THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1962
Dissension Rumors Fly
In Panthers' Grid Lair
By JOHN MORRIS
Spoxts-Editor
There has’been a great deal
of furor in the past week about
a column in the Pitt News by
that paper’s sports editor, Jim
O’Brien. ’ .
O'Bnerrwrotea-eolumiLentitled
‘‘Mutiny on'the Bounty,” in which
he reported that there was dis
sension on the Pitt football te&m.
In particular, the Pitt writer
noted that Panther quarterback
Jim Traficant “got fed up with
the adverse remarks about _his'
.play” and “squared off with the
coaches.”
“An argument -with quarter
back coach Lou (Bimbo) Cecconi
is now general knowledge among
many, students,” O’Brien reported.
O'Brien went on to list quarter
back Fred Mazurek, tackle Ernie
Borghetti and linebacker Bemie
LaQuinta as other unhappy Pan
thers.
0 ‘THERE. HAS been much dis
sension among players' who f elt
that outstanding ' perform res
weren’t being rewarded with ad
vancement,” O’Brien .wrote.
The column, appearing in the
Nov. 14 edition of the Pitt .News,
brought a quick denial from the
coaching staff.' . -
Cecconi said that he and Trafi-
cant had a “man-to-man-talk” and
head coach John Michelosen said
the reports of distension were
exaggerated.
Traficant and Mazurek have
shared the quarterback cbores for
the .Panthers in recent games, but
Traficant has had the job to him
self for most of the year.
O’Brien’s report of dissension
came as a surprise to many ob
servers. Cecconi, Traficant and
Booters Face Pitt in Finale Saturday
By IRA MILLER
Penn State's soccer team
will close out its fourth
straight losing season when it
meets Pitt Saturday morning
in Pittsburgh.
. The Nittanies (2-6) will be up
against a team they haven’t
beaten .since 1958 which, in
cidentally, was the last time the
Lion booters won more games
than they lost. ~
Leo Bemis'. Panthers, who were
eliminated from the NCAA play
offs by Maryland Monday, come
into the game with a 7-1-2 mark.
STATE HOLDS a 4-3 lead in
the series between the teams,
but the Panthers have won the
last three games.
Two Lion seniors, Val Djurd
jevic and Jay Stormer, will close
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Micheloserf had exchanged pleas
antries earlier in the season.
; "Jim has played some excellent
football,” Michelosen said after
Traficaiit had led the Panthers
to a 26-24 victory over California.
"He has gained confidence and
the team looks up to. him as a
real .leader.”
Cecconi also filed membership
in the Traficant fan club, saying,
“He did everything -'well in the
last two games. He, didn't pass
that much but when he did, he
made it count.' ’
IN TURK, Traficant praised
Cecconi: “Everything has gone
well the past few weeks,” quoth
James. “One of the! big reasons
for my improvement is Bimbo.
out their three-year varsity
careers in Saturday’s game.
Stormer, the Lion captain,
played a full game; for the first
time this 'season ip last week’s
3-1 triumph over Gettysburg. He
has been hampered' by ailments
of one! sort or another throughout
his varsity . career, , missing two
full games last year and one this
season. ,
Djurdjevic is the only Lion
forward who has started every
game this season. Playing at in
side right, he has. missed just
one game in his three varsity cam
paigns.
Coach Ken Hostrirman is con
sidering a switch on the left side
of the line with Stormer and Ted
Jones. Stormer has 1 been starting
at left wing. Jones at inside left.
Hosterman is also considering
a change in the goal where Jay
Robins has been the number one
JIM TKAFICANT
. .'. center of controversy
He has stuck with me even when
things weren't going right for me.
He's the best" f
But, according to O’Brien, the
Panthers' one big happy family is
having its share of squabbles.
All reports or thoughts of dis
sension can be forgotten this
week. The Panthers would rather
beat the Lions than-argue with
the] coaches. ;
Saturday’s game is reminiscent
of the situation in 1959 when
bowl-bound Penn State (8-1)
played Pitt _ (5-4). The ; Panthers
came, out on'top 22-7 in that one.
The.records are the same this
year and once again the Lions are
under consideration lor a bowl.
It could be disasterous.
man since the season’s third game.
“1 may put A 1 Shuss back in
the goal.” Hosterman said yes
terday. Shuss started the season
in the nets and played the West
Chester and Colgate games.
Despite the Lions' showing this
season, Hosterman refuses to give
up on his team. |
“r think we can beat Pitt if we
play the kind of game we did
against Gettysburg," he said.
Lions at ATAFF Meet
Four State harriers— sopho
mores Ernie Johnson. Jim Young
and Steve Gill and junior Mike
Sheedy—will represent the Lions
today at the first cross-country
meet sponsored by the American
Track and Field Federation. The
event is set for 11:30 a,m. on the
6U -miles course at Ohio State
University in Columbus.
Egli Hopes Hoffman
Becomes 'Glue Mari
By JIM BUKATA
(This is the ninth in a series of
articles on v'.embers of the 1962-
63 Penn 'State basketball team.
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Next and tost is John Mitchell.)
Earl Hoffman, one of the two
seniors on the tV?nn State bas
ketball team, is being counted
on by coach John Egli to be
the “glue man" of the squad.
As co-captain of the squad,
along, with John Mitchell, it will
be his-job to steady' ‘down the
sophomores who are Retting their
first rack at varsity competition.
-Hoffman will also be counted
on by Egli as a top scorer and
re bounder.
*TM COUNTING on Earl to
help these young boys,” Egli said.
"Alter all. he has two years of
varsity compeution behind him
and is adjusted to top-notch ball."
Hoffman, a 6-5, 196-pound sen
ior from Steelton, averaged 11 6
points a game last season as a
starting forward.
He came into his own after the
Lions put a play into their of
fense that allowed Hoffman to
take a jump shot from the corner
behind a double screen. ’ <■
Hoffman’s big problem- up to
that time was getting a shot for
himself. His moves to the .left
were poor and "most defenders
wouldn't fall for his fakes.
HOFFMAN HAS been working!
on this problem and seems to be!
moving better to his left. ■
“If Ihe can get that move to i
the left • perfected.” Egli said, *
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"then I would cal! him i i<>mplelc
ballplayer.”
Although he i» not honvv by
present day basketball standard*
for a forward, Hoffman will not
hurt the Lions on the hoards.
"lie’s learned how to get posi
tion under the boards and that
helps him a great .deal." Egli
added.
On defense, Hoffman ranks as
probably the best on the squad.
Muc’i of this is due to the fact
that he has plavcd four years
under lire Penn State rone sys
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