THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1954 Sd.m s Song "Strange" By SAM PROCOPIQ Collegian Sports Editor Maybe the players are ahead of the coaches. Or maybe the coaches are ahead of the players. But one thing is su're, No one is ahead of the sports official. During the history of sports, the officials have been criti cized severely. And there have been reasons for such actions. Take for instance the Dempsey-Tunney long count which was one of the most debated moments in sports history as the Manassa. Mauler failed to recapture the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. Or look at the controversial plays in the Penn State-West Vir ginia football game last year. Had the referee reversed his decisions the Nittany Lions might have been in the Sugar Bowl instead of the Mountaineers" this year. Then too, on Feb. 14. 1945, Penn Slate played the Owls of Temple in a basketball game that found both teams going into their second overtime period. As the seconds were ticking away and the Owls trailing by two points, a Temple player endeavored to make s shot from-mid-floor. The whistle blew almost simul taneously. The shot was good, but the crowd disagreed. They felt the shot was made after the whistle had blown. The referee said no and game went into three more overtime periods—five in all, before Temple finally won out.. ' Last year in the National Collegiate Wrestling tournament held at Rec Hall the referee was victim of two decisions which were criticized. The question raised was: Does a defending champion de serve the winning verdict when he battles his foe to a draw? This situation confronted two defending champions, Joe Le myre, of Penn State, and Gene Nicks of Oklahoma A&M. Surprising ly enough both decisions, went the other way. -In Lemyre’s case it was more than just a draw in points scored. He was not only defending champ, but the 167-pounder had some 40-odd seconds riding time—not enough for time advantage—and had a questionable reversal and an escape while going off the edge of the mat. Dickason, on the other hand, came close only to an escape. Yet, referee Frankett came to the center of the mat to raise the arm of Cornell’s Don Dickason as winner. This story, however, does not end here. Frankett, who was victim of criticism of;, several-; other matches, was misled on who had the first takedown in the Lemyxe-Dickason battle. He said he gave the match to the person who had the take down. He thought Dickason did. But the official scoring read Joe Lemyre a take down and Dickason a reversal. Even more odd is the fact that Dickason won the Eastern title on a referee’s decision. He defeated defending champion, Joe Le xnyve. The final.major league baseball standings in the National League in 1908 were interesting—mighty interesting. The Cubs that year won the championship with 99 victories and 55 defeats. Tied for second place were the Giants and Pirates wiih 98 victories and 58 defeats. It was, however, that last game of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates which told the tale. When the Cubs and Pirates met on the last day of the season, a broad-shouldered Pittsburgher, _ Ed Ab baticchio, hammered a ball into the grandstand for what might have been a grand-slam, home run, "Foul ball!" belowed ihe Umpire O'Day who was always get ting into the act that year. If he had called it fair instead of foul, the Pirates would have, befen champs, instead of the Cubs. There was a rather curious aftermath to this episode. During the following winter a fan, female gender, sued the Pittsburgh club because she had been struck and severely injured by Abbaticchio’s drive;'She produced her ticket stub in court as part, of the evidence; ;■ The astonished Pittsburgh officials discovered to their dismay that her seat was in fair territory. Six Holdovers Syracuse, West Virginia, Texas Christian, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, and Pitt are the hold-overs on Penn State’s 1954 football sched ule. "jo^K-HoosP RUDY BLACK TRIO Every, Evening For Supper 5 to 9 P.M. SALLY SAYS: Remember the worth of character SALLY'S SANDWICH SERVICE i THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Delicious Full Course Meal! How’s this *vuiiti to you? A Three-Fourth Pound T-BONE STEAK grilled in butter with vegetable, potatoes, and salad for Only $1.75 Penn State Diner / W. College Ave. Stop at the Sigh of the lio* Dvorozniak Wrestles Opponents At Convenience of the Coach Usually a national championship team will have its share of “name” players and its share of “unsung heroes.” And Penn State’s wrestling team is no exception.' With this in mind, there is one “unsung. hero” who has aided the Lions more than his record would indicate. He is George Dvorozniak. This unsung hero is like the man who blocks for the ‘ Cagers- (Continued -from page six) It appeared as though the Lions were "going to move away from West Virginia in the second stan za as they continued to score heavily, moving out in front by eight points, 31-23. But the Mountaineers were not to be denied; Becker, Holmes, and Duffy Morris combined their ef forts to cut the lead down to 34-31 and then Arnelle, hit for three on a field goal and foul and Brewer added a one-handed push from the key hole. Two more Lion foul points brought the total to 40-32 before the Mounties connected on two quick field goals to close the quarter at 41-36. The Mountaineers opened up in the third frame, outscoring the Lions 20-16 and trailed by only one point at the end of the period, 57-56. Mack Isner, who hadn’t done much on the scoring end un til that time suddenly began hit ting along with the red-hot Holmes. The Lions knew they were in a ball game. However, Brewer’s accurate one-hand push shots, and Haag’s dead-eye work from the corners, kept the Nit tany lead intact. Brewer was the number two man in the Lion scoring column with 12 points and Weidenham mer and Haag each tallied nine. The Lions scored 31 field goals to 21 for West Virginia but con verted only 12 of 24 free throw attempts while the Mounties scored 24 charity noints in 33 tries. SUMMARIES . Penn State fg fp tW. Virginia fg fp t Blocker,f 2 1-2 5 Morris.f 2 6-9 10 Sherry,f 2 2-t3 6 Usner,f • 3 6-7 12 Arnelle,c 10 4-5 24 White,c 3 2-4 8 Weid’h'r,g 4 1-1 9 Whitting:, g 13-4 5 Haa g,g 4 1-1 9 Holmes, g 7 6-7 20 Marisa.f 2 1-4 S Becker,j? 5 1-2 11 Edwards,*? 1 1-4 3 Bergines.f 0 0-0 0 Brewer, g 6 0-0 12 Fields, g 0 1-1 1 i| Totals 21 24-33 66 2l 20 16 17—74 2O 16 20 10—66 31 12-21 74| Penn State West Virginia Two Gomes on TV Two Penn State road games will be televised. The Navy game Jan. 16 at Annapolis-will be tele vised by the ABC network and the Pitt game Feb. 13 at Pitts burgh will be televised in that area by Station WENS. PROGRAMS I INVITATIONS I COMMERCIAL PRINTING I 352 E. College Ave. H By SAM PROCOPIO football. Dvorozniak, as it may be re called, dropped his opening con test to Cornell’s Dick Soars, al though he almost pulled the upset of the evening. For this, he may George Dvorozniak Team Player be looked upon by some fans as an average wrestler. They may even go further and say “he only had a 3-3-1 record for Penn State last season.” But when one scrutinizes this a little closer, he would undoubtedly rate Nationally Famous ARROW Shirts Ties Underwear May be purchased at - T ATT- COLLEGF SHUTS • TIES • UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTSWEAR “headline” running halfback in him with the better than average matmen. First of all, he broke into the lineup of a National champion ship team. He was moved about the weight divisions at the con venience of the coach —the sign of a true “team man.” He wres tled in a higher division where it would mean the difference be tween victory and defeat. Despite the fact that he is giv ing his opponent weight, Dvoroz niak does not wrestle in a shell. In fact, he is one of the most ag gressive wrestlers on Coach Char lie Speidel’s team. Saturday night, Dvorozniak weighed in at 167 pounds. He wrestled a 177-pounder. Against Lehigh this weekend, he will probably receive the assignment of tackling another foe who is heavier than he. Nevertheless, the 167-pound grappler will be seek ing his first win of the campaign, not for himself but for the team. When Dvorozniak isn’t wrest ling, he is taking part in many extra-curricular activities. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Engi neering honorary, Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic honorary club, and ASCE. He was president of Chi Epsilon. He is house manager of Penn Haven Club. A civil en gineering major, eighth semester, he is carrying an all-college av erage of 2.6. PAGE SEVEN
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