Friday, September 25, 1936
Varsity to Tangle With Yearlings Tomorrow
Soccer Lineup Remain
Wife- 5 Lettermen, 4 Veterans on Hand, Coa«li
Bill Jeffrey Has 2 Weeks To Select
Starting Team for Opener
By JERRY WEINSTEIN,
•Although the soccer, season is but'two - weeks away, Coach Bill Je/Trey
has not yet decided upon his opening lineup. With only - five lettermen and
four veterans on hand, Jeffrey is. confronted with a problem that seem
ingly doesn’t bother him in the least. .
Four out, of five of the forward'line of last year's undefeated team
will make that department adequately capable. The halfbacks will be in
experienced 4 or the most part, but the fullback posts will be well taken
care. of. The goalie spot will be filled by a newcomer.
"McEwan (6 Lead Wings * ' rt ~ 1 "'
One of the outstanding college for
wards in the country will pace the
Nittany forwards when Bill McEwan,
who captains the team, takes his out
side left post. - McEwan was one*- of
two collegiate soccer players to reach
.the final Olympic tryouts last June.
The other college boy was Bill’s
younger ..brother,. Dave.. Tibc, there
was a McEwan on the United States
team, but that was Bill’s older- broth
er, Johnny. ;> •
Along with. McEwan on the for
ward.,line there will be Sol Miehoff,
who scored a sensation as a sopho
more last year. . Carl Wacker. is an
other star who showed well as a soph
omore with Miehoff. Frank Oster
lund, not reported as yet, rounds out
four of the five lettermen.,.
Halfbacks Inexperienced
Only one of the possible three lead
ing halfbacks has had any experience
to speak of. Eddie Mandel,<a junior
who played in some games last year,
is the-only half with any training.
Two sophomores are leading the pack
for the other available halfback posi
tions, namely Walt Painter and Mac
Magrail. Spiker is also pushing for
a starting assignment.
Phil, Barnes, although slightly in
capacitated with a leg injury, will
make the fifth letterman to start the
season'for Jeffrey. Dave Waddell, a
veteran, joins Barnes in forming the
two fullback posts. Borda and James
are 1 newcomers' who are vieing for
fullback positions with the veterans.
,•. Goal Still Open
When Hank Schweitzer, a sopho
more, reported’ to Jeffrey this week,
another problem confronted the' Nit
tany. mento?. Schweitzer, who . has
had ; socc'er^experiemfe,*-
one-more player to the list of equally
capable'•/goal'" tenders., Dick .Haag
and Seliy Cohn'are the 'other netmen
who. make the three-cornered fight *an
open affair. /
There is a,hot fight for the fifth
forward' position, the only one, inci
dentally, ;that is free'from veterans
. . . two Woodys; Cornman ''and ■ Ho
sterman, are closely- matched for the
first call . . Dave Waddell has been
out for a few days-with a wrenched
knee •. . . and Phil Barnes, still has a
leg,jinx., . . for the last two years
his ankle was bad . . . and now it’s
His thigh . . . but nothing serious «•..
“The Boys With The Educated
Feet,” Bill Jeffrey’s contribution to
the game of soccer, has nearly sold
its first edition . . . and the second
edition of the book is already, printed.
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Marty McAndrews . . . the re
doubtable Marty . . . first of the
McAndrews chain . . . who will
ever forget his athletic career at
Penn State? . . . Not one of Leo’s
greatest. leather pushers, but cer
tainly one of the games! and most
colorful ringmun who ever stepped
through the ropes in Recreation
Hall . . . the memory of Marty’s
Irish countenance, smiling but pug
nacious, is a recollection Penn
State ring fans will never forget.
He had a trick of starting from the
middle of the ring and backing
towards the ropes and bouncing
out again . . . It seldom worked
but how the fans loved it... Marty
was captain of the boxing team in
his senior year . . . 1930 . . . and
in the finals of the intcrcollcgiates
at Philadelphia, he defeated a
Navy light-heavvweight to cop the
championship for himselfNind the
team title for his mates .. .
On the football field Marty Was
another Bill Rhoda . .. high spirit
ed, constant chatter, always mov
ing . . . And he was no mean cen
ter in the last days of athletic
scholarships . . . Winner of the
“outstanding athlete’’ award, 1929
-’3O . . . Returned to the campus
for graduate work and received
his master’s degree in physical
education ... Has had a varied and
interesting coaching career ... line
coach at Dickinson, Lebanon Val
ley ... instructor in boxing at the
Pennsylvania State Police training
,§chool, Hershey.. . . Finally landed,
with Hooks Mylin at Buckncll . . .
where a State graduate was looked
upon with mild, suspicion . . . They
laughed at his hard football lan
guage (“For neaven’s Sake, Ilit
That Line Hard”) . . . But Marty
soon captivated the Bison football
3quad and. the Buckncll student
jody . . . they hated to see him
j 0,.,.. but he’s back now where he
jelongs .. .
Nittany Lion X-Country Team
Warms Up for 4-Meet Season
By WOODY BIERLY
■ Penn State’s cross-country teams
are slowly preparing for the 1930
season. The boys are running fur
ther each night, "getting into shape,
getting rid of those, stiff muscles, and
getting ready for their four-meet sea
son.; .
Several more have reported for
the varsity team, raising the number
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The Lions
.It is probably unavoidable that
the outstanding team on the Penn
State campus receives such little
support from the student body.
Circumstances are such that year
after year, the same conditions
prevail.
By its very. record, the Penn
State soccer team can be called
most impressive of the" fourteen
varsity sports outfits. Winning
eighty games while losing only
twelve in a twenty-five-year span
clearly indicates the feat that has
been performed by Lion hooters
over a quarter-century. Yet, few
people witness the soccer encoun
ters despite performance. ’
Football, of course, holds the fall
sports spotlight- throughout the
country. It is the greatest inter
collegiate sport and is rapidly
gaining prestige in professional
circles. Soccer in this country
never has and never will receive
the attention football gets and foot
ball deserves.
Here at Penn State, a Saturday
afternoon finds thousands on New
Beaver field to witness football
games. A few hours before that,
the soccer team probably won a
stirring victory before less than a
hundred observers.
Soccer games are scheduled dur
ing the lunch hour. This in itself
keeps people away. They are. held
b.eforc and not ‘ during football
games in orScr to let the booters
witness the' gridiron battle as well
as to round out the sports program
cf the day.
Something should be done at once
to change the present set-up. No
doubt, the performance of the soc
cer team, brilliant as it is at the
present time, could be considerably
buoyed up by student support.
Oust what could be done is' up to
the athletic authorities. It might
be possible to have the game played
on a Friday- afkrnoon at a rea
sonable hour. The games could be
scheduled earlier on a Saturday in
order not to conflict with the lunch
hours. Soccer games might even
be scheduled as a preliminary at
traction to the football game.
Whatever comes, it would be a
nice gesture oq -the part of the
Penn State student body to give
wholehearted support to that im
pressive soccer outfit, starting with
the first game. The fact that stu
. dents inconvenienced themselves
just to sec tlie team play would in
dicate the esteem that should be
felt for the soccer.eleven.-
to more than thirty. TJhe freshman
squad, also, has been getting larger,
and if the boys keep intact, they
should cause plenty of worry for
their opponents. A number of good
names are listed on their roster, many
of them holding high school records.
No time trials have been conducted
as yet. The harriers'won’t compete
against each other for places on the
team until after the boys are lim
oered up. and over the soreness.
Coach Werner is taking no chances
on having the harriers sustain any.
injuries. Only a few of the freshmen
have covered the five-mile course so
far.
Among the varsity members who
have turned out are Howard Downey,
captain of the 1936 team, Charles
Clark, Pete Olexy, and Don Daugh
orty, all lettermen of the team last
fall. Olexy took first place in the
dual meets with Lehigh, Yale, and
,Pitt last year, and at the Syracuse
'meet tied with Downey, Book, and
Trimble for first honors. •
Sophomores who were numeral win
ners last fall and who have come out
for berths this season are Burt Aik
man, Herb Hazard, Leonard Hender
son, Bill Gricst, and Bill Joachim.
Henderson was captain of the
freshman harriers last year. He took
first place in the dual meets with Pitt
and Cornell and placing third, was
the first State man to cross the line
in the Syracuse race.
The record. that Hazard has made
for himself is also worth noting. Not
having run in a competitive meet be
fore coming here, he took sixth place
in the intercollegiates in Van Cort
land Park in New York City last No
vember. He was but 25 seconds be-.
(Continued on Page Four)
■THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Offensive Lacked Punch
In Wednesday Scrimmage;
Schrieber Breaks Wrist
Guard Ranks Still Further Depleted by Loss Of
Sacco, Battaglia; Harrison Reels
Off Pretty Run in Practice
By CHARLES M. WHEELER, JR.
There will be an unholy mixture of colors on New Beaver field tomor
row when the Lion varsity aspirants meet the yearling gridmen in a prac
tice game. On one side will be blue and white jerseys and on the other
green.
The upperclassmen tried -their offensive against these green boys on
Wednesday and found that they didn't have much of a one. It wasn’t until
he first frosh line got out of action that'the varsity began to ga any place.
Optimism has been the keynote of'the squad so far, but unless iflore
progressive work offensively is done, a" few hopeful souls here and there
are going to be dampened.
The loss of Charley Schreiber,”
sophomore guard who fractured his
wrist Monday and will be gone all
season, was a severe one. Especially
so when it is considered that Battag
lia and Sacco have gone home and
have not returned as yet. This leaves
the squad with three fine defensive
guards Economos, Toretti, and
Barth—but no offensive ones.
Guard blocking on the offense was
a special weakness on Wednesday.
Peel, a willing sophomore tackle is
being groomed to play the position.
Economos at present is laid up with
a sprained ankle.
But more encouraging is the re
turn of Denise and Waugaman to
uniform and the ability of Enders to
work out now.
Harrison Goes Well
Looking good Wednesday was Har
ty Harrison who got his first oppor
tunity to start with a select group in
front of him. He rippe’d off a beauti
ful • snaky run for about 25 yards
right through the secondary defense
and a touchdown. How fie got through
four men without the semblance of
interference is beyond this writer.
Bud Kyle also turned' in a sixty
yard run down tfie right-sideline for
a score. Aagainst the frosh reserves
the boys gained more consistently.
The number 2. backs, notably Don
ato, Lang, and Enders, when he re
turns, are going to have a job of
blocking, cut out for them if-Lion
backs are to go places this-year.
Encouraging nvas the work that
Bob Higgins is-giving the ends and
wing backs on taking out the oppos
ing tackle." That is the kind of stuff
that makes a winning football team.
Lion rooters should be on hand to
morrow to see what the team looks
like and at the same time view the
freshmen. .. - ■
Grid Lines
Manager Joe Griffith has issued a
call for more candidates for manager.
He insists that those who will report
now will have as much a chance as
those who hame already reported . . .
Lou Barth engaged in his first
scrimmage since the recurrence of his
knee, injury. He -also has a chipped
elbow . . . .Hard-running Johnny Pa
trick is on the sidelines with a case
of ankles .... John Economos’
sprained ankle is well on the way to
mending . . . . -
, Red O’Hora has been running the
Ball" more this year 1 . and did you
ever notice how tensed he is when he
calls signals .... he pumps his arm
with every number .... What they
say in the huddle on the field is a
mystery to some but it is_ really
nothing very mysterious .... right
formation, 6 play on 3 ....
unless .... wait 'til I get that so
and so V . . .
Ask Marty McAndrews sometime
what he thinks about Hooks Mylin,
the Bucknell coach .... Some of the
boys arc beauts at going through
those prancc-dcvcioping boxes ....
they arc supposed to make the boys
elusive .... Doc Davis, Lou Bell, Ike
Gilbert, and Joe Rubin are among the
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habitual practice watchers, and even
public information’s Ridge Riley with
his stooge are around daily ....
•In the sprints, Barth and Economos
are the fastest guards .... Hanley
and Schuyler split the tackle honors
Harrison has been taking the 1 and
4'back races .... while the honors at
2,back and full are to keep from being
last ....
Bob Morini is about the. best pass
snagger among the ends, but he still
looks wistfully toward the little thea
tre in Old Main where a well-known
babe is concentrating on Players’ re
hearsals for that dad’s day show ....
A case similar to that of Sammy
and Bob Donato has arisen on the
freshman football squad. There are
two Nemeth boys, Ted and Dave, and
they aren’t related to each other in
any way. Both have the middle ini
tial “J”, and both celebrate their
birthdays in June. Ted is a tackle and
a golden gloves 175-pound champion,
while Dave, besides his football, goes
for wrestling. And to top it off, the
boys used to play against each other
in high school Now they are rooming
together . . .
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‘Collegian’ Dance
Friday, Oct 9th Rec Hall
New Basketball Coach
Calls for Candidates
While most athletic officials are
thinking of football and soccer at
this time of the year, Coach John
D. Lawther is getting basketball
started here in a big way.
The new Lion court mentor has
called for a meeting of all varsity
candidates for Monday in the Var
sity hall basement at 4:30 o’clock.
Practice will start on Tuesday.
Freshman aspirants will use the
gymnasium at 4:30 o’clock while
the varsity players will have their
practice session at 7 o’clock.
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Page Three
Pitt Appears Tough
The stuff about those new light blue
jerseys is just that .... there are
new ones but they are the same hue of
blue .... Remember that Pitt fresh
man punter last year, Chickerneo?
Well, his kicks won the game they
were so good .... and fhis year he
is just the third best punter on the
squad .... Incidentally, another
sophomore, Lezouski, is giving the
All-American possibility, Dalle-Tezze,
a tough run for his money on the
same squad .... Cornell publicity
was crying a while back about losing
so many football men through scho
lastic difficulties, and now they come
out and say that the Indians haven’t
lost any ....
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