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Boaters End Season
With 5-2 Win Over Pitt
The Nittany Lion soccer
team finished its season on a
winning note Saturday as it
beat Pittsburgh, 5-2. The Lions
finished the season with a 5-4
record.
It was mainly the play of the
underclas , ,men in the Nittany
lineup that provided the winning
punch thus giving coach Kenny
Itosterman bright hopes for next
year.
Gary Miller, a junior, scored
three goals and set up another one
to lead the Lion offense. A sopho
more—Wayne Rodgers and an
other junior Pete Wadsworth
scored the other Lion goals.
But according to Hosterman,
Bill Fiedler, a junior, played the
top game for the Nittanies.
"Two men were on Billy
throughout the whole game. If
they didn't guard him that close
the score would have been dif
ferent."
The Lions .controlled the ball
game from the beginning as they
registered 47 shots to the Pan
thers' 17.
Wadsworth started the Lion
scoring when he took a pass from
Mike Stollmeyer at 16.55 of the
fii3t period and hit the left cor
ner of the Panther nets.
Miller scored the only Lion goal
of the second period when he tal
lied at 10:20. Pittsburgh couldn't
score in the first half and the
Lions led at the intermission, 2-0.
Pittsburgh came to life for
the first and last time in the
beginning of the third period.
Manager, Jack-of-all-Trades
On Penn State Athletic Scene
By SANDY PADWE
Remember the fellow in high
school who used to carry the
footballs or basketballs, oranges
and towels? You used to laugh
and call him the water boy. Well,
that boy grew up and is now in
college.
When he got to college he de
cided to continue his old hobby.
But, things were different in col
lege. He was no longer the water
boy, he was the manager—and
what's mole people treated him
with respect.
His job is also a little more
complicated than it was in high
school, for the manager is the
"jack-of-all-trades" on the Penn
State athletic scene.
At Penn State the manager
takes the responsibility of arrang
ing hotel accom
modations, sche-
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and the biggest
job of all—hand
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all finances.
What kind of
person is a head
manager at Penn
State? A c cord- Hints
ing to Lion soccer Coach Ken
Tiosterman, the manager has to
be a responsible, level-headed
and friendly person.
This is an accurate descrip
tion of the three men who hold
the head manager jobs of the
three Penn State fall sports:
Ed Hintz in football, Phil Smi
ley in soccer and Dean Rossi in
cross-country.
All three have one thing in
common—deep devotion to their
sport. This devotion was probably
the reason they edged a score of
rivals for the head manager job.
All managers start the same
way. As sophomores they are
among the infinite number of sec
ond managers; then they advance
to first manager as juniors along
with two other counterparts.
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Gary Miller
. . . scores three
George Murdock scored for the
Panthers with 1:25 gone to cut
the Lion lead to 2-1.
But Rodgers who was playing
his first game at left wing broke
up the Panther rally with his
first goal of the season at the
7:30 mark. Miller broke the game
wide open 11 minutes later with
his second goal and the Lions led,
4-1 .
The last Penn State goal was
One man is selected from the
three and he is named head man
ager as a senior.
Head managers are selected by
the head coach of the sport, team
captain, equipment manager and
athletic director.
A manager's job is a let of
work, but it has its rewards.
"Being football manager takes
a lot of work. _but the lessons
I am learning as head manager
will be invaluable to me when
I graduate," said grid manager
Ed Hintz.
Soccer manager Bostley holds
the same view•
"The business
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is teaching me
more than I
could ever hope
for. I really have
a lot of respOn
alot of responsi-
bility and meet
ing the challen
ges will help me r
in future years." ,
Dean Rossi, the
c r o s s - country Bostley
manager, agreed with the other
two, but has his own reasons for
becoming manager. Rossi is a 2-
year veteran in track, earning his
letters in the 160- and 200-yard
dashes. But because he is in
eligible for the track team this
year, he felt that he could stay,
close to the sport by becoming
manager of cross-country.
Rossi is ineligible because hel
has already received a degree.]
This year he decided to come
back and study in another field
and although classified as a jun
ior, he is considered a graduate.
The manager's hardest work
comes the day of a game,.especial
ly if it's an away game. Recently
this reporter had the opportunity
of watching a manager at work
the day of the game and it was
hectic.
The manager started the day
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also scored by Miller—this one
coming at 9:45 of the last period.
Pitt's final goal also came in the
fourth- quarter with only 30 sec
onds left.
"We played a good game,"
said Hosterman. "Pitt was on
par with Bucknell, maybe a lit
tle better." (The Lions beat
Bucknell, 7-0, -in the opener).
By winning, the Lions averted
their first losing season since 1944
when the Nittanies finished with
a 3-4 log. Hosterman now has
posted six consecutive winning
seasons since coming to Penn
State in 1952. His overall record
is 43-9-2.
Although Miller scored three
goals, he only finished second in
the individual scoring race. Fied
ler was first with 12 goals in
eight games. He missed the Col
gate game due to an injury.
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Wadswprth was the third '
leading scorer posting five
goals and Stollmeyer was fourth
with four tallies. Stollmeyer al
so led the Lions in assists.
Five seniors closed' out their
Penn State soccer careers Satur
day. The graduating seniors are
captain Howie Mairhofer, Herby
Hertner, Jerry Bruce, Paul Bauer
and Stollmeyer.
Saturday's win over Pittsburgh
was the Lions fourth straight in
a series that dates back to 1955.
The closest the Panthers have
come to beating Penn State was
in 1955 when the Lions won by a
6-3 count.
I by making sure that all the
I equipment was packed and
ready for the trip. Next he made
sure that the bus would be at
Rec Hall at the proper time.
Then came the --
trip to the ath
letic director's
office to pick up
the money and
itinerary for the
trip.
So it goes for
any manager. He
'doesn't get any
applause f rom
the stands—a pat
on the back from
the coach or.one
of th e players Rossi
lis the sign of the job well done,
Next time you see one of Penn
State's teams play remember that
there are more people connected
with the squad than you can see
lon the field, and these people are
(just as important as the players.
As one coach put it: "We wouldn't
be out here if it weren't for that
'working fool' handing out the
towels over there." •
Engle's Success - at Pitt
Penn State coach Rip Engle
holds a narrow edge over tradi
tional rival Pitt. In eight meet
ings since he became Penn State's
head coach, Engle has defeated
the Panthers four times while
losing three. One game ended in
a 7-7 tie. These traditional rivals
will tangle at Pitt Stadium on
Thanksgiving Day.
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Of course, we've been talking like a turkey all year. In the
first place, we picked picked Penn , State's football team to win
the Lambert Trophy, placing Army a far fifth. At last glance, the
positions were just the reverse
Then there's that Army game. We honestly thought the Lions
would beat the Cadets. But we shouldn't have been honest.
Syracuse was supposed to be easy pickings, too. But the result
of that game couldn't have made our cynical friend "Joe, the Barber"
happier.
And our castigators—and there are many of them circulating
around the Nittany Lair—had a mass celebration following the
Sportseer's West Virginia goof.
Now, comes the Pitt game. And as we noted above—" Now
we're really going to talk Turkey."
What chance does Penn State's football team have against the
Panthers?
Well, my good friends (are there any left?), this question has
been tossed around like a basketball since the season started. And
since Penn State's overwhelming win over Holy Cross, 32-0, and
Pitt's humiliating defeat to Nebraska (oops, almost forgot that other
[Nebraska win in late September over you-know who) this has been a
major conversational item.
The Panther assenters point. to Pitt's overall "better record"
which includes a hard-fought victory over Notre Dame, 29-26.
and the 14-14 tie with "that same" Army team. They also claim
the 16-13 loss to Syracuse was almost unavoidable since the Or
ange Bowl-bound New Yorkers had caught the Pitts between the
Army and Notre Dame toughies.
• Another reason for jumping on the Pitt bandwagon is the
"class of the opposition." The Panthers face one of the most rigorous
and toughest schedules in the country, so the claim goes, while
the Lions meet the "patsies."
Then there's the angle of spirit and determination—better known
as "being up." The Panthers will have more desire to win, so say
the blatant Pitt supporters. That loss to Nebraska spoiled a lucra
tive bid to the Cotton or Orange Bowls and the Panthers are as
mad as could be.
And of course, the pro-Pitt faction also points to the unpre
dictable play of the Penn State boys. As "Joe, the Barbersaid:
"One week they look like the best team in the nation and the
next week they look like bums."
On the other hand, Penn State "die-hards" (including yours
truly) feel that the Lions have finally "jelled" as a well-knit organ
ization and could give any team in the nation a tough battle on any
given day. That victory over Holy Cross proves it, so they say.
-And then there's that poem they've been singing all week:
"NO dropped passes, no more fumbles;
"We'll make Pittsburgh look so humble."
What will be the final result is anybody's guess, right now.
We feel Penn State can beat Pitt. But they will have to play their
best game of the season—better even than the Holy Cross affair.
Only the players themselves—and the coaches, too—can do it.
They will need the wholehearted support of every loyal Penn
Stater—but in the end, it will be up to them.
As for the Gator Bowl bid, let's forget it. Despite the seemingly
optimistic attitude of Gator Bowl selection chairman Sam Wolfson,
we feel .the Lions are still a long-shot bet. All Pitt needs is a win
for the bid—be it one point or 25. But the Lions will have to not
only win, but make an outstanding showing—a very hard accom
plishment against 'such a traditional rival.
Can they do it?
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1958
By Lou Prato
Sports Editor
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