SATURDAY, SEPTEMB
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With today’s Penn State -V.M.I. game marking the be
ginning of the end for Beaver Field it’s only fitting that we
should devote this column to one of Penn State’s all-time
football greets “Heff” Hershman.
Hershrrtfen played with the Lion team which christened
Beaver Field in 1909. On. Oct, 2, of that year, “Heff” and
his teammates ran all over Grove ★ ★
City, 31-0.
The Lions went undefeated that
season, winning five and tying
two. Hershman was the fullback
on a team which boasted Hall-of-
Famer Pete Mauthe, Bull Mc-
Cleary, Dick Harlow and Larry
Vorhis.
"That was some team," Hersh
man said yesterday afternoon
while sitting in the Beaver
Field stands watching this
year's squad go through a brisk
warmup.
Hershman, a mining engineer
who has traveled all over the
world since leaving State, is back
on campus for a visit. “I’ve been
a lot of places,” he said, “but this
is the best one to come back to.”
Getting back to the 1909 team,
Hershman went down the list
of teams the Lions played and
nominated the Carlisle game as
best. . -
“The Indians were always good
and Pop Warner had a real out
standing team in 1909. They had
Jim Thorpe in the backfield and
two great linemen in Wauseka
and “Little Old Man."
"Wauseka was as broad as
he was tall and Little Old Man
was a giant. He was S-4. Trying
to get through them wasn't easy
but we did it and went on to
win," Hershman said with a
smile.
Hershman also listed the Pitt
game as another good one that
season. “They were our top rival
then just like they are now,” he
said, “and we upset them too."
Asked the inevitable question
of comparing today’s game with
the game of the past, Hershman
said the biggest difference was in
the attitude and training of play
ers.
"I'm not belittling any of to
day's players," he said, "but
we played a harder brand of
ball because we had to. We
didn't have the protection and
equipment that today’s boys
have and we didn't have any
substitutes. The game then was
a lot tougher. When you got
knocked out nobody came in,
you just stayed in there.
“Another big difference then
was the closeness of the players.
We were as close as brothers. We
slept together, ate • together, and
did everything together. We used
to live in the old track house and
we sure had our good times.
"Today all the boys do is
practice together lor a few
hours, eat a meal and go their
own ways. It never used to be
that way. We knew each other,
inside and out and our per
formances showed it."
Hershman lists “Mother” Dunn,
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Mauthe, McCleary and an end
named Dex Very as some of the
top football players he ever saw.
“Both Very and Bull (Mc-
Cleary) should have been All-
Americans but they weren't,”
Hershman said. “In those days
you didn’t make All-American if
you didn’t play for an Ivy-League
team.”
Hershman failed to say that
he received honorable mention
on Walter Camp’s All-American
team three times.
“Yes,” the old-timer sighed, “we
sure had plenty of fun in those
days. We really played for the
Glory of Old State.”
Sooner Illness
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CHICAGO (/P) The sudden
illness of a dozen Oklahoma foot
ball team members two days be
fore their season’s opening game
with Northwestern took on an
elusive flavor yesterday.
Several of the players became
violently ill after they finished
a fruit salad ordered with their
steak dinners in a Chicago night
club Thursday night. Possible con
tamination of the salads first was
suspected because of this.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
With
By Sandy Padwc
Collegian Sports Editor
"Hett" Hershman
... welcome back
it if it
Sooners To
Open With
Wildcats
By JACK CLARY
Associated Press Sports Writer
Oklahoma, its ranks weak
ened by an attack of food poi
soning Thursday night, goes
after a redhot Northwestern
football team today as the col
lege football season has its
first full Saturday.
The Sooners have 12 players,
including five first stringers, on
the sick list. Six players, includ
ing first team quarterback Bobby
Boyd, co-captain and tackle Gil
mer Lewis and first string center
Jim Davis spent Thursday night
in a Chicago hospital and were
kept in bed yesterday.
Two other starters, co-captain
Brewster Hobby and Jimmy
Carpenter, both halfbacks, were
also stricken but did not require
hospitalization.
} Coach Bud Wilkinson said he
expected all 12 to see action af
ter keeping them under physi
cian’s care yesterday with intra
venous feeding and complete rest.
The Sooners, ranked second in
the Associated Press poll, are
banking on fullback Prentice
Gautt, who was not one of those
affected, to carry their offensive
load in the nationally televised
game NBC-TV, 3:30 p.m. EDT.
Northwestern, a Big Ten team
which matured last year as sophs,
will counter with its offensive
twins, quarterback Dick Thorn
ton and halfback Ron Burton.
Louisiana Stale, fop ranked
in the first week's Associated
Press poll and in the pie-season
rankings, plays ninth-ranked
Texas Christian tonight in Ba
ton Rouge, La. Both were vic
tors in opening tills last week.
LSU put on a second-half drive
io beat Rice 26-3 and TCU
struggled past Kansas 14-7.
LSU performed before a Na
tional TV audience and there were
grumblings throughout the week
that the Bayou Bengals and their
famed three platoons didn't show
what was expected after the big
build-up. Coach Paul Dietzel
thought so too and has warned
of severe shakeups if the Tigers
don't untrack themselves.
TCU, last year’s Southwest
Conference champ and a co-fa
vorite with Southern Methodist
this year, has big Jack Spikes to
lead the attack and tackle Don
Floyd to help stop LSU. The
Horned Frogs are 10 point under
dogs.
Army No. 7, under new Coach
Dale Hall, opens against Boston
College. Wisconsin No, 8 be
gins against Stanford.
Big Ten power Ohio State opens
its season at home to Duke and
Penn State meets Virginia Mili
tary in the South’s top intersec
tional games .Georgia plays Van
derbilt and Florida meets Missis
sippi State in two SEC games.
Lions Booters Open
At Bucknell Today-
The Penn State soccer team will be looking for a good
start on its 16th straight winning season when it takes on
the Bucknell Bisons at 1:30 this afternoon on the Bison’s
home field.
With a starting unit that has exhibited a great amount
of potential on the practice field, ★ * *
the Lion booters are hoping to , . ....
make it' 23 straight wins over ' ’
Bucknell. '
The Lions gave a good account
of themselves earlier in the week
when they whitewashed Lock Ha
ven. 5-0, in a scrimmage game.
A point that could further boost
the hopes of the Nittany booters
for their opening test is that last
Saturday Lock Haven downed
Bucknell by an 8-4 score.
Heading the Nittany lineup
is newly elected captain. Pete
Wadsworth, a two-year veteran
who plays outside right on the
forward line. Handling the oth
er wing slot is Lou Van Rafel
ghem, a leilerman in 1957 who
returned to Penn State this
season after a year's absence.
Right inside will be taken by
.junior Gene Raiford, while the
left inside position goes to sopho
more sensation Howard Fairer.
In the key slot at center for
ward is Loron Kline, who suc
cueeds Bill Fiedler and Gary
Miller at this difficult spot. Mill
er, however, should be able to
return to -the lineup next week,
according to Hosterman.
Taking over the second line
positions up front will be Fred
Tappert, Tony Matei, Dick Cup
len, Julius Besousko, and Jim
Hockenbrock.
On the halfback slots are jun
iors, Carlos Artiz. BUI Rierson,
and senior, Ed Ackley. While
all three starters are seasoned
veterans. Coach Hosterman is
faced with the serious problem
of only three replacements in a
position that wears a player
down fast. With no sophomore
in the halibaclc unit, Hosterman
is left with only senior, Fred
Kochey. and juniors, Burnan
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Leading the fullback contingent
are veteran Wayne Rodgers and
A! Nieto, transfer from Vene
zuela. Two sophomore standouts,
Ken Link and Phil Gum, should
also see plenty of action in to
day’s game, accordmglo Hoster
man.
Also on call for the fullback
slots are Dick America, John
Miller, Ed Naujoks, and Dave
Anderson.
The goaltender’s slot is a toss
up between veteran Larry Feglcy
and sophomore star Dave Grubb,
Grubb gained the starting assign
ment this week when Fegley su(-
fered a slight eharleyhor.se during
practice.
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