.Friday, October 2, 1038 SOCCER LINEUP TAKES SHAPE WITH SEASON ONE WEEK AWAY Nittany Harriers Hold Fine Record Lion Gross-Country Team Loses Only One Meet In Past Decade of Competition By WOODROW W. BIERLY Few students at this college or sports fans throughout the state realize the fine record that Penn State's cross country teams have made for themselves -in the past years. . .During the last decade of dual com petition State’s harriers have acquir ed twenty-two victories to match against one defeat. With such a standing, the cross-country squad can claim the honor of being one of the finest athletic teams to hail from the lair of the Nittany Lion. Loses to Syracuse In 1924 State won three dual meets and lost one. The following season they split even, losing one and taking one. It was in 1920 that it all start ed. The Lion harriers went to Syra cuse and there, in the opening meet of the season, handed the Orange squad their first defeat in sixteen years. It was quite a surprise, and a- rather hard pill for the boys from the "salt city,but that wasn't the end of it. It was only the start of a series of defeats for the Syracuse liill-and-dalcrs. State continued her string of victo’ries until in 1933, she lost with a score of 35-to-20 to Syra cuse, her only defeat in dual compe- 1 tition since 1925. ;Tnat meet stands out in State’s rec ord as her first black mark in seven years. George Harvey ’35 was the first man to cross the zone, but the failure came when his teammates were unable to follow him. Five Or angemen finished after Harvey before another Lion harrier followed. Har vey led Captain-Bateman of Syracuse by 50 yards at the finish to win with See the Display of New , , - ' PURSES'"" ' > AT MOORE’S DRESS SHOP \ There Is Smartness and Harmony in a Fine PORTRAIT 5- Just the impression you wish to create. £• Just You! ?! The T>ENN QTATE JThoto Oh op ■ 212 East College Ave. State College Make It a Habit Shop at Morris 7 WEEK END SPECIALS U. S. Rain Coats .... $4.95 All 35c Socks! . . 4 pr. $l.OO All Wool Sweaters . . . $3.50 Felt Hats ..... . $2.95 , Top Coats ... . . . $19.50 Spur Suspender . . . . . .50 v . Men’s Neckwear. . 2 for $l.OO |AL MORRIS Department Store —ON ALLEN STREET—NEXT DOOR TO REA & DERICKS SWIM! Glennland Pool fi S d a time of 27 'minutes and 58 seconds. Book finished in 7th place with a.time of 2S minutes and 58 seconds. Syracuse Is Stiff Opponent . The freshman team competed on that same day with the first-year men of Syracuse, but came out on the oth er side of the count, Downey taking first place. The following year State's varsity avenged her defeat with an [ other 20-35 score, when Harvey and i Book finished in a first place tie. Syracuse has always been a stiff competitor in State’s cross-country schedule. Pitt, another team that is always listed on the Lions’ roster, usually keeps the harriers stepping. The meet last year resulted in a 27- to-28 score in favor of the Nittany cindermen. Win IC4A Five Times The intercollegiate record of the Lion harriers in past years might well be noted. In 1926 State won first place at the IC4A. She dupli cated her record in 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930. However, she has not been able to garner better than fifth hon ors since that time. - Cox’s record in the intercollegiates of 1926 showed his time for running the six-mile course as thirty minutes and four seconds. The following year he took first place again with a time of thirty minutes and. thirty-six and one-half seconds. The meet of 1930 also proved interesting when State's harriers completed the run in close succession. Dick Detwiler won sec ond place and was followed by Chick Mcrringer. in third, while Captain Paul Reekers placed fifth. King came in ninth and Bill Space, the other man to compete for State, ranked fifteenth. Lettermen, Veterans Favored To Rate Nod From Coach Jeffrey By JERRY WEINSTEIN With one week remaining before the 1936 soccer season begins, Coach Bill .Jeffrey has practically decided upon his starting lineup. • Every remaining letterman and most of the other holdovers from last last year,, have clinched first team assignments. In the few open spots on the lineup now, newcomers seem to have an inside track for the call against Buckncll next Saturday. The forward line has lettermen in four of the fire positions, and a veteran,is,fighting with two newcomers for the fifth place. The halfbacks are mostiy-first year men, and it would not be a surprise if three of them got the call.' Illness has retarded one veteran half and if he gets into shape •by the opening whistle, he may get the nod from Jeffrey. Veterans at Fullback On the defensive side of the ledger, the fullback positions will he guarded by veterans. A newcomer will be seen at goal. Carl Wacker will be seen in his outside right post against Bucknell, and following alc-ng" the attacking i line will be veterans Frank Osterlund at inside right. Caotain Bill McEwan at center forward, and Sol Miehoff at inside left. « The question mark on the forward line is the-outside left position. Right now, it appears as if Woody Hoster-, man has the inside track, but he is receiving much opposition frcm vet eran Woody Gorman and sophomore Dick Wilde. Ab Taylor, another vet eran, is also fighting for the call on the forward line. A l Michaels (This is the fifth of a scries of biographical sketches on P.cnn State coaches). Two years ago Penn State foot ball began to take an upswing, which was climaxed by a stirring game with Columbia, Rose Bowl winner that year. Until the last part of the last quarter, the Nit tany Lions held the Columbia Li ons at bay, 7-to-0. In the closing minutes, the National champions pushed over two touchdowns to win. 14-to-7. Two things kept Penn State on equal terms with Columbia. One was the dogged resistance of the Lion forward wall. What perhaps was more important were the kicks of A 1 Michaels, who is now assistant varsity coach- to Bob Higgins. Michaels repeatedly kept Penn State out of danger with long punts over Columbia's Mont gomery's head. - Michaels was varsity quarter back here for two years, doing mest of the passing and kicking, lie was also a member of the base ball and basketball squads. In his senior year, 1934-35, he was select ed ns the outstanding athlete of his class. Last year, he enrolled as a grad uate student in physical education and athletics / . . became assistant hackfield coach on the varsity . . . is still working on his master’s along with his coaching . . . Freshmen Need Offensive Drill Coach Marly McAndrews Notes Loss of Reserve Backs; 24 at Training Table Knowing the weak points of his squad, Coach McAndrews drilled the freshmen in offensive tactics during the week. After a lengthy lecture on Saturday's game against the varsity, the team practiced in the gymnasium on Tuesday night. Wednesday the boys ran through their new plays. On the soggy field they were conditioned to handling a soggy ball and keeping their footing. The loss, of good backfield reserve material seems to be the squad’s de ficiency. From their playing in the game with the varsity it looks as if the following were a few steps ahead of the others—ends: Washbough, Yetter, Alter, and Nocera; tackles: Stravin sky Lesie, and T. Nemeth; guards: D. Nemeth, Antonucci, Pollock, Thompson, and Schwartzendruber; centers: McCue. The quarterback prospects include: DeFranco, Valeri, and Silvestri. The halfbacks are: Rollins, Buchan, Bortz, and Ewait,'who is on the injured list. Woolridge and Ickes look good in the fullback post. The working boys’ training table for the week is composed of Alter, AntonuccijT'' Arman, Asbee, Bortz, Buchan, Cicak, DeFranco, Hamilton, Ickes, Janesk, Love, D. Nemeth, T. Nemeth, Nocera, Pollock, Rollins, Schwartzendruber, Silvestri, Stravin sky Valeria, Tate, Toth, and Yetter. COLLEGE SEAL JEWELRY AT CRABTREE'S 132 Allen Street THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Halfback Post Open Five players are battling for the three halfback positions. Two new comers have impressed Jeffrey thus far and look as if they might grab two of .the open. spots. They are Frank Megrail and Walt Painter. Two other untried player's are in there, though, in' the persons of breddy Spiker and George Merwin. Not to be considered out of the run ning despite a week's illness is the veteran Eddie Mandel, who returned to-practice sessions yesterday. -• Getting down to the defense, Phil Barnes, letterman, has clinched his right fullback post. In all probability, he will Be joined on the left of the field by Dave Weddell, a veteran. Haag in Lead While the starting goalie has not been definitely chosen, •it begins to leek as if Dick Haag may get the nod from JeffreyN Still in the running, however, are Selly Cohn arid Hank Schweitzer. All are newcomers. Soccer Socks Torrential downpours all week brought smiles from Coach Bill Jef frey instead of the expected frowns ... he says it is good practice for his hooters to use a sloppy ball once in a while ... On the other hand, the boys went inside one day and brushed up on their technique . . . by means of soccer volley ball which is fun to them . . . Dave Weddell is still out with his wrenched knee,:but will be ready for the opener . . . Bill Borda had a re currence of his water on the knee in jury and will be out for quite a time ... Rain didn’t stop the freshmen . . . filled with enthusiasm, they stopped the highly touted State College high school eleven, 3 to 2 . . . Schuler Schuler was impressive for the Cubs against the Little Lions .. . but with the exception of one other frosh, most of the others were not consist ent . . . The class of '4O was behind at one time, 2 to 0 . . . State high is. supposed to have the best high school team around here . . . Ca pital — §2oo,ooo Surplus and Undivided Profits — $275,000 + The First National Bank of State College STATE COLLEGE. PA. Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation John T. McCormick, President David F. Kapp, Cashier Between The Lions By LOUIS 11. BELL (Mr. Sell of t/uy department of journalism is our guest column ist for today.)- Penn State has been playing football for fifty years, come this season, and in that half century thousands of Lion fans and a doz en or more coaches have worried about prospects and prayed for un defeated records. Frayers have gone almost peren nially unanswered, however, for in all those years Penn State has had only two undefeated arid untied teams. One was 1912 and the oth er, ISB7, Penn State’s first year of football, when only two games were played. Even the Penn State ripsnorters of 1922 that mushed through heavy snows to the Rose Howl game were not untouched by. defeat. As usual, the embarrassing little trick was turned by Pitt, 34-0. • This season, it may be appropri ate for fans, with customary pre season optimism, to wish that Penn Stale’s half-century of football ends, as it began, with an unbeat en, untied team. That wish might come true if Penn State harked to the custom of 1887 and played only two games. *# • a Muhlenberg and Lehigh, a a a We said “might,” sadly recollect ing ' two sore bruises by little. Waynesburg and the Muhlenberg incision of 1933. Newspaper and “yearbook” ex perts appraise the Penn State pres ent football situation as “definitely returning to its former high posi tion”—if you can believe it. What basis tbs experts use for this prediction, we do not profess to know. Often, one writer is ob sessed with a hunch, pure and sim ple, and others, disdaining to be left out in the cold, join in line. The trouble is that Penn. State is not alone in its “march back to the top.” Muhlenberg is up and com ing. Cornell clicked Saturday. Vll lancva looked powerful, though ragged. Syracuse is driving Tor the coast bid; and Penn has what Philly sports writers would call a “destiny team.” So what can the poor recuperat ing Lion do but go back to his sling and crutches ami hope that next year, or possibly two years from now, all opposing hands will be down with double pneumonia. Granberry & Co. Members of New York Stock Exchange and Other Leading Exchanges Williamsport Telephone 2-4651 PAUL 0. BROSIUS Manager WM. L. SCHREYER CHARLESE. LEWIS Bond Dept. Please feel free to phone at any time for stock quotations or re ports on any stock or bond. A Common Expression in Town and on Campus ... “You Can Get It at METZGER’S” Books and Student Supplies of All Kinds Book Racks, $1.69 - Book Supports, 20c pair Desk Lamps, 98c, $1.19, $1.25, $1.50 and up Ping Pong Sets - Balls, Paddles, Nets Complete Line of Hunting Equipment Rifles, Shot Guns, Ammunition of All Kinds Shot Guns and Rifles for Rent Thiel Urges Frosh To Try Lacrosse There are few collegiate sports which start from scratch for most college students. At State one of these sports is lacrosse. There are only a few high schools in the state which sponsor the sport on their ath letic program. When candidates report they all have an equal chance of making the team. Coach “Nick” Thiel, former all-American at Syracuse University, ,ias built teams here from boys who never saw or knew the game before entering college. During the past two seasons the la crosse team has built itself into a strong opponent against the major Arrow Shirts Sanforised Shrunk That means the utmost in styling and value . .. Every shirt is sanforized shrunk. A new shirt if ever one shrinks. See the new pat terns now on display. FROMM’S $2.00 $2.50 HI E. College Avc. ARROW tnirfi Page Three ’ teams in the east. This spring’s schedule will in all probability include games against West Point, Maryland, Swarthmore, Harvard, Cornell, Penn sylvania, Lehigh, Lafayette, and Syracuse. Coach Thiel is calling a special fall practice session for all freshmen who may be interested in the game. These candidates may report at any time during the week to the lacrosse room in Rec hall. From , now until Thanksgiving the freshmen will be taught fundamental stickwork and elementary blocking. It is planned to schedule a game against the Maryland frosh.
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