Thursday, November 20* 1941
Between Lions Stress Uerense
The B Li oTL I .AB For Pitt Game Saturday
By DOM GQLAB ■ *
Collegian Sports Writer
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• (Editor’s note —This column, or
iginally, scheduled to appear in
Friday’s issue, was given pe
culiar timeliness by the Army
soccer team’s unexpected triumph
over Penn State.),
'.Call this brashness — : or treason
—it you will, but some day Coach
Bill Jeffrey’s high-flying soccer
team will lose a game!
Ask a mathematician. He’ll tell
you that every time Penn State
wins a soccer game the probabil
ity of losing the next one increases
tremendously. By playing G 5
games without defeat over a ninq
year span, Jeffrey’s hooters have
raised the odds to almost unbe
lievable figures.
Army.is not likely to slop the
rampaging Lions this Saturday,
but Temple’s mighty Owls may v
turn the trick the following week.
If they don’t somebody may next
year, or the year after next. The.
law of averages cannot be defied
so flagrantly forever.
It will, take the shock of defeat
to jolt Penn Staters into the full
realization that going almost un
noticed -right under their noses is
"{he most phenomenal collegiate
athletic team in the country.
The boys with the educated feet
are trying for their ninth consecu
tive, undefeated season! For their
nintlr. Eastern championship!
How do the Smiling Scot’s lad
dies. get that 'way? Oh; Bill will
tell you;. “It’s smart, clever pass
ing. It’s aggressiveness and de
termination to win. It’s doing the
little things, well. It’s thorough
fundamental ■ knowledge each
player has gained- It’s sacrificing
individual glory for teamwork,”
—or a hundred other reasons.
And Bill’s probably right. But
just why is the teamwork there?
The aggressiveness? The deter
mination? -The fundamental
knowledge? -
Therb is only one answer—Bill
Jeffrey. It. is his wise and inspir
ational coaching which has made
soccer at Penn State what it is to
day—second to. none!
Bill, whose corpuscles, we sus
pect, are miniature soccer balls,
started playing the game in his na
tive Scotland as soon as he could
walk, and is still playing it daily
REGISTRATION For
Students Course in
Taxidermy
Sat.. Nov. 22 2-5 & 7-9 P. M.
2nd Floor Lounge. Old Main
Pitt weekend
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FOR FUN —IT'S —PITTSBURGH
FOR FOOTBALL —IT’S -PITT STADIUM
FOR .GOOD FOOD—IT'S—
Gammon s
“Three Doors to Good Food”
Open 24 hours
• Oakland—Three Blocks From Schenley Hotel
• East Liberty— On Highland Near Penn
© Bowntown—Next To Senator Theater
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ON GUARD Outstanding on the
Pitt forward wall, is Ralpn Fue,
guard, -who is regarded by grid
experts as., one of the greatest
linemen ever to perform for the
Panthers.
Sima Chi Retains
IhTHorseshoe Title
Successfully defending the title
of fraternity horseshoe' champions
which they won last year, Nor
man L, Calhoon ’42 and J. Rich
ard Thompson ’43, representing
Sigma Chi No. 1, defeated Alpha
Zeta No. 2 yesterday at the Rec
Hall pits, to conclude this year’s
intramural horseshoes tourna
ment. .
The Sigma Chi’s defeated the
Alpha Zeta team, composed of
John W. Shaffer ’44 and William
R. Lunden ’45, two games to none,
scores 21-9 and 21-11. Orville
F. Over v 43 was student manager
of the tournament.
while in his fifties. He has done
much to popularize that grand
daddy o‘f American football among
the high schools and colleges of
America.
■ We could describe at length the
likeable Scotchman’s : magnificent
record as a player both abroad and
in the United States and as a coach
at Penn State, but we would still
be doing him an injustice. For
above all, Bill is a. sportsman. He
would gladly sacrifice a victory to
avoid the slightest suspicion of un
sportsmanlike play. He teaches
his boys clean, clever soccer and
to play for the fun of the sport. He
lets victories take care of them
selves.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Brosky, Schoonover
Groomed For Attack
Preferring to analyze Pitt’s grid
offense to the nth degree, Coach
Bob Higgins again stressed Lion
defense in yesterday’s practice.
Since the Panther attack is built
around Edgar “Special Delivery”
Jones, the Nittany defense is be
ing groomed from A to Z for a
hard-running attack in Pitt Stad
ium Saturday.
Bernie Brosky and Ken Schoon
over, tackles who have played
steady all-around ball this season,
■will probably draw starting as
signments. Most of Pitt’s gains
against opponents have been pick
ed up through the tackles? but
Brosky and Schoonover are being
.schooled carefully to stop these
thrusts.
•Nittany gridders were drilled
long in defense from spot'scrim
mage, including aerial tactics. Bill
Debler, reserve left, halfback who
may start in Pepper Petrella’s slot,
handled himself well against
passes as did Bill Smaltz, fullback,
and Captain. Len Krouse at right
halfback.
Tickets for the Nittany Lion-
Panther grid classic are now avail
able at the Association
window in Old Main. The cost
is $2.75 each.
The battle between Smaltz and
Jones of Pitt is being heralded by
Pittsburgh grid experts, Smaltz
for his deadly passing accuracy
and Jones for his ability to turn
intercepted passes into long gains
for the Panthers. But only once
has Smaltz had a toss intercepted
and he has completed 25 passes
out of 51 tries. So Jones may have
a dull weekend in his aerial de
fense department.
But the Lions have been sharp
ening their ground offensive. ■ for
a large portion of the plan of at
tack. Because the Pitt encounter
is the biggest of the season, the
'Blue and White eleven will prob
ably reach far down in its bag of
tricks.
With the Nittany squad at full
strength, no potential power will
be spared to upset the favored
gridmen under the tutelege of
Coach' Charley Bowser.
Booters To Face
lough Temple Foe
Temple’s undefeated soccer
team is expected to be a formid
able obstacle in the comeback
trail of the once-beaten Nittany
Lion booters Saturday when • the
two elevens clash in the Lions’
final home game of the season.
The Owls, who have won five
games this year and tied two,
have a host of veterans from last
year’s crack outfit, which narrow
ly missed ending the Jeffreymen’s
undefeated streak at 61 straight.
The Nittany booters eked out a
3-2 victory in that game only by
staging a Merriwell finish to
overcome a 2-0 deficit.
Heading the array of returning
Temple lettermen are Pete Lorenc,
inside forward, and gonlie Frank
Halpin, both of whom received
places on the All-Eastern team
selected by Associated Press.
Billy Bathgate, who starred at
center forward last year, has
graduated, but filling his shoes in
sensational fashion is sophomore
Ed Hritz, who has developed into
the biggest scoring threat in Tem
ple history. Hritz booted five
goals against Ursinus in his first
varsity game and has continued
to harrass enemy goalies with his
derdly shots.
This season Temple has defeat
ed Ursinus, 12-0; Swarthmore,
2-0; Delaware, 5-0; Western Mary
land, 5-0'; and Bucknell, 4-0. The
Cherry and White was tied by
Maryland, 1-1, and Franklin and
Marshall, 0-0.
Bowser, head coach of the Pitt
Panthers, will direct an all-out at
tack against the Nittany Lions
Saturday in an effort to improve
Pitt’s season record.
Irvin, Ath Hail Walters
Win Semi-Final M Swim
■lrvin flail and Atherton Hall
Waiters swam their way to vic
tory last night in the semi-final
round of the intramural independ
ent swimming tournament at
Glennland Pool.
Ath Hall Waiters entered the
finals by defeating Penn State
Club by the score of 28-15. Irvin
Hall’s close 29-25 victory' over
the Forestry natators also made
them eligible for the finals.
Irvin Hull forfeited the relay
but took three first places, four
second places, and three thirds
which, gave them enough points to
win the meet.
Because of superior numbers
the Ath Hall aggregation out
pointed the Penn State Clubbers
who .took as many first places as
their adversaries but could not
keep up with second and third
places.
The finals will be staged tonight
at Glennland with Saul Hanin,
intramural swimming manager,
officiating. ' The winner will get
a cup and the runner-up will re
ceive a plaque as is the rule in
Intramural sports.
MARIAN
ANDERSON
TYPIFIES THE ARTISTRY AND TALENT
THAT THE ARTISTS’ COURSE HAS SOUGHT
TO BRING TO ITS PATRONS DURING THE
1941-42 SEASON. SINCE MISS ANDERSON
POLLED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES
ACCORDED TO ANY SOLOIST AT THE
PREFERENTIAL BALLOTING LAST YEAR,
HER PRESENCE ON THE PROGRAM REFLECTS
THEGOMMITTEE’S DILIGENCE IN STRIVING
TO MEET THE PUBLIC DEMAND.
WE INVITE YOU TO EXPERIENCE NEW
FOUND PLEASURE BY PATRONIZING THE
ARTISTS’
COURSE
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