tI.TE,SDAY, OCTOBER' 20, 1942 !,„„, ..„ „„ petween. The Lions With DON DAVIS 1110,11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 fid,all. lFootbaiJ Over 6,000 brave Cornellians and a 'handful or two of Lion fans sat through a• very wet rain Saturday afternoon to see Carl Snavely's Big Red halt Penn State's streak of eight straight wins. Ithacans were more than , happy to hold the Lions to• a scoreless tie, what with vis ions of a 20-point defeat the aver age expectation By FRED CLEVER "Punt, punt, punt and wait for a break," has long been an axiom of Preparations began, last night football teams which are forced to on the New Beaver Field for the play on- a muddy field. The Lion cross-country team's only home and Big Red football teams had meet of the season, this weekend the mud, punted 51 times, but the with the Orangemen of Syracuse. "break" never materialized as the The varsity harriers trekked• two teams fought to a 0-0 deadlock over the long seven-mile route 'before 6,000 rain-drenched fans yesterday. They will be in full Saturday on Cornell's Schoelkopf force for the test with the Syra- Field. cuse thihclads. Scrimmage plays were futile Mac Smith, who was ill with a gestures, and passes suicide in the bad cold just before the opening mire that allowed no footholds for meet with - Manhattan, will be in backfield men. The Lions estab top shape and can be counted on lished an all-time low when quar to place with the leaders. terbacks Cenci and Schroyer called Joe Beach, sophomore star, was for only 24 - running plays during the contest. The Ithacans tried 25. at.it of, practice with sore feet for B more than a week, but he now is Both teams averaged approximate ly. 2 yards per play on the grouhd. fully recovered - as indicated by Only twice were either goals his sixth place in the Manhattan meet. threatened—once early in the game • • when the Big Red got as close as In three-mile time trials be- the Blue and White's .15-yard line, tween the varsity and the fresh- and again late in the third guar men teams on 'Saturday, Jerry ter when the Lions worked to Cor- Karver finished in front twelve nell's 11-yard stripe before the seconds ahead of, second-.place mud stopped Banbury's line Curt Stone., thrusts. Mac Smith and Captain Norm The Big Red's only threat re- Gordon followed in. quick ' suc- suited after Cornell's Captain cession. In fifth, place was the "Red" Johnson partially blocked a first frosh to finish,, Mitchell Wil- Cenci punt. Blocked in. the end liams. zone, the ball was not downed until it reached the 26-yard line. Two running plays by. Cornell backs Davis and Wheeler netted 11 yards, and put the Lions in a precarious position. On the third play, Wheel er dropped the slimey ball, which was recovered by Schoonover. - The Lions gat their big chance when "Red" Moore recovered an Armbr a uster fumble on Cornell's 30ryard• line. Brown and. Weitzel took turns in, carrying the ball to the 1.1-yard line where the Ithacan line held for downs. All other offense threats by the Lions were nipped in the bud by Cornell's Charlie Robinson, a trip le-threat negro back, who averaged 38 .yards 'for' his 24 punts. Only, in Joe Colone, who averaged 41 'yards •. for 17 kicks, did Robinson have a • Mae SnAtli - Facei Second peer on the field. , . . 'Except for the blocked punt, the Lion forward wall displayed a • OV,Corigittitton, With . Fine Rttord' -brand of defensive ball that was missing in the first two gameS. By DON WEBB Bob asked. him to, try out for the. It goes without saying •that- the. Thirs.* the third , cioss-country , team. • • guards—Jaffurs, Perugini, Nobile, !of, a series, otaificles-to acquaint Before the initial meet of the and SuheY, did. more than hold readers with-the , mert*ts of the season hadrolledarmind, Mac had their own. Ken. Schoonover; who cross-country team, .who meet made the team and has.been-there -played"the entire game without Syracuse on/Y:'h43.13.4% 'ever - since. substitution, and Red Moore did meet of the season Saturday aft- • There Is. not - a. six'-foater on the equally well at the tackle slots. 'l'ePtqen7), harrier- squad,. but Smith- comes Both, recovered. Cornell fumbles. One. of • three lettenmen, retur- eloseit to, it He.ia,five feet,' eleven • Bob Davis and Bucky Walters, ing to Chick Werner and a' cross-cowl- an a' half inches , and tips the the former another 60 minute play try. team is blorul-headAcl. -Mac scales at 148. - kicker Robinson all Smith. Last year, his first cross-country afternoon. Mac 'is Coach. Werner's finest season, Mac placed twenty-flinty The lineups: example of , whAttAhe:baßrAr sport. .in the Natlona'kQellegiate meet at ,pos. . . Penn State cant do for a mediocre high ichoOl East Lansing, • Michigan. Coeeh L.E.....Walters Moro .thso. any other , gamo ir'vreire avar soon. this rain-;Aion fray. mos* closely lived, up, to its nsmet FOQTILA,LL. In. fagt,. foot - thet ball "exactly. 41 times, As, Wit S . tate . and Cornell persisted in *kicking on first downs in the hope of gE . .tting a break down near the opponent-s goal line. Each team did- get -one of these ' lirealcs. deep in enemy territory hut neither was able to- capital. ize on it. Worst Assignment. W.e can think of only one thing more difficult than trying to run through the foot-deep muck on tchoelkopf Field last .Saturday. And that is 'the radio announcer's task of giving a play-by-play de scription of the game without men tioning the fact that there was even a threatening cloud in the sky. Another,,tough.asSignment was that : of: spotting players during the, second half, of fhe game. dur lig: which both_ teams had on clean, -jerseys. the • numbers of which did rot. even • slightly_ re,- * - serable those , in the official pro gram. State_suhstitutlons were more than welcome to those .men on the. .field. The first use 'these. clean-jerseyed substitutes . .were• put to was. that of .a surface to' Wipe muddy. hand on. w Outstanding Work--Was turned in by:tackle.,Ken Schoonover who •in cidentally -was playing•near home territory. He comes from Athens, Pa, Joe Colone proved beyond "Any doubt that he is a real kicker. KnoevrY(go. Ruftwrs • runner.. - . Werner,. considers_ this ; as Smith's rr •-' - - A itiPkigr from WaShingtono3. C.,, outstanding perfothaance thile'far, Smith ,C j aptured , the city, , scholastic bpt: expects him to, do. much better , half-inile; championship, - in„; 1940. this, year. 2r . it-li a:2:o6'. time 'bi. the did little 'Mac placed fifth...in the Opening pinning ; in high schitcli pd was meet with Manhattan and can be never dons,igeted,outstaticling. cpu s rited- on,-to, be right .up with: Mac ,spent - a .yea h in Mont Alto rick" the leaders in . this Week's test'with ir p" it was there that freshman .Syra'cuse. 'track coach. Bob Grieme spied. &ratty.' When he came .to State College for his sophomore year, , .67vergiones: Welcome • . FOREST ill .Y - L ALL MLtSiC BY THE, • ARISTOCRATS • REC .H.ALL • INFORMAL • FRI.,. OCT. 23 - p. in. • TICKETS SLAG Muddy Gridiron: Sto Booters 2nd Half Harriers Prepare For Orangemen Bo.o . ting., the ball 17 times under the most difficult of conditions, Colone averaged 42 yards. Not bad for a freshman! Ignore This: • And here comes the sad news. Last weekend we picked _three right, lour wrong,..and'fivo,were- • ties, all of which add,s up to a .429 average.for thatrainy- weekr.'; encl. Added: in with-our two more favorable, weeks, this takes our season. average. down, from .933 to .732.. BUY WAR Boxos AND STAXPISr TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN 51 Punts Featu 0-0 Deadlock ~..Kerns ...Perugini . ...Palazzi (c) ...JafTurs ...Schoonover R.E:... :Davis .... L.T. L.G C... R'.G R.T L.H R.H F.B. Cenci . -:!Brown . . .St. Clain• .Banbury Score by quarters: Penn •State 0 0. 0 0-0 Cornell 0 0 0 0-0 . Substitutes: Penn State Van Lenten," . Moore, Nobile, Suhey, Wolosky, Martella, Joe Colone, Schreyer, Weitze.l, Durkota; Cor nell, Westphal, Mosser, Lansing; Swanson, Hirsch, Dillon,• Arm bruster. Officials: Referee, J. H. Wil- Jiams; umpire, W. G. Crowell; linesman, P. E. Genthner; field judge, C. E. Montgomery. BUY WAR BONDS ps Lion-Big Red Splurge ;eats STATISTICS First downs Rushing ... Passing ... Fenalty 0 0 Yds gained rushing 70 80 Yds. lost rushing .. 31. 20 Net yds. rushing ... 39 60 Passes attempted .. 1 3 Passes completed .. 0 2 'lds. gained passes . 0 13 Passes intercepted 0 • 1 Yards gained after interceptions 0 Punts 27 Avg. distance punts 36 Punts had blocked 1 Punts returned, yds. 91 Kickoffs Rt. yards 16 Yds. lost, penalties 20 Number of fumbles 7 Ball lost af'r f'mbles 1 Four Fraternities Win 1M (pnlesis Phi Delta Theta opened this week's intramural football pro gram, with a 14-0 decision over Alpha Chi Rho on the practice, field last night. Beta Theta Pi de feated Pi Kappa Phi 6-0, Sigma Nu shaded Alpha Phi Delta in yards gained, and Phi Kappa Sigma.won over Tau Phi Delta 6-0, although the losers played. the game under protest. Quailey received the Alpha' Chi Rho kickoff for the second half on his own 35 and heaved a 40-yard pass to Phillips, who raced to the enemy two-yard line before being stopped. Phillips then scored on a toss from Quailey. A few minutes later, Phi Delta Theta marched to the Alpha Chi 4-yard line and Quailey took.a pass from Smith for the second, Phi Delt touchdown. Pi Kappa Phi lost to the Betas in the first two, minutes of play. Shaw recovered, for Beta Theta Pi on. the . Pi Kappa 10. A pass, Giles to Jackson, was good for 4 yards and Veith scored on the next play, on another. pass' by Giles. The pass for the extra point was . incom plete. Sigma Nu arid Alpha Phi Delta were, all knotted, up in a scoreless tie with one first down each when their game ended. Each team was given four , additional plays to de cide the winner. Alpha Phi Delt failed to advance -and Sigma Nu won by picking up• 25 yards. Shortly after the Phi Kappa Sig maTTan Phi Del,4 corapst begAz4 Shahacker ittterceßted a pass, at. . Cornell . Hook .. Mead Geib Cushing Heinith ... Furman Johnson (c) Daukas .. Wheeler ...Robinson Penn S . . 3 . . 3 . . 0 Offenses Colgate Williams Tallies Twice As Lions Win 4-1 After annexing their third straight victory on home soil, a 4-1 victory over Colgate, Satur day, Penn State's soccer forces looked toward foreign soil today where their next five games wilt be. played, the first at Syrabuse this Saturday. Smiley Williams was outstand-. ing in the win over the Red Raid ers, scoring two goals and carry ing the play into Colgate territory. consistently,. The first half ended in a scoreless, deadlock although, the. Liops dominated the play. _Before the third period was five minutes old, however, Wil liams broke the tie, kicking a re bound off one of the goal posts, past the Maroon and White goalie, Hayward. A few minutes, later the Jeffreymen again broke through the Hamiltonians defense with substitute -Frankie Kiase scoring on a long, hard, low shot into. the left corner of the net. Cornell 3 2 1 Williams counted again near the end of the same period. Jose Lombana had just made an un successful attempt to get one by the fast working Hayward when Williams drove in a quick one as. the ball bounded off the goalie. The lone Red Raider =re came in the closing seconds of play when Zimmerly, following up a corner kick, managed to slip, one past net' guardian Johnny Struck. The game was played on the golf course practice field which although wet and heairy with mud waS• in better condition thafl the New Beaver Field turf. The lineup,: Pos. Penn State Co!gage. G. Struck ' Hayward R.F. Dietrich Qua* L.F. Freeman (c) • Cooper R.H. Fast Heidenrich Schnure Filson (c), L.H. Hartman. . Duncan. O.R. Lombana Hickman. I.R Prichard Keith C.F. Chenow.eth. Nelsoa I.L. Williams Hutchinson 0:L. Bender . , Elkinton Score by -periods 1 2- 3 4 T. Penn State 0 0. 3 1 4 Colgate 0 0 0. 1 1 Goals: Penn State: Williams 2,, Blase 1, Prichard 1. Colgate: Zimmerly 1. Substitutions: Perm State: Heck, Wozniak, Kiase, Lischer. Colgate: Froelichter, Happe,, Zimmerly. Umpire: Welder, Philadelphia. BUT WAR BON AND STAMPS I==:n
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