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Offensive Pirates rely on questionable defense
Golden Glove Award winner, World Series hero,
National League Most Valuable Player, Baseball Hall of
Fame member Roberto Clemente will never be
replaced. He was killed in a plane crash December 31,
1972 off the shore of San Juan, Puerto Rico while trying to
fly relief supplies to the earthquake
victims in Managua, Nicaragua. He left
behind a void in the Pirate outfield and P
in the hearts of Pittsburgh baseball fans
that will never be filled.
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BILL VIRDON
been the heart of the Pirates during the
past decade and a half the new Pirates are confident they
can go on winning, even without Roberto.
The 1973 edition of the Pittsburgh Pirates looks as solid,
strong and deep as any of the previous three eastern
championship clubs. Add to last year's league leading
team batting average of .274 the fact that Pirate pitching
yielded the fewest runs and one can begin to see why
manager Bill Virdon isn't ready to jump off the sixth
street' bridge into the Allegheny River.
However, that doesn't mean Virdon is skipping the
Grapefruit circuit for an extended seven week vacation in
the Florida sunshine. Defensively, the loss of Roberto
could be felt very deeply. Since the beginning of spring
Olympians highlight track season
By DAVE DUNLOP
Collegian Sports Writer
A batch of classy athletes,
including six Olympians,
highlights Penn State's 1973
track schedule which features
four home meets.
Three Olympians come to
Beaver Stadium April 21
when the Lions host Kent
State in a dual meet. Gerald
Tinker, a United States
Olympic team member, gold
medal winner in the 400-
meter relay and NCAA 60-
yard dash champion, and
French Olympian Jacques
Accambray, national ham
mer throw champ and
capable shot put and
discus man, will compete for
Kent State.
Mike Sands, Bahamian
Olympian in the sprints and
440, will compete for Penn
State_
Other home events include
the Nittany Lion Relays
(April 13-14), a double-dual
meet May 5 with West
Virginia and Syracuse and
the All-Pennsylvania Track
Classic and Open Invitational
(May 18).
The rest of the card rounds
out with away meets at the
Georgetown Relays in
Washington, D.C. (April 7),
the Penn Relays in
Philadelphia (April 27-28),
the Pitt Invitational (May 12),
May 31 at powerful Villanova
and of course the In
tercollegiate Amateur
Athletic Association of
America Championships
(IC4A) in New Brunswick,
N.J. May 25-26.
Groves called the Penn
Relays the "oldest relay
carnival in the country" and
termed it "a classic." This is
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where all the top athletes are WVU sports lightning fast
stacked against each other, football flanker Danny
Groves explained. Buggs, who burned the Lion
gridders in a losing cause last
The All-Pennsylvania Open October. Buggs led the
Invitational, Groves said, country in the indoor 300 and
gives athletes some corn- the 60-yard dash last year.
petitive exposure without too
many double or triple events. Syracuse's Bruce Fisher
He said the meet is a good ran against the Russians last
place for athletes to qualify winter and was an Olympic
1973 spring outlook
for the IC4A's. Groves said,
"A guy can't develop if he
must compete on the nose
every weekend."
The Lions will see many top
notch trackmen this' season,
starting with the Nittany Lion
Relays home opener. This 33-
event, two-day affair will
bring some of the East's top
performers to Beaver
Stadium April 13 and 14.
Colgate's Chris Dunn, a
two-time high-jump cham
pion and United States
Olympian, John Hartnett of
Villanova, an Irish Olympian
and Dick Bruggerman, Ohio
Track Club member and an
Olympic 400-meter hurdler,
are a few.
Also here will be Seton
Hall's indoor mile relay
champs, Cornell with a solid
all-around team, and
Villanova, which Groves said
is "loaded" with talent.
Kent State, besides Ac
cambray and Tinker,
features a pair of sprinters
who reached last spring's
NCAA semi-finals Len
Turner and John Mason. Dan
Phillips, an NCAA hurdles
semi-finalist, will also per
form for the Golden Fiashes.
training Virdon has been hatching his "Grand Ex
periment" which, if successful, will transfer catcher
Manny Sanguillen to right field permanently.
Sanguillen saw some right field duty last season but his
play was not perfect and the question of his capability in
the outfield was unresolved at the end of the year.
So far this Spring he has handled the right fielder's job
adequately and Virdon has been content to leave him
there but if the Bucs cannot come up with someone to
back up Milt May, Sanguillen's replacement behind the
plate, the situation may force Virdon to abandon his
experiment.
The Pirate skipper has indicated he is disappointed
with the play of catchers Charlie Sands and Chuck Goggin
Re be now must go hunting for someone to back up May.
may uoesn't exactly have the reputation of a Lou Brock
or a Maury Wills on the base paths so consequently
Virdon would like to be able to pinch run for him in the
late innings of a close game, without exposing any
defensive cracks. Sanguillen would be the logical choice
in such a situation but Virdon, with good reason, doesn't
want Sanguillen burdened with the added responsibility of
catching.
The Pirates are trying to pick up a good defensive
catcher but have been unsuccessful so far. Also, if Manny
does return to his former duties behind the plate Virdon
probably would make it permanent. At present May's bat
is just too hot to cool on the bench behind Sanguillen.
Virdon is faced with quite a dilemma. He's still thinking
about it.
Al Oliver is well established in center and will be the
trials finalist in the 1,500
meters.
The Lions have a few
potential eye-openers
themselves, although All-
America miler Greg
Fredericks is gone. Ken
Andrews could be one of the
East's top javelin throwers
and in last year's 120-30
house-cleaning of Villanova
he offered his best collegiate
throw, 221 feet.
Matt Chadwick is one of the
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forms are available in Room 305 Kern Building.
Deadline for Nominations is April 17.
FAA approved
flight and ground
instruction for
PSU students
New Private Pilot Ground School starting
April 3, 1973, enrollment open. A limited
number of periods open for private and
advanced instruction. Contact: Chief flight
or ground school instructor at
University Park Airport
Instrument ground
trainer available
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Halls Residents
West Halls
Scholarship for
1973-74
Applications must be picked up
and returned to Council Office
(125 Waring) by 5 p.m.
this Friday, April 6th.
For eligibility, questions,
information call 5-1529
All applicants will be notified within 3 wks.
East's top 6-milers and his
28:31.4 in the NC4A's last
spring gave him third place
and national ranking.
Charles Maguire was an
IC4A 3-miles runnerup and
United States Junior
Nationals 3-mile champion.
He competed in the Russian-
American Junior Meet and
was a 10,000 meter finalist in
the Olympic trials.
Football flanker Jimmy
Scott is the defending IC4A
100-yard dash champion (9.7)
and a threat in the 220. Ad
ditionally, he anchors the
Lion 440 relay team and is the
leadqff leg on the mile relay.
Bill Whittaker, the Lion
entry in the first IC4A
decathlon this spring, gar
nered a school record 5,920
points in his first decathlon
run in January.
Freshman Al Jackson is a
national high school hammer
throw record holder from
Providence, R.I.
only veteran in the outfield. It is Oliver, not Sanguillen
who will be the key to the Buc fortunes in 1973. Oliver will
bat in Clemente's spot just ahead of Stargell and Richie
Hebner and will provide the everyday consistency at the
plate and in the field that is the stuff of championships.
Last year Oliver had a .312 batting average and played
in more games and batted more often than any other Buc.
Coming off a severe year-long slump in 1972 Robertson
looks like he's headed for a much better year at the plate
and a permanent starting job in left. Here again Virdon is
rick starr
electing to go with an inexperienced fielder to get some
more power at the plate. Last year Robertson played left
field for the first time since 1967.
Virdon's decision to move Robertson off of first base
was prompted by the weak knees of Pirate slugger Willie
Stargell.
Stargell has been a puzzle to both Murtaugh and Virdon.
A good consistent long ball threat throughout the season,
Stargell's bat was silent in the playoffs the last two years
and in the 1971 World *Ties. Still, he has hit 112 homers in
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the last three seasons and if he comes up with his usual
quota he will again play a key role in the Pirates' attempt
to repeat as champs.
In the infield the Pirates have more defensive woes.
Hebner is sound at third but the shortstop position
remains a question mark. Will Gene Alley be able to cover
the ground after his second knee operation in two years?
So far this spring he appears capable but the season is
long and Alley will be 33 in July.
His backup is Jackie Hernandez but he and second
baseman Dave Cash have not turned into the double play
combination that Alley and retired second baseman Bill
Mazeroski once were.
The Pirate pitching staff is intact from last season with
the exception of Bob Miller who was dropped last week.
Steve Blass heads a staff that combined for 96 wins last
year. Blass had a final mark of 19-8 and he was followed
by Dock Ellis, Bob Moose and Nelly Briles all of whom
had winning 1972 records.
Finally, with Virdon at the helm the Pirates should sail
on a pretty even keel. Besides leaving him a World Series
team, Murtaugh also gave Virdon a little of his patience
and calmness which Virdon used very wisely last year
while guiding the Bucs to the National League Playoffs.
But Virdon has been tipping the offensive and defensive
scales' of that championship team all spring and the
_possibility exists that he may have sacrificed too much
defense in favor of stronger bats.
With Clemente, Virdon could have both. But Roberto is
gone and it is doubtful another ever will be cast from his
mold.
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