PACE SIX
The Sport seer
In keeping in step with the commemoration of the 100th anni
ver.sniy of the Penn State student body, we thought it would be
Interesting to review some of the highlights in Nittany sports history.
Penn State’s debut in the athletic wars, we’re sorry to say,
was a losing one. That was in 1875 when a baseball “team properly
equipped and uniformed’’ was beaten by a local sandlot team from
neat by Milesburg. The score—2B 20.
But since that humble beginning, Penn State's athletic reputa
tion has grown until today the Lions rank among the best in the
nation.
Proof of this latter statement can be found in the National Colle
giate Athletic Association's record books. According to NCAA statis
tics, Penn State is ninth in all-time NCAA championships, winning
10 national titles outright and tying for two more. Southern Cali
fornia is the all-time NCAA champion with 28 crowns claimed in
the NCAA’s 76-year history.
Coach Gene Wettstone's gymnastic teams have won four of
those Lions national championships—l94B, 1953, 1954 and 1957
and Coach Chick Werner’s cross-country teams have won two
(1947 and 1950) and tied for one (1942). The Lion soccermen, under
the tutorship of Ken Hosterman, were national champs in 1955 and
eo-champions in 1956. Other titles went to now-defunct boxing (1932)
and wiestling (1953),
Four Penn Slate learns—two from football and two from soccer
—bar* gone to post-season bowl games. The 1923 football team
was beaten by USC in the Rose Bowl. 14-13. and the 1947 grid
eleven tied SMU in the Cotton Bowl, 13-13. The other two bowl
entries were in the Soccer Bowl—a 2-2 lie with San Francisco in
1949 and a i-1 loss to Purdue Soccer Club in 1950.
In addition to the team crowns. 40 Penn Stater's have won indi
vidual titles, including some of the Blue and White’s all-time greats:
John Romig (1921) two-nule run; Schuyler Enck (1923) mile run;
Nick Vukmamc (1938) hammer throw; Barney Ewell (1940-41) 100,
220; Horace Ashenfelter (1949) two-mile run; Hal Zimmerman (1942)
parallel bars; Chuck Drazenovich (1950) heavyweight boxing; Ho
ward Johnston (1936) 165-pound wrestling; Karl Schwenzfier (1955)
all-around gymnastics; Armando Vega (1957) all-aruind gymnastics;
and John Johnston (1957) 130-pound wrestling.
Penn State has also had 19 men wearing the Blue and White
colors in the Olympic Games, including four who captured gold
medals. Probably the most outstanding of these was Horace Ashen
felter who set a world’s record in winning the 3000-mile steeple
chase in 1952. Two coaches have also tutored American Olympic
entries—Wettstone in gymnastics (1948, 1956) and Werner in track
(1952).
The Lions have also had its share of bonafide All-Americans
loo—nine in football, some 30 plus in soccer and one each ‘in
lacrosse and baseball. The gridiron All-Americans included "Mo
ther'* Dunn (1906 —center). Bob Higgins (1919 —end), Charles
"Gang" Way (1920—halfback), Glenn Killinger (1921—halfback).
Joe Bedenk (1923 guard). Leon Gajecki (1940 center), Steve
Suhey (1947—guard), Sam Tamburo (1948 —end) and Sam Valen
tine (1956—guard.)
Dunn, incidentally, was also an Olympic entry in 1908. And
Bedenk, as you may well know, is still connected with Penn State
as head baseball coach.
In addition, Higgins is one of four Penn State men in the football
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Marauders, Hamilton Bees,
Wildmen Win In IM Cage
With Bart Klien leading thej
way on a 17 counter effort, the
Wildmen swept to its sixth
straight victory in League “C”
of the independent basketball loop
by downing the Skeller Rats,
35-26,
On a terrific team effort, the
Hamilton Bees romped to its sixth
straight victory in League “D”
by overwhelming Hamilton Six,
33-9.
The Marauders moved to a first
Elaco tie with the Wild Men in
cague “C” by chalking up a 36-
20 victory over the Wesley Five,
thus giving them a 6-0 record.
Stan Wynosky took high scoring
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honors for the Marauders by pour
ing in 17 tallies.
In other games, the Slipsticks
edged the Giant Killers, 28-24;
the Distelfinks whipped the Ham
ilton A's, 33-18; and the Favorites
topped the Red Raiders. 27-25.
Fraternity action showed Delta
jTau Delta downing Alpha Zeta,
i 43-27; and Sigma Nil stopping
j Triangle, 16-11.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By Lou Prato
Sports Editor
Can 24-Second
Help Collegiate
By SANDY PADWE
A few years ago professional
basketball appeared doomed. Too
many fouls and game-ending
freezes made the game boring to
watch and as a result not many
fans turned out.
j But then came some new inno
vations-the 24-second rule and
penalty foul shot;
ketball had a ne
Today, it is the
opinion of many
[fans and coaches
around the na
tion that the col
;l egi a t e game
Icouid stand some
[changes s i m ilar
Ito those made by
( the pros.
! Among the
(foremost of these
(proposals area
24- or 30-second
time limit for
'shots, a third referee, outlawing
[of zone defenses and different po
sitions on the foul lanes for the
.team shooting the ball.
[ Recently this reporter had the
opportunity to talk to George
King, assistant coach at West
Virginia and a former NBA star.
and Penn State coach John Egli. [
The two presented different:
arguments for most of the new
proposals. King seemed in favor
of most of the changes while Egli {
favored a status-quo.
The biggest divergence of views
came on the 24-second rule pro
posal. King was highly in favor
of it while Egli was against it.
“College ballplayers get rid of
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limit almost all the time,” said
Egli. “The only time it would be
useful is at the end of the game
when a team is freezing the ball
and you’re .trying to get it.”
King, on the other hand,
thought that the 24-second rule
would give the game a lot of
added excitement. “People don't
go out to watch two defensive
teams Dlay anymore," he com
mented. "They want to see
shooting and scoring. The 24-
second rule gave the people in
NBA cities what they wanted
and look at the results."
King also is one of the coaches
who thinks that a third referee
would make the game much bet
ter. “We used a third ref in a trial
game when I was coaching at
Morris-Harvey College and it
worked fine. The players didn't
try to get away with so much,
and the result was a cleaner and
faster game.”
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are enough for apy game." Egli
said. "The games are clean
enough and go preliy quickly
right now with two refs. I can't
really see how unoiher referee
would help.'*
While King was saying that the
24-second rule would help to
make the college game more like
the pro game Egli was convinced
that the pro'game was stale and
the reason for this was no varia
tion in defenses.
"The zone defenses, used a lot
in college, makes the game more
of a challenge to both coaches and
players,” commented Egli. "It
takes a lot to break a strong
zone.”
One of the last proposals dis
cussed was the one which would
permit players on the offensive
team to take both positions under
the boards while their teammate
was shooting a foul.
Both Egli and King agreed this
would help cut down fouls:
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