Running no routine to Gabriel
By DAVE BROWN
Collegian Sports Writer
What do Steve Gabriel and
Puritan ethics 'have in
common?
Gabriel, captain of the
Penn State cross country
team, is proving that success
is attainable through good,
old-fashioned Puritan hard
work.
lot of time and mileage into
the team captain and one of
the better runners in the
East." harrier coach Harry
Groves said. “He didn't come
into schopl that way though.
He's worked his way up the
ladder."
Despite his success
!M feature games
Catty move blimps Columbia
Mercury Morris has nothing on Bob Morris, a -member of
the Wilkensburg House IM football team. f
B \yas Morris, the Wilkinsburg variety, who scored the
game s only touchdown last night as Wilkinsburg “blimped"
Columbia House 7-0.
Morris picked off an errant Columbia aerial and used his
“catty" (Morris the cat) maneuvers to outrun the opponents
to paydirt. Teammate Omar Al-Saleh converted the point
after to cap the scoring. Contrary to popular belief, the ball
did not bounce off the blimp.
The Wonders, Wilkinsburg’s answer to the Doomsday
Defense, sacked the hapless Columbia quarterback seven
Wgjtts QB passes way to keg
Mark Berger and Jim “Pepe" Enders may never-replace
any of the legendary passing duos of the past but their com
bination of 18 points was enough to let the beer flow in their
hall as Watts House blew by Hickory House, 24-0.
Before the game, Doug Fox, R.A. and “keeper of the tap”
was quite confident that his services would be needed later in
the evening. He made note of the fact that, “Watts finished
second two years ago while they (Hickory) are coming from
142nd to try for the championship,” and he was ready to
celebrate aftet the game.
Watts took it easy in the first half as the only scoring came
on the first of two Berger to Enders passes. Überoth toed the
extra point apd the half ended 7-0. f
In the second half Hickory took to the air to catch-up but
Jack Pisarcit picked-off two passes for Watts and both lead to
touchdowns. Berger connected with Enders for the second
time and then Berger, the “Golden Arm” of the victors, got
greedy and scrambled around in the backfield until “The
Gabriel has received little
recognition for his efforts.
"I’ve gotten used to the lack
of publicity for cross coun
try,” Gabriel said. “It’s
something you’ve got to live
with. I guess it’ll always be
that way. Recognition from
fellow runners is all that
really counts anyway.
The 5-9,135 pound runner is
a different breed of athlete, as
are most cross country
runners. He rrfay be pint-sized
for football or basketball, but
it's typical for runners. Also,
the golden-lop ked senior
doesn’t mind the years of
painstaking running in all
kinds of weather that is
required to achieve even
minimal success in a sport
like cross country.
“Running is not just a sport
you come out for, it’s almost a
religion or a way Jof life
because that’s what it .has to
be if you want to be a win
ner,” he said in his quiet,
sincere way.
The Springfield, Pa. native
got hooked on this running
mania by his high school
coach Paul Samborn. Sam
born instilled a “watered
down college type training
prografn” which started him
running ■everyday.
Gabriel, a political science
major with a 3.5 average, has
On offense, the Wonders’ field general Joe Simatic put on his
own air show, rivaling the one seen in the skies over State.
College the last week. College Ave. Joe (he’s not quite good
enough for Broadway) tossed his blimps 17 times. He com
pleted 12, which isn’t bad, but of course two of them were to
the other team.'No, they didn’t hit the zeppelin either.
When the fog lifted and the final gun sounded the game
ended.
By the way, the holder for the all-important point after
touchdown was Byron Bilohalevek. (Aren’t you glad?)
—By Dave Morris
Hies” got bored enough to let him score. Both times Überoth
added the insult'
With the game put out of reach, “Golden Arm” permitted
Hickory their only hero when one of his passes found its way
into the arms of “Hies" defender Bob Hottle. Unfortunately
for the losers, they had only one of him.
The final activity of the game came with only 11 seconds left
when Watts set up Überoth for a successful 30 yard field goal
and sent their R.A. running to the nearest beer distributor.
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steadily improved over the
years until he is now one of
Groves’ key runners for the
upcoming season
Although it will be a dif
ferent type of team in 1974,
Gabriel believes the Lions
have the potential to equal
lastj season’s 5-l| record and
No. i 10 in the NCAA Cham r
pionships. :
“We don’t have the names
like (Charlie) Maguire and
(Greg) Fredericks, but we
have enough guys to run as a
team. Running a whole race
in one single unit, that’s how
we’ll have to get our points.
That’s the kind of running
that’ll win the big meets,” he
said.
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The military academies
The military academies have always been the most
colorful and spirited opponents on Penn State’s football
schedule. But sometimes it’s not much fun when they visit
here because only seniors make the trip and Penn State
usually kills the team in the game.
Penn State played all three service academies last
year, and of all the nation’s college campuses, none can
touch the military academies for both beauty and
tradition.
The Naval Academy, tomorrow’s opponent, is in An
napolis, Md., along the banks of the Severn. Bancroft
Hall, the Pre-Game Marchon, it’s a very unique and
storied place.
No school in the country takes a more traditional
outlook on things than the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, N.Y. And it seems it took the most breathtaking
bend in the Hudson River to situate the school.
The Air Force Academy at Boulder, Colorado was built George Welsh, former backfield coach at Penn State :
on the side of a mountain not far from Pikes Peak and and current Navy head football coach, owns a career that :
Denver. Besides the availability of Coors Beer, the has varied between the spectacular and the ho-hum. :
Colorado mountain setting is mind-boggling. When Welsh was a Midshipman he quarterbacked the : :
- But aside from the physical differences between the football team and upset heavilyTavored Mississippi in ;
service academies and most schools, there also exists a the 1955 Sugar Bowl. He followed that his senior year by : i
different attitude toward winning. j leading the nation in both passing and total offense even 5
Winning seems to be more important to Navy, Army though he played only eight of Navy’s nine games. ]
and Air Force than to most private universities. After graduating, Welsh served aboard the USS Des ;
The military academies use athletics as one means of Moines for 32 months before returning to the Naval ;
proving the worth and superiority of their programs and Academy in 1960. There he assisted with the' football ;
institutions. program under Wayne Hardin, and went to the Orange
At Penn State football is a business for the Athletic Bowl with the Navy team in 1960.
Department, a diversion for the-students and an ex- After such renewed success in football, naturally Welsh
perience for the participants. So whether or-not the Penn packed his bags and once again went sailing, this time for
State football team wins is no reflection whatsoever on a year aboard the destroyer USS Fletcher,
the merits of the "University itself. When he left the service in '63, Welsh went to work for
In other words, if the Lions lose to Navy tomorrows, Rip Engle at Penn State. He remained at State until
afternoon the students will just shrug it off to a lousy taking the head job at Navy two years ago.
football team or poor coaching,.to something, but it won’t Navy had a 4-7 record last season, Welsh’s first. But
be chalked up as a reflection of any flaw in the University, that mark is analogus to at least a winning season since
Winning has always been an obsession with the Navy beat Army and Air Force.
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