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VOL. , 38—No. 1
41 Candidates Report For First Football Practice
Season Opens
With Colgate
With only a month to prepare
his 1941 foOtSall machine for its
opener with Colgate on dctober 4,
Coach. Bob Higgins sent 41 foot
ball, candidates: through their in
itial workout yesterday as the
curtain was raised on the Nittany
Coaching Staff --of Earle Edwards, Joe Bedenk, Bob Higgtins,
Lions' 55th season on the gridiron. and Al-Michaels, left to right, is kept busy these days in whipping
This is the Hig's 12th year at the the Penn. State football men into shape for their first game on October
helm of State's- football fortunes, 4. Under Head Mentor Higgins, Bedenk coaches the line,' Edwards
and at no time has he faced a more takes care of the ends, and Michaels trains the backfield.
2lifficult task than the one con- -
fronting him now. No less than 10 last year's forward wall conting- '45 Gridders To Start
regulars from last year's standout ent. Mike Kerns has a year of
eleven have been lost via gradu- varsity experience under his belt• Prac • .
itice
ation, as well as most of the ex- but even he didn't see too much Organ i ze d
perienced reserves.
— action. So the entire front . line will After Freshman Week
N Gone is the entire famed "Seven be built around . inexperienced
Mountain" line, from end to ,:end, material, mostly sophomores. With one of the toughest sched-
Tom Vargo, Carl Stravinski, Wade
The complete squad:
Mori, All-American Leon Ga-
• ules in recent years ahead of them,
jecki, Mike Garbinski (the Army •Backs: Krouse, Smaltz, Petrella, the freshman football squad will
claimed priority •rights), Frank Brown, Curly Mann, Ralph Ven- begin organized practice immed-
Platt, and Lloyd Parsons. tresco, John Banbury, Hank Day,
•iated following Freshman Week,
Misging also will be backs like •
Dan Dinaldio,- Charles McFarland,
frosh grid coach Marty McAn
'Johnny Patrick, Chuck Peters and Paul Weaver, Aldo Cenci, Nick
drews announced yesterday.
Craig White, the most underrated Ranieri, and. Harpy Snyder. ,
' .Equipment will be distributed to
Lion player in the past 10 years. Ends: Wilbur Van Lenten, Bob the year 1 i n g gridders during
All in. all, only five lettermen have Wallace, John Potsk 1 a ti , Bob Freshman Week so that they may
returned for a tough nine-game Davis, Bob Walters, Bob Winter, participate in informal practice
schedule. George McWilliams, and John with the varsity.
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The backfield prospects are Egli. When the freshmen open against
rather on- the bright side. Captain Tackles: Kerns, Bernard Brosky, Bucknell on October 11 they will
Len Krouse will lead the team Bob 'Halpin, Meryl Mundwiler, be the first 1945 team to - swing
from his right half back post and Bob Shrom, Ken Schoonover, Tom into action. Following Bucknell,
should have another great year. *(Continued, on Page Two) the frosh play Colgate, Syracuse,
Bill Smaltz will in all .probability ,
'heave his passes from the fullback u • •
(mins Heads AEF Army.
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slot. They will be aided by speedy n ~, Three of-. the games—Colgate,
Pepper Petrella, a demon in the Bob Higgins, football coach, has Cornell, and Army—will be played
open field, and Sparky, Brown. been elected national commander away from home.
Higgins is also expecting a great of the 80th Division Veteran's As-
~,deal ' from last year's - reserves; sociation at the annual reunion of - t i l , a a‘ •
Ralph Ventresco, Paul :Weaver, the AEF veterans held at Freder- nil Price For Army
and Hank_ Day; and sophomores icksburg, Va., recently. Walter All United States service men in
John Banbury, Aldo Cenci, Char- Camp selected Higgins as an end uniform. will be able to purchase
les McFarland and Nick Ranieri. ' of the All-AEF , football team of reserve seats for the hothe foot:-
Only one letterman is.back,from 1919.. . . , . _ . , ball games this fall for half-price.
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Patrick Is Starter
In Pro Grid Debut
Johnny Patrick, quarterback on Maxwell Award, given to the out
last year's Lion football team, was standing player of the week in the
the only first-year man on the Philadelphia area, for his part in
Pittsburgh Steelers' starting pro the Temple game last fall.
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