WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951
Political Foes
Boom Lausche
As Commissioner
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13,—(fP)--
The Washington Evening Star
said today that Ohio Governor
Frank Lausche is witnessing the
peculiar spectacle of having his
political foes back him for the
baseball commissionership.
Sports writer Burton Hawkins
said election of Lausche to the
post next month in Florida to re
place A. B. (Happy) Chandler
would go a long way toward
solving a political problem for
the Ohio G.O.P.
Hawkins dealt with the con
nection between national politics
and baseball in Lausche's case in
these words:
"Into the complicated situation
comes such names as Donald M.
Hornbeck, one-seventh owner of
the (Cleveland) Indians, promin
ent in Republican affairs, and a
close friend of John W. Galbreath
of Columbus. President of the
(Pittsburgh) Pirates.
"When Galbreath purchased
the Pittsburgh club the deal was
handled, in large part, by Sena
tor Bricker's Columbus law firm.
Galbreath and Bricker are close
personal friends—they went to
Ohio State together.
"Enter the law firm of Ray Mil
ler and the aforementioned Horn
beck. Miller, former Mayor of
Cleveland, is the Democratic boss
of Cuyahoga county.
"Miller is an avowed political
enemy of Gov. Lausche. So two
of the most potent political voices
in Ohio—Miller's and Bricker's—
are raised in supporting Lausche
for the baseball post. They hope
to accomplish the same objective
—remove Lausche from Ohio's
political arena."
'On The Balll
(Continued from page six)
out the window wondering whether that new double pivot play will
stand up under fire. Beside .Tocci sits the Lions' blond head manager,
Fred Phillips, who, by the way, is married and the father of a 16-
moriths-old daughter; Karen.
Members of the squad are equally distributed about the bus.
Over there Hardy Williams, wearing a chocolate-brown sports coat,
alternately drifts into a coma-like sleep or intently studies some
deep-appearing poly-sci volume.
You study the kid. A brilliant student with a personality that
has made him one of Penn State's most 'liked athletes. Yet, despite
his qualifications, when we come into Washington he will be forced
to split up from the rest of the team because of our national capitol's
Jim Crow hotel rule. And you burn, inwardly.
Toward the back of the bus Captain Lou Lamie and hard-working
guard, Junie "The Grimace" Moore, could be discussing the merits of
their respective Saturday night dates.
As the "Jolter" Joe DiMaggio is to the Yankees, so is Lamie
to Penn State's varsity five. When Lou starts to click the entire club
catches fire endangering even those in the stands. When on tour he is
the club's speaker and he's never at a loss for words.
Quite a contrast appears between the spirited, fun-loving Ted
Panoplos (the comment is made . . . "who sleeps when Panoplos is
awake?) and his shy, dark-complexioned seat buddy, Jay "Tiny"
McMahan, 6-foot-6 center who somehow manages to crowd his bulk
into as comfortable position as possible.
And there you have it. We lack the space to mention a few of
the other players Whitey Makarewicz and Joe Piorokowski,
whose names we probably mis-spell three times out of four, Herm
Sledzik. Bill Gibson, Tom Shuptar but they're all meant to" be
there. For these are the guys who are putting the roar into the
Nittany Lion.
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Grid Tactics Encroach On Cage Scene
THIS CROSS-BODY BLOCK thrown on Penn State's Doby
Lynch (20) by a zealous Mountaineer was typical of the action
in which 60 personal fouls were called during the Lion-West Vir
ginia basketball game in Rec hall Saturday night. State's Ken
Bouldin is shown analyzing the play in the foreground.
Vic Raschi, top percentage pitcher of the American League last
year, yesterday signed his 1951 contract for a "satisfactory raise."
Salary figures were not discussed by Raschi or the New York
club, but newsmen guessed that the strong righthander, who woat
21 and ,lost only eight last season, received a pay hike from $25,000
to $30,000.
Coming down from his Con
esus, N.Y., home to talk salary
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terms, Raschi entered into a
short discussion with Roy Hamey,
assistant to general manage r
George Weiss, and emerged from
the Yankee front office all smiles,
announcing that he had signed
"for a satisfactory raise."
First baseman Dale Coogan
plans to play a double role this
year—that of a student and a
ballplayer. The tall Pirate pros
pect sent back his signed con
tract yesterday and wrote that
he would enrol lat the University
of Southern California for the
spring semester on the advice of
Pittsburgh general manage
Branch ilickey. He will not join
the Pirates until June.
Managing to appear in 53
games while compiling a weak
.240 batting average for the Pir
ates after he was brought up from
the New Orleans Pelicans early
last season, Coogan was sent to
Indianapolis for the remainder of
the 1950 season.
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Lion Cager, Williams,
Is Former H. S. Star
' When the Bucknell basketball team invaded Rec hall last week,
it came with blood in its eye intending to avenge at any cost the
"fraud" executed upon it by the Lion cagers three weeks before.
One of the prime reasons why it failed in its quest was the great
performance turned in by a hardworking State guard, Hardy Wil
liams. He not only led the Blue and White quintet with 18 points
but played a stellar floor game.
Williams is a native of Phil
adelphia and at present a junior
in pre-law. He is 20 years old,
weighs 170 pounds and is 5' 11"
tall. He -attended West Philadel
phia high school where he was a
three letter athlete. An end in
football, he was named on the
All-Public second team. He also
gained honorable mention on the
All-Public basketball team. In
addition, he played shortstop in
baseball. But the cr o
achievement of Hardy's h i h
school career came when he was
chosen as the outstanding ath
lete of his class in his senior year_
Hardy graduated in 1948 and
the next fall enrolled in Penn
State, going to Cheney State
Teachers college for his initial
year. He then came to State and
in his first year proceeded to
capture a berth on the basketball
team.
His biggest thrill is similar to
that of teammate Ted Panoplos,
being a contest in which he pour-
Bischoff Sets Handball
The deadline for entries in
intramural handball singles is
at 4:30 p.m.; Friday, Eugene C.
Bischoff, director of intramural
athletics, announced today.
All entries must be turned
into the intramural office in
Rec hall. Fraternities may en
ter not More than three men,
but independents may enter
individually. The entry fee for
handball singles is 25c per man.
news yesterday when Clyde Mc-
Cullough, their first-string catch
signed his 1951 contract after
a conference with general man
ager Branch Rickey.
After his salary talk had end
ed, the brawny, 32-year-old back
stop,l who caught in 103 games
*and hit .254 last season, smilingly
announced, "Everything is great!"
The BoSton Braves were minus
another worry yesterday when
veteran outfielder Tommy Holmes
agreed to terms offered by the
Tribe in a telephone conversation
with general manager John
Quinn.
Holmes, who will be starting
his tenth season with the Braves
in 1951, hit a healthy .298 last
year in 105 games.
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ed in 33 points. He also lists last
year's West Virginia game in Rec
hall as a highlight in his brief but
illustrious career.
At present, he sports a 2.6 all-
College average. A pledge of
Omega Psi Phi, Hardy hopes to
go to Penn to receive his law de
gree.