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    John Marsden (10) battles Army's Andy Gasparoyic in flight
F. Robinson
NEW YORK (UPI) —Frank Robinson, recently named as
the first black manager in major league baseball, said
esterday that his promotion by the Cleveland Indians was
long overdue but, "Too much is being made of the whole
(lung "
Rubinson was interviewed on the nationally televised CBS
program "Face The Nation," a show which normally features
prominent politicians.
Robinson didn't see his appointment a a big sociological
breakthrough, "but I'm sure the black community will see it
t hat way. Even our whole society will see it that way.
"I think it's just another happening in baseball that's long
No changes for N. Y.
By BRIAN EK
With the 1974 hockey season
under way, the year promises
to be marked by youth, speed,
and a hard hitting violence
unparalleled in the game's
history. All teams, even the
purest Montreal Canadiens,
boast of rosters filled out with
young potential superstars
and burley, aggressive
players capable of con
taining even Philadelphia's
pugnacious Dave Schultz. All
teams, that is, except the New
York Rangers:,
Briefly scanning this year's
NIII, team-by-team outlook,
New York appears to have all
the attributes of Santa's
familiar red suit a
changelessness, marred only
by graying spots of age. Their
outlook runs the same, year
after year solid contender,
many returning veterans.
summer trades for estab
lished players, the ageless
Giacomin and Villemeure
goaltending combination.
Always a contender, never
a winner.
Annually, New YorkerS
turn out :in throngs to watch
their team start the season
strong, fade toward mid
season. emerge at the end in a
playoff position after a strong
ending spurt, and slowly,
painfully execute a swan song
before an aghast multitude.
But ask one of the faithful if
he would rather it any other
way. except for the Rangers
to capture the Cup apparently
lost to them forever through
divine intervention, and your
answer would be a resounding
This attitude constitutes the
major problem for Madison
Square Garden and in turn
creates the dilemma with
which coach and general
manager Emile Francis has
to cope. New Yorkers have
been waiting since the early
'4o's for the Rangers to-bring
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home the Stanley Cup; a long
time for even the most patient
fan. As the years slip by, sans
silver and champagne, the
impatience wears worse and
feedback grows louder.
With mounting pressure to
turn out a potential winner
yearly, or suffer rejection at
the hands, and pocketbooks,
of millions of fans and paying
customers, Madison Square -
Garden turns to Francis with
the demand "make us a
contender or else."
Any demand of this nature
places a coach in a restricted
situation, severely limiting
his freedom to guide a team as
he see fit. Francis has no
option but to produce constant
contenders as surely as there
are seasons. His . choices,
then, are few. Instead of
experimenting, with rookies
and building effective players
fEom essentially raw re
cruits, he is forced to ex
pend millions of dollars as
well as countless hours at the
trade table, in order to equip
his team with steady, proven
players with playoff ex
perience, who can help the
Rangers for that year with no
consideration given to future
value.
This has been Emile's
dilemma for the past decade.
Stocking the Rangers with
older, proven players, he has
virtually traded_ away a
Stanley Cup team's worth of
raw talent, in need of only
time and training to achieve
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overdue: Don't judge me on the color; judge me on my
qualifications.
"I think it's been long overdue, pushed back too much. Too
much has been made about it in the past, and too much is
being made about it now,"
Robinson thinks there will be more black managers now,
but how well he does won't influence those decisions.
"I don't think it's going to depend on my success at
Cleveland or my failure if I should happen to fail. I think it's a
breakthrough now and there's 'going to be more blacks to
follow."
Talking about his first season as a manager, Robinson saw
Rangers?
Andre Dupont, Gene Carr,: management pressure, there
Mike Murphy, and Peter remained little to do except
McDuffe. Every one has knuckle under to demands
grown to, or will acquire, star and produde the vintage
status with another team Rangers of east start, slump,
willing to suffer through and sag days.
mistakes with a keen eye
Perhaps Derek Sanderson,
focused on the future, and the
Greg Polis, and Rick Mid
hope of a Stanley Cup
chain ion, dleton can revive a sleep
p
But don't mistake Francis' walking Ranger offense.
Mdtivating Sanderson could
dealings for inept managing
or 'blindness to potential very possibly speed Francis
talent. Emile knew well what into another early retirement,
he was trading away arid, in and the merits of Polis and
most cases, would have given Middleton are debatable from
much to be allowed to work the outset, both possessing
only average skills.
with these youngsters and
make;. them into valuable Outlook for New York this
assets to the Ranger season consult, any May
organization. Due to constant 20th sports page after 1940.
Booters outgun
By BRIAN MILLER
CoßegiatOports Writer
Penn State's soccer team , besieged
the Army goal for the better part of
Friday night bat could only score
twice as the Lions and Cadets played
to a 2-2 tie before a record Jeffrey
Field crowd of 6,500.
The Lions launched 50 shots on
Army goalie Rick Hoefert but the 6-4
senior from Lawton, Oklahoma never
wavered, even dieing a hectic period
at the end of the game when Penn
State was pressing for the win.
"He's a big, strong goaltender and
he played very well," said Lion
coach Walter Bahr.
The scoring started at 12:01 of the
first half as Army captain Randy
Nelson, on a pass from Castillo
Marenco. drilled a shot past Lion
Harriers' depth snuffs Flashes
By DAVE BROWN
Collegian Sports Writer
Superior depth spelled the
difference in Penn State's 27-
30 cross-country win over
Kent State Friday afternoon.
The Gdlden Flashes' top
four men ran well, but the
Nittany Lions swept from
nine through 15 to ice the
meet.
Lion Paul Stemmer scorch
ed the six-mile course in
29:44,,the second fastest time
ever recorded on the. Kent,
Ohio course. Former Flash
Sam Blair, who was Stem
mer's coach for two years
at Allegheny Community
College, owns the record
with 29:19 in 1968.
KSU's Don Kier and Mike
irmen finished second and
third, while Lion sophomore
George Malley settled for
fourth place.
goalie Tim Dantzig for a 1-0 Army
lead.
Just 48 seconds later, Lion Dave
Riece converted a rebound off
goalie Hoefert to tie the score at one.
It was Riece's first score this year.
The first half ended in a one-all
deadlock as Hoefert made several
good saves on Randy Garber and
Chris Bahr shots, to the dismay of the
record crowd.
The Lions.dominated the first half
play with 19 shots to Army's three.
Dantzig didn't have a first half save
to his credit while Hoefert scrambled
to keep eight shots out of the net.
Penn State continued to press the
Army defense with the start of the
second half. The Lions scored twice
but both tallies were called back, one
because of an obstruction infraction
Stemmer, Keir, Irman, and
Malley were running together
at the four-mile .mark and
then Stemmer began to pull
away.
"I just took off on the fourth
mile and they couldn't stay
with me," the Lion junior said
of his 75-yard margin of
victory.
Coach Harry Groves got
important sixth and seventh
place finishes from junior
Ken Wilson and freshman
Tracy Mollica. PSU's nine
through 15 sweep was par . -
ticularly impressive since it
meant Groves' entire 12-man
squad had beaten Kent's fifth
runner.
"We ran a pretty good team
race," Stemmer said. "All of
our guys beat their fifth man.
They had good strength up
front—their front two guys
himself as neither a disciplinarian nor a pushover, but just
"even-tempered."
"I'm not a mean individual. I can be tough, I can be easy;
but I like to be even-tempered and easy-going if I can get by
with that.
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Minnesota 51, Houston 10 New England 24, New - York Jets 0
Washington 20, Miami 17 Oakland 14, San Diego 10
Buffalo 27, Baltimore 14 Green Bay 17, Los Angeles 6
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Between !those two plays, Army
made its only real drive of the second
half work at 25:19 as Nelson popped in
a rebound from a Mike McFarland
shot to give the Cadets a 2-1 lead.
"When you're pressing and
pressing, something like that can
happen," said Bahr. "We had the
opportunity Ito clear the ball but we
didn't. They 'caught us shorthanded."
Army coach Joe Palone added,
"We viere luckier than hell on the
second' goal, especially since Penn
State was outshooting us so badly."
With the crowd sensing a possible
upset and, the Army defense dropping
in around its goalie to protect the
lead, Chris Bahr headed in a Garber
pass at 40:05 for his sixth goal of the
(Kier and Irmen) were
tough."
Are the Lions ready to
tackle the monstrous part of
their schedule which looms
ominously before them?
"Well, we're definitely
improving," - Stemmer said.
"The team's not depending on
any one guy. We're moving up
to the challenge. Everyone's
been hanging in there the
whole way. We know we have
to run as a team."
The reason the '74 harriers;
now 2-1, must master the art
of team running is because
this year's team is different
.from_ ones in Penn State's,
past.
If this spiel sounds familiar
don't be upset. Unless you've
been marooned on Gilligtn'sl
Island for the past two,
months, you've probably been
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but tie Cadets
by Lion Bob Viehwager and the other
on an offsides call on Garber.
inundated by Mr. Paterno's
version of this story. But,
alas, another PSU coach is
attempting to steal Paterno's
copyright.
"We have a different type
team this year," Groves said
recently. "Previously we had
already established runners,
and it was just a' matter of
getting them ready for the big
meet.
"This time we're
developing. We have to move
at the rate of our athletes,"
Groves said.
On
_closer inspection,
Groves' plight does have
similarities with Paterno's.
Both coaches lost All-
The Dail• Collegian Monday, October 14, 1974-1
year to even the score at 2-2. It was
Bahr's 17th shot of the night.
Penn State swarmed all over the
Cadets for the rest of the game but
couldn't put in the game winner.
The Lion's domination reflected in
the statistics as they outshot the
Cadets 50-6 along with five more kicks
than Army.
"Everybody carried their weight;
they couldn't have played any bet
ter," said Walt Bahr.
"I don't think we passed up any
opportunities tonight, my only
complaint is that we didn't win."
Boots and Passes... The crowd
upped season attendance 23.608, a
new record'...The Lions are now 4-0-2,
the Cadets 2-0-2... Penn State's final
home game is Nov. 1 with Ship
pensburg.
Americans Cappelletti:
O'Neil, etc, on the gridiron
and Charlie Maguire in
distance running. However,'
when football has holes to fill,
the coaches can choose from
among dozens of bonafide,
scholarship athletes. When
cross-country loses its star
performers, Groves has no
alternative but to DEVELOP
his !lathers, since 75 per cent
of his runners are not on
scholarships.
Penn State will find out just
how far it has developed when
it faces its biggest meet thus
far in Indiana and' the
Quantico Marines this
Saturday on the White course.