IpiIIpAR9VMY., APRIL P7.' 1915.1
The
Scorebook
THE LAST PAGE
The Scorebook swings open for the last time, but before it closes
I would like to jot down a few notes of thanks. The last year is the
hardest—watching my last football game; seeing Jesse Arnelle drop
one last hook shot; "pulling" for victories--And the last column is
even harder. How do you say "thanks" for a touchdown, a field goal,
a victory? But it's time to thank those who helped me, thrilled me,
and inspired me. I owe so much to so many that it seems unfair to
bow more graciously in one' direction than in another. But before
I bow out I'd like to tip the ol' straw hat in the direction of Penn
State track and field coach Chick Werner.
I have worked with the Lion track mentor for the past three
years, covering cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track.
Among other things, Werner taught me to love ... the sport to which
he has dedicated his life. Yesterday on the wet, green grass of
Beaver Field I interviewed Chick Werner for the last time. Yester
day on the *►et, green grass of Beaver Field he told me "his" story.
Charles D. Werner was one of the greatest names in the history
of U.S. hurdling, and it all started many years ago when hi got a
ticket to go to the National Collegiate Athletic Association outdoor
track and field championships at Stagg Field in Chicago. It was
there that Werner—then a high school track star in the Chicago
suburbs—became fascinated with the sport. Earl Thompson, now
bead track and field coach at Navy, set a record in the high hur
dles event In this title meet, "I was fascinated," Werner said,
~ because I couldn't see how anyone could run so fast with those
things in front of him; I guess the 'bug' ieally started biting me
there."
It was not until Werner went to the University of Illinois that
he really began making a name for himself. "I wasn't much good
at anything." the Lion coach admits, "but I was fascinated by the
hiirdlet." And so it wear—hour after hour of gruelling practice and
heartache. And then came the records.
Werner's No. 1 thrill came during a preliminary heat at the
National Amateur Athletic Union's championship meet "about 1927."
But let Werner tell it: "That was the year I won the title. Well, in
this preliminary heat I hit the third hurdle. I fell down, rolled over,
and then got up. By that time everyone, had passed me, and they
were all pretty good ;nen. My coach had turned his head and walked
away when I fell down, and by the time he turned around again I
had won the race." Werner competed for the Illinois Athletic Club
in that race and John Behr was his coach. Behr has been an Olympic
boxing coach, but he earned his greatest distinction by developing
Joe Louis—the famous Brown Bomber and kingpin of the ring world.
Werner had a hand in setting five world records—four by him
self and one with a medley relay team. Probably the best performance
ever turned in by Werner came one night in New York City when
he took part in a series of hurdles events from 40 to 80 yards and' won
all three, setting world marks in two races.
Following his days of active competition Werner moved into
the freshman track coaching spot at Illinois and soon was elevated
to the varsity position. But Werner is now in the midst of his 22nd
season as head coach at Penn State—a job which has earned him
the title of one of the most highly successful and respected coaches
in the nation. When the U.S. team went to Helsinki, Finland, for
the 1852 Olympic Games, Werner had •a spot on the coaching staff.
This trip resulted in Werner's biggest thrill as a coach, for it was
at Helsinki's enormous stadium that one of his pupils—Horace
Ashenfeltfor—pulled one of the greatest upsets in the history of the
sporting world. This was the occasion of Ashionfelter's "miracle
victory" over Russian ace Vladimir Saltykov in the 3000-meter
steeplechase grind.
But mixed in with the many thrills, heartaches, and disappoint
ments have been an ample share of laughs. Werner likes to recall
the time he took his Illinois team to the Texas Relays. Before leaving,
Werner had been instructed by the athletic director to warn the boys
not to take any silverware or other items from the places where
they ate. Werner passed the word along to his boys before they
stopped to eat at a restaurant in Austin. All the boys got• up from
the table before Werner did. Werner got up, grabbed his coat, and
as he walked over to the counter to pay the bill he drew a cold stare
from the waitress. "Okay," she said, "you can take that silverware
out of your pockets now." The amazed coach had a hard time ex
plaining his innocence until he spied his boys standing in front of
the restaurant laughing.
Then there was the time on the train coming back from Michi
gan when one of his athletes was showing off some trick toys he
had picked up. Hi was astounding his teammates with some hand
cuff tricks. Finally, the boy got Werner to consent to get in on the
gag. The trackman handcuffed himself to Werner and threw the
key out the window. And there they sat, vainly trying to get the
handcuffs off. When they got off to eat at a diner several of the
boys went in first and told the people there not to worry and that
Werner was merely a prisoner who was being transported from
one jail to another. Only after he had taken his seat in the diner
did the gagster admit he had thrown away a fake key and un
handcuffed him.
One time at Annapolis the night before a meet with Navy,
Werner crawled into bed after everyone else had supposedly gone
to sleep. But much to his surprise he soon found that his boys were
laughing with glee as he tried to outmaneuver a cat which had been
placed in his bed.
f And so it has gone for the silver-haired coach. But this is the
last page in The Scorebook and there's just enough room left to say
"thanks to everyone for everything."
$7 HERM WEISKOPF
Assistuit Sports EdLW
MI DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Thinclads Will Enter
4 Penn. Relay Events
Track Coach Chick Werner announced yesterday that the Lions' thinclad team in the 61st annual
Penn Relay Carnival set for Franklin Field this weekend will enter 14 events. As for his tentative lineup
Werner said "just about the same group of boys" that ran in the Ohio Relays last week will make the
trip to the two-day track extravaganza scheduled for Philadelphia's Franklin Field Friday and Satur.
day,
Werner said the Lions will be represented in the 440-yard, 880-yard, four-mile, two-mile, and
mile relays plus the distance med
ley,
sprint medley, and 480-yard
shuttle hurdle relays. Individual
entries will be in the 120-yard
high hurdles, 100-yard dash, dis
cus, shot, pole vault, and Broad
jump.
Art Pollard will enter the 100-
yard dash as the Relay's defend
ing champ. Pollard ran a winning
0:09.8 last year to win the invi
tation race after running a 10.1
in his preliminary heat.
Pollard, Bruce Austin, Dave
Leathern and Jack Morin will run
the quarter-mile relay. Werner,
who said his lineup still may be
changed after tonight's practice
session, said Harry Mitchell, a
sophomore, "may replace some
body."
The four-mile , relay will be
run by Doug Moorhead; Jim
Pastorius, and Ted Garrett, plus
the winner of a practice run set
for tonight between John Chill
rud. Paul Roberts. and Don
Mowry.
Moorhead plus Al Terrill, Skip
Slocum, and Bob, Matz, will run
the two-mile relay. In the half
mile Moorhead, Pollard, Austin,l
and Leathem will get the call.
Terrill has been assigned the 880
chore in the distance medley run
with Austin running the 440 leg.
Slocum, Pastorius. or Moorhead
will get the three-quarter mile as
signment. Ted Garrett, Moorhead,
or ,Pastorius will run the final
mile leg.
In the 120-yard high hurdles
sophomore Rod Perry and Bill
Youkers, who have carried the
Lions in the last two meets with
first-place wins, have been
named.
Pollard. Austin, Leathern, and
Morin will run the mils relay
and the sprint relays. Captain
Rosey Grier and Charley Block
son. a Junior, will put the shot
and throw the discus while
sophomore Herb Hollowell en
ters the broad jump and Harry
Fuehrer the pole vault. No Penn
State entries will be made in
the 'high jump or javelin.
Werner, who has pooled his
strength for the Penn carnival ra
ther than split his team between
the Drake Relays in Des Moines,
Icikva, and the Penn event which
will be run at the same time, will
have his 440, 880, and distance
medley squads plus his hurdlers,
and broadjump, shot, and discus
entries entering Friday afternoon's
action. On Saturday the finals in
the shot put and broadjump plus
the pole vault, one, two, and four
mile relays, the 100-yard dash,
and the shuttle hurdle relays will
be run.
The Lions' 480-yard shuttle
hurdle relay entry will be made
up of the same team that scored
a first-place win .at the Ohio
State Relays Saturday with a 1:-
01.7. Perry and Youkers will head
the attack with sophomore Bob
Young and Gary Seybert com
pleting the quartet.
In America's largest track
show eight relay championships
for colleges, four for high
schools, two for preparatory
schools. 11 special track and
field events, in addition to 63
Assorted class relays for col
leges, high schools, and pre
paratory schools and elemen
tary schools will be included in
elemen
tl►e program. More than 3100
athletes, a record number, are
expected to compete.
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Major Leag
Athletics Sign Raschi
KANSAS CITY, April 26
Vic Basch', one-time ace of the
New York Yankees wh o was
waived out of both leagues and
unconditionally released by the
St. Louis Cardinals last week, was
signed today by the Kansas City
Athletics.
Terms of Raschi's contract were
not announced.
President Arnold Johnson said
Raschi will report to Kansas City
Friday. The veteran righthander
will work out with the club sev
eral days before seeing action.
Tigers Win, 3-2
DETROIT, April 26 (/F --Al Re
line, leading off in the ninth,
smashed a towering home run
high. into the upper left center
field seats and gave the Detroit
Tigers a 3-2 victory over the Bal
timore Orioles today at frigid
Briggs Stadium.
A crowd of 1319 saw the 20-
year-old outfielder hammer a 1-1
pitch off Ery Palice for his fifth
home run of the young season.
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Yanks Win, 3.0
CHICAGO, April 26 (rP)—Fast
balling Bob Turley of New York
throttled Chicago with a fine one
hitter and 10 strikeouts for a 5-0
shutout victory which moved the
Yankees into first place over the
White Sox today.
It was the first one-hitter in
either league.
Notching his third straight via
tory against no defeats, Turley
boosted his season strikeout total.
to 2" as he allowed catcher Sherm
Lollar the only Sox hit, a clan
single to center, in the second.
Indians Nip Senators
CLEVELAND, April 26 CM
Righthander Bob Lemon slugged
a home run over the rightfl,ld
fence today to grab his fourth win
of the season as his Cleveland In•
dians beat the Washington Na
tionals 3-2.
Newest member of the Penn
State varsity staff is John Egli,
who recently completed his brat
year as basketball chief.
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