THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953
"The ChristmCrs Song"
Sam's Song
By. SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
This is the day. The day when the Daily Collegian sports
staff writes its special letter of requests and thanks. We
checked the files. And we were right.
His name: Santa Claus.
My job: Write one.
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Dear Santa:
It is quite unusual for you to receive a letter of thanks.
lor the millions of letters you are burdened With at this
time of the year are filled with requests and more requests.
Here in the sports world at the Penn State University, how
ever, we send our seasonal greetings with a golden thanks.
How can we ask for anything better than a .658 all-sports win
ning percentage (79-41-3) that you gave to , us in the 1952-53 academic
year? That handsome record would stand up against the best in the
nation
You gave us unbeaten records, in wrestling, gymnastics, and
golf. The matmen and gymnasts, of course, were given Eastern
Intercollegiate titles. Still, the priceless gem is the memorable
night of... March 28 when you gave to us two National Collegiate
titles in the same two sports. Yes, you did a great job.
Here are other reasons why we want to thank you Santa. Penn
State's golfers copped second place honors in the Eastern's—only
two strokes behind the 599 scored by Yale's championship team.
Joe Bedenk's diamondmen, runner-up in the NCAA District
Two play-offs, carried a fine record of 14-5-1. State's bid to the
NCAA play-offs was the third time in five years.
Well, we did have losing seasons in tennis, boxing, lacrosse,
and track, but we belieVe the sophomores and freshman you have
sent us will make one or two of these turn in creditable records.
Anyway, we can't have everything.
This 1953-54 season found- Penn State's two fall sports, foot
ball and soccer, add one more to their loss column than they had in
the previous year. However, there certainly were'nt any better thrills
found in two great schedules. And too, you gave cross-country an
unbeaten- season.
We would like to thank you for giving Penn State one of the
finest trainers, Chuck Medlar, and his trainer, Ray Ulenski, who
had much to do with Co-captain Tony Rados' playing as much and
as well as he did. We only hope you give our fine football coach,
Rip Engle, a quarterback like Rados. You did give him three fine
G-Men to protect that forward wall, namely, Rosey Grier, Sam
Green, and Jim Garrity.
Before we quit shaking your hand on Penn State's football per
formances, we certainly want you to know that Engle's staff, Al
Michaels, Frank Patrick, Jim O'Hora,,Earl Bruce, Joe Paterno, and
Sever Toretti, is great.
We had the opportunity to sit next to three of these coaches
who were.spotting at the Pitt-Penn State contest. And there is
little doubt in our minds that they had much to do with our
success.
We believe you gave us a -fine replacement for soccer coach
Bill Jeffrey in Ken Hosterman. He had a 5-2 won and lost record
for his first season. '
.The Lions' basketball season though young, is certainly starting
off on the right foot. We want to give you a pat •on the back for
bringing Jesse Arnelle to the basketball form and grace of his fresh
man year.
We can't forget to thank you for giiring us such a wonderful
bunch of coaches like Joe Bedenk, Eddie Sulkowski, Gene Weft
stone, Charlie Speidel, Chick Werner, Norm Gordon, John Egli,
Bob Rutherford, Sherm Fogg, and Penn State's intramural "Pride
and Joy" directors. Gene Bischoff and Dutch Sykes.
Then too, what would the Nittany Lions do without the fine
gentlemen who are in close association with Penn State sports like
Jim Coogan, publicity- director, Ike Gilbert, assistant athletic direc
tor, and Ernest B. McCoy, athletic director.
Well, if's a million thanks once again. Merry Christmas and,
a Happy New Year to all.
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There is a sport axiom which
one wrestling coach, namely, Penn
as he is concerned when the wrest
the dual meets,
Speidel. has coached his ma
wrestling aggregation to the Easte
tenders. Each time his matmen
emerged victorious. Last year, as
host to the NCAA tourney, his
team created the "man bites dog"
feat when the Nitt any Lions I
copped the National title.
What did the Lions do?
Well, they walked Off the Rec
Hall mats as the first Eastern
team to win an NCAA title. This
was against a record field of 167
wrestlers from 57 colleges. They
stopped Oklahoma A&M and Ok
lahoma from winning the title
which remained in that state al
most every Year that it was at
stake.
In fact, out of the 22 national
championships, the latter Big Se
ven teams have shared the crown
19 times. The Oklahoma Aggies
copped the title 16 of the 19 times.
When one scrutinizes Penn
State's wrestling schedule, it is
viewed as Notre Dame's 1953
football schedule—murder.
The Lions open against Cornell
which already has two games un
der its belt. It was this same Cor
nell team that gave Penn State
its first scare last year. The battle
went down to the heavyweight
class b e f ore Speidel's matmen
had clinched their 26th consecu
tive victory.
Another drawback for Speidel
is the fact that only three of his
eight scheduled meets - will be in
home territory. Besides the Big
Red opener, the Lions will face
Syracuse and Pitt at •Rec Hall.
Both are well-known in the wrest
ling circles -as "top-notch teams."
Pitt, which was recently added
to . the Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Association, will be eli
gible for the eastern title this sea
son. And the Panthers will un
doubtedly have much to say when
Penn - State seeks its fourth
straight EIWA title March 12-13
at Ithaca, N.Y.
Speidel's 1954 wrestling sched
ule follows:
Jan. 9, Cornell, home
Jan. 16, Lehigh, away
Jan. 30, Army, away
Feb. 10, Maryland, away
Feb. 13, Syracuse, home
Feb. 20, Navy, away
Feb. 27, Pitt, home
March 3, Penn, away
Weather Slows W. Va. "
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Dec.
16 (JP)—The West Virginia Uni
versity football coaching sta f f
hopes Georgia Tech won't be as
tough as the weather that's been
hampering pre-Sugar Bowl drills
here the last few days.
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Wrestlers
Build Streak
By SAM
says that you
State's Charlie
ing season opens Jan. 9, he'll give his opponents everything except
tmen through 29 consecutive wins without a defeat and has taken his
rn Intercollegiate tournaments for the last three years as strong con-
IM Boxing
(Continued from page six)
a 155-pound scrap that had the
crowd roaring. Lawrence won his
175-pound fight with Acacia's Ce
cil Wellen and Jack Dillon of Phi
Kappa won a forfeit over. Bob
Winters of Beta Theta Pi to reach
the 155-pound finals against
Pierce.
Phi Kappa Sigma's two win
ners both had their hands full.
McChesney k ep t Chambers off
balance with head-faking while
landing right jabs to the head.
This overcame several tough stabs
by the loser which connected.
Martin Strategy Pays Off
Martin's policy of staying' away
from Hough and waiting for his
openings payed off. Hough; defi
nitely the aggressor, scored well
with a second round flurry, but
the winner's counter-punching
proved to be the difference.
Phi Sigma Kappa's hopes ride
with McGraw and Carroll. The
former, a defending 121-pound
champ, staged his usual third
round flurry to win out over Da
vidson. McGraw,. while -not as an
adept a jabber as his opponent,
once again found his "bolo" right
cross to be the answer.
Carroll, Grier Meet Tonight
Carroll set the stage for a cli
matic meeting with Rosey Grier
of. Alpha Phi Alpha tonight by
decisively defeating Tussey, in a
fight which was stopped early.
In the Friedman-Fry tussle, both
missed many jabs but also landed
some hard punches to the head.
Cramer and Pierce slugged it
out toe to toe before the latter
got the nod, while in the last bout,
Lawrence scored with a left jab
to cop the verdict.
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PROCOPIO
can't win 'em all. This
Speidel, who intends to
Yanks, A's
Make 11
Man Trade
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (IP) In
an 11 player deal tod a y, the
World Champion New York
Yankees acquired first baseman
Eddie Robinson and pitcher Har
ry Byrd from the Philadelphia
Athletics in exchange for Negro
first baseman Vic Power, out
fielder Bill Renna and first base
man Don Bollweg.
The trade, greatest numerical
ly in Yankee .history, also in
volved the Yankees' Kansas City
farm of the American Assn. and
the return of $25,000 to the A's
in the sale of third baseman Lor
en Babe last year.
The A's sent Babe, first base
man Tom Hamilton and outfield
er Carmen Mauro to Kansas City.
In return the A's got catcher
Al Robertson, who played with
Kansas City and Syracuse, pitch
er John Gray of Kansas. City and
third baseman Jim Finnegan of
Binghamton of the East ern
League.
In addition the •Yankees said
they would option two Kansas
City players to Ottawa, the Ath
letics' International League farm.
The Yanks said they would re
tain possession of the players.
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