TUESDAY, ,SEPTEMBER 23, 1941 Many Booters Still 'lnvincible' Going almost unnoticed right Under _ Penn , State .sports fans' noes, is probably the most phe bOinenal collegiate athletic team in the country. • ISince November 5, . 1932, when • they .bowed to• Syracuse, 2-+l,• Bill Jeffrey's booters have, like Old . Man River, kept on rolling, Mow . ing down opponent after .opponent, until at,.. present they boast an .astounding streak of 61 . consecu . tive games without a single defeat and are in quest of •their ninth straight undefeated season. • During that eight-year span [Tenn State• soccer squads haVe booted a total of 255 goals' against :a mere 31 for their opponents, and , their pereniailly iMpregnable de [`lenses have held opponents score -less in all (but 19 of the games. . Although the Blue and White have won most of their gaines by comfortable margins, on numerous 'occasions hair-raising rallies -have been necessary to keep the rernark , able winning streak IntaotA • In 1938,', a. •mlractildus 35`-'yard kick' in the last 'lO seconds - sailed them frorn• bo‘Niing to Syiacirse, 4-3. Trailing undefeated and un sCored-uperi Temple, 2-0, in the k ,concluding game Of last season, sithey. staged, a gallant second-half comeback. to win, They, have been extended , to the .limit in other games, too,, to .win, ibut win they .did; - • f How do they ~do it?. The 'saver • probably lies • in ;the inscrip= , tion on the scroll presented to jet= kirey two years ago by his rfriencls: "'To• , William Jeffrey-Varsity soccer' coach at the Pennsylvania i State College, Sportsman; Friend—r We, • in testimony of our appredia tion of your splendid 'contribution Ito College athletics, your • service to Penn State, your wise and, in spirational leadership which haS produced winning teen's without taking the: fun out of the sport, hereby affix' our signatures this• fourth day of March A. D. 11939." Indiania university 'recently 'opened - its $1,000,000 hall of .mu , • l.::. • • • Thy Bill Smalls. This is Their Year _-FullbEick Bill Smaltz will be pitching his bulls-eye passes again. this year into Captain Len C . Kouses!s arms. Both are veterans in the of, making a •passing . combination, click. Their abilities saved the day. for Penn 'sfate in the Bucknell and Syracust games last year and scored the Lions' only touchdown against Pitt. Sto.*:xro.,K i toxisq .. Combtoptior Carries tion-AeriaU •Fortri . ne.s i 1 '. Upon. the broad shoulders_ of Bill Smaltz and in. the. hands,of Captain Len Krouse will, rest he success of the Nittany Lions' aerial fortunes in football this season. La r sCyear sports, writers ranked the Sinaitzl : to-krpUses . passing combiriatiOn• second best in-..the natiori: ' Eden 'in practice • the now . with startling . - accuracy. Rarely does KrOUSe outrun his pass and rarely does Sinaltz fail to judge Krouse's speed and his own- throW • correct ly, It looks so easy! • Particularly - against Syracuse last • year; - the : combination's!• ac curacy_ saved Rem_. State, from a sure, defeat. The final score was tied- ancl .•;Smaltz . and Krouse, : could be thanked. for the Lion : spare, Smaltz threw .a bulls.- eye 27-yard pass to .Krouse who tied the i count at 6-6. When• the :strbrg Syracuse team Subscribe Now! 111 . • . T. , . i . 1 : : , 1 - 3 Collegian,. , 150 Issues for Three Dollars Also The Annual Collegian Dance on Friday October 10th Admission by Collegian Subscription Only THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Ca.pt..Len Krouse :Faroe bacKanksc2red, seven more points, the Pens . elected, to haVe Smaltz,:try_•i ariether , • pass ? ,. This time Bill Liid a• 48-yard pass into Krouse's arms. krbuse ran the remaining five - yards, the .extra Point was _ converted, acid' Syra duse tied for'. a. .gr eat._ moral vic tory. But' it wasn't Smaltz 'and Krouse alone _,who• prciduced' touchdown `passes.',. Both had . fine bloCking. That's, why .Coach Bob _Higgins is 'now 'Worrying • abogt , finding 'a Jeali-proof Last year Smaltz was unhurried ,in his throw and 'Krouse's biocke.rs . _ swept a clean path to goal_ seven al; times. • All season long . • Smaltz... and Krouse had. proper timing to pro duce_ .a major aerial threat, for opponents last . year., This year the .combinatiq nwill connect even more often, it prerzeason accuracy means ,anything. . . Leo Houck Had Good Record, Tough Breaks In Professional Ring "The good doctor" as Boxing Coach Leo Houck is known to the 'Students, took part in approxi mately 200 professional fights :from 'flyweight .;to heavyweight before coming . to Penn . State in 1923: ' He , wori,.over, three-fourths .of these bouts, was, never ,knocked Out, and vas knocked off his fieei only three . times. Houck gained the ,EnrOpean micidleWeight title iri 1912, and later, won the' sane championship in canaoa. He .also Won the Cuban'fight heavy Weight crown. He. was, never officially recog-, nized. as middleweight. champion of the world because he : was nev er able ,to get matches with the titleholders at. the, right times, For ,instance , Houck defeated George Chip five, times, , but when Chip became champ by knocking out Frank Kiaus, Chip would, not fight Houck again. Since coming to Penn State, Houck's teams.' have , won the Eastern Intercollegiate boxing title''seven • times. Thirty-nine in dividual • eastern , champions have been, glevelbpecl,;by him.,and.)fOur National Collegiate . title-holders. Clcoyic Almost -Missed Playjllt i tionifOolball Big. Joe: Cacovic looked in• vain for. Coach , Marty McAndrews,. for Joe wanted to. playlreshman foot ball for Penn: State: And Marty wanted Joe to .play for: the Nit,. tang: Lion. 'varsity.' some _day • be cause he. was. -Al.l=State center from Steelton last year. ' But . no one was around when Joe turned up at Beaver Field about two weeks agO so' he went back to Harrisburg. After Mc- Andrews learned that Cacovic disappeared; he left ' years •of his 'life but he got in touch with Cacovic • immediately. • Now Joe is back..inside McAn drews •fold - and the coach 'pre dicts a banner year. for the star center. PAGE 'SEVEN X-Country Team Hit By Injury Old Man Injury returned to the Penn State cross-country team in all his glory yesterday afternoon. Off-setting,the good news of the return. of Vern KOtz and Norm Gordon to the .varsity ranks, came the news that Gordon..arriver with an. injtiry that .may prove serious. • The ,senior . harrier has a bump on his right, instep, and its all a mystery: He doesn't know what is is nor what paused. it; .it's swollen arid it hurts when he runs. Gordon is going to have the lo cal doctors look. at his•foot. He be lieves it to be a swollen tendon, probably, caused . by tight laces. The varsity continued its light Workotits yesterday afternoon. The •addition'•of Kotz aid Gordon made the totalnuirrber of" varsity :dates an. unluCky thirteen. • Herm Goffberg and Captain Alex Bourgerie led the harriers in the five mile jaunt around the course. 111111111111111111111111111111110,11111111111111111111111111111111 CLASSIFIED SECTION 11111111111011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 FOR SALE-1935 six cylinder Pontiac coupe.. .Excellent condi tion. Call Clark, State College 2731. • 6tch22-30. FOR iFtRINIT- . .-311 South,purrowes, rent,clouble. ) rocms as single roam 2 double rooms and single room. Wal 'rent,,clouble .rooms as singe roorns..if.deiTe4. and plenty of hot water. Phone, 2687., 2tpd-Mori.Tups,. Ayr. ATTRACTIVE bedroom and study suitable for two graduate still. , dents. Also one single room. Shower. Call 2133. 3t0d . 22 23 24 Al ATTRACTIVE ,apartment, Room for one moreArlate, week; ly. 204 1 / 2 E. College Ave. Call 4158, ask for. §y r d. ltpd . 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