New-York tribune., 1920-10-19
Noted Football
Coach Retained
For 7 Years
Win Over Dartmouth Leads
Pennsylvanians to Give
Mentor Record Contract
Bv Ray Mccarthy

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Pennsylvania State College which is
r.kine no secret of the fact that 1t is
.eeking the hypothetical Eastern foot
hall championship, congratulating
,.self on ten-strike. A member Of
.ho athletic board OF that institution
.o,d us last night In tone OF exulta-
ZION that Hugo Bezdek has signed to
coach at Penn State for the next seven
years.
What do You think of that? Pretty
coos eh?" this man queried. We've
cot Bezdek's contract, and he is now
ours for seven years"
Hugo the short first became known
while coaching the University of Ore
so,. where he made an enviable as
weU as q distinctive record as foot
hel coach. He was known all up and
won Of football the while he was
.cont;ng for the Pittsburgh National
league baseball team.
Parnev Dreyfuss. casting about for
O manager in 1915, decided to give his
scont chance Bezdek had shown he
knew how to pick ball players. He pos
sessed-and still does-an inspiring
nersonaN.v. the kind that instills fight
into his charges, so Dreyfuss made
him manager.
Successful Ball Manager
Bezdek managed the Pirates with
on;te = little success. but he also per-
e;s.ed in keeping his hand in football
That didn't appeal to Dreyfuss. and he
informed his manager he would have
10 do one Of two things give up
coaching or the managership. Bezdek
decided TO stick 10 coaching.
Accordingly he went to Penn State
lest vear-his second at that institu-
tjon-with the idea of devoting his
whole time and energy to coaching the
football ard baseball teams and to
promoting mass athletics. How we'll
he has succeeded is best shown by the
records Of State teams in the last two
years.
ton have made an idol of him and
when State College succeeded in jump
ing its frs. big obstacle in its football
path this year the game with Dart
mouth and incidentally avenging the
defeat Of last year by the Green, their
enthusiasm knew no bounds.
The athletic council called Bezdek
into consultation Immediately after.
When the conference was over the
council jublantly announced that Mr..
Hugo Bezdek would remain at Penn
State for the next seven years.
Bezdek's contract is probably the
Longest ever offered football coach or,
for that matter, big league baseball
manager. Haughton had q fve-year
contract at Harvard and various base
ball managers have signed up for three
year terms, but we have heard of no
coach or manager that ever had q
seven-year contract
Jones Congratulated Conqueror.
Tad Jones showed a magnanimous
spirit in congratulating Coach Cava-
naugh and Captain Luke Urban, Of
Boston College, on their splendid vic
tory over Yale Saturday. which 1t
was And the reports that the Bay
Staters played too roughly in winning
are absurd. There are too many skep-
tics still roaming about who dlsbelleve
that a small college can ever win from
larger institution in football.
"Why can't small college win 2" a
veteran gridiron follower asked in
commenting on tle kdilte, diiu ans w ei ( u u
the question himself by saying: "They'
small collcges-"have fellows who
VINO can play football the same as the
big fellows nave Which is all very
true.
1t stands to reason a small college
cant play dirty" football against a
big team, because it would get the
worst Of it. Take the Yale Boston Col
lege game. Only three of the Elis played
through the whole game, whereas
most Of the Bostonians went to the
finish. They had to do 50 in order to
win, as they carry no host Of capable
substitutes.
Urban Stars at End.
Last year when Center College trim
med West Virginia cry of fraud was
raised. The Kentuckians were accused
Of using ringers" 1t was later proved
they didn't.
By the way, speaking of Captain Ur-
ban, OF Boston, football fans would do
well to keep an eye on this fellow as
apostolic all-America end His deadly
tackling and handling of the forward