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After three postpo
due to poor weathe
State opens spring
practice today and 1
will spend the time sli
for interior linemen a
terback reserves.
Not only do Engle'
Bowl champions lose
can quarterback Richi
but they also lose thre
top four men at tackle a
Sophomore Galen
threw the touchdown
beat Alabama in th
Bowl last December, wil
Lucas' shoes but after th
got problems.
Junior Dick Hoak, a convert
ed halfback could be th , answer,
but he hasn't played quarter
back since his freshm-n year.
An All-State signal caller at
Jeannette, Pa , High Sc 001, Hoak
was switched to halfback after his
freshman year and he did so well
there. that he was a starter last
season.
However, Engle can afford to
move Hoak because of an abun
dance of outstanding halfbacks
including the "Mighty Molecule"
Dick Pae, Roger Kochman of Sy
racuse fame, and steady Jim Kerr.
Two freshmen, Frank Sincek
and Pete Liske, will get thor.
ough trials too and if they live
uo to their potential State's
quarterbacking problems will
be solved.
The interior line problem is
ca used by the loss of such stal
warts as guards Frank Korbini,
Bud Kohlhaas, and Sam Stella
tella plus tackles Charley Janer
ette, Andy Stynchula and Tom
Mulraney.
Engle will mold his guard corps
around Bill Popp of Steelton, a
darkhorse for All-American hon
ors. Popp split the starting as
signment with Korbini last fall
and is a vicious blocker and tack
ler.
Bill Saul, a center last sea
son, moves to left guard along
with another centet Wayne Ber
field.
Berfield was one of State's best
linebackers in 1958 but he was
forced to sit out the 1959 cam
paign with a broken arm.
Holdovers Bobby Gilmour, Bob
Hart and Dick Butterfield give
the Lions some sorely needed
depth.
Joe Blasenstein, a 190-pounder,
from Philadelphia and Frank
Waresak of Pottstown are the
freshman guards who are given
the best chance of cracking the
lineup.
Stu Barber is the only letter
winner at tackle, but Engle has
Nieporte Maintains Top Spot
In Azalea Open Golf Tourney
WILMINGTON, N.C. (IP)—Tom
Nieporte shot a four-under-par 68
yesterday to boost his lead to five
strokes after 36 holes of the $15,-
000 Azalea Open Golf Tourna
ment
The Bronxville, N.Y., profes
sional's total was 132 against 137
for runnerup Dow Finsterwald of
Tequesta, Fla., whose 66 was the
best round of a day that pro
duced 25 sub-par rounds and 12
even par.
Most of the other first round
challengers fell off their first day
pace and as a result Nieporte
picked up two more strokes on
the field although losing a couple
to Finsterwald.
A score of 149 was the cut off
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to back him up.
Dave Robinson, one of the
brightest freshman prospects will
get a trial at tackle along with
first year teammates Harrison
Rosdahl and Ron Tietjans.
The rest of the squad is fairly
well set with veterans in every
position.
Captain Henry Opperman and
lettermen Bob Mitinger and John
Bozick form the nucleus of a
fine end corps while Dave Truitt
and Dave Alexander give Engle
two more experienced hands at
this position.
Center is well fortified with
Jay Hoffman, the most valuable
player in the Liberty Bowl game,
and rugged Dick Wilson back for
another year.
At fullback the Lions have pile
driving Sam Sobczak and sopho
more Al Gursky who is one of the
"darkhorses." Big Denny Schaef
fer, hampered by a separated
shoulder much .of last year,
point for the 63 pros heading into
the last 38 holes Saturday and
Sunday.
Gay Brewer Jr., of Crystal Riv
er, Fla., held third place at 138
after a 71 yesterday.
Tied at 139 were Dave Ragan,
Orlando, Fla.; Ed Oliver, Denver;
Jerry Barber, Los Angeles, and
Jerry Pittman, Tulsa, Okla., all
pros.
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should be better if completely
healthy.
Under NCAA rules, the Lions
have 20 days for spring prac
tice and Engle plans to hold
drills every day evcept Wednes
day and Sunday.
The Blue-White game which
marks the end of spring practice
will be played May 7. •
Today's practice session begins
at 1:30 on the IM football field.
—Sandy Padwe
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By SANDY PADWE
This is the last of a series on the Penn State baseball team,
today the infield.
There's only one thing that changes more than the weather
and that's Joe Bedenk's mind,
As a result, Larry Fegley is the only infielder sure of a
starting position when Penn State opens Its baseball season
against Gettysburg here Wednesday.
Fegley, one of State's best hit
ters, gets the nod at second base
where he has been a standout for
the last two years.
The Allentown native car
ried the Lion offense during
the first half of the 1959 cam
paign but he bit a severe slump
during May and finished at .294,
far below his early 400 pace.
"Larry was his own worst ene
my last year," said Bedenk as he
watched Fegley pull into second
with a double during yesterday's
practice session. "He got mad at
himself every time he struck out
or made an error, and a ballplayer
just can't do that."
Apparently Fegley has decided
to forget last year and he's been
looking like his old self in pre
season drills.
Bedenk, in his 30th year as
head coach, hasn't decided who
will play alongside Fegley at
short, but he said it might be
varsity holdover Bob Hrobak.
Hrobak was an understudy to
State's great Captain Bob Hoover
a year ago, and you can tell it by
his moves around the infield.
"Hrobak fields very well and he's
fast too," said Bedenk. "I hope
he can get us some hits."
Moving to first, Bedenk plans
to go with Lariy Beighey (.214)
and Bill Benton (333). Beighey
will play against lefthanders and
Benton against righties when he
isn't pitching.
The third base situation isn't as
simple. Earlier this week Bedenk
labeled sophomore John Phillips
as his probable third sacker, but
he changed his mind yesterday
and said that Dick Landis would
probably play there.
Landis, the Lion captain,
played both third and leftfield
last year, but Bedenk considers
(Continued on page ten)
YOU NEE
Gives Lions
Second Base
Lions Rank 6th
'ln Coaches Poll
Penn State will be one of Amer
;lea's 10 best college baseball teams
lin 1960.
So says Collegiate Baseball,
published in Tucson, Ariz., fol
lowing a poll of the Ainetican
, Association of College Baseball
Coaches
The coaches pick Southern Cali
foinia, college kingpin in 1958,
to regain its throne, followed in
'order by Arizona, Oklahoma
'State, Minnesota, Western Michi
gan, Penn State, Missouri, Texas,
I Notre Dame, and Connecticut.
Oklahoma State was last year's
,national champion. Penn State,
which dropped two games to
Oklahoma State in the College
Wmld Series, placed fourth in the
,NCAA playoffs The Nittany
'Lions finished the season with a
17-6 record.
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