.
The squad will run through
for an expected tough afternoon
against the Bisons. Although the
Lions have not met Bucknell in a
regular game since 1948, the two
squads met last Spring in a scrim
mage game. Playing without most
starters, the Lions took a lacing,
five touchdowns to none.
FULL STRENGTH
This, year, however, Penn State
will be at full strength with the
exception of Captain Owen
Dougherty, an outfielder on the
baseball team, the team’s leading
ground-gainer last year, and line
men Ed Hoover and Ken Bunn,
who are resting knee injuries. Of
course, as has been the case since
State began farming out fresh
men, the Lions will be playing
without the services of the frosh
potentials.
A question mark for coach Earl
Bruce is Vince O’Bara, the Johns
town tailback from whom much is
expected this year. O’Bara bruis
ed a knee in scrimmage and it is
not known whether he will be
available for duty tomorrow.
ORSINI TO START
Even if O’Bara’s knee responds
to treatment, Bruce is not anxious
to work him too hard for fear of
aggravating the injury. O’Bara
will be used on offense only if the
knee is strong enough.
Bruce’s tailback problem is
somewhat lightened by the. fine
showing Tony Orsini, a converted
wingback, has made. Orsini, a 175-
pound junior, will be the starter at
the deep position, as Bruce an
nounced his intention to stick with
the offensive lineup he used last
week against St. Francis.
With Orsini in the backfield will
be fullback Len Shephard, block
ing back John Podrasky, and
wingback Chan Johnson. The of
fensive end assignments will be
filled by John Smidansky and Art
Betts.
DEFENSIVE UNIT
The offensive line will field Joe
Shumock, center; Len Bartek, and
Bill Mather, guards; and Chuck
Godlasky and Dick Waters, tack
les. Bartek and Shumock will also
play on defense, the latter as a
line-backer.
Mario Santangelo.and Andy Si
lock will be the ends on the
defensive units, while the tackle
slots will be filled by Con Brown
and Bill Hockersmith.
George Harvan, a center, will
help Shumock and Podrasky back
up the line, with George Jacobs
and Herb Ellicker playing the
halfback-positions. Johnson, who
looked good last year as a defen
sive halfback, will play safety.
AIR ATTACK
Prevented from passing against
St. Francis by the rain last week,
the Lions • will try some aerials,
weather permitting. Dougherty,
whose left-handed passes promise
to be a threat in the Fall, will, of
course, not be available, leaving
the passing chores to O’Bara, if he
plays, Orsini, and Shephard.
Shephard’s debut as a passer is
no surprise, although he did not
fill that role in his appearances
last year. He was an outstanding
passer during His high school days
at Lower Merion.
With only one more week of the
Spring drills remaining, the squad
has been running all the plays in
the Lion repertoire. Spring drills
will end a week from tomorrow
and another scrimmage game will
probably be arranged for that
date.
Pioneer Fisherman
For the 33rd year in a row,
George Harvey will be on the
streams Saturday' for the open
ing of the Pennsylvania trout
fishing season. The 38-year-old
Penn State expert is a pioneer
in fly tying and fly casting in
struction.
Anniversary Year
Penn State’s erstwhile football
coach, Joe Bedenk, will be in
command of the baseball team
this Spring for the 20th con
secutive year.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
light drills today in preparation
Switched To Tailback . . . .
College Baseball Coaches
To Oppose Pros' Pirating
Professional baseball clubs which make a habit of pirating big
league prospects from the college campus received • a stiff verbal
slap from J. F. McKale, president of the American Association of
College .Baseball Coaches, in a recent letter to 584 college baseball
head coaches. -
In formulating his declaration of war against the major league
marauders McKale suggests that
“every time a college is robbed
of a baseball player by Organ
ized Baseball we (the Coaches
Association) let , out a squawk
and make it as loud as possible.
“It is my opinion ■ that the
A.A.C.B.C. should assume open
hostility toward Organized Base
ball until they come to some
kind of agreement relative to
the signing of our players ”
THREE PROPOSALS
Three major recommendations
have been offered by the As
sociation Coaches in an attempt
to secure a working agreement
with professional baseball. The
Association first attempted' to
have collegiate ball players pro
tected until their class had grad
uated. '.
They then tried to get an
agreement .so that the college
could keep players from being
signed until they had registered
for their sophomore year.
Branch Rickey offered a solu
tion at the Association’s meet
ing last January whereby or
ganized baseball would not
tamper with college players after
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Weekend Sport
Schedule
TODAY
Lacrosse—Loyola at Baltimore
TOMORROW
Baseball—Rutgers 2:30 p.m. here
Lacrosse—Navy at Annapolis
Golf—Gettysburg at Gettysburg
the beginning of their sophomore
year.-
SYMPATHETIC
McKale believes that' Baseball
Commissioner Chand 1e r and
Brooklyn’s Rickey are 'sympa
thetic toward the college cause
however, “We do ' not seem ■to
have many friends among the
owners.” ■
' “Last Winter after the ' Pro
fessional Baseball meetings we
expected some kind of an answer
which has not been forthcoming
—and we are still wondering
why. Possibly the best method
is to start being individually dis
agreeable. The only' dent that
can be made in Organized Base
ball is bad publicity.”
Lone examples of collegiate
diamond stars whose signing by
major league scouts, should arouse
a minimum of protest are those
players cited by McKale and,
incidentally seconded 'by Joe
Bedenk, Penn State baseball
ccach, as being shaky in schol
astic grades, those just hanging
around the campus for the sole
purpose of baseball, or who have
been offered a large bonus for
signing. "
Lion Diamond Forces
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Seek Second Victory
... 'Penn State’s baseball forces will be out to make it two in a
row tomorrow afternoon when they face Rutgers at Beaver Field.
Game time is 2:30.
The Maroon of Rutgers has been 6n a swing through the south
playing Virginia, Maryland and George Washington and coming out
with victories in all except second game of a doubleheader with
Maryland. '
Virginia fell 3-2 after the pre
vious day’s game had been call
ed because of rain; Maryland
went down to an inglorious 10-0
defeat but bounced back to win
the second, 10-7. George Wash
ington lost a 10 inning game,
5-4
MET TWICE
State and Rutgers hooked up
twice last year, the Maroon win
ning 6-2 during'the regular sea
son. The Lions revenged them
selves with a 7-4 conquest in the
District 2 NCaA playoffs.
The Rutgers squad boasts nine
letter winners back from last
year’s. squad.
More prominent of the vet
erans are first baseman- Bob Su
ba, hard-hitting left-hander; out
fielder John Sabo, a varsity foot
baller; third baseman Jim Mono
han,- crashing fullback of the
varsity grid team and pint
sized Ray VanCleef. VanCleef
patrols center field and uses his
strong arm and whippet-like
speed to good advantage.
PITCHERS UNPERTAIN
Either Herman Hering, a right
handed veteran and number one
pitcher, or Don Biehn, sopho
more lefty, will take the hill for
the Maroon. ' ,
■ Coach Joe Bedenk 'is expected
to counter with A 1 Tkac, Dal
't.on Rumberger, Bill Bair or Bill
DICK WERTZ
Hopper. -All but. Hopper are
righthanders.
The lineup will, remain' vir
tually the same as ,the team. that
defeated Western ll-0,
in Wednesday’s open^ri.*^
Only one change is .in evidence
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950
Sigma Nu-A
Wins Second
With only six points having
been scored on them in two
matches, the Sgima Nu-A volley
ball team; defending fraternity
champions, swept through - their
match this week over Phi Kappa
Tau-A, 15-5, 15-1. ' Beta Sigma
Rho-A, Sigma Phi Sigma B, Alpha
Gamma Rho-B, Alpha Chi Sigma-
B, and Sigma Phi Epsilomß also
won their second .straight match
es. . ..
Beta Sig-A trounced Alpha
Zeta-A, 15-1, 15-9, Sigma Phi Sig-i
ma-B surged up to. down Alpha
Chi Rho-B, 2-15, 15-0, 15-1, AGR-
B rapped Theta Chi-B, 15-7, 15-7,
Alpha Chi Sigma-B won easily
from AEPi-B, 15-4, 15-0, while
Sigma Phi Epsilon-B drubbed Phi
Sigma Delta-B, 15-4, 15-8.
In other loop contests, Phi Ep
silon Pi-B dropped a 15-2, 15-9
decision, to'TKE-B, but the Phi
Ep’s A squad won a close match
from Phi Kappa Sigma, 15-12, 15-
13. Phi Kappa Psi-A walloped
Kapa Sigma-A, 15-0,. 15-12, Sigma
Chi-A beat PiKA-B, 15-11, 15-2,
Pi Kappa Phi edged Sigma Nu-B,
15-13, 15-12, and Alpha Sigma Phi-
B outspiked Alpha ’Phi Delta-B,
T 5-8, 15-9. -
Hurdler At Helm
. Jim Gehrdes, of Altoona, Pa.,
will captain ' the Penn State
track and field team • in his last
season as a collegiate sprinter,
and hurdler.
at the. moment. Soccer All-Am
erican Harry Little will probably
start in center field replacing
Hopper.-'
‘- .Little, has been hitting~the ball
often, and far, at practice and
Coach Bedenk thinks he may.
add to the offensive power of
the team.
REA & DERICK
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the rest of the day'