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Varsity Gridders Improve Despite Major Reverses Although tin* Penn State football! team of 1920 failed to annex a single majoi victoiy, it pioved beyond all shadow ot doubt that the Nittany in stitution is on the up-giude of the pul lull aftei a sojourn of seveial Msiis in the valley Xotie Dame, favoied by the major ity of spoils wnteis foi national championship honois, was the first to lowei the Lion gonfalon this season, but defeats by Syracuse, Pcnnsylva nn and Pittsbuigh followed The Lions completely outclassed the op position m the lemuming h\e games Auspicious Start riom the \ei> day the hist pigskin was inflated the line seemed to bo Coach Bench's biggest piobtem As sstmt co iches Conovei and Bcntz, foimei Lion slat centeis, were sign ed m an elToit to build up a foiwaul for the 192 G campaign A sinallei squad than usual iepoit foi the opening sessions September fust, but it included Greenshields and Kiall, two star plajeis from the 1928 fijshmnn eleven who lined up at tackle and guard respectively. Cap tain Ken Weston headed a gioup of voteiai*., but the squad was fai short of *,ophomoie material Only Delp. Wolff Mon than and Cun y ( remained of list veni's >calling team Seven lettci-candidatcs were avail able loi tile backficld, to great offen sive powei was expected Sadly enough, it was the backfield and not the line which tioubled Coach Bezdek befme the end of the campaign With De'p and Captain Weston at the teimmih, Gicenshiclds and Munz at the tackle posts, Krall and Hast ing-' it guaids and Mahoney at the centei position the line appeared to be potuntialtv powerful The back ticdd quaitel included Lungien, quai tci back, lloepke and Dangerfield, half i) icks arc! Ciieenc, fullback Then enme the first intimation of im pending disastei Filak was declared ineligible until the Notre Dame game; Delp, Skimp and Captain Weston sus ta nod iniuicd ankles and Dangeifield lc-btuiscd i bad shouldei. Slamp, without a peei on the Lion squad as an end. was out foi the season, while Weston and Delp weie on the side line*' until the lattei half of the sched ule tolled around Opening (Lillies Promising W ith Lesko and Faulkner subbing it tin* teiui.’ia! posts and Munz es conced in the left tackle beith, the Lion eleven -bowed the gieatest scoi mg punch in vears when it inn up % an 82-0 seme on i lcputedly strong Sus quehanna team “Cowboy” Greene reg-tc-ied foui touchdowns, while lloepke and Lungien ran wild m en cim temtoiv The Nittany guddeis piled up i total vaidage of seven liuit dieil ard eleven, while Susquehanna bads penetialed Bezdek’s hue for a scant two yard® Away to a living stait m Eastern emmg tibuhitions, the Blue and White wauiois eontuuicd then tiack tactics at the expense of Lebanon Willey the following Satuulny, the fmrl scoie standing at 35-0 Hai iingtou staited foi Dangeilield m the iNnUnv backticld, but he and his m .tes vveu* supplanted by an entire new quaitel which included Pntchaid, llamas, Pincma and Wolff The newcomeis weie even nioie c«f lccttve than then piedcccssois Gieenshicdds, Kiall and Mahoney loomed as the outstanding performeia in the line, which showed some im- REXALL DRUG STORE JOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOO ; i ! Theie will be a joint meet- j I mg of the men and women of - j the senioi class Tuesday night ! I m the Bull Pen at seven o’clock ] - to elect candidates foi White j * and Ciunegtc schol irships | piovement ovei the Susquehanna game. The one daik spot m the Nit tany outlook was an injury sustained by Rocpke, star halfback, who was on the bencli until the Penn game with a bioken check bore Marietta came out of the West to furnish the Father’s Dav entertain ment, which proved costly to the Ohioans, 18-0 Two backficlds con tributed to the Lion scoring, which was heavy during the opening half. Piactically eveiv substitute saw ac tion at some stage of the game In the closing mimites of plav the visi tors pushed over the first touchdown of the season to be icgistcicd against the Blue and White The brightest individual flash of the game was contributed by Lungien. who laced ninety-five yards foi a touchdown from kick-off The Bez dckinns were foicod to offset a bun dled and sixty-five yards of penal ties during the fray Keif and Laf city staned for “Red” Guffith’s eleven The Marietta game completed the preliminary season The Lions had icgistered a total of one-hundred and sixty-hve points and topped all othei Eastern teams in scoung. Cowboy Gicene was second onlv to Can of Syiacuse foi individual honois, with fifty-six points to his credit. Irishmen Victorious Then the Nittany tide biokc upon a lock of steiner stuff Coach Bezdek pitted on inexperienced eleven which was not at its full stiength against a seasoned Nolle Dame squad and lost, 28-0 Passes b\ Pansionc to O’Boyle gave the Iloosiers a touchdown m the op ening minutes of plav Dnhman and Neimiec inn wild around the Nittanv terminal--, and Parisiene’s deadly pass es made the Irishmen a constant threat The Lion line—Cuirv, Gicen- shiclds, Krall, Mahoney, Hastings, Munr and Lesko—fought bitterly’, but of the Rockne- the polished attack coached legions swept them off their feet. Later Captain Weston, Dan ugh and Filak weie insetted in a vain ef fort to stem the tide ILunngton and llamas flanked Gieenc* at fullback, with Lungien directing play, but the touted Lion offense failed Pntchaid and Greene contributed most of the Nittanv yaidagc, while Neimiec and Duhnmn dashed thiough the line fot many long gains A touchdown in each quartet completed TAKE HER A BOX of SHOOT’S Also special Xmas boxes of Cigars and Cigarettes for DAD CO-OP. CORNER ROOM TBE FINN STATE COLLEGIAN thu fust defeat of the season f*r the Bezdekians, 28-0 The line development continued, but fmluie of the backs to launch an ef fective offense cost Penn State the Alumni Day battle with Syracuse. Captain Hanson ami his mates, an gered by then defeat at the hands of Army, outplayed the Lions in every depaitment of the game. “Big Bertha’’ Bnrbuti, Orange full back. was the battering ram of the v isittng offense. His great ball-carry ing and the defensive work of Hanson and Alchoska were primarily respon sible foi the Onandagan victory.) Lew shone foi Syracuse in the line Hastings and Filak played capably foi the Lions, as did Dangerfield and llamas. Delp displayed his wares for the first time since he was injured. Both teams weie crippled The Or angemen played without the services of Bay singer, “Whippet” Carr, Fried man and Goldman, while Penn State missed Weston and Slamp, ends, and Rocpke, halfback. The ensuing game with George Washington was slovenly m every sense of the word, although it pro vided a bieathing spell for the regu lar before the Penn battle. The Lions conquered, 20-12, after Hams had scoied the first touchdown by scooping a fumble and racing seventy yaids against the scrubs Weston and Roepke returned to the Lion line up Lungien and Greene were out standing backfield performers, as was Coleman of Geoige Washington. Nosed Out by Penn A field goal by Scuff in the second quaitei was the margin of victory of the Red and Blue over the Lions in a pitched battle on Franklin field, 3-0 The Bezdekians pushed their way to the Penn one vard mark, but a fourth dow u pass failed and the Quakers punted out of danger Captain Weston and Delp weie sta tioned at ends with Giecnshields and Filak at tackles Hastings and Krall guaids, and Mahoney, center, com pleted the strongest line put on the gridiron by the Blue and White this I season Roepke, playing with a heavy hel met piotccting Ins face, shared hon ors with Delp and Greenshields The blond halfback threw long passes which twice might have been convert ed into touchdowns by’ clever receiv iei& His offensive work was of the 1 highest calibre. Delp and Grcen sluelds completely outplayed the Op position, Dolp winning a place on the Quaker All-opponent eleven by virtue ol his stelhu exhibition The L’ons stopped the famous “hid- den-ball” attack with but little diffi- culty The Penn backs were never in ; Mde the Nittany twenty-five yard line. | The pitched battle went to the Red and Blue aftei a heart-breaking strug gle b\ vntue of Scull’s’ educated toe. Buckncll, returning to the Lion schedule aftei a lapse of seven years, succumbed to the agility of the fleet Roepke m the Pennsylvania Day bat tle on New Beaver Field, 9-0. A thir ty-yaid sprint by the lithe halfback paved the way for the Nittany touch- if , Selected Holiday Novelties | SCHLOW’S J QUALITY SHOP i»yx%%^<s%xxxxxsxsxs^ Lion Coaching Staff !-v v ■■■:■■ C ISSL ~ (x Redding from left to right*—Newsh ] assistant coach, Hugo Bczdck, head c< Bas Gre>, assistant freshman couch down in the second quarter He also booted the Penn State field goal. Trimmer anu Dic'd scintillated n gainst the varsity, but Bucknell was doomed to disappointment if victory was her goal The Blue and White warriors completely demonstrated their superiority, although breaks ; played a minor role in the battle. With the “Thundering Held” safely disposed of, Coach Bczdek turned his attention to the game of the jear, the Thanksgiving Day classic with Pitt. Goaded to desperation by years of unsuccess, the Nittany Lions held the Panthers to a 7-6 score until the final quarter, when Welch laced thru the demoralized cle\cn Pitt held the final edge, 21-G. Adverse decisions and Welch’s gieat play frustrated the last offensive of the 1926 season. Welch vied with Roopkc for indiwdual piomincncc, al though Pincura and Filak were also outstanding. Captain Weston, Filak, Gicene, Pritchard, Bergman, Reed and Rosebcrry played their last game foi the Blue and White An analysis of the scoic sheet shows that the Bczdckians piled up a total of two hundred points against eighty three for the opposition Dolp and Grecnshiclds were honored by num erous sports critics for sectional laur els, while Roepke came m for a great deal of consideration in All-Amcncan selections. 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Lost Sunday. Call Alpha Zcta house, Bell 123. ltp THE GILLILAND DRUG STORE Offers you Christmas suggestions that are sure to please. A few of them are: Toilet Articles of Beauty Distinctive Writ ing Paper , Raquel’s New Perfumes ' Is RAY D. GILLILAND The Fashion Shop of State College Team Play Stressed in Varsity Court Drills (Continued from first page) and Von Neida, guards has shown the greatest teamwork. Of this quin tet Reilly, the sophomore pivot, is the c*nly player ,who has yet to earn a Varsity letter. Page; a member of the squad for two seasons, is also in the battle for the pivot post left vacant by the grad uation of McDonald. Then thcic is Brownstein, a sophomore, to be 1 tok ened with. This trio should hake things warm within the middle cir cle. “When Steve Hnmas and Delp re turn to practice this squad of boyß will be the most promising that I have ever had,” said Dutch after Wednesday’s workout. This state ment, coming from a coach whose court teams went through a ten-year period with but twenty reversals, should carry no little weight. Coach Hermann will mnkc no at tempt to reduce his present squad of Campus Tea Room Serving Lunch Saturday, Dec. 18 Reopening Monday, Jan. 3,1927 Xmas Gifts at the Music Room Small Musical Toys for the Xmas fraternity party Out Friday: Jesse Crawford | Barcelona 20265 ) Hello, Aloha Take home VICTORY and NITTANY LION on a record for Xmas. THE MUSIC ROOM ALLEN STREET Old Main Bell i ... ’ || Prize Winning Literary Magazine Edited by Pi Delta Epsilon (Honorary Journalistic Fraternity) 1 | Short Stories Essays By Faculty Poems Friends Penn State | Two Issues $l.OO Mail checks for subscriptions to t Old Main Bell State College, Pa. Friday, December 10, 1926,1 twenty-two men until the return from the Christmas recess Ed Bar*/ ion, freshman captain two years ago;, [s working hard for a guard berths Koch, RlcKeown, Peck and Wolslay*. cr arc also in the running with the first-nnmed showing the best form; Reinhold has attracted more than usual attention with his play at one of the forward posts. Kent is his running-mate while Jacobson, Bel field and Davis arc other forward competitors. GERNERD’S You have not been shopping if you have not seen our Gift selections. Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing' Students
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