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The Lions
With PAT NAGELBERG
Sports Editor
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Mr. Alex Zelenski
Sports Editor .
Pity News
DeE.'r Alex:
Sony, but I have some bad news
lor you. State is going 'to beat
the bell out of those Panthers of
yours this afternoon. You’ll prob
ably be surprised to see me use
such strong language but that
isn’t half as positive as our team
feels.
We’re pretty tired around these
ptir-ts of hearing about the jinx
Pitt has over us and how our boys
fold up whenever' they step into
Pitt Stadium. Football games are
"won on ability and fight and be
lieve me, our boys have such an
overabundance of both, they
could' give: 'some- to -those aroused
Panthers, :J£s you call them, and
still have plenty to spare.
What’s more, there’re a bunch
of sophomores in the State line;
who can’t wait till they get their
hands l on “Special Delivery”
Jones. -He’s a darn good half
back, but these youngsters are. no
slouches themselves rind are in
dead earnest in sending “Special
fc Tteliver,y”: back to the dead letter
* department. ' .
I remember last year’s game,
the lost bpwl, dream, and it still
hurts. whenever 1 think of what
might have been. They’re two
other boys who felt even worse Preposterous? Maybe—but
just a year rgo. They’re Len happened.' Bill Jeffrey’s “invinc-
KroUse and Bill Smaltz. Have ibie” Penn State soccer team once
you ever heard of them? lost eight games in a row!
Your . Jones has to wait till ho In the summer of 1934 Jeffrey
intercepts .-a uass before he can took America’s - finest eleven to
deliver and. it* will be a clear day his native Scotland “to let the
in Smokey City -before he or,n team learn something of soccer
break' uri the best pass combina- as it really should be played.”
tion in tkU-East. As a pitcher, Playing eight amateur Scottish
Smaltz finds the home plate like teams on the .tour, the Lions were.
Lefty 'Grove. Our Captain Krouse outclassed and thumped in every
has a patented pair of putts, game, which is exactly what ev
guaranteed to hold on to anything erybody expected,
thrown within ten yards of him. “1 was perfectly satisfied with
Arid something -tells . me, those the results,” Bill said, “for if we
two are going to be supercharged had won any of the contests we
this ■ afternoon,_ ’ ’ . wouldn’t have learned enough a-
That." isii’V all yire have in store bout soccer to justify the trip.”
for your, team, Alex. We have a In fairness to the Nittany boot
lew backs of our own who. can ers, let it be pointed out that ev
deliver the mail raid while Re- ery Scot learns soccer—the na
trella, Debler, Banbury, Smaltz, tional sport which often packs
and Krouse don’t have any special rriore than 100,000 spectators into
tags appended- to their names, the stands —as , soon as he can
they usually get there in the end. walk, and quite naturally the
We liave another game left rafter average American athlete has
today,- With ‘ South Carolina, but •'never approached him in soccer a
for all. purposes, the Pitt game is. bility.
the ‘'end lei* 'our boys. They’ve
been’talking, about it all season
and .ffhey’ll be’ ready this after
nqon.
See you irfter the game to col
lect that little wager of ours. And
thanks for the offer but I won’t
i|y peed any points or odds, Even
‘ money' is'’'gobcTenough for me.
• In ' Sincerely yours,
P.i S.- ' If .youl iwant some dope
on' the gjpjies feeing played
today, ,.here ! S; some inside infor
mation. Our .662 average for
picking them this year isn’t so hot
biff that’s how-it goes. Our scouts
pick the Lions over Pitt, Harvard
over Yale, Holy Cross over Tem
ple,-Penn '6VeY ; Cornell, Columbia
over : Colgate,-: Army over West
Virginia, -Navy over Princeton,
Michigan oyer .Ohio State, North
western'.over' Illinois, and Notre
Dame civer SV'California.
Houck, Bischofif Issue
Varsity, IM Boxing Call
-'Candidates for varsity and in
tramural boxing are asked by Leo
P. Houck, boxing coach, and E. C.
Bischoff, director of intramurr.l
sports, to. report to the ring in
Recreational Hall next week.
Varsity candidates should re
port Monday at 4 p. m. and intra-
myral candidates Monday or
Tqesdry at 4 p. m. A physical
card from the dis
' pensary will be required from all
pi-ospective pugilists.
Read The Collegian Classifieds
Tackling The Job— -Bernie Brosky, left, and Ken Schoonover,
burly Nittany Lion tackles, will have a big job cut out Jor them in
Pitt Stadium, this afternoon. Since most of the Panther plays are
aimed at the tackle posts, the two talented gentlemen may make or
break the chances for a Lioh victory. So far this season they have
stood out on the defense. Their particular job will be to stop the
whirlwind thrusts of Edgar “Special Delivery” Jones. '
Underdog Lions Combat
Pitt's Golden Panthers
Booters Lose 8!
—On Scotch lour
When the Jeffreymen returned
for the 1934 season, they rolled
up 38 points, their all-time high in
scoring in intercollegiate competi
tion, an indication that the trip
had really taught them something.
Oddly enough, Penn State’s out
standing player on the Scotch tour
was not a Penn Stater. He was
John McEwan, Syracuse center
forward, whose goal defeated the
Lions in 1932, the last time an A
merican team had beaten them.
His brothel*, Bill, was State’s cen
ter fofwajcd at-that time.
CAA Students Pass
Solo Flight Tests
All of the CXA students have
now soloed, Slierm Lutz, CAA in
structor at the Boalsburg airport,
announced yesterday. The last
of the ten students soloed Tuesday.
- Meteorology will be the next
phase of instruction studied by the
future pilots.
Tiiose students who soloed are:
Lyle A. Baker ’42, John W. Cole
’43, Hebert L. Galley ’44. Jay S.
Hammond '44, John I. Hotter ’42,
Leo J. Horvath ’44, William S.
Ivans Jr. ’43, Herbert C. Jennings
’43, John L. Kiernrm ’43, and Wil
liam C. Serjalc ’44.
Lazfn Enlists
'Charles Lazin ’4l, of Lebanon,
enlisted Wednesday as an aviation
cadet in the U. S. Army Air Corps,
it was announced at the Recruit
ing Station in Harrisburg. He will
begin his training as a navigator
at Maxwell Field, Alabama.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Victory May Rest
With Smalfz, Krouse
(Continued from Page One)
for the Panthers.-
'Pitt’s last two victories have ed yesterday that he will stand
been directly credited to Jones pat on the lineup which started
who intercepted passes against Ne- against Army last week, with the
braska and Fordham. Earlier in possible exception of Jose • Lom
the season the Panthers lost by bana, South Americr m sophomore,
large scores to Purdue, Michigan, at outside left in place of veteran
Minnesota, Duke, and Ohio Slate. Ned Comian. Boyd Etters, a soph-
The Lions will be seeking their omore with a dexterous left foot,
sixth win of the current campaign, ma y also start the game at one
having won four straight and lost of the halfbrsck positions.
two when the season was young. Probable lineups:
It will be a battle of squads Pos. Penn State
which may. each use a different , G Struck
attack. Pitt is not a passing team RF Heck
and will rely on the versatility of RF Freeman
Jones to rip holes in the Nittany RH Dufford
line. Captain Len Krouse may CH Arnold
carry in his talented pass-receiving RH Schnure
hands 'the margin of victory. At OR Williams
least that is the plan of Coach Hig- IR Galindo
gins. _ CF Megrail
The Lipn line, however, is par- IN King (C)
ticularly primed for today’s game. OL Corman or
Five sophomores have showed such Lombana
promise that they were given start-
ing assignments. They include , , _
John Jaffurs and Ted Kratzke, HdVcll PilVSiCdl CXBIHS
guards; Bernie Brosky, tackle; and r , , , , _ _ ,
Johnny 'Potsklan and Bob Davis, jCnCOUIGU FOf TOu3V
ends.. The other tackle post will *
be filled .by Ken Schoonover and The deadline for preliminary
the pivot position will go to Bob physical examinations for the
Wear. Penn State Naval flight unit—
hi the backfield Paul Weaver The Nittany Lions—is noon today,
will fill the quarterback slot, according to Thomas W. Allison
Krouse will appear at right half- ’42.
back, Bill Defeler will replace Pep- All students except freshmen,
per Petrella at left-'-half, and who have not taken the examina-
Smaltz will hold down the fullback tion and who are interested in
P os t‘ joining the unit, should report to
The gamg wil be broadcast over the Infirmary this moi-ning. The
WCAE beginning at 1:45 p. m. unit will not feegin training c.t the
•V.
Lauritz Melchior. ..
has been hailed not only as the greatest heroic tenor
of all time, but has been acclaimed as one cf the few
who know how to sing lieder. Melchior will join the
oilier magnificent artists who make up the
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... Mrtists ’ Course
Nittany Booters
To Face Temple
By DOM GOLAB
In their last home grjne o£ the
season, the once-beaten Nittany
Lion booters will meet the unde
feated Temple Owls (how times
have changed!) on New Beaver
Field at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
This battle between two of the
finest soccer teams in the coun
try, both of whom stress the
finesse style of play, promises to
be an excellent exhibition of soc
cer f.'t its best.
Although lied twice this year,
Temple has easily swept aside all
the rest of its opponents with its
veteran, cleverly-passing team,
and looms as a dangerous obstacle
in the Lions’ attempt to creph into
the familiar win column again.
Paced by All-Americans Pete
Lorenc, inside right, and tall
Frank Halpin, goalie, and sopho
more Andy Hritz, the highest
scoring center forward in Owl
history, Temple hcs about an
even chance of registering its
first victory over Penn State, in
the 10-year series.
Nittany morale, however, has
been high during this week’s
practice sessions, and the Jeffrey
men, finally rid of the strain of
preserving a long winning streak,
can be counted on for one of their
best perforrrK«nces. So dire things
may happen to the Owls’ unblem
ished record.
Lion Coach Bill Jeffrey indicat-
7 Nilfany Harriers
Sponsor Themselves
(n National Contest
Climaxing a week of unprece
dented school spirit, Penn State’s
cross-country team decided to
make a 430-mile trip to the Na
tional Collegiate Cross-Country
Run at East Lansing, Mich.—on
its own.
When the harriers learned that
the College could not sponsor a
team at the nationals because of
the financial difficulties involved,
several of them decided to hitch
hike to Michigan State.
Seeing the display of spirit,
Coach Chick Werner said he
would supply the transportation
if the runners could pay the other
expenses.
And so, seven students , left
State College at 1 p. m. yesterday
to participate in the fifth annual
meet on Monday.
Five seniors are making the
journey—Captain Alex Bourgerie,
Herm Goffberg, Norm Gordon,
Pop Thiel, and Vem Kotz. The
other two runners nre Mac Smith
and Curt Stone, sophomores.
.This is the first time since the
inception of the nationals that
Penn State has entered a team.
Werner was president of the asso
ciation in its first year.
The jaunt will be made in two
orfrs —one belonging to Werner,
and the other belonging to Fresh
man Coach Bob Grieve.
The mentor planned to stop in
Dayton, Ohio, last night and ar
rive in East Lansing today. The
harriers will jog around the course
tomorrow. ;
Frosh Rifle Candidates
Will Start Practice
Seventeen men have been ten
tatively selected for the freshman
rifle team end will begin practice
•in the Armory at 7 p. m. Tues
day, Lieut. Stephen B, Giliiard
announced last night.
The team has scheduled ten
matches for the season including
a shoulder-to-shoulder match with
the Navy Plebes at Annapolis.
Lieutenant Giliiard is hopeful for
a successful season tor the team
which has several seasoned rifle
men among its members.
The freshmen selected are Jack
Asay, Robert Bair, Andrew Bak
ken, Robert Barbour, Donald
Bornman, John Chow, Donald
Clark, William Deal, Fred Grun,
Robert Hofer, Michr.el Krizman
ich, Robert' Lunt, William Ran
dolph, William Suter, Nelson
Tanner, Kenneth Troxell, Kenneth
Yount.
Temple
Halpin
Connelly
Brewer
Freedman
Pereira
Brigadier
Aiken
Lorenc
Hritz
Henry
Gaskill
If a father uses slang, his wife
says he’s setting a bud example
—if he doesn’t, his kids think he's
a back number.
Philadelphia Navy Yards until
June 15. During the training, the
Lions will work as an individual
Penn state unit and will net be
separated, Allison said.
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