APRIL 29, 1953
'Freeze' is Frozen . . .
Sam's Son
By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
There was a time _that death and taxes were the only
"certain"_ on this, planet. -Since Monday night, however,
there are officially three: That is, there will be no tactics ever
employed on the basketball court by .the famed Dr. H. C.
(Doc) Carlson, coach of Pitt's quintet. It was Monday night
while handing out athletic letters to his proteges that Carlson
played his last official role as Pitt's basketball coach.
It was sad when Pittsburgh had only one drawing card among
its many sports celebrities; namely the Pirates' home run slugger;
Ralph Killer. It, was more sad when Pittsburgh had to have a card
dealt arnong•thern at Pitt University 31 - years ago; namely, Carl
son, a comedian, physician-coach, among others.
Many colorful stories enriching Carlson's career and fame have
seen Penn State included. One sidelight concerning both colleges
which shows, the confusion he created with his freeze was at Daniel
F. Roy's Roundup Cafe in Laramie, Wyo., where a 'bunch of boys
gathered. Scrutinizing the Western Union ticker for basketball scores
they came upon this one: "Penn State 24, Pitt O." ,
"Must be the first quarter," someone said. - -
"Nope," retorted another. "The ticker says final."
For their satisfaction they sent the following telegram to the
Nittany Vale: "Dear Sir: Was 24 to 9 the final score of Penn State-
Pitt game? Please wire answer collect."
It wasn't the first time that the colorful coach utilized the
"freeze" against Penn State. He tried it in 1943 for 20 minutes,
gave it the full dose in 1943, and repeated his endeavor again in
1950:
The Panthers came close to winning only once when the final
score read 15-12 in Penn State's favor.
Doc commented on his 1950 experiment: "The score was sup- :
posed to be 0-0. But Penn State wouldn't cooperate. (Who would?)
We did our part. We got the 0."
When Carlson brought his contingent to State College two
years ago, many began to alter the statement that "everything hap
pens in Brooklyn" to "anything can happen in State College."
"Everything happens in Brooklyn?" A baseball , game never
turns out to be some other game except for boxing? In the so-called
basketball game between the Panthers and the Lions in 1951, Penn
State fans witnesded Elmer .Gross' quintet trounce Pitt, 64-44, in a
Foot-Track-Base-Basietball game. Besides disagreements between
players and referee, the fans booed, hissed, and hollered "fix."
The referee was even mixed in the affair more than usual. After
running to break up-the boys in the fumble huddle, the whistle
blew even when the official tried to catch his breath. Boos after
boos, cheers after cheers came °from the observant capacity crowd.
A Penn State player would run near a Pitt dribbler, the whistle
is blown for a foul; a repetition of boos shook the building. A hook
scores two for State and , cheers . rock the building. Then Carlson
enters into the colorful picture: A foul is called on a Pitt player.
(This is too much for Doc.) As quick as the whistle sounded, up
stands the - furioui Pitt coach, throwing a varsity jacket high into
the' air, controlling his temper while he turns red as a red beet.
Doc showed his displeasure at a West Virginia game several
years ago. He was certain the officiating was especially bad. Before
the final whistle was blown, he scooped up all handy sweat suits,
gear, and water bucket and staggered with his load out to the court,
dumped the stuff before the amazed officials and cried out: "Here.
You've taken . everything else from us tonight. You might as well
have these, too."
This season, Carlson surprised the basketball world and Rec.
Hall fans when he failed to put on the "expected" freeze.
Carlson's basketball career had a serious side too. He was named
to the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame in . 1949. The previous year he
was awarded a cup for making the most contributiOns to basket
ball and in 1950 he coached the East team in the East-West All-Star
game at Madison Square Garden.
Although his colorful antics will be missed. we believe that his
self-retirement 'April 21 not only aided the 'Panthers and Penn
State but the Riort itself.
Mantle
ST. LOUIS, April 28 (?P)—Man
ager Casey Stengel of the World
Champion New York Yankees,
concerned over his mounting in
field problems, said today ,he
might switch , Mickey Mantle to
shortstop.
The New York World-Telegram
and Sun, in a story by Dan Daniel,
quoted 'Stengel as asking:
"Suppose one of these days you
f ound Mickey Mantle playing
short for me? Mind this Mantle
shift is ,nothing in the immediate
future. I believe it will be another
month before all of us know ex
actly where we stand."
Stengel is worried over the fail
ure of Jim • Brideweser 'to come
through as a replacement in case
Phil Rizzuto gets injured. •
"Suppose Rizzuto failed to hold
up and; I sent Mickey to short
with Iry Noren playing center
against - righthanded pitching and
Bill Renna against southpaws?
Wouldn't that lineup give opposi
tioh pitchers plenty to worry
about?".
Stengel said he was reluctant
to take Mantle out of centerfield,
but he pointed out that Mantle
came to the Yankees as a short
stop.
-30--
at Short?
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WRA Results
• SOFTBALL
Kappa Kappa Gamma over Chi
Omega
Kappa Alpha Zeta over Aye-See
Gamma Phi Beta. over Alpha Omi
cron Pi
Thompson' will play Women's
Building today
Trfp-pAror tpt,LEG.N. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Optimism Rules
lue-White Game
Its only football weather that Penn State has witnessed during the past weeks
With it Nittany Lion fans will get their first opportunity not 'only to observe Coach Rip Engle's
1953 parade of upcoming players but the effectiveness of the discarded two-platoon system when
Engle's coaching staff • runs off its third annual Blue-White intrasquad game on Beaver Field
Saturday.
The game is scheduled for 2 p.m., following the one-day football clinic.
In the intrasquad practice scrimmage game Coaches Bruce, Patrick, and Toretti will endeavor
Thinclads
Saturday
Nineteen names dot the list of thinclads who will leave the
Nittany Vale Friday to battle the powerful Middies of Annapolis
on, Saturday. The list, however, is hot complete.
The only man who will definitely compete in the 100 and 220-
yard . dashes is Skip Slocum of Wyncote. Werner still has room for
two more men in each of these events. 011ie Sax will try out his
injured ankle for the first time
this spring against actual corn
petition as he and Dave Leathem
will run the 440.
Bill Youkers, Gary Seybert and
Charlie Garson will take part in
both the low and high hurdles.
In the 380, it will be Roy Brunjes,
Co-captain Bob Roessler and
State's star at the Penn Relays
last weekend, Don Austin.
•
Grier in Triple Duty
Milers and two-milers will be
Lamont Smith and Red fallen,
with Bob Gehman filling the third
position in the mile run. On the
relay team, Werner has listed
Leathem, - Brunjes, Austin; Sax,
Slocum, and Roessler.
In the field events the Lions
will be bolstered by triple-duty
Rosey Grier, who will put the shot
and heave the javelin and discus.
Al Schutz will also throw the dis
cus, while Bill Body will compete
in the shotput and javelin. Bill
Selvig will be the No. 3 javelin
thrower.
Shotput Record Made
Co-captain Jim Herb will per
form in the high jump and the
broad jump. Ron Johnson, sopho
more from Smethport, will be ,in
the broad jump event and Dan
Lorch will be the Lions top rep
resentative in the pole vaulting
competition.
TRACK TRICKS: Mountaineer
track star• Arch Fink tied the West
Virginia record for the 120-yard
high hurdles with a clocking of 15
seconds flat, as the Mounties
breezed to a 103-28 win over
Washington and Lee .. . The long
est shotput heave ever made in
the United States was recorded
Saturday by Southern Cal's , fab
ulous Parry O'Brien—the distance
was 58 ft. B'/4 in. . . FBI agent
Fred Wilt came out with the
statement that Don Gehrman is
the man who may hit the coveted
four-minute mile . . . Georgetown
thumped all competition to cap
ture the distance medley crown in
the Drake Relays.
Illinois May Lose
Big 10 Membership
CHAMPAIGN, 111., April. 28 (2 1 P)
A bill introduced Tuesday in the
state legislature might force the
University of Illinois out of the
Big 10 and the NCAA, says Ath
letic Director Doug Mills.
The bill provides that no state
tax-supported educational,. insti
tution could refuse to televise
sports, events held in Illinois if
such televising could be done
without cost to the institution.
Presumably, the legislation,_ if
enacted, would compel the U. of
I. to agree to televising of its foot ,
ball games by any sponsor who
wanted to put up the cash. _
Compete
Annapolis
to
at
Sports
Briefs
Thumper Has Close Call
KOREA, Wednesday, April 29
(A) Communist anti-aircraft
fire hit Nthe right wing of Capt.
Ted Williams' Panther jet Mon
day but the former Boston Red
Sox slugger kissed off his second
close call in less than thr e e
months.
"It wasn't important," he . re
marked.
Last February Williams skid
ded in for a safe landing with his
jet afire after being struck . by
lak. He was hit again on Mon
day's mission over Channampo on
the West coast of North Korea.
Davey Fights Giuliani
DETROIT, (W) Chuck Davey
hits the comeback trail for the
first time in his fistic life tonight
and is a 4 to 1 favorite , to tee off
on Sammy ,Giuliani, an ex-cad
die, in their 10-round bout at the
Olympia.
It's be Davey's first appearance
since losing to Kid Gavilan in his
unsuccessful bid for the welter
weight title last February—and
there's more than passing inter
est to see if the school teacher
learned, any lessons fr o m the
champion.
Braves' Fans Hungry
MILWAUKEE, April 28 (/P)—
Fans are so hungry for baseball
here they're buying Milwaukee
Braves' games tickets as fast as
the club can supply them at two
offices.
"I've never seen anything like
it," said ticket manager Pat Rago.
"The advance sale yesterday was
the largest in Braves' history and
it looks like we'll do "as well or
better today. We're having a tough
time keeping up with the de
mand."
Gymnastics Manager
Richard S. Mailman, Philadel
phia, •is newly-elected manager
of the 1954 Fenn State gymnastics
team. His assistants will be Lewis
C. Wade, Quincy, Mass.; Louis S.
Criden, Atlantic City, N.J., and
Alan M. Pomeroy, Troy.
Man, Dig Thaf
Crazy Twinburger
(Patio Style, that is)
Not one, but two
crazy patties of ground
-- steak! BROILED right
on the roll! Served ,
• with "the works."
Try One- Tonight
at the
PATIO
to bring the Blues their third con
secutive victory. Coaching the
White squad will be O'Hora,
Michaels, and Paterno. • Paterno
has been on the losing side twice.
Blue Squad Listed
• There is considerable disagree
ment among the "over-optimistic"
coaches as to who possesses the
stronger and better team. Toretti,
however, claimed that the White
team "got all the horses."
Players selected to participate
with the Blue squad are:
Ends, Jim Garrity, Leo Ki,valik,
Don Ryan, Otto Kneidinger, Earl
Fields, and George Orboch; tack
les, Jim Harding, Bill Biever, Ed
Spryer, Andy Balakonis, and Walt
Wampler; guards, Pete Schoder
bek, Stan Praschunis, Ron. Signor
ino, Norm Melvin, Chuck Beattie,
Bill Bucklew, Keith Horn, Chuck
SoWers,' Paul Halula, John Mil
son, and Bob Laing.
White Squad Roster
Centers; Frank Reich, Larry
Lancaster, Ed Kleist, and Sam
Valentine; backs, Len Moore, Al
len Moore, Bill Straub, John
Thomas, Francis Dellapenna, Jim
Hochberg, Don Bailey, Norm
Paul, Don O'Brien, Wayne Wolf
keil, Ron Younkers, an d Don
Bishop.
White squad selections are:
ends, Don Malinak, Ed Rudler,
Ralph Wagner, Howard Arnold,
Jack Sherry, Bob Rohland, Bob
Stephens, and George Supplee;.
tackles, Dan Defalco, Duwayne
Martin, Bill Keegan, Gene Dan
ser, Walt Mazur, Tom Kraynyak;
and Louis Dorsaneo; guards, Ray
Pottios, George O'Bradovich, Bob
Urban, Francis Fedor, Ed Pasko,
Earl Shoemaker, Paul Shattuck,
Leßue Stellfox, and Wayne Brenn;
center, Don Balthaser, Pete Pet.
roff, and Eugene Chapman; backs,
Buddy Rowell, Fred Burgeson,
John Kapral, Norm Hick e y,
Charles Blockson, Joe Brieder,
John Dubinsky, Bob Hoffman,
Gerry Malatino, Joe Moore, Dick
Eyer, and Bob Allen.
Lion Golf Captain
Hud Samson, of Pittsburgh, who
btought Penn. State its individual
title in the 1953 National Colle
giate wrestling championships, is
the Lion golf captain.
Now to Wrap Op
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There's More ,
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Once there was a Sophomore fortunate enough
to have a Fairy Godmother. Anytime he got
into a Dilemma, he'd call on her for Counsel.
As he did two weeks before the Big Spring
Formal..
"Look, Old Girl," he said, "you remembei
that Knockout from Miss Witherspoon's
Academy who cut such a Swath at Winter
Carnival? Well, I want to invite her up for
the Forthcoming Festivities—but at least
seven other guys are Working on the Same
Project. What do you suggest for Beating
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Out the Competition?"
His F. G. eyed him reprovingly. "Don't be
naive," she said. "There's only One-Possible
Approach. Whip right down to the Western
Union office. Put in your bid by Telegram.'
"You recommend it?" asked the Sopho-
more.
"My boy," she said, "a Telegram can de
anything." She sighed reminiscently, "I ro.
member a weekend I was invited to by Tele.
gram back in 1913—but that's another story,"
Did it work for Our Boy? You should have
a Weekend so good:
You can, too—if you just remember that
any invitation becomes Practically Irresist
ible when it comes by Telegram. There's a
special touch' to the Yellow Blank that makes
your words Mean More . . . whether you're
setting up a Date, making Reservations, or
just Saying Soft Words on a Suitable Sub.
ject. To test it—just call Western Union.
105 So. Allen . .St.
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