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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. '
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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
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Ray
Galaht
Cross-Country
Writer