FRIDAY, APRIL- 24, 1953
Sports Thru
The. Lion's Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian - Sports Editor
In three years of avidly 'following the Nittany sports trail,
reporter's whole being develops an awfully close bond with Penn
State athletics. So close that his spirits soar or plunge with the
inevitable ups and downs of life. Many were the • times we soared,
and often were we crushingly disappointed. But happily, all we
remember are the soaring thrills. These were most notable:
Of those thrilling moments in Nittany sports we .actually saw,
one of the greatest involved a losing Penn Stater. Theoccasion
was the 1950 EIWA's in Rec Hall. The inident, of course. was 'the
Joe Lemyre-Don Thomas (Navy) 167 pound semi-final bout.
Thomas was top-seeded but Joe nearly ploughed up the garden
in a bout which was nothing less than sensational. Joe was taken
down, but reversed.' Reversed and nearfalled, Joe reversed* himself.
,` at period's end, 4-6.. Thus the tide surged. Joe 'tied 6-6, 8-8, and
then led 10-8 nearly pinning Thomas. But the Middie rode through
the deafening Penn State cheers to win 17-10.
The 1950 Penn Relays produced another great thrill—but first a
confession. With a quartet of hot milers, Bob Parsons, Don Ashen
- felter, Bill Ashenfelter, and Bob Freebairn, the Collegian reporter
trumpeted for two weeks: State couldn't miss the four-mile relay
~ championship.
But 10, when Parsons and Don 'Ash finished their stints, State
lagged 50 yards behind. Bill Ash ran a dazzling 4:17, but still he
touched 'off Freebairn 10 yards behind. - Flea closed the gap and
took the lead as the gun announced the final lap. But in the back
stretch a Manhattanite leaped into the lead with visions of gold
medals dancing , in his head. However. Flea hung on. 'Then -he
kicked home in the stretch to complete a sizzling- 60-flat final
quarter and the victory—and a new Penn State record.
For the greatest football thrills during the last three years, the
State-Boston U. game which opened the 1951 season on Beaver Field
had a season-full of them. Six times Rip Engle's gridders came from
behind . in a game which looked like a high-geared, fluid offensive
battle between two pro teams. State trailed 0-7, 7-14, 20-21, 27-28,
33-34, before winning out 40-34.
Although the Lions won' the baligame, BU quarterback Harry
Agganis won the fans on one, play alone. In the second period the
Golden Greek faded from his own 37 to pass. Dodging; running,
twisting, and faking away from frustrated tacklers, Agganis finally
cut loose a pass from his own endzone. Amazingly the Greek
completed the toss to take all the 'humor out of similar feats by
cartoon hero Ned Brandt. •
Completing our Big Four list of unforgettables is that Crimson
t Letter day, March 28, 1953. That Saturday the cup of joyous victory
completely ran over. One Penn State national championship in a
season is rare enough,' but to have the wrestlers and the gymnasts
nab NCAA titles the same day was too much—"all losses are re
- stored and sorrows end."
There were many other titilating moments of lesser degree.
Some were seen, some just read about:
1950 Joe Lane, soccer center forward, booted seven goals
against Bucknell, State winning 11-2 . . . The cross-country team
whipped the weather, loss of sleep, hunger, no workouts, and top
notch runners to win the NCAA crown despite a snow storm which
did its darndest to lick State . . . State's 21-20 win over Pitt in the
Mud Bowl.
• 1951—Joy at seeing • Bill Ash burst into the stadium during a
football game leading all x-country rivals . . . The cheers every
time heavyweight wrestler homeric Homer Barr stepped on the
mats ... Penn State's 7-6 upset of hotshot Maryland Lacrosse club.
Goalie Phil Beneditti made 21 saves.
1952—Freshman Jess Arnelle's Penn 'State record-breaking total
of 40 points against Georgetown .. • State's first heavyweight boxing
victory of the season. "Lightheavy" Bob Potter slammed and ham
mered away with Virginia's giant heavyweight to score a win which
had the house wildly cheering when it wasn't allowed to be . . . The
wrestling team's pinning show against West Virginia, with five
. . . The spectacle of the USA Olympic gym tryouts in Rec Hall.
Lithe muscles performing 'beautiful marvels of skill, balance; and
,aerial manipulation . . . Triumph over Penn in football, 14-7 . . . A
1-0 soccer victory over national champion Temple . . . Pete Schoder
bek's tremendous tackle in the Pitt game. .With two-man interfer
ence, Pitt's Epps appeared headed for paydirt ) when Schederbek
zoomed from "nowhere" to make the tackle.
1953 The pleasure of knowing the wonderful Penn State
coaches and some mighty nice-guy Nittany athletes.
Baseball's
Big Leagues
By* The Associated Press
Mickey Mantle's 420-foot homer
‘ith , two on in the ninth inning
gave the New York - Yankees a
6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox
yesterday at Yankee Stadium.
Johnny Sain picked up his sec
ond win of the year.
Bobby Shantz notched his first
'il.ctory of the campaign at Grif
fith Stadium yesterday as the
Atheltics overcame a 4-0 deficit
to win, 6-4. Gus Zernial and Eddie
tfoost socked homers for the A's.
The Detroit Tigers' Billy Hoeft
spun a neat five hitter yesterday
qt . Briggs Stadium to end a five
game losing streak for the Ben
gals and whip the Chicago White
Sox, 8-4. Russ Sullivan and Min
raie Minoso blasted' homers, each
with two- men .on.
In the National League, Frankie
Thomas' grand slam homer helped
the Pirates to a 6-5 win over the
Giants,- while the Chicago Cubs'
Warren Hacker's four-hit pitching
stymied the Milwaukee Braves,
Late Starter
I Penn State's Jack Sherry, who
doubles in football and basket
ball, played hi s high school
;,earns only as a senior.
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BEAVER and ALLEN Open Fri. 9 tit 9
Net Champs
To Appear
Rec Hall
Sandor Glancz, European table
tennis champion and world's dou
bles champion, Peggy McLean,
world's professional women's ta
ble tennis champion, and Edward
Cooke, international tennis star,
will present an exhibition of ten
nis and table tennis at 7:30 to
morros' night at Rec Hall. The
exhibition is open to Centre Coun
tians in addition to College stu=
dents.
The program is sponsored by
All-College Cabinet, and - the pro
ceeds will go to Campus Chest.
Tickets, priced at 50 cents, will
be available from 8 a.m. to noon
and 1:30 to 5 p.m. today, and from
8 a.m. until noon tomorrow at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
Glancz has just finished winning
every table tennis title in Europe.
The tall, dark expert from Hun
gary was in the midst of press
acclaims and public ravings after
he had dazzled audiences and op
ponents all over the world.
Sandor took the game up at the
age of 17. The following year, at
the age of 18, he won the junior
championship, and surprise d
everyone by taking Hungary's na
tional championship. He then went
on to win the German and Aus
trian titles. Two years later Glancz
chalked up another title by win
ning the British Empire tourney.
Glancz is a table tennis strate
gist, who plays as well on defense
as he does at hiss, offensive play.
His orthodox game includes the
"book" shots, a driving forehand
shot, and a devastating drop shot.
His spectacular play broke atten
dance records in his first two
matches in this country. At the
Boston Arena he drew a fabulous
crowd of 5,005 fans. But in Chi
cago the results were more stag
gering. More than 13,000 poured
out to see him play and defeat
America's" - top table tennis stars.
His brilliant "poetry-in-motion"
style and his two famous shots
—the drop and a spectacular fore
hand—pleased the curious throng
of spectators.
Sandor has made himself a name
and made table tennis famous
with his paddle wizardry. He has
appeared in all the leading thea
ters, arenas, night clubs, and
country clubs you can name. He
has recently been seen by 30 mil
lion viewers on TV on such shows
as Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the
Town," the "Garry Moore show,"
"Kate Smith's show," and on Mil
ton Berle's show.
RESTRINGING by ROBINSON
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Will pick up and deliver rackets
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Soccer Match Tomorrow
A soccer scrimmage will take
place at noon tomorrow on the
golf course, with the German
town Cricket Club the opposi
tion for members of the varsity
and freshman teams.
Kurt • Klaus will take charge
of the team during spring prac
tice while Coach Bill Jeffrey is
on a teaching-coaching assign
Halter
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