PAGE TWELVE Grid Conference Chooses Lions PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6 (IP) —Bud Dudley, enterprising' athletic director at Villanova College, disclosed today he is knee deep in an attempt to organize a new football conference, the “Northeastern Conference.” , ' . Dudley, who introduced half time fashion shows and selling tickets with grocery pur chases, described his effort to organize a new conference as “the salvation of independent football colleges.” The Villanova official w< Fordham, Holy Cross, Viliam Boston University. He expressed the opinion that all these insti tutions had mutual football prob lems that could be ironed out with the formation of a new con ference. “I believe that the formation of a conference including these schools would double the interest in football at the colleges, double the publicity on their games, elim inate schedule - making difficul ties, cut down overhead expenses and create standard rules and eli gibility codes,” said Dudley. “Why I think we’re almost forced to organize, what with all the post-season bowl games being tied up by various conferences,” he said. “Only the Sugar Bowl and half of the Cotton Bowl are open to eastern teams at the ' moment. And believe me, a bid to a major bowl takes any college football financial program off the hook.” Such a conference, he weht <Dn, would eliminate one of the big gest headaches an, independent college athletic director must face —schedule-making. . Dudley said that John Curley, athletic director at Boston Col lege; John Coffey, head athletic man at Fordham and Buff Don elli, Boston U. coach had expressed definite interest in the proposed conference. “We may have some trouble with a few of the schools I have named because I know several of them still have faint hopes of cracking the Ivy League. I doubt very much if they can do it. Any way, after,the season is over I plan to call a preliminary meet ing in New York to talk over the conference idea. I’m hoping some thing can be worked out.” Dudley said he would like to have an eight or 10 team confer ence'-playing seven or eight games within the ranks and one or two with outside opponents. “Brother, would that cut down travel ex penses . . Meeting Date Set By Outing Ciub The Penn State Outing Club will hold an organizational meet ing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 102 Willard. The club is sponsored by the recreation committee of All-Col lege Cabinet and the School of Physical Education and Athletics. Gerald Maurey is chairman of the committee. Students interested in ice skat ing, camping, hosteling, moun taineering, and other types of winter programs may attend. Originally With Irish Tony Rados, Penn State’s quar terback, spent his freshman year at Notre Dame. He did not play ball at the College in his sopho more year because of the NCAA ruling prohibiting transfer stu dents from participating in inter collegiate sports for one year. MURDER! MYSTERY! THRILLS! As Only the British Can Film! J. Arthur Rank Presents 'THE HIDDEN ROOM' Starring ROBERT NEWTON Sally Gray THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA" tuld tie up such colleges and universities as Boston College, >va, Syracuse, Colgate, Rutgers, Temple, Penn State and Pigskin Coin Flips ... Out On a Limb Coach Rip Engle sends Assistant Football Coach Sever 'Tor' Torreli to the front today as the Daily Collegian football prediction enters it's final three weeks. The coaches, determined to grab that eluding first place position, are seven games behind Sports Editor Sam Procopio. The winner of the contest will receive a newly-developed mystic eight-ball which has been designed for football predictors. The eight-ball, say its inventory, will eventually replace the crystal ball in football predicting. Going into today's games Procopio leads the swamis with a .766 percentage. Assistant Sports Editor Dick McDowell is second with a .722 and the coaches and staff writer Herm Weiskopf are tied for third with .688. Today's selections: Gamed Columbia-Dartm'ih Florida-Georgia Navy-Duke Harvard-Princeton 111.-Michigan Ky.-V anderbilt LSU-Tennessee Mich. St.-Ohio St. Minn.-Indiana Missouri-Okla. Norihwesi'n-Wis. Noire Dame-Penn Purdue-lowa Pitl-Virginia- Army-N. Carol'a St. Bonebrake, Bui Receive Promo 1 Joseph R. Bonebrake and Rob ert R. Bullard, assistant profes sors of the Army Reserve Offi cers Training Corps, have been promoted to the rank of major. Both officers are veterans of World War 11. Major Bonebrake is a graduate of Purdue Univer sity, while Major Bullard received his degree from Bethany College. Oo©p s i 1 / aim is much better than his. Why don't you stop down and see what we mean. Penn State Diner "Stop at the Sign of the Lion" McDowell (.722) Procopio (.766) Dartmouth Dartmouth Florida Florida Princeton Princeton Michigan Illinois Kentucky Kentucky Mich. St. Mich. St. Minn. Minn. Okla.' Wisconsin Notre D. Notre D. Purdue Purdue Army Army Kappa Delta Honors Province President Kappa Delta honored its prov ince president, Dr. Dorothy H. Veon, at a tea .Wednesday eve ning in McElwain lounge. Dr. Veon, associate’ professor of business education, is associate dean for certifying ■ secretaries. She is also a member of Who’s Who in South and Southwest and in American Education. Its' seems that Little Freddy put that egg on the wrong platter. Guess his aim was a little off. to please but not the way Freddy does. We think our W. College Ave. Weiskopf I Coaches (.688) (.688) Columbia Florida Florida Columbia Princeton Princeton Illinois Illinois Kentucky Kentucky Ohio St. Mich. Si. Minn. Minn. Wisconsin Wisconsin Notre D. Notre D. Army Army Of course we aim «OttW» n ON FORDHAM Head Coach Eddie Danowski will field a pretty good ball club at Beaver Field this afternoon—nothing like the Fordham Rams of old, but a team that is capable of giving anybody a rough Saturday afternoon, For the Rams are heading back to the big time' and this 1953 edition is reportedly the stepping stone. At least that’s claim of school officials who dream of seeing the Rams once more the feared power of the East. That’s the way it was back in the late ’2o’s and ’3o’s when men like all-Americans Alex Wojciechowicz and Ed Franco were writing the headlines for the New York sports writers. The Rams were ihe king-pins then and ihe Polo Grounds were packed every Saturday. For over a decade Fordham had 1 the rule of ihe East. Under Frank Cavanaugh (1927-32) and Jim Crow ley (1933-411 Fordham teams piled up 89 wins against 24 losses and 11 ties. Three of ihese ties came against Doc Sutherland's Pitt powerhouses. The two schools battled to 0-0 ties for three consecu tive years, 1935, 36 and 37. Then came the war and the university dropped football. After the peace was signed school officials made a gallant attempt to bring back the sport, but failed to match their pre-war success. _ In 1946 and 1947 the Rams were the doormats of the East—a pathetic comparison to the bone-crushing teams that once roamed undaunted over opponent after opponent. . \ Conditions failed to improve and discouraged officials were ready to throw in the towel and give up football completely. How ever, under Danowski, who was once a great back at the school, improvements began to show. Finally, after nearly dropping the game, the administration completely changed its policy and began to plan for bigger and better Fordham teams. Penn State, Syracuse and Miami were added -o the schedule this year and Pitt is slated for next season. What-was more surprising, the Rams almost upset the Orange and smothered Miami 20-0. Once again Fordham has become a prom inent eastern team. Th<i Lambert trophy committee rates it eighth in the East this week.' So ihe Lions will not find a breather in this battle at Beaver Field today. Danowski sports a fine quarterback in Rodger Franz, the number two passer in the East last year. He has a fine pair of ends, a good sized line and 'a trio of runners who combine ade quate power and speed. ' \ TOUGH, LONG-WEARING Extremely fast and durable... Withstands great temperature change: “Easiest in the world to ski on,” says Hannes Schmid,* famous international star. "Spalding is leading the field in quality and workmanship.” Other Spalding features: Patented inter locking edge construction with offset screw holes. Shock-absorbing tip and tail section. See the big 1954 Spalding Ski Parade at your , favorite ski shop Top-Flite, Continental, Air-Flite and many more in a complete range of prices. 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