PAGE SIX
First Half of Season
Productive for Gridders
The foothdll season leached
the halfway mark last Satur
day. And it's been a productive
fn st half for Rip Engle and his
Nittany Lions.
The Nat:ones h.ive lulled up
ine -Iratpht and :up !Linked
to Plllll a 1)CI f ighth In thy UPI
End Al' pelt , : te,peettveiv.
Looking back over the first
five games, Engle attributed
the Lion success to good per
formances by the whole team.
- The boys have been tremen
(tow. out these tar this year,"
It was learned yesterday that
Lion end Dave Truitt will be
lost to the squad indefinitely
because of an emergency appen•
dectomy operation.
r.ud "lrt, the vaqe , ,t tram
I'\ had 10 coach, Evetyone
%, nr t.. ha:d in both the game,
sum piattlee and that
IA hat (mint,
-Of cow ‘tc've had plenty of
bleak , ; too, hut A.\ e took advantage
thvin," conti n ued Engle.
"I think the team o improving
Chisox, SF Place
6 on AP All-Stars
NEW YORK (/P)—The Chicago White Sox and the
Francisco Giants dominated the 1959 Associated Press m
league All-Star team, landing three players each on
squad named yesterday.
Second baseman Nellie Fox, Catcher Sherm Lollar
rightbanded pitcher Early Wynn
I,'plek.ented the Aniclican League
li.impum White Sox. The Giants
selected vtcie host baseman Or
lando Lepeda, outfielder Willie
tlays and lefthanded pitcher
Johnny Antonelli.
The rest of the team, chosen
by 173 members of the Baseball
Writers Association of America
participating in the annual poll,
lists third baseman Ed Mathaws
of the Milwaukee Braves, short
stop Ernie Banks of the Chicago
Cubs and outfielders Hank
Aaron of the Braves and Al
Kaline of the Detroit Tigers.
The world champion Los An
'Ales Dodgers failed to place a
ilmn on either the first or second
learn So did the New Yolk Yan
k,,eQ
rux. named on 165 ballots, was
the top individual vote-getter.
The balloting for second base was
the most one-sided in the poll
with runner-up Johnny Temple of
thy- Cincinnati Reds receiving
only four votes.
The closest race was at short
stop. Banks drew 88 votes to
85 for Luis Aparicio of the
White Sox.
The 10 , ..1 of the SVCOIICI
in addition to Temple and Apa
i in. fist base—Frank Robinson,
Reck. third base—Ken Boyer,
C.ndinals; outfield Harvey
Knerm, Tigers, Rocky Colavito.
Inc:tans. and Vada Pinson, Reds;
and Jim Landis, White Sox;
Catcher Del Crandell, Braves;
left-handed pitcher Warren
Spain). Braves; right-h and e d
pitcher—Sam Jones, Giants.
Argument With Dean
Causes Blattner to Quit
ST. LOUIS OP) Sportscaster
Buddy Blattner contirmed reports
yesterday that a peisonal differ
ence with Dizzy Dean prompted
Imn to resign from a contract
sa'd to call for $75,000 a year.
The 40-year-old former major,
league infielder said he had asked
for and received his release be
cause he no longer wanted to,
work with Dean, former pitchingi
great.
Blattner said Dean insisted that
their sponsor withdraw approval'
for him to work the National
League playoft games between l
Milwaukee and Los Angeles.
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that's still our trouble spot. How
ever, you have to keep in mind,
that Huffman's only a sophomore
and Graham was on the junior
varsity last year."
Asked what he thought about
the five games coming up, Engle
said they'd all be tough. "It's
going to take some real football
to win all those games. Every
team from here on in is really
good," said the Lion mentor.
Ye.,terda2. , Engle moved guard
,Frank Korbint back to the first
unit in place of Bill Popp as the
Lions 44ent through a lengthy
.practice session in preparation
for the Illinois game Saturday in
Cleveland.
He also moved sophomore cen
ter Bob Saul up to the second unit
in place of Graham, who has been
!bothered with a bad chaileyhorse.
;GRID NOTES—The Lions have
played Illinois just once ... That
!game was in 1954 when the Nit
tames won, 14-12 . . . Penn State
,guard Sam Stellatella has de
n every game but we still have!veloped into an impressive place
some weak spots," he said "Cen-
kicking specialist . .. He's booted
ter is one of them. I'm not tak
-11 extra points in as many tries
mg anything away from Jay
this year and is 2 for 3 in the
field goal depaitment . . Quar-
Huffman and Jim Graham, but
ter back Richie Lucas, Penn State's
total offense leader, has person
ally accounted for 629 of the
1.851 yaids gained by the Nittany
Lions in five games . . .
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Rip Engle
Players Favor
2 Ail-Star Tilts
NEW YORK ( 3 )--Major league
players, through representatives
Robin Roberts and Harvey Kuenn,
informed baseball's Executive
Council yesterday they favored
two All-Star games next ve, ,,
provided they are played within
four days.
This was one of several pro
posals submitted by the player
representatives involying_player
owner relations.
The players were assured that
the owners will consider all pro
posals at their annual winter
meeting' in Miami Beach next De
cember.
Two All-Star games were
Played for the first time last sea
son The first was played in Pitts
burgh in July; the second in Los
Angeles in August.
If there are two All-Star games
next year, the first will be in Kan
sas City the second Tuesday in
July and the next in New York
two days later.
Cothren, a field goal and extra
'point kicking specialist, kicked 42
conversions and 14 field goals for
the Rams for 84 points, second
FOR GOOD RESULTS only to Cleveland's Jimmy Brown
COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS in scoring.
I Five Identical
'Marks Scored
In IM Bowling
All five games in intramural
bowling League A ended with the
identical scores of 3-1 Monday
night.
Handicaps balanced the scoring
to such an extent that the Simi es.
with only three men, beat Glenn
Rood,
The Devils won their decision
over Dawson School behind Frank
Greenhvleh's 212 high single and
529 triple.
In other action Delaware de
feated Slinsticks as Don Miller
rolled a 478 series for the winners
SpUnters won over Runkle Ram
and Bucks House topped Vets
Despite the handicap, two
teams in League B managed to
win 4-0 victories. NROTC-1B
snlintered NROTC-1A due to the
offence of Jim Rauch who bowled
a 206 hied game and a 531 high
series. Jim Dawson's 480 triple
led the Holy Rollers against the
Janitors for the other 4-0 deci
sion.
Eaoles Buy Cothren
PHILADELPHIA (W) The
Philadelphia Eagles announced
yesterday signing of fullback
Paige Cothren, second high scor
er, in the National Football League
last year but released before the
1959 season started by Los An
geles.
Grandstand Views
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Previews
Big Steve Sucic has been following Penn State's football
team for the past five weeks. But it isn't because he's a Lion
fan.
Sucic is an Illinois scout and his main assignment this
year is to "get the book on Penn State." When he packed his'
briefcase after the Boston U eame
- pro with the Los Angeles Rams.
and headed toward Champaign- Sucic's pro career was spent
Urbana last weekend it looked' , with the Rams and Detroit Lions.
mole like he had an encyclopedia
lAfter winding up his playing
This Saturday the personable; da _.
3s. he was head coach at Brad-
Sucic finds out just how good a- e
y for two years and backfield
job he did, when the Fighting coach at Kansas State for three
lILm and the Lions tangle in , „ enrs.
Cleveland's Municipal Stadium.
Plenty depends on Sucic's job He joined the Illinois coaching
a
—Penn State's 5.0 record, Illi- ' an in January 1958 as back-
field coach.
nois' 3.1 mark, plus a lot of
Sucic has seen a lot of football
prestige for the winner. in many different sections of the
How does Sucic feel a bouticountry and he rates Penn State
Saturday's game? "Well, I look'as one of the best Eastern teams
for a seal close ball game," said he has seen in quite awhile.
the Mini scout. : "One of the big things we'll
"I think the game will turn in-i have to worry about Saturday
to a battle between the lines in Cleveland is Lucas and his
Both teams ale good upfront but passing." Sucic said. "But we've
I'm really impressed with that got a few fellows who could
Penn State crew. t give Penn State some trouble
"And that Lucas is some- in return."
thing," he exclaimed in between
of a coke. Sucic was referring to sopho
gulps'more quarterback sensation Mel
"The thing that makes him so Meyers and junior John Easter
good is his intense desire to play lbrook. Meyers took over for
this game. He's not just a one-!Easterbrook when the latter
way quarterback . , you know, he's cracked a bone in his foot early
as good on defense as anyone.! in the year.
In fact I'd have to rate him asl He was the big factor in the
one of the best I've seen." wins over Army and Ohio State
And that statement takes inland did a good job against 'Winne
quite an area, for Sucic has played:seta. Easterbrook, who is rated as
and coached for college, service one of the Big Ten's best signal
and pro teams. I (Continued on page seven)
He played his college ball for
Illinois and was one of the out
standing
backs in the Big Ten
during his collegiate career.
Then came a hitch in the Air !!
Force where he played on a
team with such stars as Glenn ;
Dobbs, a hall-of•famer from ;
Tulsa, and Tom Fears an all-
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