SATURDA', OCTOBER. 4, 1941
Between Gridders.Open - Season
The Lions • Against Colgate Eleven
55th Football Season
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Going on the. theory that a per- touchdown runs he has_gotten
son can die only one, we're put- away-for during the last two years.
ting ourselves out on the thinnest He'll be the Lions', main scoring
limb - this morning in the hope that threat and will probably be watch
the executioner will delay his ed very closely lby the Colgate de
bloW Until the World Series is •fense. '.
over. The main cog in .the backfield
Before anyone else accuses us will be 200-pound Bill 'Smaltz,' a•
of treachery, we Wish .to go on valuable triple threat fullback. The
record here and now that we're burly senior will carry the brunt
picking ;Penn State to come of the Lions' line plunging, passing
..throt.lgh against Colgate, the Lions' and kicking. As an aerial tosser,
toughest opener in thirty some he made „one of the best records in
odd years. No, we're not doing it the east last year.
because of sentimental rensons.but - 'Paul "Manny" Weaver gets the
on judgment based on last month's edge for the quarterback position
daily, observations. and will carry on the blocking du-
When Len Krouse, Bob Higgins. ties left vacant by Johnny Patrick.
and Bill Finn said at Thursday's . The forward assignments haven't
pep rally that this year's squad been definitely announced but two
had the finest spirit of any recent sophomores, Bob Davis and John
P,enn State football team, they iPotsklan, will probably start at the
were stating a .fact that becomes end spots. Either one may be re
self evident as soon as one ap- placed by Ken Schoonover, a jun
proaches the squad in practice. ior.
The entire team is filled with that
Mike Kerris, 220-pound junior
wholer.ome enthu..,;asm that breeds - letterman, and sophomore Bernie
for a - successful season. ' Brosky, another giant, will be the
True enough, on paper the Red starting tackles with little Red Yo-
Raiders rate the • experts' nod to ho, an inexperienced senior, and
win this afternoon. But fortun-
-another newcomer, Jim Bonham,
ately, ther.e still remains a little at the two guards. Chuck Raysor
matter of a football game before will take care of the center duties.
the final laurels are awarded. And Against thislineup, Coach Andy
don't let anyone tell you that the Kerr will put on the field the best
Lions are going up to •Buffalo just tColgate team in ten years. The
for the ride.
• ' chief offensive threat of. the Red
In addition.• to its grand spirit, tßaiders.will be Indian Bill Geyer,
the team has a powerful running -a
fast breaking ball carrier who
and passing offense. Because of may 'be one of the year's stars. As
the , newcomers in the front
.sisting him in 'the starting back
trenches, the line at present re- • field will be Fox, at quarterback;
mains a big
,q4estion mark: - But Ed Phinney at left half and [Mike
may we remark that Colgate's
taaicka, a bruising line;smasher, at
lineup is not devoid of sopho- fullback.
snores. - Taking - everything into 'Davis and 'Hamilton are sched
consideration, the way we, look uled for starting ends, Captain
at it is that State will have to Guenther and either Vohs or Zittle
play sixty minutes of hard, heads- will be the tackles and Endres and
up football': But • given their ScOtt the guards. Bob Orlando, a
'share ,of the 'breaks, -the. Lions will sophomore, completes the Colgate
come home with the 'Raiders'
.. line at center.
scalp. . .
other Predictions
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riere's waY we look at the
other games of special interest to Soccertnen,Face
Blue and White fans
Navy's powerful two-ocean fleet r 45 S quad To day
to Make West. Virginia glad to get , - quad
back into its mountain hideout.
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Syracuse should have a good As a substitute for the cancell
season but the Orangemen . will ed 'soccer game with Gettysburg
have to wait until after the Cor-• which had been 'scheduled for to
nell game. to start rolling. day, Bill Jeffrey's varsity hooters
South Carolina Gamecocks will tangle with a - strong freshman
Should pull the Georgia Bulldogs eleven on • the gclf course at 2
tail in a close tiff 'o'clock this afternoon.
• New York Unilersity and. La- • Although -- the smoothly-passing
fayette meet on the Leopards' field varsity is - expected to win, it will
in .a battle of mediocre -teams. On find the .frosh no_ soft touch, ac
a toss of a coin Lafayette gets the cording to Jeffrey. Frosh Coach
nod. • Clyde Underwood reports that'this
Bucknell should find itself year'S '45 sqUad of 40 candidates
against Muhlenbe , •,g for its second is the largest and by far the most
victory of the year. • experienced in history 7
Lehigh and Case in a tussle of Yearling booters promising to
engineers. Case Lo win. Enough give the veterans the most trouble
said. . • are Red McKenna, a flashy inside
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Pittsburgh's Panthers are being - left; Paul Bender ..and Bob GO
underrated again, so we're look- ratt, capable .vingmen; Frank
ing for them to pull an upset over Klase, center forward; and Ted
Purdue. • Salon, center halfback.
This is Harvard's year to turn Alternating four complete
the table on the much-weakened teams, the. '45 spccermen. easily
Penn eleven. turned back State College high
And just to help the average school, 4-0, last week. They will
out, .Fordham - to pin back-S. M. U. meet Centre Hall high . school
Tuesday afternoon.
Candidates Called
An invitation for Mont Alto
students and sophomore transfers
to report •for basketball practices
any day after 4'p. in. has been is
sued by Coach John Lawther.
TEXAS HOT DOGS
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JimMy Smith '42 ,
Frosh Tennis Tourney
Hampered.BY Rainfalls
.The deadline for the completion
of first round play in the freshman
tennis tournament was set for to
day, George E. Potter '43, manager
of the tournament, announced yes
terday.
Approximately 45 freshmen are
listed for. match play, with several
scores already 'posted. ' ißain on
Thursday and yesterday postponed
many 'scheduled matches. •
The tournament will be used to
weed out the poorer players and
make it easier for the better frosh
prospects : -to-practice next.* spring.,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
OFF TO PUFFALO—That's where
Pepper Petrella and the rest of the
Lion gridders are today. They'll
meet Colgate in the opening game
of the 55th Penn State season this
afternoon, and Perella will be
counted on for a good share of the
Lion scorijg punch.
Cornell Downs
Jayvees, 19-0
Special to The Collegian
ITHACA, N. Y.. Oct. 3—Cor
nell's junior varsity football team
refused to be hindered by a heavy
downpour this afternoon as it ran
up a 19-0 victory over Penn State's
little Lions.
The junior imitation of the Big
Red powerhouse produced a sur
prisingly strong .brand of lineplay
as it held the visitors to a single
first down. All 36 members of the
Cornell jayvee squad saw action.
Two of the three Cornell touch
downs were scored by Howie
Blose who rah 60 yards for one
six-pointer
,and 50 yards for the
other.
Harriers 60 Through
Toughening-up Process
Fast-slow practice, just about the
most grueling exercise there is, was
the diet .Cross-Country Coach
Chick Werner gave hischarges the
past few days.
This difficult pastime consists of
sprinting and jogging, which gets
to be mighty tiresome during an
afternoon. The Nittany harriers
stood up fairly well after the stiff
workout.
To add a little variety •to the
hill-and-dale practice, Coach Wer
ner transported the entire squad
yesterday afternoon to the Centre
Hills Country Club where they
could get practice in climbing
tougher hills.
On tomorrow's calendar, the
cross-country mentor planned a
hike from Pine Grove M ills to
Shingletown Gap, over some two
and a half miles of steep mountain.
World Series Postponed
BROOKLYN, Oct. 3—'Hostilities
between the Brooklyn Dodgers and
the New York Yankees in the third
world series contest were postpon
ed because of rain this afternoon.
The series remains tied at ; one
all.
Groff Visit Extended
G. W. (Daddy) Groff 'O7, profes
sor at Lingnan University, Canton,
China, will remain at the College
for several weeks and is available
for speaking engagements. The
PSCA office will receive invita
tions from any group desiring to
meet, with Professor Groff.
three Day Hon Show
Scheduled As Feature
Of Alumni Homecoming
The 34th annual Penn' tate Hor
ticultural Show will be held in the
Stock Judging Pavilion from 6 p.
m. next Friday, through 5 p. m.
sunday, .October 12, as a feature of
Alumni Weekend. Admission is
ifree to everyone.
Sponsored by the departments of
horticulture, landscape architec
ture; and home economics, there
will be a special nutrition exhibit
by the home economics students
and a highway planning exhibit by
the landscape architects.
Other special exhibits will be
shown by the departments of porn
ology, vegetable gardening, orna
mental horticulture, plant breed
ing, flower arranging home eco
nomics, and textile chemistry. A
special exhibit • Of processed food
will include frozen and canned
(foods.
Cider, apples, honey, and Other
agricultural products will be sold.
Robert A. Powers Jr. '42 is general
chairman of the show.
24 Cards Submitted
For Golf Tournament
Three more golfers turned in
cards for the All-College Golf
Tournament, bringing the total up
to 24, Coach Bob Rutherford an
nounced yesterday.
The deadline for contestants is
today. Flights will be drawn up
of 16 golfers each. There will
probably be only two flights, but
if enough cards are turned in, three
flights will be arranged.
Match play will get . under way
in the individual flights on Mon
day. Jim Kramer is still in the lead
with a 71. Scotty Maxwell, last
year's winner, is runner-up with
a 73.
Scores posted yesterday were
Dick Hastings 74, .Sol Tomberg 75,
and Sidney Giest 91.
Business On Increase
College Survey Shows
Business in all leading cities of
the state showed substantial im
provement during August over the
same month a year ago, according
to College business survey.
"Measured by bank debits, fac
tory payrolls, and independent
store sales, gains ranged from 24
per cent at Scranton to 55 per cent
at Erie,"
_the survey said.
'lndustrial activity for the state
as a whole 'was up 33 per cent from
that of last year, the figures show
ed, arid a new all-time record for
any month was set.
With this gain, however, retail
food costs and the cost of , living
made a new high. since the begin
ning of the depression. Food costs
increased 11 per cent over a year
ago in Philadelphia and 14 per cent
in Pittsburgh.. The cost of living
rose about 6 per cent over last
August.
• THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
STATE COLLEGE
Member of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
We'll Still
Stay Over Here
If the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania were in Europe, it would
be the richest prize of the continent
and the cause of endless struggles
among warring powers.
This is the observation of Dean
Edward Steidle of tha School of
Mineral Industries.
'Calling attention to the recent
British military expedition to
Spitzbergen, Dean Steidle pointed
out that the exports of coal from
the Arctic island' previously
amounted to about 600,000 tons
yearly, the same amount that can
be produced from Pennsylvania
mines in one day.
"While the British expedition
was attempted in part for strategic
reasons, the fact that such a small
tonnage of fuel could be consid
ered important shows the funda
mental different between the pov
erty of minerals in most European
countries and our own great min
eral wealth," he said.
In spite of the increased con
sumption of the state's minerals,
caused by the war, the day of ulti
mate depletion is still far away,
he declared, and it may be post
poned for many generations by the
development of new methods for
recovery and use.
"The mineral resources of Penn
sylvania are so commonly accepted
as a part of• our daily life that their
true value is not appreciated by
even a small fraction of the people
who are dependant upon them for
a living," he added. "No single
European country approaches the
Commonwealth as producer and
processor of minerals."
Spitzbergen has had an irregular
production of coal since the 1600's,
when the mineral was discovered
by whale hunters, he explained.
Although this desolate area is
within 800 miles of the north pole,
the presence of coal was sufficient
attraction to induce coal miners to
settle there and form the most
northerly organized settlement . cif
human beings in the globe.
Pershing Rifles Seek
Basic ROTC Members
Freshman and sophomores in
basic ROTC are invited to attend
the first open meeting of the Persh
ing Rifles in the Armory, at 7 p. m.
Monday, Edward B. Kainik '42, an
nounced last night.
The Penn State society, Com
pany B, is one of 30 units in as
many colleges throughout the na
tion. Fifth' Regimental headquar
ters are also located on the local
campus.
Organized in 1 1 894 by Gen. John
J. Pershing- at the University of
Nebraska, the society is the only
national military fraternity to
Which basic students of ROTC may
belong.
Stevens Institute of Technology
received gifts totaling $96,562 in
the fiscal year 1939-40.
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