Rim; SIX
Colleges
Athletics
Yale Latest
To Eliminate _
Spring Footbal
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 --(4))
American colleges, alarmed lest
football be caught in the swirl
ing sports scandal, are swinging
into action to put intercollegiate
sport on a sane basis.
Yale today eliminated spring
football practice. Williams, Wes
leyan, and Amherst did it last ,
week. More reforms can• be ex
pected to follow.
Four-Point Reform
Most significant of all, the Am
erican Council of Education has
named a committee of ten col
lege presidents to investigate the
intercollegiate sports problem.
Friends of some of the members
of this top level committee say
that the following reforms will
undoubtedly come up for discus
sion, and very possibly may 6e
imposed on college athletics:
I—The general elimination
of spring football practice.
2—Strict curtailment if not
outright elimination of all New
Year's bowl games.
3—lntegration of college ath
letic departments into the cam
pus administrations with the
control of finances ,passing into
academic hands.
4—An open ' and overboard
policy of supplying financial s
help for athletes within strict
limits where there is positive
need as well as acaddinic
fit
ness.
In other words, the idea is to
make football "a college campus
sport, keep if under strict college
control, and play it during the
regular autumn season.
The implication behind appoint
ment of the committee of college
Presidents is strong that the top
level administrators of education,
dissatisfied with the progress of
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association in cleaning house,
have decided to take matters into
their own hands. .
Hannah is Chairman
The basketball scandal pr o
foundly shocked educational cir
cles, and even although entirely
unrelated, the "cribbing" dismis
sals at West Point served to
underline the gravity of the situ
ation.
Dr. John A. Hannah of Michi
gan State College is chairman of
the committee of college presi
dents. The other members are
the Rev, Fr. John J. Cavanaugh
of Notre Dame, A. Whitney Gris
wold of Yale, Raymond B. Allen
of the University of Washington,
R. G. Gustayson of Nebraska,
John S. Mills of Western Reserve,
Humphrey Lee of SoUthern Meth
odist, John L. Pyler of Furman,
Albert Ray Olpin of Utah, and
John D. Williams of Mississippi.
Confeiences Also Act
The committee will meet short
ly in Washington and intends to
call in conference commissioners
as the first experts, such as Tug
Wilson of the Big Ten, Asa Bush
nell of the eastern colleges, and
Bernie Moore of the Southeastern
conference.
In addition to' the move for re
form at the top, there is also ac
tion on the conference levels. The
Pacific Coast conference last week
decided to ask the NCAA to go
along on a program to de-empha
size football. Two main points
were , elimination of spring prac
tice and possibly even of bowl
games. A study of the two pla
toon system was also suggested.
Kazmaier Almost Cinch
To Win Offense Title
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 —(4 l P)
Dick Kazmaier, Princeton's tal
ented All-American• brilliant, ap
pears almost a cinch to sweep
past Drake's Johnny Bright in
the closing weeks of the season
and win the individual total of
fense title among the nation's
major colleges.
Figures released by the NCAA
Service Bureau today showed
that the Tiger ace was only 83
yards behind Bright's total.
Strive
oil .Sane
Tiny
Now
For a guy Who was - 1-fused a starting position on his high
school football team and who nobody/ figured would ever become
a gridiron star, Stew Scheetz, Penn, State's giant defensive tackle,
certainly has defied prediction.
.A quick glance back to Stew's high school career reveals that
Defensive Mainstay
Stew Scheefz
Greeks Enter
196 IM Boxers
In Tournament
One hundred and ninety-six in
dividual' fraternity entries fo r
the coming IM boxing tourna
ment have been turned in, ac
cording to Dutch Sykes, assistant
IM director. Total: entries includ
ing the independents ar e ex
pected to reach 230, Sykes added,
Competition is scheduled to
begin Nov. 27 in Rec Hall in all
eight fraternity weight classes
and some of the independent
classes. Three independent divi
sions have already been elimi
nated because of the small num
ber of applicants and it is also,
possible that tw o other bide
pendent classes .will be scratched
unless more entries are received,
Sykes said. The diopped inde
pendent divisions are the 121-
pound class, the ,165-pound
bracket, and the unlimited divi
sion.
The 165-pound- and th e 155
classes in the fraternity division
drew the most entries, with 33
and 32 respectively. One hundred
and eighty-eight bouts will be
fought in the fraternity bracket
to round out the tourney.
Two defending champs, both
from Beta Theta Pi, are moving
up a weight class in the 1951
tournament. Sam Hamilton, who
won last year as a 128 pounder
is entered in the 135-pound divi
sion and Dick Cameron, last
year's 165-pound king, is fight
ing as a 175-pounder.
Top #rosh Prospect .
Outstanding prospect in Penn
State's freshman football ranks
is Jesse Arnelle, six-foot-five end
of New Rochelle, N.Y.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE-deli:at:4g,
Schoolboy Sub
Giant Tackle
By 808 SCHOELLICOPF
he was .a mere five feet, seven
inches tall, • which indicates why
he was left off .the starting team.
He was gradliated from 'Lansdale
High School in 1944. •
He then entered the army and
remained in service for 21 months.
While employed by Uncle Sam,
he played his favorite" sport, foot
ball, ,at every opportunity. After
he was discharged he worked in
his home town for another year,
and performed on a , local grid
team.
During these four, years after
his graduation from high school
an amazing change took place.
The small figure that once oc
cupied the high school bench was
now a - huge man, six feet, two
inches tall, weighing over 240
pounds, who Could tactile with the
best of linemen.
In 1948 Stew decided to enroll
at Temple University. He succeed
ed in making the freshman team
there in the fall, but, disliking
the city atmosphere, transferred
to Swarthmore Center for the
spring semester.
Stew came to Penn State in
the fall of 1949, but was still in
eligible because of his classifi
cation as a transfer student. How
ever, he continued to play foot
ball whenever he could.
Lots of Experience
He worked out with the Lion
.TV's, picking up additional ex
perience on the finer points of
line play, Stew credits his re
markable improvement to th e
years lie spent playing* football
in the service, on semi-pro teams
at home, and during his ineligi
bility in college.
"In these years I got the break
I needed," Stew explained, "be
cause it gave me the necessary
experience to play college foot
ball,"
The burly lineman, who is a
senior in physical education at
the College, would like to play
professional football aft e r he
leaves Penn State, tight now he's
interested in coaching football
after he is graduated. Eventually,
Stew hopes to become a line coach
in collegiate ranks.
Likes Sports
Stew likes other sports, too, but
Participates only in football.
"I like watching other sports
events, as baseball -and basket
ball," Stew s aid, "but I hate
watching football. I can't stand
seeing other then playing foot
ball while I sit in the stands doing
nothing." - .
This last statement just about
sums up Stew Scheetz. He likes
football for the sake of playing
the game, and believes it should
be played "rough and tough."
In his 18 years as head coach
of Penn State_ football, Bob Hig
gins compiled a record of 91 wins,
57 defeats, 9 ties. In seven years
at West Virginia Wesleyan
,and
Washington .0 n i v.e r sity pf St.
Louis, his teams won 32, lost 23,
tied 8,
Place
Level
Big Change
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• Coach Rip Engle's footballmen will face one of tile few- teams
in the East that hasn't become air 'minded when the Lions tangle
with Rutgers in' New Brunswick, N.J, Saturday.
• In their last two contests—against Fordham and Brown --- - the
Scarlet gridders have thrown only 14 passe's, seven in each game.
Instead, Coa c h Harvey Har
man's squad relies.on the running
of Jim "Mighty Mo" Monahan
and Ralph D'Arnato to keep its
offensive attack 'moving. Last
year, the running •of Monahan,
D'Amato, and the,Pas sing of
Walt LaPrairie almost upset Penn
State in an 18-1.4 thriller.
'High - on Monahan
One of the E4st's top ball - car
i
riers, Monahan has .switched
from halfback' to' , fUllback this
year, and has been the backbone
•of the Scarlet offensiye. D'Amato
has teamed -with Ron, Warner at
t h'e halfbacks, and sophomore
Don Drier has taken 4over the
quarterback reins. La Prairie is
back but is playing almost en
tirely on the' defense.
Lion Assistant Coach" Jim Cr-
Hora, who scouted Rutgers, was
high' in- his praiie of Monahan.
"He's a good punter, a good
blocker, and a fine
_runner. He's
fast and • shifty and he hits the
line as well as he turns the
ends," said O'Hora.
Four and. Two'
Soccermen
Prep for
Gettysburg
Heartened by their improved
play against North Carolina,
Coach Bill Jeffrey's 'booters are
prepared to battle a mediocre
Gettysburg team Saturday on the
baseball field:
Gettysburg, coached by W. D,
Hartshorne, was a 2-1 victor over
Western Maryland in its - last .out,
ing. State, after its 6-0 white
washing, of North Carolina now
has a 5-L-1 seasonal record.
This will be the Lions next-to
-last match of the year. After
the Gettysburg battle, the.soccer
men, will meet' Temple also on
the baseball field, Nov. 24,
State and Gettysburg have met
one common foe this season. If
comparative scores mean any
thing the Lions should win, for
they tied Navy 2-2, while the
'Middies walloped the Bullets, 6-0.
Coach Jeffrey wa s satisfied
with his team's play against North
Carolina wh , os they displayed
their best form of the season.
The Lions passed -well, anc ex
cept for some erratic shooting
would have rolled up a lar / ger
score.
The Nittanies had, 62, shots, but
connected on only six. State's
If coring just about matched the
ITarheels' total number of seven
shots.
Jeffrey was not over-opthnistic
though, for he blamed some of
the one-sided score on the poor
play of the • Southerners. "The
only good player North Carolina
had was its center forward, yet
he only handled the ball about
six times," the Lions' coach said.
New Scranton Owner
WILLIAMSPORT, Nov, 13— VP)
—The la as . tem. League today ap
proved the shift in management
of the Scranton baseball club.
Tommy Richardson, president
of the league, said "we'll be glad
to have Lou Baselice" as a club
owner.
WED"gDAY , # 6 VEMBER 14,-1051
Although Harman lost his top
center, Leon Root, through• grad
uation, O'Hora,deseribes Rutgers
as a tough defensive team against
whom the Lions , are going to
have to play 60 minutes of heads
up football, • •
• So far this season, Harman's
Scarlet has rolled to four wins
while losing only two contests.
Rutgers ha s beaten Lafayette,
47-12; NYU, 55-0; Fordharn, 13-7;
and Brown, 28-21.. Temple and
Lehigh hold wins over the Scar
let. •
Good Backs
Engle sent - the Lions through
a scrimmage yesterday in order.to
keep State's offensive sharp for
the game this Saturday. Although
the Lions displayed their best
brand of ball of the • season
against Syracuse last weekend,
Engle is not taking the Rutgers
game lightly.
"Monahan and D'Amato wire
two of the best. backs we faced
last year and we only won the
game, 18-14. They've got prac
tically the same team , back this
year," he said,'
Penn State's 195 Q champions
will defend their, .IC.+4IA. cross.
country laurels in - the annual ti
tle run at New York Nov, 19.