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Penn State’s “no-bowl” decision, announced last
night after a closed meeting of the players, came as
a stunning surprise to some observers. Why, they say,
would a team give up a chance to enhance school, squad
and individual prestige by playing in a bowl game?
For Penn State, the reason is relatively simple. The
Nittany Lions, whose late-season surge put them on
top of the world (and the East), decided to quit while
they were right there: at the top.
It was a long season. The team performed what
some would call a miracle, winning six of its last seven
and the last five in a row. The same team that got
off to the worst start in Penn State history finished
up as the best team in the East. The Lions have the
Lambert Trophy to prove it, and although some (notably
from Princeton and Syracuse) would dissent, there’s no
question about it. They are the best.
Players Need Challenge to Get "Up"
The three bowls which expressed interest in Penn
State (Liberty, Sun and Gator) offered little incentive
to a team that had just knocked off such outfits as Ohio
State and Pitt. To get themeslves “up” for a ball game,
players need a challenge, especially if they have to
practice a whole month for it. This team has been
drilling daily for three months. Why risk losing every
thing for one game—a game against a team inferior to
those on the regular schedule?
No one expected the Lions to finish with a winning
record, but they did. No one expected them to beat Ohio
State, and they blew the Buckeyes out of the stadium.
No one expected them to win the Lambert Trophy, but
they did that too. A team that did that kind of job has
a right to be tired and a right to be satisfied. The Lions
are both.
Students who pack up after exams and spend the
term break at home and watch the bowl games on
television may find all this difficult to believe. But
football players are students and human beings too.
It’s nice to say “Go out there and get ’em for the glory
of old State.” The Nittany Lions have done it plenty
of times this year. But there comes a time when a guy
has to think if himself, and in this case it means reject
ing a hectic, travel-filled December for a return to
normality.
Team Realized Weight of Decision
The move was no snap decision. The players all
knew it’s “the thing to do” for a team to go to a bowl
if the invitation comes. They knew a lot of criticism
might come their way if they decided in the negative.
But they also realized that a whole season could go
down the drain if they went to a bowl just out of re
sponsibility to Penn State. In a decision such as this,
a player’s responsibility is to himself and to himself
alone.
To be sure, the players owe a lot to Penn State. For
many of them, a football scholarship is the only way
they could ever make it through college. But this out
fit has more than paid its debt to Penn State. It never
gave up, even when it lost four of its first five games.
It came back for a miraculous finish. It kept a 26-year
winning tradition alive.
And after all this, Penn State’s players decided to
think of themselves and not to worry what the public
thinks. They deserve our respect, not our disdain.
Ressler Makes All-East for 4th Week
NITTANY NOTES: Glenn Ressler was named to
the weekly Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference team
for the fourth time this season yesterday. He joins
Princeton’s Cosmo lacavazzi as the lone four-time choice
. . . Tom Urbanik, who finished the season only two
yards shy of the all-time State fullback rushing record,
was selected to United Press International’s Backfield
of the Week. Fran Rogel set the mark with 627 yards
in 1948, but long-time fans have expressed agreement
that Urbanik is the better all-around player . . . Classic
quote from Lion center Bob Andronici, as he placed
an arm around Ressler after the Pitt game: “My All-
American substitute” . . . Princeton (9-0 in the Ivy
League) was only a half point behind State in the final
Lambert ratings. Syracuse, already in the Sugar Bowl,
was third.
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By JOHN LOTT
' Collegian Sports Editor
JOE CORREIA
At Annual Banquet
Booters Tab Correia MVP;
Elect Flanagan As Captain
Little Joe Correia, Penn State’s leading scorer and most consistent performer,
was chosen the most valuable player on the soccer team.
The 5-5 sophomore who accounted lor seven goals was selected by his team
mates at the annual banquet held by the players at the end of the season.
Tom Flanagan, who performed admirably for the hooters at both left wing and
at halfback, was chosen captain of next year’s squad.
In a season when the
seemed to draw praise from
Cardinals'
Ken Boyer
Wins MVP
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Third
baseman Ken Boyer of the
champion St. Louis Cardinals
savored with pride and humility
yesterday the National League's
1964 Most Valuable Player
award.
But, he said graciously, it also
belonged to his teammates.
"This is an honor every base
ball player dreams of winning."
said the big, quiet slugger. "To
get it. you have to get a lot of
breaks and have a fairly con
sistent year. But most impor
tant, you have to have team-
I mates like I had and they
should feel they share it."
Boyer was named first on 14
of the 20 ballots cast by the Se
lection Committee of the Base
bail Writers Association of
America. He drew a total of 343
points, with ballots counted on
the basis of 14 points for first
place, nine for second, eight for
third, etc.
.Johnny Callison. the Philadel
phia Phillies' outfield star, was
second with 187 points and Boy
er's teammates, first-baseman
'Bill White, was third with IOG'-i.
Last year, Sandy Koufax, the
left-handed pitching star of the
Los Angeles Dodgers, won the
award.
Last week, Brooks Robinson
of the Baltimore Orioles won the
American League’s 1961 MVP
award. Coupled with Boyer’s
award, this gave third basemen
a sweep of the coveted honor
this year.
Sports Staff Meeting
A meeting of all members
of the Daily Collegian Sports
staff will be held at 7 p.m.
tonight in the Collegian of
fice, basement of Sackelt
Building. Winter term as
signments will be given at
this lime.
Bowling Schedule
The new bowling lanes
will be available for open
bowling tomorrow. Thanks
giving Day, in the afternoon
from 2 to 5 p.m. and in the
evening from 6 till 11 p.m.
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TOM FLANAGAN
Leam was up and down, Correia and Flanagan always
:oach Ken Hosterman. Correia seemed to get better with
each game and his four-goal | 1 "
performance against Gettys-j
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"The finest of the year by anvi I i J IS *
of our players.” 8 8 8 •
The Lion mentor called Flan- jf
agan a team leader and a real; amu £ I
hustler and had commented! | I I UU
prior to the banquet that the' t ;
23-year-old veteran \yould be l f
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The banquet marked the last
get-together of this year's team!
and as it looked back on a 1
4-5 record it was probably with'
considerable frustration. !
As every good Monday morn-!
ing quarterback would say, it;
was a matter of inches. In this
case, there's no doubt about it.
Three of the fhe losses were
uy one goal The Lions lost to
undefeated Navy, 1-0, and to
once-beaten (at the time),
Army, 2-1, in overtime. The[
booters also lost their last game l
to Pitt, 2-1. ,
The Lion front line, which
started the year with a bang,
tapered off in mid-season and
didn't get started again until j
the next-to-last game. The soc
cermen racked up 16 goals in;
their first four games to run up
a 3-1 mark. Someone turned
the heat off, however, as they
were able to score but once in:
their next three outings, all
losses. i
Except for a lapse against
Maryland, when it had seven
goals scored on it. the defense
was superb. Led by halfback
Stan V/ardle, Ray Dacey and
goalie Mike Kirschner, the
Lions allowed opponents only
19 goals while scoring 25.
Kirschner, a junior with two
more years of eligibility, was
a big factor in the Lions’ open
ing win against highly-rated
West Chester, making a total
of 23 saves. Against Navy and
Army, teams averaging four
goals a game, Kirschner was
equally as stingy, giving up
only three scores in the two
games.
Next year, the junior from
Merion Station might find one
of the family vying for his
spot. Brother Fred was a goalie
on the freshman team.
Dacey, this year’s captain
and other seniors John Katona,
Nizar Al-Talib and Andy Col
lins helped to give State one
of its most explosive attacks
in recent years. It is ironic to
note that it was this explosive
ness which may have caused
a couple of the losses. After
pulverizing two opponents by
one-sided scores (Bucknell,
8-0, and Gettysburg, 7-1) the
offense suffered from that old
disease, letdown-itis and were
untracked in its next outings.
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By ALEX WARD
MIKE KIRSCHNER
NEW YORK (AP) _ John!
Huarte, the Notre Dame quar
terback whose deft skills con
verted a two-game winner into
the apparent national champion
in one year, was named the
Heisman Trophy winner as col-'
lege football’s outstanding play-'
er of 1964 yesterday.
i The Anaheim, Calif., senior
1 overcame a history of injuries
,lo take command of the unbea
ten Irish and edge Tulsa quar
terback Jerry Rhorne in an ex- 1
tremely close vote. Huarte fin
ished with 1,026 points to
Rhome's 952. Illinois center
! linebacker Dick Butkus com
piled 505 points for third.
1 "Without Huarte, we would
.have been a thrce-ynrds-and-a
-’ cloud-of-dust type of team.”
says his coach, Ara Parseghian.
“We built our whole offense
around him. 1 lived in constant
dread of what we would do if
anything happened to him."
The 180-pounder played virtu
ally no time as a sophomore due
to injuries and failed to win a
monogram again last year when
lie was able to get in only 45
.'minutes of game action. Par
iseghian liked what he saw in
'film clips, installed Huarte as
his regular in spring drill*-—,
'then saw his key man suffer a
I shoulder injury.
! "They almost operated on
; Huarte,” adds Parseghian with
! a wince. "Fortunately they
- didn't and the shoulder came
around.”
"I'm very happy and sur
; prised loo," said Huarte, caught
Jon the Notre Dame campus
[ hurrying between classes. He is
a business administration major
thinking in terms of a law ca
reer.
"I know it is a great tribute to 1
me but it’s also one for the i
team. I was lucky and that I had !
good receivers, great pass
blocking and the Notre Dame
team as a whole put out a great
el fort both on offense and de
fense.”
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