Monday, September 18, 19881 Peteeh the Lions -i The Sports EditOr Nothing daunted by the wet weather Saturday we strolled up to New Beav- er field to get our first glimpse of the V touted Lion football team. Advance reports lied placed us inan'optimistic frame of mind, and that hustling squad of gridders didn't change it = z any. With'a week and a half of stren uous training Coach Bob Higgins has whipped a large squad into fine play. . in, fettle in preparation for the first 'game with Lebanon Valley on'Octob ,' or 7. That junior backfield looks to . be probably the best since the- Die trlch-Frencfi combination of three, :Years ago. Harry Sigel seemed to teat off end runs with ease, twisting and ' shifting for ten and twenty yards, at a play, while Merrill Morrison's high pounding knees: carried him forty yards - for a touchdown and kept • him going for several other long runs. • Skemp exhibited a finesse at using the fullback spinner play 'and:ploughed through the line, a la lasich, for . small good gains, while the field geneialship . of Shorty Mikelonis was consistent 'with his 'good work during. the early part of last season. A veteran 'line opened large holes for the pony Blue backfied, with the lack of substitute centers being - the only problem of the foward wall. +++ The White backfield of Maurer, Knapp, Long and Andrews performed creditably with Andrews breaking away on a long run for a touchdown. Dick Maurer completed. the only suc cessful forward pass of the• contest when he rifled the pigskin to .Knapp for a twenty yard gain. All oilier at: tempts 'at passing on both sides were either knoCked doWn or not touched at all. McKee at- left- end for the Whites broke through several times to stop runs aiound his end, by the Blue backfield, while Flood ploWed through to block a Blue punt for the other White touchdiivin of the . ganne. A wet ball and a knowledge of, each others plays kept the two teams from showing their bent,' but what. they showed was certainly enOugh to im press the full stand of observers of the new life granted to Nittany Lion gridmen this year. + + .+ Andy Kerr, Colgate mentor, has Come forward with the followhig bit . opinion regarding the grid team here this year, all of which shows his respect for the way in the which the Lion sophomore backs treated his championship eleven last year: "I look for Amprovement at, Penn State. In, the Colgate game last year Coach Higgins started virtually :team of sophomores and they did well.. These boys should develop into a much bet 7 ter team this season." OUR OPPONENTS Lebanon Vailey Only twenty-seven men hove reliar ;ted for the Lebanon Valley grid team this year, the smallest sOiiskci.in the history of the school. Indications are that the Lebanon' Valley eleven will have a tough time keeping down,,the score of 'Bob Higgins' team here Oc tober-7. -.T. M. S I:il=NSM=ilMZi=M y 2 , 10 u , a Both 'New x 0 s and tjged We Buy Vseci, Text Books „ 4, Deik Lamps besk Pads Last-Quarter Ti)iieliil6 1 Sigel's Btoken Field lops Fail To Win'Garrie for Blue Team; Blocked . KiCk Costly Morrison, Andrews, Cresswell Also 'Score 'as „ - Cooper's Kick Leads to Verdict By 13-to-12 Score Number 62, worn by Harry Sigel, put several patented broken-field runs on exhibition before nearly a thousand fans in the first practice game of the season on New Beaver field Saturday afternoon, but outside of the constant threat, it could not save the Blue eleven from being downed by the Whito.aggregation by a score•of 13-to-12. Althdugh Sigel scored onbr one of the Blue's touchdowns, he made oral long gains during the afternoon which went uncapitalized because the loiers could not follow with a sustained driye._He consistently ripped_ his way through the I'Vbite defense fork , short gains, but his longest run of'the game was .a-dash of forty yards. Plaid Blocks Punt That the' White eleven was able to win out in the last quarter by a one point inargin'Was because big "Pete" Flood, 220-ponnd White tackle, tore through the Blue forward wall. and blocked a 'Slue punt on the 12-yard line. The ball reboanded over the goal line where Steve Cresswell, soph- omore guard, fell on the ball for the touchdown that gave the White eleven 13-to-12,advantage. Previous to this break the advant age had bedn.all with the Blue team They scored twice. in the first half, but were unable to convert the try for the extra, :Point. Fritz • Andrews' touchdown , early in the second half left the Whites still six points in as • 'The Blue;.,team took the opening kick-off on the 20-yard line and on a• sustainectdiilile moved to the Whites' 15-yard line:,without once' losing pos.; session of -the' ball. ,Stopped in the shadow of - the goal poets, a pass to 'Captain Tommy Slusser was incom- plete' and the, White eleven took the Moirison. Give Over They immediately punted out of: danger ; bowever, and a penalty to the Blue outfit coupled with an incomplete pass . to ,Sigel temporarily stopped the scoring threat. Following another ex charige': of lithits, Merrill Morrison, Blue halfback,'penetrated thO left sido of the White line, side-stepped . ;the secondary defense, and raced. thirtY . yards for the first touchdown. of .the . game. 'Leo Skemp, Blue fullback, was burried-and his try for the extra point went awry. That 'finished the scoring for the, first quarter , but near the end of the. , half theßlue offense rolled to the 12,T1 yard line. Halfback Morrison cork screwed . his way through eleven White 'defenders before'being stopped on the 'goal- line where: Sigel, plunged peross, for the second 'Blue touchdoWn. ;Al Mikelonis,. Blue 'quarterback ; missed' the. extre-point ' kick, making the . score 12-to-0 as the half ended. H .With.the opening . of the second half,. 'the White !offensive began a concerted drive into 'Blue territory. Fritz An-:" 'drewa,, quarterback,en the freshniari' eleven'. last year;' . , swept around right: :end ft:Mn'the 20-yard line for the first Wbite- score. . , . Cooper Scnies Deciding Point . ;Bill Cooper, White halfback,: moved into poiition„ to. :kick What proved later. to' be, the, declding, point. The' ball was. snapped, the line held, and with, plenty of: 'tithe ; he split the lip: rights.N . vith the.boot and the Blue lead, was.whittled clown to.five points. After the:kick-off Sigel lugged the' ball-on a forty-yaid broken field, rune ;:.'.`;'.: 1 ."..', %.(7 , '';..;'',. but the gain . was .wasted when the Blue team was unable to. sustain the drive. From 'That moment until the final whistle, the White held the ad, vantage., , They forced the -Blue to punt from deep in their own territory and that ,kick proved their undoing. • Cresswell Recovers Blocked Kick Flood crashed through the Blue, for wards and blocked :the kick. Cress; well, substitute White guard; recov ered 'over the goal line, although Knapp missed his left-footed try for the extra point, the Whites went into the lead by a 13-to-12 score. In the few minutes that remained, Tommy Harper, substituting at half • for An drews, tossed a twenty-yard pass ,tci Knapp, but it failed to lend to a score' Andy Anderson was back at his did, post at center for the Blues, white Bob Whber did most of the centering . ..._. ~ . ~.. .. - ..,:t.,. i- - ...., .:,, - .., ; ,,e . t. ...r .„- i ,. ,„ . ... c ' 138 South Allen Street ; . .. - ;f:: . "1:',„ , ,. ... ariu. ~,:ii Al . p ,, 6 • , 'i ‘ ll s 1 . oft.' ' t - ' 4- . iniii ...o..;'C -I ' \ ' 7 ,,... - 50 e. •---- 'As' . ' i.'` . 7bus , z . ii. THE PENN. STATE COLLEGIAN `GiVes Whites'Grid Practice Game Victory FREstima;SQUAD BEGINS PRACTICE 45, Football Candidates Receive Togs With More ,Expected During Coming Week . . Freshmen candidates for football will start their season's training this wesk under the direction of Coach Nelstin S. Welke. More than forty five candidates have already received uniforms so far, with. several more likely prospects to report this week. HSo far the workouts have been lar gely. infarnial, with the plebe candi dates passing :and punting the ball around. The linenien have received some instruction in milling out of•the line . and blocking, while the backs have confided their efforts to sprint ing in order to'be in the best possible shape for the ensuing weeks. Card Lists 4 Games . . Freshman Week activities have in terfered with any organized, practice. Section,. meetings. late. in the after noon have .prevented many yearling gridders from Putting: in an appear ance.on Ney Beaver field. The squad will Continue its informal workouts until 'after the College sessions open Wednesday afternoon. While it is still impossible for Coach Welke td gain any idea of the strength of the squad, he seems to have apt Material with . , which to work. Line candidates appear to be as heavy as those of last year's. team, while the backs seem to have. plenty of speed. The plebes will open their card against .Villanova freshmen October 21, followed by Gettysburg the next Saturday:. Armistied. Day they op pose the BUcknell yearlings, and close against the Mont Alto foresters lio vember 18., Alf games will be played on New Beaver field..., . . • ~••! • . . . . r!!!;, %wt. SODA Alai n ClOcks . $1.19 aid. up R ; #01 . .,T6t,'..1400iy ca . .. 51.19 to $4.50 Fi ,, eihin . t en suptilies Keilff and Esser -glide Make Bids for Backfield Posts ,',..:;, Dave . Long (left) and Harry Wantshouse (right), who are two of the Lion gridiron backfield candidates resuming football activities this fall. Long is a halfback,.while Wantshouse is a fullback. HUGO BEZDEK KEPT BEDFAST Director Hugo Bezclek of the School of Physical Education and Athletics) has been absent from his office dur ing the past four clays because of a bad knee which is keeping him bed- I fast. The soreness is a recurrent Muscular attack caused by a leg in-i jury which Director Bezdek suffered in a football game years ago. I==l FRENCH PLAYS AT READING Coop French '3l played yesterday! with the Reading Keys' pro football team as they opened their 1933 sead son in the Inter-state conferenced French played halfback. I for LUNCH At 'Metzger's" Official Gym Uniforms SinOker'rs Biipplies - of All Kinds For Your Next PORTRAIT Be Photographed by W. KELLMER Second Floor Montgomery Building BEER Page Five FORMER LION HURLER RETURNS FROM AMERICAN Assouvrm Myles Thomas, Lion hurler wh was graduated in 1921, left Stat. , College early today after spendiro the week-end here following his re turn from St. Paul American Assoc iation team. Later this week, Thomas will go t New York City to confer with th Yankees' management coneernin neat season. With St. Paul, he ha one of his best years in twelve yeal of professional baseball. ATTENTION! THE- MUSIC ROOM ALL MUSIC SUPPLIES Glennland Pool Building Phone 866-J
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