WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954 From This Angle.*. By DICK McDOWELL Collegian Sports Editor THE "INFERNAL NUISANCE' 1 College football took another sock on its well battered kisser last week when Robert M. Hutchins who virtually tore down a legend in. Chicago in 1939, called for the aband onment of the sport in an article “College Football is an Infernal Nuisance*’ published in Sports Illustrated- Hutchens, has been the champion of the footballess cam pus since 1939 when he, as president of the University of Chicago, threw out the sport after it had thrived there for years among the best in the land. • According to the former prexy, the university abandoned the sport because the. game hampered the university’s efforts to become the “kind of institution it aspired to be, one devoted to education, research, ahd scholarship.” • “Intercollegiate football,” he said, “has little to do with any Of of these things and an institution that is to do well in them will have to concentrate upon them and rid itself of irrelevancies, no matter how attractive or profitable. "I believe one of the reasons why we attach such importance to the results of a football game," he adds, "is that we have no clear idea what a is." And he continues his “aUthoratative” article by decrying foot ball as the symbol of college life, even the spiritual core of the mod ern campus. He quoted the late Jeff Cravath: “Nearly ail colleges playing big-tipie schedules have been forced into the open market to obtain their raw material. They must bid for the best players— and make concessions to keep them. The fact. that the system re duces the boys to perjurers, scalpers, and football gigalos is ignored.” It's too bad Mr. Hutchens can't meet a few men like Francis Wallace, the Colliers Magazine sports editor, who sincerely be lieve in sports as a pari of our way of life. Wallace, one of the top football authorities, believes that foot ball and other competitive sports are a direct reflection of life itself. “The game has rules and penalties,” he once said, “and it thrives on conflict, which is actually what our life is-—a conflict.” Hutchens. is undoubtedly right when, he talks. about ah Over emphasis in winning. It has happened in some colleges. But just sonje. Fortunately there are many schools—Penn State for instance —that have kept academic standards in front of the Value of winning. And if he doesn’t think it can’t be done,/he ought to. take a look at this campus. Few colleges ili the country surpass Penn State’s reputation as an institution of higher learning. But yet we win, don’t we? No, we don’t win them' all. Undefeated seasons have been few ahd far between 1 at this campus. But year in and year 6iii, Penn Stale wihs its share, beats Sortie good teams. Occasionally pulls a major upset, and most of the liihe has some part of the nation's sports headlines. But our Mr. Hutchens won’t find “corrupt practices” being used here to build a ; football squad. And he’ll find that students here as in other colleges do come to school to get an education. That however, doesn’t mean they caii’t root like hell for their football team on Saturday afternoon does it? Mr. Hutchens has some good points—if they are aimed in the right direction. But to scream his grievances to college football as a whole is absurd. He. might do well to think back oh his own col lege days and remember just how much football, along with the other sports, meant to him as a student. “No other country,” says Hutchens, “looks to its universities as a prime source of athletic entertainment.” Even if fhis were irue (professional baseball played, to mil 1, lions this summer, and Softball; sahdlbt or otherwise, still draws more spectators than any other sport) it shouldn’t make any dif ference. This is a UniqUe country. It has always championed a struggle, boosted the underdog, hated but respected the strong man, and has lived a wholesome life, a big portion of which, has been dependent on competitive sports. And that’s just where American colleges enter the picture, College students, like other Americans, thrive on conflict, especially on a football field. They still have tlieir favorites and football will never be pushed around like it was in Chicago. ' It’s a good bet that students at the University of Chicago, who otherwise would be rooting for their own school team on Saturday, spend the afternoon in a downtown bar watching the TV game Of the week, and then jourhey over to ''Comesky Park to watch the Cards or the Bears play on Sunday. Basketball Candidates Candidates for varsity and freshman .basketball should report to Recreation Hall Monday, Fresh men will practice from 4 to 6 p.m. and the varsity will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The freshmen are to report to coach Don Swegan and the varsity ho head coach John Egli to get their physical cards. Cy Young won 20 or more games in 14' consecutive seasons in the major leagues. MUTAKY CLEANERS Equal to any occasion: OUR CLEANING AND PRESSING MAKE A SMOOTH PAIR THAT WILL MEET YOUR MOST DISCRIMINATING TASTE. THE SYMBOL OF THE BEST THE QAW( COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Ginsberg Cops All-University Golf Tourney Beta Sigma Rho’s Jim Ginsberg took four straight matches to win the .All-University golf tourna ment Thursday. Ginsberg, a member of Penn State’s varsity goif team, defeated John Boyanowsky in the 24-hole final match to cop the title. After his winning performance Thursday, Ginsberg took to the fairways Friday and tied the course’s iB-hoife record of 63. En route to winning the tourna ment, he defeated Dick Wahl, 1 up; Warren Gitlen, varsity golf captain, 7 and 6; and George Kriedler. in the third match, 4 and 2. Ginsberg was never up during the final match. Until the final hole. Before his final putt he was Within five feet of the cup, while Boyanowsky was 25 feet above the cup. Boyanowsky missed the putt and Ginsberg dropped his for the matching-ending three. Ohio State First In AP Grid Poll By The Associated Press Ohio State, Oklahoma and UC LA ranked 1-2-3 today in the weekly Associated Press college football poli. ■ The three leaders were far ahead of the fourth team, Arkan sas, which jumped from seventh after knocking off previously un beaten Mississippi 6-0. The only explanation for Okla homa’s drop to the No. 2 spot was the fact the Sooners didn’t sparkle in a 21-0 victory over Kansas State,- while Ohio State was beat ing a team many thought might win the Big Ten crown. UCLA won its sixth straight by rocking Oregon State 61-0. . Army advanced to the No. 5 spot from ninth, and West Vir ginia jumped from tenth to sev enth. Notre Dame is sixth, Wis consin Purdue ninth, and Miami of Florida, tenth. Garrity Named Collegian 'Lineman of the Week' The Daily Collegian sports staff has named Nittany Lion co-cajp tain ahd end, Jim Garrity, as its fifth 'lineman of the week’. The. scribes nominated Garrity after his fine performance -in the Lion-TCU skirmish Saturday. The senior gridder was on. the receiv ing end of four passes, boosting his Seasonal total to nine comple tions, covering 106 yaWs. Garrity has also made good on seven of nine extra point attempts in five games. Last year the Nittany stalwart was the East’s number one end ahd 12th across the nation, receiv ing a total of 30 passes, arid con verting successfully on i 7 of 19 PAT attempts. IM Basketball tonight Six intramural basketball games will highlight tonight’s opening card ,of the IM tournament. AI. matches will be in the indepen dent division. Last year’s indepen dent champions, the Sinkers, will Sot defend tlieir title. Fireballs Nip Co-op; Extend Streak to 19 The Fireballs, taking advantage of a driving rainstorm, ex tended their victory streak to 19 straight as they narrowly edged out Nittany Co-op 6-0, in IM football action played last night at Beaver Field. In the remaining games Pershing Rifles heat Beaver House, 6-2, Sigma Chi won out over Phi Kap pa Psi in a sudden death period, 7-6, and the last game between Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi vKappa was postponed because of rain, The Fireballs, after being held scoreless all night, finally tallied when Walt Laska threw a pass to John Pepe on a sleeper play good for 60. yards and the game. Before the score the Fireballs were completely ' outplayed by Nittany Co-op, who threatened in the opening minutes of the first half when they, drove down to the Fireball 2-yard line, only to be stalled on a pass intercep tion by Fufid Williams. Great de fensive play was turned in by Chick‘Young, Fireballs, and Paul Marshall of Nittany Co-op. Ed Nichols, with only 3 minutes left to play in the game, heaved a 55 yard TD pass to Dick Thier to put Pershing Rifles out in front of Beaver House, 6-2. Pershing Rifles then held their lead to win the game. Beaver House tallied when witbf only 2 minutes gone in the first half. Stan Kolodjeski caught Ber.t Altenust in the endzone for a safety. Beaver House dominatecf play throughout the contest threaten ing many times but never being able tcS come up with the deciding tally. In the final minutes of play From recent Student Council minutes: chairman: Next we come to the problem of the appalling dressing-habits of our freshman. VVe have noted such un orthodox attire as long-point collars, garishly colored shirts, some actually made of dotted'swiss! sch. of music rep.: Definitely not in harmony with oUr standards. journalism rep.: To corn a phrase, they ain’t on the ball team. sch. of logic rep.: Why not shoot ’em? med. school rep.: Great idea! I’ll Work up a "Good Taste” serum, refined from some Van Heusen Oxfordian shirts. We’ll inoculate ’em all! ' philosophy rep.: Who cares! law school rep.: (Happily) Yeah, inoculate ’em. Then maybe some of ’em will get sick, and I . . . journalism rep.: Now let’s don’t go all around Red Robin Hood’s barn . . . what we need is a campaign to tell ’em about the Oxfordian . . . the silky, smooth oxford shirts with the smart, modern collar styles. bus. adm. rep.: And don’t forget . . . fine long-staple cotton, Woven tighter to last longer... at the amazing price (thanks to excellent production facilities) of only $4.50. Journalism rep.: I think we got the gem of an idea here somewhere . . . but first off the bag, we gotta . * » med. school rep.: Inoculate ’em. logic rep.: Yeah, shoot ’em, chairman: All in favor of mass inoculation say Aye. (motion carries.) journalism rep.: Maybe some of ’em already wear Van Heusen Oxfordians. Don't shoot ’til you see the Whites of their shirts . . . art school rep.: . . . and the colors! Don’t forget Oxfordians come in the smartest colors this side of a Bonnard or a Klee. philosophy rep.: (eating Tootsie-roll) Who cares! EXCLUSIVE AT HUR'S Van Heusen Shirts Jlitr a OPPOSITE OLD MAIN By FRAN FANUCCI they advanced from their own 15 yard line to the Pershing Rifles’ 45 but again they were stopped as an interception foiled them. In the final contest a dead game Sigma Chi outfit came from behind to defeat Phi Kappa Psi in a sudden death period. Trail ing 6-0 at halftime Sigma Chi with only 2 minutes to play, scored on a pass from Mike Hawk to Bob Vanner from 1 foot out. Phi Psi had scored on a 45 yard pass going from Ron Kutz to Bill Kuhn. The game ended 6-6 with each team being tied in first downs at 3 all. In the sudden death period both teams failed to gain ground i on 3 consecutive plays, but off' the fourth play Phi Kappa Psi was. thrown for a 7 yard loss and lost the game. In Monday night action Mc- Kees Barfers edged by Irvin Hall, 6-0. The Royals swept by McKees Duces 12-7, Delta Tau Delta nosed out Lambda Chi Alpha 1-0, the Phantoms beat the Cougars, ”-0, and in the fifth and final game Tau Kappa Epsilon squeak ed by Chi Phi 8-7. In the latter game ‘both teams Were tied up in score and in first downs when the game ended. But TKE after holding Chi Phi on a series of plays, crossed into their territory to come Up with the victory. PAGE SEVEN
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