the s daily 0 collegian Lion spring football starts today By TOM VERDUCCI . Daily Collegian Sports Write?, With the start of spring football practice today, Penn State coach Joe Paterno starts putting his Beast of the East together to prepare for a schedule with some monsters of its own. The Lions will face five teams that made bowl appearances last season including four that finished in the Top 10. The combined record of the 11 total teams on the schedule was 79-47-1, a ,626 winning percentage. Penn State enters spring drills with "a lot of enthusiasm and a great attitude," Paterno said. His team finished last year 10-2 and "was one of the three or four best teams in the country." But the Lions lost 20 lettermen from that squad, including 11 starters. For Penn State to survive the onslaught that begins with Cincinnati Sept. 12, Paterno will begin to try to solve some problems this spring, . the biggest of which is rebuilding the defense. Most of the building blocks will be needed in forming a defensive front. Only end Rich D'Amico returns to the front five. To fill out the rest of that unit, as well as other openings on offense and defense, Paterno is likely to experiment with position switches. "We try to find the right combination," Pater no said, "and that means changing people around once in a while." Paterno already has plans to move Hero Matt Bradley to weak side defensive end to replace Gene Gladys. Whether Bradley remains there depends on the status of Larry Kubin, who has another year of eligibility remaining if he wants it. "I never played there before in my whole life," Bradley said. "I'm willing to try it, though. I don't want to be there, but if they want me there and I can help the team, I'll try it." Also, defensive end Dave Paffenroth will get a look at middle guard, where he'll contend with Jeff Bergstrom to fill Greg Jones' place. And although Paterno will also have to find replacements for tackles Pete Kugler and Frank Case, returning letterman Leo Wisniewski should make that job easier. "When I look back at the movies," Paterno said, "he played awfully good football, maybe better than anybody we had in there when he was healthy." Paterno is optimistic abopt his linebackers and defensive backs. Starters Chet Parlavecchio and Ed Pryts return , to their inside linebacker posi tion.s, a n d if Bradley remains at defensive end, the lie~o positiont gopl#ther Mark Robin- Soli or Ray Weatherspoan. I ' - ""Linebacker should be very 'strong for us if we develop some depth," Paterno said. "We'll be working on better pass defense with the lineback ers. And we have a chance to have a good secondary with some depth there. "I don't think our problems are insurmounta ble. Last year we were much more concerned about our offense. Now we know what we have there. And we're further along defensively than we,were offensively last year." . Offensively, Fenn State returns 14 of its top 22 players, but . Paterno will still conduct some experiments to find the right chemistry. Tail backs Joel Coles and. Jon Williams will work at fullback this spring, battlirig Mike Meade for the •spot vacated by Booker Moore. Paterno said the offensive line could be a strong suit if guard Mike Munchak and tackle Jim Brown can overcome their injuries of last year. But Paterno knows he can count on returning starters Sean Farrell and Dave Laube, as well as center Jim Romano, who redshirted last year. With the return of quarterback Todd Black ledge and wideouts Kenny Jackson and Kevin 5 NHL teams don't After 840 games and six months of skating, fighting, checking, fining, shooting and suspend ing, the 1980-81 NHL regular season is finally over. In accordance with the NHL's playoff format, which is best understood as a feeble attempt to make the ticket-window clerks in cities like Wash ington, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Edmonton and New York happy, 16 of the league's 21 teams have been honored ( ? ) with playoff spots. This kind of planning, which has prompted rumors that next year the league will award the losing team in each regular-season game with one point just for trying, has more than one NHL mogul upset. Max McNab, general manager of the Washing ton Capitals, is one of them. I was with him yesterday morning when he took a conference call from NHL President John Ziegler, who had phoned to offer his sympathy for alas, the Caps have failed to make the playoffs for the eighth straight season "I'm awfully sorry your club didn't make it, Max," Ziegler said. "It's got to be tough —espe cially losing a playoff berth on the last day of the season like that." "You don't know how tough, John," 'McNab answered. "I couldn't sleep at all last night. The coaches and players are so disappointed. And the fans. . ." Ziegler sensed the depth of McNab's frustra tion as his voiced trailed off. "Look, Max," he started, "I know it sounds corny, but there's always next time. I'm sure your fans will wait one more season for a playoff team. :I -41.4' "%::J,.''',c•:;.,';',Ze:-2, '1:7;•t: 4 , i".i'f; fi'-'l"' ''''t.'L:',rs',:i,.,i,t,•',,, 1L1t,,5:4;41:*). -4ak \ ..6.9' ,4 7i4- I : 4 ; • W ;Ato,...'ii, t"S:'? . 4;'''i 4 g o7, ,04.4.,, , ,..4 , 4.. v, „*— ,40 4. ~,, ...„1..,..t, A--i4ii,:ptz,c. -,.....„,, ......4, ~tsp ,41,,,,„, tV5'4 . ' 4114. • 1 ' '.• ' ..r i6.,.4; 4# ~1;;:'X•f'..'';P;4''4)....r,44, A <,A ', t ,: 1 4 ,1 , '''': ' 1.- ,' - 4 !"'ar; 44.- A .' t. ,(4. r'1,1";&-f......:A.,.0,1. iv,te,if);`,.., ..,... ' it,„N+, i- ~‘„ ~.,-;... l', : .-. 1 : itri:S :A ' A 1. '}k.Y.t ..:::,' ' (. Ve .* ••••'-' N iPtir,d .Zir'r AN i u M f..., ''` - ! (Itlrerenift.;ro p, . ‘ . ,.,'a..6... ,- ..-.., ,-,.. c , , Junior Mike Meade (38), along with junior Joel Coles and freshman Jon Paterno said he will be looking to fill some gaps in a defense depleted by Williams, will be vying for the fullback spot vacated by Booker Moore as graduation. the Penn State football team starts spring practice today. Lion coach Joe Baugh, the' Lions are solid in the skill positions, Paterno said. That doesn't mean there's no room for improvement in the passing game. "Our passing statistics last year were horri ble," Paterno said. Overall, Penn State completed 46.2 percent of its passes, with 15 interceptions and 10 touch downs. Blackledge, the starter since the fourth game of last year, threw 76 completions in 159 attempts for a 47.8 percentage. He tossed 13 interceptions and 7 touchdown passes. Both Blackledge and Paterno agreed the way "4o improve those numbers is to work on "the little things" - this spring. "I have to work on my ballhandling, getting a smoother exchange on handoffs and having quick er feet setting ilp to throw," Blackledge said. "I'll Surely next season. . ." "I'm glad you mentioned next season, John," McNab interrupted. "I was thinking a lot about that last night. You know, thinking about how we could ensure the future of hockey here in Wash ington." "Yes?" "Well, I thought maybe we could consider letting 18 teams in the playoffs," McNab said. "I know we'd make it then. We'd really pack 'em in down here for a playoff game. Imagine the excitement it would generate." "I don't know. . ." Ziegler said slowly. "And we could make the opening -round series the best four-of-seven instead of three-of-five," McNab continued. "It might mean playing into the middle of June, but it would give teams like us a better chance to knock off the Canadiens, Islanders and Flyers. You don't want them to win all the time, do you?" There was a long silence before McNab added the clincher. "Just think what it will do for league parity," he said. "Wouldn't it be great to see the Canucks and Oilers in the Stanley Cup playoffs?" "You might have a point there, Max," Ziegler said. "Tell you what. I'll float the idea around the league, and I'll call you as soon as I hear anything positive." "Thanks for calling, John," McNab said as he hung up the phone, smiling. I was smiling, too imagining how much fun it would be trying to predict the outcome of the playoffs if 18 teams were involved it's hard enough now with 16 teams. But here goes.. . Toronto N.Y. Islanders: The Isles begin their Cup defense tonight at home against the struggling Leafs, who have recently succeeded in turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a showcase for poorly-played hockey games. If only the Leafs had Randy Carlyle, Pat Boutette and Lanny McDonald back. . Islanders in three. Pittsburgh St. Louis: Everyone who's been asking, 'Are the Blues for real?' this season which is just about everyone will be watching this series closely. The powerhouse that Emile Francis has resurrected is no fluke. . .Blues in ,:ii,;; •," :1 3," : . • , :4....,, , z' 4., .... •z•—• - .ikei' 4 ftv • 3:l''' . t., ' * f 4 S) lti, • 4 ' : ',P'l'.'•k ;•' ' .:,4! • •••• , ';;• ic,{f' I 1 ~. • , ~.7 , & - ~ 1 4 0, • Nt..4401 „‘. .A:*::,.; . iec;r;`k.Jhaill'ilb.'3 . be working awfully hard on on my eyes scan ning the field and reading the defense and looking off the primary receiver to secondary receivers." Compared to last spring when he was caught up in the whirlwind surrounding a three-way fight for the starting spot, Blackledge said he'll be more relaxed in the spring sessions. "I feel a lot more comfortable," he said. "I feel it's going 'to be a much more enjoyable spring." It could be an enjoyable fall, too, if Penn State proceeds along the same road it traveled from 1977 to 1978 when it used an impressive 11-1 season and a Fiesta Bowl win as a springboard to an unbeaten regular season and a No.l ranking. Last year, Penn State posted an impressive 10- 2 record and an impressive Fiesta Bowl win, so. . . begin playoff action tonight Edmonton Montreal: Even the Great Gretz ky won't be able to save the Oilers in this series. The Habs finished the regular season in very strong fashion and figure to present a serious challenge to anyone interested in renting Lord Stanley's cup for the next year. . .Canadiens in three. N.Y. Rangers Los Angeles: The only hopes the Broadway Blueshirts have of winning this series may lie with goalie Steve Baker, who has played well enough recently to blank the Flyers twice. It will take a hot goalie and then some to shut down the Kings' Dionne and Taylor. Unless Phil Esposito comes out of retirement. . .Los Angeles in four. • Vancouver Buffalo: The Sabres should win this one, if only because of their superb goaltend ing tandem of Bob Sauve and Don Edwards. Even with the emergence of a new goal-scoring sensa tion Dave "Tiger" Williams —. the Canucks don't have enough. . .Sabres in four. Quebec Philadelphia: Now that two teams; namely Boston and Minnesota, have proven them selves uglier than the Flyers, Bobby Clarke and company are probably wondering if there's any thing left playing for. Take two Stastny brothers, mix with one Jacques Richard and one Marc Tardif, and add a pinch of Dan Bouchard, and you've got one upset. . .Nordiques in five. Chicago Calgary: Look for the Flames to pack the tiny Corral. Look for Guy Chouinard and Kent Nilsson to score the big goals. Only a BIG performance from Tony "0" can save the Hawk s. . .Flames in four. Minnesota Boston: Already everyone's fo cusing on the fists in this matchup; don't be surprised if it's a relatively calm series. All the North Stars have to do is figure out how to win in the Boston Gardens something they haven't done in 13 years. Minnesota's rookie netminder, Don Beaupre, and Boston mainstay Rick Middle ton figure to be the key figures. . .North Stars in five. Bob Grove is a 12th-term journalism majdr and a sports writer for The Daily Collegian. it '''' e loor, "I don't even think of those kind of things," Paterno said. NITTANY LINES: The annual Blue-White game is scheduled for 2 p.m. May 2 in Beaver Stadium, but that won't mark the end of spring practice. The Lions will continue drilling until May 8. . . .other highlights include the 11th an nual Family-Camera Day at 1:30 p.m. April 11 in Beaver Stadium and the Penn State Football Coaches Clinic April 24-25. . . .New additions to the Lion coaching staff are Brian Ford, a former linebacker at Illinois and a part-time coach at Michigan State last year, and Joe Marciano, a former quarterback at Temple and an assistant coach at Villanova last year. Both will serve as part-time coaches. The National Hockey League playoffs start tonight, and like the action in this photo of Pittsburgh's Greg Millen (29) and Bob Stewart (8) scrambling in last year's playoffs, the Penguins will be fighting to get past the first round and the St. Louis Blues. On the ice is the Boston's Wayne Cashman (12) whose Bruins open this year against Minnesota. J.4l' 0' , #14 ;;k1144044,4 • ' • , • , • ' ‘I±9O.I;e4"..ANK I NVi 4I .,I 4 ,N" t f ' r ' ; 17:41tVpkildkii4k V. *4o,4iht+ 0, 3% ; :V.:4 -4 , • Photo by Betsey Overly a CV Tuesday, April 7 il3r Mountaineers still unbeaten in spring drills MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) —There's 9.0 e Vs, good thing that West Virginia UniverSity c. 0.011 Don Nehlen can say about spring football prt tice. The Mountaineers haven't lost a game ye t, "We're not real big and we're not real fas : Nehlen said, analyzing the Mountaineers' fit week of spring drills. "But we haven't logt The Mountaineers, in the process of rebuilding virtually their entire offense, held their first scrimmage of the spring practice last Saturday). "It was decent," Nehlen said. "There weren't too many mistakes. I guess it was a fairly typiCal scrimmage. . .about what you would expect after six practices." Nehlen said his main concern is the offense, where the Mountaineers have lost seven of 11 regulars from last season's 6-6 record team. "We've got to rebuild our offense," Nehlen said. "We're not changing things any, though. We're still staying with tbe 'l'. Oh, we've added .a Vb little offense because the kids have been in the system for a year and they can handle it now." Running tailback out of the T offense so far this spring have been juniors Curlin Beck and Mickey Walczak. The Mountaineers lost their starting tailback, Robert Alexander, via gradik tion. But although Nehlen is working extensively with his offense, he hasn't forgotten about the defense, although the Mountaineers lose just two of 11 regulars. "What positions are we concentrating on de fensively? All. We have to get better defensiye- o ly," Nehlen said. "We have to improve overall* defense." ' Although the Mountaineers played all'of th ' ' home games last season at the new, 50,000 sq l Mountaineer Field, they're still practicing at 010 Mountaineer Field on the downtown campus t Morgantown. The under-construction facilities buildit which houses offices and dressing rooms at L new stadium, still is not yet completed. So WVU's entire spring practice is being held at the old ~ stadium. i- - 4 "It's like having a Cadillac in the garage and not being able to drive it," said Nehlen. . i - .t.:, ~.. ~ . ~.,,,..., -'...' '-, A , ' r... , . ° 'S ,•" ~, ' ..'...1••••'{, .. 4 . . . , ~. h , .. ~,`: , A ~,,,,..- .0 . , .r.v. • ,: , ..:, ~ T,V, :,., ' I il.. '!,1 11 ,-''.'.. '• ' * - 1 . .!1P ) 0 fr4R 4 ,, .., , ,: , 1 11, Z•V ' h* ' - in e aceives , 4 g : Wooden Award SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) Brigham Young, All-America guard Danny Ainge received t Wooden Award as the college basketball player the year last night at the National Sportscast and Sportswriters Association awards program i Salisbury. Former UCLA basketball coach John Woodentr for whom the award is named, presented Ainge with the trophy. Ainge, who will be the starting third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays when they open their season Thursday, led , his team to the NCAA East Regional finals before losing to Virginia. During the awards program Will 'Grimslev special correspondent of The Associated Press, was honored as national sportswriter of the year. Dick Enberg of NBC and Al Michaels of ABC shared the national sportscaster of the year award. E7M *Lady Lion Turk a dream player 0 17) , :.11: By KATHY, ANDREWS Lions. She has been playing softball in Daily Collegian Sports Writer summer leagues since she was eight Women's softball coach Dennis Helsel years old and played four years in high described freshman starter Michelle school. : Turk as being a coach's dream. Although she did not get much playing "She's a pleasure le cgasity Helsel tune as a freshman at Woodrow Wilson, said. "She's an experienc7l - bpd very Turk made an all-star team her sopha mature ballplayer. more, junior and senior years. - "She has a pure swing, she fields well Turk said she has made the adjust and she has a rifle-cannon for an arm. - ment from high school to collegiate ball She's fundamentally sound and can bo- without any problems. unce right back into the game after she's" It's different from high school in that committed an error." at high school you have both good and • Turk, who came to Penn State from bad players," she said. "Here everyone Woodrow Wilson High School in Levi- is good. The competition was not a big ttown, Pa., is the shortstop for the Lady adjustment because I have played with • tt? b C O i k .Ikt UPI wlrephato r‘, L : ' ,:I P 4 - 4 6 • < „'• r44.' r 'T` ~ ;,* ''.,.-' ~ • .....7 7 '......„....., :4'.4,::-. 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The Lady Lions ended that inning with 10 hits and nine runs. Turk's fielding game got off to a bad start when she committed two throwing errors in the second inning, but she regained her composure and came up with good fielding plays in the remain der of the first game and all of the second game. "I've.always enjoyed fielding," Turk said. "I would rather field than hit." The Lady Lions lost the second game 6-2 to East Stroudsburg's ace pitcher Gabi Bunk, who pitched a two-hitter. "I feel the second game was a let down," Turk said. "We should have beat them. I feel we could have hit off of her." . Although Turk was held to a triple in Saturday's games 'against Temple, she made a defensive play in the second inning of the second game which Helsel said only a smart ballplayer would make. With two outs and the Lady Owls' Cindy Schleiker on second, Temple's Dawn Schwenke made a hit to the third base side. Penn State's third baseman Katy Komara missed the grounder, but Turk recovered the ball and tagged Schleiker, who was running to third, thinking Turk would try to throw out Schwenke at first. "I knew I didn't have a chance to throw out the runner at first, so I tagged the baserunner," Turk said. Continuing his praise of Turk, Helsel said, "At the stage she is in, Michelle looks like most freshmen males who have even played Little League. I feel she can even compete with most of the guys. "We need more players like Mich- Remember Ray's Auto for quality Diesel Repair and Servicing UTO & BODY RUC ) Domestic and Foreign Fuel injection servicing Gas and Diesel and 1701 W. College 234-4003 State College 116 Corl St 234-1029 #1 Inspection due by April 30 COUPON REGULARLY $45.00 OFFER EXPIRES APRIL 30,1981 I 1 1111 HE COUPON REGULARLY $lO.OO OFFER EXPIRES APRIL 30,1981 EN COUPON REGULARLY $12.00 OFFER EXPIRES APRIL 30,1981 Will Fissinger wins Broderick By KATHY ANDREWS Daily Collegian Sports Writer Last Friday morning, Jeannie Fis singer, the goalie of the women's field hockey team, did not know what the Broderick Award was. She also did not know she had been awarded this year's Broderick Award for the outstanding women's field hockey player until her coach, Gillian Rattray, told her later that day. "Friday afternoon I was going to a football banquet with my coach, and that's when she told me," Fissinger said. "I didn't even know what it was until I asked her." Each year a Broderick Award is presented to the country's outstand ing athlete in each women's sport. To say the least, Fissinger sounded very pleased with her award. "It totally floored me," she said. "I can't believe it. I'm •really hon-. • West Chester arch softball foe By TOM SAKELL Daily Collegian Sports Writer "West Chester has been a nemesis to Penn State ever since you want to talk about softball," said women's softball coach Dennis Helsel. The Lady Lions (2-2) travel to West Chester today for a double-header with the Lady Rams (7-2), a team Penn State has had little success with in the past. "West Chester has been giving Penn State fits for life," Helsel said. "We lost to them last year (6-4 in the first game of a double-header), and the second game was rained out. The best we usually do against them is split." The Lady Lions have played two double-headers so far this season, and while they have won both first game, they've lost the second game twice. Both times a lack of hitting was their downfall. "Mary Ann (Cremo) has been hitting well, and Michelle (Turk), but they're the only two who are consistently hitting," Helsel said. "It's amazing what we're doing without hitting. Jumping off to an early lead, our hit-and-run is working well. Every time LEITZINGER IMPORTS, INC. 3220 W College Ave. State College *PIV.I 1972 OLDS VISTA CRUISER 9-PASSENGER STATION WAGON 1976 CAPRI 1973 MUSTANG GRANDE fir lik I I la I I 1:1 ri V-8 Automatic 1-laura lot of people fora little bit of money 6 cylinder Automatice Sunroof AM/FM Power Steering Vinyl Top 50,000 miles Powder Blue with White Vinyl Top Automatic Transmission Air Conditioning Power Steering Extra Clean ored. I couldn't have done it without my teammates they were there when I need them." The senior goalie led the Lady Lions to eight consecutive shut-outs during the season and finally to the Association for Intercollegiate Ath letics for Womdn national championship. By the end of the season, Fissinger had a saves per centage of 95.8. "Nobody else deserves it," Rat tray said. "She has worked so hard and played such a part on our nation al team. "She has a lot of talent. She came in with a lot of raw talent. Most, players start playing when they are in seventh grade, but Jeannie didn't start playing until she was in 10th grade." Fissinger's future in field hockey seems to be as promising. From May 30 to June 13, Fissinger will be 1977 VOLARE WAGON 6 cylinder Automatic Cruise Control Power Steering Summer and Winter Radial Tires Roof Rack 38,000 miles 1980 DATSUN 280-ZX Black/gold 10th Anniversary-Z #233 T-bar 5-speed The Daily Collegian Tuesday, April 7, 1981 I've called a hit-and-run to move someone over to third, it's worked. With the number of hits we've had, ,we're scoring a heck of a lot of runs." In comparing run output, it appears Penn State will have to score a lot more runs than it has in its first four games. West Chester has averaged seven runs scored per game, but then it may not have run into a pitching staff the likes of the lady Lions'. Brenda Frey and Rayne Yori are the big arms on the Penn State staff. Frey has worked 18 innings without allowing an earned run, yet she has recorded no decisions. Yori has thrown 13 innings and allowed one earned run in three games. Her record of 2-1 is tops on a staff that has a team ERA of 1.06. "Brenda and Rayne are good pitchers," Helsel said. "They're pitching smart games. They are far more relaxed than last year. They know now they can give up a hit and still be in good shape because they've got a good infield behind them." Even with a solid defense and a good pitching staff, the Lady Lions may be . looking to manager Heidi Vallencourt for the most help. Between innings, Vallencourt knocks the bats together to "wake them up," and if the Lady Lions are to beat West Chester, they will need some lively bats. trying out for the national team. To be eligible to try out for the national team, a player must first be invited to play on the elite squad, which consists of the top 30 players in the country. Fissinger has already been in vited. If she makes the national team, she will go to Holland to play for a week. And from there she will try for the 1984 Olympic field hocke'y team. Fissinger, who _will have to miss her graduation in order to try out for the national team, said she is going to miss competing on the collegiate level, especially for the Lady Lions. "I'm going to miss Penn State," Fissinger said. "The administra tion, the teachers, my teammates and my coaches have been behind me 100 percent and that's really great." Artumbrella, a frisbee, or both. Before you start your day, • check the Collegian weather forecast.
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