— The Daily Collegian Friday, February 11,1977
Why take it out on
If one was to stroll over to Rec Hall or the
Intramural Building to watch some IM
basketball this past season, he was surely
guaranteed to see at least one thing every game.
A good basketball game? Not necessarily.
Reverse dunk shot? Never. Players, coaches
and fans abusing,' hassling and making life
miserable for the referees? Everytime.
‘‘When they start getting personal, then it’s
gone too far,” Sandy Scharf, of the IM staff, said.
“Our refs aren’t great, but they normally do a
good job.”
“There’s a certain amount of verbal abuse
that goes with IM basketball,” IM staffer Pat
Gerity offered. “The toughest thing for IM of
ficials is to referee their own peer group.”
Could pad lead this weekend
leers on road to league crown
By JERRY LUCCI
Collegian Sports Writer
The last time the Penn State
icers faced the beleagured
and belittled Rutgers hockey
team, the New Jerseyites
were winless in Mid-Atlantic
Hockey Conference play and
had to borrow the local team’s
away jersies to suit up for the
game since they had none of
their own. It was also
rumored that some of the
bolder Rutgers players tried
bumming a few nickels and
dimes from the Ice Pavilion
crowd to buy a cup of coffee—
probably their first meal in
weeks.
Well, things have changed
since then a little. You see
Rutgers went out and bought
brand new jersies for
tomorrow night’s game with
the Lions at King of Prussia
Arena. The problem is that in
addition to still being winless,
Rutgers also must have blown
their whole wad on the jersies
because they couldn’t afford
the $l3O icetime fee for the
game (shades of the WFL no,
doubt). Luckily the Penn
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State club is as free spending
with its money off the ice as it
is free wheeling on the ice. Co
captain Bill Proudman ex
plains
“The way we’re going to do
it is that we’re going to pay
for the icetime and then
Rutgers will have to pay us
back by next August or
something like that,”
Proudman said. “And if they
don’t, it’ll come out of, league
funds and they’ll be
suspended.”
Suspension might be the
' best route for Rutgers to take
since they are comfortably
lodged in the conference
cellar with an 0-5 mark. Their
mild-mannered offense
has averaged a meek three
goals a game while their de
fensive counterparts have bit,
the bullet to the tune of six
goals per game.
On the other hand, the Lions
are riding high in first place
with a 5-1 record. They could
conceivably clinch the section
crown with victories over
Rutgers and West Chester,
which also meets the Lions
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“Players lose control in the heat of the game
plus they don’t have as good of an angle as the
officials do,” Shcarf said.
Gerity said that in the colleges and
professional ranks, coaches handle most of the
controversial calls that arise and, therefore,
player abuse toward the official is limited. "In
the college and pro ranks, officials aren’t
refereeing their own peers,” he said.
One player, Steve Nielsen of Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity, offered an explanation. “There are
many rivalries and when the action heats up,
everybody takes it out on the referees,” he
said.“l think they’ve done all right, though.”
“We should realize that the refs are students
but when you get in a game, it’s hard to hold
back,” Beech’s • tailback-turned-forward Mike
Guman said.
In a quarterfinal game Monday night, one
backcourt madman apparently couldn’t hold
back. After vehemently protesting a technical
foul charged to a teammate, he shoved the
referee. After being ejected from the Rec Hall
confines, he later pleaded temporary insanity.
During the playoffs, I realize that the action,
tempo, and excitement intensifies.' However, a
stunt such as that is totally uncalled for.
When IM games are taken that seriously it’s
time for the players involved to pack up and
this weekend,
While Rutgers should be no
test for the locals, West
Chester may be another
matter.
State outclassed the eastern
Pa. squad in a 3-I'victory last
weekend, but the visitors
might be a bit more feisty in
their own rink.
“I expect a pretty lot of
trouble,” Lion defenseman
Ed Luongo said. “It should be
a pretty good game, but
Canoeists paddle to Nat for
Can you canoe? Ninety people will be
answering that question at the
Natatorium this Sunday. They won’t be
sampling cologne but competing in the
12th annual Penn State Pool Slalom.
Traditionally, this has been the largest
and most competitive canoe and kayak
race. For the first time in a number of
years, Penn State is the underdog in
their own race, according to John Sweet,
advisor to the Penn State Outing Club.
The Canoe Cruisers Association of
Washington, D.C., are favored to take all
the honors.
“The CCA has more talent than I’ve
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the refs?
head to the European or Eastern leagues where
their aggressions can be heard by pro referees
and they can be fouled by pro hatchetmen.
Student referee Mike Missanelli said refs are
required to attend 5 training sessions, see films
and learn the rule book prior to the IM season. So
it’s not like these officials are going into games
cold turkey.
But after some of the abuse taking sessions
that they go through, the only consolation an
observer can offer them would be a bottle of Wild
Turkey.
“You have to take it in stride,” student ref Jeff
Infram said. When does it start bugging you,
Jeff?.“When they keep cornin’ at you,” he said.
Gerity and Scharf said the main thing the refs
are taught is to keep control of the game. “You’d
like to let them play but you’ve got to keep
control,” Scharf said.
“We have a good group; they’re responsible,
reliable and they work hard,” Gerity praised.
So the next time your team is fighting for the
IM crown of Penn State and your game winning
shot falls short at the buzzer, pull your hair out,
jump up and beat your head against the back
board or rush back to your abode and pout. But
leave the referee alone, he’s just trying to keep
control.
playing in their smaller rink,
there’ll probably be a lot
more hitting. I think we have
a pretty much better team, so
I expect that if we’re winning
toward the end of the game,
it’ll probably get out of hand.”
Luongo and his defensive
cohorts have been keeping \
opponents in hand recently,
enabling them to sidestep the
onus of being labeled the
weak link on the State squad.
ever seen before on one team,” Sweet
said. “Fifteen of their twenty boats are
in A-division, and they have,one National
Champion and four who were runners-up
in the Nationals.”
“It looks like the only thing that could
stop them is a snow storm,” he said.
Sweet, who is a past National
Champion and medal winner in world
competition, attributes Penn State’s loss
of status to vast improvements by other
squads rather than weakening of his
team.
“We have more paddlers doing more
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UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
Friday, Feb. 11 Friday - Sunday, February 11-13
Valentine Candlelight Dinner, 4:45-7 p.m., HUB Terrace Room.
Bridge Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Room 301 HUB.
Folk, Square, and Ballroom Dance Roundup, 7:30 p.m., White.
Theatre performance, “Veronica’s Room,” Bp.m., Room 112 Kern.
University Theatre, “The Beggar’s Opera,” 8 p.m., Playhouse Theatre.
Black History Celebration, “An Evening in Black,” Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, 8
p.m., Schwab. Free. Public reception follows in Paul Robeson Cultural Center.
G.S.A. Commonsplace Coffeehouse, 8 p.'m., Room 102 Kern.
HUB-WEHR Spotlight Disco, 9 p.m., HUB ballroom.
Delta Sigma Theta-Kappa Alpha Psi dance, 11 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center.
Saturday, Feb. 12
Sports: Women’s fencing, vs. William Patterson, Madison, Jersey City, 9 a.m.;
men’s fencing, vs. Navy, 1 p.m.; men’s and women’s bowling, vs. American
University, 1 p.m.; men’s and women’s rifle, vs. Ohio State, 2 p.m.; men’s
swimming, vs. Indiana, 2 p.m.; wrestling, vs. Lehigh, 2 p.m.; men’s basketball,
vs. Navy, 7:30 p.m.
Black History Celebration films, “Malcolm X Speaks” and “The Struggle for
Freedom,” both at 2 and 7 p.m., HUB assembly room.
Valentine Candlelight Dinner, 4:45-7 p.m., HUB Terrace Room.
U.S.G. Date Match dance, 6 p.m., HUB ballroom.
0.T.1.5. meeting, 6:30 p.m., Room 307 HUB.
Un-Common Dinner Theatre, dinner, 6:30 p.m., “Veronica’s Room,” 8 p.m., Kern.
University Theatre, “The Beggar’s Opera,” 8 p.m., Playhouse Theatre.
Penn State Symphony Orchestra, 8:30 p.m., University Auditorium.
Sunday, Feb. 13
Chapel Service, 11 a.m., Eisenhower Chapel. Dr. Yoshio Fukuyama.
Black Christian Fellowship worship service, 11:15 a.m., Eisenhower.
P.S.O.C. Hiking Division, snowshoe hike, 9 a.m., HUB parking lot.
. Alpha Chi Omega Song Contest for Charity, 2 p.m., HUB ballroom.
P.S.O.C. Canoe Division, indoor canoe and kayak races, Natatorium, finals 2 p.m.
Shaver’s Creek Nature Center, “Lichens,” Stone Valley, 2 p.m.
Lowell Knauer, organ, and Kevin Clemens, organ, 3:30 p.m., Music Bldg, recital hall.
“Well, I think our defense
men have been taking kind
of a bad rap all year,” Luongo
said. “We’ve had a few bad
games like Lehigh when
we’ve given up six or seven
goals but for the most part
we’ve given up three or four
goals a game.”
Three or four goals a game.
The Rutgers goalie would
probably sell his jersey for
that. Maybe he already has.
Booters kick off season,
host
Penn State soccer fans will get their first
chance to look at the 1977 team Sunday as
Akron, Cleveland State and Hartwick join the
Lion booters in Rec Hall for an indoor
tournament.
Soccer ih February sounds a bit unusual,
but State coach Walt Bahr says it really isn’t
that uncommon.
“We’re just trying to keep our program
active during the winter,” he said. “Most
places run some type of indoor program.”
Bahr’s indoor program consists of two
practice sessions a week. Later, wheri the
weather breaks, the team will head outdoors
for action, eventually leading up to the 14-
game seasoi) in the fall. But, there are ad
justments to be made when playing inside. '
“You can’t play an outdoors game in
doors,” Bahr said. “The players have to use
some judgment. The purpose of indoor soccer
was first to keep players active when it’s bad
outside, aqd secondly to have them use more
technique,"more ball control.”
There will also be some rule differences,
but most are minor. The dimensions, ob
viously, are smaller, including the goal,
which is four feet high and 20 feet wide. There
are five players on each side in front of the
goalies, who are not permitted to throw or
kick the ball past mid court;
Similar to hockey, players can be penalized
and teams can play shorthanded. There are
no boundaries as such, so kicking the ball up
into the bleachers is a delay of game penalty
and the guilty player serves one minute. If a
player is put off by the referee, for say,
unsportsmanlike conduct, he serves five
minutes in the sin bin and his team plays a
Swimmers to
Following their 74-39 loss to
Bucknell, the Penn State
swimmers are back in their
home waters to host the
Indiana Indians tomorrow at
2 p.m. at the Natatorium.
Highlights of the Bucknell
meet were two new pool
Slalom
training than ever before, but others
have passed us up,” Sweet said. We will
have to redouble our efforts just to stay
even in the future.”
The team competition consists of four
boats for each side in each of the five
classes for a total of 40 boats. Fifty
additional boats will compete for in
dividual honors, which include novice
and intermediate divisions. Favorite is
National Champion Linda Harrison of
Newark, Del.,' who also ranks first
overall in women’s kayak.
indoor tournament
By PETE DOUGHERTY
Assistant Sports Editor
—Joyce Tomana
man short.
“Rec Hall is an ideal playing situation
because of the size and because of the
makings of the gym,” Bahr said. “We can
keep most of the balls inbounds without
stopping the play, similar to hockey. If
makes for a faster game. ”
“The only drawback is from the spectator
standpoint. Using the whole floor, the view is
sometimes impaired to the point where you
almost have to lean over the railing to see the
whole floor.”
Indoor soccer isn’t something that only
colleges have tried, as a professional league
did attempt it a few years ago.
“They had a lot of injuries in the
professional league,” Bahr said. “It was just
the high level of competition and the
closeness in the abilities of the players, and
they were playing in hockey rinks and I think
some of the players tried to play the game too
much like hockey, like -knocking other
players into the boards.”
Sunday’s action, which features the third
place finisher in the NCAA tournament last
year (Hartwick), gets underway at 9:30 a.m.
with round-robin action. The teams will play
20-minutes halves with no time outs.
The round-robin action should terminate
. around noon, when a break of one hour will be
taken. Bahr said he is trying to arrange a
match between' the University’s in
ternational club and his players who won’t be
involved Sunday to fill the gap.
The semi-finals will start at 1 p.m., with the
top round-robin teampaired against thefourth
squad, and the No. 2 club set to meet the third
place sextet. The championship finals, for
wmch the time is extended to 30 minutes, will
get underway at approximately 2 p.m.
face Indiana
records, both set by Penn
State. Rich Maurone dove for
a total of 331.95 points on the
three meter board. Steve
Rode clocked a 2:13.2 in the
200-yard breast stroke.
Indiana boasts a 6-1 record,
having defeated Youngstown
State, Fairmont, Appalacia
State, Cleveland State, Grove
City and Slippery Rock. Their
solitary defeat went to
Clarion. The Lions are
currently 3-4.
Senior Emilio Abreu is
Indiana’s top swimmer. He
specializes in the butterfly
and individual medlies, but is
capable of a good race in any
event. He will be the worry of
Barry Kita and Bruce
Greenfield in the butterfly,
and Bill Hieb in the individual
medley.
Abreu has been an NCAA
Division II All-American the
past two years. He was a
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member of the Paraguay
Olympic team and had the
honor of acting as flag bearer
in last summer’s Montreal
Games.
Indiana has another All-
American in Bill Cane. He
will be challenging Lion
backstrokers Bill Hieb and
Scott Roth.
I Ralph Johnson, coach of the
Indians, is familiar with Penn
State, but in another sport. He
spent two years on the Lion
football squad before trans
fering to Youngstown State.
He originated the swim team
there and is now in his fifth
year at Indiana.'
When his squad met the
Lion tankers last season.
Penn State won by a narrow
58-55 margin. There was only
one other loss in the Indians'
7-2 season last year, and they
placed 16th in the NCAA
Division II Nationals.
Joyce Tomana
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