The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 07, 1940, Image 3
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940 /11111M111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110I Between The Lions WITH DICK PETERS 11111111111i111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11 A Matter Of Rank Once a week, it's a good thing to take out your imagination and give it a little walk, just to keep it in good shape and running order. To day, I take my perambulating Perusal of the Penn State football team's position among the unde feated elevens in the East. Most recent polls and rating systems are shoving the Lions up week iby week, until only three or four teams in the East are now on a par or above the Nittany crew; these are Cornell, Boston College, Georgetown, Penn, and Lafayette. Eliminating Cornell and Penn, the former because we really don't think the State lads are superior to the Big Red, and Penn, because the Quakers have already been trounced, there remains only Georgetown, Boston College, and Lafayette to vie for Eastern hon ors with the Lions. Two of them, Frank Leahy's Bostonites, .and the Hoyas, are weekly given higher Mention than the Higginsmen ... ours to wonder why. The only comparative game score is against Temple which all three, the Hoyas, Boston C. and State, have taken. The Lions won easiest, by three - touchdowns. Georgetown beat the-• Owls by two tallies, and• Boston College won 33-20. But, everyone will tell you that comparative scores don't mean a darn thing. , So then, we thought maybe it was the schedules which George town and Boston College tackled that gave them higher ranking than the Lions. We fOund that Georgetown has made its history this fall by smash ing in succession Roanoke, Temple, Waynesburg, V.P.1., NYU, and Sy racuse. Any more a major slate than Penn State's? Boston College got its backing bedause Centre, Tulane, Temple, Idaho, St. Anselm, and Manhattan couldn't stop them. Outside of Tu . - lane and Temple, name another football eleven on that lineup. In case you've forgotten, the Lions have trounced Bucknell, West Virginia, Lehigh, Temple, and South Carolina. We still say that slate is as tough,. or more so, than the ones which have . gained Georgetown and Boston College the Eastern laurels. But of course, we're just imagining, it couldn't be, true: Ke!ly Selected The honor of wearing the lion skin at football games for the re mainder of this- season and next year . has been awarded to Tom Kelly, Beta Theta Pi, it was an nounced last night. Shirts and Collars • Should Be Laundered Now For SOPH HOP PENN STATE LAUNDRY 320 WEST BEAVER AVE. DIAL 3261 HURRY! . HURRY! HURRY! YOU NAME THE STORE CONTEST CHOOSE A NAME FOR A MEN'S CLOTHING SHOP $l5 First Prize and Five Consolation Prizes The name must consist of 3 words. First word of the name must be Charles. In case of ties the answer postmarked the earliest is the winner. 4. There is no limit to the number of entries. Answers Must Be Postmarked Not Later Than Friday. Midnight, Nov. 8. Reply to Charles Petnick, 109 S. Allen St. Balfour Jewelry Office Continues To Be Open for Business In This 'Location Syracuse Offers Serious Threat Bill Jeffrey's Experience Accounts For Success Of Nittany Soccer Team If the Lion' booters win their next three games they will wind up their season undefeated and will have achieved the almost un believable record of having gone through eight successive years without losing a game. They have played a total of 58 contests, meet ing some of the foremost soccer elevens in the country. These who do follow the team know that the real reason for the amazing success of the soccer Lions is Bill Jeffrey and his sys tem of coaching. "Genial" Bill was born at Edin burgh, Scotland, in 1890. At 14, Bill led his grammar school team to the city championship. For six years after his schooling, he work ed as an apprentice at a famous firm of marine engine builders, playing soccer on the company team. A knee injury in 1912 forced him to quit the game and Bill came . to the United States "to for get about soccer." He settled in Altonna, a toolmaker in a railroad shop. Unable to overcome his love for the sport, he organized a shop team, handling the coaching and managerial duties himself. In 1929 Hugo Bezdek called him to State to assume the duties of head soccer coach. The rest is legend. ,Junior Varsity Gridders Aim For Victory Over Pitt Blocking practice and dummy scrimmage composed most of yes terday's workout for Danny De- Marino's Jayvee gridders as they prepared for Saturday's game with Pitt. Although four players were in-. jured in the Navy game last week, they should be ready for action by Saturday. Sam Gaels, Jim Hall, and Sam Kopach, all out with shoulder injuries, are back with the squad. "Danny's Demons" will be han dicapped by the' loss of Galen Baily, Dave Shrom, and Len Gramly who were drafted for service with the varsity squad for use against Syracuse this week. The fact that the Pitt game is their last for this year and will be, played • on home ground should help the junior varsity Lions no little. After losing to Cornell and Navy in very close battles, the team will be on the rebound against Pitt. A victory over the Panthers, who downed Navy 7 : 6, would even up the season for the Demons. A tougher, six game schedule looms on the horizon for rext year. Miqr . o: 4 MigMMai ' Mr•Nli Orange Hard To Beat In Archbold Stadium Ordinarily a college football team has one or two crucial games a season, but the Nittany Lions approach each game this year with their undefeated and untied re cord at stake. With each oppon ent primed to shoot the works, State faces a crisis every Saturday and the approaching game with Syracuse is no exception. When the Lion gridders invade the Orangemen's lair in quest of their sixth straight victory, they will be meeting a team that has always been a tough nut for them to crack in Syracuse. State has defeated the Orange only twice in Archbold Stadium in the 18 games played between the two elevens since 1922. Though defeated three times during its current campaign, Syr acuse has met some of the top notch teams in the country. Blow ing hot and cold on alternate Sat urdays, Ossie Solems' charges have dropped decisions to Cornell, Northwestern, an d Georgetown while garnering wins over Clark son, New York .University and Co lumbia. If they hold true to form, they should be hot for the State game. The Lions will complete their home preparation this afternoon and leave for Syracuse tomorrow morning. A big send-off is being planned for the team by campus leaders. The bitter cold weather handi capped the squad yesterday as Coach Bob Higgins dispensed with contact work for the third straight day. Higgins dressed the third stringers in orange jerseys with numbers corresponding to Syra cuse key men and put the varsity on defense. Patricular stress was laid once more on protection against the opponent's aerial at tack. Billy Smith Nears End Of Brilliant Running Career For four years, between halves of football games, New Beaver Field spectators saw a small, thin runner, looking like a high school youngster, suddenly appear on the track, methodically circle the field, then breast the tape before the next cross-country opponent came into sight. Nov, Captain Bill Smith's last harrier race on Penn State sod is run. But in the memory of Penn State's students, Bill Smith will never stop running; for in their minds, the little Nittany captain is already a tradition. As the cheers rolling out across the gridiron made his knees lift higher and carried him down the stretch to the tape after his five ' mile grind, it increased Smith's quiet, steady determination to win for Penn State. After the scores of many foot ball games fade into a dim past and the thrilling runs of a gridiron hero have been forgotten, a picture of a lone runner, appearing from _nowhere as• a "Here comes Billy Smith" shout rends the air, will be I remembered. Lion Rill-and-Daiers Drill For Pitt's Steep Course In a special practice session yes terda3 at the Centre County Country Club, where the knolls are shorter and steeper, Coach Chick Werner's harriers ra n through one of their toughest workouts this year. Since Schenley Park at Pitts burgh is pne of the hardest courses in the nation because of its sharp grades, Werner sent his runners through a rigid drill for the Pitt cross-country dual rneet Saturday. Archy Hyson, Chet Snyder, Pop Thiel, and Captain Bill Smith looked in excellent shape in yes terday's hard run. Al Bourgerie will not make the Pitt trip because Werner is plan ning to use him in the IC-4A's which take place November 17. Yearling Eleven Gets First Scrimmage Drill In Preparation For Army The yearling eleven went through its first scrimmage of the week yesterday—a short, light intra-squad workout between the first two teams and the third outfit. "We're going tcr take things as easy as possible." Coach Marty McAndrews said, explaining why the team was undergoing no heavy drills. "Injuries have already put us in pretty bad shape and I want to have the boys in good condition for Army next Wednesday." The frosh will scrimmage again today and will probably do con tact work tomorrow, leaving Sat urday and Monday for the taper ing -off process. The battle with the Army plebes will be the last on the five-game freshman schedule. To date the yearlings have scuttled. Bucknell by a 12-0 count, been trounced in turn 20-12, by Syracuse, deadlock ed Colgate 7-7, and outscored Cor nell, 12-7. Lions Rank sth in East, 16th In Nation Penn State's football team was ranked 16th nationally and fifth in the East in the fifth of the weekly Associated Press ranking polls in which 178 football experts throughout the country partici pated. In retaining their place as one of the 11 undefeated teams in the nation. the Lions are ranked be hind Cornell, Boston College, Georgetown and Pennsylvania. Leading the country's football teams is Cornell, followed by Minnesota, Michigan, Texas A & M, Tennessee, Stanford, Notre Dame, Boston College, George town, Northwestern, Washington, Nebraska, Duke, Southern Metho dist. Penn, and Penn State. ONLY THE NEW SCHICK SHAVER OFFERS ALL THIS: I Neu , 2-M Shearing Head—hollow-ground to arch the skin B surface—makes the whiskers stand up to be cut off—gives close shaves 30% quicker, easier, better. 2 Flying Shuttle Shearer—powered by improved. faster motor— more than 14,000 shaving operations per minute. 3Whisk-ltr—to catch all beard clippings. No other shaver offers this feature. PAGE THREE Waits Hall Commences Grid Postcard Campaign "Watch Penn State's football team, with Gajecki, Mori, Petrella. and Vargo at the helm!" These words were written on postcard and sent to Grantlanc Rice, sports writer, yesterday Watts Hall as the first postcarc campaign got under way to. give impetus to Penn State's footbal team in the national rankings. "Taking the Daily Collegian': - advice, Watts Hall has decided t(. send a postcard to Rice each da:v until the end of the football sea• son, telling him about our team," Paul Moyer '4l; president of the hall, said. "We hope that other organiza tions on campus will help in thi: campaign by sending postcards to other sports writers," Moyer con tinued. Yale University has awarded one-year fellowships for street traffic research to 19 men out standing for work in traffic safety. MORNINGSTAR BREAD Morningstar Bread is fine for every purpose. 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