FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1953 -s;,ort SPOltOl BIG JOB FOR HOSTERMAN Good luck to Ken Hosterman tomorrow when his newly acquired soccer team takes on Bucknell in the first of a traditionally rough nine-garni schedule. Bill Jeffrey left an oversized pair of shoes behind when he -headed south to Puerto Rico, and it's doubtful if anyone anywhere will ever have the feet to fill them. During his 27-year span at the Vale the amazing Scotchman compiled a 151-22- 23 record, unprecedented in• intercollegiate sports. However, we feel the choice for his replacement- was a wise one. Ken has known soccer for many years. In fact, had it not been for a leg injury during his freshman year at Penn State, he would have been one of Jeffrey's most outstanding players. Ken will have a legend to overcome. And it will be an uphill climb. But win or lose, this writer is behind him all the way. * ik • * ON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 Hooray for the American League club owners for coming to their senses! The recent charter switch of the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore is the best thing that has happened to the Junior Circuit since Babe Ruth. Baltimore is the ideal city for the faltering Brownies. It's rich baseball pride and tradition rates it number one in this book and the population factor makes it a more than excellent choice. The city is currently the sixth largest in the country and boasts a park that can seat 51,000 fans. The only flaw in the decision is New York Yankee boss Del Webb's stipulation that two more teams be added to the league in the near future. These ,clubs, which will be located on the west coast, won't help the league. Their addition will mean more travel for the players, and poorer baseball. There is a definite shortage of major-league caliber players now. Why add to the difficulty? However, Baltimore is back in the big time and watch out for this team in the future. Milwaukee should be a lesson to everyone. ON THE PENN GAME The Lion football team will arrive in Philadelphia tonight as underdogs once again. The odds makers have spotted the Quakers seven points. Now we don't like to disagree with the betting boys, but can't help feeling that last Saturday's loss to ,Wisconsin was not an indication of what Rip Engle's club can do. It's not nice to alibi, but, nevertheless, penalties did hurt the Nittanys against the Bad gers. Had not Lenny Moore's 64-yard touchdown sprint been nut= lified, it might have been a different game. A ,break like that can kill any team. Two other important calls also hurt. This Penn State _team has great potentialities-It could reveal itself tomorrow and we think it will. Figure Rip and his boys by seven points—or more. BLUE CHIP SPECIAL Picked the Yankees to edge Brooklyn in the World Series earlier this week. With two in a row under their pin stripes, Casey Stengel and his world champs are a solid bet to make it now. They play like champs and they think like champs. However, a lot could hap pen. The 'Flock hasn't won a series in six attempts and it isn't ready to give up yet. Former Lion Collector of Gerry Karver, ace Nittany harrier in the late 1940'5, is can ner who took over in collegiate competition where he left off in high school—winning races and titles. While attending Boyertown High School, Karver held six Penn sylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association crowns simultaneously. He won the regional, district, and all-State laurels in cross-country and the mile. Karver's greatest year was 1946, when he became one of the two men in the histOry of col legiate racing to win the triple crown of cross-country the IC4A, NCAA, and the NAAU. The other man who accomplished this feat was NYU's great Les Mac- Mitchell in 1941. During the big season, Karver captured the 1500- meter title in the NAAU races.A.t Lincoln, Neb, Uncle Sam plucked Karv e r from the campus and sent him to Italy as a meteorologist for the Army. While still wearing khaki, he• captured the 1500-meter Army championship. The former' • Nittany star holds the distinction of having run on the 1942 Lion ,IC4A and NCAA championship team, as welt as the 194'7 NCAA title winner. Karver also ran for several campaigns. on the Nittany four-mile relay guar.: tet which won the Penn Relay title four out of five years. Others in the foursome were Curt Stone, Bill Shuman, a nd Horace Ashen _ Miter. - . Karver holds the Penn State record for the mile. His time of Sy DICK McDOWELL Assistant Sports Editor 1::::3 Runner Titles 4:11.6 was accomplished on a track that was mushy from a frost the night before. During the 1947 season, he fin ished first or tied for first in five dual meets. In the IC4A run for the roses that year, - he injured his ankle while running,' He stop ped to make sure the injury was not serious. By, the time he began running he had been passed by almost one hundred runners. De spite the throbbing pain he swept : . '.. :) CC .c.-... F!•;C ::.> e•in<ITZ:::... , .:S.;,:a., , aIIit',?V,ZSZZOK:REMENEMZ:MIA:E?;!.!-;E:giMaiga::::F.l . ;:;i I NIGHT FOOTBALL 1 ta i CLEARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL .44 Versus' . • -R• i:.i STATE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL .... FRIDAY, Oct. 2 7:30 P.M. 1:', ~,.. P. , . Penn State Students -35 c, - i .,,,... ! ,ma..m:3,:0z00az,:im , ;:11.::,,:iam:::...::;.A.;i:.::1;:i.:a,:;....,....,:izm:;a. ..... THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Roe's Pitching Tricks Fail To Fool Yankees NEW YORK, Oct. I. (iP)—You can fool all the Yankees some of the time and some of the Yankees all the time, but you can't fool all the Yankees all the time. That about sums up the second game of the World Series in which Preacher Roe, a lean, jiggling pitcher version of Ted Williams had Casey Stengel's athletes eating out of his sinewy left hand for six innings, and then his tricks failed to work on a couple of fel lows named' Billy Martin and Mickey Mantle. Meanwhile steady, headie Eddie Lopat was tossing up his usual assortment of nothing pitches which floated up to the plate like fat pumpkins, but with the exception of the Lion Harriers Set for Clash With Big Red Chick Werner, Nittany cross country coach, said yesterday that this season's harriers will have a successful campaign. Out of the 18 candidates- for varsity slots, four are standouts. They are Red Hollen, L'a m on t Smith, Jim Hamill and Doug Moorhead. Hollen is a seni o r, while the middle two are juniors and the latter a sophomore. Other fine prOspects are Bruce and Don Austin, Jim Cressman, Ted Garrett, Skip Slocum, and John Chillrud. Alan Terrill, Jim Pastorius, -Henry Ford, Jim Mc- Kelvey, Dan Sutter, Ed McCann, Tom Demboski and Jim Steel round out the squad. Almost all of them are "potentially fine run ners," according to Werner. The Lions lave not had any, time trials yet 'and will not have any prior to the season's opener with Cornell. A meet with outstanding alum ni runners is in the making, Wer ner said. The stellar event is plan ned for Oct. 17, the date of the home football game with Syra cuse. The alumni group would in clude such stars as Bob Parsons and Horace Ashenfelter. They have challenged the Penn State varsity and although they may not be in perfect shape, they def initely would be an attraction. Mantle's Hit-- (Continued from page one) same place while Mickey Man i tle waited. Then came the pitch I that the Yank center fielder sent soaring into 'the lower left-field seats. Roe allowed 27 home runs during 'the regular season. The old gopher ball proved his undo ing Lopat, who like Roe is 35, pitch ed his usual steady game, mixing his "junk" with an occasional fast ball. Time after time the Brooks got men on base, only to have Steady Eddie wipe out the threat. This was another annoying day for the powerful Dodgers wh o were highly regarded six to five underdogs when the series open= ed. The Yanks, however,. length ened to two to one after the open ing win and now will be lopsided favorites to grab their fifth straight championship. The scene shifts to Brooklyn's Ebbets Field for tomorrow's third game when Vic Raschi, 13-6, 34- year-old Yank righthander, will try to make it three in a row over Carl Erskine, 20-6. around runner after runner and placed sixth.. In the national collegiates, he had to compete not only with other runners, but also with four inches of . snow and a 27 degree temperature. His sixth place fin ish helped the Lions cop the lc CAA title. Karver failed to make the 1948 Olympic team when he missed a third place finish' in the 1500- meter trials by no more than three inches. -fou - * .i t ti hits together for two runs the Dodgers drew blanks. Before the game Charley Dres sen told his frustrated Bums to just meet the ball, but the ap pointment was indefinite. With the exception of that fourth in ning, they were meeting it at odd times, arid by dint of careful planning managed to have Roe come up as the cleanup man with men on bases three consecutive times. Roe's hitting ability never has been questioned. It is consist ently 'poor. Anyway, this second game left the fans in a rather unfortunate predicament. They have no one to second guess, as they had in the frist game when the Dodgers tried to box their way to victory when they had been slugging ef fectively. Today's game was won by the team which deserved to win be cause it -hit the longest balls at ' the most opportune times. Errors played, no part in the Yankee scoring, although in scoring their first run in the first inning their display of power failed to leave the spectators breathless. Three walks, a hit batsman and two, fly balls accounted for the marker. It looked at the time as if Roe was going to pull an Erskine, but he was coming close to the plate on his pitches and on the fourth ball called on Collins, Preacher pawed the ground and snorted in irritation. He settled down after that in ning however, and- issued • only one more walk, although it turned out he Might have walked Mar .. Soccer— (Continued from page six) ers quipped, "After last year's 1-7 ,record, we can't do much worse this year, and there's plenty of room for improvement." Bucknell has been having lineup troubles as the Lion's have, but not in the same positions. One of the chief vacancies which has been a problem to fill for the Bucknell mentor is the goalie slot. The present goalie, however, has been termed as "new and ques tionable." The inexperience of the Bucknell goalie, plus the factor of State's scoring punch could be a deciding factor in the outcome of the game. Marty Carhart and Bill Toal will co-captain the Bucknell squad for its '53 campaign. Two schedule changes in the Lion's soccer log this season were announced yesterday by H. R. Gilbert, assistant director of ath letics at the College. One game The First National Bank of State College Member of 'Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve System _ Soccer Managers Sophomores interested in be ing soccer managers are re queste:d to report to Ken Hos terman, hooter coach, or to the senior soccer manager. Both men can be contacted in Rec Hall. tin in the seventh and Mantle in the eighth with profit. Mantle's blow would have been a home run in any park, but Mar tin's was slightly on the Oriental order, and Jackie Robinson ad mitted himself he should have caught it. There wasn't even a goat for this second game, althbugh the gentle giant, Gil Hodges, who was the batting chump •of the 1952 series, seems destined to take ov er a hero role, while Duke Snider, Who - was the batting star last year, is assuming Gil's role of last year. Snider is trying to meet the ball more than half way with in different success. So the honors today went to Lopat, the chunky fellow with the bouncy, rolling walk of a sailor and the pitches that float up there and then seem to dodge as the batters swing at them. The Yankees, as someone re marked after the game, have too many ways to beat you, while the Dodgers just have one. The Bums can win only by outslugging their opponents. The Dodgers, incidentally, have the reputation of playing long games, and they lived up to it today. The game was just two innings too long for them. was canceled and the date of an other was changed. Because of unforeseen schedule difficulties, North Carolina asked to be excused from its soccer date at the College, November 4. The game will be rescheduled for a future season. Navy also asked that its game scheduled for November 7 be moved up to Friday, November 6. Game time will be 3 p.m. Martinez Seeks Third NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (W)—Vince Martinez, a full-time fighter now, goes after his third straight vic tory tomorrow night against Vin nie D'Andrea of New York in a 10-rounder at the St. Nicholas Arena. •••••• 00000 *0 00000000 0•0 ROLLER SKATING . • AT HECLA PARK • • • • • Wed., Friday, Sunday Nights • • and Sunday Afternoons • • ••4 0 •••111•01900•0041 00000 000 PAGE
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