- . rile Daily Collegian Tuesday, September 7, 1976 Surprise move ends 7-year wait Volleyball gains varsity status By BILL KLINE Collegian Sports Writer The Penn State volleyball :lubs' years of long, crowded van trips, hamburger meals, and sleeping bag nights are over. It was seven years waiting, but effective last Wednesday both the men's and women's volleyballers attained varsity status, obtaining both first class traveling privileges and the right to participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. The timing of the Athletic Department decision sur prised even Tom Tait, coach of the volleyball clubs-now turned-teams. "I was thinking Dallas Cowboys cut Thomas, Johnson By the AP The comeback attempts of Duane Thomas and Ron Johnson, once two of the National Football League's premiere running backs, apparently ended yesterday when both were cut by the Dallas Cowboys. Both were victims of the NFL's 43-man player limit as the teams administered their. final cuts before Sunday's start of the regular season. Other familiar names also Were sliced. Among the casualties at Los Angeles was veteran wide receiver Jack Snow, who gained 6,012 yards in 11 years with the Rams. Minnesota's cuts included running back Dave Osborn, who had gained more than 4,000 yards in 11 years with the Vikings. Besides Snow, the Rams cut nine players in cluding defensive end Al Cowlings and defensive back Bivian Lee and Al Clark. The Rams also trad ed rookie defensive end Leroy Jones to San Diego and rookie guard Dan Nugent to Washington for two future draft picks. The Vikings also cut defensive backs Terry Brown and Pete Athas, running back Oscar Reed, wide receiver Tom Geredine and tight end Doug Kingsriter. Veteran quarterback Terry Hanratty was cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers and signal caller Bill Munson sent froth the Detroit Lions to the Seattle Seahawks. Munson was shipped to the Seahwaks in exchange Pearson cops 500 title DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) Petty's Dodge by 2.85 David Pearson unleashed seconds for his ninth win in 16 the full . fury of his Mercury starts this season. yesterday and scored his first The only other driver to win victory in the 27th annual in one season the Daytona 500, Southern 500 stock car race to the World 600 and the become the second driver in Southern 500 is Lee Roy history to win the sport's Yarborough, who achieved "triple crown." the feat in 1969. Pearson, seemingly with Darrell Waltrip, driving a power to ,spare when he took Chevrolet, was third closely the lead for good with 56 miles behind Petty. Dave Marcis' remaining, beat Richard Dodge was fourth in the same we'd get the decision in late fall or early winter," he said. "Everything happened really quickly once the wheels got in motion." Tait added he didn't know who or what those wheels were, but two athletic department internal reports on clubs and athletics and the increased revenue from football ticket sales played key roles in the verdict. "It was pretty evident from the reports, although they weren't yet finalized," he said, that the men's and women's spikers deserved varsity consideration. Tait has applied for varsity status )n the past, but has been turned down on each occasion. The rejection was the.same amount of money on especially bitter last spring women's athletics as men's, because the men, although ' Scannell said, Penn State Eastern Collegiate Volleyball could not ' have afforded League cha►pions, couldn't volleyball; indeed it would participate in the NCAA's due have had to drop several to their club status. minor varsity sports. According to Robert Title IX is still in the courts, Scannell, Dean of the College yet to be defined, but increas of Health, Physical ed football ticket sales have Education, and Recreation, enabled the University to the cost of financing an ad- "handle volleyball without ditional varsity program cutting other sports," said delayed the spikers' efforts. Scannell. Volleyball has been a "very The department had just controversial issue for three not been in the position to cut years," said Scannell. But no • a little from each sport to decision could be made until finance volleyball, he said. Title IX of the Equal Rights But the department for an undisclosed future draft choice in a deal that surprised Seattle Coach Jack Patera. "I didn't think someone of his caliber would be made available to us," he said. Thomas had hoped to rejoin the Cowboys where he first achieved NFL stardom six years ago. After two stormy seasons with the Cowboys, he drfited around. the pro football map with brief but un productive stops at New England, San Diego and Washington as well as in the World Football League. After the demise of the WFL, Thomas was signed as a free agent by the Cowboys, for whom he had gained 1,596 yards in two seasons, 1970 and 1971. But he was unable to crack the talented Dallas backfield this summer, gaining jut 98 yards in 40 exhibition carries. Johnson, twice a 1,000 -yard man with the New York Giants, suffered the same fate. He had signed with the Cowboys as a free agent after playing out his option with the Giants last year. In other moves, Dallas waived three players, listed three others as injured reserve and swapped place kicker Toni Fritsch to San Diego for a future draft choice. Fritsch led all NFL kickers with 104 points last season. After getting Fritsch, the Chargers cut kicker Bruce Gossett as well as wide receiver Dwight McDonald and running back Glen Bonner. The Giants also switched kickers, including George lap with the leaders, and Chevrolet driver Lennie Pond //14 entries ,kas fifth, one lap off the pace. The . 41-year-old grand- Students can enter women's father started the 50 mile 366 and coed tournaments in field lap race from the pole, but hockey .(women), • tennis only led four times for a total singles, doubles (women), of 93 laps, including the final and coed doubles, and coed 45. He successfully held off flag football. , —_, _ charges by Waltrip, who was . Registration will be in r6om running second when Petty 2of the Intramural Building passed him on the fourth turn from 8:30 a.m:—noon and of the final lap. from 1-4:30 p.m. today 4.4x-:.:-::.4.4.::-:::-:-:44.44-:-:-:-:":::“:-:-:-:•o411-::-:•.::•.:.:. c• •) DESTINY (DER MUDE TOD') .1: 4 Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen 4. .1: 'DESTINY' is, of all Lang's films, the most literal 4. f( explication of the director's deterministic philosophies. "; -i. 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If Title IX meant spending- Hunt among six players cut and acquiring placement man Joe Danelo from Green Bay for a future draft pick. Veteran center Bob Hyland was also cut and the Giants made a pair of trades, swapping backup tight end Jim O-Bradovich to San Francisco for a future draft -choice and acquiring, offensive lineman Ron Mikolajczyk from Oakland for a draft pick. In other trades, Atlanta sent guard Dennis Havig to Houston for linebacker Guy Roberts, New Orleans acquired rookie defensive back Clarence Chapman from Oakland, and Tampa Bay picked up running back Charlie Davis from Cincinnati. Washington's cuts included defensiv . e end John Matuszak, acquired earlier in the pre-season from Kansas City. Miami dropped nine players, with the best known veteran quarterback Jim Del Gaizo. The Denver Broncos waived eight players, in cluding third-year quarterback John Hufnagel, put two others on the injured reserve list and placed guard Carl Schaukowitch on the "physically unable to play" list. The Broncos released the names of four of the eight players waived, delaying identifying the, others until they could be notified, a spokeSman said. . In addition to Hufnagel, a former Penn State quarterback, those waived include second-year man Stan Rogers, a tackle who played at Maryland. Hear ye! Hear ye! . I°E determined' on the. basis of two internal studies that volleyball could become varsity, said Scannell, "and not in a directly measureable expense of something else." The recently obtained varsity status means not only Holiday Inns and good restaurants, but an entirely new outlook, on the volleyball program. "It opens the door for both the men and women to go after national recognition and national titles," Tait said. "It's just one heck of challenge, and one that we're all looking forward to meeting." through Thursday There is also a need for coed flag football officials. Anyone interested can sign up at the Intramural Building today and tomorrow at the same times as above. Wothen's golf Anyone interested in playing on the women's golf team for the 1976-77 fall and spring seasons meet in the White Course pro shop (behind Rec Hall) at 3 p.m. today. Questions contact coach Annette Thompson in White Building. money Jack Nicklaus shot his way into the top money spot by taking the $lOO,OOO first prize in the World Open last weekend. • Big check for Nicklaus AKRON, Ohio (AP) Jack Nicklaus had a bemused expression on his face as he studied the check for $100;000. "I don't think rye ever seen one like this before," said Nicklaus. Miller Barber is the only pro golfer who had. He got his $lOO,OOO winner's check in the World Open in 1973. It was the largest prize the game had ever seen. Nicklaus matched it with his four-stroke victory in the new, enlarged and' enriched World Series of Golf which distributed a total of $300,000 among the elite, international field of only 20 players. They played four rounds over the 7,180 -yard South course at the Firestone Country Club. Nicklaus who scored only his second triumph of the season but his career seventh at Firestone was the chief beneficiary and, for the first time this year, moved into his customary spot atop the year's money winning list at $261,769. "I've always felt I need to win one of the majors the 'British' and U.S. - Opens, the Masters and the PGA to make it a good season," Nicklaus said. "I didn't win one of those,' so it wasn't a good year from that standpoint. "But if you can't win one of those, then it'd, be very nice to be the leading money win ner." He's held that position generally regarded by , his fellow pros as the true determination of the year's' champion seven of his previous 14 seasons on the tour, including four of the last five. The big check marked the sixth consecutive - year he has' gone over $200,000. But to take the money winning title agairiLt , he may need another victory in the next two , weeks. He plans to play only the World Open in' Pinehurst, N.C. this week with $40,000 to the • winner and the Kings Island Open the following week with $30,000 to the winner on' the American tour the rest of this season. There are five other events on the schedule and three other players are over the $200,000 - mark this year. Should Nicklaus fail to win ' one of the next two, Hale Irwin, Ben Cren shaw and Hubert Green all would have a shot: at the coveted No. 1 spot. , Irwin won $50,000 for second place in the ,World Series and moved.from third to second' on the money list at $241,427. He also went? past the $1 million mark in career earnings:: becoming only the 12th man to reach thpt' i figure. ~s. 11 ' Ben CrenshaiV, who blew himself out of t, ' 4 ( , ..- title chase with a horrendous 11 on the.; ''' five 16th hole Saturday, dropped from fir ~. 0 third at $224,901. Green went from 'seco fourth at $208,654. ,' - ' V'• ' "I know I'll be playing if it looks like I 4,1.', a chance." . . ...• LI •v, Nicklaus; however, was more pleased %, the title than the check. ' • ' ll- , "It's the first time I've won a tournamitAi ;) in a long time," he said. Actually, it was 4 o second of the seasol id 60th of his career;: -., 1 j ` 1, • , .. 4 . 1
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