tI.TE,SDAY, OCTOBER' 20, 1942
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petween.
The Lions
With DON DAVIS
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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
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• 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
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Mae SnAtli - Facei Second
peer on the field.
, . . 'Except for the blocked punt, the
Lion forward wall displayed a
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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
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runner.. - . Werner,. considers_ this ; as Smith's
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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,
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.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
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