FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1953
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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.
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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
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Miter.
- . Karver holds the Penn State
record for the mile. His time of
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DICK McDOWELL
Assistant Sports Editor
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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
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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--
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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.
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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
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Soccer—
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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
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Soccer Managers
Sophomores interested in be
ing soccer managers are re
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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.
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