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Victory
Boosts
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upset o; er Syracuse last Sat
in day, the Penn State football
learn settled down to a hard
week of practice in , preparing
itself for the underrated Cru
saders.
At the beginning of the season,
Holy Cross was thought of by the
forecasters as being a mediocie
team which would win a few,
lose a•few. with a tie here and
There. Well, the Crusaders have
won a few-4 lost even fewer
--2 and bad their ties-2.
After their win over Syracuse.
the experts are looking for a reat
dogfight at Worcester, Saturday.
As Lion Coach Rip Engle put it,
"Their win over Syracuse certain
ly can't harm them."
Coach Frank Patrick, who
scouted the Crusaders for the
Lions, brought back a report
that shows his respect for Coach
Eddie Anderson's team. "ll'll be
an even-steven affair." he said.
After hearing the weekly Mon -1
day night scouting report, Engle!
said of the Crusaders: "Holy
Cross is a real - trong. capable
team with a great passer (quarter
back, Tommy Greene) and a good
record." He looks for a hard
fought contest Saturday.
Looking back at his club's per- Sabol's selection to this week's has cast aside his sling and is
fornuince against Marquette, En-; all-East team. now going through running ex
gle said that the Lions did not Engle expressed satisfaction ercises at the Lions practice
play a very good game overall:with the performance of his sec-
sessions.
"We played good in spots—good and unit running backs—Maurice Jacks, however, still can not
enough to win," he said. "I just Schleicher. Eddie Caye and Pat.operate with enough efficiency to
hope we have a couple of good Botula—who he said "ran very warrant his dressing for the Holy
games left in our system because hard." He added that Caye and Cross game. But, there is a very
we'll need them." he added, re-•Botula, both sophomores. were quiet hope that he may possibly
ferring to the calibre of the Lions"coming along pretty well." be ready for Pittsburgh in two
last two opponents—Holy Cross The Lions came out 01 the Mar- weeks. "It's a good feeling to see
and Pittsburgh. , quette contest without any ser- him Out there," Engle said.
Individually, Engle said that sous casualties through injuries. The other two major Lion cas
he did not think any of the None of the traveling squad was ualties, Willard (Bull) Smith and
players were exceptionally out- banged up hard enough to force Bruce Gilmore, are reported as
standing, but did say that Cap- an absence from practice. progressing satisfactorily from
lain and guard Joe Sabol did a Along that line. Penn State their injuries. However, it is
very good job—probably the hopes were given a slight boost .doubtful that either of them will
best from an individual stand- —and it is very slight—with the be ready for the Crusaders come
point. This was born out with news that quarterback Al Jacks Saturday:
Sabol Tabbed
For All-East
Team of Week
,
Joe Sabol, Penn Stale foot- Skeller Rats over the Travelerseach
ball team Captain and guard. highlighted Monday's intramural Other players that shot for dou
was named to the Eastern Col- basketballaction at Recreation ble figures were Dick Hoak,
.Chuck Myers, Vince Pecoraro,
lege Athletic Conference's all- Hall. Harvey Haddock, Joe Funk, Dick
East team of the week for his Other action saw Linden Five Gross, Frank McVey and Andy
performance against the Mar- beat the College Co-Op. 18-13:IPagniani.
quette Hilltoppers last Sat
:the Gnary defeat the Spaniels,? The Gnarps, the Tribe, the Zips.
33-6; the Tribe wallop the K-;the Skeller Rats, the J.O.'s and
urday. ;Boys. 43-16: the Zips defeat theithe Celtics each copped their sec-
Sabol is the third Lion to re- Hounds, 37-24; the J. o.'s beat the'ond victories of the young-
court
ceive the honor. Ends Jack Faris All Stars, 50-33; the Rams win season due to their Monday
*lid Les Walters. w over Wesley Five. 43-27; the Cel-wins.
twice to the all-
East team, pre
ceded him.
Sabo! played
his best game of
the year against
the Hilltoppers
when he made a
high number of
tackles and also
set up the Lions'
second touch
down when he
intercepted a
pass on the Mar- Sabel
uette 45 and returned 1: to the
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guaid. is shown checking cr.d Ron Markiewicz (1) during a Lion
football passing scrimmage la , t night. Pass defense is expected
to be stressed in Lion practice because of Holy Cross' potent
aerial attack.
Skeller Rats' Second
Paces IM Cage Action
A close 19-13 victory by the Brad Grandovic with 13 markers
tics edge Nittany 41, 28-26, and: Every independent team 'has
the Panthers defeat Stan's Men, now played in at least one game.
15-9. The Indies will now be forced to
Earl Sands of the All Stars,!share the basketball limelight,
was the leading scorer of the since fraternity teams have now
night, in a losing cause, as he entered local court play.
scored 21 points. Pete Logan was,
runner-up in the scoring depart-. Open Tourney Now
ment as he scored 17 points to For the first time. the Eastern
pace the Tribe attack. Intercollegiate Gymnastics League
Walt Thomas of the Rams, net- championships will be converted
ted 15 points to aid his team-Into an open tournament to at
mates to their victory over the tract outstanding gymnasts from
Wesley Five. Other leading scor- non-competing scho o 1 s. Penn
ers were Art Pharhoh with 14 State will be host to the tourney
counters and Pete Hoffman and March 7-8, 1958.
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It's the best . . .
MUSIC?
What a treat . . .
BEVERAGES?
Can't be beat!
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THE ATHLETE ISN'T A GOON
After reading an Ql - fide in the current issue of Life magazine
entitled "SAD NEWS FROM THE CAMPUS NOBODY LOVES
THE FOOTBALL HERO NOW," this writer learned to appreciate
,Penn State all the, more. The article was rotten—true, but rotten.
But happily, it doesn't pertain to Penn State. " •
We're not going to get up on a pedestal and say that the article
is all wet—it isn't. And we're not going to say that all football
heroes should be glorified—they shouldn't, not all of them, at least.
The point we want to make is that this lack of hero-worship
ping has brought about a more serious threat than the loss of
praise for an individual athlete. What it has fatally brought with
it is a lack of school spirit. -
You say so what, you still go to the game and cheer, but as the
Life article pointed out, the game has become secondary to the
"open-air socializing (which is) a prelude to some serious indoor
partying later."
So what? Well, we go along with the partying end of the deal
just as much as anyone. But when it is carried to an extreme that
makes the athlete, the team, the school and, its supposedly high
spirit, secondary to some other spirits, then it's time for an over
haul job of the whole system.
"There are fashions in these things," says one Michigan faculty
member. "It is as unfashionable to glorify an athlete right now ,
as it is to be a member of the Teamsters Union. The football'player
is the figure of physical prowess, and 'intellectualism is in. fashion.
Attending games is still acceptable under the new standards . . .
But - any manifestation of !gung-ho' is frowned upon as being in
poor taste."
This downgrading trend has been created by the very group
that once did the most to maintain the football hero and the gung
ho school spirit—the undergraduates. The fashion says that when
the undergrad meets this athlete who fights for his school every fall
Saturday, he should find him a rough, uncouth fellow incapable
of discussing earth satellites or, for that matter, even the earth-
The three outstanding reasons given for the student change—
besides that its "just the thing to do"—are platooning, the returning
veteran and the bands. It is easy to see the lack of interest brought
about by platooning—very few fans can follow all the changes.
And it must be admitted that students attending college under the
G.I. bill just aren't the "gung-ho" kind. They have passed their
apathy clown to the following classes.
. Through this column so far, we have been hinting that it
could happen here—and maybe it is leaning a little to the left of
right, but we think that you realize we have some of the greatest__
guys on this campus on - our athletic teams.
Top-notch players and fellow students like Captain Joe Sabo],
Al Jacks, Ben Williams, Pete Shopa, Richie Lucas, Les Walters,
Bill Wehmer, Sammy Stellatella, Bud Kohlhaas, Steve Garban and
many others tlit you know and like personally.
And we don't think any of the unmarried ones mentioned above
have any trouble dating coeds on this campus like those stated in
.he -Life article. Northwestern's star guard Al Viola presented the
case for the athletes on the Northwestern campus:
"There are two kinds (of coeds)—those who say they're inter
ested in dating players and those who won't admit it. These girls
are from very fine families and they date us because we don't
take them to the Pump Room or the Palmer House. Maybe they're
slumming, but they love it. There are plenty of coeds who give it
that 'Look, there go the animals' routine. But the animals make out
all right."
There are many problems in the face of the revival of the
national gridiron hero and the ensuing revival of a national school
spirit. But as we stated in The second paragraph of this column,
this problem doesn't pertain to Perm State—and we're glad of it.
Keep up the spirit. We see you at Pitt.
1958
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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1957
By MATT MATHEWS •
Assistant Sports Editor
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