JANUARY 11, 1951 ' -v The Lion's Lair I96o—The year Penn State won the national championship. The newspapers screamed the -news. Radio announcers went berserk. The long awaited clash between Penn State and Ohio State had materialized. Penn State 7 Ohio State 0. The Nittany Lions were the new mythical champions. How did this all come about? Well, it started way back in 1952. No, guess it started even before that—in the late forties some where. Everyone was screaming about over-emphasis in college athletics. Every-'?!"' one was trying IV to formulate!? some plan to f curb subsidiza tion. Around 1952 a bunch of college : presidents got to gether and came up with a dilly % -—no more ath-* letic scholarships. ■ And the public who had heard the words over emphasis so much it was sick of it, cried to the NCAA, "Accept it, accept it." • Amid so much pressure, the NCAA had nothing ito do but accept it. The no-athletic-scholar ship plan went into effect. It so happened that.the plan worked well for Penn State. Before, midwestern and south ern schools had raided the rich Pennsylvania football breeding grounds,- offering unheard o f scholarships to the best Keystone State players and eventually luring them away from the schools in their home state. But it was different now. Without any scholarships to offer, the out-of-state schools were at a loss. Most of the high school players' wanted to go to college and play football, but , t Sport Flashbacks Scoring impressive victories in the first four bouts, the Lion boxers opened the season by defeating the powerful West Virginia mittmen,'4-3. Although outclassed in the heavier weights, the Nittany mitt men won the meet by annexing victories in the 115, 125, 135, and 145-pound class bouts. The ex perience -and superior offensive ability of three remaining Moun taineer boxers was too great for the Blue" and White fighters and the visitors had little difficulty in winning the 160, 175, and un limited/iights, the latter by the technical- knockout route. Flouting . the jinx that had dogged them through half a e season, Penn State's courlmen . swept into an early lead which was never challenged by Wes tern Maryland, and won ‘ their opener, 40-22. - Superior passing and more ac curate shooting gave the Lions an edge at the outset, and the Green Terrors never succeeded in menacing the Blue and White margin during the remainder of the contest. Continuing to show some. of the power which it displayed ITS A FACT Fraternities were forbidden at Penn State prior to 1887. The ban was removed 'later and nine fratern ities were here in 1905. Since that time the fratern ity element in the student body has grown until now there are 48 fraternities and 19 sororities. "With time, comes growth." And Vic's never stops growing. Now you .can stop for a snack on Sundays. Vic is open on Sundays from 5:30 p.m. to midnight. Vic's 145 S. ALLEN ST. By ERNIE MOORE Collegian Sports Editor who could afford ,lo go way down to Kentucky or out to Michigan State? “Why Penn State is much closer, and being a state school, it’s cheaper to attend. And now that you come to think of it, what have these other schools to offer that Penn State doesn’t?” they reasoned. And -so it was. The stale schools throughout the county became the big athletic powers and Penn Slante ranked right at the lop. After all, the Nil tany Lions weren't losing foot ball players like Johnny Lu jack. Babe Parelli, Ed Modzel ewski, or Leon Hart, or basket ball players like Dick Groat. With an entire Pennsylvania lineup, the Nittany Lion gridders rolled through nine straight games before meeting Ohio State, an other team loaded with home state boys. It was a great game, but in the end Pennsylvania’s su perior manpower was too much for the Buckeye State and Penn State won its tenth game. Pitt? Why the Panthers finally ' got in the Big Ten after Red Dawson was named head coach, and it went to their heads. They broke relations with State when all the top Keystone players went to Penn State. After all] who wants to dodge streetcars getting to classes? By JOHN SHEPPARD in its initial conquest over West Virginia, the Lion wrest ling team overcame a strong squad of grapplers from the University of Chicago .to win its second match by a 21-11 count. Chicago demonstrated unex pected strength and constantly threatened Penn State’s lead. However, the Nittany matmen were at no time behind, although the Westerners went into the heavy divisions with chances to win or tie the match. Four falls were registered dur ing the match, three going to the Lions and the Maroons gain ing one. By a driving finish, Paul Rekus gained a tie for first place in the mile run with Clark Chamberlain, intercolle giate cross - country champion from Michigan Stale. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA -a. „ m. PAGE SEVEN Alpha Sigma Phi's Break Tie .lpha Sigma Ph. oroke a two way tie for first place in League A by notching its fourth straight cage victory Wednesday night at Recreation Hall. The .league leaders thumped Phi Gamma Delta, 24-19, to go one-half game . ahead of second place Phi Delta Theta which was idle. Walter Jaworek led Alpha Sigma Phi with 8 points, but surrendered high scoring laurels to John Bristor who tallied 10 markers for Phi Gamma Delta. Easy Win Alpha Tau Omega and Alpha Gamma Rho each notched a win to round out the League A ac tion. ATO romped to a 37-13 tri umph over Alpha Phi Alpha to post its third win against one loss. Gerald Young, and Ted Hess scored 11 and 10 points, respec By JIM PETERS "’hi brokf HOW MANY TIMES A DAY 50? IF YOU’RE AN AVERAGE SMOKER THE RIGHT ANSWER IS OVER 200! tively, to lead the winners’ at tack. • Alpha Gamma Rho won by a forfeit over Phi Kappa Sigma. It was the first win for Alpha Gamma Rho and set Phi Kappa Sigma’s slate at 0-4. League F In League E Sigma Chi rolled to its third consecutive triumph by downing winless Theta Xi, 30-14. Delta Chi swept past Pi Lambda Phi, 20-12, as Kenneth Knapp tallied eight markers. The victory was the second against one loss for Delta Chi. . The majority of Wednesday night’s action was in League F with four games played. The two league leaders, Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Kappa Tau, were suc cessful in keeping their records unblemished. Pi Kappa Alpha slaughtered 100? Zeta Beta Tau, 31-12, to score its third triumph. Walter Bros cious with 12 points led the win ners’ offensive maneuvers. Phi Kappa Tau kept pace with Pi Kappa Alpha by posting its third consecutive win at the ex pense of Acacia, 21-16. Harry Houston was high man for the victors with 10 points. The loss was the first suffered by Acacia. James Grove tallied 17 points to lead Alpha Zeta to a 24-8 con quest of Alpha Chi Sigma. Theta Kappa Phi won its second game by trouncing Chi Phi, 25-9. Congressman Is Ex-Coach Congressman Dan Reed, GOP tax authority in the House, coached football at Pehn State nearly 50 years ago. r v r 200?
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