TUESDAY. JANUARY 9. 1962
halftime
In contrast with many other large schoOls which compete
at the top level of intercollegiate . s . port., Penn State has
exactly the same academic standardslfor athletes as it has for
other students.
At first glance this statement may ;not appear too start
ling, however, not too many other schools across the country
can make it without a twinge of their lily-:white conscience.
The fact that Penn State can-utter that little tidbit of
information without the slightest pang of regret makes'Dean
of 'Athletics &twit B. McCoy very happy, l and likewise Penn
State students should be proud that Lion athletes aren't a
mob of wise-cracking "animals."-
Except for a few coaches who find it more and . more
difficult to produce winning teams becausethey simply can't
find enough talented players who also haye enough brains to
get 'into the Univeriity, very few people; want to see these
standards lowered.
AT A:BANQUET in Jacksonville, Fla.; after State's Gator
Bowl victory over Georgia Tech, the -presidents from the
two , schools, State's. Eric A. Walker. and E. D. Harrison of
Tech, took turns ribbing each other about football players
that couldn't read their varsity letters.
Nearly everyone among the 1,000 present got a laugh out
of the bantering, because everyone knew !that it was just that.
In the first place, if' there were illegal) recruiting practices
going on at either school or if academic standards for athletes
were low, that ; type of bantering certainly would have been
taboo. In the second, place, you couldn't help but notice the
glint of pride in i Prexy s eyes when he got down to the serious
business of telling a little about just how smart our athletes
are.
Yes, scholarship and athletics go hard in hand at State.:
and both hands are on•top of the table. ,
THE ONLY CASES where athletes get special considera
tion here are. with a few scattered individual professors who,
when it comes time to determine final grades. may take into
account ,tharan athlete spent more time traveling with the
teani'than he did on campus.
These profs are few and far between, and besides, their
Intentions arg more than offset by the„Other extreme, the profs
who.think that Varsity sports have 'nbs,plaCe at a university
and who 'deliberately make it rough Iforithletes.
Considering the academic standards required of athletes
here in Comparison with many other prominent universities,
it's amazing thatiLions teams do as well as they do.
State competes at the toughest level of competition pos
sible in most spcirts. It competes against teams that get many
of their best athletes from within a 300-mile perimeter of the
University, simply because these athletes don't have brains
enough to get in at State.
, • ANOTHER DRAWBACK is that many varsity teams at
State don't get as many grants-in-aid or other financial assist
ince as the teams they compete, against. A case in point is
basketball.
• For the first time in his coaching career at State cage
coach Jcihn Egli ; has a full time assistant this year. Last year
was another milestone in Egli's career. He received his fir4f
full sch_olarship:lts hard'to believe that under these conditions
Egli's learns still manage to play .500 basketball against a
schedule that includes Ohio State, Duke, West Virginia, lowa,
Maryland, -Navy, Army and Temple. - _ _
A few other varsity sports, - track in particular, is in the
same _condition basketball, yet coach Chick Werner always
a representative team.
The same goes for Joe Bedenk In baseball and Joe Boyle
In golf.
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By TIM KARL
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA!
Lion Cagers Face Bisons
After Stopping Panthers
Penn State stopped a five
game losing streak at Pitt
'Saturday, 74-62, and Coach
Sohn Egli's cagers will try, and
make it two in a row against
Rucknell. in Rec Hall tonight.
The Bisons, with a disappoint
ing 1-6 record 'so far this year,
usually save their best effort of
the season for the Lions. ,
"I cl3n't know what's happened
to Buqknell," Egli said yesterday.
"Despite their record I think they
have a good team. And you can
bet they'll be up for us."
SPEAKING OF best efforts. five
Lions hit double figures Saturday
night f in what Egli calls "our best
team effort of the season." .and it
couldn't have come at a better
time.
Hurt by the loss of Bobby Do
nato and Earl Hoffman. the Lions
lost five straight to Ohio State.
lowa,' Holy Cross, Niagara and
Duke before beating the Panthers.
Two sophomores who recently
came off probation. Ulo Kart and
Chuck Marin, played a big part
in the win. Together Kart and
Marin accounted for 21 points in
their varsity debut.
KART, WHO REPLACED 8.9
Bob Hutchinson when he fouled
out, was 4-7 in field goal attempts
and 2-4 at the foul line for a total
'Unwanted Hall' Shines in U.S. Bowl
Penn State's Galen Hail, - the
man the pros forgot, won his
second post-season - Most Valu
able Player award Sunday as
he directed a team of West
ern All-Stars , to a 33-19 triumph
, over the East in the first US.
'Bowl.
Hall, considered too short by the
professional talent "experts" at
5-9, completed 28 of 49 passes for
388 yards. He had earlier won the
MVP award in the Gator Bowl,
directing Penn State .to a 30-15
victory over Georgia Tech.
Hall got a complete brushoff in
the National and American Foot
ball League drafts, but has re
ceived several "feelers!: since his
two brilliant bowl performances .
"SEVERAL TEAMS HAVE con- .
tacted me," Hall said yesterday,'
"hilt. I don't have any definite
offer;4 yet."
Hall, who received tentative of-'
fers from Hamilton in
.the Cana
dian. League and Boston in the
AFL: has also beeti contacted by
the Baltimore Colts of the NFL.
"I'd definitely be interested in
playing if 1 got a good enough
offer." Hall said.
r Hall was an - outstanding quarter
!back for State this year, but the
pros neglected him because they
'felt he was too short to throw the:
;drop-backipass_liall - threW main-1
ily from a roll-out -for the Lions,!
ibut he didn't seem to have any:
By JIM KARL
By JOHN MORRIS
Assistant Sports Editor
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of 10 points Marin tallied II
points on 3 fielders and 5 fouls. '
Gene Hari4s. who has been play'
init terrific ball all season. led all
scorers with 19 points, followed by
John PhiHIM with 17.
Egli decided not to risk using
DOnato, but 1-loffinan got in long
enbugh to sore four points. Egli
plans to use .both players tonight,
"I I think I can use Bobby about
;trouble adjusting to coach Red the San Franc 49ers and Bstl
Hickey's pro-style offense in Sun- McPeak of the Washington Red
'py's game., skins were high in their praise
'IT WAS FUN." Hall said. "lt- "I had a lot of help," Hall said. ;
‘sas a little hard to get used toi , "The pro pass patterns set up hyl
but 1 like 'it. Of course, • they Hickey Make a quarterback's jobf
Weren't blitzing and that made- it a good deal easter"
easier." ;: Promoters of the bowl labeled;
The stocky quarterback us,edithe game a Sill i ee , i4 and said that!
'the hard running of North Texas it will be played again next year.
tate's Art Perkins and the power A crowd of 21,096 turned out
thrusts of Miami's Jim Vollen- der sunny skies in Washiligton'i
Weider to offset his own tremen- D.C. Stadium
(I)us passirtg display.
He dominated the game with
t ree touchdown heaves an d
credit for a fourth when his re-
ceiver fumbled into the end zone
and Vollenweider fell on the hall.
Both winning coach Hickey of
NFL. Re-Elects Rozelle
i MIAMI BEACH. Fla. (AP)
,pete Rozelle, a compromise choice
•as a commissioner of the National
League after a stormy
two•week session in 1960, was re
4leeted .by: unanimous vote yes
'terday for a five.year term at
$50,000 a year
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HOFFMAN'S APPEAR ANCE
aizzlint the Panthers was hi. first
since spraining an ankle against
lowa in the first round :of the'
Qu.iker City Tournament Dec. 26.
Donato has been out since the
011..0 State game (Div. 23) when
he suffered a similar injury.
Egli said that the - big factors
in the Panther win were. - State's
hustle off the boards and the
Lions' defense, which held Pitt's
sophomore scoring leader 'Brian
Generalovich to eight points.
A crowd of 1.822 was on hand
at the Pitt Field House to watch,
the game, which was Preceded by
St Vincent's victory Seer, Car
negie Tech. State's record now•is
6-6 and, Pitt is 6-5.
Egli said that tonight he would
go with the same starting lineup
litatchpison. Harris, Phillip:, John
Mitchell and Marin—that he ivied
against Pitt. The game, scheduled
to start at 8:30, will be preceded
by a frosh contest between the
two schools.
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