WEDNESDAY, TATTCTAITY 14, 1953
Collegiate
Chatter
A review Of Michigan State's
1952 varsity squads:
Boxing—George Makris' leath
er tossers finished as runner-up
to Wisconsin in the NCAA meet,
winning seven, losing one, and
tying two for the season record. ,
Charles Spieser, in the lig h
heavyweight. class. was individ-,
ual national champion.
Gymnastics kieorge SzypuH
la's gymnasts turned in their
finest season record since the l,
sport became part of the athletic
program. They finished sixth in
the NCAA. meet, second in the
Big Ten, and were victorious in
all their regular season meets.
Best performers were Bob Feld
meier on the side horse and hori
zontal bar, Carl Rintz on the fly
ing rings, and Al Hannas on the
trampoline, ' all of whom placed
in the NCAA meet. Feldmeier
won the Big Ten horizontal bar
event.
Tennis Second place in the
Big Ten meet went to the Spar
tan netmen under John Friedrich.
'They were winners in eight of
nine matches in dual play. The
doubles team of Stan Drobac and
Tom Belton w ere conference
champions.
Wrestling The Sp a r t an s'
wrestlers. were third in the Big
Ten meet and 12th in the NCAA.
The season record was five wins,
two losses, and two ties. Orris
Bender, wrestling at 167 pounds,
was the Big Ten title holder, and
runner-up in this NCAA division_
Bob Hoke was runner-up for the
157-pound Big Ten crown.
Track In their championship
meets, both indoor and outdoor
squads gained fifth place. The
outdoor crew won three dual
meets with no losses,, while the
indoor team was even at one and
one. Leading Spartan point-get
ters were Jim Kepford in the
distances, Charles Roland in the
sprints, Henry Gills and John
Corbelli in the hurdles, and field
eventmen Jim Vrooman, Bo b
Carey, and Arnold Smith. Carey
-was second in the Big Ten shot
put out-of-doors.
Basketball The Spartan ca
gers under Pete Newell improved
their conference standing, gain
ing a fifth place tie with Ohio
State with an overall record of
13 wins and nine losses. The start
ing five consisted of center Bob
Carey, -forwards Bill Bower and
Keith Stackhouse, and gua r d s
Sonny Means and Gordie Stauff
er. -
Baseball --: Coach John Kob's
nine won 18. and lost 14, placing
fifth in the Big Ten with a 7-6
mark. The Spartans won the First
Annual Round:Robin tournament
held at the University of North
Carolina. The mound staff was
led by Don Quayle, Roger How
ard, and Tom Lawson. Howard
and Lawson are now signed to,
professional contracts.
Sports
Briefs
'Ash' Receives Award
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (M—Hor
ace Aslienfelter, surprise winner
of the Olympic steeplechase race
at Helsinki, will receive an award
for "high principle and achieve-
Meat" by the B'nai B'rith Sports
Lodge, Lodge President Max
Kase announced today.
Pirate Rookies Inducted
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 13 (JP) —
Two Pittsburgh Pirates rookies re
ported for induction today into the
United States Army.
:They are first baseman Tony
Bartirome and pitcher Ronnie
Necciai_ Shortstop Dick Groat is
slated for induction in February.
Turner Signs as Coach
WACO, Tex., Jan. 13 (EP)—Bay
lor University today signed Clyde
Bulldog Turner, famed center for
the professional football
.Chicago
Bears, as an assistant line coach
and named Jack Russell line
coach. .
Kansas State No. 1
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (JP)
Once-beaten Kansas State con
tinued to stand off pressure from
two strong eastern combines today
to: hold No. 1 place in The As
sociated Press basketball poll.
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The Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
A touch of Bonny Scotland will enrich the Little Pearl
of the Antilles for the next six months with State's soccer
master Bill Jeffrey on leave to teach and coach at the Uni ,
versity of Puerto Rico., If Bagpiping Bill manages to cart
half of his enthusiasm and love for the booting game with
him, the entire Puerto Rican population of 2,210,703 will be
kicking soccer balls. Or, a worse consequence, they may
forcefully keep Jeffrey from returning in the fall to coach
the usually winning Nittany. booters.
* *
It's amazing that after 27 consecutive years of coaching soccer.
Bill still gets a big "kick" out of the game. He scrimmages daily
with the team and every once in a while 'comes up with a day like
the one last fall when he kicked a goal against the varsity, no less,
* * *
Having preceeded veteran wrestling Coach Charlie SReidel by
several months, Jeff is the patriarch of the Penn State coaching staff.
ft was 27 years ago that the late
Hugo Bezdek, fam o u s Nittany
grid coach, hired Jeffrey with the
instructions, "You will teach sci
ence and math—oh, yes, you'll
coach soccer, too." Oddly enough,
today few know that he doubles
in brass by teaching in the In
dustrial. Engineering Department.
* * *
harbors a fond dislike. Football fans
can take it with a grain of Scottish sand, 'but Jeff says half in
earnest and half in jest: "Soccer is a player's game, not a coaches'
. . soccer has eleven quarterbacks, not one . . . The football is a
hall out of shape . . . The football full-leg kick is a crime since the
only real kick is from the knee. Besides, you never will find a
Scotchman using a whole leg when a half a leg will do."
*. * *
Whenever you talk soccer with Jeffrey, he
_invariably gets
around to the game as played in Europe and South America. Talk
about Army-Navy football game crowds of 100,000! South Ameri-,
cans are so rabid that 200,000, including $2 SRO's, jam gigantic
stadia in Brazil. And• they talk about Brooklyn fans! Jeff says that
in Brazil they have a moat around the playing field to keep the
players from getting lessed "by raving maniacs." What's More,
six is the average death per game when the winning goal is scored.
* *
Yet, Jeff can happily say that he has found as much enthusiasm
among Penn State booters in 27 years as in his native Scotland.
Some of the proof of the booting is found in the 150 or so former
players who correspond with Jeff. It is these associations which
gives the sometimes hard coaching game much of its lure and
prompts Bill to quote the following: (Although not by Bobby Burns,
the poet, Anny Mous, could easily have been Scotch.)
It's a comforting thought at the end of the day,
When I'm weary and lonely and sad.
That seems to get hold of my crusty old heart,
And makes me feel merry and glad.
It gets in my soul and drives out the blues,
And finally thrills me through and through. . ,
It's just the sweet memory that chanced to refrain,
I'm glad I touched shoulders with you.
But shucks, why get sentimental. The Jolly Scot will be
next fall.
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* * *
Probably one of the greatest
satisfactions to Jeffrey in his new
job is that Puerto Rico has every
sport but football—for which he
* *
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Sax, Pollard Shine
In Washington Meet
Chick Werner's indoor mile relay team, led by anchor man 011ie
Sax, came close; but couldn't quite claim victory in the Washington
Evening Star Meet in Washington, D.C., Saturday.
Sax finished the race just a split second behind Morgan State's
anchorman to give the Nittany
baton-bearers second place hon
ors. The difference between the
two finishers was so slim that the
official time for both teams was
set at 3:28.5.
Running along with Sax for the
Lions were Skip Slocum, Bill
Kilmer, and Dave Leathem.
Lerch Hits 12-6
Freshman Art Pollard finished
third in the 70, 80, and 100 yard
dashes. Olympic runner Art
Bragg won all three of the events.
In the pole vault, Dan Lorch
hit 12-6, not enough to place,
however, with Bob Richards and
Don Laz finishing first and sec
ond. The pair also finished in
that order in the Olympics.. The
Flying Parson is regarded as the
number one polevaulter in the
country and hits 15 feet consist
ently.
Holien. Horner Run Well
Jim Herb, high jump winner in
1951, was eliminated after reach
ing the 6-2 mark in that event.
It was the same story here too,
as Olympic one-two men Walt
Davis and Ken Weisner grabbed
first and second places in the
event.
Distance runners Red Hollen
and. Jack Horner fared respec
tably in their races. Hollen fin
ished sixth in the two-mile run,
and Horner placed fifth in the
mile. Both were competing against
Olympic performers.
Hurdler Bill Youke rs was
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eliminated in a preliminary heat
in his event and did not compete
in the running. Here, too, the
competition was loaded with
01 y m pians including Harrison
Dillard and Milt Campbell.
The Star meet, one of the big
gest indoor trackfests in the coun
try, was the opening meet of the
1952 indoor season.
Ex-Bucknell Star
Signs Chisox Pact
CHICAGO, Jan. 13 (IP) "We
have acquired the outstanding
minor league pitcher of 1952,"
General Manager Frank Lane of
the Chicago White Sox said today
in announcing the signing of Bob
Keegan.
"He's the 'dark horse' entry for
our pitching staff," said Lane.
He's not a stranger to me, having
Plated , at Binghamton, Newark
and Kansas City in the Yankee
chain during years I was associ
ated with New York. Keegan
definitely figures in the White
Sox pennant plans for 1953."
The Sox bought the 31-year-old
righthander from Syracuse after
the 1952 season. In 1952 he pitched
27 ' complete games and had a
20-11 record.
Named on the International
League all-star team last year,
Keegan is a former Bucknell Uni
versity graduate.