THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963
Sharpshooters Need
tvicistery of 3 C's
One of . the problems of a large varsity sports program is
that one or more of the minor sports may be pushed to the
background. And due to a lack of interest, misconceptions
concerning these sports sometimes arise.
Such is the case of the Penn State rifle team
- Many people think that the sharpshooters merely stand
It the firing line, take aim at the target and pull the trigger.
This is true except that they must not only fire while standing,
but also while in a prone and
kneeling position.
The shooters are given 36 min
utes in which they must fire 30
shots, 10 in each position. Al
though it is not a steadfast rule,
the usual order of the positions
are prone, kneeling and then off
hang or standing,
THE PRONE SHOT, which
many feel is the easiest, is' shot
while on the stomach. The 13-
pound, .22 rifle,, is then placed
against the shoulder. After getting
a comfortable position and tak
ing aim at the target, the shooter
is then , ready to carefully squeeze
the trigger.
A. score of 99 or a perfect 100
is what most good shooters at
tain in this position..
The kneeling position, many
rifle coaches will advise, should
be shot while the rifleman is
sitting on the inside of his right
foot and ankle. He then must lean
forward placing his left arm over
his left knee, holding the left
knee straight and placing the
left foot flat on the ground.
A shooter -can Usually tell when
he has found an acceptable kneel
ing position if he can shoot a
score of three or four points be
low his prone score.
.
The final position, standing or
off-hand, is the one that many
riflemen would like.to forget, for
it is considered to be the most
difficult. In this position the
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shooter must stand with his
weight balanced on both feet and
the heels approximately 10 inches
apart.
THE STOCK usually rests in
the shooter's right hand with the
rifle piffled back into the shoul
der. The left arm, being held
. against the side of the chest, acts
as extra support. The 13-pound
rifle gets quite heavy after hold
ing for about 30 minutes so the
support of the left hand is very
important.
In this position a coach usually
likes to see a score of 92 or bet
ter. By adding a 99 in the prone,
a 95 in the kneeling and a 92 in
the off-hand, the riflemen . come
up with a score of 286. Anything
above this and you'll probably
find both a happy shooter and a
happy coach.
However, perfection of these
three positions will not insure a
winning performance. There are
three intangibles that must go
hand and hand with shooting per
fection. These are concentration,
coordination, and confidence.
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Robinson Nixes
Quilling Rumors;
inks Record Pact
CINCINNATI (W) It now is
official that Frank Robinson, the
Cincinnati Reds' slugging out
fielder, isn't quitting baseball. He
signed yesterday to play another
long season;
Robinson, - who made a strong
bid for the National League bat
ting championship in 1962 with a
.342 average, announced at the
close Of the season he was quitting
the game. -
Admittedly Robinson will be the
highest paid Cincinnati player in
the club history. The best guess
- was at about $60,000.
When asked whether he meant
it when he said he would retire,
Robinson said, "Yes, but with this
kind of a contract I changed my
mind."
ROBBY apparently had made
up his mind before yesterday,
however. At a Cincinnati-Baseball
Writers Association banquet ,on
Jan. 12 he told of his plans for
spring training.
Robinson's fancy batting aver
age in 1962 came after a slow -
April start during which he hit
less'than .200. He went on, how
ever, to club 39 home runs and
hat in 136 tallies_ He was the Na
tional League slugging champion
with an average of .624.
Tennis Call Issued
Tennis coach Sherm Fogg yes
terday urged all freshman and
varsity tennis players and anyone
else, interested in trying out to
contact his immediately at Room
234. Rec Hall.
MEWS STORE
STATE COLLEGE
Clay Now No. 2 Contender
_NEW YORK (AP)—Ambitious;
young Cassius Clay has been pro
moted to No. 2 heavyweight con
tender in the latest monthly rat
ings of Ring Magazine.
The 21-y e a r-old, undefeated
Louisville slugger was raised
from fifth in the ratings released
yesterday. Eddie Machen, the
perennial - top contender from
Portland, Ore., temporarily was
dropped from the top ten because
of illness.
Floyd Patterson, the former
heavyweight c ha m p i o n, was
raised from second to first con
THE CURSE OF THE CAMPUS: NO. 1
Hate me if you will, but-I must speak. We college types are
far too complacent. Sure, we've got plenty to he proud of.
We've got atom smashers, we've got graduate schools, we've got
new. peaks in scholarship, new highs in academic honors. And yet,
in the midst of these triumphs, we have failed dismally to make
any progress in solving the oldest and most horrendous of all
campus problems: we've still got roommates.
To be sure, oil roommates are not bad. There is the well
documented case of Ililquit Olehe, a student at the Manhattan
College of Agriculture, majoring in curds and whey, who ad
mitted publicly that he actually liked his roommate—an odd
admission when you consider that this roommate, Mavis
Trunz y name, was frankly not too winsome it, fellow. Tie
practiced his tympani in his room, he kept an alligator, and he
Collected airplane tires.
. But, on the other hand, Mervis bought two packs of Marlboro
Cigarettes every day and gave one of them to Hilquit and—l ask
you—who can stay mad at a man who gives you Marlboro
Cigarettes? Who, unon tasting that flavorful blend of Marlboro
tobaccos, upon dreing through that pure white Marlboro filter,
upon exulting in _this best of all possible cigarettes, Marlboro—
who, I say can harden his heart against his neighbor? Certainly
not Hilquit. Certainly not I. Certainly not you, as you will find
when you scurry to your nearest tobacconist and buy a supply.
Marlboros come in soft pack or Flip-Top Box. Tobacconists
come in small, medium, and large._
But I digress. Roommates, I say, are still with us and I
fear they always will be, so we better learn how to get along
with them. It can be done, you know. Take, for instance, the
classic case of Dolly Pitcher and Molly Madison.
Dolly and Molly, roommates at a proininent
_lNilidwestern
girls' school (Vassar) had a problem that seemed insoluble. Dolly
could only study late at night, and Molly could not stay awake
past nine o'clock. If Dolly kept the lights on, the room was too
bright for Molly to sleep. If Molly turned the lights off, the
room was too dark for Dolly to.study. What to do?
Well sir, those two•intelligent American kids found an an
swer. They got aminer's cap for Dolly! Thus, she had enough
light to study by, and still the room - was dark enough for
Molly to sleep.
It must be admitted, however, that this solution, ingenious
as it was, had some unexpected sequelae. Dolly got so en
chanted with her miner's cap that she switched her ma;or from
18th Century poetry to mining and metallurgy. Shortly after
graduation she had what appeared to he a great stroke of luck:
while out prospecting, she discovered what is Without question
the world's largest feldspar mine. This might have made Dolly
very rich except that nobody, alas, has yet discovered a use for
feldspar. Today Dolly, a broken woman, squeezes out a meagre
living making echoes for tourists in Mammoth Cave.
Nor has Molly fared, conspicuously better. Once Dolly got
•the miner's hat, Molly was able to catch up on her long-lost
sleep. She woke after eight days, refreshed "andvigorous—inure
vigorous, alas, than she realized. It was the afternoon of the
annual Dean's tea. Molly stood in line with her classmates,
waiting to shake the Dean's hand. At last her turn came, and
Molly, full of strength and health, gave the Dean a firm hand
shake—so firm, indeed, that all five of the Dean's knuckles
were permanently fused.
The Dean sued - for a million dollars, and, of course, won. To
day Molly, a broken woman, is paying off her debt by walking
the Dean's cat every afternoon for ten cents an hour.
We, the makers or Marlboro and the sponsors of this column,
will not attempt to expertise about roommates. But we
wilt telt you about a great pocket or purse mate—Marlboro
Cigarettes—fine tobacco, fine filter, fine company always.
tender. Doug Jones of New York,
who meets Clay in New York
March 13, moved up from fourth
to third.
Sweden's Ingmar Johansson,
another former champion. was
lifted from sixth to fourth. Zora
Folley of Chandler, Ariz., who
was knocked out by Jones, was
demoted from third to sixth.
Thailand's Pone Kingpetch was
named "Fighter of the Month"
for his title victory over Japan's
Fighting Harada; Pone became
the first flyweight champion ever
to regain the 112-pound crown.
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