Fr-ir.vr; Dues' ’dsp.' n. r An article off the wires recently stated that college football, beset by spiraling costs of'everything from adhesive tape to star halfbacks, “is on the verge of pricing itself right out of business.” It costs approximately $275,000 a year not counting player subsidies and other “hidden" expenses—to maintain a bigtime foot ball team. The good old days when a college could get rich simply by violating a few amateur ideals are dead, the story fol lowed. Halfbacks cain no longer be bought for $5O and a, Wee education. At high pressure areas- like Pittsburgh and Southern Califor nia! where alumni enthusiasm and incomes are higher, the cost of football has risen., almost to the amazing figure of $500,000. ' Early this summer the dean-of the Pennsylvania State School of Physical Education, Carl Schott, was bemoaning the fact that at one time a football player could be sent out on the gridiron fully clothed for about $l5. Nowadays, he relates the price has risen to about the $BO mark. At California a fullback made a classic slip of the tongue by saying l the blockers in front of him on one touchdown were "the best money could buy.” Bob Reynolds, Nebraska's will-o-the-whisp back, who cut Penn State's line to pieces in his team's 19-0 victory this past sea son,; 'has been - named "Mr. Touchdown ,U. S. A." For leading all collegiate scor ers with 157 points during the 1950 season, Reynolds was award ed an RCA television set—in ad dition to the new title. Is Rip Engle a master psycholo gist or does his success with the 1950 Penn State, football team stem from the mere fact of his presence instilling a fighting con fideftce in his men? This little problem was posed before us several weeks ago dur ing the Nittany-Rutgers game. Penn Stale was a beaten team at halftime when Rip walked down that long corridor leading to the Niiiany shower room with the Queensmen on the long end of a 14 to 6: score. The scene before him as he opened the locker room door was one which .only an athlete who has trod that weary way could relate properly. Rip stared for a moment at the sweat-soaked group before him —and-he could see that they were beaten, physi cally as well as mentally. His expression as he walked through their midst was about the saddest one could expect .to., see on a man. An insider later com mented, “You looked at him and couldn’t help saying to yourself —“What can I do to help this guy?" Stopping in the center of the group he looked around and in a low voice said simply, but effec tively—“ Boys, you’ve got to 'get it in your hearts to win.” That did the trick. Heads bowed as though hung there by an invisible weight snapped up , and hazy expressions were in turn replaced by those of . de termination. Then they went out and in the final half difer ally swept Rutgers off Beaver field. Journ Honorary Hears Chet Smith Chet Smith, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press, will speak at a smoker to be held by Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fraternity, at Pi Kap pa Phi 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Movies of the recent football game with Pittsburgh will als6 be shown. Refreshments will be served. The smoker is open to all male journalism majors. Suggestions For Christmas Gifts 'On The Ball' By RAY KOEHLER Sports Editor Swinging Around The Gridiron Trail Jack Kiley Leads Orange Scorers (Continued from page four) scoring - record at Syracuse with 439 points and a pre-season pick for all-American honors, the Or ange quintet ran roughshod over its first opponent, Toronto. The Syracusans swamped the Canad ian school by the score of 101-39. Guley has a tall, rangy squad which the Weekly Collegian Bas ketball Record describes as “tour nament timber.” They are ranked tenth in the nation. Suprunowicz Back Along with Kiley on the. first five are- Tom Jockle (6-4), Dick Suprunowicz (5-11), Ed Miller (6-8) and Tom Huggins (6-4). Guley also has a steady set of reserves in Tony Hladik; Chuck Steveskey, Mike Jaffe, and Bud dy Rpche. Just how high the Syracuse cagers are ranked this year was revealed when they were picked to compete in the Sugar Bowl tournament in New Orleans over the Christmas holidays. The Or ange will compete with such bas ketball • powers as Kentucky, Bradley, and St. Louis university. Spartan's '5l Schedule Michigan State’s 1951 football schedule will be one of the most balanced geographically. in Spar tan history. Listed are three Big' Ten teams, Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana; two top eastern in dependents, Penn State and Pitts burgh, one Pacific Coast Con ference team, Oregon State; one Big Seven team, Colorado, and the two top mid-west independ ents, Notre Dame and Marquette. Jack Kinney, captain of the 1950 Michigan State baseball team, was a second team All-American choice by the College Baseball Coaches association last year. Herb Schroeter, 3 0-year-old sophomore pitcher on the Michi gan State baseball team, is nick named “Dad” by his “younger” twenty-plus year old teammates. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Jeffrey Recalls 65 Straight Wins Aided By 8 losses In Scotland ' The national recognition be stowed on the State soccer tear this season in the form of.a.bowj bid was nothing more than an other chapter in the achievemer book of Lion squads coached b Bill Jeffrey. The talented coach, veteran 25 seasons ,at the helm of Nittan booting contingents, has a lons list of tales to tell about his team.' The one that is forembst'-hLhi mind is the one that describes;on< of the most fabulous >vlhnir. streaks of all time which,' surpri: ingly, was due to a great extei to eight straight losses. The seasons of 1932 "and. 19J had gone well. Not one loss hi been counted against the Jeffre: men. But a thing like.' this.-wa. not to unusual, other Lion teams had been unbeaten. The thing: that was so important to -Penn State happened during the sum mer of 1934. ■ • , The hot months of that year found the Nittanies in Scotland, the land of well-played soccejtr and the birthplace of Bill Jeffrey, on a playing tour. The tale of the tour is short and sad. Eight games were played—eight' were lost. Many undefeated teams have suffered miserably when dumper at the peak of their performance but few were subjected to tfre agonies inflicted on that Penn State team. The Lions salvaged a great deal more than eight defeats in Scot land that summer, however. They brought home to State College a little of the insight of the game thati was to be so important to them, so important that they were not to lose another collegiate game until 1941. Year after year, the opposition fell to the machine-like booting groups fielded by State. In all, 65 teams met the Lions and were defeated. By BUD FENTON Overseas Tour 65 Victories Among the greats .[developed INS Pivot Choice during that era- was State’s Bill McEwen, who was selected for all-American honors in 1934-35- 36. ’ .... The first" victory' of the streak was'at-the expense of Army. The ever-d<?gged- Cadets worked to ward a Nittany defeat for a long while, but it. took nine years for them to accomplish the trick. Finally, in 1941 the West Point ers toppled Penn State and ended their string, 1-0. There are some at the College who claim that the loss was partly responsible for the world conflict that started shortly after. ' Sale • Dec. ,11--16 Vs OH . . . On our complete stock of hunt ing clothing and equipment Max Harlswick's SPORTSMAN'S SHACK Around the. corner from the 'Skellar IS Places Bunn On All-Slate leant Ken Bunn, Penn State offen sive center, has been named to the all-state major college foot ball team by the International News Service. Bunn was the only Nittany gridder to be selected for the first team, although end John Smidansky, back Owen Dough erty, and guard Jim Barr re ceived second team honors. Backs Vince O’Bara and Tony Orsini received honorable mention. When reached by the Daily Collegian at his State College home yesterday afternoon, Bunn expressed surprise at the nomin ation but stated that he consider ed it quite an honor. A 175-pound senior, Bunn played his final season with the Lions' this year. He was the lightest lineman on . the squad. SCOOP. . . The scribe who gave the sports fans of the College the day by day happenings ofi the national champion cross coun try team was Ray Galant. A Mahanoy City, Pa. pro duct, Galant has an impressive record in the field of sports cov erage. Serving as sports editor for his high school publication, he was the recipient of num erous journalism awards. After graduating from high school he worked for the Ma hanoy City Record - American covering foot ball, basketball, and baseball. Ray covered the progress of the Mahanoy City Brewers, a North Atlantic League class D baseball team. Handled Intramurals Galant joined the Collegian staif last semester and handled intramural sports. At the out set of the 1950 semester he was given the task of covering the fortunes of Coach Chick Wer ner’s cross-country team. Ray was at the scene of the Penn State’s first IC-4A cham pionship in 20 years at the his toric Van Courtlandt park course in New York city. A sth semester journalism major, he is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi social frater nity. Bud Says: “The best place in town to keep up with the sports news of the nation is at Graham’s. There, happenings in the world of sports are available almost as- soon as they occur. The headquarters of the men who make sport headlines at Penn State, Graham’s is always a good place to get the inside stories on the men who make the sports world go around.” Established 1896 PAGE' FIVE Ray Galaht Cross-Country Writer
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