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Bezdek Confident. T
Former Coach Re-Affirms
Faith in Sports Program
Intercollegiate Athletics an Essential Part o,
‘Athletics for All’ Policy
"We’ll win ’em all this year."
That was Director Bczdek’s em
phatic retort to the usual question,
"How many will we win this year,
Bez?"
Bezdek's answer was not in the
form of a prediction, but rather as
an indication of the renewed spirit
which seems to' have swept the cam
pus in the past week.
"In the old days we went out to
win every game," the grey-haired
mentor continued. “If we lost a
game—well, we lost it. and forget.it
in our preparation for the next one. ;
“Wo’ve got the material and we’ve
got the coaches. The rest is up to
them.”
"Well, what about Columbia?" he
was asked.
"Columbia can —well, they can be
beaten." he declared. "That isn’t im
possible. Penn State teams have de
feated stronger teams than Colum
bia, and we can do it again this year.
Why not?
"We had a few tough years while
things were being changed, but we
laid a good foundation. With the
support of the students, the team that
will be developed from that group of
huskies out there should go places
this year.
“I believe that most students have
misunderstood the attitude of our de
partment toward intercollegiate ath
letics,” Bez continued. “We have of
ten been accused of neglecting varsity
competition in favor of intramural
sports. /
"This student attitude is entirely
wrong and should be corrected. In
tercollegiate athletics are an absolute
essential to the program of ‘athletics
for all,’ ” he emphasized. "There is
absolutely no reason to differentiate
between intercollegiate and intramur
al athletics in such a program.
"The difference is simply one of
education and efficiency. Both are
athletics, but varsity teams are sup
posed to be composed of the beet ath
letes in school. Whether an intra
mural or varsity man, the student is,
however, entitled to the best instruc
tion possible and that is just what we
are trying to give him,” explained
Bezdek.
"Up until now the administration
has been greatly handicapped by lack;
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to spend a little we are hiring tiic
best coaches we can find and improv
ing equipment for the benefit of the
students," he said in answer to an
inquiry as to recent additions to the
coaching staff.
“Incidentally, these additions seem
to have improved the whole morale of
: the team. There is a younger, more
vital spirit evident on the field and it
seems to have transmitted itself Ic
tile student body,” ho concluded.
As we walked away we thought we
could already feci the warming rays
as the sun pierced the clouds of Penn
State’s athletic sky.
50 Harriers OH
To Early Start
Werpermen .2 Weeks Ahead of
Season; 4 Lettermen
Back on Squad
If the early bird catches the worm,
Penn State cross-county teams arc off
to a’ good start, for with more than
50 candidates reporting daily to Coach
Chick" Werner, the season is two
weeks ahead of last year.
Led by Captain George W. Harvey,
more than a dozen varsity candidates'
including lettermen Book, Alexander
and Vandermark, augmented by most
of last year’s strong freshman team,
arc working the kinks out of their
legs over the freshman three-mile
course in preparation for the first
meet October 20.
Werner Issues Call
Continuing an innovation of last
year, the thinly-clads are engaging
in mass runs, with the idea of de
veloping an evenly balanced team
rather than outstanding stars. Con
sequently there are no outstanding
men as yet, although several fresh
men will have to do some fast step
ping to stay up with their reputa
tions.
Coach Werner has issued a call for
additional candidates, who may re
port to the varsity locker room any
afternoon this week
MECHANICAL DRAWING
DIETZGEN, KEUFFEL & ESSER, TECH, POST
OFFICIAL GYM UNIFORMS
at Athletic ‘New DeaT Will Yield Results This Yea
WRIGHTING BETWEEN THE LIONS
•By FRED W. WRIGHT-
There have been dirty headlines,
and there have been dirty head
lines, but the dirtiest of the pre-
College year anent things inter
collegiate was this from the Phila
delphia Inquirer for all Republi
cans:
HIGH SCHOOL HOOTERS
LACE PENN STATE TEAM
The jibe, of course, had to do
with the failure of the Penn State
soccer team to register a victory
on their tour of Scotland, where,
so Oscar tells us, wee laddies get
n soccer ball as their first toy.
Many who read .that the first Am
erican college team over to tour
Scotland finished their trip with a
5-2 setback from a high school
team failed to take this into con
sideration.
There probably won’t bo any
complaint from this campus when
the team arrives tomorrow, for
most of the students were well ac
quainted with Coach Bill Jeffrey’s
opinion prior to the trip that “We
don’t expect to win a game, but
they’ll know the’ve been in a soc
cer game." One Philadelphia writ
er. in commenting on the trip,
opined that they were all "close"
« amcs - * . .
Herman Evcrhardus, Michigan’s
all-American quarterback, will find
the student body and players whole
heartedly behind him as he takes
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up his coaching duties as one of
the ringmasters under the Higgins
big top. There’s a new spirit up
on New Beaver field and the ap
pointment of Evcrhardus here is
a large factor. Add to Everhard
us’ appointment the building of
new stands and a sophomore-jun
ior backfield that looked pretty
good to these inexpert eyes Sat
urday afternoon. Penn State may
not win every game this year as
my Cousin; Hugo says in another
place on this page, but you’ve got
to hand it to administrative offi
cials who have made possible some
of the things that "old grads” and
Monday morning quarterbacks have
been howling about for the past
five years.
Oscar is torn between two de
sires at this writing. He’d like to
see Steve Hamas get a crack at the
heavyweight, championship, but he
wouldn't want'to see Steve Hamas
get cracked by the champion.
Oscar hasn’t the slightest bit of
doubt that Hamas will get knocked
into the last row of the balcony if
he runs, up against one of present
champion, Max Baer’s long, loop
ing rights,.hut Oscar seems to be
alone in this contention. - People
who neither know the former full
back personally nor have seen him
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a better chance than any of the
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