The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 27, 1962, Image 9
:URSDAY: SEPTEMBER' 27. 1962 011 and On Throwing caution to the winds during the past summer, this writer ventured into the camp of a recently vanquished • enemy. Atlanta, that fair Southern city, is an easy-going town. The residents find it difficult to get excited over gubernatorial campaigns, visiting dignataries or juit about anything - else you could name. Except football. For Atlanta is the home of Georgia Tech, long one of the nation's foremost football powers. Curse the heat, condemn' the mockery that is,Georgia politics and even refuse to look at the parade of beautiful women on Peachtree Street—but dOn't breathe an unkind word about - the Yellow. Jackets of Bobby Dodd without expecting an argument. Georgia Tech is proud of its football teams; and right fully , so. The YelloW Jackets consistently rank wincing the top twenty teams' in ihe nation. Their bowl- record is a. highly creditable 11-4-0. Under Bobby Dodd, Tech has 128 wins,' just 50 defeats and 6 ties. Ten of Dodd's teams have been invited to play in post-§eason_ bowl games • and they won eight of these ten games. It - is to the credit of the Penn State football team that it was able to rpll up a 30-15 Gator Bowl victory last Decem ber_ in Jacksonville. BOBBY DODD Robert Lee Dodd is a gentle man. He accepts defeat, grace- gentleman Georgian fully and offerS no excuses, but he is an exception in Atlanta There' remains in Atlanta a considerable number of non-believeis. Georgia Tech football enthusiasts were confident that their beloved Yellow Jackets had nothing to fear from that "Ivy Legue school" from Pennsylvania. They ignored Dodd's warning that Galen Hall would rival Alabama's pftrless Pat Trammel as a passer. They settled back to watch the Jackets prove their superiority. When the firing was over, the Lions had added a third bowl trophy in three years to their collection, crushing Tech but only temporarily quieting Engineer fans. VARIOUS REASONS are - given to ,explain the demise of the Yellow Jackets. The' idea that the Jackets were caught with their Christmas dinners still undigested and their spare tires showing is the excuse most often heard. I Another is the suggestion that Tech's backfield was off 'its .timing because of the loss of Chick Graning, a fine half backs. Grilling, if you .don't remember, was the recipient of a forearM smash in the Alabama-Tech game last -year. The in cident _received tremendous publicity. Alabama linebacker Darwin Holt was almost universally condemned as typical of the new breed. of "vicious" football player. A fact ignored in the newspapers concerns the game film. That film shows that it was an accident. Holt was simply blocking the closestman to him, a cardinal rule' on punt 'returns: One other interesting note can be added to the case. Viciousl Darwin Holt, his own career ended by an' injury 'in Canadian ball, was the weekend guest and constant com panion' Of Charles Hugh (Chick) Graning shortly after the end of :the football season. Grithsley Picks Army, Sooners; iavors Lions Over Air Force ely WILL GRUMP( Associcited Press Sports Writer ' On every football schedule there are "must" games. Those are gaMes that must be won at all costs. Teams point to them for months, Sacrifice and even shed blood to bring them off success fully.. Army must win in New York, where its subway ,New are many' and loud. Oklahoma must beat Notre Dame, its prestige ri val, at home. - Added impetus should 'bring these teams out on top in the weekend's 'feature at tractions. Football !Fanatics Abound in Atl a nta By JOHN MORRIS Sports Editor The picks: Oklahoma 15. Notre Dame 14: Bud Wilkinson's sophomores have become , men— they'll never be boys any more. Army 21, Syracuse 13: West.. Point's Chinese Bandits steal Ben Schwartzwalder blind. - Ohio State 28, North Carolina 7: The Tarheels will wonder who started the elephant stampede.. Pittsburgh 17, Baylor 8: The pendulum swings upward .this week for football's • up-and-down. unpredictables. . PENN STATE 30. AIR FORCE 13: Size and speed give 'the Nit 7 tany Lions an awesome combina tion. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. IIIi4IIPERSITY PARK: PENNSYLVANIA 'Biggest Man in World' Named Lineman of Week "He is," says Roger Koch man, "the biggest man in the world." "He is," says Rip Engle, "a really fine tackle. He is big, fast and he ;wants to play foot ball." And now he is also Sports Illustrated's Lineman of the - Week for his play in the Lions' 41-7 victory over Navy Saturday. 'He is, of course, Chuck Siemin ski, the fastest-moving mountain of muscle this side of King Kong. BIG CHUCK, who somehow looks larger in perion than he does on the football field, is off to a fast start in this his senior year. I Being boosted with halfback Kochman and end Dave Robinson for All-America honor s, Sie minski started the season in ap parent mict-seastin, form last Saturday. Occasionally, a Navy ball-car rier would barge .into: the line and bounce back like he had been hit with a .club. But more: often he wouldn't bounce back at all. His parents and friends would hold their breath until their bo'y was finally found under a large, blue cover with 77 - spread across the back of it. . Sometimes the Navy ball-car rier wouldn't even have to come to Chuck. Chuck' would go. to meet them, barging through the Navy line like a man entering, a bar through swinging doors. At 6-5 and 250 pounds, Siemin ski is an awesome sight to behold as he wades through an oppo nents' line.aind wraps one of those huge arms around_a back. But it isn't entirely Sieminski's ";t7';' , ;' ,,, t;i7c,;,t , :"!; ;; 1 11 1 Ist LAVE Candidate Meeting zc~:~,'r Agaill this week . , 7 1. Po lo ck Record Hop FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 8:30 - 12:30 Pollock Roe Room Adaksha 25e • Girls Free until 9:30 By JOHN MORRIS SpOrts Editor INTERESTED FRESHMEN OLD STAFFERS SENIOR BOARDERS THURSDAY, SEPT. il, 1%2 111 Boucke 1:00 p.m. r:f.l4.lzzi tt y c CHUCK S size that intimicrates the oppo• , sition. He is a sure tackler, fine ; blocker and has good speed He is almost a sure bet for the pros. A quiet, soft-spoken good natured gentleman off the field, Sieminskt isn't the least bit hesi tant about asserting himself on t the field. AN INDICATION of Siemin ski's prowess is the respect he commands from his own team mates as well as the fearful avoid ance he gets from opponents. There has been no letdown in the effort that Sieminski has put New College Diner Downtown Between the Mok,es EMINSKI forth Hi Engle dr:11. hip charge!' hard for tht, A;r Force game Saturday. "We have lost our second game for the last two years. - the silver haired coach said. "and we lost those games (to Missouri and W arm) because we weren't ready." This time the Lions Mould cer tainly be ready to do mayhem to somebody.. They have' had three days of hard ,`priictice since top ping Navy. ATTENTION MARRIED STUDENTS Young married couples will be especially interested in a Provident Mutual Hospi tal Policy. Under this unique policy, only the wife need be covered 'to take advantage of full family benefits . . . including maternity, hospi tal care. and surgery. This is particularly advantageous when the husband is covered under another policy. New additions to the family are covered, without extra cost, from the a`ge of 15 days un til the foll Owing anniversary date of the' policy. Payments for sickness and accident be gin from the first day of coverage. This policy has no deductible. This is importint to the student family. You Are protected . . . beginning with the first dollar of covered expense you incur And that'd just the begin ning. 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