PA<SE TW£tVE Four Men - One Job Bob Hoffman Quarterback Fight Still Wide Open (This is the first of a series of stories on the Penn Slate football team which will attempt to ex amine the team position by position today the quarterbacks.) Pre-season dopesters, crystalballing the coming grid campaign for various national magazines, have looked at Penn State from one angle—the quarterback problem. If, they say, Rip Engle can find a capable replacement for the de parted Tony Rados, the Lions can be the scourge of the East. With the Lions’ opening game against Big Ten Co-favorite Illinois less than two weeks away, the quarterback fight is still wide open and right now Eng] pects. Veteran Don Bailey, a senior from Pittsburgh’s North Catholic, has the edge at the moment. Bai ley played just about every posi tion in the backfield during the last two seasons and worked as Rados’ understudy last year. He stands at an even six foot and carries 187 pounds. Bailey’s biggest assets appear to be has punting and running ability. The lanky senior is made to order for the split-T forma tion, a new twist in Engles’ of fense this year. One of the brightest notes in the fall practice sessions has been the play of sophomore Milt Plum from Westville, N.J. Plum has done everything well, but his lack of experience might hamper, him as a starting quarterback. He reaches the 6-1 mark and tips the scales at 190 pounds. Junior Bob Hoffman, who saw limited action last fall, is also making a strong bid for the posi tion but his lack of height (5 feet 9 inches) seriously hampers his effectiveness as a passer. Hoffman throws well, can run, and is a slick ball handler. Engle’s fourth contender is jun ior Walt Hochberg. A leg injury sidelined him for the entire sea son last year after he impressed coaches highly in pre-season (Continued on page thirteen) Send one dollar with any size pic ture. Your original returned un harmed. 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Pugh St. Richards Quits Sox, Joins Birds CHICAGO, Sept. 14 (JP)— Paul Richards quit as manager of the Chicago White Sox today to be come general manager of the Bal timore Orioles and was immedi ately succeeded in the Sox job by Coach Marty Marion for the re mainder of this season and 1955. Marion, former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns, was to direct the Sox against the Philadelphia A’s tonight. Richards, who kept the third place Sox in the American Lea gue’s first division in his four Chicago seasons, said he had come to terms with the Orioles “to run the whole thing.” Richards is exepectied to - sign a three-year Baltimore contract which also would make him field manager of the Orioles, although he said this “is something to be worked out.” Marion, 37, was a Sox coach this year after his release as man ager of the Browns when that club switched to Baltimore from St. Louis. Jack WimmerY Slate College Sunoco Is Giving A LUBE J 08... 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Freshmen, since they are not eligible for varsity sports, may not be\ members.. Until plans for the. “S” club were begun in January, the Uni versity had no letterman club for undergraduate and graduate stu dents. The only varsity letterman group was composed of alumni. The Senate committee on stu dent affairs approved the new club’s charter m late' spring and 37 members were initiated last May. Don Balthaser, football player, is president. Other officers and their sports are Rex Bradley, base ball, vice president; Patrick Ken nedy, baseball, recording secre tary; Robert Rohland, basketball, corresponding secretary; and Keith Horn, football, treasurer. Bullfrogs are considered fish by California law. Therefore, an angling license is necessary in that state to catch, bullfrogs.
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