SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1950
'On The Ball'
BY RAY KOEHLER
Sports Editor
Leon Root, an odds-on choice
for at least one of the name All-
America teams and labeled as
"the greatest center I've ever
seen" by his coach Harvey J.
Harman, is also a brilliant pre
med student and president of
the senior class.
Harman, a veteran of many
grid campaigns at Rutgers, isn't
one to look a gift horse in the
mouth, but when asked if he
wished that Root were twins,
he offers:
"Well. he plays both offense
and defense, which makes him
almost twins. But wouldn't it
be nice if he were quintuplets?"
After two seasons as a full
back, Root was converted to
center last season, following
which his opponents voted him
as the outstanding Rutgers'
lineman.
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Forgotten by many in the light
of his current political and social
activities is the fact that Paul
Robeson, one of the greatest of
all Negro athletes, was named as
an All-American end at Rutgers
by Walter Camp in 1918.
Isri't' it ironical that the nick
name of the team he played for
as a college youth should be the
"Scarlet?"
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Down at Virginia's William
and Mary the publicity boys
are thumping the tub overtime
in an attempt to find new ad
jectives describing W and M's
1950 football crew.
Receiving the greatest a
mount of praise is the sensa
tional Vito Eupollio Ragazzo—
hailed as the greatest pass
catcher. since the college days
of Don Hutson.
Last sgason Ragazzo scored
more touchdowns than any
other lineman in the history of
collegiate football as he snared
15 scoring aerials. lie paced the
Southern Conference in scoring
and ranked .second among ma
jor college point-getters. Last
winter he was drafted by the
Chicago Cards.
Three gold-inlaid spittoons for
the gentleman correctly putting
the finger on Michigan State's No.
1 center prospect. He's none other
then Dick Tarnburo, younger
brother of Penn State's All-Am
erican end, Sam, who starred
during the '4B season.
The moving of State's fine end
coach Earle Edwards to Michigan
State .in 1948 , couldn't possibly
have prompted Dick's decision to
enter there instead of Penn State
could it?
Willie Thrower, another fine
grid performer who, with a little
more pressure, might have been
persuaded to come to State, is
one of the top-rated prospects for
Michigan State's left halfback
spot. The pass-throwing New
Kensington back was the only
notable absentee from the open
ing session of M.S.U.'s Fall foot
ball practice.
It seems as though Willie was
en route from his Pennsylvania
home with his 1028 jallopy load
ed with the belongings of all five
members of the New Kensington
delegation on the Spartan squad.
The others—Vince Pisano, Ren
aldo• Kozikowski, Bill Horrell,
and Tamburo—took other means
of transportation and arrived on
time.
Last heard from as the Spar
tanS took the field for the press
photographers' day session, Willie
was somewhere near East Liver
pool, Ohio, after nearly 12 hours
on the road.
Biggie Munn, the Michigan
State head football coach who
used to be a crack punter dur
ing his All-American guard
days at Minnesoll, still has a
whale of a kick left in his right
leg. This Summer while in
structing a football clinic he
booted the pigskin, more than
70 yards through the air . . . .
kicking barefootedi
Nittany Backs Talented
—but Scarce In Number
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While Rip Engle may lack manpower to put on a full
display of winged-T explosiveness, the wily grid tactician
can count on no less than four lettermen, two good-looking
sophomores, and a handful of
holdovers from last year's squad
to give him a well-balanced crop
of ball-toters,
Although no one who has
watched the Lions go through
their routines on Beaver Field
would go so far as to claim Engle
has real depth in any department,
the fact is that if the Lions boast
any real strength it is in their
offensive backfield.
Game-hardened veterans quar
terback Vince O'Bara, halfback
Tony Orsini, and wingback Owen
Dougherty, will probably hold
down three of the starting posi
tions. Dougherty, was the team's
leading ground-gainer last year
while O'Bara was second in total
offense. Orsini saw enough game
time at wingback to earn his let
ter.
The conversion of O'Bara to
"pitcher" in the winged-T has
been "The Project" for Engle and
backfield coach Frank Patrick. A
good runner, Vince completed 7
of 21 passes last year as a tail
back in the single-wing. O'Bara
is also doing most of the bootii!g.
Last year he averaged 38 yards in
16 punts.
Unheralded Dick Koerber, an
lalso-ran tailback on last year's
junior varsity crew, is making
O'Bara hustle for the job. Sopho
more Joe Gratson might also
prove to be of some help.
• The fullback job, vacated by
the incomparable Francis "Pun
chy" Rogel, is the only backfield
position void of veterans. Sopho
more Ted Shattuck, a promising
(Continued on page four)
Sykes Calls Out
IM Tenniseers
Dutch Sykes, director of intra
mural tennis„has announced that
men interested in IM tennis
should report to 213 Rec Hall be
fore 5 p.m. Wednesday.
There will be a separate tourna
ment for independent and frater
nity men. Each fraternity may
enter two men; any independent
may enter and represent him
self. However, any man who has
won a varsity letter will not be
eligible for competition.
The fraternity champion, Mark
Borland, of Phi Gamma Delta, has
graduated while the independent
monarch, Richard Wieland, will
not be eligible for tournament
play this year.
HoHei 'n Hades . i .
Baseball World Awaits Outcome
Of Final 9 Days Junior Loop Play
With the exception of two night games major league
baseball took a holiday yesterday.
But the nation's fans did not. Instead, they took advan
tage of the break in the schedule to look a bit closer at the
tight American League pennant chase.
With .each team having
games left to
play, Casey 711 1 1
Stengle's Kew ,
York Yankees
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and the Detroit
Tigers were'iSci
deadlocked a%wn
t•A ,
first place and
Boston was 2 ,
games behind.
One of the Ti- " 4
ger's. games was
played last night
at Cleveland.
The Tigers de- Casey Stengel
finitely have the edge as far as
the schedule is concerned. Going
into last night's contest the Ben
gals had six games left with
Cleveland and four with the St.
Louis Browns.
Meanwhile the Yanks and Red
Sux will face each other in four
games and each have four games
left with Washington, who has
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
O'Bara Pitching
By JOE BREU
Bischoff Urges
Indie Swimmers
To Enter Teams
Many independent students
have the idea they can enter
themselves individually in intra
mural swimming, Eugene C. Bis
choff, director of intramural ath
letics at the College said yester
day. He reminds all independents
that they must enter as a team
with a minimum of five men.
Last year's aquatic competition
was the initial independent ven
ture into intramural swimming.
Six teams entered with Dorm 2
of Pollock Circle becoming the
ultimate winner. An intramural
pool record was set last season
when Gene Kolber backstroked
his way GO yards to a 39.4 timing.
Kolber swam for Dorm 2.
Pi Kappa Phi Champ
Other records are 32.0 for the
60-yard free style, made by Jack
Senior of Pi Kappa Phi in 1948;
42.3 for the 60-yard breaststroke,
held by Harry Nelson of Alpha
Sigma Phi in 1949. The Phi Epsi
lon Pi quartet of Goldenberg,
Weiser, Rosetsky, and Magaziner
hold the 120-yard relay record
with a time of 1:02.3.
specialized in knocking off the
big boys this season. The Yank
games with the Nats are con
secutive double headers. The Sox
must also play two double head
ers in the final week. Only one
twin bill faces the Tigers, and
that with the Browns.
Things look blackest for the
Red Sox despite the fact that
they play their last six games
at home where they are prac
tically unbeatable. Two games to
make up in ten is a large scale
task.
At the same time it appears
that the Tiger pitching staff is
back to full strength while Vic
Raschi's sore arm is not going to
aid the Yank's somewhat erratic
pitching staff. As for the Sox,
Mel Parnell and Ellis Kinder
were unable to pitch them to a
pennant last year and the task
is even greater- this season.
Ex-Lion Stone Works Out
With Cross Country Squa
Curt Stone, former Lion miler
who toured Europe last Summer
with an American track contin
gent, arrived on campus recently
and will work out with Coach
Chick Werner's cross country
squad for the next few days.
Werner has approximately 80
varsity and freshman candidates
going through conditioning drills
preparing for the grueling season
ahead.
Included in the group working
out with the varsity are eight
senior• lettermen. The holdovers
from last year's harrier squad in
cludes Don and Bill Ashenfelter,
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