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Soccer Lineup Set
Hap Irvin,
Paul Dierks
At Fullback
If a pass scurries through
halfbacks Frank Follmer,
Kurt Klaus, or Jack Charlton,
then there’s always fullbacks
Paul Dierks and Hap Irvin,
Penn State’s probable starting
quintet when Bucknell comes
here Oct. 4.
Dierks and Irvin, a pair of dark
haired, thick legged Phi Delt’s,
can boot the soccer spheroid a
country mile (5280-feet).
They will combine efforts with
goalie Red Harris or Jack Krum
rine, a local lad who served as
State’s number one relief pitcher
for the baseball team this year,
to give State a boost defensively
—a club that had but eight goals
scored against it last year in the
identical number of matches.
Just as a matter of interest,
the Nittany Lion offense, sparked
by Captain and inside left Ron
Coleman, almost quadrupled that
integer, tallying 30 goals, includ
ing 11 against a helpless Gettys
burg outfit.
Lacked Scoring Punch
Irvin, a former front line man
at wing and inside, possesses a
potent left foot and will be well
situated at left fullback. Irvin was
one of the few fortunates who
made the good will trip to Iran
in the spring of 1951.
The West Chester junior has
been a constant disappointment
to Lion Coach Bill Jeffrey in the
forward wall, where Jeffrey had
him at outside left and inside
left, but Irvin failed to produce.
Irvin just didn’t have the scoring
ability of Coleman, or ex-All-
American Harry Little, or of Bul
let Joe Lane, the blonde-haired
bomber. ,
Replace Simmons
At fullback, however. Irvin has
the elbowroom plus’ the speed
and this might prove to be an
unbeatable comb ination. “Un
beatable” may not be the appro
priate word, but he could cause
much misery before the end of
the season.
If he earns a first team berth,
which is more than likely, Irvin
will replace Jay Simmons, State’s
regular fullback who also trav
eled to Iran. Simmons had an
other year of eligibility remain
ing, but his curriculum was an
optional three or four year course.
And Simmons chose the three
year course, much to Jeffrey’s
dismay.
Dier k s , on the other hand,
squeezed in under the freshmen
rule which is in effect again this
year, again much to Jeffrey’s dis
may. State’s opposition, of course,
is faced with the same perplexity
of the freshmen rule. Baltimore
University, however, escaped
with Larry Surrock last year and
he, along with Jack Dunn of
Temple, were the only two colle
gians who were members of the
1952 United States Olympic team.
Unusual Card
For the first time in 21 years,
Penn State’s Beaver Field will
be the site of five football games
in 1952.
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The Lion’s Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
The world of sports has often turned up items for Ripley’s
“Believe it or Not” column and Penn State has undoubtedly figured
in more than one. But one of the most amazing sports items con
cerning State that borders on the “or Not” side is this one told
by lacrosse Coach Nick Thiel:
One John Nolan—a 220 pounder with the speed of a sprinter
who was probably better known in his day as a tackle on the
unbeaten and seldom-scored-on 1947 Lion team—played in the
first lacrosse game he ever saw against one of the country's best
slick wielders, the U.S. Naval Academy.
If that doesn’t stretch the imagination, just figure out how many
times a kid watches and plays baseball, football or basketball before
he ever gets to college.
The point of Nick’s Nolan story is that any frosh or sophomore
who played the major sports in high school but just doesn’t have
quite the varsity collegiate cali
ber, has • an excellent chance to
win his “S” in lacrosse. So what
if he has never played the game
before, 90% of his teammates had
never played before coming to
State either. Few indeed are the
virtual “pros” going out for la
'crosse, unless they come from
Maryland way where parents
give out lacrosse sticks rather than
baseball bats for Christmas.
As to physical qualifications,
any size will do even if the old
Indian game is pretty rugged. Certainly the aforementioned Mr.
Nolan’s stature had something to do with his 2nd team All-American
rating, but take State’s captain last year, midfielder Bud Wolfram.
Only weighing 120 pounds with his webbed stick in hand, Bud was
so adroit a ballhandler that he made fools out of guys twice his size.
Or take Thiel. When in his playing prime, some time ago because he
has been head coach at State since T 934, he couldn’t have been more
than 5-6 unless he has shrunk with age. Thiel’s diminuitive stature
didn’t stop him from being first team All-American for Syracuse.
Another point which conies to mind out of the Nolan story is
that Nick has done a tremendous job at State. Coaches who be
moan the lack of material should stop and consider the plight of
Thiel. (Their foreheads would unwrinkle a little.) Nick gets no
out-of-stale scholarship stars or all-Slale scholastic crackerjacks.
He simply gets plenty of nothing—9o% newcomers to the game.
That Nick turns these "nothings" into something takes far more
coaching skill than the purchase of a Whirlaway thoroughbred.
When fall lacrosse practice begins Monday, Nick's job won't be so
simple as just coaching. He will have to teach stick handling, stick
checking and clearing.
On this basis alone, Nick’s 18 year coaching record of about
65 wins and 80 losses is amazing. Also amazing is the occasional
winning season Thiel comes up with, as in 1950. That year his club
won 6 and lost 3 and scored the lacrosse “Upset of the Year” by
dropping lacrosse-hot-house, Maryland Lacrosse Club, 7-6.
A fellow with fair athletic ability, the will to work, and time
for as little as three workouts a week during the fall, may be
able to help himself, Thiel and Penn State.
Basehaller on Grid Watch Pony Backs
Keith Vesling, Penn State’s ace
baseball pitcher, is bidding for a
halfback spot on the Lion football
team.
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Sports
Briefs
Sauer, Easter Favored
NEW YORK (/P)—The schedule,
which appears to favor the Brook
lyn Dodders and the Cleveland
Indians in the closing stages of
the pennant races, also gives the
edge to Hank Sauer and Luke
Easter in the competition for the
major league home run crowns.
With only ten playing days re
maining, here’s the way the home
run races shape up: National
League—Sauer, Chicago, 37; Kin
er. Pittsburgh, 36. American
League Doby, Cleveland, 30;
Easter, Cleveland, 30; Berra, New
York, 29; Dropo, Detroit, 28 and
Zernial, Philadelphia, 27.
TV To Carry Fight
PHILADELPHIA (JP)— I Theater
Network Television Inc., today
announced that a total of 49
theaters in 31 cities would carry
the Je r s e y Joe Walcott-Rocky
Marciano heavyweight title bout
in Philadelphia’s Municipal Sta
dium next Tuesday night. This
will be the first coasj;-to-coast
theater TV showing of a fight.
Locke Eliminated
LONDON (JP) Flory Van
Donck, the tall, long-hitting Bel
gian golf pro, eliminated Bobby
Locke, British Open champion, in
the third round of the British
Open champion.
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