&ATM IrOVEMBEIT 22, 1952
Between the Lions
Mistakes are made every day and are quickly forgotten by the
few people who hear them, but pity the •poor sportscaster whose
radio voice is heard all over the country by countless numbers of
people. Their glaring errors occur in all radio sports coverage and
particularly in football where the action is so swift and often time
so tricky that the announcer has a difficult time telling who has
the ball and who hasn't. •
Probably everyone can recall a particularly .amusing ) error
that has occured over the years. One that sticks in our mind as a
good example happened during the 1949 football season. Bill Stern,
famous commentator, had spent a greater part of the year telling
his listeners how great Notre Dames' Emil Sitko was. In a late
season game, a forward pass play developed in which a Noire Dame
player received the lateral in
the flat and took off down the
field.
"It's Sitko," Bill yelled. "He's
on his , own forty-five—he's at
midfield—he sidesteps a player—
he's past the forty—he's over the
thirty—the twenty-five—"
Just then a frantic assistant
shouted in Bill's ear who quickly
picked up his field glasses and
looked at the field. Then, without
interrupting his speech he whoo
ped:
"_;_and Sitko, on a beautiful
bit of fast thinking; laterals' to
Zilly, who takes it across for
the Notre Dame touchdown!"
It had been Zilly who had
caught the pass instead of . Sitko,
and it had been
Z illy who had
MMOMEM
of the field. Dur
ing this spectac-
ular run, and
practically fo r
the whole game,
Mn Sitko had
sitting on
the bench.
Then on an
other occasion,
Bill solemnly told his listeners
during a World War II broadcast,
how the former heavyweight box
ing champion, Primo Camera, had
been put to death by the Italian
Facisti as an Allied Collaborator.
Then the War ended and the
_so-called dead Mr. Carnera re
turned to America to enter the
sports world as a wrestler. Bill
had him an his program but
made no reference to the super
natural feat that had occured.
But was his face red!
In another of "was my_face red"
episodes, a commentator on sports
by the name of Ted Husing was
telling his audience about a par
ticularly good schoolboy sprinter
named Bob Rodenkirchen who
Husing thought had the makings
of a great runner.
In the Junior National AAU
meet of this certain year, Rod
enkirchen had won the 200-
meter dash, and Husing decided
he was unbeatable. Rodenkir
chen entered the 100-meters the
following day and Husing was
at the mike as Bob' toed the
mark for the qualifying heat.
"Rodenkirchen breaks at the top
Campus capers call for Coke
The hour hand moves fast the night
before exams—lots of ground to cover and
panic setting in. To relax and refresh?
That's easy. Have a Coke ...it's delicious
"Coke" is a rogisfartal trade-mark.
By TED SOENS
Assistant Sports Editor
of the field," Ted told his audi
ence at the gun. "Rodenkirchen
leads at the twenty five—it's Rod
enkirchen at the fifty—he breaks
through the bunched runners—
what form that boy has—Roden
kirchen at the seventy-five—Rod
enkirchen at the tape—"
A moment of stunned silence
followed then in a meek voice,
Husing continued, "Ahhh—Met
calfe wins by 10 yards, with John
son second, - Glickman third, Dai
gle fourth—",
After that meet Husing never
again touted another human
animal as a sure winner.
On the other hand, is the an
nouncer who has the players all
mixed up. Take the Pirate game
announcer, Rosey Rosewell. In a
rather sunny day at Forbes Field
last season, Rosey , was describ
ing a hard fought baseball game
between the Pirates and Cincin
nati. The Pirates were at bat.
"Now Kiner's at the plate--
he looks at the first one for a
called strike—here comes the
next pitch and Kiner swings—
and there goes a hard hit ball
deep into center field—Kiner is
chasing it—he's on his pony—
Kiners going back and grabs
, it to retite---er----"
Ralph must have a twin some
where along the line!
Then we turn to the other part
of the State where Ernie Harwell
is broadcasting. Ernie's a histor
ian and presupposes that all lis
teners are ignorant of, but deeply
interested in the minor details
of sports history.
He announces that Whitey
Lockman has hit a double which
struck on the left field foul
line—so far so good but then
he begins his history lesson—
for after that he'll go on to re
late who the first player was
ever to hit a double that struck.
on the left-field foul line and
that was Oswald Shanahan of
the old Baltimore Orioles in
1872. •
Harwell continues with a bio
graphical sketch, explaining that
Oswald had a son who• became
chief of police in New Mexico,
and a daughter who is currently
librarian in such and such a place
and raises hamsters as a hobby.
And so it goes!
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Quakers to Host
Booters Today
Eleven Nittany Lion hooters will roll a log of 6-1-1 onto River Field, Philadelphia,
today and attempt to record their fourth straight victory of the campaign against a
strong Penn soccer squad. The match, the finale for the Jeffreymen this season, gets
Lion Hoopmen Lack
Polish in Practices
By the way the scrimmages and daily practices have been
going the Lions' basketball team will have a lot of polishing
to do if it hopes ,to have a successful season. Up to date the
Lions played, four tilts and although they copped three of
them, their playing was anything but satisfactory.
Its superiority in foul shooting
and boardwork was the only fac
tor that have kept the scrimmage
slate, on the winning side. But
more time will have to be spent
on the ball handling and defen
sive work b e for e they can be
brought up to par.
Blocker Impressive
Wednesday night's game re
sulted in a 56-45 win over Lock
Haven State Teachers College,
the second time the Nittanies
have beaten them. The score was
tied at half time, 25-25, and only
a strong second half pickup saved
the game for the Lions.
The teachers put on a fast dis
play of passing, but the advan
tage in height lay with the Lions
and that proved to be the winning
factor. Jim Blocker especially
looked fine under the boards. He
has shown a lot of aggressiveness
in the practices and his board
work and playing have improved
tremendously over that of last
year.
The Lions also beat Juniata in
a practice tilt last week by 25
points. This time, the margin of
victory was accurate foul shoot
ing. Making full use of the new
foul rule which gives two shots
for every offense in the first 37
minutes, the Lions sank 17- of 23
shots while their opponents sank
only 11 out of 27:
December 6 Clinic
Big Maurice Stokes and lack
of experience in the sliding zone
technique were too much of a
handicap for the Lions as they
dropped a 85-61 contest to St.
Francis last Friday. Without the
services of their big gun, Jesse
Arnelle, the Staters didn't have
the height to cope with the 6-6
Stokes who, incidentally, Elmer
Gross thinks will be one of the
top players in the country.
The Lions will get another look
at St. Francis on . December 6
when Penn State holds sa basket
ball clinic in Rec Hall and St.
Francis will provide the opposi
tion.
The sliding zone is a difficult
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By TED SOENS
defense to master and with only
two weeks practice the quintet
didn't ha v e the experience to
cover the basket adequately. The
Lion's guards failed to move to
their positions fast enough leav
ing holes in the defense which the
St. Francis pivot man used to full
advantage.
Short accurate passes from the
pivot man to a player left free
under the basket resulted in most
of •the points.
In an effort to correct this mis
take, Gross has been spending
much time on defensiVe work.
Only two more weeks of practice
remain before the opener against
Alfred College and it will be one
big race against the calendar to
see if the Lions have mastered
the zone in time.
Today's Rooters Lineups
Penn State Penn
Harris G Youngblood
Dierks RF Bruno
Irvin LF Tucker
Follmer RH Wilmeth
Klaus CH Anderson
Charlton LH Hallenbeck
Norcik RO Palm
Kocher RI Yarnell
Pinezich CF Devaney
Shirk LI Wardle
Thomann" LO Alexander
Mijares
IM Mitt Pairings
All fraternity and independ
ent IM boxing pairings an d
bout times have been mailed
by the Intramural office. As
sistant Director Dutch Sykes
says that any participants who
haven't .received the pairings
through the mail can pick them
up in the Rec Hall office.
Why NOW, Mr. Smith?
The Manager of College Sportswear Says:
The local Friends Organization of State College
has•started a drive with College Sportswear to
collect clothes for needy people all over the
world.
College Sportswear -- Right now
will give you $lO on any old suit
or topcoat -- toward a new one
, bought at the store:
"State College's Friendly Store"
BEAVER and ALLEN Open, Fri. Nite 'til 9
Help yourself and the world
—Bring your old suit to
Coriegx Sporbwear
underway at 2 p.m.
The Lion booters, hungry for
a Soccer Bowl bid, hope their
"log" will be a battering ram to
day for them, for the Quakers
are by no means an easy touch.
Despite the fact they have lost
to Army and Cornell and barely
squeezed past weak Haverford,
3-2, the Red and Blue toemen
have compiled an impressive 5-2-1
record this year.
The Quakers' forward line in
cludes two highly capable men
in center forward Joe Devaney
and inside right Chuck Yarnell,
both native Philadelphians. At
center halfback Penn boasts a
fine ball-handler on defense as
well as on offense in Bill Ander
son.
Thomann or Mijares at OL
Today's tilt with Penn will be
the last game in a Penn State
uniform, excluding the possibility
of a Soccer Bowl bid, for six Nit
tany booters: Jack Charlton, Don
Dutrow, Frank Follmer, Kurt
Klaus, E 11 i s Kocher, and Jack
Krumrine.
Jeffrey will stand pat on his
usual winning lineup, except
Lynn Thomann will start at out
side left instead of Joe Mijares
if the Philadelphia weather is in
clement.
The line again will shape up
with Bill Norcik and either Tho
mann or Mijares at the wings,
Kocher and Don Shirk at- inside
left and inside right, and Jack
Pinezich at center forward. The
halfbackfield of Charlton, Klaus,
and Follmer remains intact.
Paul Dierks; who was a defen
sive standout in last week's Owl-
State clash, will return to his
customary right fullback posi
tion. Hap Irvin will be his run
ning mate at the left fullback
slot.
Pinezich After Record
Red ,Harris will start at the
goalie position, with Krumrine in
ready reserve.
Other than the fact that the
Jeffreymen must win today to
stay in contention for the Soccer
Bowl New Year's Day, today's
tilt will also see Pinezich try to
break the Penn State seasonal
soccer scoring record of 21 goals,
set in 1935 by Bill McEwan. The
New York City booter needs two
goals today to break the mark.
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