TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, -1942 MOtititaitieits'llot LION 11-Game .Win:.Streak Homecoming Fans Spur West Virginia To Upset . . t` : Penn State won't haVe' to wor ry about meeting Syracuse . this week 'with an undefeated record, for. the Mountaineers from West ,Virgirila ended an . 11-gai - ne win fling streak by: outplaying ' the - 24 7 14 • before', 12',000 at a toinedorning gaMe iri. 'Morgan , tc.;wp, ,W.'Va.,"4aturday: „ 7 hrotfghpUt:. 'the .entire game, :the 'Niit4nY". • eleven:f4ii4a.'O:cli'cls, , went wrorig" "in roach Higgins' words. Home • . alVmni . . periOd up the .WeSt spirO'and z ed inspire the • first 'touchdown _Which came after little more than : five .minutes- of„play.. The Lions' bept • chance to ! score failed when the Blue and :White got possession of the ball .on .the West Virginia ope-yard 'line in the third period, • _but -fumbled on the first try for a Penn State was outplayed, figures show - the - Mountaineers racked up 13 first downs to the Lions' 8 and .gained 191 yards McElwee; West Virginian rushing while the visiting Hig- • Dick men gained 85 yards on the back who scored a touchdown, ground. booted a Field goal, - and converted ' two extra noinll - as the Mountain . Penn State kicked off, but af- eers stopped Penn State's 11-game -ter three plays the Mountaineers • nning streak.. f.-kicked .back to the - Penn . :St wi ate :three. Cenci kicked -put of the • - • corner to the spirited West Vir- Delta ,ginians• who completed .several . • • . Chi Defeats `passes,. Martin to McElwee: pick- • ' . . • - _,gcl• - up gebtind rushing, and . . pushed. 5ig .14...- ..oyer tor the first -score within : a- -, five and• one-half Minutes -or the •- ' •- ' -•-. . -opening whistle. • '. In a clean;:' , .ihard-fought game . . On the kickoff- after the touch- Delta Chi defeated the Sigma ..down, Sparky Brown „contributed • - • Nu last night. by. a score of 7-0. .the longest run' of the .game 'a.t he ' The game marked the first' time ?caught the ball eight 'Yards •be in two years that the Delta Chi's hihd . the Penn State goal line .and have not won ,by two touchdoWns. gi .raced 57 yards to the West Vir . . . m They have' beat undefeAtundefeatedand e 49. Four plays later found , t 'Cenci kicking to the Moun-unscoited upon for the same length •.,. . . . taineer's ....it, and later getting of time." ; ;possession ; possession of the pigskin , again Both teams played a hard, fast - on the opponent's 27 after Schrad- game, and the lone tally came as 'er made a poor kick out, a result of a. , ..Ariple pass from Here a shovel 'pass, Larry J oe .Eriner to See to Halderman. The to Cliff St. Clair; was completed, extra point was- completed by a but •the ball left St. Clair's hands PE'ss. from Briner to Charlie on what was ruled a lateral, and Sorber. • .... 7 ' - West Virginia recovered. The Delta Chi , pushed through to Mountaineers' second string took two first downs over one for the ball on the 32, pushed to the Sigma Nu. •Thp Delta Chi's line .15 yard stripe, and picked up put up a stiff defense against ;three more points when McElwee the Sigma Nu's ground attack, :Split the goal posts. . holding them to one first down. Gets 11 Points THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Harriers Wind Llp milimplummmomminomimmumuminimminumimmiliumfininimminimuummummmi Undefeated Season Between The Lions With DON DAVlS—Sports Editor With Spartan Win nommummunnomomoinninuminninimminillimmuiminnimmumuniminvi-2 .- mununw Victorious in Saturday's meet Bleak Was the Word with Michigan State, Penn State's Bleak was the word for Morgantown. Not only was the game with cross-country team finished its West Virginia's inspired grid team depressing, but the very country dual-meet season with an un- side was gray and barren. We're glad to get back from those desolate blemished record for the first mountains—back to the friendly Nittany Hills. time . since '1938. It is no wonder that the 24.0 defeat came as such a surprise to A 24-32 win at East Lansing, Lion followers. Didn't we hate amore impressive record than the Michigan climaxed a three-meet season in which the Lion's swept mountaineers? Weren't we undefeated? These facts were all true all opposition by the way in none and at State College, Penn State was the favorite. But as we went too gentle. fashion. Syracuse and West and heard Pittsburgh and Uniontown talk we were surprised Manhattan had previously fallen to find that not State but West Virginia was , the favorite. before the Nittanymen by over- We siill weren't convinced. In fact our only reaction was—here's whelming scores. a good chance to make a little change at most favorable odds. And. - :Curt Stone, steady Lion junior we tried it. And we lost. distance man, ran an excellent race 'and took top honors in the Merciless Kerns good time of 21:34.6. Following ' Then came the game. From the start it was apparent that it was two seconds later was Captain going to be West Virginia's day. Bill Kerns was merciless and expert Norm Gordon of the Blue and in his handling of the game from the bench. After the first touchdown White. was pushed across,_ a comPlete new fresh team entered the game. ' - _ . The remainder of Penn State's This procedure of switching entire teams was practiced throughout "big four" finished close to the the game while Bob Higgins had to be content with an occasional leaders. Mac Smith squeezed in single replacement. fourth place between Bill Scott • When we say Kerns was merciless we refer to the fact that in the and Ralph Monroe, Spartan senior i unners. Jerry Karver, who de- closing minutes of the game, the Mountaineers played more like a veloped .rs. .stomach cramp half-way team that was hopelessly behind than a team that was leading 17-0. through the race, placed sixth They didn't coast through these final minutes as most teams would ahead of Jerry Page, number three have done. Quite the opposite—Kerns' men unleashed a seemingly man for the Westerners. desperate ,passing attack. And the result was the heart-sickening .According to Lion Coach Chick Werner, the Spartan meet ,was "very encouraging." Almost every man but Stone developed some sort of cramp or stitches. The fifth man-problem is still with the team, however. In an effort to find a number five frign_that could place well in the two •remaining tournaments, Warner may drAft the serviCes of one or two of the freshmen Werner, however, would not comment on ! this except to say that "it is a possibility." Bill Scott, first to finish 'for the "Sink the Nayy" is the battle home club,, started off in the lead, cry of the undefeated Penn State •but Stone, and . -Gordon passed soccermen this week as they pre him at the three-mile - mark and - pare for their next to last game .were never headed. The race was of the season 'this Saturday, when for four miles-regulation for the they travel to Annapolis to meet National Intercollegiate race that the Blue and Gold clad MiddieS. will be run on the .same course Saturday the varsity squad en- November 23: gaged their freshman teammates in an intra-squad tussle which saw The summaries follow: the senior team "come out victori- Stone (PS) ... 21:34.6 ous 3-01 • Originally the booters Gordon (PS) 21:36 were supposed to take on the Scott (MS) • 21:42 Maryland University team, but Smith CPS) 21:46 When that school decided to dis- Monroe (MS) 21:47 continue soccer as an intercollegi- Karver (PS) 21:52 ate sport, the game was canceled. Page (MS) . 22:32 Coach Bill Jeffrey should be ;Niemeyer (MS) ' 22:37 able to field a starting lineup at Horski (MS) 22:40 f4ll strength against Navy for the Hershiser CMS) 22:44 first time this year. Allen Heck,' Horne (PS) „ 22:51 veteran fullback out with injuries Beach (PS) 23.08 for the first - five games, is expect- Williams (PS) , . 23:27 ed to be back in action and should. Fritz (MS) 23:34 strengthen the Lion defense. Beautiful • itt UTTOH, (Sister of famous Itia Ray) SINGS WITH RUE SPIVAL K AND HIS ORCHESTRA iorleni; r Prom Nov. 20 Dancing 94 24-0 defeat. T.he game's past history now, hoWever. It was just one of those days in which everything, literally everything, went wrong. We for one are ready to forget it and start pointing for this, weekend and Syracuse. It is quite likely that we were overrated when we started for Morgan town. From here in this bugaboo will not exist. It's a lot healthier situation for us to know just how good .the team is. elhd what its weaknesses are. And we do know that now! Soccerinen Prep To 'Sink Navy' PAGE THREE DO YOU KNOW Senior Ball-Junior Prom is not - too far away. 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