FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949 The Lion's Tale By ED WATSON (Assistant Sports Editor) Football Fanfaie Two deep and, dreary subjects have grabbed the post-season at tention of collegiate football fans throughout the country. They' are the probable replacement of sev eral college coaches, and, the always "hot" debate on the sub sidation of ole Siwash's star right halfback. One mentor has already thrown in the towel. Phil Sarbpe, Wash 7 ington State tutor, notified • the Athletic council of his resigna tion last week. Sarboe was at the Cougar helm in two clashes with Coach Bob Higgins' Nittany Lions. In 1947 (the Cotton Bowl yeat), the States won, 27-6. The Nit...-. tanies fished out a 7-0 verdict ftom the Washington Staters in 19 , 18. Sarboe, in his resignation leitei•,, stated, "I do not believe .can: produce the results expected by fzms, alumni and students under the continuation of the present athletic program." Harvard Outburst Only recently,' Harvard's Ath-' lane Director, William J. Bing ham, gave the press the startling statement that Harvard was dis:- continuing football on , a "big time" basis. This remark-brought about an immediate uprising from, many parts of the country. One of the biggest roars came from Philadelphia, where University of Pennsylvania authorities flatly denied Bingham's remark con cerning' Penn's so-called state scholarships for football players. NCAA Steps In Now the National Collegiate Athletic Association has stepped into the picture by announcing that seven colleges are on the linib for disobeying NCAA re quirements for putting athletes through school. • Three Southern schools have already admitted that they are exceeding the NCAA limit in helping' their favored sons. The University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) 'and Virginia Polytechnic Institute : (Virginia; Tech) claim that they are three of the institutions the NCAA is referring to. ". A Virginia Tech official' made the classical remark of the year. He said that his team had won only one ,of nine' games' this fall despite surpassing the NCAA sub, sidation rules. He wondered just how far the.bigger schools - with outstanding ,teams had gone in aiding their gate attractions. Wrestlers Face Two New Teams Penn ,State's 1950 wrestling team will face two new oplion , • ents, according to the. schedule released . b y Harold , Gilbert, • 'Graduate Manager •of Athleties. Coach Charlie Speidel's mat men. will open their season Janu ary 7 with Virginia, a new name on the Nittanies' slate. Little is known a s s the Virginians' teeth strength, but the• Cavaliers are recent additions to the EIWA. Pittsburgh, the Lions' football. 'nemesis. is the other new, team that will meet the Sn'eidelmen. The Panthers' are backing 'a le'giate wrestling combo for the first time, but have already se cured a former - Oklahoma A&M muscleman as .coach. . •' Five home meets: -. .with, ginia, Cornell, Pitt, Syracuse and Princeton, feature the schedule. Army,.. Lehigh. and Navy will play host to' the Nittany matmen, while the intercollegiates 'are booked for Princeton, N.J. The seledule Jan. 7 Virginia 14 Cornell 21 Lehigh 28 Pittsburgh 11 Syracuse Home West. Point, N.Y. . Annapolis, Md. 11:121211 25 Navy 4 Princeton Home 10-11 EIWA's . Princeton. N.J. 25-25 NCAA's :Cedar Falls. la. AIM Picture Members of AIM Council have been asked to call at Student Un ion to identify themselves on the council group picture taken for LaVie, at their earliest conveni ence. _ . . Hedderick Fights-off In jury, Proves Miracles Still Happen By GEORGE VADASZ The lights of the College infirmary were burning late on the third Sunday of October this fall. when team Physician Doc Greiss bent over Center Ray Hedderick and proclaimed: "This is a very bad knee sprain. It'll be a miracle if Ray will be ready in time for the Pitt game." • But apparently miracles still happen. Although his l injury, suffered at East Lansing when Michigan State topped the Lions, 24-0, was considered severe enough at the time to bench the 210- pound ball-snapper for the remainder of the year, Ray fought back valiantly and three weeks later—at Pittsburgh—played a bang-up. game. Tabbed by his high school coach, Millcreek's Gus Anderson, as one of the most outstanding high school athletes ever to perform for him, Ray galloped up and dOwn:the high school grid greens ward froni a halfback position. In both his junior and senior years, Millcreek tied for the Class A, Erie County, football crOW,n;'..His senior season, in 1945, he':was the highest scoring back in the Erie 'area BASKETBALL Trading his football togs, in the winter. , for a basketball uniform, he performed equally well on • the hardwood. For two years, Millcreek, led by ' Ray in the scoring department, captured the Class A bunting only to be 'beaten in the Dis tirct 10 cage finals. But Hedderick • didn't con fine his talents to football and ,basketball alone, he was also 4 considered, one of the school's 'better diamond finds. After graduation in 1946, he enrolled at Penn State and was sent for his freshman year to California State Teachers College Unable to hit his high school pace, he was a reserve wingback on Coach Earle Bruce's eleven which romped to nine straight vic tories• Coming to the main campus for his sophomore season he again competed for a wingback slot, but Coach Bob Higgins, then short on able centers, saw Hedderick snap a pigskin during warm-up sessions and immediately converted.him into a center. To give him the much-needed experience Ray played with the jayvees for one year but moving up, at a comet-like pace during the middle of the '4B season, he began pushing Chuck Beatty for a starting assignment. In '49 he was the starting center until in jured at Michigan State. SPE Triumphs -- (Continued. from page four) SPE cagers threw in three points while holding their opponents scoreless, and wrappd up the game, 26-23. Bill Howell paced the victors with eight points. In other League D games, foot ball end John Smidansky took scoring honors for the evening with 14 points as he led Sigma Nu to , a 28-18 trouncing of Theta Xi and Alpha Gamma Rho nosed out Alpha Chi Rho, 25-23, with Ralph Watts' 13 points' showing.the way. Delta Upsilon, led by football co captain Bob Hicks' seven points, Home .. Home Bethlehem Horne, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA HIGGINS LACKS CENTERS edged Alpha Sigma Phi, 16-14, in a rough League , E ball game. Other League - E results showed Delta Tau Delta keeping itg slate clean by downing Pi Kappa Al pha, 14-6, and Sigma Chi, also un defeated, defeat Phi Kappa Tau, 13-10. In League F, soccer player Ted Lieb's ten points were more than enough as Phi Kappa Sigma wal loped Delta Theta Sigma, 29-4; Beta Theta Pi took "number two" by shellacking Omega Psi Phi, 29- 4, with Don Roush's six points be ing high, and Bob Pee's 11 mark ers helped Tau Kappa Epsilon sink Chi Phi, 24-11, for its second consecutive' vlctory. '5O Harriers To Select Captain For Each Meet Penn State's cross country team threw precedent to the four winds at its annual banquet Wednesday night when it discarded the practice of electing a permanent captain for next year. Instead coach Chick Werner will name a captain before each meet, and thus giving each man on the team a chance to lead the harriers at least once. The move was made, Werner said, because of the balance of the team and the equal ability of the runners. The team was captained during the past season by Bob Parsons, who along with the rest of the first eight starters on the team, will be back next season. Nine members of the squad were awarded letters. 'They are Bob Parsons, Don Ashenfelter, Bill Ashenfelter, Bob Freebairn, Bill Gordon, John McCall, Al Porto, Jack St. Clair and Ted Horner. Horner's award was a special one made by Coach Wer ner in view of his service and efforts in behalf of the team. Werner also announced at the banquet, held in the State Col lege Hotel, a tentative schedule for the 1950 season. The card lists as probable opponents Man hattan, Michigan State, Cornell FOR ALL YOUR Arrow Needs IN STATE COLLEGE YOUNG MEN'S SHOP :INVINWAVAMMAIVIANYWAN' f: Kindly Notice the collar! Ifs one of Arrow's campus favorites, the wide-spread f'Sussee in fine Gordon Oxford fabric Arrow's smartly styled and long wearing Oxfords are also available in button-down aed•regular collar. White and solid colons.' See your Arrow dealer, ARROW SHIRTS TIES • UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • WORTS SHIMS STATE COLLEGE and New York University. The Lion Harriers will also travel to the IC4-A and the NCAA meets, and possibly to the National AAU meet, the latter depending on . the team's showing during the sea son. In addition, attempts are being made to schedule another dual . meet with either Army, Navy or Pitt. Tom O'Toole was named head manager for next year. He will replace Bob Brown, who gradu ates in June. O'Toole was a first assistant manager during the; past season. The banquet brought to a close a very successful season for the Nittany runners. They captured three dual meets against one loss and finished fourth and fifth re spectively in the IC4-A and the NCAA meets. 127 S. ALLEN Ii ZZ/N . • . "4 .40 •a" a PAGE FIVE ,L \
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