20 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER FEBRUARY 19f 20 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER FEBRUARY 191 S- College football's 'biggest rout By John Porretto Daly Reveille Louisiana State U. "Hell with it, I don't think we can heat 'em now anyway," said a Cumerland U. footall player shortly efore their 222-0 defeat at the hands of Georgia Tech U. On Oct. 7, 1916, Cumerland gave up more points, touchdowns and yards than any team efore or since in college footall history. Tech scored on every possession, piling up 978 yards without throw- ing a single pass and averaging 3.8 points per minute. On the first play, Cumerland's first-string quarterhack was knocked unconscious and carted off the field. Cumerland runningack Morris Gouger plowed into the Tech line for a 3-yard gain on the next play. A 10-yard pass comple- tion shortly thereafter was their iggest gain. On Tech's first possession, Everett Strupper raced 20 yards for a touchdown-his first of eight. When Cumerland quarterack Eddie Edwards fumled the snap from center, he acked away from the hall. "Pick it up," he yelled. "Pick it up and run with it!" A Cumerland backfielder wouldn't touch it, having learned the hard way on an earlier play. "Pick it up yourself, you dropped it," he said. The Cumerland team, an infor- mal group coached y a law stu- dent, mishandled the all for nine more fumles during the game. Tech jumped out to a 63-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. By half- time, the score had douled. Tech coach John Heisman (of tro- phy fame) told his troops at half- time, "Men, we're in front, ut you never know what those Cumer- land players have up their sleeves. So in the second half, go out and hit em clean and hit 'em hard. Don't let up." Heisman's troops followed orders well, as Tech added another 96 points in the second half. "Somehody told us that Vander- ilt had een awarded the South- ern championship over Georgia Tech the year efore on points scored, and Heisman was out to see that Tech got its share in 1916," said Cumerland player Charles Warwick. Early in the fourth quarter, eis- man spotted an exhausted Cumerland player hiding under a blanket on the Tech ench. "Son," he said, "you're on the wrong ench." "Oh no, I'm not," the attered player responded. "This is the Georgia Tech side, isn't it?" "Yes." "Well,.then, this is the only safe place for me. If I go ack to my bench, I'm liable to get sent back in the game again." NIG'H BLoo CIo&GED ARTERLES TIGHTeING oF/ G ~ ~HoST ZT HAI LoSS FAcIAL HAIL oN WOMEN QRAST SZ Sero seTYte DECREAED - BREAST SgE B T, C ADG E R HRE pgGF- TA L5 GA N(,E RT RE CANCE R oT E R P L C ES ' JOHN HENNEMAK, U. OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA DAILY growth, internal death By Stephen Lorinser Minnesota Daily U. of Minnesota British amateur bodybuilder David Daljit Singh, 27, was a healthy athlete until he started taking anabolic ster- oids. He thought the steroids were build- ing up his body, but they were des- troying it from within. Four tumors had begun growing on his liver, and last spring he died of a ruptured liver. He is one of the athletes most recently known to have died as a result of steroid use. The International Amateur Athletic Federation Council, the governing body for international track events, sus- pended nine athletes for steroid use last fall. The risks of taking steroids-death and suspension-are great, as are the benefits. Athletic success in world com- petition and American sports brings fame and, more importantly, fortune. Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma's 1986 All-American linebacker, is big, strong and mean. When he tested positive for steroids, the NCAA suspended Bos- worth from playing in a bowl game. The Sooners indicated they didn't want him back. But the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks wanted Bosworth, signing him to an $11 million, multi- year contract. Anabolic steroids have limited medic- al purposes. Their greatest use, howev- er, is in non-prescription consumption by athletes. Coupled with exercise and a high-protein, high-calorie diet, anabolic steroids can increase muscle size, strength, endurance and aggressive- ness. History of drug use Drug use in sports is not new. As early as 1865, there were reports of swim- mers taking drugs. At about the same time, cyclists used a heroin and cocaine "speedball" to increase endurance. Fifty years later, U.S. Olympian Tom Hicks collapsed and nearly died after winning the 1904 Olympic marathon. Hicks took highly poisonous strychnine and brandy in hope of running faster. As competitions became closer, many athletes took anything to gain the extra half-inch or fraction of a second that would mean the difference between fai- lure and success. In 1958, U.S. weightlifting physician John Ziegler learned of Soviet testoster- one use. Fearing they might gaina com- petitive advantage, Ziegler helped de- velop Dianabol, the first anabolic ster- oid available in the United States. Ziegler initially experimented with small dosages of five milligrams daily. Many of today's athletes, reasoningthat more must be better, are taking up to Anabolic steroids are an artificial form of the hormone testosterone, which causes puberty changes in men and exists at minute levels in women. When taken by healthy men, anabolic steroids shut down the body's production of testosterone, causing men's breasts to grow and their genitals to shrink. Large doses of anabolic steroids trigger masculine changes in women. They experience lowered voices, increased facial and body hair, scalp hair loss, increased acne, enlarged clitoris, decreased breast size, changes in sex drive, changes or absense of menstrua- tion, increased aggressiveness, and decreased body fat. Anabolic steroids produce a state of euphoria, diminished fatigue and increased bulk and power in both sexes. They also cause mood swings, liver tumors, rising cholesterol levels, high blood press- ure, premature cessation of bone growth, bleeding ulcers, enlarged prostate, jaundice and premature death. Stephen Lorinser-Minneso- ta Daily, U. of Minnesota 500 milligrams a day-100 times th usual medical dose. As the adverse effects of anaboli steroids became known, they wer added to the International Olympi Committee's list of banned substance in 1974. The NCAA voted in 1986 to institut random drug testing to detect steroids, amphetamines and illegal street drug On Sept. 1, 1987, the U. of Minneso- ta's men's athletic department declared war on steroid use when it sponsored a national, multi-media campaign emph- asizing the adverse sexual side effects. U. of Minnesota officials say educa- tion is the key to stopping steroids. The men's athletic department, in connection with the Minneapolis adver- tising agency Fallon McElligott, has launched a "Steroids Are Big Troubl4 campaign. "The U. of Minnesota is concerned ab- out people in general and athletes in particular," said Frank Wilderson, vice president for student affairs. But will the casual and the elite athlete heed the health warnings? Or will the lure of a perfect body and a multi-million-dollar professional con- tract lead to greater abuse? q Many athletes admit they will do or take anything short of killing them- selves to gain a competitive advantage. I'll be moving up and should get some playing ball power. Philip Junker-The Hoya, time at guard and center next year," said Georgetown U.,DC Namath's nephew has Namath. Kevin Minnick-The Diamond- hard act to follow... back, U. of Maryland As the nephew of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, Frank Namath Cheerleaders seek athletic recogni- has faced high expecta- Drum beat helps deaf team march to vic- tion ... In the past, cheerleaders have been tions all his life. "Kids tory... Instead of barked signals from the stereotyped as dizzy, loud-mouthed fans who from other schools quarterback that denote the play and precise like to prance in front of football stands. The would think that I made moment of the center's snap, the hearing im- Kent State cheerleaders are trying to change a team or was an All- paired players on Gallaudet College's football that image. "We're trying to make cheerlead- Star because of my team must rely on hand signals and a drum- ing a sport, and maintain it through practice, name," said Frank beat to execute each play. "Some teams say rules, and hard work," said Paul Pfahler, a Namath. "But no one is 'How could we lose to a deaf team?' after we junior cheerleading captain. Twenty-five hours going to give you some- , '' beat them," said sports information director a week, the 15 men and women work on their thing for nothing." Bob Westermann. "Human emotion plays cheering, practicing as a group three days a Heavily recruited while more of a part at Gallaudet than other schools week and with partners once a week. The in high school, Namath where it's always 'win, win, win!' "The Bisons cheerleaders also work out with weights. eventually chose the U. of Maryland where he got off to a 4-0 start this season and are rapidly Linda Sharkey-The BG News, Bowling is vying for astarting spoton the offensive line. gaining national recognition as a regional foot- Green U.,OH.