MOE F! r ’ r TT Ewell Shines in Olympics Nittany Valley sports enthusiasts for years have recounted the Olympic exploits of such famous Lion athletes as Crip Moore, Alan HelfFrich Blondy Romig A 1 Bates and many more but their performances are temporarily forgotten and the spotlight focuses to the star performer of the recent Olympiad, Henry Norwood “Barney” Ewell, the man who was voted “the athlete who had done the most for Penn State” when he finished his brilliant track career at the College in 1942. The 30-year-old speedster, who had been considered by many too old to run in the dashes, picked up two silver medals and was the leadoff man on the winning 400-meter relay team at the London games to pace the American track and field contingent. LOSES TWICE Ewell lost two heartbreaking photofinish races in the 100- and 200-meter dashes but still annex ed two second spots as the Ameri can trackmen captured eleven gold medals. But Ewell’s success at the Olympics is only part of the story which dates back into the early part of this year. Barney was then working in a Lancaster industrial plant train ing daily after working hours. Many of his friends and associates thought then that he was well over the prime age for sprinters. But Barney had his mind set on the Olympics and so the citi zens of Lancaster started a cam paign to raise funds “to take care of his wife and child while Ewell was training for and participating in the Olympic games in Lon don.” Funds accumulated quickly and Ewell started the tedious training grind. He won some of his first warm-up races but he also lost some. His times were nothing out of the ordinary. It was in the Middle Atlantic AAU’s that the Lancaster speed s^er started to set American cinders on fire. won the 100- and 200 - meter m dashes in record times. On that same day Jerrv Karver the Li "ons’ strongest ri. > —contender for an KARVER Olympic berth, suffered one of the season’s big gest upsets when Villanova’s Browning Ross cut across the tape ahead of Karver in the 1500- meter event. •W 4W 1 .%/ Then came the final Olympic tryouts at Dyche Stadium at Evanston, 111. It was there that Ewell pulled one of the most dra matic track upsets in many a year when the 30-year-old Barnev beat the supposedly “world’s fastest human being,” Mel Patton, in the world-record-equalling time of 10.2 seconds over the 100-meter route. IT’S MURPHY’S While in State College For All Your Needs for Stationery NOTE BOOKS FILLER PAPER CORRESPONDENCE SUPPLIES Murphy's for Toilet Articles DENTIFRICES SHAVING ITEMS ADVERTISED SOAPS Murphy's for Electrical Needs WIRE ACCESSORIES LAMPS SHADES G.C.MURPHY Co. Phone 4016 State College 121 South Allen St. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA —Photo Lancnstor Newspapers, That same day Curtis Stone, who two seasons ago was Chick Werner’s protege in the two-mile run. qualified for the 5000 meters while Herman Goffberg, a Nit tany alumnus who never quite hit his stride as a collegiate com petitor, was the third Penn State man to qualify for the Olympics. Jerry Karver, who was consid ered by many track experts as “the man to beat in the 1500- meter event,” just missed making the boat trip by inches. The Boyertown flash, who wor the triple mile crown last year twice a national champion and twice an IC4A titlist, took fourth place from the start of the race, then advanced to second place but later dropped back to fourth where he finished. Barney Ewell, returning to Lan caster, Pa„ from London, is feted hv the citv. Mayor Dale E. Cary pic tured above wel comed Ewell after his tri u m p hant Olvmpic trio. After a sterling performance in the I.ondon spectacle despite his age, 30, the venerable hut versatile dash man stood out as the o u 1 s t a oding member of the TT. «?. track and field smipd which made a nee*. Olym pic tour of Europe le-e Toooth. Ewell gained recognition as the ton performer of an j n t e - national ™°et a* Praoue,. ft t, e c h oslovakm, -„u«re he was vk ♦or<<-ms in the 200- raeter da*h and was a memher of the winnino 100- yno+fti* retev f«am. At 30, the veter an cinder-pounder amazes the track world with his speed and stamina. From the opening day of the Olympics the Americans started their quest for gold medals. Har rison Dillard captured the 100- meter dash with. Ewell placinff second. Barnev closed in with such a terrific burst of speed that he almost nassed Dillard. So close was the outcome of the race that the iudges had to go into a long conference before awarding the decision to Dillard. The next day victory laurels were again denied to Ewell when he again finished second, this time to Mel Patton in the 200 - meter event. So close was Ewell to Patton that a picture taken of the finish decid ed the outcome fmd both Ewell’s WERNER and -Pattons times were identical. MOVIES TELL Ewell also figured in the 400- meter relay team victory. Offi cials thought that he committed a foul when le passed the baton to his teammate Wright and al though the Americans won the race by ten yards the gold medal was awarded to Great Britain. But films taken of the race Continued on page eleven FROTH COLLEGE HUMOR MAGAZINE WELCOMES THE CLASS OF '5l Football Slate VARSITY Oct. 2—Bucknell home Oct. B—Syracuse .. . Syracuse Oct. 16—West Virginia home Oct. 23—Mich. State . . home Oct. 30—Colgate Hamilton Nov. 6—Penn . Philadelphia Nov. 13—Temple home Nov. 20—Pitt . . . . Pittsburgh Nov. 27—Wash. Slate Tacoma JUNIOR VARSITY Oct. B—Syracuse . Syracuse Oct. 16—Bucknell . Lewisburg Oct. 22—Navy Annapolis Mon Gridders '49, '5O Card Penn State and Nebraska, foot ball opponents only once in 61 vears, will resume relations in 1949 afteu a lapse of 29 years. They will also clash in 1950. Bob Higgins, who is looking forward to his 19th season as head Lion grid coach, had grad uated when the first game was nlaved in 1920, but he recalls vividly watching it from the stands. In this era, the years immediat ely following World War I, Penn State enjoved its greatest success in football .producing three all- Americans in succession and roll ing through 30 consecutive con tests without defeat. Way, who was the stand-out in 1920, "was the second all-Ameri can player to be chosen. Walter Camp had selected Higgins for an end post i„ 1919. and Glenn Killinger was named to a half back spot in 1921. Two years lat er, in 1923, Joe Bedenk, present Nittany line coach, was named to a guard position. Nebraska, returning to the Lion schedule in the middle of what Nittany followers hope is another “golden era”, will invade New Beaver field for the second time Saturday, October 15, 1949. A year later, on October 21, 1950. the Lions will appear at Lincoln. Nebraska. In the gridiron campaign which is about to open, the Blue and White eleven .will play a nine game slate which includes Buck nell, Syracuse, West Virginia. Michigan State, Colgate, Penn, Temple, Pittsburgh and Washing ton State. Four encounters are scheduled at home. For the third straight year, State has booked a night football game for the ’47 season. The Hig gins machine will tackle Syracuse at Svracuse, N. Y., Friday night, October 8, instead of- Saturday, October 9, as previously schedul ed. Syracuse asked for the change, explaining that its night game with Penn State two years ago attracted the largest pre - game sale of tickets in the history of this rivalry. Ex-Lion Coach Nate Cartmell, former Nittany coach, keeps in touch with the game as a track aide at Manhat tan College. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1948 Between Lions E§§§lr By Tom Morgan Sports Editor * "other Year Fall breezes whipping down the Nittanv Vale already have a co'd snap to ’em. To the farmer, that means it’s harvest time —t ime to gather "rain ’n’ pumnkins, to the citv slicker that means vacation is trulv over and it’s high time he hucki°d down to the ol’ grind at the office. But in Nittanvtown, sUas State College, that means the wide eyed sophs are in town, the up nerrlass sophMicetes are close on their heels, the local tradesmen off wares to *“11 to 8000 College Joes and Joseys, and f-'ach Bob Hi "gin*' cries of anoui-h on““ pnain echo from New Beaver F s “id to Mt. Nittanv as h“ surveys his current crop of 40-odd husky football stalwarts. Gulden Era Once again, also, it is the hanov job of the snorts editor of this thrivin" sheet to dish out an annraisal of what’s to come in Ni+tanv snortin'? circles in ’4B-’49. Bv wav of introducing the "resent Penn State snorts pano rama to newcomers to campus, let’s sav at the outset that we crp pnw smnoi--dph in the mid dle of a Golden Era in Penn °t,ate sports. For that, we’re Talent is terrific in Nittany I.i°n football and other snorts, ma.inlv because of ihe wealth of ambitious athletes and the keen competition generated bv the feet that many war veterans whose school!no - jr.jfe.vwww was interrunted 9 are vyin« for j ♦earn positions " ’ ~.1-'' ’ that would ordi- L' , > narily go tof ' Harry Birniqhf out-of High- School. So, you see, it follows that we have better teams and win more games. if you talk to several Lion coaches about this, they’ll say the other teams are having the same boom in player talent and attack our “argument” until it tends to become sieve-like.) Piaskin Picture But. to get down to the meat of this discourse, the '4B-'49 sports scene is strictly favorable to the fortunes of the Nittany Lion. On the football front. Head Coach Hiergins is looking forward to his 19th straioht season at the f -’on helm, and this year most of the "k nowin q." nail - chewing forecasters pick the Hig's eleven to pace the East as in '47. Skip per Hingins' grid edition last vear out Penn State on the na tional foctv.all mao like no other orevious Lion team. He admits that this season's sound, now practicing twice daily on New Beaver Field, boasts pos sibilities of equaling last year’s, but he’s worried about good re serve strength on the line. As far as foes go. there are several powers on the gridiron schedule that could deal a death blow to the Lions, especially if over-confidence engulfs the Nit tanv eleven. They’re billing the Penn-Penn State struggle as the top game in the East this year. Certain to be a corker, that one will decide much for the Blue and White. With 19 lettermen returning ( 'om i->st year's unbeaten eleven, Penn State is agam a prospective football titan in '4B. Continued on page ten Win $l5OO in Gifts Full Information —at— DON KEPLER SPORT SHOP HOTEL STATE COLLEGE Higgins
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