—The Daily Collegian Thursday, December 5, 1974
Kristc►n sizes,up on Lion
By RICK STARR
Collegian Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH Rich
Kriston was headinlymfor the
trainer's table afiert"Penti
State's win over Pitt
Thanksgiving night when a
short congratulator slapped ,
him on the shoulder. "Hey
Rich," he beamed, "You did a
great job for us little guys."
"You know what," Kriston
laughed. "They even cut me a
half inch in the program. And
I need all the help I can get."
At 5-9 1 / 2 , no one has ever ac
cused Kriston of intimidating
anybody with his presence.
Pitt quarterback Bob Medwid
may have even scratched his
helmet when he saw a head
sticking up just over the three
point stances of the Lion
defensive front wall. But from
his inside, linebacking spot,
Kriston, Making only the
second start of his Penn State
career, helped, the usual
stalwarts close down the Pan
ther offensive show, allowing
just 10 points.
And if Medwid thought he
recognized that face sticking
up over the defensive line, he
wasn't cracking under the
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pressure. The two have met
before on opposite sides of the
Me. Although at Fc Chapel
High School Kriston played
fullback- when he wasn't
captaining the baseball and
wrestling team, in addition to
the football team.
"Medwid and I have played
against each other before,"
Kriston said moments after
the game. "Four years ago
Medwid was the quarterback
at Sto Rocks and we played
them in the WPIAL Cham
Lions go All-East
Six Penn State football players made UPl's All-East squad.
Offensively, center Jack Baiorunos, guard Tom Rafferty
and somewhat of a surprise, tight end Dan Natale all
highlighted the squad. Of the six Lion players, only Buttle and
Rafferty are juniors, the rest, seniors.
As expected, the Lions placed the most players. Pitt's Tony
Dorsett and Temple's Joe Klecko were the only sophomores
selected.
Perin State as a team had a big jolly by on; again capturing
the Lambert Trophy (for the fourth consecutive year) as the
best team in the east.
Penn State received 70 points in the balloting while Pitt and
Boston College (yes, that's right, Bostoq College) tied for
second with 56 points.
He has a great
pionships
arm."
"I would rather beat Pitt
thin any of our other op
ponents," Kriston admitted.
"All Summer long I heard how
Pitt was the best in the East,
and how they were gonna beat
us. It was turned into a pretty
big rivalry
"I was nervous befog/ the
game," he continued, "siEce it
was in front of my home
crowd."
For Kriston, the Pitt game
was a return to the scene of
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earlier triumphs as Three
Rivers Stadium was the set
ting for his two tryouts with
the Pittsburgh Pirates.
"I do Well here,", Kriston
said. "It seems like every
time I come here something
catches. I was down here for
two Pirate tryouts and,they
really went well. The second
time I hit,a home run. It was
something, hitting a home
run in a Major League park."
Whether or not Kriston will
start the Cotton Bowl depends
on the outcome of the close
battle he is having with his
competition, junior Jim
Rosecrans. Kriston started
the Ohio and Pitt games, and
has been running with the
bomb squad all year.
At the beginning of the
season, Kriston was listed on
the third unit at his position,
but Thanksgiving night, after
crunching the Pitt kick return
man, Kriston didn't trot off the
field.
Even though nobody gets to
see it, some of the most corn
petitive football at Penn State
is played in the gloom of
twilight on the Lion practice
field.
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Waft Bahr looks ahead
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Rooters lose in playoffs
By DAVE MORRIS
Assistant Sports Editor
Statistics in sports don't always tell the truth, and Penn
State soccer coach Walt Bahr is the first to admit it.
Bahr guided the hooters to an 8-1-3 record in his first season
in Happy Valley, including State's fifth consecutive NCAA
tournament appearance.
It was in the tourney's first round against Bucknell on Nov.
19 that the team lost its only contest. Penn State outshot the
Bisons by a 2-1 ratio, but the Bisons outscored the Lions 1-0. In
regular season action Buckiiell and Penn State battled to a 1-1
stalemate.
"You can outshoot and outplay the other team but the only
thing that counts is balls in the nets," Bahr said.
"We made one error against Bucknell and they capitalized
on it. But I still think if we played them 10 times we could beat
them 10 times."
Bahr's disappointment, at least most of it, was lost in the
shuffle of recruiting for next season.
"You have to be disappointed when you lose, but I'm not
disappointed with the team effort," he said. "We played as
well as we are capable of playing. If we had to play the game
over I don't think I would have done anything differently."
Now that the battle is over, Bahr is looking for prospects for
next season. Five starters will graduate, leaving Bahr with
many shoes to fill. The seniors are Randy Garber, Bruce
Allen, Bob Viehweger, Ciro Baldino and Chris Bahr.
But a strong nucleus will return..
"We have a lot of players back, and I would have a fairly
good team without bringing anyone in," Bahr said. "I'm
looking for three or four top prospects to step ihto the starting
lineup."
His search for talent took him to the Junior College playoffs
where several possibilities were found. In future weeks Bahr
will attend high school all-star games in the Philadelphia and
South Jersey areas.
Basically ;Bahr knows what he's after. "I've heard about
some of thete guys, I just want to see them in action," he said.
CORNER KICKS Bucknell lost to Philadelphia Textile in
overtime of the second round playoff game last week. The
finals will be held in St. Louis this weekend.
Birds go to market
NEW ORLEANS ( AP) outfielder Rich Coggins and
Baltimore 'dropped another minor league pitcher Bill
trading bombshell on Kirkpatrick, the Orioles ob
baseball's winter meetings tained Singleton. and right -
yesterday, swapping veteran handed pitcher Mike Torrez.
lefthander Dave McNally to It was the second major deal
Montreal in a five-player deal for Baltimore at these
that sent outfielder Ken meetings, coming less than 24
Singleton to the American hours after the Orioles had
League. acquired veteran National
League slugger Lee May from
Houston.
In exchange for McNally,
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