FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1953 "Don't Blame Me" Sam’s By SAM PROCOPIO Collegian Sports Editor kiiurtsSff.. >r Football coaches get gray hair if they don’t have a win ning season and a heart murmur if they have a triumphant year, but' now these mentors are being plagued with the sport’s past misdeeds—football’s fatalities. In a recent article the newly installed substitution rule and'ihe coaches were named at fault to the fatalities reported in collegiate football. As odd as it may seem the coaches are taking the most blasting. After the first several weeks.of the revitalized one-platoon game —just when the fans and the players had begun to enjoy it—death cast its shroud over the game, the magazine stated. Why is it that the critics charge the new ruling? Wasn't the one-platoon used before? Did fatalities result in such quantities that the trend is quite noticeable?' The only noticeable year we find is in 1920. Every pileup and tackle produced extreme awe for the fans and coaches. Although the magazine doesn’t blame the new rule entirely (which would be wrong anyway), it steps out of .bounds when it places the fault before the coaches. With the present equipment and rules, each'serious injury is classified a freak or else laid directly at the feet of the coach, the magazine read. The article says "It is a poor coach who does not have his men in lop physical condition prepared io play 60 min utes if necessary." As we understand football training programs, the coach only spends several hours a day with his players. Once the player leaves the ball field, conditioning is placed into his own hands. Maybe the magazine writer expects the coach to travel with each player. Say, 60 of them? Harry Garyson, NEA sports editor, told us at the West Vir ginia game "I wouldn't coach for $100,000." Now, if is understood why. SPORTS' KINSEY REPORT The greatest thing since Kinsey hit the sports world yesterday. Norman Werking, writer for AKLsports, made a list of nine sport stars—eight past and one present. The list was then presented to 12 and 13-year-olds who weire to identify the celebrity. Some of them follow (with answers): GENE TUNNEY—Boxer, 24; movie star, 15; singer, 2; actress, 1; ton of fat, 2; what a doll, a movie actress, 1; wrestler, 1; actor, 1; don't know, 17. MAN .O'WAR —Horse, 47; hourse; 3; hoase, 1; rash hours, 1; horse-race, 1; football player or boxer, 1> .don't know, 7. ' WILLIE HOPPE— Billiards, 12; plays pool, 4; actor, 4; football bailer, 1; golf, 1; baseball, 1; don’t know, 40. BILL TlLDEN— Tennis player, 1; swimmer, 1; newscaster, 1; announcer, 1; wrestler, 1; news paperman, 1; don’t know, 57. He then checked io see if there were more ignorant about sports than about anything else. This time he listed non-athletic names. Result? ENRICO CARUSO—Singer, 29; actor, 4; car dealer, 3; don’t know, 27. AL CAPONE—Gangster, 15; gambler, 5; criminal, 1; gun man, 1; actor, 1; baseball player, 1; star, 1; cowgirl, 1; don’t know, 37. MAHATMA GANDHl—lndian, 8; ruler of India, 6; gambler, 3; mil lionaire, 1; Prime Minister of England, 1; religious faster, 1; don’t know, 43. TOM MlX—Cowboy or radio star, 63. Mr. Werking's conclusion? "Either that the public schools are wasting too much time on basic fundamentals or that the modern little scudder. dandled on Daddy's knee at bedtime, hears about the latest housing project (with garbage disposals) instead of mopping up such essential information as the fact that Bill Tilden won seven U.S. tennis singles titles." Diamond Squad Repeats In 1953, for the third time- in five years, Penn State was a par ticipant in the NCAA District Two baseball playoffs. *BP®2i2SEiSB23B3sHS? 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Pugh _ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Ping Pong Aces $3 r ? 7 ai\ iV-vr-l Campy Gets MVP Award NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (£>)—Roy Campanella, Brooklyn’s chunky, veteran catcher, today was voted most valuable player in the Na tional League for the second time in three years. When reporters finally tracked down Campanella—who was cele brating his 32nd birthday—at his Harlem liquor store, he grinned and said, “It makes a man feel pretty good. I can’t ask for too much more in life. I guess.” The vote by a 24-man commit tee of the Baseball Writers Assn.: of America, three from 'each lea gue city, was decisive. Campan-[ ella drew 17 firsts and piled up! 297 points, highest point total since Stan Musial of St. Louis won with. 303 in 1948. Campanella became the fourth man to be named most valuable in the National League more than once. He had won in 1951. Musial is the only three-time winner with victories in 1943, 1946 and 1948. Carl Hubbell won in 1933 and 1936 and Rogers .Hornsby in 1925 and 1929. Eddie Mathews, the home run hitting third baseman of the Mil- RONALD HART, Harry Bray,, Louis Landon, and William Ziegler (1. io r.) are the University ping-pong aces. Bray is the All-Uni versity champ. He outpointed Landon who copped fraternity honors. Hart is the independent runner-up and Ziegler is fraternity runner-up. EUTAW HOUSE Potters Mills SEAFOOD DINNERS at All Times tvaukee Braves, finished second, 81 points back at 216. The point score is figured on the basis of 14 for first place, nine for second and so on down to one for a tenth. Duke Snider, Brooklyn’s slug ging center fielder, nosed, out St. Louis’ Red Schoendienst for third place, 157 to 155. I Van Heusen Products • Dress Shirts < • Sport Shirts 9 Pajamas • - Rura Exclusive at , , , MEN'S SHOP Opposite Old Main A quick-witted college student decided to add a new sport shirt to his wardrobe. Although broke, he was unconcerned. He walked into the local sportswear shop and said, “Let me, see your smartest checked sport shirts." The clerk showed him several Van Heusen FIELD WOOD CHECK Sport Shirts. “These are the finest I’ve got,” he beamed. “The fabric is 55% wool and 45% rayon—for kitten’s-ear softness and long, long wear. They can be laun dered in lukewarm water. And you can choose from a wide selection of small and medium-size checks... and only 57.95 apiece." "Just what I was looking for," said the student. “11l take this one with the medium-size checks." The derk wrapped the shirt and handed it to him. “That will be $7.95," he said. ' “On second thought, I’ll take that one with the small checks,” said the student. The obliging clerk unwrapped the first shirt, wrapped the second one and handed it to the student, who turned to leave. “Just a minute," cried the derk. “You forgot to pay for it.” “I gave you the otiier shirt foj- it,” answered the youth. But you didii t pay for the other shirt,” continued the “Naturally! I didn’t buy that one!” Two-Platoon Era LONDON, Nov. 19 can football —minus the free sub stitution rule—goes on display be fore a critical London audience Nov. 28. The London area Rockets of the U.S. • Air Force meet the to-be determined championship team from the Continent at Wembley. DE= What, o Chang PAGE SEVEN
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