16—Collegian Anniversary Section Tuesday, April 14, 1987
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COLLEGIAN
0 0
YEAR
Oct. 22, 1935
Athletic Board of Control Grants 2 Meals
Daily to Members of Varsity Grid Squad;
Alumni Crowd Sees Lions Trample Lehigh
Brilliant 80-yard Run
By AndrewS Provides
SpectatorS Thrills.
Interference, Passing,
Show ImProvements
By . PIIIL lIINSLER
Speed, deception and synchroniza
tion that was noticeably lacking in
the Nittany Lion Teotball team in
previous games thii. season,: blasted
them to a2G-to-0 victory over Le
high's previously undefeated Engi
neers before an Altimni Day 'crowd
estimated at 10,000 :here Sattirday.
;The vacancy of any one outstand
ing star on the team was filled cap
ably Saturday by Fritz Andrews, see
ing action for the firit• time this year.
Andrews picked Berg's high punt Out
of the air on his own twenty-yard
stripe, and galloped :eighty yards to
a• touchdown ahead of the Lions' ex,-
cellent interference that left the en
tire Engineer eleven strewn on the
ground in his wake.
Andrews was also a principle in.
the Lions' third score. • Standing on
Lehigh's thirty-three yard line, he
tossed an accurate eighteen-yard
pass to Mike Kornick who carried it
the remaining fifteen yards •for
touchdown. •
Lions Score ESrly
A thiity-yard pass from O'llora to
Bill Miller, lanky end, opened the
Lions' first quarter offensive. In seven
plays
,Owens and Kominic rushed, the
ball to the three-yard line. Although
the Lehigh line held for the next
three' pinys, Kominic battered down
their wall on the fourth' down, scor
ing a goal.. Barth put. over a perfect
kick for the extra paint..
•Caiiitsilizing Oa a.:':% . ::lt•of tlie - giunt
when Ellstrom fumbled a punt on his
own thirty-yard line and Weber re
covered it, the Lions again drove to
a touchdown. Wear and Silvano
rushed the ball up to the one-yard
stripe where Silvano plunged over the
line on a center rush.
Lehigh made their most dangerous
threat in the final period. Bringing
the ball from mid-field •to the four
teen-yard line, through line plays and
a • pass, Heller passed to Hoppuck
over the goal, but Bshbitch knocked
it to the ground.
Sept. 21, 1954
Engle
Crying
Head football coach Rip Engle, said by many to be the prime
. user
of the well-known crying towel among college football coaches after
the retirement of Frank Leahy at Notre Dame, bolstered his reputa
tion yesterday in a talk to the Faculty Luncheon Club at. the Hotel
State College.
Before presenting his talk on "Football in America Today," the
gray-haired eagle of the Nittany grid squad jokingly admitted, "Ali
I can say about this season is that
we're undefeated so far." The
Lions open Saturday against a re
portedly tough Illinois team.
Then Eagle turned his atten
tion back to Penn State's foot
ball team and its status, both
past and present, among the ma
jor grid powers of the nation.
• "There are several changes
needed," Engle said, "which
would have to be made if Penn
State were to be potentials for
'a ranking in the first , five teams
in the nation. There is a price
to pay for such a rating." • •
In outlining several points which
would possibly enable the Lions
to elevate their - national grid
ranking, Engle emphasized the
fact that he would not personally
want such a price paid. "The fact
that. Penn State is not paying the
price for high-powered teams is
not a criticism, he said.
To compete against top teams,
Engle said, and still win, Penn
State would have to adopt similar
policies of those same ' schools.
This would include lowering aca
demic standards to enable some
boys to remain on the squad.
."Such a policy can not be de
fended," Engle said. "It is paying
off at other schools," he admitted,
"but I hope we don't do it."
The final two points which
Engle touched upon were the
March 24, 1931
Collegian Rivals City , PreSs in Ring Extra
• :When the • COLLEGIAN - presented
its•" Boxing Final" to readers Sat.:
urday night, it &walled the speed
of • metropolitan rotary presses;
made State College newspaper his
tory, and offered a complete'story
of ,the Intercollegiate Boxing .fi
nals exactly twenty minutes after
the last decision was given.
To accomplish the feat, nn auto
mobile made five trips from Rec
reation hall to the printing office
at intervals 'during the meet, and
Decent and Progressive
,Acting on the demands • made editorially in Friday's COLLEGIAN, the
Board of Athletic Control Saturday recognized the unfair treatment of
football players by sanctioning a training table, throughout the season for
members of the varsity.
Two meals a day are being furnished the players, starting yesterday.
Here is a giant stride toward a really "decent And progressive policy" hero.
In two stormy, overtime sessions the board decided that not only will the
policy call for a spirit of "fair play and good• sportsmanship" toward op
ponents, but it will even maintain that•attitude toward the players them-
selves. •
In relieving the "intolerable conditions" under which coaches and players
must labor, the Board of Control, has cleared the tense atmosphere like an
electrical storm. No longer' shall Coach Bob Higgins be forced to chisel
meals for his players; no longer shill players Wave school because they
aren't eating well enough.
The COLLEGIAN'S demand for fairer treatment of the football players
was'entirely justified by the facts of the situation. Those wiseacres, both of
the faculty . and townspeople, who. thought and stated that the COLLEGIAN
was merely popping off and credited the to an attempt to increase
the circulation and to publicize the COLLEGIAN,. have , proven to be very much
misguided by the action of the Athletic Boaid of Control. ,
Andrews also showed his mettle on
the defense when Heller broke
through left tackle for forty-five
yards, having only Andrews "between
himself and the goal. •Andrews man
aged to fight off two interference run
ners and bring down Heller on State's
own thirty4wo yard line.
Aerial Offense Effective
For the first time the Lions' aerial
offensive clicked. .Although they only
completed three out •of seven tries,
they collected seventy-eight yards'
gain.
Thirty-six players represented the
Lions on the gridiron and at no time
President Hetzel Brands Student
Demonstration as 'Silly' Effort
Damage amounting .to
.a thousand
dollars was done to Alldn street
as a result of two bonfires held ihdre
aftet: the pep rally rriday night, bor
ough authorities estimate. The cost
will be paid' out, of the College dam,
age fund. •
. Branding the demonstration as
"silly," President Ralph A. lietzel
said, "The students are burning up
their money in a futile and senseless
Brings Out
Towel Again
By ROY WILLIAMS
factors of time and money.
"More money •is creeping into
the picture." Engle said. "The
size of the school seldom makes.
much difference to a high school.
athlete: he is looking for room.:
board, and tuition." .he ex-'
plained.
As coach •of the Lions for' his
fifth year, Engle pointed out that
many boys gets their education
by the sports route. "And they're
looking for it, too," he said.
About $48,000 is supplied by the
University and alumni for foot-
ball aid, Engle estimated. "Other
schools often spend up to $250,000
in a similar program," he said..
The availability of the team for
practice was the third fact Engle
pointed• out. "Contact work is set
for three days a week—Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday—but on
Wednesday nearly ten of my boys
can't be at practice until 5 p.m.,"
be said. "The coach who . has his
boys at 3:30 p.M. daily will have
the edge on us."
. ,
In a question and answer ses
sion following Engle's talk, the
"moaningest" coach in the busi-•
ness answered a querry that he'
has 17 lettermen returning to
this year's team. "That's true."
Engle . admitted. "but • about 80
per cent of the teams in the
cation have that many men re• ~ '
turning."
two untrained marathon reporters
emulated the famous Greek who
carried the news to Athens.
Nine hundred copies of the final
edition were sold Saturday night.
Moro•than 400 copies of 'the morn
ing edition were purchased, while
the total of paid subscribers for
the week-end numbered more than
G,OOO.
Members of 'the professional
press in Recreation hall were
astounded:
Editorial
did the team seem weakened by the
numerous substitutions. Although
there were numerous substitutions, no
one player received any serious in
juries and thus far the team will be
in good physical . shape for their-en
counter with the Pitt Panthers next
Saturday.
Captain Scobey was the outstand r
ing star for ,the visitors. Besides cap
taining the squad his tackle position
presented a knot in the Engineer line
that was difficult to• break for the
Lions. In his spare time lie carried
the ball on numerous end-around-end
plays, blocked, and ran interference.
sort of denuinstration. I have confi
dence to believe that there is enough
intelligence in•the'student body to.dis
cover this fact before long." •
No recurrence of the riots staged
last year when un attempt was made
to stop a similar demonstration took
place due to the• action of Burgess
Wilbur F. Ccitzell in refusing, police
action against the students.
May 1896
THE BLUE: AND WHITE . ON THE DIAMOND:'
The base ball season opened here on April 4, ' when' State de
,feated Washington and Jefferson with . the • score' ii #7!` . `6. The
game had been looked forward to with great eagerness and a close
contest was anticipated, as it was generally known that the &
J. team . was in good shape. The game was ours from the start.
Hayes, Spiesman and Walker playing well for State, while
Hughes, Heisey and Beeson put up a good game for W. & J:
State College.
R. H. 0. A. E.
o I o 3 t Logan, cf. .
x o 0 0 o Nesbit, 'b.
3 4 I 4 2 Hughes, ss.
3 2 6 0 0• Heisey, c.
I I 2 0 0 1 Eicher, 3b.
2 x 5 4 2 Fry, p. . .
o 2 I c) I H Moore, rf.
o 2 10 o x Beeson, 2b.
o o 0 0 o t Gamble,
O 2 0 0
Walker, 3b. . . .
Greenland, lf. . .
Spiesman, ss. . .
Hayes, c •
Thomas, • cf. . . .
Bechtel, 2b. . . .
Nesbit, p.. . . .
Painter, ib. . . .
Brandt, rf. . .
Curtin, rf
State College . . .
W. and J. .. .
2 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 .x—!l
I 0.0 0 I o 3 i o— 6
Bases on balls, Nesbit. 7; Fry. Struck out, by Nesbit, 5; by., Fry, 2.
Double play, Nesbit to Painter. Two-base hits, Spiesman, Ndsbit. Umpire,
Leet. Time of game, .1 hour and 42 minutes.
On April 17 the base ball team started on a trip to play Prince
ton? University of Pennsylvania and Fordham on their home
grounds.• In the first 'two games although it was expected that
the team would lose, still a smaller score was anticipated. In the
latter part of the Princeton- g4tne .P . Tesbit_was hit by.a liner-from
Handicapped:itniazi's "fiat ` which his playing in the..sncceeding
. • ._
tames:
_STATE VS. PRINCETON, APRIL 18.
For State, Bechtel, Hayes and Walker did good work, while
Titus and Bradley played well for Princeton. •
PRINCETON
R. H. 0. A.B.
,Ward, EiS,3 • 0 4 0 •
Easton, p. x z '.o x o
Altman, rf 2 2 0 0 0
Kelly, lb. . . .. . 2 4 7 0 0
Bradley, cf 2 4' o o
Smith, c. •
2 2.! I
Titus; lf.' ..• o o• co
•Ginster, 3b. .2 2 I 3 0
2 • : , 2 2 •0
Tp4l.s /8 74. 2 4 12.
Princeton
Stite College
Earned . runs, Princeton, i 2; State College, 4. Two-base-hits, Kelly,
Bradley, 4. Home run, Altman. Passed balls, .Smith, 2; Haves, 1. Bases
on balls, Off Easton, x; off Wilson, 2; Nesbit, 9. Struck out, Easton, 4;
Wilson, 7; Nesbit, 4. Hit by pitcher, Easton, 2. Left on bases, Princeton,
6; Stnte*College, 4.
PENNSYLVANIA VS. STATE, FRANKLIN FIELD, APR. 20
The following is copied verbatim from the daily "Pennsyl
vanian " of April 21st:
The 'Varsity team played State College on Franklin Field at
Boost In Team Morale
Seen as Result of •
Saturday's Act.
Motion Passed After
Long, Stormy Session
"The Board recommends that during
the remainder of the present football
season on the days of practice or a
game, two meals, lunch and dinner.
he provided for the members of the
varsity football squad as a part
. of
the conditioning process."
With that. resolution the Athletic
Board of Control at its meeting Sat
urday recognized the unfair treatment
of football players here. as charged
by the Collegian, and remedied the
sittuation by giving the players an
other. meal a day. • Previous to yes
terday they received only their even
ing' meal at 'the expense of the Col
lege.
Board Confers With Iletzel
The ruling became effective imme
diately. and yesterday at noon the
players ate their first lunch at the
expense of the College. Coach Bob
Higgins said,' "The boys certainly ap
preciate what has 'been done for them.
Things arc .looking much better now.
This has been a great boost to the
morale of the team."' Captain Bob
Weber, stellar Lion tackle, declared,
"It sure is swell and the boys all 'ap
preciate it."
The motion was passed after. two
long and stormy sessions of the Board,
during the second of which President
Ralph D. lletzel was consulted.
. •
In . the morning session following
a presentation of facts which aroused
the Collegian's editorial blast against
existing conditions there was consid
erable discussion. A motion made by
Robert K. Cochrane, of Pittsburgh,
Alumni representative, and calling
for three meals a day was passed by
a vote of 5 to 4. Director Ifugo Bez
dek, of the School of Physical Educa
tion and Athletics, then asked that
President Ralph D. Hetzel •be con
ferred with before this was final.
Complying with Director Bezdck's re
quest,AVilliam Wray, chairman of the
Board, voted against the measure, tie
ing the count.
STATE COLLEGE, la; AND J., -6.
II 13 27 II 7: Totals
EASTERN TRIP,
'VARSITY, .17; STATE COLLEGE, 6
Collegian Presents Facts
W. and J.
R. H. 0. A. E.
. . . 2 0 2 0 I
...I 2 II 0 0
...I I 2 I 0
. .0 I I I . 0
...0 I I 4 2
...I 0 0 3 3
...00 I o o
. . . I I 5 2 0
...0 0 I 0 0
STATE COLLEGE
R. H. O. A. Z.
.23 I o
Waltzer, 3b., p.
Spiesnian, ss. . .00 0 3 I
Greenland, rf. o 0 o
Thomas, cf. i 0. 0 0 0
Hayes, c 0 0 4 5 0
Curtin; if . • ..0 I 2to co
Bechtel, ab o I .3 3 0
Painter, zb. . . 50 .o.
Nesbit, p. .. I I 2 2 I
Robinson, 3b o d o I o
•
. . .*5 624 75 4
2 0 7 0 0 6 I 2-18
00400 1 0 0-
5
3:30 yesterday before a slim audience. State led off the first
with two runs, but could not score again till the third, when they
made three. The 'Varsity bunched their hits in the second and
fourth, netting eleven runs, but were kept pretty well in hand
until the ninth, when they made three.
MEM
The batting of both sides was fair, Middleton, Grey and John
son leading for the 'Varsity, and Hayes for the visitors. Both
Nesbit and Darte pitched fair ball, but the former received poor
support from second and centre, and gave six bases on balls to
Darte's two. Jackson covered first in fine style, and with Mid
dleton, Wilhelm and Blakeley. led, the fielding. . The features of
the game were a double' play in 'the seventh; and a foul catch by
3ackson in the ninth. --
^` 'he= the*x)m.l.ski
R: H. 0. A. E.
Walker, 312. I 2 . 5) I o
Spiesman, ss 2 I 0 0 0
Greenland, rf. . . . . 2 2 3 o •
Hayes, c. . . - 7 • o
Curtin, lf. o o I o 3
Bechtel, 2b. o o 6 2 3
6 624 1 1 6
Nesbit, p. • 9 I . 3
Painter, tb o o' 'o I
Thomas, cf. o o o o 2
Brandt, cf. ..:..o 0 o i o
• • ' tr"" , ".'"
Pennsylvania
State College . . . ,
State won 13ST Score - of •1i to 6 —Wevere unable to secure the
record of the game through the neglect of the proper officials to
keep the same. Too much cannot be said as to the necessity of
our keeping a full record of all our athletic events if we are to re
ceive the benefit supposed to be derived from them 'in the line of
advertising. . •
An interesting game of ball took place on Beaver field, April
28, State vs. Westminster. It was evident that the visiting team
had players who Made base ball a specialty if they attended col
lege at all and, for this reason the home team felt that the score
would be rather close.
Although there were a large numterof errors on both sides,
Curtin and Painter played a good game for State while for West
minster Wilhelm's pitching was the feature of the game. The score:
State College.
R. H. O. A. E.
Walker, 3d I 2 3 2 0
Greerdand,cf 0 2 5 0 0
Spiesman, ss o o I 1 3
Hayes, c 1 3 3 0 0
Bechtel, 2b 2 I 3 0 2
Brandt, rf 2 I 2 0 0
Curtin, if 2 3 3 I o
Painter, lb I 1 7 o 1
Nesbit, p I I o 1 o
State College .
Westminater . .
Struck out, Nesbit, 1; Wilhelm, 9
Double play, unassisted, Painter.
Dec. 2, 1958
VICTORIOUS COLLEGIAN PRk tpt •ig ie
In their 26-0 conquest over the Pitt News Kittens. Left to right
Lou Prato, Matt Mathews,' John Black (kneeling), Dave Fineman,
Bucky-Welsh, and Dick Drayne (kneeling). •
Black Scores 25 Points
As Collegian Wins, 26-0
By 'JARRIN' GEORGE' FRENCH
. The varsity football• team did not.: get a bowl bid. after
clawing Pittsburgh, but one Penn State grid team has already
chalked one WWI encounter in the win column and is con
sidering "feelers" by several other bowls.
The Daily 'Collegian "Pros" became one of the few "major"
college elevens (minus five) to
complete the season undefeated
as they ripped apart the previ
ously undefeated (and winless)
Pitt News Kittens, 26-0, in the
first annual Blciod Bowl game on
Thanksgiving morning.
"Black John" Black, who
scored 25 of the Pro's 26 points.
drew words of praise from
Coach Pat Evans(shevski). "I
first discovered him in seventh
grade at Edward Hand Junior
High School' in Lancaster and
knew immediately that he was
destined for fame on the grid
iron, although he wasn't as big
as I was at the time. He was a
little too green to play for the
Pros, so I farmed him out to
the Southern Cal freshmen in
1955 and the Cairip Pendleton
Marine gridders in .1956 and
1957 before bringing 10101 up to
play for Collegian." E.v a n
(shevski) said.
Black's -four touchdowns came
on an 18-yard run, an 80-yard
run after intercepting a pass by
Pitt's "Lead Limb" Haggerty and
passes of 30 and 40 yards by
"Dandy Dick" Drayne. Black's
other point came after the third•
6 7 27 .70 I 1
FORDHAM VS. STATE, APRIL 21St.
STATE COLLEGE, 10; WESTMINSTER, 5
/0 /4 27 5 6
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six-painter on a pass over the
middle by Drayne.
• Commenting on the extra point
catch by glue-footed editor gob
"Confusion" Franklin, who didn't
show up until, halftime because
he went to the wrong field, Coach
Evans(shevski) said: "If he catch
es passes like that next year, he
will get a by-line for bench warm
ing.'
Black praised 1116 stalwart
line play of Lou "the Barber"
Prato, "Mad Mar' Mathews,
"Daring Dave" Fireman, Bucky
"Van" Welsh, "Jarrin' George"
French, and Dex "Herdules"
HUtchins. He did admit, though,
that the real reason for his dar
ing play wai because he heard
the high scorer gets a date with
the Trophy.• The Trophy told
The Daily Collegian that there
was absolutely no truth to the
ridiculous rumor.
Summing urr the game,''Mad
Matt .said, "We held down the
score so that they would give us
the opportunity to swamp them
again next year. We are bound
to have another pickled—l mean
loaded—team again next year."
,
•
• —rntavbwl.VANlS.-
R. H. O. A. E.
Middleton, c. . • . . 4 3 7 o
Gray, lf.. .. . . 2 2: 3 0 0
Jackson, lb 2 014 0 I
Johnson, rf • ' I 2 I 0 0
Voight, cf. -• 2 I 0 0 0
Blakeley, 3b. . . . .2 2 0 2 0
Holloway, 2b 2 I 2 I 2
Wilhelm, ss. " I o 0 4
Darte, p. I r 091.
.1 5 0 6 1 0 0 3-17
.2 0 3 0 0 .0 I 0 0--6
Westminster
R. H. O. A. E.
Ed's'n, 3b. o o x o o
Phyt'u, ss. o z 3 3 '‘‘
M'El'e, 2b. i o 2 2 3
p. • 1 2 2 2 I
Davis, c. o o II o 0
lf.. . . . . x I I o 0
Ellis, rf. ..•••..x i o o
Gilf'd, xb o 2 7 o
ll'Xim, cf. • iOOOO
••- • . 3 0 3 00 .4 0.0-ID
. . ..0 "3 2 0 0 0 0 0 X." 5
Base on balls, Nesbit, 3; Wilhelni;
~ .e, 143. Umpire, Leet. •
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17 12,27 16 6
5 7 27 7 6
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1 0 0
YEARS
Dec. 5, 1947
To Join 6 Lion Ininiortals
In Rec Hall Grid Gallery
By TED RtmlN
Collegian Sports Editor
Penn State's
.great guard,.
.210-
Pound Steve. Suhey, was pre
claimed All-American by Grant
land Rice. and thereby gained the
acclaim which he' so richly mer
ited. In the issue of Collier's mag
azine due on the newsstands to
day. the pmiat
.'.determined-on-the-field . senior
Joined •Ar . my's captain Joe Steffy
in copping the. guard berths.
..:.Suhey. who had. • previously
been named to the Associated
Press's All-East and All-American
teams. the International News
Service's first honors and the sec
ond squad .of the International
News Service .will . nowaseend
the Rec Hall gallery of; Blue and
White immortals according to
Dian Carl P. Schott of the School
of• Physical Education. ••
• . Said Dean Schott. ."This . "is
glorious news. and Suhey is 'very
deserving o 7 the honor." •' . •
THE RECOGNIZED TEAM
Collier'. All-American, as se
lected by Grantland Rice. is • re
garded by mast•authorlties as the
banner all-arid aggregation. Al
thoua.th much respect is accorded
the other •All-American- teams.
the Rice group receives generally.
the official recognition; .
• SuheY. a.nd Tony Minisi. the
tine. wingback• of George •Mun
:zees Red and Blue Pennsylvania
team. were the only members from
Keystone State schools. Midship
man Richard Scott, Navy's vet
eran center and punter. wac the
only selectee which the Nittany
Lions met on the *gridiron this
fall.
• THE LINE-UP
C—Dick Scott . Navy
. G—Steve Suhey Penn State
G—Joe Steffy. Army
T—George .Connor Notre Dame
T—Bob Davis .. Georgia Tech
E—Paul Cleaiy • Southern Cal.
• E—Bill Sw!aki Columbia
B—John Lulack .. Noire Damo
March 25, 194
STPkRS
A Century of Excellence!
For 100 Years,
The Daily Collegian
1887 1987
Has informed Penn State
I I Students of daily events and
COLLEGIAN has exemplified that most
1 n sacred freedom the right to
personal expression of
YEARS thought.
We Salute You
GrAtijr. Publishing & Printing Cos.
Williamsport, PA
M!liM
B—Tony Minisi Penn
B—Bob Chappius .. Michigan
• B—Ray Evans Kansas
Suhey will be the first NittanY
Per:ormer to achieve a rung on
the Collier's galaxy since present
Line Coach Joe Bedenk accom
plished the feat in 1923. Leon
"GateS" Gajecki. Lion captain
and center. earned. Ist team recog
nition by• NE.A and• Liberty in
1940. but was omitted in the Cal-
Heel: rankings. •
. Penn State now boasts seven
All-Americans. including Gajecki.
five of these being linemen. Wil
liam "Mother" Dunn' first accom
'DliShed the trick in 1906. follow
ed by Bob Higgins. from' his end
erth in 1919. back Glenn KRlM
ger the folowing year. quarter
back Charlie "Gang" Way of the
same year. Bedenk and Gajecki.
PUBLICITY
To Suhey and followers of Penn
State football exploits, this selec
tion came as a' pleasant surprise.
for many think that Blue and
White gridders are handicapped
immeasurably along publicity
lines since State College is so far
away from the metropolitan
areas, the Nittanymen ' receive
li!tle space from
.the large city
Payers.
s eßvice
Player .Partraits
Veteran Durkota
Plans Pro Career
•
•
....Jeff Durkota, Lion. right half
back, 205 .pounds, 23 years old,
8-o,' Colver, Pa., like Suhey,
Nolan. and Potsklan, is a war
veteran. :None of the fol' is
married:-
'Durkota, with • the 'physical
i•eguisites of a great football
Over,. has been sharing the
w.ingback, spot with two other
very fine football players, and
'therefore has' needed much of
the 'season to win the attention
he deserves. Withal, he's still the
tearn's top scorer (10 touchdciwns,
'or .60 points, in nine games) and
he' also is the' team's most effec
tive ground gainer (13.3 yards
per try, in eight games, or 30
•^arries). • •
TOPS AGAINST NAVY
He played his top game against
avy, running 48 yards and 43
yards for touchdowns on inside
reverses at which he is a past
master. In• both instances, 'he
,slowed down when necessary to
;get blockers in front of him, put
'on the pressure when he was
alone.
Sixteen Teams to Clash
In Final IM Basketball
Playoffs Tonight
Sixteen fraterhity and inde
pendent teams will clash tonight
in Rec Hall to decide the final
standings and champions of the
intramural basketball playoffs in
both leagues.
.• Starting at 7 o'clock, undefeat
ed 'Sigma Pi No. 1 will mertt. Sig
ma Nu, boasting five wins and
only one loss. If Sigma Nu can't
halt Sigma Pi's winning streak,
the two teams will be Aiecl for
first place in the ftathrnity lea
gue, and a championship playoff
will have to' be held at a later
date. If Sigma Pi can repeat they
will automatically become undis
puted champ. ,
'The independent championship
rests entirely upon the !Tsui t. of
one game—the Vagabonds against
Podunk Prep. Both teams show
five victories and one defeat 'and
will come together tied for first
' place. Judging frbm the pas' per
formances of both teams this
should be one of the closest and
hardest fought games of th.p ser
ies.
Feb. 6, 1951
Lions
Vega
By MATT PODBESLIC' •
opr_ner,„ that, '
142-pound Olympic marvel
and double-winner of the
Eastern all-around, that two
time Eastern and National
parallel bar champion and
most recently, record-smashing
NCAA all-around king, Mr. Col
legiate Gymnast—Armando Vega
of Penn State.
"Mr. Vega singlehandedly scored
two-thirds (54 1 / 2 ) of the Lions
88% winning • team points that
gave Gene Wettstone his fourth
National Collegiate team title.
And rightfuly gained the Lion
ace recognition as the best col
legiate gymnast in the nation."
That would probably be a
sports announcers spiel on in
troducing Armando Vega after
the Lion gymnast carried Penn
State to its fourth National Col
legiate gym title Saturday at
Navy.
But Coach • Wettitone issued a
much simpler statement and prob
ably the highest compliment in
the eyes of the 1956 Olympic
coach when he said yesterday:
. "He performed like a Russian."
And then he continued his
praise of Vega:
"Never was he so superior. He
was even more superior than in
the Olympics. This time he did
everything right. Never once did
he show signs of insecurity. •
"Two great days," Wettstone
said in his happy flow of compli
ments. "One right after another."
And Vega really had two great
days against the best in the na
tion. He amassed his 54% team
points with a ,first in. the all
arounds and parallel bars (22),
second - in free exercise (9), third
Place on the horizontal bar (8),
third place. tie op the. side horse
(7%),* fourth on the Vying rings
(7) and tenth in an event in which
he does not compete in regular
competition—tumbling. (1).
Wettstone had 'issued a state-
Take National Title;
Scores 54 1 / 2 Points
THE NATIONAL CHAMPS axe represented in the .above photo
(left to right) by Captain Dion Weissand with the National trophy,
Coach Gene Wellston* behindbthe huge Eastern team trophy and
Armando Vega with his Eaitern all-around cup and. National all
around plaque.
ment before leaving for the
nationals Thursday in which
he said: "We will win if w• can
do as the wrestlers did." And
he did.
Wettstone was referring to the
fact that the matmen won the
Eastern title the previous week
by having only two athletes elim
inated in the preliminaries.
The Lion mentor said that his
personal statisticians—headed by
side horse competitor Jack Bies
terfeldt—informed him that the
trophy was "in the bag" before
the 'last two events began.
"That was really a relief,"
Collegian Anniversary Section Tuesday, April . 1 , 1, 1987-1
.1.?:;
* . Wattsione said. "The pressure
had been building up since' Fri
day. We had every possible way
figured •how we could lose the
meet, and then we had it won,
even if Illinois slammed the
tumbling." •
Illinois did more than slam--the
tumbling, they finished..l4:-.2, but
still picked - up only 2a-points and
a second place. with 80 1 / 2 points.
Florida State, seeand'fo _the; L;lcms
after F rid ay's Preliminaries,
slipped to third. Sam .Baillie
scored 34 of lowa's 56 points . : put
ting the CorriritiskeS' Math. '