FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952
'The Little
T here—the
By dick McDowell
With the 1952 grid season just
around .the comer, Penn State
students are beginning to get the
feel of the “football atmosphere”
in the air. In just one more week,
Beaver Field will be packed to
the brim with screaming students,
rooting home Rip Engle’s team.
In the excitement, though, no
body will notice a fellow working
down at the players bench. He
might be called, “the little man
who wasn’t there,” because as far
as the public is concerned he
doesn’t even exist. He’s commonly
called the manager, but to the
coach and his athletes, he’s a jack
of all trades.
No Glory
From September until June,
Penn State students have an op
portunity to watch 12 varsity
teams perform, and working with
each of these teams are at least
four managers.
When the glory and praises are
given out, the managers are the
forgotten men, but when there’s
work to be done, they are always
on hand to take care of it. The
manager is a big cog in the wheels
of the Penn State athletic pro
gram.
' Before the teams report for
their initial practices, the man
agers are hard at work getting
Sports Briefs
NEW" YORK, Sept. 11 (JP) Olympic middleweight champion
Floyd Patterson makes his pro debut tomorrow night in a six-round
er that has taken all the play from the main bout at the St. Nicholas
Arena. — “
Slambang Sammy Giuliani of
Stamford. Conn., and Johnny
Lombardo of Mt. Carmel, Pa.,
hook up in the ten round middle
weight feature which will be tel
ecast by NBC. Giuliani, a color
ful, 20-year-old banger, is fav
ored at about 3 to 1 odds.
Patterson, a fast, hard-hitting
Negro from Brooklyp, will meet
Eddie Goldbold, a rugged fighter
with a poor win-loss record. Not
yet 18, Patterson is limited to six
rounders.
Rocky Earns Holiday
*GROSSINGER, N.Y., Sept. 11
(5 s ) Rocky Marciano boxed five
rounds in the heat today and
earned himself a holiday for to
morrow.
After the workout, the heavy
weight challenger from Brockton,
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Man Who Wasn't
Team Manager
Qridmen's Manager
equipment ready and playing fa
cilities in shape. Throughout the
season they are constantly on the
move supplying items for the
players, lugging equipment
around, and running errands for
the players and the coaches. Their
job is an endless one. When the
Mass., weighed only 184. That’s
3% pounds less than the pound
age he carried for his July 28
scrap with Harry Matthews.
“Tomorrow you can eat any
thing you want,” said manager Al
Weill. “You gotta get back some
of that weight.”
Marciano meets heavyweight
champion Jersey Joe Walcott in
Philadelphia, Sept. 23.
Hoosier Cap'f Elect
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 11
(5 s ) _ Fullback Eugene “Pat”
Gedman, chosen as Indiana Uni
versity’s valuable player of
the 1951 season, was elected to
day by teammates as captain of
the Hoosiers’ football team this
fall.
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players have gone home from
practice, the managers are work
ing on.
Soph's Are Eligible
The manage.-, however, is re
warded for his many efforts. Ath
letic awards are given to the head
manager and associate manager of
each sport in the form of a sweat
er and Penn State “S.” Bit the
manager gains something more.
He claims the friendship of the
athletes he works with, and he
has an opportunity to learn the
fine points of the game with
which he is connected.
All sophomore men are eligible
for the post of second assistant
manager for fall, winter, and
spring sports. At the conclusion
of each season, three assistant
managers are chosen to serve for
the following season. One head
manager is chosen from three first
assistants, and serves in that cam
pacity the following season. The
two remaining assistants, al
though inactive, serve as asso
ciate managers.
The manager might be the for
gotten man in sports, - but he is
far from being the least important
man. Next Saturday afternoon at
Beaver Field, look behind the
scenes, and you’ll find another
fellow playing the game—the
manager.
High Schools
Open Grid
Season Today
HARRISBURG, Sept. 11 (IP)—
Nearly three-fourths of Pennsyl
vania’s 800 high schools open their
1952 football campaigns this
weekend with a battle between
two of last year’s 13 major elevens
sparking the card. .
Tomorrow is the first date per
mitted for inter-school games by
the Pennsylvania Interscholastic
Athletic Association.
Little Turnover
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at the helm of Penn State football
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Scoring a grand total of 946 points, the Phi Delta Theta’s re
peated the previous year’s history' and again took first place in the
fraternity intramural sports for the ’5l-’52 season. -
Some 65 points over their nearest rivals, Sigma Nu with 881,
the Phi Delts took first place in both the singles and doubles "of
handball and also first in the volleyball tournament.
Much the same as last year, the Phi Delts picked up most of
their points in taking second and third places. Last year they
only took the volleyball championship which they repeated- again
this year.
Phi Delt Ed Hoover, tackle on last year’s Penn State football
team, was the big “gun” in the handball tourneys. He defeated frat
ernity brother Art Betts for the singles title, then for the doubles
be teamed with Art for that title.
The second place Sigma Nu’s moved up one place over last
year’s standings and replaced the DU’s, who dropped down to third
with 848 points.
Tau Kappa Epsilon, fourth place last year, went down to seventh
place with a total of 573 points. The Tekes lost a considerable num
ber of points by dropping the basketball crown. Favored to . repeat
their taking of the title, they lost out when they got off to a .poor
start. Sigma Chi finally took the title by dropping Phi Sigma Delta,
47-38.
In the football battle, Sigma Nu unsuccessfully tried to retake
the title which they had held for two years. Alpha Tau Omega'was
crowned the winners with an impressive, hard-fought 7-0 victory.
Repeating their domination in boxing, the DU’s took the crown
for the third year in succession. They also were the winners in
wrestling, taking the 155-lb. crown with Bob Keeker, and the 135-lb.
title with Tom Smith.
Until the final night of boxing, Sigma Nu had an impressive
lead but on the final night the DU’s took the crown with three cham
pions; and finalist in four fraternity divisions. The three champs
were in the 121, 128, and unlimited pound divisions.
The other fraternity winners were ATO in fourth place with
740Y2 points; Sigma Chi was next with 638; and Beta Theta Pi with
590.
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