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Competition Stiff Participation
At FE Position Stressed By
WRA Group
(This is the last in a series of articles covering the positions
on the Penn State football learn. Today—the fullbacks.)
That pitiful attempt at poetry may be disappointing, but all
indications are that the 1957 Penn State corps of fullbacks wont be
—if fail practice drills can be used as a sound basis of Judgment.
"Right now, there are four gridders vying for the starting berth
—Emil "Babe" Caprara, Maurice Schleicher, Ben Williams and Pete
Shopa, with Caprara and Schleicher leading the field by a fair
margin.
According to backfield Coach Frank Patrick. Caprara and
Schleicher are waging a battle similar to the one being fought at
halfback (where four men are closely matched for starting honors)
and it can not as yet be said definitely just who will be the
starter at Penn, Sept. 28.
These two gridders are used to close competition between
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Maurice Schleicher
they're mak:og it tough at I ullbaek
themselves. Last season, althoug,,h Capra:a started more times. the
two just about evenly divided their playing time.
"Babe Caprara
Caprara played with the starting unit of quarterback Milt Plum
and halfbacks Billy Kane and Ray Alberigi—all graduated—most
of the time last year. Schleicher joined the AI Jacks-Bruce Gilmore-
Andy Mocoyni backfield on Coach Rip Engle's surprising second
unit and at times relieved Caprara on the first club.
According to Patrick, Caprara has looked exceptionally well
both offensively and defensively and his faking has been instru
mental in the success of the halfbacks on dives and end sweeps
Because of this, he has the inside track on the job right now, Patrick
said.
But the battle is not won—not yet, anyway. Patrick said that
Schleicher. who has been handicapped by minor bumps and bruises
this fall, is just now rounding into his best playing shape and is
starting to give Caprara quite a tussle for the job.
The battle between Williams and Shopa for the third team Posi
tion is almost as close as the Caprara-Schleicher match. Both boy:
have shown sporadic moments of good running ability—neither car
_claim the job for his Own.
Williams was the number three fullback most of last seasor
while Shopa is playing college football for the first time since hi:
discharge from the Army last spring. Shopa, a junior, spent the
1951 season at fullback for Engle before he entered the service.
Looking at the situation in general, Patrick express'ed an opti,
mistic attitude toward the future when he said: "As a whole, the
fullback position is pretty well fortified. They're all terrific players
who can do a good job when called on in a ballgame."
Malzone Ineligible :Top College Grid Teams .
For Rookie Honors ' .
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 ill._: Face Rugged Opener
Frank Malzone, Boston Red Sox,
third baseman, is not eligible for! It's been a good many years '1956 runner-up. in a night game
the rookie of the year honors, the since the big boys of college foot-:at Portland, Ore.
board of directors of the Baseball ,
ball have sneaked in a couple of; 3. The Atlantic Coast Confer
breather games to open the;ence title could hinge on opening
Writers Assn. of America. saidi eas Y .
:season. Usually, they resembled !games between Duke and South
Way
!the exhibition type, with coachesiCarolina at Columbia, S.C., to-
Dan Daniel of the New York cleaning the bench after the score night, and Nor t h Carolina vs
World Telegram and Sun, presi- ; hit 60-0. :North Carolina State at Chapel
dent of the association, said the I N ot t o d a y Hill. N.C.
however. asthel9s7 ;
board decided Malzone s 103 t imes . The television game of the day
. !season opens with a bang, and the!
at bat in 27 games last year dir-, is Maryland, on the comeback,
national championship just might,
qualify him from being consid-'
ma-;and Texas A&M. at 4 p.m. EST
; be involved, plus a couple of ma
ered a rookie. jor conference titl e s_ For in- : over NBC.
Gym Managers Called : stance:
1. Oklahoma, national champs,Mat Manager Candidates
Sophomores interested in ap- for the last two seasons, throws Sophomore students interest
plying fir gymnastic manager i a 40-game - winning streak on the! ed in becoming wrestling man
positions are requested to sign ;line at Pittsburgh against the dan-1 agers are requested to sign
up immediately in the Athletic I gerous Pitt Panthers. ! their names immediately in the
Office, second floor of Recrea- ! 2. Oregon State, defending Pa-I Athletic Office, second floor, of
Ilan Hall. t eific Coast Conference champions,) Recreation Hall.
Lmeets Southern California, thel
By VINCE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
The quarterbacks are talented,
The Halfbacks, too;
But, don't forget the fullbacks,
Cause they're good!
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Penn State's WRA Intramural
program, which will begin Mon
day, Sept. 23, is designed to af
ford recreation for every Penn
State woman, regardless of ath
letic ability, and is conducted to
emphasize participation rather
than recognition.
This year's intramural chair
man will be Sally Jervis. Jean
Nigh and Barbara Thiel are her
assistants.
7,71 e various teams entering
•he iniramurals will be com-
used of independent and soror
ity girls. Each dormitory unit
and sorority will elect an intra
mural representative who will
attend a meeting 5 p.m. every
Monday in White Building.
WRA has an intramural point
system in which a Participation
Cup will be given to the unit or
sorority with the largest percent
age of girls participating. This cup
is presented each semester. Last
semester's winner was Delta Zeta
sorority. In addition, an Intra
mural Cup will be presented to
the unit winning the most games.
Last semester. Kappa Kappa Gam
ma was awarded this cup.
The following will be the
Intramural program for the
coming year: first semester—
hockey, badminton, swimming,
table tennis and basketball; sec
ond semester—volleyball, bas
ketball. bridge and softball.
Spahn Wins 20th,
Braves Top Cubs,
Magic Number 5
CHICAGO. Sept. 20 (Al—Lefty
Warren Spahn missed the finish.
but became the majors' first 20-
came winner as the pennant
hound Milwaukee Braves routed
Soh Rush with a 5-run seventh
for a 9-3 triumph today over the
Chicago Cubs.
Pending tonight's St. Louis at
,Cincinnati game, the Braves
moved 4 2 . 1 2 games ahead of the
runner-up Cards.
Spahn, 36, who recorded his
eighth 20-victory season, yielded
three -hits before cautious Mana
-Tr Fred Haney yanked him with
lne out and two Cubs on base in
`he bottom of the seventh. He was
-enlaced by Don McMahon. who
•truck out the next two hatters to
•nd the threat.
Rockefeller Offer
Vetoed by 'Bums'
NEW YORK. Sept. 20 1 A:l—Mul
l-millionaire Nelson Rockefeller
oday upped his offer to $3 mil
ion to buy land for a new sta
lium for the Brooklyn Dodger
•ut was promptly rebuffed by
lodger President Walter O'Mal
‘ey.
Originally, Rockefeller—who is
rying desperately to ke e p tht
lodgers in New York—had of
"ered $2 million for the land on
he downtown Brooklyn sitr
v hi c h O'Malley wants fpr his
earn.
Penn State's sophomore center,
Earl (Bud) Kohlimas. is a 2-time
all-State selection from Me
chanicsburg High School.
As a
MATT•er-a-FACT
PITT AND OKLAHOMA-OUR GUESS
Most prominent in the minds of sports writers and avid sports
fans is the opening of the college football weekend—and what a
game they have scheduled at Pittsburgh for the 1957 opener: Pitt
vs Oklahoma!
With no further adieu, this column will go all out on a limb
with its first prediction of the year.
Pitt will win . . . it's got all the horses necessary!
This prediction was not pulled out of a hat. It's our firm con
viction after seeing and talking to peak-conditioned Pitt gridders
and reviewing the statistics.
One. of the outstanding jinxes facing the 62-man squad from
Norman, Okla., is that the Sooners continually play a sub-par game
on opening day—particularly on the uneven year and this happens
to be 1957.
Two years ago, the Sooners national championship team looked
like a high school unit in the opener with a North Carolina team
that lost nine games. The Oklahomans squeaked by in that one,
13-6, with a second half comeback.
In 1953, they dropped their first verdict and were tied by Pitt.
7-7—the last mar on their piesent 40-game win streak. Inci
dentally. in 1951 the Sooners dropped two of its first three games
and in two even-numbered years, 1948 and 1952, they were again
unsuccessful in winning the first game of the season.
Now we will try to show you that this 1957 edition will prob
ably be just as "green" as the previous ones that had difficulty in
winning their initial contests—all-America back Clendon Thomas
to the contrary. '
Wilkinson will be the first to admit that he lost a wealth of
material in The backfield—and we are thinking of more than all-
America back Tommy McDonald, the fourth leading scorer in the
nation.
- We are thinking of a position where inexperience will hurt the
most . . . quarterback. Slick Jimmy Harris is the number one man
that Wilkinson is attempting to replace. But the 41-year old coach
also lost his number two man, Jay O'Neal. To fill the gaps, he
will probably go with Dale Sherrod, a converted senior 'halfback.
Need we say more Mere.
All-American Jerry Tubbs is gone. His replacement will have
the honor of holding out one vicious hunk of all-America material,
Pitt center Charley Brueckman. Both first-string guards are also
missing, and their successors will be aligned against mean Danny
Wisniewski, 6' 235 pounds, and "Little John" Guzik, 6' 3", 245.
On that experienced Pitt line, including "inexpeilenced" ends
Jim Zaonos and Dick Scherer, will be another all-America candi—
dale—fackle Jim McCusker. "listed". at 6'2", 245 pounds.
According to the official team roster, the line should ave.rage.
228 pounds per man, which still makes it the largest mountain of
beef and muscle congregated on a college gridiron club this year.
They're "Michelosen' Men," and that means they are in top physical
thape. It seems Mr. Mike just likes to wear you down for a half
Ind then score away.
Going into the game, Oklahoma will still have their 40-game
yin streak and their 116-game scoring record on the line. This,
ind Wilkinson's ability to come up with championship teams, seems
o rate the invaders as an eight-point favorite. We just don't agree.
Another jinx we almost forgot to mention . Oklahoma
dOesn't fare too well on wet gridirons. The last time they played
under a shower at Norman was in a losing effort and the coach
got fired that same year. Wilkinson's teams have never played
in the rain.
While he was an assistant under Jim Tatum in 1946, Oklahoma
flayed twice in the rain. The sodden Sooners won from TCU by a
mere 14-12 margin and lost to Kansas, 16-13. COME ON RAIN!
ANY CAT KNOWS
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