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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.
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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. . -
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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.
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