FRIDAY, DECEMBER -5, 1952
Gross Sends Lion Quintet Through
Scrimmages as Season Opener Nears
One more week remains be
fore Coach Elmer Gross starts
his quintet on its 21-game bas
ketball schedule. Nightly
pr a cti s and scrimmages
have been rounding out the
rough spots in defense and of
fense and with the exceptions
of footballers Jack Sherry and
Jesse Arnelle, the team is in
good condition.
Due to the football schedule,
Sherry and Arnelle missed the
first four weeks of scrimmage and
didn't start practicing until last
Tuesday_ It will be another week
at least before they get back into
basketball shape.
Second Teamers
Gross. has gradually been nar
rowing down the squad. In the
scrimmages the first team has
consisted of veterans Herm Sled
zik • (captain), Jesse Arnelle, Ron
nie Weidenhammer, Ed Haag, Joe
Piorkowski, and Jack Sher r y.
With few exceptions these men
will probably alternate as the
starting five.
On the second team, Gross has
been using Jim Hill, Jim Brewer,
Frank DeSalle, Ted Jackson, and
John Ward. Hi.II. and DeSalle were
out for the team last year; Jack
son played freshman ball , two
years ago; and John Ward 'is a
newcomer from Villanova where
he also played frosh ball. A trans
fer student last year, the 6-4 jun
ior has been playing good ball.
Blocker Ineligible
The Lions lost a good player
for the semester when Jim Block
er was declared ineligible, because
of scholastic standing. An excel
lent rebounder, standing 6-3, Jim
was expected to be a very capable
substitute for Arnelle and Sled
zik. Now ,Gross has been toying
with the possibility of using foot
baller Bob Rohland as the re
placeinent.
Rohland is also 6-3 and was out
•for the squad last year although
he didn't see much action ,because
of an injury. Another player, Bob
Brasfield, a 5-10 forward, was al
so lost because of scholastic in
eligibility..
With such forwards as Weiden
hammer, Sherry, Piorkowski, and
Haag, the Lions Won't have to
worry about the front line spot—
that position is covered adequate
ly enough. The big deficit now
will be in the - backline where
Gross has only Arnelle and Sled
zik withdut a good substitute
since Blocker's loss.
WRA Results
Basket ball—AZD-25, A Chi
Omega-19; Thompson , (Concor
ian)-21, Tri Delt-27; KKG-57;
SDT-10; Mac Hall 1-34, DZ-17.
Ping Pong—lonians by forfeit;
Phi SS by forfeit; A Chi 0 over
SDT; Chi 0 over AGD.
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The Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
Between the. football and the basketball seasons, there comes a
pause in the sports writing occupation that is known as the All.
Everything hour. Everyone gets into' the act with All-America, All-
Sectional, All-State, All-Conference, All-Local, All-Opponent, and
All-Younameit football teams. The latest entry in the All-Everything
race is a West Virginia publicity blurb for frosh quarterback Fred
Wyant—"Freshman of the Year."
Therein lies much of the answer to why "Saturday's Heroes"
make All-America. How hard was a player pushed by his school's
publicity director and , the local press? Philadelphia scribes were
ringing the Bell overtime and sure enough Penn's Ed Bell made'
many "all" teams. Then too, it depends on whether or not the
name is Vandersnoot, Astor. or Rockefeller from a big name uni
versity. Barneys, Dooleys, or Schoderbeks don't have a chance.
In the days of Walter Camp—who started the whole All-America
ratrace just before the century's turn—everything was dandy. Camp
had a bona fida team. Mr. Camp could look over the Yale, Princeton,
and Harvard scholars practically every game of the year. That left
little chance for an oversight or an undersight. But today, ,how can
anyone know who is really All-America? Selectors can't possibly
see everyone. And the one game they may see could be misleading.
The outstanding player may have a bad day when a particular
selector is on hand. Or, a star may be getting double-teamed or
have a lot of plays run away from his side of the field.
Yet, All-Everythings will continue to grow, and grow, and
grow. It's "hot copy" and makes- wonderful fuel for the Hot
Stove Leaguers.
CHIROPODISTS: State College's chiropractic high school turned
out two of probably the best foot specialists to hit Penn State's
football team at one thnel—Bill Leonard and Ted Kemmerer. Bootin'
Bill was so accurate with his placekicking toe that he outscored both
of State's touchdown leaders, Bob Pollard and Dick Jones by three
points. Bill, a crack defensive halfback as well, kicked 21 of 23
extra points and two field goals to amass 27 points. At season's end
he had 18 consecutive PAT's.
Thumpin' Ted, a dark horse to end, all dark horses, wound up
with a lusty 36.6 yards-per-kick. Not even out for the team when
the season began, Ted's and the coaches'_ confidence came slowly
as the hometown hero was punting 60 yards plus—in practice only.
But by the Penn game, Ted had both his and the coaches' confidence
and the pigskin took some long rides to . prove Ted as invaluable as
teammate Leonard. (Ted's 61-yarder against Pitt is an_ unforgetable
punt.) Yep, State had two• of the best chiropodists in the country.
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personal histories, and direct evaluations of Illinois prep and high
school stars—all for the nation's colleges at the price of $8 to $2O.
Naturally Big Ten Commissioner Tug Wilson squelched the entre
preneur when Western Conference members received promotional
letters. After all, the insurance agent was operating in the daylight.
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