FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952 The Lion's tale Another sports year has passed, but before we get too far into 1952 we'd like to look back over 1951 and recall some of its bright moments and some, of its dark ,ones as far' as sports are concerned. Penn State got off to a good start on the first day Of 1951 when Bill Jeffrey's soccer team defeated the Purdue Soccer Club, 3-1, in the second annual Soccer, Bowl in St. Louis. Jim Herb tied the high jump mark in the Washington Star track meet with a jump of six feet seven inches, and later won the IC4A title with a leap of six feet five and one- half inches. Ted Roderer captured the IC4A javelin throw and Bill Ashen felter ended a brilliant career by winning the NAAU 10,000 meter title. Chick Werner's cross-country team won the' IC4A title again . and finished third in the na tionals. The wrestling . team won the Eastern title '' Dr May- - and Mi ke bino winning dividual t i t 1 Dick L emy brought a P; American tall Penn State winning the 11 tamweight ion. Lou Koszal and Johnny barano w Eastern box: crowns while place....__ in the tournament. Lou Laurie set two individual scoring records as he finished a brilliant three year basketball career at S t a te. In the last few days of the year, the Lion cagers won the Steel Bowl tourney in - Pittsburgh. Those were some of the big moments in sports for Penn State last year. The ' year had its thrilling moments, too . . . the Joe Lem , yre—Don Thomas wrestling bout in th e 'Eastern tourna ment, the entire Boston U. State football game. .the State Syracuse basketball game to name a few. Our personal big thrill came when Jesse Ar nelle gathered in Bob Szajna's fourth down pass' for a touch down in the Pitt gain e. It 'silenced a lot of Pitt people in the press box for a while at least. It had its sad moments, t 00... . when the referee raised 'Brad Glass' arm in victory in the East ern wrestling tourney as 5000 Homer Barr fans held thel r breaths in anticipation. On the national sports scene, the basketball scandal put • a blotch on the record boOks, but Bobby Thompson's climatic ninth inning home run in the National League playoffs almost made sports fans forget about basket. ball. Some of the more important events were Joe Walcott 's knockout of Ezzard Charles, Sugar Ray Robinson finally bowing in defeat only to come back to win the title. Hockey Marciano's knockout of Jo e Lou i s, the Yankees winning again. the Cleveland Browns losing a title, the Giants amaz ing stretch drive, Bob Richards pole vaulting 15 f e et, Allie Rey nolds' two no-hitters. And there were some good quotes passed around in 1951... "Winning is not an evil thing. Winning , fairly is an admirable accomplishment, no matter what game you are playing. I am a football teacher. If we win before 10,000 fans, that's swell. we lose before 80,000, that's awful." —Paul Brown. "World War lll's Pearl Har bor will be the fistfight between U.S. and Russian sportswriters in the - 0 Iym p i c pressbox."— Bob Considin.e "I'm ready to do my part for as long as I'm needed. It is my country and it has given me my big chance to make good in pro- , fessional. ball. So as -long as I've had the breaks like I have I ought to: be willing to give up a little to balance things up."—Don•New combe. "God help this country if we didn't .p 1a y football."—Earl John D. Lawther, former Penn State coach, soon will be home ward-bound from Mexico, where he went six months ago on a gov ernment-sponsored tour I designed to improve the brand of basketball played by Mexican youth. By ERNIE' MOORE Collegian Sports Editor ejaie to Meet Botanos NEW YORK, Jan. 3 —(W)--- Chico Vejar, a young welter on the. way up, meets Enrique Bo lanos, Log Angeles veteran• who fought for the lightweight title three times, in tomorrow night's 10-round feature at 'AI a dison Square Garden. Vejar is • a lopsided 14 to 5 favorite in the bout, scheduled for 10i00 p.m. (EST) with net work radio (ABC) and television (NBC) coverage. SANTA RIDES AGAIN ONE WEEK ONLY - ENDS THURSDAY, JAN. 11th 7- ONE WEEK ONLY Brand New Merchandise That Arrived Too Late . . . . Many Thought We Would Sell More of Than We Did . . . AT SAVNGS THAT ARE INDEED LIKE GIFTS FROM SHIRTS Part Sun ' Reg. Wool -Valley 7.95 Now Heavy Reg. Now " 3.95 Wool 7.95 4.95 SUITS - Santa's Regularly Now Gift To You $50.00 $39.95, $10.05 $55.00 $44.00 $1,1.00 $60.00 $48:00 $12.00 $69.50 $55.60 ' $13.95 —NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS— TIES Santa's Regularly Now Gift To You $ 1.50 $ .98 $ .62 $ 2.00 $ 1.55 $ 45 $ 2.50 S. 1.85 .1 $ .65 $.5..00 $ 3.15 $ 1.85 $l.OO Clip-On BOWS—now 75c PAJAMAS Santa's • Regularly Now Gift To YOu $ 3.95 $ 3.15 $ .80 $ 4.95 $ 3.95 $ 1.00 $ 5.95' $ 4.15 $ 1.50 $- 6.95 • $- 5.55 $ 1.40 $ 7.95 . $ 6.35 $ 1.60 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA. Huris WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES-NO ,EXCHANGES - NO RETURNS - ALL SALES FINAL HUR'S MEN'S SHOP 114` E. COLLEGE AVE. Lions Had Winning Year By JAKE HIGHTON , Despite the fact that basket ball scandals were the vogue in the now departed 195,1 sports scene, Penn State not only main tained its honor but added addi tional ..honors by turning out seven individual and two team champions during '5l. To celebrate Coach Charlie Speidel's 25th year of coaching at State his wrestlers wrapped up the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrest ling Association hampionship last March with a 28-20 victory over Lehigh. Individual Champs - -In November Penn State gained its second team champion ship when the cross country team marked Chick Werner's I.9th.year of coaching in the Nittany vale with a second consecutive Inter collegiate Amateur Athletic As sociation of America x-country ONLY THIS TIME SANTA CLAUS IS After Inventory Clearance I NOW IN PROGRESS TOPCOATS Santa's Regularly Now Gift To You $37.50 $30.00 $ 7.50 $40.00 $32.00 $ 8.00 $42.50 $34.00 $ 8.50 $55.00 $40.00 $ll.OO $65.00 $52.00 $13.00 -NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS ' SLACKS . Santa's Regularly Now Gift To You $10.95 $ 8.75 $ 2.20 $13.95 $11.15 $ 2.80 $15.95 $12.75 $ 3.20. $17.95 $14.35 $ 3.60 $22.50 $17.95 $ 4.55 -NO 'CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS:- -MINOR ALTERATIONS ONLY . HOSE •••• IMPORTED BRITISH ALL WOOL ARGYLES Regular Pried $2.951.75 SANTA SPECIAL crown by a 67-68 margin over Army. , Coaches Werner an d Speidel also gained a monopoly on indi vidual champions with three' and two respectively. Boxing coach Eddie Sulkowski shared in the parade 'of Nittany champions by coming up with two. . Mat Tourney Jumping Jim Herb became the first Lion champion of '5l by winning the indoor IC4A high jumping title with a leap of six feet five and one half inches at Madison Square Garden in Feb ruary. The list of Lion champions rose to three ,after the EIWA tourna ment held in Rec Hall in March. Present captain of the Lion grapp lers Don Maurey hurt the family reputation none by wrestling the 137-lb. title. To win Maurey took a 6-4 decision from Columbia's Bob Hartman who came into the tourney. with 13 straight wins. State's crowd-pleasing, b ody slamming Mike Rubino became the third champion of the year by decisining Cornell's Don Dick ason, 6-3. The same weekend at the East ern Intercollegiate Boxing Asso ciation championships at Char lottesville„ Virginia, John Albar ano and Lou Koszarek became State's fourth and fifth champions of the year. Albarano jabbed and hooked his way to the 145-lb. laurel and Koszarek chased Cath olic U. boxer Bill Morin for three rounds, catching up with him of ten enough to 'bring back the 165-lb. title. In May trackman Ted Roderer (Continued on page eight): SPORT COATS Santa's Regularly Now Gift To You $25.00 $19.95 $. 5.05 $27.50 $21.95 $ 5.55 —NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS—. A SANTA SPECIAL FOR TWO HOURS ONLY - FRIDAY-3 P.M. to 5 P.M. All Wool PULLOVER SWEATERS $3.50 Regularly $7.50-$lO.OO JACKETS ALL REDUCED Reg. . 95 , Now $10.35 $17.95 ' $14.35 ONE LOT COATS - - MACKINAWS Some Lamb-Lined Some Reversible A REAL SANTA SPECIAL AT 4 4- 95 STATE COLLEGE PAGE SEVEN Boxing Items We SANTA
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