WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1955
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This season Penn State's indoor track quartet will be trying to maintain its place
in the spotlight. Last year's squad ranked among the finest in the nation's history. To
gether with Manhattan and Morgan State; the Lions took part in what was rated as the keen
est mile relay competition ever witnessed on the banked boards.
The mile relay is regarded as the No. 1 crowd-pleaser of indoor programs. Last season
the Nittany baton-passers finished first three times, third twice, and fourth once.
Penn State coach Chick Werner, who did not keep the same lineup for all mile relay
races, will once agaip have the services of four stars who ran for the record-smashing squad
last year. Art Pollard, Dave Leathem, Roy Brunjes, and Skip Slocum will be on hand
for another campaign. 011ie Sax,
anchorman last season, will be the
only one missing.
In the first race of the 1954 sea
son, Pollard, Leathem, Brunjes,
and Sax broke the Inquirer Meet
record to cop the Liberty Bell Tro
phy with, a winning time of 3:23.8.
The old mark of 3:24 had been set
in • 1950 by Villanova.
Morgan State Wins
The following night Morgan
State took command in the Wash
ington Evening Star meet, with
Manhattan placing second and the
Lions third. Manhattan then took
its turn at top of the triumvirate
by winning the mile relay in Bos
ton a week later. Morgan State
placed second and Penn State
third in the Boston meet.
Then came what will be remem
bered as one of the finest duels
ever held on the boards of Madi
son Square Garden. Pollard led off
for the Lions in the Millrose
Games and sped to an 0:50. quar
ter before passing the baton to
Brunjes, who covered his lap in
0:50.4. Slocum then posted an
0:50.2 to give the Lions the edge
as Sax took over for the final
circuit. With Manhattan's Lou
Top Collegian Sports Photos of 1954
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TOP SPORTS PHOTOS picked by the Daily Collegian sports staff
included Lenny Moore's galloping form as he clicked off yardage
against West Virginia—the form that netted him two ground
gaining titles last fall. Art Pollard strains to meet the tape to
finish the 100-yard•dash in 9.6 to tie the Penn State record when
the Lions dropped Michigan State College, 71-60. Eastern wrest
ling titlist Jerry Maurey calmly slams his Syracuse opponent to
to the mat during the Easterns at Cornell last spring. Soccer
fullback Gerry Gillispie puts his full body in a jumping and lean
ing motion as he 'out-heads" his Navy opponent in a scramble
for the ball when the Lions dropped the Middies 2-o—one of the
soccermen's nine consecutive wins. The last boxing champion to
come out of Penn State was Adam Kois, 178-pounder who dropped
Don Quarles, North Carolina A & T for the National Collegiate
crown. Boxing died in March when the University dropped the
sport. Earl Fields does a flip over a Carnegie Tech forward in a
di fi -1( -• ball the Limo the" - third, d. - the
Jones closing the gap with a sen
sational 0:47.8 quarter, Sax was
pushed to a speedy 0:49.1 running
to give Penn State a close victory
in another record-wrecking per
formance. The Nittany time of
3:19.7 was a new Penn State mark.
Werner pulled a "Casey Sten
gel" in the New York AC meet,
juggling his lineup and still com
ing up with a winning combina
tion. Slocum was moved up to
the starting position, with Lea
them, Brunjes, and Pollard follow
ing. The Lions' time of 3:22.5 was
god enough to edge Manhattan
for another win..
Fourth in IC4A's
However, in the IC4A champion
ship meet Penn State placed
fourth. A last-lap drive by Sax
cut Manhattan's 10-yard lead and
gave the Lions a victory in their
heat. But Princeton, Colgate, and
Harvard posted better times, in
other heats and finished ahead of
the Lions.
Pollard, Brunjes, and Slocum
have been named by Werner as
the nucleus of this year's relay
quartet, with either Rod Perry or
Don Matz rounding out the squad:
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Leathem, Jack Morin, and Bruce
Austin all have a good chance of
cracking the foursome, but will
ncc be here until next semester.
With the new year already Here,
and with a new season fast ap
proaching, Werner is mastermind
ing the destiny of a new mile re
lay team in an attempt to keep
it in the or spotlight.
Parker Signs
One-Year Pc ct
DETROIT, Jan. 4 (!P)—Coach
Buddy Parker today signed a one
year football contract with the
Detroit Lions which he said was
bigger and better than last year
and "just the way I wanted it."
Parker., who previously had cer
tain "advantage_" over last year's
pact, but declined to say what
they were. However, he did say
the terms were "completely new."
Informed :sources said Parker;
probably will -make $30,000 as al
base salary with 10 per cent of thel
profits as a yearend bonus.
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Grid w. oaches Seek
3 kor Changes
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (/P)—The rules committee of the
American College Football Coaches Assn. today recommended
three relatively minor changes for next season as the decks
were cleared for the main business of the winter meetings
of the NCAA and. its allied bodies.
Football Deaths
Increase in 1954
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (?P)—For
the second straight year football
fatalities showed an alarming rise
during the 1954 season, but there
is no evidence at hand to connect
this increase vith the return of
one-platoon football.
The annual 23rd report of Dr.
Floyd Eastwood of Los Angeles
State College co the American
Football Coaches' Assn. showed
19 deaths directly attributable to
football and six indirect fatali
ties during the 1954 season. This
was the highest total since 1949
and almost seven per cent higher
than the average in the 23 years
re.!ords have been kept.
As in previous years, most of
the fatalities resulted from high
school football, which retained the
two-platoon system after the col
leges abolished it two years ago.
The sudden increase in high
school deaths was regarded by Dr.
Eastwood as "the most disturbing
factor." In 1953 there were only
six deaths directly due to high
school football, one of the lowest
figures.
The recommendations will be
presented to the full membership
of the coaches tomorrow, and, if
they are accepted, to the NCAA
rules committee next week.
Should Get Okay
The recommendations never
have been turned down in the past
by the coaches' body, so it's a fore
gone conclusion that they'll go
through.
1. Slight liberlaization of the
substitute rule. This would allow
a player who starts a quarter to
reenter once during the same
quarter. A player who , doesn't
start the period may not reenter.
Coach Lou Little of Columbia said
this never has been tried before
and that he doesn't think there
would be any trouble with illegal
substitutes.
'Sucker Shift.'
2. An addition to the rule on
false starts or the "sucker" shift.
The present rule would be con
tinued with the added note that
"once a lineman has taken his
place on the line of scrimmage and
assumed or simulated a three-or
four-point stance, thereafter there
can be no movement before the
start - of play." But if he merely
takes a two-point stance with his
hands on his knees, he still may
shift.
3. Allow the use of an elevated
T to get the ball three inches off
the ground. This, the coaches say,
would make for better kickoff
plays.
Olson-Moore Bout
SOught by Norris
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (IP)—A Bo
bo Olson-Archie Moore bout for
the world light heavyweight title
at a New York ball park in June
is in the works for the summer
season.
Jim Norris, president of the In
ternational Boxing Club, said to
da- • he already had started nego
tiations for the match between
the two champions.
The last meeting between mid
dleweight and light heavy kings
was the Sugar Ray Robinson-Joey
Maxim pairing in the steaming
heat June 25, 1952.
Three Unbeaten Teams
Penn State produced unbeaten
teams in soccer, gymnastics and
track during the 1954 sports year.
During spring training the Mil
waukee Braves will meet the
Brooklyn Dodgers 11 times.
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