Thursday, November 23, 1939 Between The Lions Bob Wilson Ttip icvo Etats, Nnep TO THE UNKNOWING EYE the above statement will hold a. little more significance than wouhj a set of Egyptian hieroglyphics, a " dailv cryptogiam nr an old Spanish proveib It just doesn’t make sense , 1 But theie is'really nioie to that statement than meets the eye And deciphering it would be a compaiatively simple task for even *he mo«L ihcxpcnenccd cryptogiapher But foi the benefit of all those unknowing eyes whose cunosity might get the bettor of them, I*n going to tell all If lead fiom light to left, that seemingly senseless phrase Tae y, comes something that faintly resembles a prediction Penn State over lt’s my predict on on the outcome of Satui day’s gtid setto b« , twren the NiUanv Lions and the Golden'Panthers i Poni ing consequential inverse?, I have purposely wntten the pie -1 diction h.ickwaids so that I’ll be light no matter'which way .the game i ‘.ocs Thu> if the statement is reversed woid for word and read ' from left to i ight, the prediction becomes Pitt over State -v All of winch eliminates anv risk of being left out on a limb with ' ir out a parachute 1 ' , „ , Final analysis* If Ickes breaks his other wrist, Patrick and Pc 1.1 clla jioth come'down with smallpox'and Gajocki gets double pneu -inonia, I’ll take Pitt to win Otheiwisc. it’s Penn State all the way— ’“piovided Cnssiano, and the entire Panther line stay in Pitts, burgh * In shoit, it’s anybody’s l hall game. 'Pill Is A Horrid. Word 1 No pun intended, Pitt IS a horrid word as far as Penn States football Lions are concerned The Nittnnymen haven’t beaten a Pan thei eleven since 1919, exactly 20 years ago, when Coach Bob Hig gins captained State to a 20-0-victoiy The Higg was named to Wal ter Camp’s All-Ameiican eleven that year Pan Hip >• ■ Pot nurri The Pitt-State grid series is 39 years old this season. It in 1893. Since that time the Panthers have won 23 games, the Lions have annexed 13 and two contests have ended in scoreless deadlocks * Pitt comes hcie Saturday for the first time since 1931 Swan-Sonei For Seven Sen’or* Wearing the Blue and White for the last time Saturday will he Captain. Spike Alter, a mighty fine end; “Leapin Lloyd” Ickes, a nevcr-say-die fullback; Ted “Corrigan” Nemeth, a real scrapper at guard, .George Lucas, a swell centei. Sieve Rollins,, the hardest run mng back State has had for many vears, Grover Washabaugh and Gil Itndcliflr, a pair of dependable reserve ends <. Nuise 1 A"boi of aspmn tablets for Mr. Higgins, please. Four Good Reasons Why ; STATE Will Beat PITT: - 1. We’ve'Got the Pep! ; . 1 2. We’ve Got the Steam! | , " 3. We’ve Gotthe Fight!, i. . 4. We’ve Got the Team!- [W FIGHT! TEAM FIGHT! BEAT PITI ' F. B. KING MOTOR (0. 234 E. COLLEGE Ave. DIAL 3472 Have Thanksgiving Dinner —at-r- The Nittany Lion Full Course Dinner ONE DOLLAR Dining-Room Hours 1 12:30 to 2:30 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. . ta .. J 5 . & . rfx ■4. $ % > % £ ' » $ * & 1% - is | : ' 5 Lions Set Td Repulse Panther Invasion Hurts Cause Changes In State Lineup Rollins, Ickes Will Not Start Fracas (Continued From Page One) the Panthers Saturday Captain Spike Alter, Lloyd lekes, Steve Rollinr, Ted Nemeth, Call Si ravin* ski, Grover Wnnhabaugh and Gil RadclifT will be donning sllvei pan taloons for the last time Reports from the Nittany camp indicate several changes in the starting lineup for the.. Panther titll Steve Rollins, with an In jured hip, has shown considerable improvement during the week, but will piobably he replaced at fail back by vastl> improved Lhuck Peters Lloyd Ickes may be forc ed to give away at fullback to Big Chances for Lions Bill Smnltz because of his frac tal ed wilat hut may see action with the injured arm in a cast In the line, Nemeth, at ’guard will be hampered by a broken nose and injured shoulder Mike Gra hinskl may get the, call over the senior regular At the tackles an otliei problem is confronting the Lion mentors Stravinskl and Frank Platt have been both both ered with minoi hurts, and one of them may move out for Walt Kniaz who played a bang up game at Aimy The ends will be ns us ual, Caplaln Alters and Tim Var go, center will be Leon “All-Amer ican” Gajecki Craig White and Johnny Patrick will start in the other-two backfield spots ' Leading Panther threat w ill be dashing “Dandy Dick" Cassiano, fniihaiied 1 leftover from Pitt’s “Dream Backfield" Cassiano was the leading Panther ground gainei and scorer last season even In company with Messrs Marshall Goldbcig and Curly Stebbins Edgar “Special Deliveiy” Jones xv 1] be another Panther to keep eyes on Witnesses of last year’s freshman game with Pitt will re member the feats of the sopho more flash who can do almost any thing with a football except eat it Along ,the line. Pitt boasts its usual rower, though the loss o£ Dick Fullerton in the Fordham clash has caused some comterna-. tion in the .Panther den , Johnny Dickinson and Joe Hettinger are a fine pair of ends and Fiank Krlstufek and Harold Klein in the center of the line nre defensive huhvarks STATE-PITT . GRID HISTORY Date Penn State Pitt 1893 32 0 1896 . s lO 4 1900 12 0 1901 27 0 1902 27 0 1903 59 o 1904 v '*> 99 190-i r, ”JJ 1901) fi o 1907 « G 3 908 , 12 fi 1909 , f, o 1910 ' 0 10 ' 1911 • 3 0 1912 38 0 1913 .. ,fi * 7 1914 3 n 1915 . 0 20 1916 0 31 1917 . 6 , 28 1918 6 28 1919 . 20 0 - 1920 0 0 1921 ... 0 0 1922 , ... 0 14 1923 . 3 21 1924 3 24 1925 7 23 1926 6, 24' 1927 . . . 0 ( 30 1928* ' . 0 26 1929 . .7 20 ' 1930 .. .' .. 12 'll 1931 . . '6 41 1935 - . ' 0 ,9 1936 ... ." . 7 34 *1937 7 28 1938 0 26 Recapitulation 'State Wins ... 13 Pitt Wins Ties .. . 23 ~ . 2 In the 1930 State-Marshall game, Red Evans caught tlie opening kickoff on the State 2 and ran 98 wards to a touchdown without an opponents hand being laid on him Pe Ro ICE CREAM PENN. STATE COLLEGIAN ALL AMERICAN? tertiai all-American halfback," who has run wild against-,the* Nittany Lions for the past years Cassiano also has been on the passing and reeeivingiend' 1 of many Panther touchdown passes this year \ ■ This Panther aerial\ ace is the running mate of Cassiano. A senior hailing from Benuood, W v - Va, may cause the, Blur and'' White no end of trouble IfJthe 1 Bowser-tes decide to takejto the/., r * air'Saturday'? * PITT TERMINAL • f :v Good enough' to malce the varsity his cophomore year, he was fo'ced to sub for' all-American Bill Daddio - Rettinger, a pass* snatching defensive end, has ai most made Pitt enthusiasts for* get Daddio | PROBABLE LINEUP Penn State Position Pittsburgh Sidney Alter (c) LE Joe Rettinger Frank Platt LT Flank Kristufch Ted Nemeth LG Harold Klein Loon Gajecki C - ' Steve Sincn Wade Mon RG Rudy Gradisek Carl Slravinski RT Ted Konetsky TomVargo , RE Johnny, Dickinson Johnny Patrick QB .—Mike Sekela Craig White LHB Dick Cassiaro Chuck Poters RHB Emil Naric 01 - - . -•- Bob Thus bon Bill Smalt?-.. FB_ Ernie Bonelli oi ■ , George Kiacun. Football Seconds Slave Away As Fans Welcome Morpheus Saturday moi mng when you are st.ll in betNiftei Soph Hop, si\ felluwa, rain or shine, will’be up bngh“ and much too eaily, getting things ready so that ydu and the other 20,000-odd fans may enjoy all the color and excitement of the football game with Pitt. And what’s more thev Have been doing it t*vci since football sason began, among ether things ; Gridiron second assistant man* tigers are the butt of many unkind jokes, but,when it comes clown to actual labor, it's no joke for them Every day, when cold winds, lain, and sqow' are blowing acioss New Beaver Field the> mu e t attend football practice, even more regu larly than (Jo football plajers A football playel ma> be excused but not a second assistant Daily Dozen Duties Daily duties of a grid second in clude taking care of all equipment, being responsible for everything a football plaver might clamor for, and football players do clamor, cleaning the mud off football shoes ‘after a scrimmage' in the lain, cairying sawdust bags anywhere an\ conch would like them carried and even pushing the blocking and charging mach.nes which make seven 200-pound linemen grunt and groan Saturday morning at 8 20 the seonds are up on New Beaver Field putting out benches for both teams' to squat on, erecting the flags which flj from posts on the East and West stands, setting up ward markers and ' filling the players’ lockers with all necessai> equipment ■' After the game stmts the work is just begun One second is slat ed for waterbov dut\, to see that albrlayers aie provided with blan keto. one is lesponsible for all equipment, one stajs with the vis iting team and of all things two are scheduled to piovide hot ten and resting mats for plovers be tween halves So when yon see Boh Mont/, Kappa Sigma, Ted Winters, Sigma PJii Epsilon, Bill Finn, Phi Kap pa, Bob Fickinger, Delta Sigma Phi; Jack Morgan, Phi Gamma Delta,' or John Young, Acacia — just remember that these °ix lads have been doing the work usually •dot| bv twelve or fourteen foot ball seconds and a fine job they have done In 1331 the Collegian can led an article by Neil Fleming predicting “a five or six game football sched ule with all opponents in our own class” in the future Boxing Rules Of Two Associations Merged The Eastein hitei collegiate Box ing Association and the Intercol legiate division of the American Amateur Athletic Association were hi ought under the same boxing lules at a meeting in New Yoik Clt> on Montlaj The rules meeting of the two associations, better know n as the 13 IB A. and IC4-A, were attended by the three Penn State lepresen latives Neil P Fleming, pru dent of the E 7 B A . Dean Carl P Schott chan man of the IC4-A iules'committee, and Leo Houck, coach of boxing Intercollegiate boxing matches hoie have been conducted under the EIBA rules and no major changes will be made Houck Calls Varsity Boxers For Practice Facing a schedule of eight dual meets which will climax with the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing As °ociation championships here on March S and Coach Leo Houck issued his fii»t call for varsity boxing candidates tills week Home meets v v’onfronting the learn are Western Mai viand in the openei on January 20, Toionto Michigan State, and Cornell NINOTCHKA It’s topnotchka! Choice of Fruit Cup or Tomato Juice Choice of Boast ‘Wiuur Tuikev Filling f’mnbeirle* *»*sc , Special Grilled T-Bone Steak, 7So, Roast Piime Six loin of Beet 00c, Roast Leg of Poik, Filling oOc Breaded Veal Cutlet. Cienm Giavv 50c, Buked Viiginia Ham Raisin Sauce <tot. Creamed Turkev on Waffle, 50c, Baked Individual Turkev Pie Southern Stvle, 6t)c, Giilled English Lamb Chops Mint Jelly, OOc, Special Vegetable Platter 70c, Grilled (’tilled Shloin Steak, Mushroom Sauce BOe, Baked Stuffed Pork Chop Apple Sauce ,"oc, M.mlied oi Candled Sweet Potatoes Cienmed Whole Kernel Corn SALADS Choice of Head Lettuce, French Dressing Cream Slaw French Fruit’Salad Waldorf Salad Peach and Cottage Cheese The New College Diner West College Avenue BEAT PITT! The CAMPUS RESTAURANT “A Good Place to Eat” Corner of Pugh SI. and College Ave. Clark Motor Co. PACKARD MOTOR CARS GOOD USED CARS Goodyear Tires, Storage, Repairs, Gas, Oil, Batteries, and Inspection 120 S. PUGH ST. DIAL 2731 Choice of Pumpkin oi Hot Mince Pie Homemade Cake ami White House Ice (team Ft lilt Jello —Whipped Cieam Baked Apples Pineapple Delight ”S> 2 e* 3 5® 2£ .s ji o ij l a & 1 % Sj 3 2 3 © 6 ) t?i w Page Fire DESSERTS
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