THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER .12, 1940
Lion Gridders Show Promise For Another Successful Campaign
Between
The Lions
Dear Frosh—
Each year along about this time,
Collegian sports editors beat out
their brains (wliat is left of them
after three years of college liveli
ness)- in an attempt to find the
unique “first column,” directed at
you freshmen, and dedicated to
the proposition that somewhere
there are people who may be
niolded into regular Between The
Lions readers.
Such is my task at the present
moment.
Rather than go into lengthy dis
sertations on the power!ul football
teams that Penn State produces,
the unbeatable soccer teams it
turns out, the invincible basket
ball aggregations which the Lions
call their own, etc., I am going to
adopt a new plan of attack for my
blitzkreig on the class of 1944.
I am going lo tell you about my
self. Then maybe you'll s better
understand what you read in this
column in ensuing issues.
I was bom and lived my first
years like any normal inhabitant
of the Skellar. I went through
my first three years at Penn State
a la Lower Division and found
myself in the driver’s seat of BTL
at the end of my third term. Here
I am. -
In case any predictions which
are made in- this 'column* during
•the year smell- of rfifth column, let
it be . understood . that I HAVE
PICKED THE PITTSBURGH PI
RATES TO WIN THE NATION
AL LEAGUE PENNANT FOR
THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Thfci
explains a lot.
Also, I am one of those guys
who always picks the underdog,
no matter how far under he is. I
thought Penn State would beat
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Grid Chief
Leon Gajecki, Lion captain
and candidate for All-Ameri
can honors, will lead the State
gridders as they attempt to go
undefeated through an eight
game schedule. (For story, see
column three.)
Corriell last year. That, too, will
explain a lot.
In my own inimitable fashion, 1
draw conclusions. I look at a
football and I ask myself whether
it is blown up. Usually I say it is
or it isn't. Seldom do I make
mistakes on deciding such diffi
cult problems.
I -hope this all doesn’t sound like
an alibi, or sound as though I am
not expecting much of myself in
the future. I hope you’ll find it
bearable to read me from day to
day, All I can say is—if somedays
I seem to have a journalistic hang
over—you can always ’ turn back
and read the women’s news.
No matter what I say in BTL,
I AM. seeking one goal—a BIG
GER AND BETTER PENN
STATE—ATHLETICALLY. I feel
Penn State deserves anything I
can give her—no matter how
small it may be.
Yours sincerely,
Dick Peters, Sports Editor
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Lion Eleven Lacks
Left End Reserve
With the wealth of good mate
rial on hand after its most suc
cessful gridiron campaign since
1919, Penn State’s 1940 football
edition is already being groomed
as one of the East’s powerhouse
elevens.
The entire forward wall with
the exception of Captain Spike
Alter is back and it will take a
Nazi blitzkreig to dislodge Tom
Yargo, Frank Platt, Wade Mori,
Captain Leon Gajecki, Mike Gar
binski, and Carl Stravinski. The
only doubtful starter in that line
is Garbinski who shared the right
guard chores with Ted Nemeth
last year. Jim Woodward, prob
ably the most improved player on
the squad, is pushing Mike hard
and might get the nod.
The open left end spot is caus
ing the coaching staff considerable
worry. Lloyd Parsons, a rugged
195 pound senior, is the leading
candidate at present. Another
promising end is sophomore Bob
Davis , who makes up in crashing
and daring playing what he lacks
in' weight.
No less than five lettermen
tackles are back on hand. Walt
JCniaz and massive Len Frketich,
who at 300 pounds lays claim to
being the heaviest college football
player in the country, will be
ready when Platt and travinski
need rest. The fifth tackle is Ben
Pollock, a senior, who specializes
in kicking extra points.
At center will be “Gates” Ga
jecki, captain and State’s out
standing candidate for national
recognition. Chosen on the All-
Pennsylvania team in 1939, Ga
jecki needs only backing by met
ropolitan papers to take his place
as one of the standout football
performers in college ranks.
A veteran backfield, barring
injuries, will take the field against
the Bisons. Performing the dou
ble duty of calling the signals and
blocking will be Johnny Patrick,
another sixty-minute player. This
year he will be given ample sup
port by Paul Weaver, a promising
sophomore. '
Chuck Peters and Pepper Pe
trella will hold down the all im
portant left halfback or tailback
position. Peters, a dangerous and
shifty runner will see the most ac
tion with Petrella, the flashy 145-
pounder of Penn fame last year,
used to run the enemy ragged dur
ing scoring threats.
Bill Smaltz, a junior handi
capped by injuries last year, who
did not find himself until the Pitt
game, and Ralph Ventresco, the
outstanding sophomore on the
squad, will battle it out for the
fullback starting post.
In the right halfback spot—
Coach Higgins has two veteran
players, Craig White, a fixture in
the Lion backfield for the past
two seasons and Len Krouse, an
other letterman and fine pass re
ceiver.
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r 44 X-Counfry Mils
Await Registration;
Two Dual Meets Slated
Freshman cross-country, like
practically all frosh sports, is still
pretty much up in the air—and
will be at least until after regis
tration.
With dual races scheduled with
Syracuse and Cornell, the ’44 dis
tance men will barely have timej
to warm up for the IC4-A’s ini
New York early in November. j |
Coach Chick Werner expects tol
call freshmen as soon as enroll--,
ment is complete. Not until theiji
will he have any definite picture
of what this year’s team will bfe
worth. •
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