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Lions Place
Medley Relay Team is 3d,
Grier sth In Discus Toss
A wet, soggy track plagued runners in the opening day
festivities of the Penn Relays yesterday as the first round of
91 scheduled events got underway at Philadelphia's Franklin
Field.
Penn State trackmen, competing in four events, turned in
one third place and one fifth place, while two entries were
eliminated.
The Lions best performance of the day went to the dis
tance medley relay team which finished third among a field
of some of the nation's classiest
quartets. Roy Brunjes, Art Pol
lard, Don Austin, and Doug Moor
head teamed up for a 10:15.4 tim
ing in the 2 1 /, mile-jaunt, finish
ing behind Oklahoma A&M and
Michigan. The Aggies posted a
10.8.5 winning time.
Giant Rosey Grier was the only
other Penn State performer to
place yesterday. Grier finished
fifth in the discus throw. tossing
the dish 151' 4", over fourteen feet
short of Roland Nillsson's 165' 7"
winning toss. Nillsson from Mich
igan was Big Ten Champion last
year.
Lion entries in the hurdles and
two-mile run failed to place. Ron
Youkers. running in the Invita
tional 120-yard High Hurdles
trials, was eliminated in his heat.
Youkers hit the finish line inches
out of third place. His time was
14.8.
Ted Garrett and Red Hollen
both failed to place in the two
mile run. Garrett was clocked at
9:44 and Hollen at 9:47. The two
Nittany distance men finished out
of the running behind winner Ro
bert Searra of Manhattan, John
Hurt of Navy, and Pete Kress of
Pitt. Searra's time was 9:27.
The relay team, competing in
one of the strongest field of en
tries ever registered for the Carn
ival, provided the brightest light
of the day for Lion Coach Chick
Werner. Despite the soaked track
the times were exceptionally good.
The Lion performance breaks
down this way: Brunjes, leading
off, carried the baton for the first
half mile in 1:58.3. Swifty Art Pol
lard took the stock from there
and whipped off the 440 in 49.2,
considerably above his average
Lions Face Quakers
In Lacrosse Tilt
Penn State's Lions, sporting a 1-2 record, visit Philadelphia today
for a lacrosse game with the Red and Blue of Pennsylvania. The
Quakers have an .all-veteran team this year and on the basis of early
season gaines may improve on last year's record of seven wins and
six defeats. The Quaker City school has enjoyed its best lacrosse in
recent years and the team, under
the tutelage of Perce Belfiel.d, is
on a steady upgrade.
A defensive change has been
made in the Lions' starting lineup.
John Collett, an 185-pound junior,
has been called upon by coach
Nick Thiel to replace Herbie Hor
ikawa at the defensive crease po
sition.
Bergesen to Dress
Andy Bergesen, reserve mid
fielder, is expected to be in uni
form for the game despite an in
jury received in the 23-1 loss to
Navy April 14. Sophomore John
Griffin has been moved up to the
second midfield line to help carry
the burden until Captain Dave
Arnold returns in May. Griffin's
play in the Loyola game impressed
Thiel enough to warrant his mov
ing up. Another midfielder who
has brightened Thiel's hOpes is
Frank Locotos, who, in Thiel's
opinion, is developing very fast
for a sophomore.
Thiel Disappointed
The Lion's performance last
week, however, on the whole was
disappointing to Thiel. The lack
of strength at the attack posts was
clearly evident, although Thiel
blames his team's poor showing
chiefly on the lack of intra-squad
games during pre-s?ason practice.
Intra-squad linve of
fered co n - 11--'•''--. 1.1 deg - rer
where players wouldn't have tak
By DICK McDOWELL
pace. Then Don Austin took over
in the 3 4 mile leg in 3:05.5. An
chorman Doug Moorhead then
finished off th final mile leg in
4:22.4.
Austin's time in the 3 / 4 . mile leg
was the best turned in for that
distance by any runner competing
in the event. The speedy junior
carried the Lions from seventh
to third place in his leg and then
Moorhead held the position in the
finishing Tolle. .
Werner sends his strongest en
tries to the line today in the sec
ond half of the mammoth meet.
But the competition will be just
as strong as ever, particularly in
the relay events where the Nit
tanies will have two entries. In
the four mile relay, Garrett,
Moorhead, Austin, and Hollen will
get the call.
The Lions meet another strong
field in the coveted one mile re
lay championships. Pollard, 011ie
Sax, Brunjes, and either Skip Slo
cum or Dave Leathem, will be
'carrying the baton in this event.
ABC to Telecast
12 Football Games
NEW YORK, April 23 (A')—The
American Broadcasting Company
said late today that the 1954 NC
AA football TV program would
be shown over its stations this
fall. All previous programs have
been carried over the National
Broadcasting Company chain.
The tetlecasts, which start on
Sept. 18, will cover a series of 12
games to be seen on successive
Saturdays through Dec. 4, plus a
special Thanksgiving telecast of
one or more outstanding games.
By EARL KOHNFELDER
en for granted their positions as
secure.
Therefore, said Thiel a certain
spirit and will to win has been
missing from time to time since
no one believes himself in danger
of losing his job. If a player knows
he has a fight on his hands for
his job, he will play a much bet
ter game simply because he will
have an add e d incentive. Thiel
sa'd.
Accordingly, Thiel has termed
the team an "unpredictable" one.
Thiel believes the Lions have the
ability to defeat Penn, but the
right attitude must be there also.
Absent from Penn's lineup will
be George Trautman, instrumen
tal in last year's victories. Traut
man is recovering from two minor
operations. Midfielders Ted Hag
strom and Dixie Wilmeth have
been the top scorers for the Red
and Blue' in the early games. Penn
defeated Kenyon, as did Penn
State.
The lineups
Penn State
Bickelhaupt. Midfield ' Wilmeth
Fulton Midfield Hag.strom
Hamel • Midfield Scott
Youtz Attack Gibson
Reed Attack Kirtz
Klein Attack Hummer
Hay Defense Beatty
ColYett Defense Cuiglni
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Bell Goal Thomsen
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYWANI-,e,
in 2 Relay Events
"OH?"
Sam's Song
Suggestions are great, but not when you can make a
fool of yourself.
A nationally-known educator, Harold W. Stoke, of the
University of Washington, believes that big-time college
athletics are now a major part of the nation's entertainment
business and college athletes should be relieved of the obli
gation of meeting academic requirements.
"Let us be courageous enough to admit that the uni
versity's interest in (athletes) is that they be good athletes,
not that they be good students.
It is the insistence that they be
students which creates the prob
lem both for the faculty and for
the athletic managers, and to the
detriment of both," Stoke said.
He also relates that big-time
college football and basketball
are "public entertainment," sepa
rate and distinct from education,
and as such. participants should
not be made to "go through the
motions" of meeting their col
leges' academic requirements.
We think he has his mixed
all-talked-up. The .primary re
sponsibility of any college is to
the student. Most universities
and colleges think of the athlete
as a student. If students have
the desire to participate in ath
letics, it's fine, and they should
have all the opportunities neces
sary to do so.
Everyone mint agree that en
tertainment does enter into the
picture, but there should be a
line drawn. College drama is en
tertainment Then too, there are
talent shows, band concerts among
others. Why single out the ath
lete?
Stoke further stated that ath
letes are recruited strictly for
sports participation.
He attacks scholarships. Fine.
But for a dean of the graduate
- sch o o l . at the University of
Washington, it is diffidult to
believe that he would overlook
one point. That is, students in
terested in, other phases of col
lege activities may apply for
and receive scholarships as far
as they are available. These are
provided so that students who
have an interest in any field
may pursue it.
. Stoke explaihed that he would
tackle the problem like this:
Make the admission, both in
side and outside the universities,
that intercollegiate athletic pro
grams are operated primarily as
public entertainment and not as
educational responSibilities. (With
the acceptance of this concept
. . . winning athletics now be
comes a legitimate university op
eration. Recruiting becomes not
only legal but justifiable.")
"What! some one says. Have
unbridled bidding for athletics?"
Stoke continued. "No eligibility
rules? No discipline? By no means
—but let these things arise as
DETROIT, April 23 (R)—Scor
ing five runs in the first inning,
the Detroit Tigers knocked out
Early Wynn and defeated ' the
Cleveland Indians 6-1 today in a
game which was an hour late in
starting but was decided in the
first 10 minutes.
Spacing six singles, Ned Garver
pitched his second straight com
plete-game victory as the Tigers
held fast to first place in the
American League.
The game was delayed exactly
one hour when the Indians' equip
ment mistakenly was sidetracked
in Pittsburgh during the team's
trip from Baltimore. It was flown
to Detroit and rushed to Briggs
Stadium behind a police escort.
Frank Bolling opened the in
ning with a single. He scored on
Jim Delsing's double to left. Har
vey Kuenn flied out, Ray Boone
- , "• , 'rd for one run and Walt
p o followed with another
single.
Pennsylvania
By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
Major League Baseball
they will from athletic and not
from academic sources and neces
sities."
Stoke has the right to express
his opinion. He believes that his
ideas would bring a solution to a
problem. We doubt it. If there is
a problem, his ideas would only
make it a catastrophe.
We admit that some colleges
and universities do employ their
athletic programs in the wrong
way, but the majority of them
do not. We believe that the ath
letic situation is pretty clean, par
ticularly here at Penn State.
DID YOU KNOW? . • . that
Enos "Country" Slaughter, St.
Louis Cardinal outfielder who was
recently traded to the New York
Yankees, was to have written an
article for. a popular magazine en
titled "Why I would never be
traded."
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
Pittsburgh is in fifth place, ac
cording to Thursday's major lea
gue baseball standings.
IT HAPPENED! Coach Gene
Wettstone and his Nittany Lion
national gymnastic championship
team were doing a fine job in
defending their NCAA title at
Champaign, 111., April 1-3. Sports
writers, usually inquisitive, ap
proached Wettstone on occasions
and inquired about Penn State's
success—not gymnastics, however.
The writers questioned: "How is
your football team shaping up?"
(Penn State opens its 1954 foot
ball schedule against the Illini
at Illinois.)
Wettstone was quite surprised
at the questions, especially since
his team was the main attraction
at the tourney. When the tourna
ment had • ended, the Lion gym
nasts• had won six out of ten -in
dividual NCAA titles. They had
won the team title, scoring—the
highest total of points in NCAA
history. The total was doubled
the nearest competitor.
Yet, when Doug Mills, Illinois'
director of athletics presented
Wettstone with the team cham
pionship trophy, he said:
"Congratulations, coach. How's
that Penn State football team
going to be next fall?"
Shortstop George Strickland
dropped Al Kaline's drive, filling
the bases. Bill Tuttle knocked in
the third run with a single to left.
Walt Dropo was run down be
tween third arid home for the
second out.
That was all for Wynn. He was
replaced by Dave Hoskins, whose
first pitch was hammered to right
center by catcher Frank House
for a two-run- double.
House knocked in Detroit's sixth
run in the fourth inning with a
sacrifice fly.
Cleveland, which had made
only seven hits in two previous
games in Baltimore, scored its
lone run in the fifth on a walk
to Dave Pope, a ground out, and
Jim Hegan's single.
CHICAGO, April 23 (R)—The
Baltimore Orioles broke loose in
the 10th inning today to score two
runs against Billy Pierce and end
a four-game Chicago White Sox
win streak 3-1.
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1954
Rutherford
Will Change
Golf Lineup
A lineup change involving four
players has been made by Coach
Bob Rutherford for this after
noon's golf match with Bucknell
at 1:30 p.m. on the local greens.
Rutherford made the change yes
terday despite the fact that his
two-match combination netted
the Lions two straight victories
this season.
The Nittany linksmen will be
gunning for their third straight
win of the campaign, and their
12th in a row after posting a
nine-match victory streak in 1953.
Two sophomores—Jim Bovan
owski of Harrisburg and Jim
Ginsberg of Elkins Park—were
given the nod yesterday by Ruth
erford to replace two junior letter
men, George Kreidler, who owns
a 2-0 record, and Warren Gittlen,
medalist against Gettysburg this
week, will sit out the Bucknell
match.
4 Seniors to Play
If Bucknell brings, a seven-man
team, then Rutherford will use his
three senior lettermen—Captain
Rod Eaken, Joe Webb, and Gor
don Stroup—to spearhead the
Lion attack. The final four slots
will be held by three sophomores
and a senior : all of whom are new
comers to the Nittany links this
year.
Boyanowski will play the num
ber four positidn, with Bob Smith,
a senior who has won medalist
honors in the Lions' first two
matches, playing number five.
Ginsberg has been selected for
the number six slot. In the sev
enth position will be another
sophomore. Gerald Gerhart who
lost his opening match of the sea
son at Navy.
Gerhart did not compete against
Gettysburg because the Bullets
play a six-man team. Rutherford
said yesterday that if Bucknell
brings a six-man team Gerhart
will again be lifted from the line
up
Navy Wins, 6-1
Bucknell and Penn State have
had one mutual opponent in the
still-young golf season. The Lions
defeated Navy, 5-2, at• Annapolis
for an opening day victory; but
the Bisons of Bucknell were not
as fortunate against the Middies,
bowing 6-1, with a seven-man
team.
"But we can't go by any such
scores," Rutherford said yester
day. "Bucknell's match with Navy
could have been close in the in
dividual matches, meaning if we
have an off day things could go
against us. Golf is a variable
game, and can't be judged proper
ly by the final team- score." In
dividual scores from the Navy-
Bucknell match were not avail
able.
Rutherford said the match
!would no+ be canceled regardless
'of the wet, rainy conditions. "We
shave never canceled a match."
Vern Stephens had kept the
Orioles in the game, with an
eighth-inning home run that tied
the score. •
In the extra frame, Pierce's bid
for his second victory of the sea
r son was doomed when Billy Hunt
erl singled and Ray Murray knock
ed him home with a long double.
The Orioles then added an insur
ance run when pitcher Joe Cole
man singled home Murray.
Pierce and Coleman both pitch
ed the distance, the Sox lefty
giving up eight hits and Coleman
six—including the single by Bob
Boyd and the double by Sherman
Lollar that provided the lone Sox
run in the second inning.
Until Stephens' second homer of
the season forced the game into
overtime, Pierce, making his best
showing of the young season, ap
parently had the Orioles well in
He had allowed just two
hits up to that point.