Between The Lions Bob Wilson Today marks two weeks since Between The Lions appeared on the front page of this pager heading an open letter to ope Mr. Higgins .Today also marks two weeks since this department has said any thing at all concerning the coaching situation here at State During that time'l have received innumerable letters referring to the situation —some haughtily denouncing, others extolling the vir tues of what X shall call (purely for convenience’ sake) he "Higgins A Former Pitt Star Writes ' Among this increasing batch of mall was one letter from a fonn er University of Pittsburgh tackle X quote from that letter Oear Mr. Wilson. “It was very disappointing to read the other day that you had un fairly criticized the strategy developed by Coach Higgins ( .“You stated'that he had a very poor system Speaking from ex perience, I can say that Penn State has one of the best offensive systems country I played with Pitt in 1935-36 37; and feel that l.can speak for the majority of the Pitt men It is our opinion that Penn State gave us the most trouble with its offense. By this I mean, perhaps the team did not have the material, and the physic al capabilities of the men were not sufficient, but as far as tpe sys tem was concerned, it was there, and gave us many t a headache “Among the teams that we played, such as Fordham, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, West Virginia, Southern California and Wash ington, Penn State,ls the only team from whom we have taken sev eral plays We even had one play called'the “Penn State Sneak.” It was a winner foe us and we used it to score against Notre Dame and Carnegie Tech and it gained a lot of yardage for us Don't you think it’s a tribute to your coach to have Pitt, one of the leading teams In past years—year in and year out, take 'plays only from Finn State? Yet you say he does not have' a system “The trouble lies not with the system, but with the material, the defeatist attitude, and the campus spbrts writers “I have never had the pleasure of meeting''your coach, but we all respect his system . , - Yours very truly, George D Delich » * Thank you, Mr Delich I can’t say that I agree with all you have said, but I will say that your mention of the "defeatist attitude” is more than justified I would certainly like to know* just what is be hind it. ' » More Pittsburgh Propaganda No less than 14 people sent me clippings of Eddie Bleacher’s col uhin from the October 31 issue of the Pittsburgh Press Under the heading “Sports Stew—Served Hot,” Bleacher wrote , “Those Penn State fans howling for Bob Higgins’ coaching scalp again may have the record book to[back up some of their charges— > but when it comes to criticizing the ’Higgins’ system’ of play they might do well to check back and find that old Mai;se Bob has one of 'the finest creative heads in the game . No less than four of his 'pet plays have been picked up by Pitt and worked to advantage the past several years—the famous “Penn State Sneak,” a short reverse play with the back man faking in the direction opposite that in which the play is to go, a smart "Sucker” play, and a variation of the short reverse ” }j All of which is, of course, true Penn State has always been a great reverse team And simply because teams Jiko Pitt and almost all, of tbe rest of State’s opponents have adapted Penn State, plays to,their own particulni attack, the Lions have had to pigeon-hole for the k next couple yeais nearly every play the creative pemufe of Bob Higgins has invented A'Possible Solution???? r 1 ji Why, then, if Pitt, Cornell, Syracuse and even Harvard can bor row Penn State plays to win ball games, can’t Penn State borrow Pitt, Cornell, Syracuse and even Harvard plays for the same purpose’ It’!? as broad as it is long % >|< .Send 'any and. all reasonable answeis to me m care of the dead letter office Women an Sports ''.The junior hockey team.held the sojihomores to a 2-2 tie in'the In ter-class hockey tournament Thurs day. Sglly Faber and Gertie Hel mers scored a goal' apiece,tor the juniors and Midge Taylor and Ber nice Matter for the sophomores ftae , game will be replayed Thursday ,to determine the winner f renting; | SOMETHING l» •■ • \ 'tr * Just Look in the Col li legian Want-Ads \1 Rooms for brides and ' *1 ‘, grooms, apartments, .and * y houses, all are listed" U with complete Informa s\ tion on number of rooms, baths, kind of heat, V transportation,' and prox -imity of schools. Read and Use the Want.Adsl •1 ( I', PLACE YOUR AD AT STUDENT UNION J - OFFICE 8 f - SERVE - • I GENUIHE CRISFIELD l OYSTERS '' !_ / DELIVERED FRESH FROM THE BAY ICpok’s Market |lls ;S. Frazier St.’ . :> ■ Dial 791 who will, play the freshman team Junior J *. Sophomore RW —Dot Pierce Jean Feanor RI —Jane Hoskins Betty Ziegler CF—Sally Faber Bernice Mauer LI Betty Schoch , Kay Loresch LW—Gertie Helmers ** ML Taylor RH—Lenore Heinz Helen Gordon CH —Marge Cutler , Dot Wagnei LA—Harriet Dayton Pat Patton RF—Betty Widger Nancy Seeds LF—Ruth IClstler Dot Radcliffe Goal—Marge Harwick Mary Poole Substitutes .for the juniors were Vivian, Smith, Phylis McCarraber, (Continued On Page Four) - Dr. Yeagley Calls Mars War Theory ‘So Much Humbug’ Astrologers’ claims that the pres ent war-niindedness and European War can be' blamed 'on the near ness of the planet Mars to the earth, are “so much humbug” ac cording to Dr- Henry L Yeagley, assistant professor, of physics at the College ' Mars Theory Bunk “The relative closeness of Mars to the earth—4,ooo,ooo miles near ei now than it will be in October, can have no physical effect upon us, unless tile peoples of na tions can he persuaded into, be lieving this 1 fallacy, k which> may cause them to be influenced in their judgments,” Dr Yeagley continued, ' "since ’no astronomical phenomena, the revo lution of stars in their orbits, will have any effect upon human so ciety except through the mental Booters Face Army Afte O The Collegian Sports PAGE THREE Frosh Eleven Tramples Bucknell Yearlings In Easy 14-0 Triumph After getting as many consistent unlucky breaks ip their last two tilts as Notre Dame has been get ting lucky breaks, Penn State’s powerful yearling football squad finally hit their stride* and com pletely dominated a fighting Buck nell Cub eleven here Saturday to triumph/14 0 The hard-driving Nittany Cubs scored once in the first quarter Allien rugged little Earl Brown cul minated a 56-yard Lion drive by hopping over the goal from the 9 yard marker, and again in the sec ond quarter when substitute end Jame<? Scarr (alias Geoige Rum sey) snared a 15-yard touchdown pass from back Galen Bailey to tally Ventresco and Fallon kicked the extra points “Mystery Man” Scores Mystery man, as well as hero, of the game was sub end James Scarr who went into the game with eveiyone but he, including coaches and teammates, thinking his name was George Rumsey Victim of a coincidence and a case of mistaken identity, Scarr would probablj still be "George Rumsej’’ to Coach IM FOOTBALL NEARS FINALS Intramural Swim Tourney Advances Intramural football today neared the final round with nearly ten games completed since last Tties day. Kappa Sigma, winner of the tro phy two years ago, turned back a strong Pi Kappa Alpha team to complete one of the six brackets in the fraternity .league, y while Phi Kappa Psi sparked by Fietch By rom defeated Pi Kappa Phi to com plete another bracket , The other’results* Alpha Phi Delta 2 Ist downs, Delta Sigma Phi —0 Ist downs, Watt Hall “B”—O. Met '4l—7 r Jordon Hall —6, Locust Lane Lodge—o, Forestiy Society— -3 Ist down, Blue and White— 1 Ist down, Lions Club was defeated by Fairmont Hall In a Fiaternity League IM swimming match Thursday, Kappa Sigma eked out a 27 to 23 victory over Theta Chi, In an Independent Lengu^ l meet, also on Thursday,' Watts Hall swimmers defeated the BRB Club. 31-19 Swimming, Results In the opening intramural swim ming meet Tuesday, Sea Lions A C overwhelmed the Blue and White Club, 29-10, to gam the second round in the Independent League In two Fraternity League meets, Acacia won from Beaver House and SAE from Theta'Xi by for feit AAUP Holds Open Meeting Tomorrow The American Association of University Professors will hold an open-meeting in Old Main Sand wicli Shop at 8 p m tomorrow The program will include reports by the treasurer, the Forum Com mute and the Traffic Committee, as well as 'a discussion on the Chapter policy for the year. hallucinations occurring bj; such beliefs ’’ - ’ Dr Yeagley is supervising tbe construction of nine units of o-new multiple observatory system here at the College, the first of its type in-this country. These units are being furnished with telescopes made at the physics laboratory In connection with .a course in. tele scope making , ’ , Eugene H. Lederer REAL estate 114 E. Beaver Ave. Dial 4066 State College • -AT PENN STATE (Folomil : 123 W NITTANY AVrMUE I ALL ROOMS WITH RUNNING WATER I When In - Doubt .About a Room - - - 7 Thermostatic Heat, Quiet Atmo sphere /and -Scrupulously Clean PENN STATE COLLEGIAN McAndrews had he not grabbed Bailey's 15 yard heave from out of the groping hands of three Buck nell players in the second stanza to score the second Lion touch down Incidentally, it was the first football game Scarr has ever played Coach McAndrews used three complete elevens to subdue the battling Bisons After the starting team of Ventresco, Bice, Brown and Weaver in the backfield, Davis and John Egli at the ends, Joe Marcus and Ken Schoonover at tackles, Bob Perugini and Bill Hamilton at guards, and Bob Brooks at center had scored easi ly in the first quarter, they were remover] at the opening of the sec ond Second Stringers Shine The incoming second-stringers scored even more easily than their predecessors Inheriting the hall on their 0wn,35 at the opening of the second period, they never lost trek downfield to the Bucknell 15 possession throughout their 14 play jaid stripe, where Bailey passed to "Burnsey" Scair, the "Little Man who wasn't There/’ for the second, and final. Lion score Spindly Billy Soose Hits Tough Comeback Trail Victory Over Munley Proves Hands Are In Good'Shape; Wins Scribes’" Praise By BOS LANE This is the storv of “The Man Who'Came Bach It concerns young William Soose, who if present indications hold true, may become one of the most, perfect pugilistic machines evei to oe developed in the Nittany Mountains A iangy youth with neatly-chis eled fentmes, Billy is the tvpe of a person •whose fistic prowess is helled, by his tootli-pick physique After completing a brilliant rec ord in amateur circles and termi nating a Penn State ring career bv special request, William enter ed the professional lanks in the Fall of ‘37 He caused the same sensation thnt an earthquake does on the Pacific Coast, and Eastern promo ters burned telegraph wires with tempting offers for a Soose inva sion Finally Billy accepted a lu crative offer and appealed in Pitts burgh in the Summei of ’3B Defeated Al Qualll The ."Smoky City" fans turned out to see Al Qaaill blast this "young upstart’’ fiom the ring Quaill almost fulfilled their desire when he dropped the former Penn Stater foi a nine count in the sec ond round, but Billy recovered and the next eight rounds proved to be Football ’(Continued From Page One) measured up more first downs than State, ended in the-red as far as yardage gained was con cerned The nearest.the Dixieland band came was in the final period when they moved to the Lion 26 maiker on passes from Mondorff to 'Bernie Ulman. But as usual, the Terp offensive crumbled be fore a hard-chargmg Nittany line and on the i next series of downs, they lost 21* yards. Wade Mori, at right guard, played a smashing defensive game for the home team and Leon Ga jecki, still this writer's choice for anyone’s all-American center, was up to his old tnck of getting to the opponents* ball carrier as soon as, the ball.- I WELL, - - - OKAY Penn Mary- ' State land First downs, rushing 10 6 First downs, passing 0 5 First downs, penalties 0 0 Total first downs ! ___ 10 11 Yards gained rushing 249 117 Yards lost rushing 26 126 Net yardage rushing -9 Forwaids attempted 11 16 Forwards completed 1 6 Yards gained passing __ 10 94 Passes intercepted _____ l 1 Number of punts 8 7 Total yards of punts 282 271 Avg. dist. of,punts 36 39 .Yards runback of punts _ 59 98 Number of kickoffs 3 1 Yards runback of kickoffs 0 36 Number of ■ fumbles 0 6 Ball lost after fumbles 0 0 Number of penalties 8 3 , Yards lost l>y penalties - 70 - 26 Pos Penn State L E Davis Weinberg L T Schoonover Bmgaman L G Pcrugmi Anderson. C. Brooks Fischman R.G Hamilton Fennell R T Marcus Bizub RE. Egli Hart Q B Weavei Sako! L H Rice Podd R H Brown Woods F B Ventresco Thomas Score by pertods. Bucknell 0 0 0 0— 0 Penn State 7 7 0 o—l 4 Touchdowns Penn State Brown, Scarr Point after touch downs Penn State Ventresco. Fallon (placements) Substitions Penn State—Ade»- sa, Bailey, Berime, Dufford, Fal lon, Gales, Grace, Gramly, Mar shall Maslow, Null, Palazzi, Pay ton, Reagan. Richards, Shrom, Stabley, Steinbachei, Thompson, Walker Bucknell—Whittam, Van Sant, Chilton, Schulman Officials. reft*iee, Sellers, Mt. Union, linesman, Come, Pennsyl vania; umpire, Hancock, Otter bem, field judge, Lehecka, Lafay ette onl> a question of whether Qualll w*ould be In a perpendicular or hoi.l7,9ntal .position when t the fight was ovei - that fight Soose huit his hands and although he fought such outstanding middle" eights as Charley Burley, Freddie Lena, and Al Ducea after tlie injmy, be irri- BILLY SOOSE- tated his hands, which finally nec essitated a yeai’s lay-off Georgie Abrams, high-ranking middleweight, was the'first oppo nent on Billy’s comeback path two months ago After William had pounded Geoigie fiom pillar to post and had hit him with every thing except the water bucket, the judges, as they have done before, decided against him . Larrups Scranton Fighter After a breather in Rochester, Billy took on Jackie Munley, hard coal region king in Scranton Mun ley thought that a coal mine had caved in on top of him after five rounds of near murder Spindly Mr. Soose is on the comeback trail, and from the flow ery compliments boxing writers aie* costing upon him, it is begin ning to look like the former inter collegiate champion will have trou ble securing opponents unless he consents to have one arm in a sling and the other amputated. Bernhard Visits Exposition Dr. Rudolf Bernhard, professor of mechanics, retu,rnqd Wednes day after visiting the National Metal Congress and Expositions at Chicago Whilo there, Dr. Bern hard attended the meetings of the American Society for Metals and the American Welding Society.^ Tuesday, November 7,1939 Harriers Defeat Pitt, Finish Dual Season Saturday Smith Places First As 3 Lions Set Best Times By ED HALL .With three cross-countrymen turning 'ln the best time of their college cnreeis, a Lion harrier team, like the prodigal son, return ed to the Nittany fold Saturday by outrunning Pitt's hill and dalers on the five mile college couise to win 22-13 before a houseparty eiowd of 7.000 In their last dual meet of the season Len Henderson. Frank Maule and Arnold Olsen all broke their previous marks set for the five mile giiml Maule ran the dis tance in 26 10 with Henderson’s and Olsen’s times being 2G 11 and 27 20 respectivelv _/ Smith Wins Easily It was a ferocious and hungry Lion also that finished up its dual season Bill Smith came in 14 sec onds ahead of Walter Sterner/ Pitt ace. and Captain Frank Maule eas ily took thiid place It took a great surge on the part of A 1 Boulanger, IC4-A two mile champ to beat out Len Hjenderson for fourth place Henderson led almost until the finish line where Boulanger put on a sprint that cm lied him a hairs length ahead of Henderson over the'finish line Sterner Leads At Mile The race over the golf course was. Sterner led the pack at the mile wheie Bill Smith pulled away fiom him to take and hold the lend Fiank Maule was ahead of Sterner several times during the race only to have the Pitt ace win out at the finish tape Mnule’s attempt to beat Sterner was spuned on bv a rivalry which has existed between them dming their college careeis With his dual meet brought to a winning if not successful conclu sion, Coach Chick Werner had this to say about the Lion haniers yes* teidny Werner’s Comment “Tliis year’s team is the- best we’ve e\ei had The squad that we had this yeai would have been Intei collegiate Champions several veais ago The competition in ci o«s country is just getting tough ei and we met the top flight of the nation this yeai ” The hill and daleis will end their cunent season when they go to New Yoik City on Novembei 20 to engage in the Eastern IC4-A*s HOW THEY RAN Bill Smith 26 0i Waltei Sternei 2G 37 Fianlc Maule . 20 10 : A 1 Boulangei 2G 11 Len Henderson . 26 f>l Arnold Olsen 27 26 Graham MJIIei 27 .14 Frank McKab . . 27 50 Art Lecture Series Starts November 15 Because of the success of a group of three lectures sponsored last vear by the department of fine aits, the gioup of three gallery talks will be lepeated this year The first talk in the series will be given at 7 30 p m, November 15, in 107 Main Engineering when Fiancis E Hyslop, Ti , instructor in flne % aits, will discuss “Peter Breughel—A Modern Old Master” 'Hie audience will go to the Col lege Art Gallery in 313 Main En gineeiing where an exhibition of Breughel fasclmiles will be on dis play and will be explained by Hys lop 0 BuUs-Eye Our piinting goes straight to the mnik, looks btisk; clean cut, stimulating’ Whv not let us pioie tills the next time yon need piograms, in vitations. souvenii banquet menus The Nittany Printing and Publishing Company STATIC COLLEGE, PEN’XA Navy Scare Lions Overcome Middies 3-2 In Overtime Fracas Woody King ;Scores In Extra Period As Nittanymen Keep Streak Intact Still gasping for breath after that 3-2 close shave at Navy, urdny, Penn State’s undefeated soccei Lions head foi West Point tp morrow in quest of then seventh straight victory of the season S The Army booters. perennially strong, have had a rather sec-savp - , season this yqai, but have shown additionla strength lately by do\vn< ing Brown For the pa«t seven years the Lions have triumphed oV* every occasion except one tie ■» Going into the Navy fray with a chip on then* shoulders, the Nit tany soccermen encountered unex pected difficulty m a bettei-than reputed Middie outfit It was only through the brilliant play of Woodv King that the Lions kept intact their undefeated stieak King tallied to break a tie in an extra period Woody’s goal was sioied after four minutes of the extia period when he followed up a rebound aftei Refo, Navy goalie, had blocked Bob Ernst's haid drive With this wide-awake play, the Lions hung up their fifty-first game without defeat . Refo Thwarts State Thioughout the opening period f he play was very close with the State foiwards being thwarted on every onslaught before the goal by Cub Booters Face Cadets Tomorrow Rested up from a hard-played 4 3 win ovei the Cential Pennsyl vania High School All-Stars in Sunbuiy Saturdaj afternoon, Penn State’s soccer Cubs are priming for a tough battle with Army’s Plebes in West Point tomorrow' This game along the Hudson to morrow marks the first time that a State freshman soccer team has ever invaded the Point and also the third game on the Cubs’ schedule They previously had won from S>iacuse and tied with Cor nell. 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Kingy tallied his first goal during this£ quarter and was matched by* Reedv of Navy to tie the game - the third quarter Bigott Scores In sth Game f.v Venezuelan Gus Bigott couldn't' be prevented from scoring in his' 4 fifth stiaight game this year and 5 * rippled the nets for a tally in the* fourth period Navy retaliated inf the last minutes when Freuchtfe scored to even tne count at the of the regularly played game It was duung the fust ponod that* King shot through thef" decisive point The lineups* Pos Penn State G Leskaras R F Lange Partridg^, L F Schulei Montgomery R H Hartman Fruecht^ CH Meg! ail MaclnmV L.H Green 1 Reedjr^ OR Haitman j Sellout/ J R Kinp Wiliiamsoii, C.F Bigott Parker I. L Coiman GiahanT l 0 L Duram —* Hamodiu Scoie by periods >\ Penn State 0 10 11 o—3 Navy 0 0 1 1 0 o—2 Goal*—Penn State* King 2, Big ott, Navy Reedy, Freuchtl Sub stitutes Navy*' Mealey, Divis, Andrews; Penn State. Wodock, Ernst, Peiffer Referee—Al Gor don, Baltimore Time of periods— -22 minutes JUVFNILES POFTRY Drama RFPFRFNCr State Collfgf
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