PACE SIX
- FT'our oxers Seek-NCAA:Hanors This Week
If the robin is
a sports fan he's
probably ready
to pack up and
head back South
thinking he' s
made the trek
North a bit pre
maturely. Bu t
watching the
basketball team
work out in Rec
hall and the foot
ball squad run
ning through
drills on Beaver
field is enough
to fool anyone.
Hardy Williams
(1) and Jay Mc-
Mahan (center),
Penn State co
catains for 1951-
'52, go in for lay
up shots, while
on the right foot
baller Tony Ra
dos hands off to
Bob Pollard.
Bair, Sore-Arm
Shows Well k
Bill Bair, Lion pitcher who completed the 1950 campaign
with a perfect 5-0 record but who has been a constant worry
this year to Coach Joe Bedenk
because of a bursitis - ridden
shoulder, has shown a brand of
hurling this past week (approach
ing that of his form of last spring.
Both Bair and assistant Coach
Chuck Medlar admit that he can
not throw as hard as he is able,
but Medlar insists that Bill's
wing will soon come around to
top-notch shape. In a practice
contest Saturday, Bair hurled
two innings ,and was touched for
only one hit, a triple by new
comer Sil Cerchie.
Revamped Lineup
It will be definitely a revamped
lineup that w i 11 take the field
this Saturday against Western
Maryland. The State nine will
suffer through th e losses of
Harry Little, third baseman;
Clarence Buss, first-string catch
er, and Carmen Troisi, shortstop.
The former two are still on the
soccer tour in Iran, while Troisi
is out for the year because of
ineligibility.
It is expected, however, that
Buss and Little will be in good
enough shape for the two-game
Georgetown series the following
week. The two veterans took
their gloves with them overseas,
but will have to work to get back
their batting eyes.
As it now stands, Chris Ton
nery will fill in at third for Lit
tle, and either Bill Leonard or
Gus Vogt will do the backstop
ping in the initial battle. Stan
Laganosky at first, either Bill On
dick or Paul Mowery at short
stop, and Bill Mihalich at second
base will round out the infield.
Henry Albright, Bill Hopper,
and Sil Cerchie will be in the out
field, with a possible chance of
Bob Schoellkopf landing a start
ing outfield job.
Dodgers Buy
Edwards, King
MIAMI, April 2 VP) The
Brooklyn Dodgers today an
nounced the purchase of outfield
er Hank Edwards and pitcher
Clyde King from their Montreal
International league farm club.
Edwards, who batted .364 in
40 National league games with
Chicago last year, will be used
mainly as a pinchhitter. The Cubs
sold Edwards to Montreal during
the season. Edwards came up to
the majors with Cleveland but
has been hampered during his
career by shoulder trouble.
King, signed by the Dodgers
out of the University of North
Carolina in 1944, returns as a re
lief pitcher. He won 17 for the
Royals last season after develop
ing a slider.
Who Says Spring Is Here?
By LOWELL KELLER
Grange Recalls
Placekick Thrill
Chicago, April 2 (W) Re d
Grange's greatest thrill in foot
ball came, when on bended knee,
he held the ball for a placekick.
Illinois' old 'Galloping Ghost,"
who whirled, darted and scamp
ered to 31 touchdowns and to
grid i r on immortality, let his
glorious past catch up with him
today.
It crowded back on him when
he learned of his almost un
animous selection in a nationwide
Associated Press poll fora half
back spot on the all-time All-
America football team.
"My big thrill—came when I
was a sopohomore in 1923. We
were playing lowa, and we trail
ed 7-6 with the clock running out.
"On our own 45 yard line, Earl
Britton decided to try a field
goal.l held the ball—was so darn
excited my hands were shaking.
"Well, Britton booted it a good
one. And as I knelt there watch
ing the ball sail 55 yards and
smack through the uprights for
a 9-7 victory—that, without a
doubt, was the biggest thrill I've
ever had in football."
Maureys Score Ag6in . . .
Clearfield All-Stars
Defeat Japs On Mat
Not to outdone by the soccer team, several Penn State wrestlers,
more specifically the Maurey brothers, got into the international act
as they paced the Clearfield All-Stars to a 9-3 win over touring
Japanese wrestlers Saturday night in Clearfield.
Former Lion mat captain Jim Maurey took a 6-1 decision in the
157-lb. class from Euchi Kazama after a scoreless first period.
Frosh Jerry Maurey eeked out
a 2-1 point victory over Koji
Kanda at 147-lbs. His lifetime
wrestling record is now marred
by only one defeat, that in the
recent Pan-American tournament.
The other member of the out
standing Penn State wrestling
family, Eastern Intercollegiate
137-lb. champion Don Maurey,
won by forfeit.
Assistant coach of the Nittany
grapplers, Charlie Ridenour, ran
into the opponent with the most
difficult name and with the best
wrestling ability at 125-lbs. Jap
an's Shobachi Isshii won a 13-8
duel from the Lion coach.
All Ridenour's practice from
wrestling practically every mem-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE C0L.Y.r7.1-1F PENNSYLVANIA
Hurler,
Practice
3 Gymnasts Place
In Nail Tourney;
Lions Finish 11th
Penn State finished in a tie
for 11th place in the National
Gymnastic tourney over the
weekerid, garnering three fifth
places.
Rudy Valentino, Dave Brenner,
and Dave Schultz were the meda]
winners in the tournament which
was captured by Florida State
with a total of 26 points.
• Illinois and Southern Califor
nia tied for second place with 23 1 / 2
points.
Roetzheim Stars
Individual star of the meet was
Bill Roetzheim of Florida State
who earned 23 of his team's 26
points.
Roetzheim took two first places,
two third places and one fifth.
Valentino won his honors in
tumbling. The Nittany captain's
performance completed a career
which included winning the 1950
Eastern Intercollegiate tumbling
title.
Benner won a National medal
for the second straight year, add
ing fifth place honors to his 1950
fourth position laurels on the
sidehorse.
Schultz, a sophomore, turned
in a 4.2 seconds rope climb per
formance for the third No. 5 me
squad.
William and Mary athletic
teams have always had an over
all record of more wins than loss
es since Rube McCray became
athletic director in 1944.
Bowlers Seek Match
An all-star team from the
Association of Independent
Men's bowling league is seek
ing a match with a similar
team from the fraternity bowl
ing league at any stakes agree
able to both teams.
Arrangements may be made
by calling Art Schwass, at 3144.
ber of the Eastern Intercollegiate
wrestling champion Lions was to
no avail as he was taken down six
times. Although he escaped on all
occasions, he never could reverse
and only scored with one take
down.
Leave For Michigan State .
Ton ite After Late Workout
Boxing Coach Eddie Sulkowski and the four Nittany- ring
warriors who will represent Penn State in the weekend's
NCAA Boxing Tournament , at East Lansing, Mich., leave
ton i g h't for Spartanland, in quest of further ring
aurels, . namely, four national boxing championships.
The group will leave by auto at
8:30 p.m. bound for Altoona where
it will board the train for the trip
to the Mid-west. Arrival in East
Lansing is scheduled for tomor
row in time for a light workout.
The Lions' Sig Four' are di
minutive Sam Marino at 125-lbs.,
Frank Gross at 135-lbs., John Al
barano at 145-lbs., and Lou Kos
zarek at 165-lbs.
Starts Thursday
Sports Writer Views
Big League Races
Starting tomorrow the Daily
Collegian's ace Major League
baseball .writer, 'Joltin' Joe
Breit, will attempt to "call"
.the American and National
league pennant scramble
throUgh two articles covering
each division.
Tanned and healthy-look
ing, Breu has recently been on
assignment covering • Major
League clubs at their Southern
training bases (via the Asso
ciated Press sports wire.)
He will first aim his sights
on the American-league in
which he sees the Cleveland
Indians war-whooping home
with the venison.
Better start sharpening
those saws, boys.
Nittany Bootees
Lose Last Tilt;
Head For Home
The Penn State soccer team,
acting as good-will ambassadors
in Iran for the past 10 days, are
on the way home.
The latest report, through the
U.S. State department, disclosed
that the 17-man group was to
leave Tehran this morning.
The final game of the tour, de
layed from Friday till. Saturday
because of illness among the
Players, resulted in a 5-0 loss for
Coach Bill Jeffrey's squad.
The, cable did not give details,
Simply saying that a team of Teh
ran all-stars handed, tl . e Lions
their second loss of the trip. They
had previously defeated Shiraz,
3-0, and lost to Isfahan, 2-0.
Arrive Thursday
The team is scheduled to. arrive
in New York, Thursday at 7:40
a.m. _ •
Before the Tehran game, five
men had been reported sick and
unavailable for the contest. Offi
-Aals said their trouble probably
was dysentery, and if recovery
was prompt, one or more may
have been able to play against
the all-star eleven.
Fifteen players were included
in the party, leaving the team
one man short after the sickness
hit the group.
The Tehran team, according to
the State department, was much
stronger than either of the Nittany
Lions' previous opponents.
Known Fixer
Sought By DA
NEW YORK, April 2 —(W)—
District Attorney Frank S. Hogan
said today he wants to talk to
a known basketball fixer about
the current collegiate cage scan
dal.
Hogan identified him as William
Rivlin, sentenced to a year in pri
son in 1949 for a vain attempt to
fix a Madison Square Garden
game between George Washington
and Manhattan college.
The District Attorney said only
that Rivlin is being sought for
questioning—one of four men
whom Hogan last week said he is
looking for along the eastern sea
board. The others were not
named.
Seventeen players or former
players have been arrested since
the latest scandal broke in Feb
ruary. They are accused of taking
thousands of dollars to rig the
scores of. at least 20 big-time col
lege games in the Garden.
Five alleged fixers have been
seized. •
TUESDAY, APRIL 3,.1.951
By ART BENNING
The tournament gets underway
Thursday afternoon, continues
that night, and goes into the semi
finals on Friday night. The finals
are scheduled for Saturday night.
The bouts are so arranged that
no participant has to box on both
Thursday afternoon and evening,
a plan which the IBA might well
adapt to elimiriate' contestants
from being forced to box three
bouts in two days.
Either 20 or 21 schools will
participate. Sixty-six individuals
will compete. Mid-western schools
have a heavy representation, and
schools from both coasts have
indicated that distance will not
prevent them from competing.
Eastern schools entering at least
one man are Penn State, Syra
cuse, Army, Maryland, and Catho
lic U. Syracuse has entered its
155-Ib. Eastern champ, Bill Mil
ler; two of its Eastern runnersup,
125-Ib. Jim Huba, and 175-Ib.
George Kartalian, and 165-Ib. Jim
Palmiotto, who was eliminated in
the Eastern quarter-finals.
Army has entered 125-Ib. Don
Spiers and 155-Ib. Ken Herring.
Maryland's national runnerup last
year at 135-lbs., Paul Kostopoulos,
is entered in the 145-Ib. class this
year. He is one of the welter
weights John Albarano - will have
to face if he hopes to win the
title.
Crandell Not Entered
An interesting sidenote is Syra
cuse's decision not to enter former
national heavyweight champion,
Marty Crandell, who annexed the
Eastern title this year.
The Lions ended their heavy
training grind last night with
sparring sessions that were brisk,
and very much in earnest. At the
end of the sessions, Sulkowski
said the four appeared in top
shape, and definitely ready for
the tournament.
Not wishing to sound too confi
dent, Sulkowski did say however;
that all four had good chances of
becoming champions. Last year,
Penn State emerged with a na
tional champ in heavyweight
Chuck Drazenovich, and a runner
up in this year's captain, Pat
Heims, at 155-lbs.
The winner of the team title
will be awarded the John J. Walsh
trophy, while the John S. Larowe
trophy, will be presented to the
tourney's outstanding boxer.
Jerry Sazio, star rising sopho
mOre on the William and Mary
football team, -is a brother of
Ralph Sazio, 1947 W&M captain
and later a pro star.