The Nitfttmy Realm
In 1820, Harvard' and Yale established the first football battle
grounds in,America. On the first day of the school year the freshmen
engaged;the sophomores as a part of the frosh hazing program. While
the frosh were forced to aim their kicks at the ball, the sophs aimed
theirs at the frosh shins. I
? If the frrish turned their backs
'the soph kicks landed elsewhere.
These, “class day games” were
soon /abandoned; however, since
they provoked too many injuries.
'The first intercollegiate foot
ball game in America was played
between Prince
tori and Rutger
in, 1869 und'
rules > drawn
by Henry Chi
wick, the
“Fat)
of Baseba’
With both tei
using an unlim
itecL number
players,' Ruti
Rutgers ci
■ came out on top
six goals to lour. The two teams
met again the following Satur
day with Princeton the victor, 6-0.
Cornell organised a team -in
1873 and challenged Michigan
■ to a game in Cleveland with
30 men on a side.- When the
■ Big Red team asked the uni
versity President White for
permission to miss class to play
in the game, the President gave
forth with the following choice
statement: "I will not permit
30 men to travel 400 miles
merely to agitate a bag of
wind."
In 18 7 5 Harvard challenged
Yale to a “game of football” and
Yale accepted. After a great, deal
of dickering as to whether the
game should be played under
soccer or rugby rules, a compro
mise set of rules was agreed
upon. In a hodge-podge contest
leaning , strongly toward rugby
regulations, Harvard downed
Yale, 4-0.
The Yale boys, however, liked
Draft-Weakened Stickmen
Open Fall Drills Monday
-The draft situation seems to have put a damper on Penn State’s
hopes for fielding a. topnotch lacrosse team next spring as annual
fall practice begins Monday,, and will continue until Thanksgiving.
Three first-string men have received the call as has Coach Nick
Thiel’s assistant, John" McHugh. Jim Sabatelle has replaced McHugh,
but finding replacements for attackman Jim Reed, midfielder A 1
Fulton, and defenseman Danny Grove poses another question.
• McHugh, Reed, and Gro.ve were
called up by the Air National
Guard while Fulton was drafted
by the army.
The loss of this trio could well
hinder State’s plans this year as
all had Another year of eligi
bility.
Top Scorers Gone
Four other men were graduated
from Thiel’s squad. Included in
this lis|t are the team’s two top
scorers, midfielders Paul Raffens
•perger and Jack Wilcox. Wilcox
and Raffensperger were nip-and
tuck until the end of the season
when Wilcox finally pulled away.
-Wilcox’s grand total was 20 goals
while -Raffensperger ended up
with 19 tallies.
. The other two men lost to the
Lions - are Captain-goalie Phil
-Benedetti and defenseman Vance
Scout. Scout will graduate this
February;
■ .Even with' the loss of' seven
key players, Thiel’s club. should
cause plenty of trouble next
spring..
At attack, Thiel will have
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the rugby style of play because
they could run and dodge with
the ball, and so when the two
schools were invited to a confer
ence in Springfield. Mass. for
the purpose of forming, a gov
erning body for football they
agreed to back Harvard in advo
cating rugby over soccer.
T h e> American -Intercollegiate
Football Association, as this gov
erning body came to be called,
made up of Yale, Harvard, Prince
ton, Rutgers, and Columbia, wrote
out the first set of rules deviat
ing for the first time from the
strict soccer rules of earlier sea
sons.
Before 1906 brawn was the
greatest asset on the field. The
“open game” was an unknown
thing and end runs were con
sidered a waste of time. The
team with the most weight won.
In 1905 Penn and Swarthmore
tangled The Penn slogan was
•'Stop Bob Maxwell.” Maxwell
was one of the greatest linemen
in the country, and the Penn
boys knew they were lost un
less they held him down. So
througneut the entire afternoon
Penn aimed its biggest guns at
Maxwell. The Swarthmore great
stuck it cut and when he left
the field his face was. a bloody
wreck.
A, photographer snapped his
picture as he was leaving, and
President Teddy Roosevelt hap
pened to see it the next morning
in the paper.. Roosevelt became
infuriated and declared : that if
rough play in football was not
stopped immediately he would
abolish the game by executive
edict.
To be continued.
veterans Ed Herring, John “Doak”
Walker,- and Dick Rostmeyer.
(Continued on page eight)
Possibility
Of Series
Delay Seen
■CHICAGO, Sept. 20—(/P)—The
possibility that the World Series
may start a day later than the
previously announced date of
Wednesday, Oct. 3, was advanc
ed today by President Will Har
ridge of the American League.
Harridge said that if a one
game title playoff is required in
the. red hot American scrap, or a
postponed game must be made
up, the series would open Thurs
day, Oct. 4 in the American Lea
gue champion city.
The regular season is scheduled
to close Sunday, Sept. 30. A play
off might be held either Monday,
Oct. 1, or Tuesday, Oct. 2, the
same pertaining to playing off a
postponed game.
Previously, the series was set
to start Wednesday, Oct. 3, if
Boston or New York won the AL
pennant, or Thursday, if Cleve
land won.
Harridge said next Monday his
office would devise playoff plans
in event the regular season end
ed in a tie between two, or pos
sibly three teams.
Wicht, PIAA
Director Dies
HARRISBURG, Sept. 20—(^*) —
Edmund Wicht, executive direc
tor of the Pennsylvania Inter-’
scholastic Athletic Association for
the past 22 years, died today.
. Wicht died at the Harrisburg
Hospital at 2:34 p.m. (EST) of a
cerebal hemmorage. He collapsed
at his office yesterday afternoon
and was taken by ambulance to
the hospital.
Wicht, who was “Mr. schoolboy
sports” in Pennsylvania, had been
in poor health for the past two
years since he suffered a stroke.
A native of Plymouth, Wicht
joined the PIAA in 1929 as its
first executive secretary and di
rector. He formerly was principal
of the Wilkes-Barre Township
High School after graduation
from Hiram College in Ohiq.
May Crack Record
Penn State’s current home at
tendance mark of 24.500, estab
lished at the Michigan State game
in 1948, may be cracked at the
Homecoming game with the Spar
tans October 20. Officials antici
pate a sell-out crowd of 28,000 for
this test.
Lacrosse Practice
All lacrossemen, candidates
and returning veterans, should
report to 221 Rec Hall at 4 p.m.
Monday for the first practice
session.
Collins
Defeat
The New York Yankees, with first baseman Joe Collins in the
hero’s role, put on another dramatic performance yesterday at
Yankee Stadium as they trimmed the Chicago White Sox, 5-4, to
increase their American League lead over the idle Cleveland Indians
to a half game.
A partisan crowd of 13,712 saw the Yanks overcome a two-run
Collins, who was subbing for
Johnny Mize at first base, slam
med a home run with Mickey
Mantle and Phil Rizzuto on base
to'' send across the tying and
winning runs
Fatal Eighth
.Up until the eighth inning the
Bronx Bombers had been mowed
down with monotonous regular
ity by Saul -Rogovin, who had
missed the Red Sox series be
cause of a sore. arm. Rogovin,
who has been the only American
League pitcher to wrap up four
wins against the Yanks this sea
son, appeared to have No. five in
the bag until the fatal l eighth.
He had allowed only five hits and
one earned run, and at one
stretch had retired 12 consecutive
Yankee batters.
Former Boston Brave hurler
Bobby Hogue received credit for
the win, putting out a fire in the
seventh inning and setting down
three men in the eighth.
In the National League, the
Brooklyn Dodgers moved another
step toward the pennant yester
day by trouncing the St. Louis
Cardinals, 4-3, at Sportsman Park.
Strategic Win
.The victory moved the Bums
four and one-half games ahead of
the second place New York
Giants, who lost to Cincinnati,
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Stars as Yanks
White Sox 5-4
and gave Charlie Dressen’s
charges a decided advantage
since they have ten more games
to play this season. The Giants
have only seven games remaining
on their schedule.
Carl Erskine went all the way
for the Dodgers, although he was
in hot water frequently during
the game, to rack up his 16th win
of the' season against ten losses.
Cliff (no-hit) Chambers, pitched
eight and two-thirds innings and
was the loser.
Big Gil Hodges, who is still
breathing down Ralph Kiner’s
neck for the home run title in
the National League, connected
for his 39th four-bagger of the
season in the sixth inning with
no one abroad.
Musial Breaks Slump
Having gone none for 14 the
past few games, Stan Musial
broke out of his batting slump in
the sixth inning by blasting a
double that led to a Red' Bird
tally.
In the remaining afternoon
game, the fading New York Giants
lost another game to the Dod
gers in the National League pen
nant race by bowing to the lowly
Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field,
3-1.
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