3- tm- The Scorebook WITH A SMILE AND A SIGH When the names of Norm Gordon and Bill Olexy are mentioned to cross-country Chick Werner they bring back memories /to the Lion mentor. We mentioned these names to Werner yesterday. He told us of his memories. Gordon and Olexy were two of the finest cross-country runners Werner has ever coached at Penn State. The two were teammates several years, ago. At the end of the regular season fhey used to come up to Werner to tell him tiiat they were going to run in the Berwick Marathon —a nine-mile face against some of the top dis tance runners in the nation. Werner invariably protested. • Werner's usual query of "What do you want to run for?" was always met With the same answer—"So we can win a suit of clothes." The first four runners in the race were given suits, and Gordon and Olexy kept themselves well clothed in this way. Then there was the time on an away trip when Werner re ceived word that the team was complaining about the food. He summoned the squad before him. "What's the trouble and who's complaining?^' Gordon stepped forward and replied; VTm not going to eat those eggs. They may be good for some guys,' but not for me.” “Eggs are on the menu and you’ll eat them,” Werner told Gordon. The controversy went on—should Gordon eat the eggs or shouldn’t he? He didn’t. Wfren jWerner finished his tale of the “egg controversy” he looked across hiis office to Gordon, who is now freshman cross country coach, and said, “Half of these gray hairs I have were put there by you.” Olexy is one of Werner's favorite "characters." One day Olexy called Werner from. New York, saying that he was Jesse Abrham 2on, the track and cross-country sportswriter for the New York Herald-Tribune. "I called to get some information on your team for a story for tomorrow's paper," "Abrhamson" told Werner. What Olexy didn’t know was that Werner knew the sports writer very well and' could immediately tell that Olexy.was up to another of his tricks. Werner held up his end of the conversation, but purposely made no mention of Olexy. Finally the harrier asked Werner “How about this fellow Olexy? I hear he’s pretty good.” This was just what Werner, had been waiting for. "Olexy? Sure, I'll toll you all about him; —he's the screwiest runner I've ever met. He's the kind of guy who. goes around calling up his coach and trying to pretend that he's a, sportswriter. He ..." Werner paused, heard the click of the receiver at the other end, and smiled. AH Film in by 10 a.m. Monda By HERM WEISKOPF Sports Editor CENTRE COUNTY FILM LAB 122 W. Beaver Ave. CENTRE COUNTY FILM LAB THf smtfSSIAN. STATE CQIIEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Comets, OCA, TKE, Dorm 22 Cop SM Wins By FRAN FANUCCI The Comets, utilizing the passing arm of Tom Haley and the excellent pass catching of Bill Capozzoli, easily defeated Dorm 31, 12-o,' in the first game of intramural football played last night at Beaver Field. _ . _. In the remaining games Lambda Chi Alpha squeaked out a 1-0 victory over Phi Sigma Kappa; Monkey A.C. was edged by dorm 22 .7-0, and Tau Kappa Epsilon beat Triangle 13-0. Four plays after the opening kickoff Ha ley passed 26 yards to Capozzoli who in turn heaved it to Gene Wentz who made a circus catch in the end zone for the initial score. The extra point was not made. The Comets threat ened again before time ran out in the first half when Haley again passed 30 yards' to Capozolli on the one yard line but a fired up defense by Dorm 31 tightened up and held. The other score came on a 50 yard pass from Haley to Capozzoli late in the second half. In the second 'game Lambda Chi Alpha registered a first down with only 30 seconds remaining in the first half and this was all they needed to beat Phi Sigma Kappa. Punting featured the game with each team getting off 6 punts KC Franchise Asked If A's Move Team CHICAGO, Oct. 7 (JP) —Arnold Johnsori, Chicago hanker-realtor, said today he would pay the New York Yankees a “reasonable amount” fpr their Kansas City territory if he is able to buy- the Philadelphia A’s and shift the club, to the midjvestern city. The Yankees; whose principal farm club, the Blues of the Amer ican Assn., play in Kansas City, earlier today threatened to block the proposed switch of the A’s unless the payment was adequate for territorial'rights. i Sale of the A’s reaches a show down stage at a meeting Of league owners here Tuesday. Johnson,' already aware the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers are on record as opposing the A’s shift, declined to state what he would regard as an ade quate payment to the Yankees. Six of the eight league clubs must' approve a franchise shift. “I' have known right along ■ I must make restitution to the Yan kees and to the American Assn.,” said Johnson. “I intend to be fair about it.” Dan Topping, Yankee president, has . pointed out -that« Baltimore of the Interritaional League re ceived between $306,000 and $350,- 000 when the . St. Louis Browns were shifted to that city a year ago. . - BIG DEALER KICKOFF... On Photo Finishing Service! Save 15 e Per Pell ©I Film Here for a limited time is one of the biggest offers of the year. All rolls of film brought in before 10 a.m. Tiiesday will be processed with free develop- ing. BRING YOUR FILM TO: CANDY CANE —12 S College Ave. REA & DERICK - 121 S. Allen St. 122 W. BEAVER AVE. Will Be Finished by 5 p.m. That Afternoon Dorm 22 Wins In another independent contest Dick Ayers of Dorm’ 22 inter cepted a pass on his own 40 and raced the rest of the way for the only score of the game. ■. Stan • Cheslock was the big ground gainer for the night as he got away for many long runs, one being 35 yards right through the middle of the line. ' In the last game played, Tau Kappa Epsilon scored two touch downs in the first half to score an ■ easy victory over Triangle. Mike Znacho passed for both TD’s. The first touchdown cov ered only one yard with Sil Pa tellis scoring. The second TD was scored by Duane Buck on a 30 yard pass. The extra point try was -good. Wednesday Action In Wednesday night action two runaways and two low scoring games dominated the play. In the initial game of the. night Dorm 34 edged out Aungst Aggies’ 1-0 in ah overtime contest. The second game ended in al most the same predicament as the first when the Eagles, with only 30 seconds left to play, scored a first down and edged out. the Triple-Threats 1-0. Delta Upsilon, riding on th|e passing arm of Dave Adams, swept by Sigma Phi Epsilon 26-0. Adams threw three touchdown passes and ran 10 yards for an other as he sparked DU to its first win of the year. In the final contest of the night Phi Gamma Delta overwhelmed Pi Kappa Phi 22-0. Chuck Chris tiansen was the whole show as he intercepted two passes and. rah for touchdowns on both of them. Penn State’s athletic director, E. B. McCoy, is a former Univer sity of Michigan player, coach and administrator. PAGE
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