THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1940
60-Game Streak Unbroken As Soccer'
Captain Bill Smith
Offers No. Excuses
for His IC4-A Defeat
Captain. Bill Smith failed in his
attempt to regain the IC4-A cross
country . championship in New
York Monday, but he went down
Although there may have been
a number. of things which contri
buted to his defeat, the mighty lit
tle Penn-State leader said, "I have
no .alibis."
Hemmed in by a stream of 50
runners - at the start and running
on a cold day, which is fatal _to
Smith's ability to warm up, the
Nittany captain was slightly han
dicaPped.
"However," he said, "Les Mac-
MitChell was running a beautiful
race and Bob Nichols and Bill
Masten showed their heels in- a
grand spurt down the honie
stretch."-- •
Starting approximately 100
yards in front of a narrow trestle
which led into a small path, the
slight Nittany runner did not have
the tremendous speed of such
milers as Mac Mitchell, Nichols,
and Masten, who jumped the pack
to take an uncontested lead at the
trestle.
Smith had to be content with
sta3ring'with the other runners and
had 'to fight his way up the nar
row incline and weave in and out
before he could get ahead.
.This
may have drained his reserve
power and caused him to run the
poorest IC4-A race of his career.
Lion Briefs
Len Krouse, sterling Lion half
baak, stands second among the
nation's pass receivers. The junior
halfback has caught 20.pesses for a
total gain of 323 yards to place
him second to Humbert of Rich
mond College who has caught 24 in
eight games.
Penn State -ranks 10th in the
nation in total offense with an
average of 313.3 yards per game,
and 11th in rushing offense with
an average of 231.2 yards.
TO PITT GAME
via
GREYHOUND SPECIAL COACH
Leaving
5:30 P.M. FRI, NOV. 22nd
Reservations Can Be Made At
.. HOTEL STATE COLLEGE
Up To Noon, Friday, November 22nd
Lions To Conclude
Workouts Today
The undefeated Nittany Lion
football squad will conclude all
preparations for Saturday's tra
ditional battle with the Pittsburgh
Panthers this • afternoon with a
light drill. The players will leave
. for the !Smokey City early tomor
row morning and run-through sig
nals in the Pitt Stadium in the
afternoon.
No contact work was included
in yesterday's practice session as
the guard department, one 'of the
strong_ points at the outset'of the
year, continued to give the coaches
trouble. It isn't known yet wheth
er Wade Mori, confined to the In
firniary with a recurrence of his
knee injury, will be available for
the climax of the campaign. The
veteran 200-pound lineman is
serving his third year on the var
sity and is one of the outstanding
members of the team. In case he
is not available, his place will be
taken by Jim Woodward, another
senior.
Ken Schoonover's return to ac
tion in the NYU tilt, after being
out with an attack of bronchial
pneumonia, was very encouraging
and his showing Saturday consid
erably strengthened the end as
signment. With Schoonover and
Van Lenten improving so rapidly,
the regular ends,. Vargo and Par
sons, will have able replacements.
With the possible exception of
Mori, the Lion squad should be in
good shape for the first time in
weeks. It will be the strongest
State lineup that will face the
Panthers in the 40th annual game
between the two rivals.
Coach Bob Higgins has selected
the following traveling squad of
forty players to make the tr,ip:
Ends: John Egli, Aubrey None
maker, Lloyd Parsons, Bob Shrom,
Ken Schoonover, Wilbur Van Len
ten, and Toni Vargo.
Tackles: Len Frketich, Walter
Kniaz, Frank Platt, Ben Pollock,
and Carl Stravinski.
Guards: Mike Garbinski, Bill
Hamilton, Jack Kerns, Wade Mori,
Bob Perugini, Jim Woodward, and
Don Yoho.
Centers: Leon Gajecki, Lou
Palazzi, Chuck Raysor, John Tes
sieri, and Bob Wear.
Backs: Cap Bailey, Earl Brown,
John Day, Quentin Deidrick, Len
Gramly, Sam Kopach, Len Krotise,
John Patrick, Chuck Peters, Pep
per Petrella, Bob Rice, Dick
Schaughency, Bill Smaltz, Ralph
Ventresco, Paul Weaver, and
Craig White. -
IM Deadline Tomorrow
Tomorrow noon is the final dead
line for all winter intramural en
tries, Eugen C. Bischoff, director
Of intramural athletics, warned
potential intramural competitors.
Boxing, wrestling, handball, ping
pong, basketball, volleyball, and
badminton are the winter intra
mural sports. -Entries may be re
ported to Room 213, Recreation
Hall and must be accompanied by
the entry fee.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Galindo Sparks State
Offense, Scores Twice
By BILL McKNIGHT
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20.
State's formidable soccer Lions
continued to share national recog
nition with the Nittany football
eleven when they chalked up their,
sixtieth game without a defeat at
the expense of the University. of
Pennsylvania today to the tune of
3-0.
Playing on Penn's River Field,
both out fit s went scoreless
throughout a roughly played first
quarter. The Lions came back
strong in the second period and
shoved over their first tally on a
headed ball from Corman to Ga
lindo who drove into the net to
put Coach Bill Jeffrey's charges
out in front by a 1.-0 score.
Just before the close of the ini
tial half, Laskaris, State goalie,
was kicked in the back while mak
ing a desperate save and had to be
replaced by Bob Seavy who gave
a commendable account of himself
during the rest of the tilt.
In the third quarter the Lions
added their second count of the
afternoon when King blazed a fast
shot past the Penn goalie on an as
sist from Ernst. Two other State
attempts were thwarted when both
Green and Corman came within
inches of scoring what would have
been their first goals this season.
Only a few seconds had elapsed
in the final period when State tal
lied its third and last marker of
the game. Advancing straight up
the field, - the Lions scored on a
pass from Ernst to Galindo who
tapped the ball into the net for his
second goal of the game.
Outstanding for the Lions was
the exceptional defensive work of
Hosterman and the commendable
play of Green, Ccirman and Ga
lindo.
Saturday the Teffreymen will
wind up their 1940 campaign
when they battle the Temple Owls
in what will undoubtedly be the
Lions' toughest assignment of the
year.
Boasting an untarnished record
for the current season, the Owls
are pointing at State's long victory
streak that has now advanced into
one game short of the eighth con
secutive year without defeat.
Mermen Practice
For Tech Opener
With six weeks of practice be
hind them, the Penn State 1940
swimming team is slowly taking
shape for its first tilt January
11 when it battles Carnegie Tech..
The mermen had three weeks
of outdoor pr act i c e and then
took to the pool for the past three
weeks. The candidates practiced
distance until last Tuesday when a
few preliminary sprints were run
off but returned to distance swim
ming Wednesday.
Among the sprinters showing up
well are Captain Bill Kirkpatrick,
Ted Claus, Morrie Stern, Al Bert
ram, Coleman Sweet, and Fred
Boga tin.
The breast stroke looks particu
larly good this year with Ted Tay
lo- r and Dave Sharp, who were
outstanding on the freshman team
last year. The back stroke should
also be strong with Elmer Webb
and Jack Fruthter.
High Scoring Features
College Bowling Matches
Total scores for three-line
matcheS at the State College Dux
Club last night showed the follow
ing results in the State College
Bowling League:
Bacteriology defeated Agron
omy by a close 2244-2238 count;
U. Club defeated the Power Plant;
2319-2279; Post Office subdued
CHCC, 2335-2310; Ag Engineering
out-bowled the American Legion,
2298-2066; Ag Hill topped Pasture
Lab., 2343-2255; Woodmen beat
High School, 2521-2300: Civil En
gineers defeated IVlerchants. 2409-
Lions Shut but Penn, 3-0
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IM Boxing Participants
Weigh In December 2, 3
Weighing in for intramural
boxing will be held Monday and
Tuesday, December 2 and 3,
immediately after the Thanks
giving vacation, Eugen C. Bis
choff, director of intramural ath
letics, announced yesterday.
With December 17 set for the
boxing finals, boxing will be the
first winter intramural sport to
get under way. Regular intercol
legiate weight divisions will be
used,andparticipantsmust
weigh in for classification and
before each bout.
'Mr. Bischoff advised all men
who are entering the boxing
intramural championships to im
mediately begin getting in shape.
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Olympic Weight Lifting
Team Booked For Circus
The United States Olympic
weight-lifting team has recently
been contracted to appear here
next spring as one of the feature
events of the annual All-College
Circus.
ArrangeMents for bringing
Coach Bob Hoffman and his team
here were made by the Penn State
strength and health club, under
the direction of Gene Wettstone,
honorary coach and president.
Eleven members of the club at
tended Coach Hoffman's birthday
show at the York YMCA last
weekend.
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Racusin Leaves
Basketball Team
Norm Racusin, varsity regular
last year, announced his decision
last night not to play varsity bas
ketball this season.
He gave as his reason for quit
ting the cage squad that he con
tinually lost weight while practic
ing.
He said that. he will rejoin the
team when he feels capable o.
playing his "best game." -
Coach John Lawther's only com
ment was, "I was counting a lot on
Norm and, naturally, I'm sorry
to lose him. However, it can't be
helped."
Racusin's decision leaves State's
immediate basketball fate in the
hands of five lettermen from las.
year. They are Captain Johnny
Barr, Scotty Moffatt, Bob Crowell.
Dick Grimes and Elmer Gross. On(
of these, Moffatt, spent the first
part of the semester . practice teach
ing and has been drilling w . th the
team for only a week. As a resul.
he may see little action until after
the Christmas vacation.
,'Three sophomores, Herb Balti
more, John Silan and Bob Riamin.
have seen service with the firs:
varsity five in recent practices anc.
will probably be a big factor in
the team's showing.
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