Page 10 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1974
Heisman Trophy to Griffin
Fifth non-senior to capture award
NEW YORK (AP) — Archie Grif
fin, Ohio State’s record-smashing
running back, won the coveted
Heisman Trophy as college
football’s No. 1 player Tuesday but
said he would rather have a national
championship to share with his
teammates.
“This trophy is not for me, it’s for
the team,” said the soft-spoken
junior tailback, who seemed almost
bewildered by the cluster of news
men and the glare of television
lights.
“I’d love to win the national
championship, he said, “and if
trading this award for a win over
Michigan State would mean being
No. 1 . . . yes, I’d trade it. I’d
rather have a national champion
ship, to tell the truth.”
Ohio State was No. 1 in The As-
Basketball seating
discussed by panel
By MARY RUSSO
Staff Sports Writer
Basketball seating and abolition
of the SWC “Good Sportsmanship
award were discussed at the Stu
dent Athletic Advisory Committee
Monday.
The students decided to hold any
final recommendation on basketball
seating until attendance can be
measured. Crowds at the Houston
Baptist, Oral Roberts and Sam
Houston State games will be test
cases. The group also said that Aggie
games during the holidays at the
Sun Bowl Classic and Bluebonnet
Classic will help determine crowd
size.
Possible alternatives for seating
problems include first come-first
serve ticket distribution and close
circuit transmition to Rudder Au
ditorium.
The sportsmanship award that’s
annually given at the Cotton Bowl
festivities was described as not truly
promoting sportsmanship. Steve
Eberhard, committee member,
said that four students from each of
the eight SWC schools meet during
the New Year’s festivities and talk
about what kind of sports the other
schools have been.
The Cotton Bowl Committee an
nually spends $5,000 to provide this
opportunity for the students. This
year A&M is host school at the bowl
and does the planning of collegiate
activities.
Nothing will be decided until the
SWC Council meets next week in
Dallas.
BADIN, N.C. (AP) — Cyndy
Meserve made history as the first
woman to play in a National Col
legiate Athletic Association men’s
varsity basketball game, but Nancy
Isenhour Gamewell made her mark
30 years ago as one of the first, if not
the first, woman to play on a men’s
college team.
Mrs. Gamewell, now a
49-year-old North Carolina elemen
tal’ school counselor, went out for
the High Point College team at the
request of Coach Virgil Yow during
her senior year in 1944. She played
in all but one game that year.
“At the time, it was just some
thing I wanted to do,” said Mrs.
Gamewell. “I loved basketball and
participated in every sport they of
fered for women. I never worried
about the battle of the sexes. ”
Much like Miss Meserve, who
says women’s liberation is not the
reason she’s playing for Pratt Insti
tute, Ms. Gamewell disclaims any
connection with causes in regard to
her playing on the Panther team.
“I think of myself as a person who
will fill a job if I’m needed,” Mrs.
Gamewell said. “I felt it was right
for me at the time."
High Point College is affiliated
with the National Association of In
tercollegiate Athletics, and thus
Mrs. Gamewell’s college competi
tion does not affect Miss Meserve’s
record.
At the time of Nancy Isenhour’s
debut at High Point, the small
North Carolina school received
much publicity.
“I believe I was the first woman to
play for a men’s college team,” she
said. “It was considered most un
usual at that time. You have to re
member that 1944 was during the
war years and most college age men
were in service. Our players were
mostly real young or ministerial
students. The lack of males certainly
helped me get the chance to play.”
Mrs. Gamewell, 5-foot-6, played
forward and guard and said she
doesn’t remember scoring a single
point.
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sociated Press rankings most of the
season, but fell from the top by los
ing to Michigan State 16-13 on Nov.
9. The Buckeyes are currently
ranked third with one game to go —
against Southern California in the
Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
Griffin became only the fifth
non-senior to capture the Heisman,
winning in a landslide over South
ern California senior tailback An
thony Davis. The two will meet in
the Rose Bowl for the third year in a
row.
The 5-foot-9, 185-pound Griffin
received 483 first-place votes —
each worth three points — and
1,920 of a possible 2,547 points from
a nationwide panel of 849 electors.
He was named second on 198 ballots
and third on 75 others. The votes
were tabulated on a 3-2-1 point
basis.
Davis received 120 first-place
votes, 148 seconds and 163 thirds
for 819 points.
loe Washington, a junior halfback
from Oklahoma, finished third with
87 first-place votes and 661 points.
“I really thought Davis might get
it after Saturday,” Griffin said.
Davis scored four times against
Notre Dame on national television
Saturday but most of the ballots
were in well before that. The official
deadline was 9 a.m., EST, Tuesday,
but a spokesman for the Downtown
Athletic Club, which sponsors the
award, said it was obvious some
time ago that Griffin was the win
ner.
With the Rose Bowl game and a
full senior season to go, Griffin has
4,064 yards rushing, an Ohio State
and Big Ten record. More spectacu
lar is his continuing NCAA record of
having rushed for more than 100
yards in 22 consecutive games —
plus the 1974 Rose Bowl —
throughout his sophomore and
junior seasons.
This year he led the Buckeyes to a
10-1 regular-season record and to
taled 1,620 yards, most among the
nation’s major colleges.
The other juniors to win the
Heisman were Doc Blanchard of
Army in 1945, Doak Walker of
Southern Methodist in 1948, Vic
Janowicz of Ohio State in 1950 and
Roger Staubach of Navy in 1963.
None was able to repeat as a senior.
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