. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1951 Spring Changeover CLARENCE BUSS . . left, and Harry Little.are shown turning in their soccer equipment to Ralph Wert, equipment manager, before reporting for baseball practice last week. Susi and Little. both All-American soccer players, are also lettermen in baseball. Booter To Baseball Switch A Cinch For Buss, Little When the varsity baseball team reported for pre-season training last week, it was just a change of uniforms and a switch from a large round ball to a smaller pellet for two of the candidates All-American soccer players Clarence Buss and Harry Little have not been satisfied with win ning letters in one sport and will both be trying for their sixth varsity letters this spring! "Bus sy" has already earned two base ball letters besides his three soc cer letters, while Little earned a baseball numerous last year, and is a four-letter soccer winner. Seasoned Diamond Performers They will be candidates for the team only in the sense that all men reporting to a baseball team are called candid'ates, for both Buss and Little are seasoned per formers. Little held down the "hot corner" for the Nittanies last year, while Buss alternated the catching duties with Jack Kurty. Two years ago "Bussy" was the number one backstop and led the team in batting with a lusty .357 average. Little, though small for a third baseman, earned the reg ular job because of his alert play ing and strong arm. Buss, besides his heavy hitting, moves like greased lightning on the base paths. Birds Of A Feather These two athletes are similar in many respects besides size. Their athletic careers at Penn State have followed a pattern. Both started to college in 1945 and played soccer under the war time ruling which allowed fresh men to participate in varsity snorts. After the freshman year, Buss joined the Marine Corps, and Little the Navy. They return ed to Penn State in 1948 and re sumed their athletic car e e r s, much to the delight of soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey. Sparked by the play of these two standouts, Jeffrey's team in 1950 and '1951 received invitations to the first two Soccer Bowl games in booting history. Both $ 4 14., S to NW . vti " ft • /r --6411 . • al LAW NC\ ' Cr Vii) Ohs rrAnilla ICE 'CREAM You can see these big, luscious cherries in Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. An original Broyers creation. Made better! Tastes better! Your friendly Breyer Dealer has it in • pints, quarts and Half Gallons. By DAVE COLTON players were named All-Pennsyl vania soccermen this year and Little, captain of Penn State's team, made first string All-Amer ica for the second year in a row, while Buss earned second string honors. Both agree that last year's soccer-bowl opponent, San Fran cisco, was the toughest team they have played. State tied San Fran cisco 2-2 by virtue of Little's pen alty shot with ten seconds re maining to play. Mandel Trophy To Little Besides his 'All' team honors, Little also received the Mandel dophy for the second straight year as the outstanding Penn State soccer player. He became the second player in Penn State history to accomplish this feat. Buss used his 'educated toe' to garner eight goals 'during the regular season and ranked as the second leading scorer on the team. He also scored one goal against Purdue S.C. in the bowl game. Despite the loss of a few vet eran performers, Buss and Little thiiiic the 1951 booters should up hold State's reputation as a spc cer power. When asked about their fav orite sport both replied that soc cer was No. 1 during soccer sea son, but that baseball ranks first when springtime rolls around. Buss, who lives in Watsontown, and Little, of Dover, are physical education majors and members of Druids and Parmi Nous hat soci eties. Buss, a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternit , . and Little, of Pi Kappa Alpha frater nity, will be graduated in June. Both hope to coach soccer or baseball. Pace-setters of the current Penn' State basketball team are Captain Lou Laurie, Arnold, Pa., and Ted Panoplos, Altoona, Pa. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Varsity Players, Coaches Share IntramuralSportsWorldOddities Lion Vignettes Increased Speed Helps Albarano One of the reasons why Penn State's boxing team is getting stronger from one match to the next is Johnny Albarano. who represents the Nittany Lions in the 145-pound class. 'Albarano, who is a junior, dropped a close decision in his first fight to Joe Mackey of Min nesota, then piled up three, im pressive victories, before losing to Syracuse's East e r n 145-Ib. champ, Ben Dolphin, last week. Increased Slug Power Albarano believes his improve ment has been due to the in crease in his hitting power, and to the fact that he weighs less and thus has gained speed. Johnny has nothing but praise for his coach, Eddie Sulkowski. "Eddie is a great fellow and a wonderful coach. He was a good choice to succeed Leo Houck. With a little time and experience as a coach, he will be producing the best boxing teams in the country," Albarano says. Musical Family When Johnny is not putting on the gloves for a weekend match, he goes to his home, Lilly Pa., to play in the family orchestra. Five members of the Albarano fam ily, including Johnny, make up their combine. Johnny's father conducts the band. Boxing, however, cannot be tabbed as Albarano's only sport. In his senior year of high school, he captained his football team to an unscored upon and undefeated season. He also plays basketball. Albarano is majoring in mining engineering, and wants to work for a mining company after fin ishing school. A member of Theta Kappa Phi fraternity, Albarano holds the rank of Lieutenant Col onel in the Engineering battalion of ROTC. Bucs' Wagner inks '5l Coaching Pact PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20 (il 3 ) The venerable Honus Wagner will be around again next baseball season as coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner, who will be 77 Saturday, signed a 1951 contract today. It was his 40th in the Na tional League and his 19th as Pirate coach. He won undying fame as an oldtime Buc shortstop. The girl? Oh sure! But I really meant that delicious, choColaty TOOTSIE ROLL. Try them. Buy them wherever candy is sold. By . JERRY SPOTTS By LOWELL KELLER Varsity sport figures at Penn State—plus their coach es—also are among those who make the headlines in the in tramural realm. In a way it's natural, however, since these individuals are remembered for their actions throughout the year. Cne story concerns a hulking varsity football player named Howard Caskey who roamed this campus, several years ago. At that time the football team was auartered in a building known as the Football . house, but to its members it was known as Grey stone manor. Caskey was the manager of the Manor's basketball team and they were good enough to win their league. Also it was known (and still is) that members of the championship team receive med als presented by the IM office. Wanted A Trophy Caskey, anticipating that his squad would win the coveted title, asked Gene Bischoff to give them a trophy instead of the usual medals. He was careful to ask that Greystone manor, not Football house, be engraved on the cup. Later that week. "Huge" How ard led his team on to the floor in the quarter-finals. All deliber ating went for naught, though, as Caskey's five received a terrific trouncing. Dutch Sykes, assistant •IM di rector, relates an anecdote about a more well-known football star, Bob Hicks, Co-captain of the Lion's 1950 eleven. Here was a fellow who had played before thousands of• people. He was a stand-out performer in the 1948 Cotton Bowl classic with South ern Methodist. A Volleyball Enthusiast Hicks took an extreme liking to volleyball and played for the Delta Upsilon intramural team during the spring of last year. As each game was completed, DU edged closer and closer to the league title. But it seemed every contest dragged out to the maxi mum of three games. It was after one of these pulse tingling affairs that Bob button holed Gene Bischoff and told him that he (Hicks) could not play another game because it was too much for his nerves. The strain had been overwhelming in the in significant volleyball games. The lately-deceased ex-rfittany boxing mentor, Leo Houck, is the subject of many a tale. Those who were around when Leo refereed the IM boxing matches beneath the balcony might remember that fans used to crowd in close to the ring and hollar remarks, some- US FAVORITE times very disparaging, both to Houck and to the contestants. As soon as the noise got out of hand, the 'Old Pro' would stop the bout, walk over to the rowd ies, and in an extremely calm voice begin his lectures by say ing, "Listen, Fred," a phrase that has passed down through thtl years as a patented Houckism. Charlie Speidel, who's serving his 25th year as mat mentor, is the third Penn State coach to achieve this distinction since 1946. For Best Results Use Collegian Classified $ 4144447 0" DUNGAREES Men's and Ladies' only $2.29-$2.99 PLASTIC RAINCOATS $1.95 PENNSHIRE CLOTHES 112 S. Frazier St. NEXT DOOR TO CITY HALL Open Mon. .& Fri. 'till 9 P.M. Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling 1950 CHAMPIONSHIPS PENN STATE'S RECREATION HALL State College, Pa. • FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Preliminaries At I P. M. 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