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 --
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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
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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.
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